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Nasa, 1957-61 ORGANIZATION AND EARLY HISTORY OF NASA, 1957-61 Allen, George E.: Papers Box 1 Eisenhower, Dwight D. – 1961 [space program] Aurand, Evan P.: Papers Box 7 Reading File, Aug. 16, 1958-Sept. 26. 1958 [Polaris] Box 8 Reading File, Jan. 7, 1958-Mar. 5, 1959 [missile program] Reading File, Oct. 2, 1959-Dec. 31, 1959 [Polaris missiles] Box 14 Aurand, Henry S., Writings of (1)-(7) [satellite orbits] Box 15 Ballistic Missile System Box 17 Missile Trip, April 9-17, 1959 (1)(2) Navy Line File Folder No. One [missile programs] Box 18 Navy Line, 1959 (1)-(4) [missiles and space] Box 19 Outer Space Brownell, Herbert Jr.: Additional Papers Box 10 Sh (1)(2) [missiles] Cochran, Jacqueline: Papers Air Force Series Box 3 Air Force: Space Program 1959 Articles Series Box 7 Article by JC re Women in space for Parade 1961 (1)-(4) Article by JC: “Women Will Go Into Space” 1962 (1)-(4) Box 8 Life Magazine Article re “Women in Space” 1963 Federation Aeronautique Internationale Series (FAI) Box 14 FAI: Space Flight (Alan B. Shepard) May 5, 1961 (1)-(7) National Aeronautic Association Series Box 11 NAA Convention 1961 Speeches (copies) [manned space flight] Box 18 NAA: Col. John Glenn’s Space Flight 2/20/62 Scrapbook Series Box 4 NASA Lunar Orbit Rendezvous 1962 NASA Manned Suborbital Flight 1961 NASA Miscellaneous Items General File Series Box 138 Women in Space: Dr. Hugh Dryden thru Box 140 Women in Space: James Webb, NASA Box 147 National Aeronautics and Space Administration 1963 (1)(2) NASA – JC on “Women in Aerospace” Box 150 Women in Space: Myrtle Cagle (Mrs. Walter) 1963 thru Women in Space: Newspaper Clippings, etc. 1963 (1)(2) Box 166 NASA (1)(2) Box 172 NASA 1966 Box 226 NASA 1968 thru Box 228 NASA – Space Task Group Report 1969 (1)(2) Speech Series Box 8 Space Conference: Seattle, Wash. May 8-10, 1962 (1)(2) Box 9 “Women in the Space Age” Zonta Club of Cleveland, O. Nov. 28, 1962 (1)-(6) Box 13 Speech Material: Space Vehicles (1)-(3) Stars at Noon Series Box 9 [Drafts of Chapters for New Book] (1)-(6) [women in space] Cook, Richard W.: Papers, 1940-1973 Box 8 General Correspondence, 1967 [NASA, Marshall Space Flight Center] George C. Marshall Space Flight Center, NASA, 1970-1973 (1)- (3) Dulles, John Foster: Papers Gerard Smith Series Box 1 Material from Gerard C. Smith’s Files 1957 (1)-(3) [Soviet earth satellite] Material from Gerard C. Smith’s Files 1959 (1)-(3) [missiles] Box 2 Material from Gerard C. Smith’s Files 1960-61 (1)-(3) [space] Box 3 [Notebook] General #3 9/17/59 – 1/7/60 [missiles and space] [Notebook] NSC 1957-1958 [space policy] [Notebook] NSC 1958-59 [missiles and space program JFD Chronological Series Box 15 JOHN FOSTER DULLES Chronological October 1957 (1)-(4) [Sputnik] Personnel Series Box 20 Chron File – December 1958 (1)-(3) [outer space] Special Assistants Chronological File Box 13 Greene – Boster Chronological September 1858 (1)-(3) [outer space] Greene – Boster Chronological November 1958 (1)-(3) [outer space] Subject Series Box 6 Vice President Nixon (1)-(5) [missile programs] Telephone Conversations Series Box 7 Memoranda Tel. Conv. – Gen. September 2, 1957 to Oct 31, 1957 (2) [Soviet satellite, space program] Memoranda Tel. Conv. – Gen. November 1, 1957 to Dec 27, 1957 (1)(2)(4) [Sputnik,Vanguard, missile and space race] Box 8 Memoranda of Tel. Conv. – Gen. April 1, 1958 to May 29, 1958 (2) [space agency] Box 9 Memoranda of Tel. Conv. – Gen. November 2, 1958 to Dec 27, 1958 (2) [outer space] Box 12 Memoranda Tel Conv. – W.H. Sept. 2, 1957 to Dec. 26, 1957 (3) [outer space] White House Memoranda Series Box 5 White House Correspondence – General 1957 (3) [outer space] Box 7 White House – Meetings with the President July 1, 1958 – December 31, 1958 (3) [outer space] Eisenhower, Dwight D.: Papers as President Ann Whitman Diary Series Box 3 ACD Diary August 1954 (2) [NACA] Box 8 Apr. ’56 Diary—acw (1) [missiles] Box 9 AUGUST – 1957 – ACW DIARY (2) [missiles] October ’57 – ACW DIARY (2) [missiles] ACW DIARY Jan 1958 (1) [missiles, satellites] ACW DIARY March 1958 (1) [outer space] ACW DIARY March 1958 (2) [missiles] Box 10 AUGUST – [ACW] DIARY 1958 (1) [missiles] ACW DIARY – Dec., 1958 [missiles, outer space] Administration Series Box 5 Baruch, Bernard M. (1)-(6) [missiles] Box 15 Gates, Thomas S., Jr. (1)-(4) [military space projects, missiles] Glennan, Dr. Keith [NASA, space research] Box 17 Guided Missiles 1958 Box 23 Killian, James R., Jr. (1)(2) [missiles, satellites] Kistiakowsky, Dr. George B. (1)(2) [missiles, space vehicles] Box 25 McElroy, Neil H., 1957-58 (1)-(5) [missiles, satellites] McElroy, Neil H., 1959 (1)-(4) [missiles, satellites] Box 36 Symington, Senator Stuart [missiles] Box 37 U.S. Satellites Box 41 Wilson, Charles E., 1957 (1)-(3) [missiles, satellites] Cabinet Series Box 8 Cabinet Meeting of March 11, 1957 [missiles] Box 9 Cabinet Meeting of October 18, 1957 [satellite program] Box 10 Cabinet Meeting of January 3, 1958 [missiles] Cabinet Meeting of February 7, 1958 [satellite program] Cabinet Meeting of March 14, 1958 [space program] Box 12 Cabinet Meeting of August 15, 1958 [outer space] Cabinet Meeting of October 9, 1958 [lunar probe] DDE Diary Series Box 12 Jan ‘56 Phone Calls [missiles] Box 13 Feb ‘56 Miscellaneous (1)-(6) [missiles] Box 22 Mar ’57 Diary Staff Memos (1)(2) [missiles] Box 23 Apr ’57 Diary-Staff Memos (1)(2) [Vanguard] Box 26 August 1957 – Telephone Calls [missiles] Box 27 DDE Diary Oct 1957 [missiles] October ’57 Phone Calls [satellites] October ’57 Staff Notes (1)(2) [missiles and satellites] Box 28 October ’57 DDE Dictation [science] November ’57 DDE Diary [Sputnik] Box 29 November ’57 Phone Calls [missiles] Telephone Calls Dec 1957 [missiles] Box 30 Staff Notes Jan 1958 [Sputnik] Staff Notes February 1958 [missiles] Toner Notes February 1958 [satellites] Box 31 Toner Notes March 1958 [satellites] Telephone Calls March 1958 [satellites] Staff Notes March 1958 (1)(2) [missiles] Box 32 Staff Notes April 1958 (1)(2) [missiles] May 1958 – Staff Notes (1)(2) [space program] Box 33 Toner Notes – May 1958 (1)(2) [outer space] June 1958 – Staff Notes (1)-(3) [missiles] Box 35 Staff Memos July 1958 (1)(2) [space agency] August 1958 Telephone Calls [missiles] Box 36 Staff Notes – Sept. 1958 [missiles] Staff Notes – October 1958 [NASC paper] Box 37 Toner Notes – Dec 1958 [orbiting Atlas & Jupiter firing] Box 38 DDE Diary – Dec 1958 [satellites] Staff Notes – Dec 1958 [Space Council] Staff Notes – Jan 1959 (1)(2) [missiles] Box 39 Toner Notes February 1959 [missiles] Staff Notes February 1959 (1)(2) [missiles] Staff Notes March 1-15, 1959 (1)(2) [space research] Box 41 Toner Notes May 1959 [missiles] Staff Notes May 1959 [missiles and space] Box 42 Staff Notes June 16-30, 1959 (1)(2) [missiles] Toner Notes June 1959 [Vanguard III] Box 43 Staff Notes July 1959 (1)(4) [missiles] Box 44 Staff Notes September 1959 (1)(2) [satellites] Box 45 Staff Notes October 1959 (1)(2) [NASA and space] Staff Notes Nov. 1959 (1)-(3) [space program] Box 46 Toner Notes November 1959 [missiles] Telephone Calls-November 1959 [space program] Toner Notes December 1959 [missiles] Toner Notes January 1960 [satellites] Box 47 Staff Notes – January 1960 (1)(2) [NASA] Toner Notes February 1960 [missiles] Box 48 Toner Notes March 1960 [NASA] Box 49 Staff Notes April 1960 (1)(2) [satellites] Toner Notes May 1960 [satellites] Box 50 Toner Notes June 1960 (1)(2) [satellites] Staff Notes June 1960 (1)(2) [missiles] Box 51 Toner Notes July 1960 [Mercury] Staff Notes August 1960 (1)-(3) [satellites] Box 52 Toner Notes September 1960 [satellites] Box 53 Staff Notes-October 1960 (1)(2) [missiles] Box 54 Toner Notes November 1960 [satellites] Box 55 Toner Notes January 1961 [missiles] Dulles-Herter Series Box 10 Dulles – September 1958 (2) [outer space] Box 13 Herter, Christian December 1960 (2) [missiles] Legislative Meetings Series Box 2 Legislative Leaders Meetings 1956 (1) 2/14/56 [missiles] Legislative Leaders Meetings 1957 (3) 5/14/57 [missiles] Box 3 Legislative Minutes 1958 (1) 1/7/58 [missiles, satellites] Legislative Minutes 1958 (1) 2/4/58 [outer space] Legislative Minutes 1958 (2) 3/18/58 [space research] Legislative Minutes 1958 (2) 4/1/58 [outer space] Legislative Minutes 1958 (3) 5/13/58 [space agency] Legislative Meetings 1959 (1) 1/5/59 [outer space] Legislative Meetings 1959 (5) 6/2/59 [missiles] Legislative Leaders 1960 (1) 2/ 9/60 [missiles] Legislative Leaders 1960 (4) 9/11/60 [missiles] Name Series Box 16 GUIDED MISSILES (1)-(6) NSC Series Box 6 234th Meeting January 27, 1955 [satellites] 250th Meeting Ma6y 26, 1955 [satellites] Box 7 280th Meeting March 22, 1956 [satellites] 283rd Meeting May 3, 1956 [satellites] 285th Meeting May 17, 1956 [satellites] Box 8 290th Meeting July 12,1956 [satellites] 309th Meeting January 11, 1957 [missiles] 310th Meeting January 24, 1957 [satellites] 317th Meeting March 28, 1957 [missiles] 322nd Meeting May 10, 1957 [satellites] Box 9 327th Meeting June 20, 1957 [missiles] 329th Meeting July 3, 2957 [missiles] 333rd Meeting August 1, 1957 [missiles] 339th Meeting October 10, 1957 [missiles, satellites] 347th Meeting December 5, 1957 [satellites] 352nd Meeting January 22, 1958 [missiles, satellites] 353rd Meeting January 30, 1958 [missiles] 354th Meeting February 6, 1958 [satellites] 357th Meeting March 6, 1958 [space] Box 10 361st Meeting April 3, 1958 [rockets] 363rd Meeting April 24, 1958 [missiles] 365th Meeting May 8, 1958 [missiles] 371st Meeting July 3, 1958 [missiles, satellites] 374th Meeting July 31, 1958 [satellites] 375th Meeting August 7, 1958 [missiles]
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