Guide to the Deutsches Raketen- und Raumfahrt Museum e. V. Records, 1942-1969 M0718
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2002
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Contributing Institution:
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Title: Deutsches Raketen- und Raumfahrt Museum e. V. Records
Identifier/Call Number: M0718
Physical Description:
4.25 Linear Feet
Date (inclusive): 1942-1969
Abstract: The collection includes correspondence, essays, financial records, official reports, designs and other illustrations. Also
included are papers concerning the earlier Gesellschaft für Weltraumforschung as well as personal papers of Alfred Fritz dating
from the late 1940s.
Language of Material:
English
.
Collection Scope and Content Summary
The collection primarily conains correspondence conducted worldwide concerning the planned museum. Almost all correspondence
involves Alfred Fritz, the museum's founder, managing director, and preeminent figure. The correspondence concerns such matters
as conference and membership in various space- and rocket- societies. Other materials include essays, financial records, handwritten
manuscripts, and official reports, designs, and illustrations. Also included are papers concerning the earlier Gesellschaft
für Weltraumforschung as well as handwritten manuscripts and other personal effects of Alfred Fritz dating from the early
1940's. The collection is of value to those interested in the reception and development of post-war German research in space-travel.
Historical Note
The collection includes papers and illustrations concerning the planned Deutsches Raketen- und Raumfahrtmuseum e.V. The museum
was intended to gather and display technical and literary materials (both historical and contemporary) relevent to studies
in astronautics. It was also intended to promote such studies through educational programs on both the contemporary state
of rocket-technology and the early stages of space travel. The attempt to establish a permanent museum in Stuttgart extended
from 1954 to the early 1960's. The museum was to have been an outgrowth of the Gesellschaft fur Weltraumforschung, founded
in Stuttgart in 1948. Both the museum and its predecessor were members of the International Astroautical Federation. Among
the museum's holdings were an A-4 rocket (v-2), the rocket chamber and gas chamber of the "Veronique," a nose cone and instrumentation
of an "Äerobee," as well as post-war technical, scientific, and rocket-related literature by Stoelzel, Mohr, the Deutsche
Raketengesellschaft für Raketentechnik und Raumfahrt. During the late 1950's and the early 1960's the museum held at least
12 exhibitions. The museum also cooperated with Columbia-Morningside in the filming of the Wernher von Braun Story.
Preferred Citation
Deutsches Raketen- und Raumfahrt Museum e. V. Records. M0718. Dept. of Special Collections, Stanford University Libraries,
Stanford, Calif.
Acquisition Information
Purchased, 1994
Publication Rights
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.
Access Restrictions
None.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Science -- History -- Germany.
Rocketry.
Aeronautics.
Space ships.
Series 1. Institutional Correspondence, ca. 1955-1965
Box 1, folder 1
American Astronautical Society
Language of Material: English.
Box 1, folder 3
Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Raumfahrtforschung
Box 1, folder 4
Bell Aircraft Corporation/Bell Aerosystems Company
Box 1, folder 5
British Interplanetary Society
Box 1, folder 6
Danish Interplanetary Society
Box 1, folder 7
Forschungsinstitut für Physik der Strahlantriebe
Box 1, folder 8
International Astronautical Federation
Box 1, folder 9
The Glenn L. Martin Company
Box 1, folder 10
Von Karman Institute for Fluid Dynamics
Box 1, folder 11
Wissenschaftliche Gesellschaft für Luft und Raumfahrt
Box 1, folder 12
Misc. international institutional correspondence
Box 1, folder 13
Misc. international institutional correspondence
Box 1, folder 14
Misc. international institutional correspondence
Box 1, folder 15
Misc. international institutional correspondence
Series 2. Museum Documents, ca. 1955-1961
Box 1, folder 16
Museum's official papers, reports
Language of Material: English.
Box 1, folder 17
Museum's official papers, reports
Language of Material: English.
Box 2, folder 1
Museum's official papers, reports
Language of Material: English.
Box 2, folder 2
Museum's official papers, reports
Language of Material: English.
Box 2, folder 3
Museum's official papers, reports
Language of Material: English.
Box 2, folder 4
Museum's official papers, reports
Language of Material: English.
Box 2, folder 5
Museum's official papers, reports
Language of Material: English.
Box 2, folder 6
Report on opening of Gesellschaft für Weltraumforschung
(1950)
Language of Material: English.
Box 2, folder 7
Notes, sketches and ground plan for proposed museum
Language of Material: English.
Box 2, folder 8
Extended memorandum on museum design and purpose
Language of Material: English.
Box 2, folder 9
Information on DGRR library holdings
Language of Material: English.
Box 2, folder 10
Satellite-date collection project of
1958-59
Language of Material: English.
Series 3. Alfred Fritz, personal papers, ca. 1942-1950
Box 2, folder 11
Alfred Fritz, personal papers
Language of Material: English.
Box 2, folder 12
Alfred Fritz, personal papers
Language of Material: English.
Box 3, folder 1
Alfred Fritz, personal papers
Language of Material: English.
Box 3, folder 2
Alfred Fritz, personal papers, manuscript of Fritz's novel, Urwald
Language of Material: English.
Box 3, folder 3
Alfred Fritz, personal papers, manuscript of Fritz's novel, Urwald
Language of Material: English.
Series 4. Deutshes Raketen- und Raumfahrt Museum
Box 3, folder 4
Alfred Fritz, personal papers
Language of Material: English.
Box 3, folder 5
Alfred Fritz, personal papers
Language of Material: English.
Box 3, folder 6
Alfred Fritz, pre-DGRR correspondence,
circa 1948-1950
Language of Material: English.
Box 3, folder 7
Alfred Fritz, pre-DGRR correspondence,
circa 1948-1950
Language of Material: English.
Box 3, folder 8
Alfred Fritz, pre-DGRR correspondence,
circa 1948-1950
Language of Material: English.
Box 3, folder 9
Alfred Fritz, pre-DGRR correspondence,
circa 1948-1950
Language of Material: English.
Box 4
Notes/Diagrams/Photographs/correspondence
Language of Material: English.
Box 5
Minor Illustrations (w/ listing)
Language of Material: English.
Box 6, folder 1
Technical Manuscripts (Radar), class notes and diagrams,
circa 1935-36
Language of Material: English.
Series 5. Financial Records, ca. 1953-1957
Box 6, folder 2
DGRR holdings in foreign accounts,
1953-1957
Language of Material: English.
Box 6, folder 3
DGRR,
1956
Language of Material: English.
Box 6, folder 4
DGRR,
1956
Language of Material: English.
Box 6, folder 5
DGRR,
1956-57
Language of Material: English.
Box 6, folder 6
DGRR,
1956-57
Language of Material: English.
Box 6, folder 7
DGRR,
1955
Language of Material: English.
Box 6, folder 8
DGRR,
1955
Language of Material: English.
Box 7, folder 1
Kassenbuch, 1957: "Deutsche Gesellschaft für Raketentechnic und Raumfahrt"
Language of Material: English.
Box 7, folder 2
Kassenbuch, 1955-56: "Gesellschaft für Weltraumforschung E.V. Stuttgart Zuffenhausen"
Box 8, folder 1
Miscellaneous pamphlets, catalogues, and brochures of items selected for the Museum, i.e. bookshelves, storage containers,
cameras, etc.
Language of Material: English.
Box 8, folder 2
Miscellaneous pamphlets, catalogues, and brochures of items selected for the Museum, i.e. bookshelves, storage containers,
cameras, etc.
Box 8, folder 3
Miscellaneous pamphlets, catalogues, and brochures of items selected for the Museum, i.e. bookshelves, storage containers,
cameras, etc.
Box 8, folder 4
Miscellaneous pamphlets, catalogues, and brochures of items selected for the Museum, i.e. bookshelves, storage containers,
cameras, etc.
Box 8, folder 5
Miscellaneous pamphlets, catalogues, and brochures of items selected for the Museum, i.e. bookshelves, storage containers,
cameras, etc.
Series 6. Major Illustrations
Box 9
Blank poster with blue background and large, stylized rocket insignia (insignia of the DGRR) on left side; right side free
for entries concerning lectures, events, conferences, etc.;
circa 1955
Box 9
Distance chart concerning trajectory of a moon flight.
Box 9
Original drawing on transparent paper of a space suit, as designed by H. Oberth (with attached description); Stuttgart,
1942.
Box 10
Three (3) architectural plans in brown print on strong paper, and one (1) frontal-view rendering of the planned museum in
Stuttgart; architect Max Benndorf,
1952
Box 9
Two (2) designs on transparent paper of 3-stage rocket and space-station; designed by Wernher von Braun; scale 1:200; Stuttgart,
1969
