0.75 cu. ft. (1 document box) (1 half document box)
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Field notes
Black-and-white photographs
Manuscripts
Date:
1944-1965 and undated
Descriptive Entry:
These papers consist of field notebooks and notes; a draft of a publication; and photographs of geologic formations.
Historical Note:
Franco Dino Rasetti (1901-2001) was born in Castiglione del Lago, Italy. He received his doctorate in physics from the University of Pisa, 1923, and honorary degrees
from Laval University, Ph.D., 1948, and the University of Glasgow, LL.D., 1957. He came to the United States in 1947 and became a naturalized citizen in 1952. In the early
1970s he returned to Italy.
Rasetti was an Assistant Professor of Physics at the University of Florence, 1923-1926, and the University of Rome, 1927-1930. He then became Professor of Physics at Rome,
1931-1938; Laval University, 1939-1947; and Johns Hopkins University, 1947-1970.
In addition to his academic appointments, Rasetti was a Rockefeller Foundation Fellow at the California Institute of Technology, 1928-1929; a fellow at Berlin's Kaiser
Wilhelm Institute, 1931-1932; a Research Associate at Columbia University, 1936; a Visiting Professor at the University of Miami, 1958-1959; a Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
Fellow, 1959; and a Consultant for the National Committee on Nuclear Research at Rome, 1959.
Although Rasetti was a nuclear physicist, his avocation was paleobiology with an emphasis on Cambrian Rockies. From 1964 to 1967, Rasetti was an Honorary Research Associate
in Invertebrate Paleontology at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History. He was a Fellow of the Geological Society of America and the Paleontological Society
and received the National Academy of Science's Walcott Medal in 1952.
Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation Search this
Collection Director:
Heye, George G. (George Gustav), 1874-1957 Search this
Container:
Box 404, Folder 4
Type:
Archival materials
Date:
1927 - 1930
Collection Restrictions:
Access to NMAI Archive Center collections is by appointment only, Monday - Friday, 9:30 am - 4:30 pm. Please contact the archives to make an appointment (phone: 301-238-1400, email: nmaiarchives@si.edu).
Collection Rights:
Single photocopies may be made for research purposes. Permission to publish or broadcast materials from the collection must be requested from the National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center. Please submit a written request to nmaiarchives@si.edu.
Collection Citation:
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Museum of the American Indian/Heye Foundation Records, Box and Folder Number; National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center, Smithsonian Institution.
Use of the materials requires an appointment. Please contact the archivist at ACMarchives@si.edu
Collection Rights:
Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
Enclosed in Naval Technical Mission Europe report 1481, "Cavitation - Installation and Researech at Gottingen," October 1945. Translated by Anne Thomsen, November 20, 1945, from H. Reichardt, UM 6620, February 12, 1945.
Collection Restrictions:
No restrictions on access
Collection Rights:
Material is subject to Smithsonian Terms of Use. Should you wish to use NASM material in any medium, please submit an Application for Permission to Reproduce NASM Material, available at Permissions Requests
Collection Citation:
Captured German Aeronautical Documents (CGD) Microfilm, Acc. XXXX.0408, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
Two translations of Kl. Oswalitsch, Kaiser-Wilhelm-Institut für Strömungsforschung report 1005, January 1944.
Curtiss-Wright Corporation report, October 1945. Translated by Jack Letsof and Robert Luippold.
McDonnell Aircraft Corp report GT-18, February 8, 1946. Translated by F. K. Hurmann and P. A. Buyard.
Collection Restrictions:
No restrictions on access
Collection Rights:
Material is subject to Smithsonian Terms of Use. Should you wish to use NASM material in any medium, please submit an Application for Permission to Reproduce NASM Material, available at Permissions Requests
Collection Citation:
Captured German Aeronautical Documents (CGD) Microfilm, Acc. XXXX.0408, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
Curtiss-Wright Corp report, November 6, 1945. Translated by W. J. Beil, November 1, 1945, from Kl. Oswatitsch and H. Böhm, Kaiser-Wilhelm-Institut für Strömungsvorschung report 1010/1, August 1944.
Collection Restrictions:
No restrictions on access
Collection Rights:
Material is subject to Smithsonian Terms of Use. Should you wish to use NASM material in any medium, please submit an Application for Permission to Reproduce NASM Material, available at Permissions Requests
Collection Citation:
Captured German Aeronautical Documents (CGD) Microfilm, Acc. XXXX.0408, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
McDonnell Aircraft Engineering Dept report GT-17, February 8, 1946. Translated by H. R. Grummann and P. A. Buyard from H. Reinhardt, DLF UM 6606.
Collection Restrictions:
No restrictions on access
Collection Rights:
Material is subject to Smithsonian Terms of Use. Should you wish to use NASM material in any medium, please submit an Application for Permission to Reproduce NASM Material, available at Permissions Requests
Collection Citation:
Captured German Aeronautical Documents (CGD) Microfilm, Acc. XXXX.0408, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
Kaiser-Wilhelm-Institut für Strömungsforschung, Göttingen, report UM 6626 by K. Wieghardt.
M.A.P. Völkenrode reference MAP-VG35-14T.
Enclosure (M) to NAA London report A487-46, 1946-04-24.
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No restrictions on access
Collection Rights:
Material is subject to Smithsonian Terms of Use. Should you wish
to use NASM material in any medium, please submit an
Application for Permission to Reproduce NASM Material, available
at Permissions Requests.
Collection Citation:
Captured German Technical Documents (Technical Intelligence Center Film), Acc. XXXX.0409, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
Original report by K. Oswatitsch and W. Rothstein, Kaiser-Wilhelm-Institut für Strömungsforschung, Göttingen.
M.A.P. Völkenrode reference MAP-VG42-10T
Enclosure (P) to NAA London report A487-46, 1946-04-24.
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No restrictions on access
Collection Rights:
Material is subject to Smithsonian Terms of Use. Should you wish
to use NASM material in any medium, please submit an
Application for Permission to Reproduce NASM Material, available
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Collection Citation:
Captured German Technical Documents (Technical Intelligence Center Film), Acc. XXXX.0409, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
Original text by H. Böhm and M. Koppe, Kaiser-Wilhelm-Institut für Strömungsforschung, Göttingen.
Enclosure (Q) to NAA London report SA487-46, 1946-04-24.
Collection Restrictions:
No restrictions on access
Collection Rights:
Material is subject to Smithsonian Terms of Use. Should you wish
to use NASM material in any medium, please submit an
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Collection Citation:
Captured German Technical Documents (Technical Intelligence Center Film), Acc. XXXX.0409, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
Captured German Aeronautical Documents (CGD) Microfilm
Extent:
7 Microfilm reels
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Microfilm reels
Microfilms
Date:
1945-1946
Summary:
Collection of microfilmed translations of captured German documents mainly relating to supersonic research, swept-back wings, jet-propulsion, patents, explosives, ballistics, missiles, compressors, and other aeronautical subjects.
Scope and Contents:
This collection is an incomplete set of microfilmed translations of captured German documents mainly relating to supersonic research, swept-back wings, jet-propulsion, patents, explosives, ballistics, missiles, compressors, and other aeronautical subjects. This set contains rolls 1, 3-4, 6, 8-9, and 14.
Note: The digital images in this finding aid were repurposed from scans made by an outside contractor for a commercial product and may show irregular cropping and orientation in addition to color variations resulting from damage to and deterioration of the original objects.
Arrangement:
Documents are filmed in Army Air Forces Air Technical Services Command (AAF ATSC) Translation File Number order. Files numbers are in the form "CGD-#".
Biographical / Historical:
In the final days of World War II, the advancing Allied armies captured a large number of documents from the German and Japanese governments. These documents were taken to various sites in Europe and the United States for evaluation and appraisal. Those documents considered valuable were microfilmed for preservation.
Abbreviations:
AAF -- [United States] Army Air Forces
ADRC -- Air Document Research Center, USSTAF (later T-2)
AEL -- Aeronautical Engine Laboratory, Bureau of Aeronautics, United States Navy
ATSC -- Air Technical Service Command, United States Army Air Forces
AVA Göttingen -- Aerodynamische Versuchsanstalt Göttingen E.V.
BuAer -- Bureau of Aeronautics, United States Navy
BuOrd -- Bureau of Ordnance, United States Navy
BuShips -- Bureau of Ships, United States Navy
DAL -- Deutsche Akademie für Luftfahrtforschung [German Academy for Aeronautical Research]
DFS -- Deutsche Forschungsanstalt für Segelflug "Ernst Udet" [Ernst Udet German Glider Research Institute]
DVL -- Deutsche Versuchsanstalt für Luftfahrt E.V. [German Avaition Research Institute]
FB -- Forschungsbericht [Research Report]
FKFS -- Forschungsinstitut für Kraftfahrwesen und Fahrzeugmotoren Stuttgart [Research Institute of Automotive Engineering and Vehicle Engines Stuttgart]
GDV -- Gasdynamische Versuchsanstalt [Gas Dynamics Research Institute]
HVP -- Heeres Versuchsanstalt Peenemünde [Army Experimental Institute, Peenemünde]
KWIS -- Kaiser-Wilhelm-Institut für Strömungsforschung [Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Flow Research]
LFA -- Luftfahrtforschungsanstalt Hermann Göring E.V. [Hermann Göring Aviation Research Institute]
NAA -- North American Aviation
NavOrd -- Bureau of Ordnance, United States Navy
NavShips -- Bureau of Ships, United States Navy
NOL -- Naval Ordnance Laboratory, United States Navy
ONI -- Office of Naval Intelligence, United States Navy
UM -- Untersuchungen und Mitteilungen [Investigations and Communications]
USSTAF -- United States Strategic and Tactical Air Forces, United States Army Air Forces
VDE -- Verband Deutscher Elektrotechniker [Association of German Electrical Engineers]
VDM -- Vereingte Deutsche Metallwerke
WAC -- Wright Aeronautical Corporation
WVA -- Wasserbau-Versuchsanstalt [Hydraulics Research Institute]
ZWB -- Zentrale für wissenschaftliches Berichtswesen der Luftfahrtforschung des Generalluftzeugmeisters [Central Office for Scientific Reporting of Aviation Research]
Provenance:
United States Navy?, unknown, unknown, XXXX.0408, unknown
Restrictions:
No restrictions on access
Rights:
Material is subject to Smithsonian Terms of Use. Should you wish to use NASM material in any medium, please submit an Application for Permission to Reproduce NASM Material, available at Permissions Requests
Kaiser-Wilhelm-Institut für Strömungsforschung, Göttingen Search this
United States. Navy. Naval Technical Mission Europe Search this
Extent:
21 Frames
Container:
Reel 1, Item 8
Type:
Archival materials
Microform
Frames
Date:
October 1945
Scope and Contents:
Enclosed in Naval Technical Mission Europe report 1481, "Cavitation - Installation and Researech at Gottingen," October 1945.Translated from H. Rechardt, UM 6625, July 12, 1945.
Collection Restrictions:
No restrictions on access
Collection Rights:
Material is subject to Smithsonian Terms of Use. Should you wish to use NASM material in any medium, please submit an Application for Permission to Reproduce NASM Material, available at Permissions Requests
Collection Citation:
Captured German Aeronautical Documents (CGD) Microfilm, Acc. XXXX.0408, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
Two documents translated from Oswalitsch and Böhm, Kaiser-Wilhelm-Institut für Strömsungsforschung report 1010/2, October 1944.
Curtiss-Wright Corp report, October 1945. Translated by Robert C. Luippold.
Douglas Aircraft Corp report, February 14, 1946. Translated by Fred Massarik.
Collection Restrictions:
No restrictions on access
Collection Rights:
Material is subject to Smithsonian Terms of Use. Should you wish to use NASM material in any medium, please submit an Application for Permission to Reproduce NASM Material, available at Permissions Requests
Collection Citation:
Captured German Aeronautical Documents (CGD) Microfilm, Acc. XXXX.0408, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
Douglas Aircraft translation, November 20, 1945. Translated by Anne Thomsen from H. Reichardt, KWMIS report, December 12, 1944.
Collection Restrictions:
No restrictions on access
Collection Rights:
Material is subject to Smithsonian Terms of Use. Should you wish to use NASM material in any medium, please submit an Application for Permission to Reproduce NASM Material, available at Permissions Requests
Collection Citation:
Captured German Aeronautical Documents (CGD) Microfilm, Acc. XXXX.0408, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.