The Descriptive Finding Guide for the Philip Bono Personal Papers SDASM.SC.10166
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Box 1 of 4
SERIES I: Correspondence
Folder 1 – Correspondence, 1960-1964.
Folder 2 -- Correspondence, 1965-1966.
Folder 3 -- Correspondence, 1967.
Folder 4 -- Correspondence, 1968.
Folder 5 -- Correspondence, 1969-1970.
Folder 6 -- Correspondence, 1971-1976.
Folder 7 -- Correspondence, 1977-1988.
Series II: Book Documents
Folder 8 -- Book correspondence.
Folder 9 -- Book correspondence with Publisher.
Folder 10 -- Book correspondence with Kenneth Gatland.
Folder 11 -- Book publicity and reviews.
Series III: Project Documents
Folder 12 -- Ithacus.
Folder 13 -- Mars Mission.
Folder 14 -- Military/Commercial Transport.
Folder 15 -- Pegasus.
Folder 16 -- ROMBUS (folder #1 of 2).
Folder 17 -- ROMBUS (folder #2 of 2).
Folder 18 -- ROOST.
Folder 19 -- SASSTO.
Folder 20 -- Space Shuttle Concept.
Folder 21 -- Umbress.
Folder 22 -- Reusable Launch Vehicles.
Folder 23 -- Ballistic Reusable Launch Vehicle, Preliminary Report.
Folder 24 -- Projects: Miscellaneous.
Folder 25 -- Project-Related Drawings.
Folder 26 -- Drawing: Eight-Man Earth Launch Vehicle - Boeing.
Folder 27 -- Engineering Studies/Working Papers.
Folder 28 -- Presentations/Conferences.
Series IV: Papers and Reports by Philip Bono
Folder 29 -- Preliminary Design for a Manned Mars Vehicle, August, 1960.
Folder 30 -- Conceptual Design for a Manned Mars Vehicle, August 1960.
Folder 31 -- Preliminary Design for a Manned Mars Vehicle With Modifications for Lunar and Venus Missions.
Box 2 of 4
Series IV: Papers and Reports by Philip Bono (continued)
Folder 1 -- ROOST (2 reports): Integrated Systems Study for a One-Stage Orbital Space Truck, December 1962; Economic Potential of a One-Stage Orbital Space Truck, August 1962.
Folder 2 -- Saturn (2 reports): Saturn SIVB Stage as a Test Bed for Booster Recovery, May 1966; Recent Trends in Post-Saturn Propulsion -- Expendable Solid or Reusable Liquid Systems?, September 1967.
Folder 3 -- Two reports: Enigma of Booster Recovery -- Ballistic or Winged?, May 1967; Implications of Booster Recovery on Unconventional Propulsion Systems, May 1964.
Folder 4 -- Two reports: Variable-Payload Booster -- Next Generation of Large Launch Vehicle?, April 1967; Rocket-Sled Launching Technique and its Implications on Performance of Reusable Ballistic (Orbital Global) Transport Systems, October 1967.
Folder 5 -- Three reports: On the Application of Space Techniques to Terrestrial Transportation, October 1964; A New Dimension in Terrestrial Transportation -- Byproduct of the Space Age, undated; Reusable Rocket Booster as a Military Terrestrial Transport, October 1967.
Folder 6 -- Two reports: A Near-Term Technique for Land-Recovery of an Earth Orbital Stage, October 1966; The Influence of Unconventional Structures and Materials on Booster Reusability, April 1964.
Folder 7 -- Three reports: The Rombus Concept, January 1964; Rombus -- An Integrated Systems Concept for Reusable Orbital Module (Booster and Utility) Shuttle, June 1963; Reusable Booster for Lunar Logistics and Planetary Exploration, 1964.
Folder 8 -- Four reports: Beyond the Supersonic Airlines, November 1964; Advanced Launch Vehicle Concepts, March 1963; Advanced Rocket Concepts, January 1964; Reusable Booster for Lunar Logistics and Planetary Exploration, September 1964.
Folder 9 -- Two Journal of British Interplanetary Society articles: Rocket-Sled Launching for Reusable Ballistic Transport Systems, 1970; Expendable Solid and Reusable Liquid Systems in Post-Saturn Propulsion, 1970.
Folder 10 -- Magazine articles: Rocket Troop Transport, Ordnance Magazine, July-August 1968; Global Rocket Transport Offers Instant Thrill-a-Minute Travel, Society of Automotive Engineers Journal, 1965; Advanced Rocket Concepts, Mechanical Engineering Magazine, January 1964.
Folder 11 -- Magazine articles: Five articles on Rombus, rocket transport, Pegasus, and Reusable Spacecraft.
Folder 12 -- Magazines articles: Three articles on Military Transport, and ROOST.
Series V: Business Documents
Folder 13 -- Personal file.
Folder 14 -- Lists of Philip Bono articles, reports, presentations, slides.
Folder 15 -- "Mars in Our Pocket," fiction by Phil Bono.
Folder 16 -- Humor.
Folder 17 -- Organization Charts.
Folder 18 -- Employment Records.
Folder 19 -- Patents.
Folder 20 -- Philip Bono listing in Who's Who.
Folder 21 -- Resumes.
Folder 22 -- Personal Business Enterprises.
Folder 23 -- Certificates and Awards.
Folder 24 – Memorandums Folder contains 23 items, primarily memorandums and correspondence related to the financing of Lindbergh’s flight: Memo from T. Claude Ryan to Frank Mahoney, June 1928.
Series VI: Newspapers
Folder 28 – Philip Bono.
Folder 29 – Douglas Aircraft In-House News.
Folder 30 – Letters to the Editor.
Folder 31 – Hyperion.
Folder 32 – Ithacus.
Folder 34 – Mars Mission.
Folder 35 – Pegasus.
Folder 36 – Photo Captions for Press Releases.
Box 3 of 4
Series VI: News Clippings/Press Releases (continued)
Folder 1 – Post-Saturn Concepts.
Folder 2 – Reusable Space Vehicles.
Folder 3 – ROMBUS.
Folder 4 – ROOST.
Folder 5 – SASSTO.
Folder 6 – Vehicle Noise Control.
Folder 6 – Vehicle Noise Control.
Series VII: Engineering Data (aircraft)
Folder 8 – Engineering Data: "Stress Analysis for the Airframe and Missile Structural Design," by Philip Bono.
Folder 9 – Engineering Data: Stress Analysis
Series VIII: Vellums
Folder 10 – Vellums of Project Articles - English, folder #1 of 2.
Folder 11 – Vellums of Project Articles - English, folder #2 of 2.
Folder 12 – Vellums of Project Articles - Foreign Language.
Series IX: Photographs
Folder 13 – Partial index and duplicate photographs.
Folder 14 – Vellum photographs for overhead projector presentations.
Folder 15 – 3" x 4" glass slides - Bono_0154 to _0173.
Folder 16 – 3" x 4" glass slides - Bono_0174 to _0193
Folder 17 – 3" x 4" glass slides - Bono_0193 to _0207.
Box 4 of 4
Series IX: Photographs (continued)
Folder 1 – Photographs - Bono_0001 to _0026.
Folder 2 – Photographs - Bono_0027 to _0050.
Folder 3 – Photographs - Bono 0051 to _0075.
Folder 4 – Photographs - Bono_0076 to _0100
Folder 5 – Photographs - Bono_0101 to _0126.
Folder 6 – Photographs - Bono_0127 to _0153.
Folder 7 – Photographs - Bono_0209 to 0216
Folder 8 – Three DVDs of Philip Bono photographs.
Series X: Slides
Folder 9 – Box, 9-3/4" x 12-3/4" x 3-1/2" of 380 Philip Bono presentation slides (mixed, with duplicates).