Oral History Interviews of Ames Personnel Collection, 1961-2018

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Summary

Title:

Oral History Interviews of Ames Personnel Collection

Dates:

1961-2018

Creators:

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Abstract:

This collection contains an assemblage of oral history interview transcripts of personnel from NASA Ames Research Center and its precursor organization, the NACA Ames Aeronautical Laboratory. These were selected from larger oral history collections held at the NASA Headquarters History Office Archives and the NASA Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center (JSC) History Office. The collection documents contributions of Ames personnel to the development, management, and execution of a wide range of NACA and NASA programs and projects.

Extent:

Number of digital items: 101 Volume: 34 Megabytes

Language:

English

Preferred citation:

NASA Ames History Archives, NASA Ames Research Center. Moffett Field, California. ARC20.06, Oral History Interviews of Ames Personnel Collection, [Container number]: [Folder number]. [Identification of item]. [Date, if available].

Abbreviated Citation

NASA ARC. ARC20.06, [Container number]: [Folder number]. [Identification of item]. [Date, if available].

Background

Scope and content:

The bulk of this collection contains transcripts of interviews with personnel from the NACA Ames Aeronautical Laboratory and NASA Ames Research Center. The collection captures the perspectives of a diverse group of contributors to our nation's aerospace programs, coming from backgrounds in administration, management, science, and engineering. These materials are copies of documents selected from collections at the NASA Headquarters History Office Archives and from oral history projects conducted by the NASA Johnson Space Center (JSC) History Office. Audio recordings are not included but may be obtained from Headquarters and JSC within the scope of their release policies. The capture of oral histories is ongoing and new materials will be added as projects are completed. All of the materials in this collection are available in digital form and indexes are available for each series.

Acronym List

ISS	International Space Station
JSC	Johnson Space Center
MEMS	Microelectromechanical Systems
NACA	National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics
NASA	National Aeronautics and Space Administration
OHP	Oral History Project
SMD	Science Mission Directorate

Acquisition information:

Acquired from the NASA Headquarters History Office Archives (Accession 2020-005 and 2020-013) and the NASA Johnson Space Center History Office (Accession 2020-006) in March and October 2020.

Arrangement:

The collection is arranged into two series according to the center where the materials originated (JSC and NASA Headquarters). Each series is divided into two subseries, one for NACA-themed interviews and the other for interviews that are mainly focused on NASA. Interviews are arranged alphabetically by narrator last name with the associated interviewer, project name, and interview date(s). A file index is included for each series. For Series I.2, biographical information sheets follow the individual interview(s), where applicable.

Rules or conventions:

Finding aid prepared using Describing Archives: A Content Standard (DACS)

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:: Collection processed and guide prepared by April Gage
Date Encoded:: Machine-readable finding aid created by April Gage. Date of source: December 2020.

Access and use

Restrictions:: Collection is open for research.
Terms of access:: Copyright does not apply to United States government records. For non-government material, researcher must contact the original creator.