Guide to the Histories of Ames Research Files

Series I. Edwin P. Hartman

Physical Description: Boxes 1-3

Series Scope and Content Summary

The first series contains draft versions of Edwin Hartman's book Adventures in Research: A History of Ames Research Center, 1940-1965, published in 1970 (NASA SP-4302), as well copies of the photographs used in the book. No research files are found in this series.

Edwin Hartman's papers provide comprehensive information about the first twenty-five years of Ames, such how the center was founded, when various structures were built, how various research disciplines evolved, and many of the center's earliest managers, scientists, engineers, and researchers, as well as their areas of expertise and the contributions they made to the field of aeronautics and aerospace.

This material is arranged to reflect the structure of Hartman's book. Within the subseries, photographs follow typescripts of the book chapters.

Outline

Box 1, Folder 1

History of Ames Research Center, Outline (1 of 2)

Box 1, Folder 2

History of Ames Research Center, Outline (2 of 2)

Part I

Typescript

Box 1, Folder 3

Cover to page 80

Box 1, Folder 4

Page 81 to page 166

Photographs

Box 1, Folder 5

Frontispiece to 76-1

Box 1, Folder 6

76-2 to 116-1

Box 1, Folder 7

117-1 to 167-1

Part II

Typescript

Box 1, Folder 8

Cover to page 60

Box 1, Folder 9

Page 61 to page 120

Box 1, Folder 10

Page 121 to page 182

Box 1, Folder 11

Page 183 to page 260

Photographs

Box 1, Folder 12

173-1 to 187-2

Box 2, Folder 1

187-3 to 204-5

Box 2, Folder 2

216-1 to 242-2

Box 2, Folder 3

247-1 to 268-1

Box 2, Folder 4

269-1 to 324-1

Box 2, Folder 5

324-2 to 332-1

Box 2, Folder 6

332-2 to 378-1

Box 2, Folder 7

384-1 to 436-1

Part III

Typescript

Box 2, Folder 8

Cover to page 87

Box 2, Folder 9

Page 88 to page 165

Box 2, Folder 10

Page 166 to page 262

Photographs

Box 2, Folder 11

450-1 to 494-1

Box 2, Folder 12

496-1 to 546-1

Box 3, Folder 1

546-2 to 596-3

Box 3, Folder 2

603-1 to 612-2

Box 3, Folder 3

649-1 to 711-2

Box 3, Folder 4

713-1 to End Paper

Series II. Edith W. Watson

Physical Description: Boxes 3-10

Series Scope and Content Summary

The second series contains research files that former assistant to the center director Edith Watson (known as "Edie" by her colleagues) compiled in 1977 in order to provide source material for updating Hartman's book Adventures in Research. The update to the Hartman book was not completed until several years later when Elizabeth Muenger was commissioned to write it. These files are especially useful in understanding the activities and research that was taking place at Ames during the1960s and 1970s. Content of note are histories of some of the center's branches, which were written by individuals in the branches at Watson's request.

This series is organized alphabetically by subject, following Watson's own arrangement scheme.

Box 3, Folder 5

Research Projects Listing

Box 3, Folder 6

Administration (Directorate) A

Box 3, Folder 7

Advanced Avionics Program FS

Box 3, Folder 8

Aeronautics Division 1976-. Aeronautics Division 1966- 8/29/76 FA

Box 3, Folder 9

Aeronautics and Flight Systems (Directorate), 1971 - 1977. Aeronautics and Flight Mechanics (Directorate) 1966-1971

Box 3, Folder 10

Aeronautics Corporate Memory Seminars (1978)

Box 3, Folder 11

Air Force Space Digest Articles (Giant Harvest from Space - Today and Tomorrow) by James J. Haggerty

Box 3, Folder 12

Air Force Systems Command Liaison Office

Box 3, Folder 13

Airborne Missions Applications Division SEP

Box 3, Folder 14

Aircraft: List of Ames Aircraft, 1961 - 1979 (Code F)

Box 3, Folder 15

Aircraft Operations Division, 1/2/74- (Code FO)

Box 3, Folder 16

Allen, H. Julian, Director, 10/65 - 2/69

Box 3, Folder 17

Annual Report to Center by Director

Box 4, Folder 1

Army Aeronautical Research Laboratory (AARL)

Box 4, Folder 2

ASEE-NASA Fellowship Program

Box 4, Folder 3

Astronautics (Directorate) Code S

Box 4, Folder 4

Augmentor Wind Jet STOL (Buffalo C-8) FV

Box 4, Folder 5

Avionics Systems Branch FSV

Box 4, Folder 6

Award - H. Julian Allen

Box 4, Folder 7

Awards

Box 4, Folder 8

Benefits from Space Research [1 of 2]

Box 4, Folder 9

Benefits from Space Research [2 of 2]

Box 4, Folder 10

Biomedical Research Division 3/16/72 - LR [1 of 3]

Box 4, Folder 11

Biomedical Research Division 3/16/72 - LR [2 of 3]

Box 4, Folder 12

Biomedical Research Division 3/16/72 - LR [3 of 3]

Box 4, Folder 13

Biosatellite

Box 5, Folder 1

Biosatellite Project. Historical Summary Report. December 1969

Box 5, Folder 2

Boyd, John W.

Box 5, Folder 3

Buck, Jeff (Ames Laboratory Scrapbook)

Box 5, Folder 4

Buck, Jeff (Maps and Aerial Photographs of Ames)

Box 5, Folder 5

Buck, Jeff (Photos of Ames People, Events, and Facilities)

Box 5, Folder 6

C-141 Starlifter SEP

Box 5, Folder 7

Chapman, Dean R.

Box 5, Folder 8

Chemical Research Projects Office SC

Box 5, Folder 9

Contracts

Box 5, Folder 10

Convair CV-340 Flying Laboratory History FS

Box 5, Folder 11

Development (Directorate) 1964-1975

Box 5, Folder 12

Direct Lift Control Project (DLC)

Box 5, Folder 13

Director's Staff

Box 5, Folder 14

Directors Deputy Directors (Ames)

Box 5, Folder 15

Discoveries about Jupiter

Box 5, Folder 16

Economic Value: Prewar - J. Boyd's data

Box 5, Folder 17

Emme, Eugene, Miscellaneous

Box 6, Folder 1

Energy Manager DDE

Box 6, Folder 2

Environmental Biology Division 1964-1972 (March) LV

Box 6, Folder 3

Environmental Impact Statement [1 of 2]

Box 6, Folder 4

Environmental Impact Statement [2 of 2]

Box 6, Folder 5

Equal Opportunity Programs Office DE

Box 6, Folder 6

Federal Aviation Administration, Ames

Box 6, Folder 7

Fellowships (Miscellaneous)

Box 6, Folder 8

Final Institutional Environmental Impact Statement, 1977

Box 6, Folder 9

Financial Management Division

Box 6, Folder 10

Flight Systems Research Division; Full Scale Systems Research Division, 1966 - 1971 FS (1)

Box 6, Folder 11

Flight Systems Research Division; Full Scale Systems Research Division, 1966 - 1977 FS (2)

Box 6, Folder 12

Follow-up File

Box 6, Folder 13

Galileo Memorial Scholarship Program (Miscellaneous)

Box 6, Folder 14

Goodwin, Glen

Box 6, Folder 15

Harnett, Daniel J. Statement before Committee on Aeronautical Space Sciences, United States Senate

Box 6, Folder 16

Harper, Charles W.

Box 6, Folder 17

Health and Safety Office DS

Box 6, Folder 18

Helicopter Technology Division 1977- FH

Box 6, Folder 19

Honorary Awards Ceremony (Director's Speeches)

Box 6, Folder 20

Headquarters Historical Data on Ames Genesis

Box 6, Folder 21

Institutional Operations Office DO

Box 7, Folder 1

Land Acquisition

Box 7, Folder 2

Lecture Series

Box 7, Folder 3

Legal Counsel DL

Box 7, Folder 4

Lunar Samples

Box 7, Folder 5

Manpower Reductions

Box 7, Folder 6

Medical Services Branch - Dr. Ralph Pelligra

Box 7, Folder 7

Medium Altitude Missions Branch SEM

Box 7, Folder 8

Montgomery Glider

Box 7, Folder 9

NASA-Ames Airborne Laboratory (Convair 990) SE

Box 7, Folder 10

NASA/Department of Defense (DoD)

Box 7, Folder 11

NASA Exchange Council

Box 7, Folder 12

NASA Headquarters News Conference, 1970

Box 7, Folder 13

NASA Progress Reports 1965-1976

Box 7, Folder 14

National Federation of Federal Employees (NFFE)

Box 7, Folder 15

New Facilities

Box 7, Folder 16

Organization Charts 1966-1977

Box 7, Folder 17

Organizational Changes

Box 7, Folder 18

Organizational Codes

Box 8, Folder 1

Papers Presented (Pioneer)

Box 8, Folder 2

Patent Counsel DP

Box 8, Folder 3

Personnel Division

Box 8, Folder 4

Pioneer Project

Box 8, Folder 5

Pioneer F Mission to Jupiter

Box 8, Folder 6

Pioneer 11 Jupiter Encounter

Box 8, Folder 7

Pioneer Venus

Box 8, Folder 8

Planetary Atmosphere Experiments Test (PAET) S

Box 8, Folder 9

Planning and Analysis Office DM

Box 8, Folder 10

Procurement Division

Box 8, Folder 11

Public Affairs Office DI

Box 8, Folder 12

Resources Management Office

Box 8, Folder 13

Roberts, Leonard

Box 8, Folder 14

S.F. Municipal Railway Cable Car System, Study of 9/23/76

Box 9, Folder 1

Security

Box 9, Folder 2

SETI (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence) LXI

Box 9, Folder 3

Significant Events at Ames 1964-82

Box 9, Folder 4

Simulation Sciences Division 1966-1977 FL

Box 9, Folder 5

Sixty Years of Aeronautical Research 1917-1977 By Don Baals

Box 9, Folder 6

Space Projects Division SP

Box 9, Folder 7

Space Science Division SS

Box 9, Folder 8

Space Science Division: Solar Division History, Lunar Magnetometer, Moon Rocks (Sonett, et al.) SS

Box 9, Folder 9

Space Shuttle Orbiter

Box 9, Folder 10

Space Technology Assistance to Community

Box 9, Folder 11

SPARCS (Solar-Pointing Aerobee Rocket Control System)

Box 9, Folder 12

Stanford Sloan - MIT Sloan

Box 9, Folder 13

STOL Operating System Experiments Program FS

Box 9, Folder 14

Stratospheric Projects Office (7/74); Climate Stratosphere Research Office (5/77) SO

Box 9, Folder 15

Technology Utilization Office

Box 9, Folder 16

Technology Utilization Program Report 1973 and 1974

Box 10, Folder 1

Thermo- and Gas-Dynamics Division ST

Box 10, Folder 2

University Affairs

Box 10, Folder 3

V/STOL Aircraft Technology Division FV

Box 10, Folder 4

Vehicle Environment Division S

Series III. Elizabeth A. Muenger

Physical Description: Boxes 10-12

Series Scope and Content Summary

The third series comprises the research files that historian Elizabeth Muenger accumulated to support her 1985 monograph entitled Searching the Horizon: A History of Ames Research Center, 1940-1976 (NASA SP-4304). Muenger's files provide insight into the center's technological achievements, particularly in areas such as life sciences and thermal protection systems. Muenger also collected several writings by William F. Ballhaus, Jr., who was the center director at that time.

This series is arranged by subject files and then book drafts. The subject files are arranged alphabetically and the drafts are arranged chronologically.

Subject Files

Box 10, Folder 5

Ames, 1950s

Box 10, Folder 6

Ames, 1960s

Box 10, Folder 7

Ames, 1969 - 1976

Box 10, Folder 8

Aeronautical Laboratory versus Research Center

Box 10, Folder 9

Ames - Relations with Moffett Military

Box 10, Folder 10

Ames in Community

Box 10, Folder 11

Appendices Information

Box 10, Folder 12

Appendix E: Life Sciences

Box 10, Folder 13

Articles Apropos to Ames

Box 10, Folder 14

Astronautics Chapter

Box 10, Folder 15

Ballhaus, William F., Jr. - Writings by (1 of 4)

Box 10, Folder 16

Ballhaus, William F., Jr. - Writings by (2 of 4)

Box 10, Folder 17

Ballhaus, William F., Jr. - Writings by (3 of 4)

Box 10, Folder 18

Ballhaus, William F., Jr. - Writings by (4 of 4)

Box 11, Folder 1

A Chronology

Box 11, Folder 2

Consortium (University)

Box 11, Folder 3

Construction at Ames - Early Beginnings

Box 11, Folder 4

Facilities - Chapter from Searching the Horizon

Box 11, Folder 5

Founding of Ames

Box 11, Folder 6

Hunsaker, J.C.

Box 11, Folder 7

Jones, R.T.

Box 11, Folder 8

Life Sciences (1 of 3)

Box 11, Folder 9

Life Sciences (2 of 3)

Box 11, Folder 10

Life Sciences (3 of 3)

Box 11, Folder 11

Life Sciences - Chapter from Searching the Horizon

Box 11, Folder 12

Life Sciences Re-write

Box 11, Folder 13

NACA Records at the National Archives (NARA)

Box 11, Folder 14

Organization Charts

Box 11, Folder 15

Perhaps Used, Perhaps Future Reference

Box 12, Folder 1

Reworks

Box 12, Folder 2

Robinson Revisions

Box 12, Folder 3

Shuttle

Box 12, Folder 4

Thermal Protection

Box 12, Folder 5

Unused Life Science Stuff from Klein files

Box 12, Folder 6

Used Chronology Material

Box 12, Folder 7

Used Chronology Material (re: Pioneer Saturn)

Box 12, Folder 8

Used Material (1 of 2)

Box 12, Folder 9

Used Material (2 of 2)

Box 12, Folder 10

Victory, John - pieces of oral history interviews

Box 12, Folder 11

Washington Research. Material from NASA History Office and National Archives

Box 12, Folder 12

Washington Research. Material from NASA History Office about Hans Mark

List of Chapter Readers

Box 12, Folder 13

List of Chapter Readers

Drafts

Box 12, Folder 14

Comment Edition, October 1982, Cover to Chapter 2

Box 13, Folder 1

Comment Edition, October 1982, Chapter 3 to Chapter 5

Box 13, Folder 2

Comment Edition, October 1982, Chapter 6 to Chapter 7

Box 13, Folder 3

Comment Edition, October 1982, Chapter 8 to End of Book

Box 13, Folder 4

February 1983 Draft, Cover to Chapter 2

Box 13, Folder 5

February 1983 Draft, Chapter 3 to Chapter 5

Box 13, Folder 6

February 1983 Draft, Chapter 6 to Chapter 8

Box 13, Folder 7

February 1983 Draft, Chapter 9 to End of Book

Paul Bennet Files

Box 13, Folder 8

Paul Bennett's files about Muenger's history of Ames

Series IV. Glenn E. Bugos

Physical Description: Boxes 14-15

Series Scope and Content Summary

The fourth series contains drafts and peer review commentary for the 2000 book by former Ames center historian Glenn Bugos entitled Atmosphere of Freedom: Sixty Years at the NASA Ames Research Center (NASA SP-4314). No research files are found in this series. The value of this series resides primarily in the feedback from Ames personnel and other NASA historians who reviewed the work while in progress.

Materials are arranged by drafts and reviews, followed by information related to some of the imagery used.

Outlines

Box 14, Folder 1

Working Outline

Drafts

Box 14, Folder 2

Copy Edit, October 1999

Box 14, Folder 3

Index

Box 14, Folder 4

Layout Draft

Box 14, Folder 5

My Comments on Layout

Peer Reviews

Box 14, Folder 6

Reviewed by Elizabeth A. Muenger

Box 14, Folder 7

Reviewed by Roger A. Launius

Draft comments

Box 14, Folder 8

Comments by David Morse

Box 14, Folder 9

Comments by Jack Boyd

Box 14, Folder 10

Comments by Harry McDonald

Box 14, Folder 11

Draft Comments

Box 15, Folder 1

Request for Comments

Images

Box 15, Folder 2

NASA Art Program

Box 15, Folder 3

Spare Photos

Box 15, Folder 4

Image Captions

Series V. Kristen Edwards

Physical Description: Boxes 15-17

Series Scope and Content Summary

The fifth series contains the research files that supported historian Kristen Edwards's 1999 article entitled The US-Soviet/Russian Cosmos Biosatellite Program, which was published in the fall issue of Quest: The History of Spaceflight Quarterly. These files mainly pertain to the Cosmos Biosatellite program, which was a series of joint US/Russian space biosciences investigations conducted aboard Russia's unpiloted, Earth-orbiting, Bion satellites. Also included are files pertaining to other space life sciences topics and the study of life sciences at Ames.

This series is arranged alphabetically by subject, followed by a draft copy of the paper.

Subject Files

Box 15, Folder 5

Ames Astrograms

Box 15, Folder 6

Ames News Releases

Box 15, Folder 7

Ames Online Information about Bion

Box 15, Folder 8

Animal Rights

Box 15, Folder 9

Arnaud, Sara

Box 15, Folder 10

Bibliographies

Box 15, Folder 11

Bielitzki, Joseph

Box 15, Folder 12

Bion 11

Box 15, Folder 13

Chambers, Larry

Box 15, Folder 14

Cohen, Bernard

Box 15, Folder 15

Connolly, James

Box 15, Folder 16

Cosmos Biosatellite Funding

Box 15, Folder 17

Cosmos 782

Box 16, Folder 1

Cosmos 936

Box 16, Folder 2

Cosmos 1129

Box 16, Folder 3

Cosmos 1514

Box 16, Folder 4

Cosmos 2044

Box 16, Folder 5

Cosmos 2229

Box 16, Folder 6

Edgerton, Reggie

Box 16, Folder 7

Helwig, Denise

Box 16, Folder 8

Holton, Emily

Box 16, Folder 9

Institute for Biomedical Problems, Moscow

Box 16, Folder 10

Interviews with Russians, by Richard Mains

Box 16, Folder 11

Joint Working Group Meeting Protocols

Box 16, Folder 12

Journal Articles on Bion

Box 16, Folder 13

Mains, Richard

Box 16, Folder 14

NASA Headquarters News Releases

Box 16, Folder 15

NASA Life Sciences Information

Box 16, Folder 16

Overviews of Bion (Collected by Mains)

Box 17, Folder 1

Philpott, Delbert

Box 17, Folder 2

Photographs

Box 17, Folder 3

San Jose Mercury News Articles

Box 17, Folder 4

Skidmore, Mike

Box 17, Folder 5

Souza, Kenneth L.

Box 17, Folder 6

Tverskaya, Galina

Box 17, Folder 7

U.S./Russian Space Cooperative Agreements

Preliminary Drafts

Box 17, Folder 8

Preliminary Draft, March 1999. The U.S.-Soviet/Russian Cosmos Biosatellite Program

Series VI. Karen Dunn-Haley

Physical Description: Boxes 17-18

Series Scope and Content Summary

The sixth series includes research files for papers Dunn-Haley published in 1999 that examined issues of manpower, the environment, safety, and external affairs at Ames. The material in this series provides insight into safety, work, labor, and environmental issues as addressed at Ames in the late 1990s.

This series is arranged alphabetically by subject, followed by a draft copies of the papers in alphabetical order.

Subject Files

Box 17, Folder 9

Environment

Box 17, Folder 10

External Affairs

Box 17, Folder 11

Interviews

Box 17, Folder 12

Labor Issues

Box 18, Folder 1

National Federation of Federal Employees (NFFE)

Box 18, Folder 2

Safety Issues

Box 18, Folder 3

Selected Bibliography on NASA Ames History

Drafts of Papers

Box 18, Folder 4

External Affairs, Education and Environmental Issues (May 1999)

Box 18, Folder 5

Manpower Sources at Ames

Box 18, Folder 6

Safety Issues at NASA Ames (April 1999)

Box 18, Folder 7

Work Issues at Ames: Labor History, Equal Opportunity, and Academic Cooperative Agreements (April 1999)

Series VII. James N. Anderson

Series Scope and Content Summary

The seventh series includes research files, oral interviews, historical articles, and biographical sketches of selected Ames personnel. The material was produced by Ames center historian James Anderson while serving as a research assistant in 2008-2009 to support the seventieth anniversary edition of the book Atmosphere of Freedom (NASA SP-2010-4314). Biographical articles and recorded interviews of the following individuals are present: James O. Arnold (Stardust, planetary probes, TPS), Anthony Colaprete (astrophysical, planetary and atmospheric science; Mars, Earth's moon, LCROSS), Patricia S. Cowings (space biomedicine), David J. Des Marais (astrobiology, extremophiles), Meyya Meyyappan (nanotechnology), and Charles K. Sobeck (Galileo Probe, Kepler). A paper about the Stardust mission is included with supporting research files and oral interviews with James O. Arnold, Dave E. Jordan, Daniel J. Rasky, Scott A. Sandford, and Huy K. Tran.

This series is arranged into two portions: biographical interviews, organized by narrator, and Stardust. These files are all further arranged into three parts: paper drafts and notes, recordings, and research files. This entire series is in digital format (PDF, RTF, MP3).

Note

A file inventory for this series is available in a separate document.

Full finding aid with Series VII file inventory .

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