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Finding Aids to Official Records of the Smithsonian Institution Archives

Accession 17-156

National Air and Space Museum. Space History Division

Subject Files, 1988-2001

Repository:Smithsonian Institution Archives, Washington, D.C. Contact us at osiaref@si.edu.
Creator:National Air and Space Museum. Space History Division
Title:Subject Files
Dates:1988-2001
Quantity:2 cu. ft. (2 record storage boxes)
Collection:Accession 17-156
Language of Materials:English
Summary:

This accession consists of records documenting the research, professional, and programmatic activities of Gregg F. Herken, Senior Historian and Curator, 1988-2003, and Chair, 1988-1996. Herken specialized in military history, especially atomic weapons and the Cold War. Materials include correspondence, memoranda, research files, lecture scripts, grant materials, trip reports, manuscripts, object images, and related materials. The Space History Division was previously named the Department of Space History.

Descriptive Entry

This accession consists of records documenting the research, professional, and programmatic activities of Gregg F. Herken, Senior Historian and Curator, 1988-2003, and Chair, 1988-1996. Herken specialized in military history, especially atomic weapons and the Cold War. Materials include correspondence, memoranda, research files, lecture scripts, grant materials, trip reports, manuscripts, object images, and related materials. The Space History Division was previously named the Department of Space History.

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Preferred Citation

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 17-156, National Air and Space Museum. Space History Division, Subject Files

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Container List

Box 1

Strategic Bombing Correspondence, 1989-1990

Box 1 of 2

Legacy of Strategic Bombing Program, 1990-1991

Box 1 of 2

Enola Gay - Miscellaneous, 1992-1994

Box 1 of 2

Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces (INF) - Miscellaneous, 1990

Box 1 of 2

Cold War Conference, 1994

Box 1 of 2

Legacy of Strategic Bombing - Lectures and Speeches, 1990

Box 1 of 2

Atomic Bomb - Little Boy, 1989-1993

Box 1 of 2

Moscow Trip, June 1995

Box 1 of 2

Gregg Herken and Martin Harwit Hiroshima Research, 1991

Box 1 of 2

Star City Cosmonaut Training Facility Trip, 1995

Box 1 of 2

Space Race - Legacy Resource Management Program, 1997-1998

Box 1 of 2

Cold War Symposium, 1993-1994

Box 1 of 2

London Trip, 1998

Box 1 of 2

Russia Trip, 1993

Box 1 of 2

Atomic Age - Smithsonian National Associates Program Preview, 1992

Box 1 of 2

Richard S. Leghorn Articles, 1999

Box 1 of 2

Cold War Exhibition, Bodo, Norway, 1998-1999

Box 1 of 2

Cold War Exhibition, 1993

Box 1 of 2

Roswell Report

Box 1 of 2

Cold War/Space Race Exhibition, 1993

Box 1 of 2

Mission to Moscow Trip, 1989

Box 1 of 2

Kapustin Yar

Box 1 of 2

Itek Corporation - Corona Camera, 1995-1996

Box 1 of 2

National Reconnaissance Office/Central Intelligence Agency Correspondence, 1988-2000

Box 1 of 2

LaSaxon Patch

Box 1 of 2

National Reconnaissance Office - Corona Loan, 1997

Box 1 of 2

Correspondence, 1988

Box 1 of 2

Correspondence, 1989

Box 1 of 2

Letters Out, 1989

Box 1 of 2

Correspondence, 1990

Box 1 of 2

Correspondence, 1991

Box 1 of 2

Box 2

Letters Out, 1991

Box 2 of 2

Correspondence, 1992

Box 2 of 2

Letters Out, 1992

Box 2 of 2

Correspondence, 1993

Box 2 of 2

Letters Out, 1993

Box 2 of 2

Correspondence, 1994

Box 2 of 2

Letters Out, 1994

Box 2 of 2

Letters Out, 1995

Box 2 of 2

Correspondence, 1996

Box 2 of 2

Correspondence, 1996-1997

Box 2 of 2

Correspondence, 1998

Box 2 of 2

Correspondence, 1999

Box 2 of 2

Correspondence, 2000-2001

Box 2 of 2

Emails, 2000-2001

Box 2 of 2

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