General Correspondence and Administrative Files, 1957-1964

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Summary

Consists of records documenting incoming and outgoing correspondence and administrative files maintained by Assistant Directors Kenneth H. Drummond (1959-1961) and Carlton W. Tillinghast (1961-1969) and when his position was known as the Assistant Director (Managment). Records prior to 1959 were created mostly by Executive Officer, Vaughan Harmon. Correspondents include astronomers and scientists; Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (SAO) and Smithsonian staff; scientific societies; corporations; and government agencies. The records primarily concern SAO administration and scientific projects, including the Celescope Project; Radio Meteor Project; SAO-International Year of the Quiet Sun Comet Project; Prairie Network (Meteorite Photography and Recovery Project); and the Satellite Tracking Program. Of special interest is correspondence regarding the closing of the Table Mountain (California) station in 1961. Materials include correspondence, budget materials, financial statements, photographs, office memoranda, organizational charts, logs, catalogues, manuals, and audits.

Subject

  • Tillinghast, Carlton W
  • Harmon, Vaughan
  • Drummond, Kenneth H
  • Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory Satellite Tracking Program
  • Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory Project Celescope
  • Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory Meteorite Photography and Recovery Project
  • Radio Meteor Project (Harvard College Observatory)
  • Table Mountain Station (California)
  • Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory Assistant Director (Management)

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Series Level Description

Notes

  • To view records that comprise this series, see the detailed list of accessions and/or record units below.
  • For a history of the creating unit, refer to "Forms part of" above.

Organization

Alphabetic

Repository Loc.

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Capital Gallery, Suite 3000, MRC 507; 600 Maryland Avenue, SW; Washington, DC 20024-2520

Date

  • 1957
  • 1957-1964

Topic

  • Observatories
  • Astrophysics
  • Research institutes
  • Astronomy

Form/Genre

  • Manuscripts
  • Black-and-white photographs

Local number

SIA RS00632

Physical description

6 cu. ft. processed holdings

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