NASA Western Support Office Records at NARA Riverside, 1939-1969

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NASA Western Support Office Record Group 255 1 Records at NARA Riverside, 1939-1969 NASA Western Support Office Records at NARA Riverside, 1939-1969

NASA Ames Research Center History Office

Contact Information: The National Archives at Riverside 23123 Cajalco Road Perris, CA 92570 Phone: 951-956-2000 Email: [email protected] URL: http://www.archives.gov/riverside Collection processed by: Gwen Pattison Finding aid writteny by: Gwen Pattison and Glenn Bugos Date Completed: 2000, 2006 ©2006 National Archives and Records Administration, Pacific Region, Riverside, CA. All rights reserved.

Descriptive Summary Title: NASA Western Support Office Records at NARA Riverside Date (inclusive): 1939-1969 Collection Number: Record Group 255 Creator: Western Support Office Extent: Number of containers: 46 Volume: 19 linear feet Repository: National Archives and Records Administration, Riverside. Perris, CA 92570 Abstract: The Western Coordination Office (WCO) was established to act as the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) liaison with aircraft companies and aeronautics research units of colleges and universities in the western region of the United States. Its functions were eventually transferred to the Western Support Office (WSO) in 1966, which reported to the Office of Industry Affairs at NASA headquarters. The materials in this collection include administrative documents, reference memoranda, and correspondence primarily generated by Edwin P. Hartman, the WSO coordinator. Language: English Access Collection is open for research. Access to some records is restricted due to national security classification status. Some reports have retained their secret security classification (FOIA (b)(1) National Security, Secret). All queries for records described in this guide should originate with NARA at Riverside. Publication Rights Copyright does not apply to United States government records. For non-government material, researcher must contact the original creator. Additionally, each document that has a security classification affixed must have a declassification marking stamped on the document prior to any type of reproduction. Preferred Citation RG255, [Identification of item], NASA Western Support Office Records, [Container number]: [Folder number], National Archives and Records Administration, Riverside, California. Administrative History The Western Coordination Office (WCO) was established to act as the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) liaison with western aircraft companies and aeronautics research units of western colleges and universities. The WCO reported directly to the Director of the NACA.

NASA Western Support Office Record Group 255 2 Records at NARA Riverside, 1939-1969 Soon after the NACA was absorbed into the newly-established National Aeronautics and Space Administration(NASA) on October 1, 1958, the WCO was abolished by General Management Instruction (GMI) 2-2-16, NASA, August 25, 1959 and its functions transferred to the Western Operations Office (WOO), which was created by the same GMI. The WOO continued to work as a liaison with aerospace companies and research facilities. Their duties were expanded to include public affairs and administrative and management support of NASA activities west of Denver, Colorado. The WOO reported to the Associate Administrator of NASA at NASA headquarters. The WOO gained responsibility for management of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) contract by the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) through GMI 2-2-16, NASA, March 7, 1962. The WOO’s contract management and procurement responsibilities were transferred to the NASA Resident Office-JPL (NRO-JPL) on May 8, 1966 in a memorandum from the Associate Administrator to the Associate Administrator for Space Science and Applications, dated October 19, 1965, subject: Prime Contracting Arrangements for Voyager. The NRO-JPL was abolished by NASA Management Instruction (NMI) 1136.27, June 15, 1966. Its remaining functions were transferred to the Western Support Office (WSO) which reported to the Office of Industry Affairs at NASA headquarters. The NRO-JPL was redesignated as the NASA Pasadena Office (NAPO) by NMI 1138.9, August 17, 1966. These records can be found in a collection titled “NASA Pasadena Office” and also housed at NARA Riverside as part of its Record Group 255. Indexing Terms The following terms may be used to index this collection. Personal Name Hartman, Edwin Phelps, 1905- Robinson, Russell G. (Russell Gideon), 1907-2003 Kamm, Robert W. (Robert William), 1917-2001 Mulholland, Donald Corporate Name Western Support Office United States. National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics. Subjects Aerospace engineering Aeronautical engineering Scope and Content The WSO Collection consists primarily of correspondence and memoranda relating to the needs and activities of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA), a body established by Congress in 1915 to serve as an aeronautical advisory board to the government and the private sector. Subjects covered in this collection include the research and development activities of the US military, aerospace companies, universities and other facilities associated with the NACA and later NASA. Many of the memoranda reports relate to the needs, progress and activities of the aerospace industry, and academic research conducted in aerospace engineering, in the western United States, and were prepared by Edwin P. Hartman, the NACA Western Coordinator. Arrangement of the Western Support Office Papers The papers are arranged into 7 series: I. Central Files, 1939-1962 (NARA ARC Identifier 608525) II. Reference Memorandums of Edwin P. Hartman, 1940-1956 (NARA ARC Identifier 607812) III. Confidential Reference Memorandums, compiled 1940-1962 (NARA ARC Identifier 607317) IV. Secret Reference Memorandums, compiled 1946-1961 (NARA ARC Identifier 607259) V. Reference Memorandums of Harrison Chandler, compiled 1940-1947 (NARA ARC Identifier 608523) VI. Correspondence of the Western Coordinator, compiled 1940-1951 (NARA ARC Identifier 607622) VII. Organizational History Files, compiled 1959 - 1968, documenting the period 1939 - 1969 (NARA ARC Identifier 608638)

NASA Western Support Office Record Group 255 3 Records at NARA Riverside, 1939-1969 Series ICentral Files 1939-1962

Series I Central Files 1939-1962 Note NARA Archival Research Catalog Identifier 608525 Physical Description: 18 Boxes7 ft. 6 in. A008662-A008670 Scope and Content Note This series includes correspondence, memorandums, reports, newspaper clippings, and teletypes relating to the research and development activities of the United States military, aerospace companies, universities and other facilities associated with the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA), and later National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). Topics include contract files for projects such as the interplanetary and lunar flight project (Vega) being developed at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, symposia and conference summaries for meetings such as the Manned Space Station Symposium, background information on aerospace companies which includes correspondence, reference memorandums and trip reports summarizing commercial, military and space research and development. Internal management materials include legislative program files, reorganization planning for the Western Coordination Office (WCO), later the Western Operations Office (WOO) and the Western Support Office (WSO) and correspondence with other NACA/NASA units such as NASA headquarters, Ames Research Center, Lewis Research Center and Goddard Space Flight Center. Arranged alphabetically by subject and there under chronologically.

Box 1 ARDC Ballistic Missile Division, 1957-1960 Box 1 ARPA (Advanced Research Projects Agency) Box 1 Activity Report, August 1962 - December 1962 Box 1 Aerojet, 1953-1960 Box 1 Aerolab Development Co., 1960 Box 1 Aerospace Industries Association, September 28, 1960 Box 1 AFBMD (Agena & Centaur), January 25-28, 1960 Box 1 Aerophysics Development, 1954-1958 1954-1958 Box 1 Aeronutronics Systems, Inc., 1959 Box 1 ACFT OPN Meetings, November 5, 1958 Box 1 ACFT, Missiles and Spacecraft Committee Meetings, October 9, 1958 Box 1 AiResearch, 1951-1960 Box 1 AiResearch Box 1 Ames Box 1 Ames—Correspondence with Individuals (personal), 1958 Box 1 Ames—Facilities and Equipment, 1957 Box 1 Ames—Personnel and Organization, 1955 Box 1 Atlantic Missile Range Box 1 Atlantic Research Corporation, 1960 Box 1 Automatic Stabilization and Control Box 2 Beckman Instruments, Inc., 1958-1959 Box 2 Blue Scout Status Report Box 2 Boeing, 1951-1956 Box 2 Boeing, 1957-1959 Box 2 Booster Recovery Project (Contract and Contract Administration), 1959 Box 2 CAA Box 2 Caltech—Payments, Contract NASw-6, 1958-1959 Box 2 Caltech-JPL-LAOD (Technical) Box 2 California Institute of Technology, 1953-1958 Box 3 California Institute of Technology, 1950-1952 Box 3 California Research Corporation, 1951-1958 Box 3 Cavea B Status Report Box 3 Centaur Project (Technical) Box 3 Chance-Vought, 1956-1959 Box 3 Chance-Vought, 1952-1955

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Box 3 Chemical Energy Processes Committee, October 29, 1959 Box 3 Civil Aeronautics Administration, 1959 Box 3 Conferences, Symposiums, etc. (outside), 1958-1959 Box 3 Consolidated Vultee—San Diego, 1951-1954 Box 3 Contractor Proposals—WO-60-1, 1960 Box 3 Convair, Forth Worth, 1955-1959 Box 3 Contracts Division, 1959 Box 4 Convair—San Diego (Airplane), 1957-1959 Box 4 Convair—San Diego (Astronautics), 1956-1960 Box 4 Convair—San Diego, 1955-1956 Box 4 Cooper Development Corp., 1959 Box 4 NASA-DOD Space Science Committee, May 13, 1960 Box 4 Corrosion Loop Status Report Box 4 NASA-DOD Space Science, Minutes, October 30, 1959 Box 4 Dallons Laboratories Box 4 Delta Status Report Box 4 Delta Operations, March 9, 1960 Box 4 Disbursement of Pay Checks Box 4 Douglas—Long Beach, 1955-1959 Box 4 Douglas—Santa Monica (Missiles), 1956-1959 Box 4 Douglas—Santa Monica (Airplane), 1955-1956 Box 4 Douglas—Santa Monica (Airplane), 1957-1959 Box 4 Douglas Aircraft NAS 7-1, 1961 Box 4 Douglas—Santa Monica, 1954-1953 Box 4 Douglas Box 5 Douglas Box 5 G.M. Giannini Co. Inc., 1956-1958 Box 5 Government, 1953-1954 Box 5 Hartman Box 5 Hartman Memos (and Kamm) Record Copies Box 5 Hartman Memos Box 5 Headquarters Office—Office of Executive Secretary, 1956 Box 5 Headquarters Office—Office of Executive Secretary, 1955 Box 5 HSFS Correspondence, 1958-1959 Box 5 Headquarters Office—Office of Executive Secretary, 1957 Box 5 Headquarters Office—Office of Director, 1955 Box 6 Helicopters Box 6 High Energy Stage Booster—Contract NAS3-262 and Contract Negotiation, 1958 Box 6 Hoffman Electronics Corp., 1961 Box 6 Home Life Insurance, 1961 Box 6 Hughes, 1956-1959 Box 6 Hughes Aircraft Corp., 1961 Box 6 Hughes Aircraft Corp. Box 6 Hydrogen Pumps, 1960 Box 6 Invitations & Schedules, 1961 Box 6 Invitation for Bid Request for Proposal, 1960 Box 6 Jet Propulsion Lab Teletype Svs, 1962 Box 6 Jet Propulsion Lab Research Conf, 1961 Box 6 JPL-WOO Communications Study, 1960 Box 6 JPL Guidance & Control, 1960 Box 6 General Correspondence (for screening records) Box 7 Legislative Program for 1961 Box 7 Lewis Research Status Report Box 7 Lockheed—Burbank (Airplane), 1957-1959 Box 7 Lockheed (Missile Systems), 1957-1960 Box 7 LMSD Sunnyvale, March 1960 Box 7 Lockheed Missile Systems Div., 1954-1956 Box 7 Lockheed Aircraft Corp.

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Box 7 Los Angeles Ordnance District, 1959 Box 7 McDonnell, 1952-1954 Box 7 McKinsey & Co., re. WCO Operations Box 8 MSFC—General Correspondence, 1961 Box 8 MSFC—Visits and Visitors, 1960 Box 8 Manned Space Station Symp., 1960 Box 8 Marquardt, 1957-1960 Box 8 Marquardt, 1945-1954 Box 8 Marquardt, 1955-1956 Box 8 Martin Co.—Denver, 1957-1960 Box 8 Maser Clock—Contract NASw-62, Contract and Contract Negotiations, 1959 Box 8 Menasco Mfg. Co. Box 8 Mercury Status Report Box 8 Minneapolis Honeywell Box 8 Miscellaneous WOO Correspondence, 1959-1960 Box 8 Miscellaneous, 1955-1960 Box 9 Miscellaneous Companies, 1951-1954 Box 9 Miscellaneous Companies, 1946-1950 Box 9 Miscellaneous Companies, 1940-1945 Box 10 Miscellaneous Eastern Companies, 1957-1958 Box 10 Miscellaneous Box 10 Miscellaneous Propeller Calculations Box 10 Miscellaneous Western Companies, 1960 Box 10 Mulholland, 1960 Box 10 NASA Headquarters Office of the Administrator Box 10 NASA Budget and Fiscal Matters, 1960 Box 10 NASA Programs Box 10 NASA Projects Box 10 NASA Staff Conference, 1960 Box 10 NASA Contract Information (Miscellaneous) Box 11 NASA Meeting (Agenda Item for the 50th) Box 11 NERVA Status Report Box 11 NERVA Status Report Box 11 NAA—Los Angeles, 1955-1956 Box 11 NAA—Los Angeles, 1957-1960 Box 11 NAA—Downey, 1955-1956 Box 11 NAA—Downey, 1957-1960 Box 11 NAA—Canoga Park, 1957-1959 Box 11 NAA Astrodyne—Texas Box 11 NAA Box 11 North American, 1953-1954 Box 11 North American, 1951 Box 11 North American, 1955-1956 Box 11 North American, 1952 Box 11 Northrop, 1956-1960 Box 11 Northrop Aircraft Inc., (NAS1-3200), 1960 Box 11 Northrop Aircraft Corp. Box 11 Northrop, 1953-1955 Box 12 OGO Project Status Report Box 12 Oregon State College Box 12 Organization & Management, (4-3) 1960 Box 12 Organization & Management, (1-1) 1960 Box 12 Organization & Management--WOO, 1960 Box 12 Organization & Management--Lewis, 1960 Box 12 Organization & Management--Goddard, 1960 Box 12 Organization & Management--Headquarters, 1960 Box 12 Request for Overtime Box 12 Pacific Bendix

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Box 12 Pacific Missile Range Box 12 Pan American Box 12 Plans for Expansion—J.C. Lindsay, 1960 Box 12 Power Plants for Aircraft Box 12 Preliminary Survey of Engineering Standards Box 12 Proof Test of Expansion Joint (NAS2-401) Box 12 Public Law 86-569 Assigned, 1960 Box 12 Quality Engineering Survey Reports, 1960 Box 12 Radioplane Company, 1955-1960 Box 12 Ramo-Wooldridge Corp., 1958-1959 Box 12 Ramo Wooldridge Corp., 1954-1957 Box 12 Rand, 1957-1960 Box 12 Rand, 1948-1956 Box 12 Refered Letters, 1962 Box 12 Reimbursement for Expenditures, 1960 Box 12 Repro Requirements Box 12 Research Advisory Committee, 1961 Box 12 Research Development Contracts, 1960 Box 12 Research Grants and Contracts (NASw-6550, University of Michigan) Box 12 Research Grants and Contracts, 1961 Box 13 Research Grants and Contracts, 1960 Box 13 Research Grants and Contracts, 1959 Box 13 Research Grants and Contracts, 1959 Box 13 Rocketdyne H-1 Engine NAS 7-3, 1962 Box 13 Rocketdyne 1500-K Engine (Audit) Contract NASw-16 Box 13 Ryan, 1960 Box 13 Ryan Aeronautical, 1954-1958 Box 13 Scientific Information, 6 Box 13 Scientific Information, 4 Box 13 Scientific Information, 4-2 Box 13 Scientific Information, 5 Box 13 Scientific Information Box 13 Shell Box 13 Shell, 1939-1957 Box 14 SNAP 8 Status Report Box 14 Solar Radiation Report Box 14 Solar, 1955-1959 Box 14 Solar, 1940-1954 Box 14 Space Occupied by NASA WOO Box 14 Space Technology Laboratories, 1958-1960 Box 14 Standard Oil Company Box 14 Stanford Research Institute Box 14 Stanford University Box 14 Meetings—Structural Design Committee, 1959 Box 14 Sundstrand Aviation Box 14 Sundstrand Aviation, 1961 Box 14 Syncom Status Report Box 14 Thor-Able Review Team Meeting, 1958 Box 14 Technical Editing Box 14 Telecommunications Service, 1960 Box 14 TIMM Box 14 TIROS Project—Contract, 1959 Box 14 TIROS Project, Technical Box 14 T1 Timer Report Box 14 Traffic Safety and Regulations, 1960 Box 15 Traffic Study—Telephone System, 1960 Box 15 Trips WOO Box 15 Trip Reports, 1960

NASA Western Support Office Record Group 255 7 Records at NARA Riverside, 1939-1969 Series ICentral Files 1939-1962

Box 15 TWX Monthly, 1960 Box 15 United Airlines, 1956-1959 Box 15 Universities (Miscellaneous), 1958 Box 15 University of Southern California, 1950-1958 Box 15 University of California, 1955-1958 Box 15 University of California at Berkeley Box 15 University of Washington Box 15 VG & VGH Program, 1954-1959 Box 16 VG & VGS Program, 1949-1953 Box 16 Valves for Cryogenic Fluids, 1960 Box 16 Vega Project, NASw-45, 1960 Box 16 Vega Project, Correspondence, 1959 Box 16 Vega Centaur VEH Systems Review Meetings, 1959 Box 16 Vega Program Box 16 Vega Pad No. 36 Launch Complex Box 16 Vega Project—Technical Communications Box 16 Vega Airplane Co. Box 16 Visits Box 16 Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corp., 2 Box 17 Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corp., 1 Box 17 WCO—Communications, 1959 Box 17 WCO—Communications, 1958 Box 17 WCO—Correspondence, 1955-1959 Box 17 WCO—General Fiscal Budgets, estimates, 1957-1959 Box 17 WCO—Leases and Rentals, 1953-1955 Box 17 WCO—Plans, 1958-1959 Box 18 WOO-Staff Meetings Box 18 Washington State College Box 18 Williamsburg Lodge, Virginia, Conference, 1960 Box 18 ZAP Box 18 609A Coordination Meeting, 15 July 1960 Box 18 609A Technical Program No. 2 Box 18 609A Technical Program, No. 1

NASA Western Support Office Record Group 255 8 Records at NARA Riverside, 1939-1969 Series IIReference Memorandums 1940-1956

Series II Reference Memorandums 1940-1956 Note NARA Archival Research Catalog Identifier 607812 Physical Description: 13 Boxes6 ft. A008672-A008676 Scope and Content Note These memorandums were created to inform administrators at the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) concerning the needs for and progress of aeronautical research, through visits to and consultations and correspondence with aircraft and allied industries, governmental agencies, and scientific and educational institutions. This series contains memorandum reports, handwritten notes and correspondence related to activities of the aerospace industry and academic research in aerospace engineering in the western United States. A typical report contains background information on the company or research facility visited including financial background, some organizational charts, current military contracts, competitions for contracts and sketches of mechanical components under developments. The reports also include discussions of engineering successes and failures, proposed tests to be carried out at NACA test facilities. All reports were researched and written by Edwin P. Hartman, NACA Western Coordinator. These records were a part of the series "Correspondence of the Western Coordinator," which has been known as "Correspondence of Edwin P. Hartman" in other finding aids. Subjects in these reports include both military and commercial research. Engineering topics include deicing systems, low-drag airfoils, welding problems and cabin pressurization. Files also include Hartman's travel schedules which detail scheduled industry visits and conferences. Of note is Hartman's report written following the 1947 test flight of the Hughes H-4 flying boat, commonly known as the "Spruce Goose." Arrangement Arranged in a loose chronological order by binders and there under alphabetically by facility or subject and thereunder strictly chronologically.

Box 1 Travel Schedule “A” Box 1 140 Edwin P. Hartman Travel Schedule “B” Box 1 140 Edwin P. Hartman Travel Schedule “C” Box 1 Travel Schedule “C” -2 Box 1 Travel Schedule E-HH, 1940-1944 Box 2 Travel Schedule I-M, 1940-1944 Box 2 Travel Schedule O-R, 1940-1944 Box 2 Travel Schedule S 1/2, 1940-1944 Box 2 Travel Schedule S 2/2, 1940-1944 Box 2 Travel Schedule T-V, 1940-1944 Box 2 Travel Schedule W-Z, 1940-1944 Box 3 Travel Schedule—Consolidated, 1940-1944 Box 3 Travel Schedule—Consolidated, 1943-1944 Box 3 Travel Schedule—Douglas, El Segundo 1/2, 1942 Box 3 Travel Schedule—Douglas, El Segundo 2/2, 1942 Box 3 Travel Schedule—Douglas, El Segundo, 1943-1944 Box 3 Travel Schedule—Douglas, Santa Monica, 1943-1944

NASA Western Support Office Record Group 255 9 Records at NARA Riverside, 1939-1969 Series IIIConfidential Reference Memorandums 1940-1962

Series III Confidential Reference Memorandums 1940-1962 Note NARA Archival Research Catalog Identifier 607317 Physical Description: 3 Boxes1 ft. A016374-A016375 Scope and Content Note These memorandums were created to inform administrators at the National Advisory Committee on Aeronautics (NACA) and later the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) about the research and development activities being conducted by academia and the aerospace industry in the western United States. This series contains memorandum reports, handwritten notes and correspondence related to activities of the aerospace industry and academic research in aerospace engineering in the western United States. A typical report contains background information on the company or research facility visited including financial background, some organizational charts, current military contracts, competitions for contracts and sketches of mechanical components under development. The reports also include discussions of engineering successes and failures, proposed tests to be carried out at National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA), later National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) test facilities such as the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) and industry testing facilities. Most reports were researched and written by Edwin P. Hartman, NACA Western Coordinator and his Assistant Coordinator, Donald R. Mulholland. Subjects in these reports include both military and commercial research. Topics include NACA plastics and plywood survey, oil foaming research, exhaust-heat exchanger and cabin pressure research, United States Air Force (USAF) Long Range Interceptor aircraft and Navy Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) airplane competitions, ramjet development, solid and liquid rocket propellant research, development of supersonic aircraft, Custer Channel Wing-5's first flight at Oxnard, California in 1953, the launch of the Pioneer-1 lunar probe on October 11, 1958, the investigation of Hsue-Shen Tsien in 1950 for espionage, missile development including the Navaho, Thor and Atlas missiles, and helicopter and flying boat development. Also contained are descriptions of rocket and missile tests conducted at the Naval Ordinance Test Station (NOTS), the Rocket Motor Test Facility (USAF) and the Pacific Missile Range at Point Mugu. This series was known as "Confidential Memorandums and Reports" in other finding aids. Arranged alphabetically and thereunder chronologically.

Box 1 Russell Robinson-Memorandums, 1940 Box 1 Edwin P. Hartman—Memorandums 1/2, 1940-1943 Box 1 Edwin P. Hartman—Memorandums 2/2, 1940-1943 Box 1 Edwin P. Hartman—Memorandums 1/2, 1944-1946 Box 1 Edwin P. Hartman—Memorandums 2/2, 1944-1946 Box 1 Edwin P. Hartman—Memorandums 1/2, 1947-1948 Box 1 Edwin P. Hartman—Memorandums 2/2, 1947-1948 Box 1 Edwin P. Hartman—Memorandums 1/3, 1949-1952 Box 1 Edwin P. Hartman—Memorandums 2/3, 1949-1952 Box 1 Edwin P. Hartman—Memorandums3/3, 1949-1952 Box 2 Edwin P. Hartman—Memorandums 1/2, 1953 Box 2 Edwin P. Hartman—Memorandums 2/2, 1953 Box 2 Edwin P. Hartman—Memorandums 1/2, 1954-1955 Box 2 Edwin P. Hartman—Memorandums 2/2, 1954-1955 Box 2 Edwin P. Hartman—Memorandums 1/2, 1956-1957 Box 2 Edwin P. Hartman—Memorandums 2/2, 1956-1957 Box 2 Edwin P. Hartman—Memorandums, 1958-1959 Box 2 Edwin P. Hartman—Handwritten Notes Box 2 Donald P. Mulholland—Memorandums, 1957-1961 Box 3 Vanguard-Thor Review Team, Visit to Space Technologies Laboratory, 1958 Box 3 Frank P. Boffola—Memorandums, 1958

NASA Western Support Office Record Group 255 10 Records at NARA Riverside, 1939-1969 Series IIIConfidential Reference Memorandums 1940-1962

Box 3 Marvin Abramovitz—Memorandums, 1959 Box 3 Neil A. Holmberg—Memorandums, 1960 Box 3 William B. Igor—Memorandums, 1960 Box 3 Edward James, Jr.—Memorandums, 1960 Box 3 C.F. Rice—Memorandums, 1960 Box 3 Robert W. Kamm—Memorandums, 1961 Box 3 K.F. Ross—Memorandums, 1961 Box 3 John S. Keeler, Leon Donday, J.G. Kennard—Status Report, 1962 SERIES IV Secret Reference Memorandums 1946-1962 Note NARA Archival Research Catalog Identifier 607259 Physical Description: 2 Boxes6 in. A016373 Scope and Content Note These memorandums were created to inform administrators at the National Advisory Committee on Aeronautics (NACA) and later the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) about the research and development activities being conducted by academia and the aerospace industry in the western United States. This series contains memorandum reports, handwritten notes and correspondence related to activities of the aerospace industry and academic research in aerospace engineering in the western United States. A typical report contains background information on the company or research facility visited including financial background, some organizational charts, current military contracts, competitions for contracts and sketches of mechanical components under development. The reports also include discussions of engineering successes and failures, proposed tests to be carried out at National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA), later National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) test facilities such as the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) and industry testing facilities. Most reports were researched and written by Edwin P. Hartman, NACA Western Coordinator and his Assistant Coordinator, Donald R. Mulholland. Subjects in these reports are largely military in nature and include the development of Inter-Continental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) defense and development including the WS-117L (Weapons System-117L, also known as Pied Piper and New Horizon) ICBM alarm system, development of the NIKE, Honest John, Sparrow, Falcon, Thor, Titan, Jupiter, Saturn, Atlas and Navaho missiles and the U.S. Army and U.S. Air Force competition for the development of a long range interceptor aircraft. Space program development topics include the Man-in-Space (MISS) program, SR-183 (Systems Requirement-183), a proposal for an Air Force lunar observatory and the development of the Juno II and Juno IV satellite programs. Non-military subjects include the development of Hughes Aircraft's H-4 flying boat. This series was known as "Secret Memorandums and Reports" in other finding aids. Arranged alphabetically and thereunder chronologically.

Box 7, Folder 1 Edwin P. Hartman--Memorandums 1946-1947 Box 7, Folder 2 Edwin P. Hartman--Memorandums 1947-1950 Box 7, Folder 3 Edwin P. Hartman--Memorandums 1950-1951 Box 7, Folder 4 Edwin P. Hartman--Memorandums 1951-1952 Box 7, Folder 5 Edwin P. Hartman--Memorandums 1953 Box 7, Folder 6 Edwin P. Hartman--Memorandums 1952-1957 Box 7, Folder 7 Edwin P. Hartman--Memorandums 1953-1955

NASA Western Support Office Record Group 255 11 Records at NARA Riverside, 1939-1969 SERIES VReference Memorandums 1940-1947

SERIES V Reference Memorandums 1940-1947 Note NARA Archival Research Catalog Identifier 608523 Physical Description: 3 Boxes1 ft. A008669-A008670 Scope and Content Note These memorandums were created to inform administrators at the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) about the research and development activities being conducted by academia and the aerospace industry in the eastern United States. This series contains reference memorandums, handwritten notes and correspondence related to activities of the aerospace industry and academic research in aerospace engineering in the eastern United States. The memorandums are similar in nature to those produced by the Western Coordination Office in California for the Office of the Coordinator of Research. A typical memorandum contains some background information on the company or research facility visited, current contracts with the United States Air Force (USAF), United States Navy and United States Army, competitions for contracts and sketches of mechanical components under development. Reports were researched and written by Harrison Chandler and distributed to the Western Coordination Office. These records were a part of the series "Correspondence of the Western Coordinator," which has been known as "Correspondence of Edwin P. Hartman" in other finding aids. Arranged alphabetically and thereunder chronologically.

SERIES VI Correspondence of the Western Coordinator 1940-1956 Note NARA Archival Research Catalog Identifier 607622 Physical Description: 2 Boxes11 in. A008670-A008671 Scope and Content Note This series contains correspondence, teletypes, memoranda, and reports related to the activities of the Western Coordination Officer, Edwin P. Hartman, including Hartman's travel arrangements and travel schedules, distribution of NACA technical reports, proposed testing by aerospace companies, and conference organization. Also contained are copies of reference memoranda which document aerospace industry activities. This series was known as "Correspondence of Edwin P. Hartman" in other finding aids. Arranged alphabetically and thereunder chronologically.

Box 1, Folder 1 Edwin P. Hartman—General 1946 Box 1, Folder 2 Edwin P. Hartman—General 1947 Box 1, Folder 3 Edwin P. Hartman—General 1947 Box 1, Folder 4 Edwin P. Hartman—General 1948 Box 1, Folder 5 Edwin P. Hartman—General 1948 Box 1, Folder 6 Edwin P. Hartman—General 1949 Box 1, Folder 7 Edwin P. Hartman—General 1949

NASA Western Support Office Record Group 255 12 Records at NARA Riverside, 1939-1969 SERIES VIIOrganizational History Files 1959-1969

SERIES VII Organizational History Files 1959-1969 Note NARA Archival Research Catalog Identifier 608638 Physical Description: 5 Boxes2 ft. 1 in. V12 89-V12 91 Scope and Content Note This series contains correspondence, reports, studies, research notes, interviews and copies of publications relating to the background and restructuring of the Western Support Office (WSO), formerly the Western Operations Office (WOO) and the Western Coordination Office (WCO). The bulk of the records summarize the background, mission and function of the WOO especially as the office was facing reorganization around 1965. Of special interest are the monthly activity reports of the WOO, which document significant personnel changes, the budget, assistance given to research centers, and individual unit activities. Other files include information compiled by a professor who was charged with writing a history of the Western Support Office (WSO) and its predecessors. These files include correspondence and transcribed interviews with Russell G. Robinson, Coordinator of WCO, Edwin P. Hartman, Coordinator of WCO, Donald Mulholland, Assistant Coordinator under Hartman and Robert W. Kamm, Director of WOO. Interviews document the early development of the program including the evolving relationship between the WCO/WOO and the western aerospace industry. Arranged alphabetically and thereunder chronologically.

Box 1, Box 1 Abbreviations and Addresses 1965-1967 Box 1, Box 2 Activity Reports—Monthly 1959-1966 Box 1, Box 3 Activity Reports—Monthly 1959-1966 Box 1, Box 4 Activity Reports—Monthly 1959-1966 Box 1, Box 5 Activity Reports—Monthly 1959-1966 Box 1, Box 6 Activity Reports—Monthly 1959-1966

NASA Western Support Office Record Group 255 13 Records at NARA Riverside, 1939-1969