This collection consists of over nine cubic feet of material documenting Scott Crossfield's aviation career, with emphasis on his involvement with the North American X-15. The following types of material are included: correspondence; reel to reel tapes; papers, manuscripts; newspaper and magazine clippings; aviation manuals; photographs; film; and Crossfield's notes and reports.
Scope and Content note:
This collection encompasses the entirety of Albert Scott "Scotty" Crossfield, Jr.'s career as an engineer, test pilot, airline executive, and speaker and advocate for aerospace education. Records in the collection date from Crossfield's time at college in the 1940s through his death in 2006. Crossfield's papers were donated to the National Air and Space Museum (NASM) Archives by the Crossfield family in 2006 and a second batch of material was received in 2008. The collection was received without any apparent organizational scheme, but some items were received in labeled folders and these folder titles were retained when the collection was processed. One group of material was loaned by the family for copying and these items were photocopied and placed within the appropriate folder in the case of documents, or were scanned and entered into the National Air and Space Museum (NASM) Archives image database in the case of photographs.
After his retirement from North American Aviation, Inc., Crossfield gave his papers to a former secretary, Marion Brown, so that she could organize them for his use in future writing projects. In February 1973, a U.S. Navy Vought A-7E Corsair II crashed into the apartment building where Brown lived and all of Crossfield's papers in her possession were destroyed. Due to this incident, the collection has more material from Crossfield's time with Eastern Air Lines and onwards, although the prior years are still well represented through records that were either retained in Crossfield's possession or copies that were gathered after the fact. There is correspondence from Crossfield relating to the crash in Box 11 of the collection.
The archival materials in this collection are organized into four series. The first series is composed of personal materials and includes school records, correspondence, personal photographs, records relating to various organizations in which Crossfield was active, information relating to the publication of Crossfield's autobiography, Always Another Dawn, other writings by Crossfield, financial records, subject files assembled by Crossfield, philatelic materials (Crossfield was an active collector and was a founding member and officer of The Aviation Historical Foundation, a philatelic organization), and news clippings. The material in this series is largely organized chronologically. Personal photographs and subject files are organized by topic first and chronologically within each folder and organizations are arranged alphabetically by name first and also chronologically within the individual folders.
The second series contains items relating to Crossfield's professional life, organized chronologically by place of employment. This series includes materials relating to Crossfield's work at Boeing, the U.S. Navy, the Kirsten Wind Tunnel at the University of Washington Aeronautical Laboratory, the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA), North American Aviation, Inc., Eastern Air Lines, Hawker Siddeley Aviation, Crossfield's work as an Independent Technical Advisor, Crossfield's application for the position of Director of the National Air and Space Museum, Crossfield's time as a member of the United States Organizing Committee, and his work with organizations such as the Scott Crossfield Foundation and The Wright Experience. During the later part of his life, Crossfield toured the country extensively giving speeches, presenting awards, etc. and there is a large amount of material relating to these appearances in this part of the collection. These materials arrived already organized chronologically by individual trip and this organizational scheme was retained. Specifically, the professional life series includes flight reports, manuals, drawings, business correspondence, administrative records, presentations and papers, travel itineraries, notebooks, calendars, speeches delivered by Crossfield, and career related photographs (which are broken out as their own subseries). The professional life series also includes a section of miscellaneous professional items including job seeking correspondence, information on the patent for a power wheel braking or driving unit designed by Crossfield, and a folder of Crossfield's résumés.
The third series consists of audiotapes and is organized first by tape format and then chronologically within each category. Subjects of the audiotapes include speeches, a large number of North American X-15 cockpit recordings and radio communications, tape produced for a television program, and autobiographical notes. A number of the audiotapes include no description. With a total of 65 examples in this series, the most common audiotape format in the collection is, by far, 7 inch reel to reel tapes. Other formats in this series include 5 inch reel to reel tapes, 3.125 by 3.5 inch metal audiotape cartridges, and Dictaphone recording belts. Please note that these audio recordings are unavailable to the researcher at the time of processing due to the format and fragility of the tapes.
The fourth series of this collection is comprised of oversized materials and additional materials including galley proofs, news clippings, drawings, charts, professional records, and photographs. The organization of this series mirrors the folder titles found in the rest of the collection.
The researcher should note that the collection also contains several motion picture films relating to the life and career of Albert Scott "Scotty" Crossfield, Jr. These films are not included in the container list but a NASM Archives staff person can assist you regarding access.
Arrangement:
The A. Scott Crossfield Papers are organized into the following series and subseries:
Series I: Personal Materials
1.1 School Records
1.2 Correspondence
1.3 Personal Photographs
1.4 Organizations
1.5 Information Related to the Publication of Always Another Dawn
1.6 Other Writings by Crossfield
1.7 Financial Records
1.8 Subject Files
1.9 Philatelic Materials
1.10 News Clippings
1.11 Miscellaneous Personal Records
Series II: Professional Life
2.1 Boeing
2.2 U.S. Navy
2.3 Kirsten Wind Tunnel, University of Washington Aeronautical Laboratory
2.4 National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA)
2.5 North American Aviation, Inc.
2.6 Eastern Air Lines
2.7 Hawker Siddeley Aviation
2.8 Independent Technical Advisor
2.9 Application for NASM Director Position
2.10 United States Organizing Committee
2.11 Scott Crossfield Foundation
2.12 The Wright Experience
2.13 Speaking Engagements and Professional Appearances
2.14 Career Related Photographs
2.14 Miscellaneous Professional Records
Series III: Audiotapes
Series IV: Oversized Materials
Biographical/Historical note:
Albert Scott "Scotty" Crossfield, Jr. was born on October 2, 1921, in California. As a young boy, Crossfield was often confined indoors due to health problems related to pneumonia and rheumatic fever. During this time, he dreamed of becoming a pilot and designed and constructed model airplanes. Crossfield took his first airplane ride in 1927, at six years old, in an Alexander Eaglerock A-1 piloted by family friend Charles "Carl" Lienesch. Lienesch also encouraged Crossfield to become an engineer as well as a pilot. Unbeknownst to Crossfield's parents, he began taking flying lessons at the age of 12 at Wilmington Airport under the tutelage of pilot Vaughn McNulty. The family later moved to Washington State and it was there, at the Chehalis Airport, that Crossfield made his first solo flight in a Curtiss Robin. It was not until the summer of 1941, however, that Crossfield officially soloed and earned his pilot's license under the Civil Aeronautics Authority (CAA), Civilian Pilot Training Program (CPTP).
Crossfield enrolled in the University of Washington in 1940 and worked at the Boeing plant in Seattle, beginning in the fall of 1941, while still pursuing his studies. Crossfield's first assignment at Boeing was as an assembly page clerk. He was later promoted to the position of production expediter and shop salvage engineer. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor in December 1941, Crossfield enlisted in the U.S. Army Air Corps and continued to work at Boeing while he waited for an opening in a cadet class. In February 1942, tired of waiting on the Air Corps and eager to get into combat, Crossfield enlisted in the U.S. Navy instead where he joined the cadet class of May 7, 1942. Crossfield first trained in Seattle, Washington, and later was sent to the Naval Air Training Center in Corpus Christi, Texas, where he earned his Naval Aviator's wings in 1942. During his time in the Navy, Crossfield never fulfilled his ambition to see combat because he was selected instead to remain at Corpus Christi as a flight and gunnery instructor. Crossfield eventually was sent to Hawaii to prepare and train for an invasion of Japan but the war ended before this became necessary. During his time in the U.S. Navy, Crossfield flew the Grumman F6F Hellcat, Vought F4U Corsair, and the North American SNJ Texan, among other aircraft. After he separated from active duty with the Service, Crossfield remained active in the Naval Reserves and was part of an aerobatic team at Sand Point Naval Air Station that flew Goodyear FG-1D Corsairs.
Crossfield returned to his studies at the University of Washington in 1946 and was employed doing tests at the Kirsten Wind Tunnel at the University's Aeronautical Laboratory. Crossfield earned his Bachelor of Science degree in aeronautical engineering in 1949 and his master's degree in aeronautical science in 1950. After obtaining his degrees, Crossfield joined the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) as a research pilot. During his time with NACA, Crossfield flew many aircraft including the Convair XF-92A, Bell X-1, Northrop X-4 Bantam, Douglas D-558-1 Skystreak, Bell X-5, Republic F-84F Thunderstreak, Convair F-102 Delta Dagger, North American F-86 Sabre, and the North American F-100A Super Sabre. Crossfield made history in the Douglas D-558-2 Skyrocket on November 20, 1953, as the first pilot to exceed Mach 2 (twice the speed of sound).
In 1955, Crossfield left NACA and joined North American Aviation, Inc. to work on the X-15 program where he would not only serve as the X-15 Project Pilot but also as a Design Specialist, a role in which he was an integral part of the design of both the aircraft and the pressure suit developed by the David Clark Company for the X-15 program. The suit served as a prototype for the spacesuits later worn by astronauts. Crossfield helped to develop the X-15's cockpit, control, and engine systems; structural design; propulsion system; engineered its escape system; and contributed to its handling quality requirements. He also developed the ground control test methodology that would later become standard on the Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo space programs. Crossfield piloted the North American X-15 on its first captive flight in March 1959, first glide flight in June 1959, and the first powered flight in September 1959, as well as numerous other test flights, before the X-15 was delivered to the U.S. Air Force (USAF) and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) in February 1960. Crossfield also served as Chief Engineering Test Pilot at North American from 1955-1961 before moving to the Space and Information Systems Division first as the Director of Systems Test (1961) then as the Division Director of Test and Quality Assurance (1961-1966) where he was responsible for quality control in all North American projects including the Hounddog Missile (AGM-28, GAM-77), Paragliders for the Gemini program, Apollo Command and Service Module, and the Saturn V launch vehicles, second stage. Crossfield's final position with North American was as the Technical Director, Research, Engineering and Test from 1966-1967.
Crossfield joined Eastern Air Lines in Miami, Florida, as Division Vice President, Flight, Research, and Development, Flight Operations in 1967, a position he held until 1971 when he moved to Washington, DC, to serve as Staff Vice President, Transportation Systems Development (1971-1973). From 1974 to 1975, Crossfield served as Senior Vice President at Hawker Siddeley Aviation's U.S. subsidiary branch, an office he helped to establish. After leaving Hawker Siddeley, Crossfield served for many years as an independent technical advisor to the U.S. Congress. Crossfield also served on the United States Organizing Committee to plan the Air and Space Bicentennial. In the later part of his life, Crossfield traveled extensively to give talks, attend events, and make various professional appearances and it was on a return flight home from one such trip in 2006 that Crossfield was killed when the plane he was piloting was caught in a thunderstorm.
Crossfield was active in various organizations including the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA), the National Aeronautic Association (NAA), and the Society of Experimental Test Pilots (SETP), a group in which he was a founding member. Crossfield also created the Scott Crossfield Foundation to support aerospace education. Crossfield was the recipient of numerous awards and honors including the Sperry (Lawrence B.) Memorial Award (1954) and Chanute (Octave) Award (AIAA, 1958), Kincheloe Award (SETP, 1960), Harmon Trophy (1960), Collier (Robert J.) Trophy (1961), NASA Distinguished Service Medal (1993), and the National Air and Space Museum (NASM) Trophy for Lifetime Achievement (2000).
Crossfield published his autobiography, Always Another Dawn, in 1960 with Clay Blair, Jr. and is the author of numerous other publications, articles, and technical papers.
Provenance:
Alice Crossfield, Gift, 2006
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Introduction:
NASA: Fifty Years and Beyond represented an unusual collaboration between the Festival and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) on the occasion of the agency's fiftieth anniversary in 2008. The NASA program provided a rare opportunity for the public to meet and observe the men and women whose skills, specialized knowledge, and codes of behavior mark them as a very distinctive example of occupational culture.
The tents on the Mall featured the following:
Aeronautics: air traffic-control designers, flight photographers and videographers, model makers, flight-suit technicians, test pilots, and others conducting research on aviation and aircraft;
Earth science: archaeologists, atmospheric scientists, meteorologists, plant pathologists, satellite imagery analysts, and others who investigate the earth's surface, climate, and atmosphere;
Foodways: food scientists, nutrition experts, packaging engineers, and researchers who plan and develop the cuisine served onboard spacecraft;
Future missions: aerospace engineers, robotics engineers, solar scientists, program managers, and others helping to plan missions to the moon, Mars, and beyond;
Human space flight: astronauts, flight engineers, tile inspectors, microgravity experts, software engineers, solar array specialists, space-suit technicians, and others who are involved with the Space Shuttle and International Space Station;
Propulsion: mechanical engineers, operations managers, test systems engineers, and others who design and build the engines that power NASA spacecraft;
Space art: artists who use canvas, paper, and recycled materials (such as Shuttle tires) to document NASA's work and missions; and
Space science: astrobiologists, astromaterials curators, astronomers, astrophysicists, heliophysicists, planetary geologists, and others conducting research in the vast reaches of space.
In addition, one tent was devoted to collecting oral histories, not only from the NASA participants, but also from members of the general public, to record their memories of NASA's past as well as their visions for NASA's future. During the ten days of the Festival, roughly 300 recordings were logged and another 200 note cards were posted on the bulletin board.
James Deutsch was Program Curator and Dorey Butter was Program Coordinator; Kim Stryker was Family Activities Coordinator. The NASA Coordination Team included: Gale Allen, Beth Beck, Claudette Beggs, Luis Berrios, Rosalie Betrue, Sallie Bilbo, Dawn Brooks, Stacey Brooks, Beth Brown, Fred Brown, Joshua Buck, Todd Cannon, Tara Clopper, Carmel Conaty, Leslee Cork, Anita Davis, David Defelice, Steve Dick, Wanda Dockery, Kristen Erickson, Michelle Ferebee, Debbie Gallaway, Steve Garber, Elaine Gause, Ed Goldstein, Mary Ann Harness, Robert Hopkins, Jim Hull, Winnie Humberson, Cheryl Johnson, Michelle Jones, Dave Lavery, Laura Lewis, Steve Lighthill, Rocky Lind, Dan Lockney, Bonnie McClain, Linda Matthews-Schmidt, Bryon Maynard, Cheri Miller, Ruth Netting, Nora Normandy, Louis Parker, Tom Powers, Debbie Rivera, Carla Rosenberg, Karen Rugg, Bette Siegel, Mary Sladek, Tony Springer, Pam Steel, Jim Stofan, Ann Marie Trotta, Janelle Turner, Bert Ulrich, Erika Vick, Katie Veal Wallace, Derek Wang, Joey Williams, and Dan Woodard.
The program was produced in partnership with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). Jacobs Technology Inc. was a Donor to the program. Contributors were Lockheed Martin, Boeing, Northrop Grumman, and United Space Alliance.
Participants:
Aeronautics
Tom Benson, 1947-, Glenn Research Center, Cleveland, Ohio
Glenn Brehm, 1953-, Langley Research Center, Hampton, Virginia
Thomas Burns, 1957-, Langley Research Center, Hampton, Virginia
Lawrence Cooper, 1948-, Langley Research Center, Hampton, Virginia
Rich Coppenbarger, Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, California
Luci Crittenden, 1948-, Langley Research Center, Hampton, Virginia
Johnny Ellis, 1951-, Langley Research Center, Hampton, Virginia
Robert Everett, Glenn Research Center, Cleveland, Ohio
Greg Gatlin, 1960-, Langley Research Center, Hampton, Virginia
Frank Jones, 1960-, Langley Research Center, Hampton, Virginia
Parimal Kopardekar, Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, California
Herbert Lawrence, 1948-, Glenn Research Center, Cleveland, Ohio
Greg Poteat, Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, California
Thomas Prevot, Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, California
Ron Reisman, Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, California
Jim Sokolik, 1957-, Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, California
Robert D. Windhorst, Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, California
Earth Science
Brooke Carter, Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland
Lin Chambers, 1963-, Langley Research Center, Hampton, Virginia
Jennifer Collings, 1986-, Langley Research Center, Hampton, Virginia
Rory Collins, 1981-, Langley Research Center, Hampton, Virginia
Roberta DiPasquale, Langley Research Center, Hampton, Virginia
Steven Graham, Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland
Irene Ladd, Langley Research Center, Hampton, Virginia
Katherine Lorentz, 1979-, Langley Research Center, Hampton, Virginia
Louis Nguyen, Langley Research Center, Hampton, Virginia
Claire Parkinson, Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland
Margaret Pippin, Langley Research Center, Hampton, Virginia
Steve Platnick, Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland
John Skelly, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania
Stephanie Stockman, Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland
David Westberg, Langley Research Center, Hampton, Virginia
Darrel Williams, Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland
Great Observatories
Mindy Deyarmin, Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland
Charles Diaz, Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland
Hashima Hasan, NASA Headquarters, Washington, D.C.
Maurice Henderson, Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland
Mark Hubbard, Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland
Anita Krishnamurthi, Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland
Renee Leck, NASA Headquarters, Washington, D.C.
Jim Perry, Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland
Benjamin Reed, Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland
Marion Riley, Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland
Nzinga Tull, Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland
Russell Werneth, Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland
Food Lab
Jennifer J. Brogan, 1981-, Johnson Space Center, Houston, Texas
Vickie Kloeris, 1955-, Johnson Space Center, Houston, Texas
Kimberly Glaus-Läte, 1960-, Johnson Space Center, Houston, Texas
Sylvia Lai, 1951-, Johnson Space Center, Houston, Texas
Thomas Oziomek, 1981-, Johnson Space Center, Houston, Texas
Michele Perchonok, 1955-, Johnson Space Center, Houston, Texas
Future Missions
Mitzi Adams, Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Alabama
Bob Armstrong, Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Alabama
Stephan Davis, Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Alabama
Brian Day, 1957-, Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, California
Rajiv Doreswamy, Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Alabama
Jennifer Heldmann, Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, California
Robert Howard, Johnson Space Center, Houston, Texas
Anthony Lavoie, Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Alabama
Danielle Moran, Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Alabama
Keith Robinson, Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Alabama
Kimberly Robinson, Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Alabama
Human Spaceflight
John Allen, NASA Headquarters, Washington, D.C.
Lynn Cline, NASA Headquarters, Washington, D.C.
Pamela Covington, NASA Headquarters, Washington, D.C.
Richard DeLombard, 1950-, Glenn Research Center, Cleveland, Ohio
Dave Edwards, Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Alabama
William Gerstenmaier, NASA Headquarters, Washington, D.C.
David Haakenson, Langley Research Center, Hampton, Virginia
Nancy Rabel Hall, Glenn Research Center, Cleveland, Ohio
Michael Hawes, NASA Headquarters, Washington, D.C.
William Hill, NASA Headquarters, Washington, D.C.
Carol Jacobs, Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Alabama
Thomas Jones, NASA Astronaut, Retired
Humberto Sanchez, Johnson Space Center, Houston, Texas
Timothy Ryan Tawney, NASA Headquarters, Washington, D.C.
Pierre Thuot, 1955-, U. S. Navy, Retired
Debbie Ramos Trainor, Johnson Space Center, Houston, Texas
Mark Uhran, NASA Headquarters, Washington, D.C.
Ron Woods, 1946-, Kennedy Space Center, Brevard County, Florida
International Space Station
Patrick Buzzard, Johnson Space Center, Houston, Texas
Gary Kitmacher, Johnson Space Center, Houston, Texas
Sam Ortega, Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Alabama
Kids' Space
Bill Anderson, NASA Headquarters, Washington, D.C.
Gregg Buckingham, Kennedy Space Center, Brevard County, Florida
Launch and Mission Control
Christine Chiodo, 1966-, Johnson Space Center, Houston, Texas
Sally Davis, 1958-, Johnson Space Center, Houston, Texas
Tuan Manh Doan, 1964-, Kennedy Space Center, Brevard County, Florida
George Haddad, 1960-, Kennedy Space Center, Brevard County, Florida
Tiffany Nail, Kennedy Space Center, Brevard County, Florida
Lunar Outpost
Durlean Leslie Bradford, Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Alabama
Barbara Cohen, Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Alabama
Joy Dukemineer, Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Alabama
Sabrina Pearson, Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Alabama
Robert Singleterry, Langley Research Center, Hampton, Virginia
Tim White, Huntsville Center for Technology, Huntsville, Alabama
Karen Whitley, 1957-, Langley Research Center, Hampton, Virginia
NASA-derived Technologies
Bruce Banks, Alphaport, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio
Peter Homer, Southwest Harbor, Maine
Sharon Miller, Glenn Research Center, Cleveland, Ohio
Propulsion
Bartt Hebert, Stennis Space Center, Hancock County, Mississippi
Casey Kirchner, Stennis Space Center, Hancock County, Mississippi
Bryon Maynard, Stennis Space Center, Hancock County, Mississippi
Bradley Messer, Stennis Space Center, Hancock County, Mississippi
Elizabeth Messer, Stennis Space Center, Hancock County, Mississippi
Rosa Obregón, Stennis Space Center, Hancock County, Mississippi
Ben Powell, Stennis Space Center, Hancock County, Mississippi
Christine Powell, Stennis Space Center, Hancock County, Mississippi
Steve Taylor, Stennis Space Center, Hancock County, Mississippi
Bill Wrobel, NASA Headquarters, Washington, D.C.
Robotics
Ken Fernandez, Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Alabama
Wendy Holforty, Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, California
Harley Thronson, Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland
Space Art --
Chakaia Booker, 1953-, New York, New York
Les Bossinas, 1933-, Cleveland, Ohio
Nicky Enright, 1971-, New York, New York
Mary Edna Fraser, 1952-, Charleston, South Carolina
Pat Rawlings, 1955-, Houston, Texas
Space Science
Arthur Aikin, Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland
Shadan Ardalan, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California
Shari Asplund, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California
Todd Barber, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California
Ron Bastien, Jacobs Engineering and Science Contract Group, Johnson Space Center, Houston, Texas
Dominic Benford, Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland
Max Bernstein, NASA Headquarters, Washington, D.C.
Jacob Bleacher, Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland
Lora Bleacher, Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland
Beth Brown, Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland
Ginger Butcher, NASA Headquarters, Washington, D.C.
Allan Cheuvront, Lockheed Martin, Denver, Colorado
Troy Cline, Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland
John Cooper, Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland
Emilie Drobnes, Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland
Therese Errigo, Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland
Don Fairfield, Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland
Lisa Fletcher, Jacobs Engineering and Science Contract Group, Johnson Space Center, Houston, Texas
Brenda Franklin, 1943-, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena California
Daniel Garrison, Jacobs Engineering and Science Contract Group, Johnson Space Center, Houston, Texas
Kevin Robert Grazier, 1961-, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California
Roger Harrington, Johnson Space Center, Houston, Texas
Jeffrey J.E. Hayes, 1957-, NASA Headquarters, Washington, D.C.
Paul Hertz, NASA Headquarters, Washington, D.C.
Steele Hill, Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland
David Hurd, 1962-, Edinboro University of Pennsylvania, Edinboro, Pennsylvania
Terry Hurford, Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland
Daniel Hurley, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California
Lindley Johnson, NASA Headquarters, Washington, D.C.
Anne Kascak, Johnson Space Center, Houston, Texas
Michael Kelley, 1943-, NASA Headquarters, Washington, D.C.
Terry Kucera, Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland
Elaine Lewis, Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland
Colette Lohr, 1975-, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California
Lou Mayo, Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland
Aimee Meyer, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California
Michael Meyer, NASA Headquarters, Washington, D.C.
David Mohr, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California
Andrea B. Mosie, Johnson Space Center, Houston, Texas
Keiko Nakamura-Messenger, Jacobs Engineering and Science Contract Group, Johnson Space Center, Houston, Texas
Carolyn Ng, Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland
Tam Nguyen, 1948-, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California
Sten Odenwald, Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland
Alexei Pevtsov, NASA Headquarters, Washington, D.C.
Cecilia Satterwhite, Johnson Space Center, Houston, Texas
Carol Schwarz, Johnson Space Center, Houston, Texas
Thomas See, Jacobs Engineering and Science Contract Group, Johnson Space Center, Houston, Texas
Jim Thieman, Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland
Jack Warren, Jacobs Engineering and Science Contract Group, Johnson Space Center, Houston, Texas
Heather Weir, Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland
Randii R. Wessen, 1958-, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California
Michael Zolensky, Johnson Space Center, Houston, Texas
Space Shuttle
Dennis Chamberland, 1951-, Kennedy Space Center, Brevard County, Florida
Joseph Lavelle, 1947-, Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, California
Maria Lott, Stennis Space Center, Hancock County, Mississippi
David Rainer, 1960-, Kennedy Space Center, Brevard County, Florida
Nathan Sovik, Stennis Space Center, Hancock County, Mississippi
Katie Veal Wallace, Stennis Space Center, Hancock County, Mississippi
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Robert B. Morgan, Frank E. Moss, Claiborne Pell, George Wharton Pepper, David A. Reed, Leverett Saltonstall, Hugh Scott, Alexander H. Smith, Robert A. Taft, Lyman Trumbull,
Wallace H. White, Jr., Robert Enoch Withers.
Regents on the part of the House of Representatives have included: Edward P. Boland, Frank T. Bow, William Campbell Breckenridge, Overton Brooks, Benjamin Butterworth,
Clarence Cannon, Lucius Cartrell, Hiester Clymer, William Colcock, William P. Cole, Jr., Maurice Connolly, Silvio O. Conte, Edward E. Cox, Edward H. Crump, John Dalzell, Nathaniel
Deering, Hugh A. Dinsmore, William English, John Farnsworth, Scott Ferris, Graham Fitch, James Garfield, Charles L. Gifford, T. Alan Goldsborough, Frank L. Greene, Gerry Hazleton,
Benjamin Hill, Henry Hilliard, Ebenezer Hoar, William Hough, William M. Howard, Albert Johnson, Leroy Johnson, Joseph Johnston, Michael Kirwan, James T. Lloyd, Robert Luce,
Robert McClelland, Samuel K. McConnell, Jr., George H. Mahon, George McCrary, Edward McPherson, James R. Mann, George Perkins Marsh, Norman Y. Mineta, A. J. Monteague, R.
Walton Moore, Walter H. Newton, Robert Dale Owen, James Patterson, William Phelps, Luke Poland, John Van Schaick Lansing Pruyn, B. Carroll Reece, Ernest W. Roberts, Otho Robards
Singleton, Frank Thompson, Jr., John M. Vorys, Hiram Warner, Joseph Wheeler.
Citizen Regents have been: David C. Acheson, Louis Agassiz, James B. Angell, Anne L. Armstrong, William Backhouse Astor, J. Paul Austin, Alexander Dallas Bache, George
Edmund Badger, George Bancroft, Alexander Graham Bell, James Gabriel Berrett, John McPherson Berrien, Robert W. Bingham, Sayles Jenks Bowen, William G. Bowen, Robert S. Brookings,
John Nicholas Brown, William A. M. Burden, Vannevar Bush, Charles F. Choate, Jr., Rufus Choate, Arthur H. Compton, Henry David Cooke, Henry Coppee, Samuel Sullivan Cox, Edward
H. Crump, James Dwight Dana, Harvey N. Davis, William Lewis Dayton, Everette Lee Degolyer, Richard Delafield, Frederic A. Delano, Charles Devens, Matthew Gault Emery, Cornelius
Conway Felton, Robert V. Fleming, Murray Gell-Mann, Robert F. Goheen, Asa Gray, George Gray, Crawford Hallock Greenwalt, Nancy Hanks, Caryl Parker Haskins, Gideon Hawley,
John B. Henderson, John B. Henderson, Jr., A. Leon Higginbotham, Jr., Gardner Greene Hubbard, Charles Evans Hughes, Carlisle H. Humelsine, Jerome C. Hunsaker, William Preston
Johnston, Irwin B. Laughlin, Walter Lenox, Augustus P. Loring, John Maclean, William Beans Magruder, John Walker Maury, Montgomery Cunningham Meigs, John C. Merriam, R. Walton
Moore, Roland S. Morris, Dwight W. Morrow, Richard Olney, Peter Parker, Noah Porter, William Campbell Preston, Owen Josephus Roberts, Richard Rush, William Winston Seaton,
Alexander Roby Shepherd, William Tecumseh Sherman, Otho Robards Singleton, Joseph Gilbert Totten, John Thomas Towers, Frederic C. Walcott, Richard Wallach, Thomas J. Watson,
Jr., James E. Webb, James Clarke Welling, Andrew Dickson White, Henry White, Theodore Dwight Woolsey.
Systems Engineer, 14 August 1952; one tissue paper original copy by RDW, corrected in blue pencil by Herbert F. Mitchell; first definition of a systems engineer.
Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
Collection Citation:
Grace Murray Hopper Collection, 1944-1965, Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Gear cutters, electric salinometers and densometers, marble working machinery, electric Morse signalling lamp, non-magnetic semaphore, feed water filters, lubricating oil filters, rotary brushes, etc.
Includes:
Trade catalog
Black and white images
Physical description:
2 pieces; 1 box
Language:
English
Type of material:
Trade catalogs
Trade literature
Place:
Glasgow, Scotland
Date:
1900s
Topic (Romaine term):
Boats and ships (including marine hardware and supplies) Search this
Business services (advertising; marketing; organizational management; etc.) Search this
Engines and motors: steam; oil; gas; etc. Search this
Magneto-ringing motor-generator sets; single-phase motors; induction motors; alternating current motors; direct-current motors; motors for domestic oil burners and stokers; motors for heating and ventilating fans; sub-miniature servo motor; polishing motor for golf clubs. Insulation resistance tester. Hospital paging systems; hospital signal systems; doctors' in and out register systems. Public address systems; clock systems; sound systems; school signalling systems. Carbureters. Interior telephone systems; wiring and installation guide for interior telephone system. Time detectors; electro-mechanical gongs; electric bells; magneto bells and testing gerators; hotel and house annunciators; burglar alarm annunciators; gas lighting supplies; sectional switch cut-out; electric wind indicator; push buttons; binding posts and connectors; dynamos; controllers; indicators; switches; fans; gas engine igniter; etc.
Includes:
Trade catalog and price lists
Black and white images
Physical description:
39 pieces; 1 box
Language:
English
Type of material:
Trade catalogs
Trade literature
Place:
Brookline, Massachusetts, United States
Date range:
1800s-1900s
Topic (Romaine term):
Automobiles and automotive equipment (including trucks and buses) Search this
Clocks and watches (including clock-making and watch-making equipment) Search this
