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Guide to the Oral History Interviews of Ames Personnel Collection, 1961-2018
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Series Description

 

I Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center Oral History Project Interviews

Physical Description: 40 digital items.

Scope and Content Note

This series contains interview transcripts and biographical documents featuring Ames personnel that were selected from oral history project collections at JSC. The series is broken into two subseries.
Subseries 1 contains interview transcripts of fourteen men who worked at the NACA Ames Aeronautical Laboratory (AAL), which later became NASA Ames Research Center with the passage of the National Aeronautics and Space Act of 1958. In addition to the transcripts, there is a compilation of responses to a biographical questionnaire that was sent out to former AAL personnel. This spreadsheet includes responses from both narrators and individuals who were not interviewed, regarding their educational background, work experience, dates of NACA employment, awards, publications and patents, and other information. Most of the respondents were male aeronautical, mechanical, and electrical engineers who worked on design and operation of wind tunnels and applied flight research projects. Two female respondents performed clerical work. Also included are biographical data sheets for some of the interviewees.
Subseries 2 contains interview transcripts from Ames personnel who participated in various JSC oral history projects that focused on the achievements of NASA employees, including: "Herstory," International Space Station, Science Mission Directorate, and NASA at 50.
 

II NASA Headquarters Oral History Interviews

Physical Description: 61 digital items

Scope and Content Note

This series contains edited interview transcripts and interview notes featuring individuals from Ames that were selected from the Oral History Collection at the NASA Headquarters History Archives. It is broken into two subseries.
Subseries 1 provides interview transcripts of twelve men associated with the NACA Ames Aeronautical Laboratory. Topics covered include the establishment of Ames as a West Coast NACA laboratory; NACA aeronautical theories, research, and engineering projects; design and development of wind tunnels; and the transition from NACA to NASA. These interviews were collected to support NACA and early NASA histories that were not published, as well as the NASA History Series publication "NASA's First A."
Subseries 2 contains interview transcripts that were collected to support historical research projects on various subjects, including: aeronautics, the Apollo Program, NASA engineers in the age of Apollo, astrobiology, the formation of the Exobiology Program at Ames, life sciences research at Ames, NASA's Grand Tour program, microelectromechanical systems research, NASA's "human factor," planetary astronomy, the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI), the Space Shuttle, and the International Space Station.

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I. Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center Oral History Project Interviews,

Physical Description: 40 digital items.
 

1. NACA Oral History Project

 

Compilation of biographical questionnaire responses (spreadsheet)

 

Boyd, John W. "Jack," interviewed by Jennifer Ross-Nazzal on 20051003

 

Cole, Henry A. "Hank," interviewed by Sandra Johnson on 20140716

 

Dusterberry, John C., interviewed by Jennifer Ross-Nazzal on 20050929

 

Keener, Earl R., interviewed by Rebecca Wright on 20140717

 

Kurkowski, Richard "Dick," interviewed by Sandra Johnson on 20140714

 

Mort, Kenneth A., interviewed by Sandra Johnson on 20140717

 

Pearson, B. Douglas, Jr. "Doug," interviewed by Sandra Johnson on 20140718

 

Petersen, Richard H., interviewed by Rebecca Wright on 20140714

 

Peterson, Victor L. "Vic," interviewed by Rebecca Wright on 20051003

 

Presley, Leroy L. "Roy," interviewed by Rebecca Wright on 20140716

 

Schmidt, Stanley F., interviewed by Sandra Johnson on 20140715

 

Stone, Jay E., interviewed by Rebecca Wright on 20140718

 

Syvertson, Clarence A. "Sy," interviewed by Rebecca Wright on 20050929

 

Vincenti, Walter G., interviewed by Rebecca Wright on 20140715

 

2. NASA-Themed Oral History Projects,

Physical Description: Narrator, Interviewer, Date of Interview (yyyymmdd).
 

Dalton, Bonnie P., interviewed by Rebecca Wright (NASA "Herstory" OHP) on 20020423

 

Hartman, Harvey L., interviewed by Sandra Johnson (JSC OHP) on 20020507

 

Hartman, Harvey L., biographical sheet

 

Hawley, Steven A., interviewed by Sandra Johnson (JSC OHP) on 20020412, 20021217, and 20030114

 

Hawley, Steven A., biographical sheet

 

Hubbard, G. Scott, interviewed by Sandra Johnson (NASA SMD) on 20170822, 20180820, and 20181113

 

Morrison, David D., interviewed by Sandra Johnson (NASA SMD) on 20170509

 

Mark, Hans M., interviewed by Rebecca Wright (ISS OHP) on 20150708

 

Ochoa, Ellen L., interviewed by Jennifer Ross-Nazzal (JSC OHP) on 20170613, 20170822, 20171212, and 20180515

 

O'Hara, Dee, interviewed by Rebecca Wright (JSC OHP) on 20020423

 

O'Hara, Dee, biographical sheet

 

Squyres, Steven W., interviewed by Sandra Johnson (NASA SMD OHP) on 20170822, 20170914

 

Worden, Alfred M. "Al," interviewed by Rebecca Wright (JSC OHP) on 20000526

 

Worden, Alfred M. "Al," biographical sheet

 

Worden, Simon P. "Pete," interviewed by Rebecca Wright (NASA at 50 OHP) on 20071203

 

Young, A. Thomas, interviewed by Rebecca Wright (NASA Administrators OHP) on 20130610

 

II. NASA Headquarters Oral History Interviews,

Physical Description: 61 digital items.
 

1. NASA Headquarters Oral History Interviews (NACA)

 

Belsley, Steven E., interviewed by Walter Bonney on 19740924

 

Bioletti, Carlton, interviewed by Walter Bonney on 19740925

 

Boyd, John W., interviewed by Robert G. Ferguson on 20050114

 

Bray, Richard, interviewed by Sylvia Fries on 19850809

 

DeFrance, Smith J., interviewed by Michael Keller on 19670616

 

DeFrance, Smith J., interviewed by Walter Bonney on 19740923

 

Goett, Harry J., interviewed by Howard McCurdy on 19880617

 

Goett, Harry J., interviewed by Lane Wallace on 19980213

 

Jones, Robert T. "R.T.," interviewed by Walter Bonney on 19740924

 

Jones, Robert T. "R.T.," interviewed by Richard Hallion on 19770714

 

Kirschbaum, Howard W., interviewed by Michael Keller on 19670615

 

Peterson, Victor L., interviewed by Robert G. Ferguson on 20050117

 

Robinson, Russell G., interviewed by Walter Bonney on 19740924

 

Robinson, Russell G., interviewed by Howard McCurdy on 19880617

 

Stephenson, Jack, interviewed by Sylvia Fries on 19850808

 

Syvertson, Clarence A. "Sy," interviewed by McCurdy, Howard on 19880617

 

Syvertson, Clarence A. "Sy," interviewed by Lloyd S. Swenson and James Grimwood on 19710629

 

Syvertson, Clarence A. "Sy," interviewed by Walter Bonney on 19740925

 

Syvertson, Clarence A. "Sy," interviewed by Richard Hallion on 19790307

 

2. NASA Headquarters Oral History Interviews (NASA)

 

Berry, William E., interviewed by Maura Mackowski on 20050000

 

Billingham, John, interviewed by Steven J. Dick on 19900912

 

Billingham, John, interviewed by Steven J. Dick on 19920601

 

Billingham, John, interviewed by Steven J. Dick on 19920917

 

Billingham, John, interviewed by Steven J. Dick on 19930608

 

Carle, Glenn, interviewed by Steven Dick on 19970513

 

Chang, Sherwood, interviewed by Steven Dick on 19971121

 

Cruikshank, Dale, interviewed by Ronald Schorn on 19931019

 

DesMarais, David J., interviewed by Steven Dick on 19970512

 

DesMarais, David J., interviewed by William Clancey on 20060810

 

DeVincenzi, Donald, interviewed by James Strick on 19970121

 

DeVincenzi, Donald, interviewed by Steven Dick on 19970512

 

Farmer, Jack D., interviewed by Steven Dick on 19971119

 

Gustaferro, Angelo, interviewed by John Logsdon on 19860314

 

Harper, Lynn D., interviewed by Steven Dick on 19970513

 

Harper, Lynn D., interviewed by Steven Dick on 19971121

 

Harper, Lynn D., interviewed by Steven J. Dick on 20010117

 

Harper, Lynn D., interviewed by Maura Mackowski on 20050916

 

Hines, John W., interviewed by Jennifer Ross-Nazzal on 20041004

 

Klein, Harold P. "H.P.," interviewed by Steven J. Dick on 19920915

 

Klein, Harold P. "H.P.," interviewed by James Strick on 20001128

 

Klein, Harold P. "H.P.," interviewed by Steven Dick on 19970514

 

Levine, Alan, interviewed by Sylvia Fries on 19850807

 

Mark, Hans, interviewed by Sylvia Fries on 19840907

 

Mark, Hans, interviewed by Howard McCurdy on 19871111

 

Mark, Hans, interviewed by on 19911016

 

Morey-Holton, Emily, interviewed by Maura Mackowski on 20050916

Series Description
Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center Oral History Project Interviews
NASA Headquarters Oral History Interviews
Container List
I. Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center Oral History Project Interviews,
1. NACA Oral History Project
2. NASA-Themed Oral History Projects,
II. NASA Headquarters Oral History Interviews,
1. NASA Headquarters Oral History Interviews (NACA)
2. NASA Headquarters Oral History Interviews (NASA)
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