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1952-1953
1954-1955
1956-1957
1958-1963
Teddy Walkowicz 1947-1951
Frank Wattendorf 1949-1951
Europe Visits 1945, 1947
Memoranda 1945, 1946, 1949
Miscellaneous 1944-1951
Pamphlets
Reports
Systems Command 1952-1962
Technical Report 1950
United States Army
Ballistic Research Laboratory
Correspondence
1936-1941
1942-1944
1945-1946
1947-1952, 1960
Correspondence re Travel 1940-1946
Reports 1938-1947
Scientific Advisory Committee
Technical Reports 1940-1950
General Correspondence 1957-1958
United States Army Air Corps
Consulting Services
Correspondence 1934-1947
Correspondence re Flutter Investigations
1940-1941
1942
1943
1944-1945
Correspondence re Wind Tunnel
1939-1941
1942
1943-1946
Miscellaneous
Proposals
Security Memoranda
Technical Reports
Wright Field Wind Tunnel, Blueprints and Data
1939
(1 folder)
(2 folders)
1940
1941-1943
United States Atomic Energy Commission ca 1946, 1948, 1954, 1962
United States Congress 1948-1962
United States Navy
Bureau of Aeronautics 1942-1947
Bureau of Ordnance 1942-1949
Bureau of Ships 1941-1944
General Correspondence 1932-1961
Naval Ordnance Laboratory
Correspondence 1944-1959
Miscellaneous
Technical Report
Office of Naval Research
General Correspondence 1949-1962
Miscellaneous
Project Squid
General Correspondence
1946
1947-1949
1950-1951
Miscellaneous
Monthly Progress Reports
Cornell 1946-1949
New York University 1946-1948
Poly. Inst. Brooklyn 1946-1949
Princeton 1946-1949
Purdue 1946-1949
Policy Committee, Agenda, Minutes 1946-1950
Technical Committee, Minutes 1946-1947
Technical Reports
Poly. Inst. Brooklyn 1948
Princeton 1946-1950
Miscellaneous
Taylor Model Basin Report 1951
White House 1956-1961
VII. Technical Files
Aircraft Engines, Hot Wire Anemometer Technique 1939-1940
Airport Observation Tower 1938
Airships
Bibliography
Calculations
Charts
General Correspondence
1931
1932
1933
1934
1935
1936
1937
1938
1939
1940
1941-1946, 1949
undated
Guggenheim Airship Institute
Blueprints
Budgets 1929-1933
Conference and Dedication of Institute 1932
Contracts
Miscellaneous
Photographs
Progress Reports 1932-1937
Ms. by Kármán: "Some Remarks on the Dynamics of Airships" (undated)
Meteorological Notes and Data
Miscellaneous
Reports
(1 folder)
(5 folders)
Special Committee on Airship Design and Construction, Reports and Miscellaneous
Technical Memoranda and Reports
U.S.S. Macon 1935-1936
Atmospheric Diffusion 1936
Autobahn, Frankfurt 1926
Bibliography of Aerodynamics Topics, ca 1925
Bridges, Suspension
Advisory Committee on the Investigation of Long-Span Suspension Bridges
1942-1943
1944-1953
Miscellaneous
Circular Letters, Federal Works Agency 1944-1956
General Correspondence
1940
1941
1942
1943
1944
1945
1946-1948
1950-1958
Tacoma Narrows Bridge
Consulting Board Minutes 1941-1943
Drawings and Blueprints
Photographs
Progress Reports on Construction
1933-1935, 1938
1939
1940
Technical Reports
(5 folders)
(6 folders)
(6 folders)
Calculations
(5 folders)
(6 folders)
Concrete Walls 1933
Data
Drawings
Earthquake Reports 1933, undated
Elasticity, Miscellaneous
Glass 1930-1933
Gliders
Miscellaneous
Papers and Reports 1923, undated
Photographs and Drawings
High-Altitude Flight 1947
Hydraulics
Bureau of Reclamation Project 1938-1940
General Correspondence
1930-1932
1933-1934
1935
1936
1937
1938
Jan-July 1939
Aug-Dec 1939
1940
1941-1943
Metropolitan Water District Project
Blueprints
Data
Laboratory Equipment
Proposals and Budgets
Pump Research Conference Memoranda 1933-1934
Report on Hydraulic Machinery Laboratory
Miscellaneous
Technical Reports
Laminar Flame Propagation 1956 Report
Miscellaneous
Patents
Air Mail 1921
Air Pumps 1925
Aircraft, Mss and Reports
Amphibious Car 1941
Baldur-Leichtbaustoff
Correspondence
1925
1926-1929
Legal Documents and Miscellaneous
Technical Data, Graphs
Helicopters
Captive Helicopter (Schraubenfesselflieger)
Correspondence 1917-1923
Graphs, Data
Miscellaneous
Reports and Reprints
Clippings
Rotary Control
Correspondence 1956-1960
Specifications and Miscellaneous
Legal Papers 1922-1933
Night Landing 1923
Patent Specifications
Kármán
Miscellaneous, by nationality
Patents and Inventions by Others
Photostats and Clippings
Propellers
Blueprints
General Correspondence
1930-1931
1932-1934
Legal and Technical Papers
Miscellaneous Patents
Wesnigk-Zagorski process for manufacture 1927-1930
Refrigerator Cars, ca 1935
Sealed Tanks 1918-1923
Seaplanes 1929
Turbine Blades (Turbokompressor-Schaufelung)
General Correspondence
1921
1922
1923
1924
1925
1926
1927
1928-1936
Legal Papers 1924-1926
Miscellaneous Patents
Technical Papers and Blueprints
Plasticity, Calculations, Data and Reprints
Propulsion, Memoranda and Notes 1936, 1944, undated
"Singing" Propellers and Turbines, Calculations and Report 1939, undated
Skin Friction, Miscellaneous
Submarines, Data and Reports 1921, 1949, undated
Wind Mills and Turbines
Aeroelectric Substation 1935-1936
Calculations 1939-1943, undated
Drawings and Graphs 1939-1940
General Correspondence
1935
1936-1937
Oct-Dec 1939
Jan 1940
Feb-Dec 1940
1941
1942
1943
1944-1950
Reprints
Smith-Putnam Wind Turbine
Miscellaneous
Photographs
Technical Reports
(12 folders)
(10 folders)
Wind Tunnels
Brazilian 1938
Russian 1936
VIII. Publication Correspondence
Aerodynamics, General Correspondence 1953-1955
Collected Works, General Correspondence
1951-1952
1954-1955
1956-1957
Memoirs
General Correspondence
1957-1959
1960-1961, 1963
Notes and Outlines
Book Reviews
Correspondence re Lectures and Talks Given
1935-1947
1948-1952
Thurston Lecture 1950
Fulbright Lecture 1951
1953-1955
1955-1956
Lanchester Lecture 1957
1957-1959
1960-1961
Symposium for Nuclear Propulsion 1961
10th International Meeting on Communications 1962
Correspondence re Publication of Kármán's Papers in Magazines and Books 1947-1961
Invitations to Give Talks, Lectures, and Seminars 1946-1962
Invitations to Submit Papers or Articles 1946-1959
List of Kármán's Publications
Reprint Requests
1936-1939
1940
1941
1942
1943
IX. Manuscripts
Course Lectures
1910 "Ubungen Zur Mechanik"
1920 "Mechanik I"
1920-1921 "Mechanik II"
1926-1927 "Zwölf Vorträge Über Ausgwählte Kapitel der Aerodynamik" Gehalten in Washington und Tokyo
Foreword and Table of Contents
I "Die Quellen des Luftwiderstandes"
II "Grenzschicht und Oberflächenreibung"
III "Die Theorie des Auftriebs
IV "Die Theorie des Induzierten Widerstandes"
V "Grundriss der Theorie der Luftschrauben"
VI "Luftkräfte an Luftschiffhüllen"
VII "Mathematische Theorie des Bombenwürfes"
[unnumbered] "Festigkeit der Luftschrauben"
"Über die Stabilität der Flugzeuge"
"Flugtechnik und Flugwissenschaft"
Miscellaneous English Versions
1936 "Compressible Fluids"
1936 "Theory of Turbulence"
1944 "Jet Propulsion"
Lecture Notes
1912 (in German)
ca 1949 "Prepared Comment to the Lecture of Dr. H. Tsien on Fundamental Problems in Rocket Development"
1956 re Aerothermochemistry
1960 Edison Lecture
1961 Williamsburg Meeting
Miscellaneous
Manuscripts of Books
Cours de Mécanique des Fluides (with C. Sadron)
Incomplete re Aerodynamics
Manuscripts and Notes, General
ca 1918 re Popper-Lynkeus
1920 "Nährpflicht statt Wehrpflicht"
ca 1920 Review of C. Bach's Elastizität und Festigkeit...
ca 1920 Review of Ludwig Boltzmanns Vorlesungen über die Prinzipe der Mechanik. - Dritter Teil...
1922 re `Motorlose Fliegen'
ca 1927 "`Jongchina'"
1929 "Bericht über einen Besuch in Nanking"
1929 "Gegenwart und Zukunft des Weltluftverkehrs"
1929 "Gutachtliche Äusserung zu dem Bauvorhaben der deutschen Versuchsanstalt für Luftfahrt..."
1930 "Gutachtliche Äusserung über die Anlage eines Flugplatzes für den Aachener Bezirk"
ca 1930 "Mathematik und Technische Wissenschaften"
ca 1930 "Organisation und Entwicklungstand der zivilien Luftfahrt in den Vereinigten Staaten..."
ca 1930 "Bericht über ortsfeste Anlagen für die Handelsluftfahrt in den Vereinigten Staaten..."
ca 1933 "Die Sitzung im Himmel"
1934 "Kongress in Cambridge"
1943 "Aeronautical Research in Peace and War--Abstract"
1945 "Speech of Professor Theodore Karman... at the session of the Dept. of Technical Sciences of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR..."
ca 1948 "Progress in Aviation"
1953 "International Cooperation in Aeronautical Science"
1953 Messenger Lecture
ca 1953 "Rockets" and "The Role of the Rocket Industry"
1954 "The Next Fifty Years"
1954 Wright Brothers Memorial Trophy Speech
ca 1955 re aeronautical development
1957 "Rocket into Cosmic Space"
ca 1957 "Aus meiner Göttingener Studienzeit"
1959 Preface to book on rocket propulsion
ca 1959 re William F. Durand
1960 "Engineering Education in Our Age"
1961 "Scientific Cooperation in NATO"
1962 Radio talk with Swami Siddheswaranada (in French)
Undated
(English) "Ackeret as International Scientist"
"The Modern Revival of Applied Mechanics"
(French) "Formation des Ingénieurs de Recherches dans les Universités Americanies"
(German) "Die Flugwissenschaftliche Forschung und die Zukunft der Luftfahrt"
"Die Landüng"
"Die Reise eines Mathematikers zum die Welt"
"Wissenschaftliche Zusammenarbeit in den NATO-Länden"
Miscellaneous Notes and Mss
Manuscripts and Notes, Technical
1908 "Die Widestandsfähigkeit der gewellten Flammrohre gegen aüsseren Drück"
1913 "Festigkeit"
1917 "Nachhang zum Gutachten"
ca 1918 "Ergänzungsblatt zu den Studien über die Kennzeichnung des Flugzustandes"
1920 "Gutachten über Arbeitsverhältnisse und Dimensionierung eines Schaltwerkgetriebes"
ca 1920 (notes) "Technische Grundlagen und wissenschaftliche Aussichten des Luftverkehres mit besonderer Rücksicht auf Heeres- und Übergangswirtschaft"
1921 "Concept"
1921 "Die mittragende Breite"
1922 See Innsbruck Conference on Aero- and Hydrodynamics
1922 "Über den motorlosen Flug"
1925 "Gutachten zu der Frage der rheinischen Autobahnen"
1925 "Über die Frage der Schwingungsfestigkeit mit besonderer Berücksichtigung der O. Föppl'schen Veröffentlichungen"
ca 1925 "Soaring Flight--Its Principles and Practical Realization"
ca 1925 re "Beitrag zur Theorie des Walzvorganges"
1927 "Begutachtung des Projektes Aero-Elektrische Schnellbahn Kobe-Osaka"
1927 "Mechanische Ähnlichkeit und Turbulenz"
ca 1930 "Mechanical Similarity and Turbulence"
1931 "Gutachten über günstigste Schraubendrehzahl für einen 800 PS Motor"
1932 "Die Entwicklungsrichtung der Flugeigenschaften"
1932 "Theorie des Reibungswiderstandes"
1932 "Problems in Thin-Walled Structures"
1934 "Some Aspects of the Turbulence Problem"
1935 "Neue Darstellung der Tragflügeltheorie"
1935 "The Problem of Resistance in Compressible Fluids"
ca 1935 "The Mechanics of High Speed Flow of Water in Open Channels"
1936 "Discussion of Dr. H. Rouse's Paper on `Modern Conceptions of the Mechanics of Fluid Turbulence"'
1937 re Fluid Resistance
1937 "The Fundamentals of the Statistical Theory of Turbulence"
1938 "Some Remarks on the Statistical Theory of Turbulence"
1939 "Use of Orthogonal Functions in Structural Problems"
1940 "Problems of Flow in Compressible Fluids"
1941 "Compressibility Effects in Aerodynamics"
1942 "The Role of Fluid Mechanics in Modern Warfare"
1944 "Faster than Sound"
1947 "Aerodynamic Considerations on the Formation of Sandripples"
1947 "On the Deformation of a Half-annular Plate due to Non-uniform Thermal Expansion"
1947 "Supersonic Aerodynamics-Principles and Applications"
1947 "Theoretical Considerations on Stability and Control at High Speeds"
ca 1947 "The Similarity Law of Transonic Flow"
1948 "L'Aérodynamique et l'Art de l'Ingénieur"
1948 "On the Spectrum of Isotropic Turbulence"
1948 "Problèmes Posés Par l'Écoulement Transonique"
1948 (note) "Sur La Théorie Statistique de la Turbulence"
ca 1948 re Supersonic Aerodynamics (in French)
1948-1949 "Progress in the Statistical Theory of Turbulence"
1949 "On the Statistical Theory of Isotropic Turbulence"
ca 1949 "The Estimation of Supersonic Wind Tunnel diffuser Efficiencies"
ca 1949 "Theoretical Remarks on Thrust Augmentation"
1950 "Specific Power Required for Propulsion of Vehicles (What Price Speed?)"
ca 1950 "Turbulence and Aerodynamic Noise"
ca 1950 re Jet-Assisted Take-off
1952 "On the Foundation of High Speed Aerodynamics"
1952 "Thermal Theory of a Laminar Flamefront near to a Cold Wall"
1953 "Aerothermodynamics and Combustion Theory" (Princeton Lectures)
1953 "Was Soll der Ingenieur von Turbulenz Wissen?"
ca 1953 re Aerothermodynamics and Combustion (Paris Lectures)
ca 1953 "A Few Comments on Rocketry"
1955 "Solved and Unsolved Problems of High Speed Aerodynamics"
ca 1955 "Boundary Layer Theory"
ca 1955 "Fundamental Equations in Aerothermochemistry"
1956 "The Present Status of the Theory of Laminar Flame Propagation"
1957 Lanchester Memorial Lecture
ca 1957 "Comments to the Contribution of D.B. Spalding: `Recent Progress in Flame Theory"'
ca 1957 re Magnetohydrodynamics
1958 "Aerothermodynamic Problems of Combustion"
1958 "Introduction for Advanced Aero-engine Testing"
1958 "Magnetofluidmechanics, A General Lecture"
1958 "Some Significant Developments in Aerodynamics since 1946"
ca 1958 "Progress in Theory of Turbulence"
1959 "Perfectionism or Reliability"
1959 "Some Comments on Applications of Magnetofluidmechanics"
1961 "The Developing Role of Nuclear Energy in Aerospace Technology"
Incomplete Manuscripts
ca 1956 re Laminar Flame Propagation
undated
re Aerodynamics
re Turbulence
Miscellaneous
English
French
German
Hungarian
Undated
English
"Aerothermochemistry deals with flow phenomena..."
"Contributions to the Theory of Wave-Resistance"
"Discussion of Mr. W.S. Farren's Wright Brothers Lecture"
"Drag and Lift of Flat Bodies at Supersonic Speeds"
re Flutter
"On Future Possible Developments of Light Weight Internal Combustion Engines"
"Heavenly Turbulence"
Introduction to the Paper "Laminar Flame Propagation in Premixed H2-Br2 Flames"
"Non-Linear Problems in Elastic Stability"
"Notes relating to the Dynamic Lift Exercised by a Fluid Stream on Immersed Symmetrical Particles"
Notes re Combustion
"Our Present Knowledge of Turbulent Flow"
"Summary of the Moment Theory in Plastic Beams"
"On the Theory of Underwater Explosion"
French
"L'Aéro - Thermodynamique"
"JATO Décollage Assisté par Fusées"
"Problème de l'Écoulement Transonique"
"Les Sillages Non Stationnaires"
"Théorie Statistique de la Turbulence"
re Turbulence
Miscellaneous (in French)
German
re Aerodynamics
"Bemerkungen zum Patent betr. Erzeugung einer erhöten Zirkulation durch besondere Anordnung der Luftschrauben"
"Berechnung der Ventilation und Kühlung"
"Berechnung versteifter Rohre gegen äusseren Druck"
"Dimensionlose Grössen in Grenzgebieten der Aerodynamik"
"Elastizitätslehre"
"Festigkeitsrechnung von Propellern"
"Gelöste und ungelöste Probleme der Aerodynamik"
"Kritische Geschwindigkeit rasch laufender Wellen"
"Landungstoss bei Schwimmern"
"Mechanisch-physikalische Fragen der Luftfahrt"
"Mitchell's Theorie des Wellenwiderstandes und das `Schiff geringsten Widerstandes"'
"Probleme und Methoden der Luftfahrforschung"
"Zur Theorie der Wärmeleitung im Kristallen"
"Über das sog. Beiplanimeter"
"Über die Stabilität rotierender Wellen (Bemerkgen um der Arbeit von Herrn v. Mises)"
"Wärmeausgleich in Kristallen im Lichte der Quantenmechanik"
Miscellaneous (in German)
Hungarian
Reprints (selected)
1907 "A német természettudósok ez évi drezdai nagygyüléséröl"
1908 "Details of the English Technical Educational System" (in Hungarian and English)
1908 "Recent Investigations Regarding the Flow Phenomena of Vapors and Gases" (in Hungarian)
1915 "Investigations into Elastic Limit and Fracture Conditions" (English translation of Hungarian paper)
1916 "Das Gedächtnis der Materie"
1927 "On the Development of the Airplane" (in Japanese)
1927 "Seven Lectures on Selected Problems in Aeronautics"
1930 "Erwiderung"
1935 "Some Aspects of the Turbulence Problem"
1935 "A Theoretical Investigation of the Maximum-Lift Coefficient" (with C.B. Millikan)
1937 "Turbulence"
1940 "The Engineer Grapples with Non-Linear Problems"
1945 "Faster than Sound"
1947 "Supersonic Aerodynamics-Principles and Applications"
1948-1950 Instituto Nacional de Técnica Aeronautica [see folder for listing]
1949 "Theoretical Remarks on Thrust Augmentation"
1957 "Algunas Reflexiones Sobre el Estado Actual de la Astronautica"
1958 "Magnetofluidomecanica"
1959 "Magnetofluidmechanics. Some comments in memory of Donát Bánki"
1960 "Introductory Note" ( Astronautica Acta)
1960 "Introductory Remarks to the Fourth AGARD Combustion and Propulsion Colloquium..."
1961 "Achievements in Cooperative Research in NATO"
1961 "Engineering Education in Our Age"
undated "Aerodynamique"
Papers by Other Writers (includes manuscripts, reports, preprints, reprints, lectures, etc.)
Adams, Mac C.
Arnstein, Karl
Baiada, E.
Baker, Kemper W.
Baker, Ralph D.
Bakhmeteff, Boris A.
Banton, C.W.
Baudot, François
Beanfield, R. McC.
Benfield, A.E.
Benioff, Hugo
Bergmann, Stefan
Bertin, Jean
Bienen, Th.
Biot, M.A.
Blench, T.
Bollay, William
Bollenrath, Franz
Bolza, Hans
Brahtz, John F.
Brahtz, J.H.A.
Breguet, Louis
Broszko, M.
Bruck, I.
Burgers, J.M.
Byrne, Ralph
Cardwell, F.D.
Chang, C.C.
Charwat, Andrew F.
Chilowsky, Constantin
Chou, Pei-Yuan
Clark, Don
Corbeiller, Ph. Le
Courant, Richard
Cox, Anthony B.
Cox, H.L.
Dassault, Marcel
Dätwyler, G.
Degen, Max
Dreisch, Th.
Dryden, Hugh L.
Dubos, Bernard J.
Duwez, Pol E.
Eaton, Elbert L.
Ehrenhaft, Felix
Elsasser, Walter M.
Emmons, H.W.
Erdélyi, A.
Fenyes, I.
Ferrari, Carlo
Friedrichs, K.O.
Funk, Paul
Gabrielli, Giuseppe
Gail, Albert
Gebelein, Hans
Geer, William C.
Geller, Edward Wayne
Gerin, Jacques
Gilruth, Robert R.
Goetz, Alexander
Gongwer, Calvin A.
Griffin, John R.
Haas, Max
Hadamard, J.
Hayes, W.
Helmbold, H.B.
Hirota, M.
Hobrock, Raymond M.
Horton, Robert E.
Hubbard, C.W.
Hudimoto, Busuke
Ioi, Hitoshi
Ippen, Arthur T.
Isay, Herman
Ito, Yoji
Jacobs, Eastman N.
Janoszky, C.B.
Janowsky, W.
Junkers, Hugo
Kaempen, Charles E.
Kasai, Taijiro
Kataoka, M.
Keller, C.
Keller, Herbert C.
Kempf, G.
Kiebel, I.A.
Klemperer, Wolfgang
Klose, A.J.
Kniehahn, Werner
Knoblock, F.D.
Koch, A.
Kogbethiantz
Kondo, Kazuo
Körösy, Ferenc de
Kramer, Max
Krohn, R.
Kuethe, Arnold M.
Kuster, Walther
Lamm, Desiderius
László, Franz
Latzko, John
Lazzarino, Lucio
Lees, Lester
Legendre, Robert
Levi-Civita, T.
Liepmann, Hans W.
Lin, C.C.
Lincoln, Joseph B.
Lorenzen, Christian
Magyar, Franz
Maillart, Rob.
Maiwurm, Paul
Marble, Frank
Mathar, Joseph
Mayer-Schuchard, C.
Menzel, Donald H.
Metral, A.R.
Meyer, Adolf
Minorsky, N.
Moore, Norton B.
Morimichi, Hirota
Munk
Nusselt, Wilhelm
O'Brien, Morrough P.
Oswald, W. Bailey
Panetti, M.
Pawlowski, Felix W.
Pekeris, C. L.
Pérès, Joseph
Pirath, Carl
Poelvoorde, P.J. van
Poritsky, Hillel
Prandtl, Ludwig
Puckett, Allen E.
Rannie, W. D.
Reissner, Eric
Reissner, Hans
Riparbelli, C.
Robertson, H. P.
Sadron, Charles
Salzmann, F.
Samaras, Demetrios
Sänger, Eugen
Schade, Henry A.
Scherer, Paul A.
Schmidt, Henry F.
Schweitzer, P.H.
Sears, W.R.
Sechler, Ernest E.
Seifert, Howard
Sendagorta, Manuel de
Shen, S.P.
Sherlock, R. H.
Shih-I, Pai
Simmons
Singer, S.F.
Spencer, D.C.
Steele, F.G.
Stewart, H. J.
Stodola, A.
Stossel, Ernest
Tan, H.S.
Tollmien, W.
Treer, M. F.
Truitt, Robert Wesley
Troller, Theodor
Trumpler, William E.
Tsien, Hsue-shen
USSR Academy of Sciences
Uytenbogaart, W.G.
Vajda, Geza L.
Valensi, J.
Van Every, K. E.
Vanoni, Vito A.
Wada, K.
Wattendorf, Frank
Way, Stewart
Weske, John R.
White, Merit P.
Wigley, W.C.S.
Wislicenus, George F.
Yuan, Shao Wen
Abstracts
Anonymous
English
French
German
X. Biographical And Personal Material
Awards and Honors
1937 Université libre de Bruxelles
1937 Université de Liège Gold Medal [safe]
1940 Université de l'État à Liège [oversize]
1941 American Society of Mechanical Engineers Medal
1941 Sylvanus Albert Reed Award [oversize]
1943 University of California
1945 Certificate of Merit, OSRD
1945 Commendation for Meritorious Civilian Service, USA [oversize]
1946 Medal for Merit, USA
1947 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
1947 Université de Liège
1948 American Society of the French Legion of Honor
1948 Columbia University
1948 Franklin Medal
1948 John Fritz Medal
1948 Société des Ingénieurs Civils de France
1949 Université d'Aix-Marseille
1950 Lord Kelvin Gold Medal
1951 L'Union Internationale de Mécanique Théorique et Appliquée
1951 Yale University
1952 Royal Aeronautical Society Medal [safe]
1953 French Legion of Honor
1953 Al Merito della Repubblica Italiana
1953 Die Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule Aachen
1953 Die Schweizerische Astronautische Arbeitsgemeinschaft
1953 Svenska Teknologföreningen [safe]
1953 Die Technische Universität Berlin-Charlottenburg
1953 Université de Lille
1954 Technion-Israel Institute of Technology
1954 Trasenster Medal
1954 Wright Brothers Memorial Trophy
1955 Decoration for Exceptional Civilian Service [oversize and safe]
1955 Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule
1955 French Academy of Sciences
1955 Das Grosse Verdienstkreuz mit Stern
1955 Daniel Guggenheim Medal
1955 Instanbul Teknik Üniversitesi [oversize]
1955 Pontifical Academy of Sciences [safe]
1956 Commander of the Legion of Honor
1956 Grand Officer in the Order of Orange Nassau
1956 Medal of Freedom, USA [oversize and safe]
1956 Northwestern University
1956 Technische Hogeschool Delft
1957 Vincent Bendix Award
1957 Ludwig Prandtl Ring Award [safe]
1957 Université de Paris
1958 L'Ordre de Léopold
1958 Stephen Timoshenko Medal [safe]
1958 Universidad de Sevilla
1959 Gas Dynamics Symposium [oversize]
1960 Brown University
1960 Canadian Aeronautical Institute
1960 Columbian Gold Medal
1960 Karl Frederick Gauss Medal
1960 Robert H. Goddard Medal
1960 Lamme Award
1960 New York University
1960 Politecnico di Torino
1960 Weizmann Institute of Science
1961 Gran Cruz de Alfonso X el Sabio
1961 Indian Academy of Sciences
1961 National University of Athens
1961 University of Bern
1961 George Washington Award
1961 James Watt International Medal
1962 AGARD Gold Medal [safe]
1962 Banki Medal [safe]
1962 Exner Medal
1963 National Medal of Science
1963 Thomas D. White Award
Miscellaneous Certificates and Citations
Biographical Sketches
Birthday Greetings and Celebrations
60th, 1941
70th, 1951
75th, 1956
(1 folder)
(2 folders)
77th, 1958
78th, 1959
79th, 1960
80th, 1961
(1 folder)
(5 folders)
(2 folders)
Miscellaneous 1948-1957, undated
Christmas Card Lists
Christmas Cards, Received
Family
Elemer (brother)
Correspondence
1920, 1923-1926
Transcriptions and Translations of Hungarian Letters
Feri (brother) and Lyci
Correspondence
1914-1915, 1921, 1925-1932
1933-1938, 1940, 1947, undated
Transcriptions and Translations of Hungarian Letters
Helen (mother)
Correspondence
1895, 1908, 1910, 1913-1914, 1919-1921
1923-1925
1926-1929
Undated, incomplete
Transcriptions and Translations of Hungarian Letters
Josephine or Pipö (sister)
Biographical Sketch by Theodore
Correspondence
1914, 1919, 1921, 1923-1927, 1929-1934, 1937, 1944, 1946-1948
1951 (Condolences)
1951
1956-1958
Undated from Josephine
Undated to Josephine
Postcards
Telegrams 1951
Transcriptions and Translations of Hungarian Letters
Manuscripts and Notes
(2 folders)
(2 folders)
Memorabilia
Miscellaneous
Notebooks
Maurice (father)
Biographical Sketch by Theodore
Biographical, Miscellaneous
Correspondence
1871-1880, 1886-1888, 1894
1903-1904, 1908-1910
1911-1912
1913
1914-1915, 1923, 1925
Postcards to Theodore
1913
1914
Telegrams 1913
Undated
Transcriptions and Translations of Hungarian Letters
Documents
Manuscripts
(4 folders)
(11 folders)
Miscellany
Notebooks
(1 folder)
(5 folders)
Reprints
Miklos (brother) and Margrit
Correspondence
1914-1916, 1921-1922, 1924-1929
1930-1936, 1938-1939
1940-1941, 1943, 1945-1949
1950-1951
1952
1953
Jan-Aug 1954
Sept-Dec 1954
1955-1961
Undated
Transcriptions and Translations of Hungarian Letters
Miscellaneous Family Correspondence
Miscellaneous Transcriptions and Translations
Fellowships
Fulbright Grant 1950-1952
Josephine de Kármán Trust
General correspondence 1953-1962
Miscellaneous
Financial Records
Bank Statements, Europe
1922-1933
1934-1937, 1952-1959
Undated
Bills and Receipts
Antiques and Art Furnishings
Automobiles
(1 folder)
(6 folders)
Building Maintenance
Carpets and Linoleum
Clothing and Accessories
Customs and Duty Declarations
Donations
(2 folders)
(2 folders)
Electricity--Water
Entertainment
Florists
Food
(1 folder)
(2 folders)
Gas Company
re Gaston Vassel
(2 folders)
(1 folder)
Gifts
Grounds Maintenance
Hearing Aids
Home Furnishings
Koko (Poodle)
Laundry and Dry Cleaning
Medical
Membership Dues
Miscellaneous
1932-1953
1954-1962
Nurse and Sick Room Supplies
Photographs and Photographic Equipment
Plumbing--Heating
Publications
Shipping Arrangements
Invitations
Legal Papers
Memorabilia
Publicity
Austria
Belgium
Brazil
Canada, England
Correspondence
France
General
Germany
Greece
Hungary
Italy
National Medal of Science
Netherlands
Norway
re Rockets
re Space
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
Turkey
USA
USSR
Yugoslavia
Secretary
Correspondence Log, 1958-1959
Lists of Addresses
Lists of Files
Miscellaneous
Names from Personal Correspondence Files
Travel, Miscellaneous
Pictorial Material
Films
DeGaulle giving speech; Pipö, Von Kármán, et al.
Albert Einstein, Pipö, et al. in Pasadena
Kármán, Pipö in Oriental costumes
Lucille Price
Kármán in Nashville
Kármán and Pipö at Wohlenberg's on way to Washington
Helen Kármán, Pipö, et al., Paris, Pasadena, New York
Helen Kármán and Mrs. Gartz
Pol Duwez, Kármán, two women
Pipö and Kármán at Yale
Harold Urey--conference
Negative of Oil Drilling Apparatus and Visitors
Grand Canyon
Visit with Henry Borsook and family
Kármán at an airport
Strasbourg
Harry Truman at Tullahoma Dedication
Bozse's Wedding
Laguna excursion, Pipö, et al.
Pipö and Kármán
T.K. Chang and family
Mother
Pipö skating
Pipö: Hollywood, Stanford
Ball Game
Transcontinental trips
Madrid, Alcala, Salamanca
Sevilla
Barcelona, Cannes
Riviera
Versailles
Mont St. Michel
French Gothics
Paris Conference
Paris, Modane
Fiat, Susa, Modane
Pallanza
Assisi, Milano
Gino, Roma
Smyrna, Creta, Genoa
Smyrna, Creta
Rome, Istanbul
Algiers
Tunis, Cartago
Sahara
Lichtenstein
Gotthard
Kissingen: Rothenburg and Einstein
Budapest, Stockholm
San Juan Capistrano
Seagulls
Airship
Kármán in Europe
Kármán et al. swimming 1959
Professor Ward
Wind Tunnel, Vernon
Unidentified
Smoke Composer Flow
Boundary Layer Transition
Wind Tunnel Tests of Tacoma Narrows Bridge
Photographs
People
Kármán alone
Family
Group pictures
1910s-1954
1955-1962
1963, ca 1960s
Miscellaneous friends and colleagues
Scientists
Unidentified
Places
Scrapbooks
Trip to Orient
Construction Tsing Hua Wind Tunnel 1936-1937
Sequoia Camping Trip 1940
Trip to Sweden 1950
Trip to Switzerland 1950
Trip to Asia/Orient
Pasadena/Southern California
Aeronautics
Aircraft
Gliders
"Historical Moments in Aviation"
Technical, Collected Works, and Miscellaneous
Wind Tunnels
Slides
Scientists (Portraits and Como Congress 1927)
Trip to Orient, with people
Trip to Orient, places
Technical slides
Audio Material
Tapes
National Medal of Science presentation 1963 Cornell 1959
Oversize Material
Supplementary Material
"Theodore von Kármán," R. Cargill Hall, 3 September 1968
"A Selective Chronology of GALCIT-JPL Developments, 1926-1950," R. Cargill Hall, 8 September 1967
"Bibliography, JPL-4, ORDCIT Project, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, GALCIT, California Institute of Technology," January 1971
"Toward New Horizons: A Report to General of the Army H.H. Arnold, T. von Kármán, 1945
Technical Memoranda and Reports, 1940-1944
Supplement 1994
I. Karman Family, Biographical
Kármán, Josephine de
Personal correspondence and misc. 1940s-1950s
Trust (University of Southern California)
Legal documents 1953-1955
Correspondence 1953-1959
Financial records and documents 1954, 1958, n.d.
Foundation (Berne, Switzerland)
Legal and official documents 1958-1959
Fellowships correspondence 1957-1959
Kármán, Miklos von
Condolence letters and misc. 1958-59
Kármán, Theodore von
Address lists, including 75th birthday
Biographical miscellany
80th birthday, Congressional Record
Photos, misc.
Death, memorial service, estate settlement, posthumous award (White)
II. Karman Manuscript and Print Miscellany
Correspondence
Misc. personal correspondence 1946-1963, n.d.
Tsien, H. S. 1953-1954
Misc. personal correspondence, Hungarian 1959, 1962
AGARD office 1962-1963, n.d.
Publication correspondence, misc. 1956-57, 1960
Manuscripts
Ph.D. dissertation, Untersuchungen über Knickfestigkeit Göttingen, 1909
The Strength of Corrugated Fire Tubes (trans.) 1909
Kritische Geschwindigkeit rasch laufender Wellen (Critical Speeds of Deepwell Shafts) 1923
La propagation des formations plastiques dans les corps solides. Sixième Congrès Intérnationales de Mécanique appliquée, Paris, 1926
Survey of Problems of Thin Walled Structures 1932
Problems of Flow in Compressible Fluids (draft), Univ. of Pennsylvania Bicentennial, 1940 See also: 120.2
Progress in the Statistical Theory of Turbulence 1948 See also: 120.7
Report on the Place of Engineering Sciences in Relation to the Objectives of UNESCO.... 1949
Introductory Remarks on Turbulence, Paris Astro-Aerodynamical Congress, 1949
On the Statistical Theory of Isotropic Turbulence [1949] See also: 120.18
Turbulence and Aerodynamic Noise ca 1950 See also: 121.1
Contributions of University Research to the Arnold Engineering Development Center 1951
La Théorie moderne des surfaces portantes ONERA Conference 1952
Space Age and Aeronautical Engineering 1958
Goals and Achievements of Space Flight X. Convegno internationale delle Communicazione 1962
Instability of Spherical Shells subjected to External Pressure 1962
Introduction to article for Interavia, n.d.
A Comparison of Approximation Procedures for the Flame Equations (One-Step Reactions with Lewis Number of Unity) n.d.
Technical Reports
The Lift of a Body of Revolution in an Inclined Flow ca 1920, trans. 1953
The Impact on Seaplane Floats during Landing (trans.), report for NACA, 1929
Proposal and Tentative Plans for a Superspeed Wind Tunnel, report for NDRC, 1941
Technical reports for G. E. 1941
Preliminary Report on the Aerodynamic Investigations for the Design of the Tacoma Narrows Bridge 1942 See also: 101-104
Memorandum on the Possibilities of Long-Range Rocket Projectiles (JPL-1) 1943
Comparative Study of Jet Propulsion Systems as Applied to Missiles and Transonic Aircraft (JPL-2) 1944
Tacoma Narrows Bridge, re: film, "Kármán Vortex Street" 1958
Unidentified technical material
Book Manuscripts
Book manuscript, Chap. 6
Book manuscript, Chap. 7
Book manuscript, Chap. 11
Book chapter
Lectures
Columbia Lectures (Aerothermodynamics) 1947
Columbia Lectures (Developments in the Statistical Theory of Turbulence) 1948
Cornell Lectures 1959
Maryland Lectures (From low-speed aerodynamics to astronautics) 1960-62
Reprints (complete list appended) See also: original collections, boxes 123-124
1907-1929
1930-1939
1940-1949
1950-1959
1960s and undated
Printed Matter, misc. about T. von Kármán (3 files)
Bibliographies of works by and about T. von Kármán
75th birthday commemorative books
III. Memorabilia
OVERSIZE: Photos
Portrait of Helene von Kármán by Johan Hagemeyer 1931
Portraits of Josephine von Kármán
Portraits of Theodore von Kármán (mostly later years)
Group photos:
Air Force photos:
Kármán, Schriever, et al 1957
Scientific Advisory Board, first meeting 17 June 1946
Group with models of missiles (See scrapbook, Kármán Gas Dynamics Facility)
Group in front of portrait of TvK and JdK, possibly at Gas Dynamics Facility
Kirtland Field (TvK not present)
International Congress of Applied Mechanics, Brussels, 1946 2 photos
Guggenheim Foundation group, inscribed by H. Guggenheim 21 January 1963
Space capsule launch, inscribed by John Glenn 3 July 1962 (color)
TvK and unidentified woman
Seville, 1948 4 photos
OVERSIZE: Honorary degrees, citations, awards, greetings (loose)
Citation from French Ministry of Education 2 copies with correspondence (JdK)
Award, Cross of Commander of Order of George the First (from King of Greece) 1961
Award, Gran Cruz de Mérito Aeronautico (Spain) 1956
Award, honorary membership in American Astronautical Society 1961
Certificate of Election, International Aeronautical Academy, 1960
Commemoration, dedication of Kármán Lab at Caltech
Congratulations, 80th birthday, from ARO 1961
Certificate of Election (honorary), American Meteorological Society 1960
Senate Resolution, 80th birthday 1961
Honorary degree, Wayne State University 1959
Congratulations, 80th birthday, White House 1961
Congratulations, 80th birthday, University of Maryland 1961
Award, Thomas D. White National Defense Award, U.S. Air Force Academy Sept. 1963 (awarded posthumously)
Grand Croix de l'Ordre de Mérite pour la Recherche et L'Invention 1962
Certificate, NATO/AGARD 1956
Award, Wilhelm Exner Medal, Austrian Trade Society (Österreichischer Gewerbeverein) 1962
OVERSIZE: Honorary degrees, citations, greetings (bound)
Award, Ludwig Prandtl Ring 1957 (bound, in box)
Award, Timoshenko Medal 1958
Honorary degree, University of Southern California 1958
Honorary degree, Illinois Institute of Technology 1959 (with letter)
Honorary degree, Wayne State University 1959
Honorary degree, Brown University 1961
Certificate [degree?], Budapest Polytechnic University 1962 (with two stick pins)
Certificates (3) in Greek (in tube)
OVERSIZE Medals, trophies, souvenirs [Some objects were removed from this box in July 1999 and a few were added.]
Cake knife [?], silver in red case, engraved "Lydia and Josy with love/1881-1961"
Medal, in case, "À Henri Villat...ses élèves, ses amis" 1946
Medal, bronze in box, Princeton University bicentennial (2 copies)
Medal, in case, centennial of Real Academia de Ciencias Exactas Fisicas y Naturales 1947
Medal, in case, University of Pennsylvania bicentennial 1940
Medal, bronze in round case, Société des ingénieurs civils de France, bicentennial 1948
Medal, bronze in round box, Centenaire de l' A. I. L. G. 1947
Medal, gold-plated in box, Forty-First Milan Fair, Exhibit Hall on Space Exploration
Medal, Franz Joseph I 60th anniversary medal, 1908. Apparently given to Kármán in 1959 by the Russian airplane designer A. Tupolev. With accompanying note in Russian.
Pendant, coin in case, Regione Siciliana...
Pendant, in case on blue rope, "Universitario Claustro"
Pendant, copper, Alexander Volta/Universitatis Ticinensis 1925
Pins, miscellaneous in box: Aerojet and unidentified. [5 items]
Plaque, von Kármán Gas Dynamics Facility 1950
Plaque, bronze in case, Rheinisches Flugturnier, Düsseldorf 1928
Plaque, small bronze, Hungarian, in honor of Miklós Szijártó
Plaque, pewter in box, Società adriatica di Elettricità, 50th anniversary
Ribbon with rosette (red), unidentified decoration
Studs, unidentified decorative, possibly belonging to decoration sets. See also: Under Medals and Awards series in Archives catalog
U. S. Air Force memorabilia, in box: patch, wings, pins
Tippet, fur and silk, probably part of a decoration or academic costume. In padded box. [box added July 1999]
DOUBLE OVERSIZE: Artwork and misc. oversize
Birthday card, ink, watercolor, collage, by Greta Jones
Cartoon, ink, "An Engagement for the Empire of the Sky"
Cartoon, ink and pencil, TvK and colleagues seated at table, birthday 1940, by Frank Malina [includes original, negative and print]
Cartoon, TvK as Don Quixote, Christmas 1939, by Frank Malina
Cartoon, TvK head pasted on green uniform [postcard size]
Drawing, Beardsley style, with German inscription, signed Otto H. Muchs [?] 1910
Drawing of TvK, head and shoulders, charcoal, signed Gisl [?]
Drawing, study for Maurice von Kármán portrait, charcoal, chalk 1898
Drawing of TvK, "pointillist," ink, signed W. A. Knoll
Drawing of TvK, pencil, signed Juan Lafita [?], Sevilla 1948
Drawing of TvK, ink, full-length with profile, signed X. T. (2 versions)
Drawing of TvK, ink, profile with hearing aid
Sketch of TvK, head, pencil, signed Harold Reiterer, Wien 1932 (poor condition, torn)
Sketch of TvK, colored chalk
Sketch of TvK, charcoal and pencil, signed by A. Semégi [?], Paris 1946 (2 versions)
Sketch of TvK, ink, watercolor with Japanese [?] inscription
Sketch of Josephine de Kármán, charcoal and pencil, signed Jessie B. Johnson
Award certificate, National Medal of Science 1962
Award certificate, Commander of the Legion of Honor, France 1956
Citation (humorous), "Doctor Connoisseur," Bloomfield Mills, Michigan 1959
Citation, American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers 1962
Citation, Aeronautical Research Laboratory 1962
Citation, Weizmann Institute of Science 1960
Greetings, 75th birthday, Brooklyn Polytechnic
Honorary degree, Technical University of Delft 1956 (with seal in metal case)
Honorary degree, Turin Polytechnic 1959
"U. S. Air Power in 50th Year," mounted pages
Photos, 3 large of TvK in velvet jacket
DOUBLE OVERSIZE: Misc. oversize
Honorary degree, University of Berne [2 copies in red ornate tube]
Honorary degree, University of Budapest bound scroll 1962
Scrapbook, dedication of von Kármán Gas Dynamics Facility, Arnold Engineering Center, Tullahoma, TN 1959
Scrapbook, TvK receiving Greek [?] honorary degree, possibly Order of George the First
Scrapbook, Josephine de Kármán memorial scrapbook
OVERSIZE: Long rolled photos
Aerojet, May 1943
Fourth International Conference for Applied Mechanics, Cambridge, England 1934 (2 copies)
Fifth International Conference for Applied Mechanics, Cambridge, Massachusetts 12-16 Sept 1938
Seventh International Conference for Applied Mechanics, London, Imperial College Sept 1948
Added to Fine Art Collection: Oil portrait of Maurice von Kármán
Added to Landmark Book Collection: 9 titles (listed in the bibliography)
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