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Nuclear Pioneers: Conference on Nuclear Developments Videotapes and Papers
Collection
Identifier: Ms-1993-004
Abstract
This collection consists of seven videotapes recorded at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (or Virginia Tech) in August 1991. The tapes contain interviews with six nuclear pioneers: Sigvard Eklund, Bertrand Goldschmidt, Robert E. Marshak, Glenn T. Seaborg, Gerald F. Tape, and Herbert F. York. They discuss topics such as the arms race, peaceful uses of the atom, and international perspectives on nuclear development. The collection also contains documentation and papers...
Dates:
1991
C. Wayne Ottinger Papers
Collection
Identifier: Ms-1992-038
Abstract
This collection contains of a draft of a proposal, "Concept Proposal for Preservation of Aerospace Technology Project (PAT) [Improving Technology Preservation Processes]" written by former NASA aerospace engineer C. Wayne Ottinger and others for what would become PAT Projects, Inc. It also includes an executive summary, cover letter, and slides of proposal presentation. The proposal suggests the need for documenting aerospace history. Primary goals of the project include providing "a lead...
Dates:
1992
Thornton L. Page Papers
Collection
Identifier: Ms-1983-002
Abstract
This collection consists of the papers of astronomer Thornton L. Page, including biographical material, drafts and published versions of papers, and texts of speeches.
Dates:
1936 - 1983
Otis Jerome Parker Papers
Collection
Identifier: Ms-1987-065
Abstract
This collection includes the technical publications and internal communications from NASA's Langley Research Center, largely relating to Parker's work on "jet shoes" and other devices designed for extravehicular activity propulsion and maneuverability during the Apollo and Skylab projects.
Dates:
1963 - 1975
W. Dale Parker Papers
Collection
Identifier: Ms-1989-093
Abstract
This collection consists of the papers of William Dale Parker, management specialist on NASA's Project Gemini, General Motors plant engineer; General Dynamics management specialist; writer; businessman; self-described political consultant, expert on human relations, and genius. It contains correspondence, memorabilia, photos, scrapbooks, and ephemera relating to Parker's life, career and interests, as well as the life and career of his youngest daughter, Jacquelyn Parker, the first female...
Dates:
1914 - 2006
John T. Parsons Papers
Collection
Identifier: Ms-1987-016
Abstract
John T. Parsons (1913-2007) was a manufacturer and inventor of numerical control, which is the application of computer technology to manufacturing processes. The John T. Papers include correspondence, memoranda, financial records, engineering drawings and specifications, files about civic affairs in Traverse City, Michigan, reading files and other materials.
Dates:
1910 - 2000
William Hewitt Phillips Papers
Collection
Identifier: Ms-2005-019
Abstract
This collection contains the papers of William Hewitt Phillips (1918-2009), an aerospace engineer for the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) and National Air and Space Administration (NASA). The collection includes lecture notes, reports and memoranda tracing the development of Phillips' theories while at the Langley Research Center and spans from his work on World War II-era aircraft to the early U.S. space program and beyond. These papers include calculations of various...
Dates:
1918 - 2008
Edward C. Polhamus Papers
Collection
Identifier: Ms-1990-051
Abstract
Edward C. Polhamus (1923-2001) was an aeronautical engineer active in aerodynamics research related to the development of high-speed aircraft. The collection include reprints of articles and reports by Polhamus, correspondence, notebooks, photographs relating to his patents, and materials relating to his Wright Brothers lectureship.
Dates:
1962 - 1986
James Robbins Randolph Papers
Collection
Identifier: Ms-1971-001
Abstract
This collection consists of the papers of engineer, mathematician and physicist James Robbins Randolph, including notes, calculations, correspondence and writings.
Dates:
1922 - 1969
Reed Precision Identifiers for Airplanes
Collection
Identifier: Ms-2024-058
Abstract
This collection consists of three Reed Precision Identifiers for Airplanes, volvelles manufactured by the Electric Corporation of America that were used to identify American, German, British, Italian, and Japanese aircraft, probably during World War II.
Dates:
ca. 1941-1945
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- Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (1970-) 6
- Kraft, Christopher C. (Christopher Columbus), 1924-2019 4
- Project Apollo (U.S.) 4
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- Virginia Polytechnic Institute (1944-1970) 3
- Becker, John V. (John Vernon), 1913-2020 2
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- Blasingame, B. P. (Benjamin Paul), 1919- 1
- Bonham, Hap (Thirwell William) 1
- Cahill, Edward H., 1885-1974 1
- Christopher, George William, 1908-2002 1
- Clark, Evert B., 1925-1988 1
- Clark, Jeanette (Drury) 1
- Clark, John A. 1
- Clark, John D., 1907-1988 1
- Cooper, Mike (ABC employee) 1
- Corson, Blake W., Jr. (Blake Wilson), 1908-1991 1
- Dean, James D. (1931-2024) 1
- Draper, C. S. (Charles Stark), 1901-1987 1
- Duberg, John E. (John Edward), 1917-2002 1
- Duce, G. Grahame (Gordon Grahame), 1916-1952 1
- Eisen, Joel (lawyer) 1
- Eklund, Sigvard Arne, 1911-2000 1
- Electric Corporation of America 1
- Goldschmidt, Bertrand, 1912-2002 1
- Gough, Melvin N. (Melvin Neilson), 1906-1994 1
- Greenwood, Ron, Nichols Research Corporation 1
- Herakovich, Carl T. 1
- Herrick, Samuel, 1911-1974 1
- Hill, Paul R., 1909-1990 1
- Kelley, H. J. (Henry Joseph), 1926-1988 1
- Kelly, Ethel C. (Ethel Cross), 1917-2012 1
- Kelly, Hugh P., Jr. (Hugh Powell), 1916-1989 1
- Koehler, John E., d. 2001 1
- Langley Aeronautical Laboratory 1
- Lawson, Alfred W. (Alfred William), 1869-1954 1
- Lindbergh, Charles A. (Charles Augustus), 1902-1974 1
- Lubkin, Gloria, 1933-2020 1
- Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center (1973-) 1
- Manned Spacecraft Center (1961-1973) (U.S.) 1
- Marshak, Robert E. (Robert Eugene), 1916-1992 1
- McLean, F. Edward 1
- McSweeney, David 1
- Miller, Mark (Virginia Center for Innovative Technology) 1
- Moyer, Albert E. (Albert Earl), 1945-2000 1
- Ottinger, C. Wayne, 1933- 1
- Page, Thornton L., 1913-1996 1
- Parker, Otis Jerome, 1918-1995 1
- Parker, W. Dale (William Dale), 1925-2007 1
- Parsons, John T., 1913-2007 1
- Phillips, William H. (William Hewitt), 1918-2009 1
- Plank, Elizabeth Bartram Temple, 1903-1982 1
- Project Mercury (U.S.) 1
- Randolph, James Robbins, 1891-1969 1
- Rockwell International 1
- Seaborg, Glenn T. (Glenn Theodore), 1912-1999 1
- Slayton, Donald K. (Donald Kent), 1924-1993 1
- Tape, Gerald Frederick, 1915-2005 1
- Taylor, Robert Eldred, 1920-1994 1
- Thompson, David (David Walker), 1954- 1
- Thornton, Earl A. (Earl Arthur), 1936- 1
- Torgersen, Paul E. (Paul Ernest), 1931-2015 1
- Townsend, John W., Jr. (John William), 1924-2011 1
- Townsend, Marjorie Rhodes, 1930-2015 1
- United States. Civil Aeronautics Board 1
- United States. Federal Aviation Agency 1
- University of Virginia 1
- York, Herbert F. (Herbert Frank), 1921-2009 1 + ∧ less
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