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J. Gordon Vaeth Collection

Creator:
Vaeth, J. Gordon (Joseph Gordon), 1921-2012  Search this
Names:
LZ 120 Bodensee (Airship)  Search this
LZ 129 Hindenburg (Airship)  Search this
Project Helios  Search this
Project Skyhook  Search this
United States. Navy -- Aviation  Search this
United States. Navy. Naval Airship Program  Search this
United States. Office of Naval Research  Search this
ZR-1 Shenandoah (Airship)  Search this
ZR-3 Los Angeles (Airship)  Search this
ZRS-4 Akron (Airship)  Search this
ZRS-5 Macon (Airship)  Search this
Vaeth, J. Gordon (Joseph Gordon), 1921-2012  Search this
Extent:
1.97 Cubic feet (4 legal document boxes and 1 oversize folder)
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Photographs
Publications
Clippings
Reports
Date:
1908-1992
Summary:
This collection, compiled by J. Gorden Vaeth, consists of documents, reports, news clippings, scrapbooks, publications, and photographs relating to rigid and non-rigid airships worldwide.
Scope and Contents:
This collection consists of documents, reports, news clippings, scrapbooks, publications, and photographs relating to rigid and non-rigid airships worldwide, including the USS Shenandoah; USS Akron; USS Macon; USS Los Angeles; Schütte-Lanz; R-23; TC-14: and the Zeppelins Hindenburg and Bodensee. It was compiled by J. Gordon Vaeth for personal and research reasons.
Arrangement:
Collection is arranged by type of material. Most publications are housed individually in folders.
Biographical / Historical:
J. Gordon Vaeth (1921-2012) was an accomplished author and historian on the subject of airships. He was known as the 'leader of the airship underground' during his earlier days with the Naval Airship Program at the start of World War II. During his active duty in the U. S. Navy (1942-1946), he was assigned to Commander Airship Patrol Group One, later Commander Fleet, Airships, Atlantic, then to Naval Air Station Lakehurst. He entered civilian life in 1947, continuing to work with programs relating to airships, including at the Office of Naval Research, the Helios Project, and on Skyhook. Vaeth held many positions for the federal government and was the director of systems engineering for the National Environmental Satellite Service at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) at the time of his retirement. Vaeth was a frequent lecturer, including appearances in television documentaries, as well as the author of numerous professional articles and books.
General:
Additional materials: Mr. Vaeth also donated a number of books and volumes of "The Airship Quarterly" which are housed in National Air and Space Museum Branch Library.
Provenance:
J. Gordon Vaeth, Gift, 1993, NASM.1994.0011
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
Topic:
Airships  Search this
Aeronautics, Military  Search this
Aeronautics  Search this
United States Navy TC-14 (Airship)  Search this
Genre/Form:
Photographs
Publications
Clippings
Reports
Citation:
J. Gordon Vaeth Collection, NASM.1994.0011, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
Identifier:
NASM.1994.0011
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J. Gordon Vaeth Collection
Archival Repository:
National Air and Space Museum Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/pg23d3ea994-d95f-4f6b-b7e2-6f5b586802bb
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-nasm-1994-0011

Aircraft Recognition Slides [Kahn]

Creator:
United States. Office of Naval Research  Search this
Extent:
0.2 Cubic feet (1 slim letter document box)
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Slides (35mm transparencies)
Date:
1947-1951
Summary:
Recognition slides were one of the methods used in the 1940s and 1950s to train service personnel in the identification of aircraft types, as well as ship types. This collection consists of 102 glass-mounted black and white 35 mm recognition training slides with related documents issued by the Office of Naval Research Special Devices Center in Port Washington, New York.
Scope and Contents:
This collection consists of 102 glass-mounted black and white 35 mm recognition training slides with related documents. The material was issued by the Office of Naval Research Special Devices Center in Port Washington, New York, as "Device 5-QQ-2a, November 1951 Slide Supplement, to Devices 5-QQ-1, and 5-QQ-2 Recognition Slide Kits." Included with the unused replacement slide set is a booklet of perforated gummed stickers and a form in the shape of a mailing card. The user was expected to remove each sticker from the booklet, wet the back of the sticker to activate the gummed adhesive, then place the sticker over the outdated image in the basic recognition training set's printed material. Instructions on the sticker booklet note that 'Slides having the prefix "x" are replacements for obsolete slides in the basic kits. Obsolete slides should be removed and destroyed.' Pages of gummed paper stickers in the booklet are separated by glassine pages; the gummed side of the stickers have adhered to the glassine. The last page of stickers is detached from the booklet and has become adhered to one side of the "Special Devices Maintenance Report" form; the two stickers originally at the right side of the page appear to have been torn off and were not received as part of the donation. While the contents are officially listed as "100 Recognition Slides" the collection was received with 102 slides; several slides are duplicates.
Arrangement:
Materials are grouped by format. Slides are arranged in numerical order.
Biographical / Historical:
In a combat situation, the ability to identify an aircraft quickly and accurately as friend or foe is of paramount importance. In World War I, national insignia were used for the first time to identify military aircraft used by the combatants. These insignia could be hard to spot when an aircraft in flight was seen silhouetted against a bright sky, so visual aircraft recognition training materials began to emphasize the shape of an aircraft as seen from different angles. The WEFT system, based on study of the shapes and locations of an aircraft's Wings, Engines, Fuselage, and Tail, was developed by the British just prior to and during World War II and made extensive use of three-view (bottom, front, side) silhouettes of aircraft. The WEFT system of recognition training was adopted by the US Navy and the US Army Air Corps in 1941. In 1942, a different approach to training was developed by Samuel Renshaw of Ohio State University; Renshaw's concept presented students with a brief "flash" view of an aircraft on a screen, forcing them to concentrate on the overall shape of the aircraft (whole image) rather than studying individual components (image analysis). Still picture film slides could be used both for initial identification training based on the WEFT system as well as for Renshaw-style "flash" viewing to improve recognition speed. Film slides created specifically for recognition training were typically produced with a printed cardboard frame identifying the subject of the slide sandwiched between thin glass sheets designed to both protect the film image from repeated handling and from the intense heat produced by the incandescent light sources used in slide projectors. The Office of Naval Research Special Devices Center in Port Washington, New York, produced several slide-based recognition training devices for the US military during the Cold War period following World War II.
Provenance:
Mark Kahn, gift, 2023, NASM.2023.0022
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.
Topic:
Aeronautics  Search this
Aeronautics, Military  Search this
Airplanes  Search this
Cold War -- 1950-1970  Search this
Genre/Form:
Slides (35mm transparencies)
Citation:
Aircraft Recognition Slides [Kahn], Acc. NASM.2023.0022, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
Identifier:
NASM.2023.0022
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Aircraft Recognition Slides [Kahn]
Archival Repository:
National Air and Space Museum Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/pg2678582c3-36f9-41bb-94dd-5ef985174b42
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-nasm-2023-0022
Online Media:

Documents

Collection Creator:
United States. Office of Naval Research  Search this
Container:
Box 1, Folder 1
Type:
Archival materials
Text
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:
Aircraft Recognition Slides [Kahn], Acc. NASM.2023.0022, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
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Aircraft Recognition Slides [Kahn]
Archival Repository:
National Air and Space Museum Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/pg2b9421fd7-3f50-46f1-9c8a-ca0f58a4f23e
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-nasm-2023-0022-ref1

35 mm Glass-Mounted Aircraft Recognition Slides (1 of 2)

Collection Creator:
United States. Office of Naval Research  Search this
Container:
Box 1, Folder 2
Type:
Archival materials
Slides
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:
Aircraft Recognition Slides [Kahn], Acc. NASM.2023.0022, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
See more items in:
Aircraft Recognition Slides [Kahn]
Archival Repository:
National Air and Space Museum Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/pg273acd84b-36df-4e63-acc0-e9f671a4f1f0
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-nasm-2023-0022-ref2

35 mm Glass-Mounted Aircraft Recognition Slides (2 of 2)

Collection Creator:
United States. Office of Naval Research  Search this
Container:
Box 1, Folder 3
Type:
Archival materials
Slides
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:
Aircraft Recognition Slides [Kahn], Acc. NASM.2023.0022, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
See more items in:
Aircraft Recognition Slides [Kahn]
Archival Repository:
National Air and Space Museum Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/pg2f1bfe6d3-fc90-4e31-94e4-08e877b84b7c
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-nasm-2023-0022-ref3

Digital Photographs of Original Shipping Boxes

Collection Creator:
United States. Office of Naval Research  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
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:
Aircraft Recognition Slides [Kahn], Acc. NASM.2023.0022, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
See more items in:
Aircraft Recognition Slides [Kahn]
Archival Repository:
National Air and Space Museum Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/pg26a146b9c-41db-47d0-877b-3a819dc689c3
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-nasm-2023-0022-ref4

Marine science of the Arabian Sea : proceedings of an international conference / editors, Mary-Frances Thompson, Nasima M. Tirmizi

Author:
Thompson, Mary-Frances  Search this
Tirmizi, Nasima M  Search this
University of Karachi  Search this
Pakistan Agricultural Research Council  Search this
Pakistan University Grants Commission  Search this
Special Science Programs (American Institute of Biological Sciences)  Search this
United States Office of Naval Research  Search this
Physical description:
xxxviii, 658 p. : ill. (some col.), maps ; 24 cm
Type:
Congresses
Place:
Arabian Sea
Date:
1988
Topic:
Marine biology  Search this
Marine sciences  Search this
Call number:
QH94.2 .M37 1988
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_518416

S. Fred Singer Papers

Creator:
Singer, S. Fred (Siegfried Fred), 1924-  Search this
Names:
National Environmental Satellite Center (U.S.)  Search this
United States. Department of Commerce  Search this
United States. Department of Transportation  Search this
United States. Department of the Interior  Search this
United States. Office of Naval Research  Search this
University of Maryland at College Park  Search this
University of Miami. School of Environmental and Planetary Science  Search this
University of Virginia  Search this
Singer, S. Fred (Siegfried Fred), 1924-  Search this
Extent:
54.5 Cubic feet ((50 records center boxes))
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Publications
Photographs
Drawings
Financial records
Notes
Correspondence
Place:
Outer space -- Exploration -- United States
Outer space -- Exploration
Date:
1953-1989
bulk 1960-1980
Scope and Contents:
This collection consists of Singer's personal papers. The material consists of correspondence and research files, as well as financial records. The collection covers Singer's career beginning with his tenure at Maryland and continued through his retirement in 1989.
Biographical / Historical:
Dr. Siegfried Fred Singer (1924- ) is a professor, physicist, and administrator. Singer emigrated to the United States from Vienna in 1940 (naturalized 1944) and attended Ohio State University (BEE 1943; D.Sc. (honorary) 1970) and Princeton (AM 1944, Ph.D. (physics) 1948). He taught briefly as a doctoral candidate at Princeton (1943-44) before joining the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory as a physicist (1946-50). He acted as the Office of Naval Research Scientific Liaison Officer at the US Embassy in London (1950-53), then joined the faculty of the University of Maryland (assoc. professor, physics 1953-59; professor 1959-62). He continued to alternate between public and academic positions, working at the National Weather Satellite Center, Department of Commerce (Director, 1962-64); School of Environmental and Planetary Science, University of Miami (Dean, 1964-67); Department of the Interior (Deputy Assistant Secretary for Water Quality and Research, 1967-70); University of Virginia (Professor, Environmental Science, 1971-87); and the Department of Transportation (Chief Scientist, 1987-89). Singer authored a number of papers and articles on astrophysics, space exploration, and environmental issues and was involved in formulating public policies on these topics.
General:
NASMrev
Provenance:
S. Fred Singer, gift, 1989, 1989-0130, 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
Topic:
Astrophysics  Search this
Environmental sciences  Search this
Aeronautics, Commercial  Search this
Aeronautics and state  Search this
Aeronautics  Search this
Astronautics and state  Search this
Astronautics  Search this
Periodicals  Search this
Genre/Form:
Publications
Photographs
Drawings
Financial records
Notes
Correspondence
Identifier:
NASM.1989.0130
Archival Repository:
National Air and Space Museum Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/pg252ba570b-733d-4201-aced-94e4b90fce18
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-nasm-1989-0130

Marine borer investigations annual report, January 1954 to December 1954

Author:
University of Miami Marine Laboratory  Search this
United States Office of Naval Research  Search this
Physical description:
13 leaves 28 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
1955
Topic:
Marine borers  Search this
Xylophages marins  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_339503

Rear Admiral Leonidas Dixon Coates, Jr. (left) and Dr. John Ritter Olive (right)

Subject:
Coates, Leonidas Dixon 1907-  Search this
Olive, John Ritter 1916-1974  Search this
United States Office of Naval Research  Search this
American Institute of Biological Sciences  Search this
Physical description:
Gelatin silver prints
Type:
Black-and-white photographs
Date:
1963
Topic:
Biology  Search this
Ichthyology  Search this
Local number:
SIA Acc. 90-105 [SIA2008-3863]
Restrictions & Rights:
No access restrictions Many of SIA's holdings are located off-site, and advance notice is recommended to consult a collection. Please email the SIA Reference Team at osiaref@si.edu
Copyright Not Evaluated
Data Source:
Smithsonian Institution Archives
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_arc_393658

The Earth's crust : its nature and physical properties / John G. Heacock, editor, George V. Keller, Jack E. Oliver, Gene Simmons, associate editors

Author:
Symposium on the Nature and Physical Properties of the Earth's Crust (1976 : Vail, Colo.)  Search this
Heacock, John G  Search this
United States Office of Naval Research  Search this
Colorado School of Mines  Search this
Physical description:
xiii, 754 p. : ill. ; 25 cm
Type:
Congresses
Place:
Earth (Planet)
Date:
1977
Topic:
Geophysics  Search this
Crust  Search this
Call number:
QE511.S94 1976X
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_108283

Molecular biophysics proceedings of an international summer school held in Squaw Valley, California, August 17-28, 1964 edited by Bernard Pullman and Mitchel Weissbluth

Editor:
Pullman, Bernard 1919-  Search this
Weissbluth, Mitchel  Search this
Author:
North Atlantic Treaty Organization  Search this
United States Office of Naval Research  Search this
Physical description:
x, 452 pages illustrations
Type:
Books
Kongress
Congresses (form)
Squaw Valley (Calif., 1964)
Place:
Squaw Valley (Calif.)
Date:
1965
1964
Topic:
Molecular biology  Search this
Biophysics  Search this
Biologie moléculaire  Search this
Biophysique  Search this
molecular biology  Search this
42.12 biophysics  Search this
Biophysik  Search this
Molekulare Biophysik  Search this
Kongress  Search this
Biofisica molecular  Search this
biofysica  Search this
biophysics  Search this
nucleic acids  Search this
fysica  Search this
physics  Search this
eiwitten  Search this
proteins  Search this
moleculaire fysica  Search this
molecular physics  Search this
moleculen  Search this
molecules  Search this
Biophysics (General)  Search this
Biofysica (algemeen)  Search this
Call number:
QH506 .I61 1964
QH506.I61 1964
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_28758

Archaeological survey of Eskimo, or earlier, material in the vicinity of Point Barrow, Alaska

Author:
Carter, W. K  Search this
United States Office of Naval Research  Search this
Arctic Institute of North America  Search this
Physical description:
6 v. : ill. ; 28 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Alaska
Barrow, Point
Barrow, Point (Alaska)
Date:
1954
1966
1954-1966]
Topic:
Eskimos--Antiquities  Search this
Antiquities  Search this
Call number:
E99.E7 C37 1954
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_737084

Research in the service of national purpose; proceedings of the Office of Naval Research Vicennial Convocation. Edited by F. Joachim Weyl

Author:
United States Office of Naval Research  Search this
Weyl, F. Joachim - (Fritz Joachim) 1915-  Search this
Physical description:
viii, 133 p. illus., facsim., ports. 24 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
1966
Call number:
V394.W2 A4 1966
V394.W2A4 1966
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_39372

Science and the future Navy : a symposium in celebration of the thirtieth anniversary of the Office of Naval Research

Author:
National Research Council (U.S.) Naval Studies Board  Search this
Subject:
United States Navy  Search this
United States Office of Naval Research  Search this
Physical description:
ix, 115 p. : ill. ; 27 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
United States
Date:
1977
Topic:
Naval research  Search this
Science  Search this
Call number:
V393.S416s 1977
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_104882

Oceanic sound scattering prediction / edited by Neil R. Andersen and Bernard J. Zahuranec

Author:
Andersen, Neil R (Neil Richard)  Search this
Zahuranec, Bernard J  Search this
United States Office of Naval Research Ocean Science and Technology Division  Search this
Physical description:
xii, 859 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
Type:
Congresses
Conference papers and proceedings
Date:
1977
©1977
Topic:
Underwater acoustics  Search this
Sound-waves--Scattering  Search this
Bioacoustics  Search this
Marine biology  Search this
Oceanography--Research  Search this
Bioacoustics--Congresses  Search this
Marine biology--Congresses  Search this
Sound-waves--Scattering--Congresses  Search this
Underwater acoustics--Congresses  Search this
Call number:
QC242.O25X1977
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_91641

Estuarine transport processes : symposium / sponsored by Office of Naval Research, Geography Programs, Sea Grant, National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration, University of South Carolina ; edited by Björn Kjerfve

Author:
Kjerfve, Björn  Search this
United States Office of Naval Research Geography Programs  Search this
United States National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Office of Sea Grant  Search this
University of South Carolina  Search this
Belle W. Baruch Institute for Marine Biology and Coastal Research  Search this
Physical description:
xviii, 331 p. : ill. ; 26 cm
Type:
Congresses
Date:
1978
Topic:
Sediment transport  Search this
Estuarine oceanography  Search this
Call number:
GC96.5.E78X
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_105594

Science and the Navy : the history of the Office of Naval Research / Harvey M. Sapolsky

Author:
Sapolsky, Harvey M  Search this
Subject:
United States Office of Naval Research History  Search this
Physical description:
xiii, 142 p. : ill. ; 25 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
United States
Date:
1990
C1990
Topic:
Science and state--History  Search this
Federal aid to research--History  Search this
Call number:
V394.A7S37 1990X
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_391977

The marine Ichthyofauna of St. Andrew Bay, Florida, and nearshore habitats of the northeastern Gulf of Mexico / by Norman G. Vick

Author:
Vick, Norman G  Search this
Texas A and M Research Foundation  Search this
United States Office of Naval Research  Search this
Physical description:
76, 7 leaves : maps ; 28 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Mexico, Gulf of
Florida
Saint Andrew Bay
Date:
1964
Topic:
Marine biology  Search this
Fishes  Search this
Call number:
QL628.F6 V53 1964
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_728977

[Technical reports on aeronautical instruments, human engineering bibliography, radio, radar, runways, fatigue, design of airplanes, and navigation]

Author:
United States Office of Naval Research  Search this
Physical description:
<248> v. : ill
Type:
Books
Date:
1957
1957-
Topic:
Aeronautical instruments  Search this
Human engineering--Bibliography  Search this
Radio in aeronautics  Search this
Radar in aeronautics  Search this
Runways (Aeronautics)  Search this
Airframes--Fatigue  Search this
Airplanes--Design and construction  Search this
Navigation (Aeronautics)  Search this
Call number:
TL507 .U5631863
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_476028

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