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Title: Howard Seifert papers
Identifier/Call Number: SC0173
Contributing Institution:
Dept. of Special Collections & University Archives
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
39.5 Linear feet
Date (inclusive): 1960-1977
creator:
Seifert, Howard, 1911-1977
creator:
Seifert,, 1911-1977.
Papers include correspondence, photographs, newsclippings, notes, memoranda, reports, reprints, proposals, and class materials
(notes, problems, exams, and reference sources). Some materials pertain to his work with the Jet Propulsion Laboratory and
NASA.
Howard Seifert, an authority on rocket propulsion of space vehicles, was professor of aeronautics and astronautics at Stanford
from 1960 to 1976. He also directed the Physical Sciences Laboratory at the United Aircraft Corporation (1960-65) and was
president of the American Rocket Society (1960). Before joining the Stanford faculty, he was on the staff at the Jet Propulsion
Laboratory and Space Technology Laboratories and a visiting professor at UCLA.
[Identification of item], Howard Seifert Papers, SC 173, Stanford University Archives, Stanford, Calif.
Gift of Mrs. Howard Seifert, 1977, and administrative transfer, Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, 1979.
Property rights reside with the repository. Literary rights reside with the creators of the documents or their heirs. To obtain
permission to publish or reproduce, please contact the Public Services Librarian of the Dept. of Special Collections and University
Archives.
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Subjects and Indexing Terms
Jet Propulsion Laboratory (U.S.).
Seifert, Howard,, 1911-1977.
Stanford University. Dept. of Aeronautics and Astronautics. -- General subdivision--Faculty.;
United States.. National Aeronautics and Space Administration..
Aeronautics--Research.
Clippings.
Photoprints.
Rocketry.
Solar energy--Research.