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Astronautics

 Subject
Subject Source: Library Of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Here are entered general works on the scientific, technological, and engineering disciplines needed for the exploration of outer space. Works on the physics and technical details of locomotion beyond earth's atmosphere are entered under [Space flight.] General and technical works on manned space travel are entered under [Manned space flight.] Works giving accounts of events and experiences during specific manned space flights are entered under [Space flights.] General works on travel to the planets or to the stars are entered under [Interplanetary voyages] or [Interstellar travel.]

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Biographical Information Files - Assorted Groups and Topics

 Sub-Group
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Biographical Files are an artifical collection with textual and photographic files on prominent people, groups, and events in the space and aviation industries. Over 1500 individuals and a couple dozen groups are represented with textual material such as original and photocopies of newspaper clippings, articles, obituaries and other printed ephemera such as brochures and tickets, as well as photographic and digital prints and photocopied images. Materials come from various sources,...
Dates: 20th Century

Cliff and Pam Bickford NASA and Air Show Slide Collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2004-11-09
Contents of the Collection

The Cliff and Pam Bickford NASA and Air Show Slide Collection is comprised of approximately 440 slides relating to NASA recovery operations of Gemini and Apollo, as well as assorted air shows, circa 1960s-1990s. There is also one black-and-white pencil lithograph of North American T-28 Trojan with USS Lexington markings signed by artist Don Kellams, undated.

Dates: circa 1960s to 1990s

Wiley Williams Space Collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2019-12-18
Content Description The Wiley Williams Space Collection is a collection of textual and visual materials collected by Williams during his career as an engineer for Grumman and NASA in the 1950s and 1960s.Williams himself is documented with clippings about him, a poster from Grumman acknowledging his work, and photographs of him. The photographs are all 8x10" black-and-white official NASA photos depicting him with colleagues during the course of his work. Related to Gemini missions, there...
Dates: 1965-1971

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