OTHER RECORDS

 

 

MINUTES OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF NACA. 1915-1958. 

Boxes 1-13
MLR Entry 7, A1
Location: 130/23/17/4
Arranged chronologically by date of Executive Committee meeting.
 
This series consists of textual documents that pertain to NACA monthly Executive Committee meetings.
 
Each minutes report usually includes the following: a roll call, an approval of the previous meetings minutes, reports of the NACA committees and subcommittees, a financial report, a report on unfinished business, and a report on new business. The MINUTES begin with the first NACA Executive Committee meeting on April 23, 1915, and end with the last NACA Executive Committee meeting on August 21, 1958. Some examples of subjects discussed by the Executive Committee are: atmosphere aeronautics; aeronautical nomenclature; navigation instruments; aircraft engines; aircraft; carriers; committee and subcommittee members; jet propulsion; and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.

 

 

RECORDS RELATING TO NACA COMMITTEES AND SUBCOMMITTEES (DECIMAL FILE). 1916-1959. 

Boxes 1-137
MLR Entry 8, A1
Location: 130/23/17/6
Arranged sequentially by decimal code and thereunder chronologically.
 
The RECORDS RELATING TO NACA COMMITTEES AND SUBCOMMITTEES (DECIMAL FILE) consists of textual materials, blueprints, and photographs that document the functions of NACA committees and subcommittees. Included within these files are minutes of NACA meetings, notices of committee changes, and reports to the committee. Included as well are files pertaining to Jerome C. Hunsaker, NACA scientist and future chairman. These files are in the second box of the series and contain correspondence relating to J.C. Hunsaker from 1916-1952 The Hunsaker records have been given a 31-1 code designation.
 
The committees and subcommittees were responsible for NACA organization and research. Individual committees and subcommittees oversaw specific areas of research. Consequently, committee and subcommittee files include information on such topics as: aerodynamics; seaplanes; propellers; helicopters; high speed buffeting; stability and control; fluid mechanics; power plants; fuels; lubrication and wear; combustion; construction; aircraft structures; operating problems; de-icing; jet propulsion; materials research; coordination; trans-sonic aircraft design; and airships.
 
The RECORDS RELATING TO NACA COMMITTEES AND SUBCOMMITTEES (DECIMAL FILE) may once have been filed with the GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE (DECIMAL FILE).
 
The RECORDS RELATING TO NACA COMMITTEE AND SUBCOMMITTEE (DECIMAL FILE) series is continued in the RECORDS RELATING TO NACA COMMITTEES AND SUBCOMMITTEES (ALPHA-NUMERIC FILE).

 

 

RECORDS RELATING TO NACA COMMITTEES AND SUBCOMMITTEES (ALPHA-NUMERIC FILE). 1945-1958. 

Boxes 1-112
MLR Entry 9, A1
Location: 130/23/20/5
Arranged sequentially by an alpha-numeric code number, thereunder by committee or subcommittee, and thereunder chronologically.
 
This series is composed of textual materials pertaining to the functions and correspondence of NACA committees and subcommittees. Included within the series are committee and subcommittee reports, minutes, and miscellaneous files. The reports were often explorations of different research topics which fell under the jurisdiction of a particular committee or subcommittee. The minutes are records of the meetings of the committees and subcommittees, and the miscellaneous files generally contain correspondence between individual members of the committees and subcommittees as well as some correspondence with non-NACA groups.
 
Over the years NACA committees and subcommittees explored research technology in a number of fields including: heat resisting materials; engine performance and operation; compressors and turbines; power plants; rocket engines; combustion; lubrication and wear; aircraft fuels; helicopters; seaplanes; propellers; internal flow; stability and control; fire prevention; flight safety; aircraft accident survival; icing; aircraft noise; structures; industry consulting; upper atmosphere; propulsion; and research facilities.
 
A related series is the CORRESPONDENCE AND REPORT FILE (ALPHA-NUMERIC) with which these committee and subcommittee records may have once been filed.
 
Additionally, correspondence regarding NACA personnel serving on outside committees may be found in RECORDS RELATING TO NON-NACA COMMITTEES.
 
This series is a continuation of the RECORDS RELATING TO NACA COMMITTEES AND SUBCOMMITTEES (DECIMAL FILE).

 

 

NACA RESEARCH AUTHORIZATION AND NON-NACA COMMITTEE INDEXES. 1920-1951. 

Boxes 1-2     
MLR Entry 16, A1
Location: 130/23/42/2
Arranged in three sections; the first is an index to research authorizations, 1920-1951; the second is an index to airplane designations covered in research authorizations; and the third is an index to surnames of NACA personnel serving on Non-NACA committees. All three sections are arranged first by section and thereunder alphabetically by subject or by research authorization title name.
 
This series consists of three-inch by five-inch cards which are filed in three groups. The first set contains cards relating to all the NACA research authorizations issued between 1920 and 1951. The cards include the title and subject of the authorization as well as the research authorization number. The second group of cards pertaining to Airplane Designations and arranged alphabetically by airplane type, includes the research authorization numbers associated with the airplane.
 
Section three is arranged alphabetically by surname and lists NACA personnel on Non-NACA committees.
 
This series does not include the file locations of the actual authorizations. However, related series which contain research authorizations are: AMES RESEARCH AUTHORIZATIONS; LEWIS RESEARCH AUTHORIZATIONS; CASE FILES RELATING TO WORK ACCOMPLISHED AT THE LANGLEY LABORATORY UNDER RESEARCH AUTHORIZATIONS; AND LANGLEY RESEARCH AUTHORIZATIONS.
 
Additionally, a related series is RECORDS RELATING TO NON-NACA COMMITTEES. The names of personnel serving on Non-NACA committees may be listed in NACA RESEARCH AUTHORIZATION AND OUTSIDE COMMITTEE CARDS.

 

 

RECORDS RELATING TO NON-NACA COMMITTEES. 1943-1960. 

Box 1
MLR Entry 28, A1
Location: 130/23/44/3
Arranged by alpha-numeric code number and thereunder chronologically.
 
This series is comprised of correspondence between National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) personnel and the Non-NACA committees they served upon. The records include materials such as: reservation confirmation requests; meeting agendas; laboratory tour schedules; committee member lists; meeting memorandums; lists of NACA members on outside committees and subcommittees; meeting minutes; written invitations and acceptances for committee memberships; and notices of the establishment of new committees.
 
This series also includes a small amount of similar correspondence between NASA personnel and Non-NASA committees.
 
This series may have once been filed with the CORRESPONDENCE AND REPORT FILE (ALPHA-NUMERIC).
 
A related series which covers NACA committees and subcommittees is RECORDS RELATING TO NACA COMMITTEES AND SUBCOMMITTEES (ALPHA-NUMERIC FILE).

 

 

PATENT AND INVENTION FILES. 1917-1940. 

Boxes 1-132
MLR Entry 10, A1  
Location: 130/23/22/7
Arranged in two chronological sections (1917-1927; 1926-1940), and thereunder alphabetically by inventor's surname.
 
The PATENT AND INVENTION FILES are composed of textual documents, drawings, blueprints, and photographs corresponding to inventions sent in by various individuals and companies. Each file usually contains the original letter that was sent to NACA or forwarded to NACA, NACA's response to the inventor, and any drawings or blueprints referring to the proposed project.
 
The subjects within the series vary considerably. Some examples are: torpedoes; flying machines; bomb throwing devices; sun reflectors; gyroscopes; propellers; helicopters; gliders; blades; sparkplugs; ice prevention equipment; flying bicycles; engines; wings; smoke-screens; and signalling machines.
 
Additionally, within this series there are many detailed plans and blueprints. The vast majority of the plans that are located within the file, however, were not deemed to be worth further study by NACA.
 
 

 

GENERAL RECORDS RELATING TO AERONAUTICAL RESEARCH. 1938-52. 

Boxes 1-52 
MLR Entry 6, A1
Location: 130/23/16/4
Arranged numerically by a hyphenated number codes which represent "abstract" subject titles and thereunder chronologically.
 
This series contains textual materials, photographs, and blueprints relating to NACA "abstract" subjects coded between hyphenated numbers -011 and -631. Some examples of subjects contained within this series are: accidents; acceleration; aerodynamics; airfoils; airships; fuel; contractors; aircraft engines; assembly of aircraft; buoyancy; chemicals; condensation; stability; design; aircraft efficiency; flow; fog; lubrication; heating; icing; meteorological phenomena; maintenance; aircraft performance; sales; friction; stress; temperature; and yaw(ing).
 
The GENERAL RECORDS RELATING TO AERONAUTICAL RESEARCH series might have been filed originally with the GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE (DECIMAL FILE).

 

 

PRELIMINARY RESEARCH REPORTS ("TECHNICAL NOTES"). 1920-1958. 

Boxes 1-360
MLR Entry 11, A1
Location: 130/23/25/5
Arranged sequentially by Technical Note number.
 
These records include textual materials and blueprints relating to "Technical Notes". The "notes" were preliminary reports on specific research subjects. They were not sold or distributed to the public. "Technical Notes" usually began as earlier studies done by NACA (e.g. a research memorandum), a university, or a private laboratory. NACA would receive a proposed report and approve or reject it. If the report was approved, NACA would assign the notes consecutive numbers, regardless of the dates of the studies or the originating laboratories.
 
Usually a "Technical Note" file will contain the note itself and the earlier study it was based upon. The files begin in 1920 with Technical Note number 1 "Notes on Longitudinal Stability and Balance" (E.P. Warner) and end in 1958 with note number 4410 "Flight Measurements of the Vibratory Stresses on a Propeller Designed for an Advance Ratio of 4.0 and a Mach Number of 0.82" (Thomas C. O'Bryan). Other notes deal with such topics as: aircraft stability; aerodynamics; air foils; aircraft heaters; aircraft engines; icing and de-icing; airboats; autopilots; wind tunnels; fuels; alloys; wings; airplane stress and fatigue; nozzles; mach speeds; effects of changing temperatures; blades; propellers; turbulence; missiles; cylinders; and rockets.

 

 

FOREIGN AERONAUTICAL RESEARCH REPORTS ("TECHNICAL MEMOS"). 1920-1958. 

Boxes 1-104
MLR Entry 12, A1
Location: 130/23/32/7
Arranged sequentially by Technical Memo number.
 
The Memo file is composed of NACA Technical Memos which were reprints or translations (or both) of important foreign aeronautical research reports. The files often contain the Technical Memo itself and the original foreign report. The Technical Memos were translated and printed as a means of further disseminating aeronautical research information.
 
The series begins in 1920 with Technical Memo number 2, "Variable Pitch Propellers: (D.L. Bacon) and ends in 1958 with Technical Memo number 1441, "The Effect of Free-Stream Turbulence on Heat Transfer From A Flat Plate" (Sugao Sugawara, Takashi Sato, Hiroyasu Komatsu, Hiroichi Osaka). Examples of additional subjects covered by the Memos include: airfoils; aircraft engines; propellers; airstream; lift; aerodynamics; wind tunnels; turbulence; and aerial navigation.

 

 

RESEARCH MEMOS. 1946-1957. 

Boxes 4-62
MLR Entry 13, A1
Location: 130/23/35/1
Arranged by alpha-numeric code which indicates laboratory of origin and research memorandum number.
 
These records consist of advance copies of NACA research memorandums. No correspondence regarding the memorandums is included in this series. There are four NACA laboratories represented in these files: Langley Laboratory, Ames Laboratory, Lewis Laboratory, and the High Speed Flight Station. The series begins with Ames research memorandum number A7C28 and ends with Langley memorandum L56K19.
 
Examples of subjects covered by the research memorandums are: wings; airfoils; tails; longitudinal and lateral stability; wind tunnels; engines; jet propulsion; exhaust nozzles; mach speeds; x-4 airplane; propellers; simulated plane skins; after burners; rotor blades; supersonic speeds; fuselage; rolling performance; lateral motion; flight measurements; delta wings; ram jet; missiles; vertical lift; vibration; hydro-skis; outboard chord extensions; Douglas D-558-II; spins; stalls; and small fuselage.

 

 

TECHNICAL REPORTS. 1916-1958. 

Boxes 1-125     
MLR Entry 14, A1
Location: 130/23/36/3
Arranged sequentially by Technical Report number.
 
This series consists of reports on aeronautical research. These reports were printed by the General Printing Office and sold to the public in an effort to further disseminate research information. The series begins in 1916 with report number 8, "Requirements of Aeronautic Instruments" (NACA, Washington D.C., U.S. Government Printing Office, 1916) and ends in 1958 with, report number 1362 "Theoretical Combustion Performance of Several High-Energy Fuels for Ram Jet Engines" (Leonard K. Tower, Roland Breitweiser, and Benson E. Gammon, Washington, D.C., U.S. Government Printing Office, 1958). Some report files also contain previous publications relating to the particular research project.
 
Examples of additional subjects covered by the project reports include: meteorology; air speed; nozzles; airplane wing beams; aluminum alloys; airplane performance; propellers; wind tunnels; speed instruments; landing gear; supersonic and subsonic streams; airfoils; and rotors.

 

 

WARTIME REPORTS. 1942-1952. 

Boxes 1-162       
MLR Entry 15, A1
Location: 130/23/38/6
Arranged sequentially by an alpha-numeric code number representing the laboratory origin of the report and its War Report number.
 
The report file is composed of textual materials and blueprints relating to research accomplished during World War II. These reports are mimeographed copies of NACA papers originally issued during World War II to hasten the distribution of research results to authorized groups working for the war effort. Most of the original reports were declassified and issued as Wartime Reports in 1946.
 
The typical war report file contains the actual Wartime Report, the earlier paper the Wartime Report originated from, along with other papers from which the Report drew information. The reports are labelled with an alpha-numeric code number, the first part of which is a letter that indicates the origin of the report. These are: A=Ames Aeronautical Laboratory, E= Aircraft Engine Research Laboratory (redesignated Lewis Flight Propulsion Laboratory in 1948), L= Langley Memorial Aeronautical Laboratory, and W= Non-NACA Laboratories. The letter is then followed by sequential numbers. The report file begins with report A-1 "Investigation of Slipstream Effects on a Wing-Inlet Oil Cooler Ducting System of a Twin-Engine Airplane in the Ames 40 x 80 foot Wind Tunnel" (Dean R. Chapman) and ends with W-108 "Heat Transfer Co-efficients for Air Flowing in Round Tubes in Rectangular Ducts, and around Finned Cylinders (Robert E. Drexel and William H. McAdams).
 
Examples of additional subjects within the series include: wind tunnels; icing; airfoils; propellers; aircraft engines; fuels; propulsion; exhaust; engine knock; airplane stress; stability; beams; drag; bombs; alloys; shear; cowlings; landing gear; ailerons; wings; rivets; brakes; windshields; blades; ditching tests; flutter; lift; and flaps.
 
 

 

LANGLEY RESEARCH AUTHORIZATIONS. 1918-1948. 

Boxes 1-10      
MLR Entry 17, A1
Location: 130/25/19/1
Arranged in two groups: the first by a number code and thereunder sequentially by research authorization number; and the second group by decimal number and thereunder sequentially by research authorization number.
 
This series is composed of research grant proposals, which NACA called research authorizations, that were sent to Langley Laboratory. The files include the research authorizations themselves, and literature concerning NACA's approval or disapproval of the authorization. These research authorizations were largely given to individuals at educational institutions and manufacturing companies. The series also contains a file concerning research authorizations submitted by the Bureau of Standards for approval and funding. Examples of subjects contained within the series are: propellers; aerodynamics; structure; wind tunnels; aircraft engines; fuel; metal fatigue; aeronautic instruments; stability; drag; free-flight; and stress.
 
The research authorizations often culminated with the research results and finished reports that are located in: CASE FILES RELATING TO WORK ACCOMPLISHED AT THE LANGLEY LABORATORY UNDER RESEARCH AUTHORIZATIONS.
 
The Langley research authorization series might originally have been filed with the GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE (NUMERIC FILE), and the GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE (DECIMAL FILE).

 

 

CASE FILES RELATING TO WORK ACCOMPLISHED AT THE LANGLEY LABORATORY UNDER RESEARCH AUTHORIZATIONS. 1920-1941. 

Boxes 1-75     
MLR Entry 18, A1
Location: 130/25/19/2
Arranged in two groups, the first sequentially by Technical Report and the second sequentially by Technical Note number.
 
These case files are composed of textual materials and blueprints. They document the course of work conducted under individual research authorizations which eventually terminated in the issuance of either a Technical Report or a Technical Note.
 
The files usually contain procedural and review correspondence which led to the final publication of the note or report. The files do not contain the final issues of the Technical Reports or Technical Notes. These can be found in the related series, NACA TECHNICAL NOTES or NACA TECHNICAL REPORTS.
 
The case file series begins with Technical Report 96 "Statical Longitudinal Stability of Airplanes" (Edward P. Warner) and ends with Technical Note 829 "Velocity Gained and Altitude Lost in Recoveries From Inclined Flight Paths" (H.A. Pearson and J.B. Garvin). Examples of additional subjects covered by case file documentation include: stability; airfoils; ailerons; wind tunnels; effects of temperature; engines; propellers; thrust; seaplanes; wings; take-off and landings; flaps cowlings; drag; propulsion; aerodynamics; fuel; beams; and icing and de-icing.

 

 

AMES RESEARCH AUTHORIZATIONS. 1941-1950. 

Boxes 1-3     
MLR Entry 19, A1
Location: 130/25/20/6
Arranged by decimal number and thereunder by Research Authorization number.
 
The first box of this series consists of miscellaneous records relating to research authorizations. Individual file titles include: "Policies and Procedures", "Administration and Service buildings", "Schedules of Research Tests", general Ames Laboratory records, and 1939 Ames Laboratory Site Selection documents.
 
The remainder of the series is composed of textual materials, blueprints, and photographs pertaining to specific Ames Research Authorizations requests and subsequent correspondence.
 
All of the Research Authorizations are grouped under decimal number 122.33 and then by alpha-numeric code. The Authorizations themselves begin in 1941 with alpha-numeric code number A-1 "Investigation of Ice Prevention and Elimination on Airplanes" and continues until 1950 with number A-261 "Supersonic Wind-Tunnel Investigation of MX-775A". Additional Research Authorization subjects include: flow; drag; wings; cowlings; stability; air foils; aerodynamics; wind tunnels; icing; flaps; compression; ailerons; flying qualities; and heating.
 
The AMES RESEARCH AUTHORIZATIONS series might have originally been filed with the GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE (DECIMAL FILE).

 

 

LEWIS RESEARCH AUTHORIZATIONS. 1942-1950. 

Boxes 1-3       
MLR Entry 20, A1
Location: 130/25/20/7
Arranged by decimal number and thereunder generally in sequential order by Research Authorization number.
 
The first three folders (decimal numbers 123.32 and 123.22) in box #1 of the LEWIS RESEARCH AUTHORIZATIONS series contain research authorization related materials including: instructions on writing progress reports and files on administration and service buildings. The remainder of the series is composed of textual documents, blueprints, and photos relating to specific Lewis Laboratory research authorizations. The authorizations begin in 1942 with Research Authorization number E-1 "Investigation of Improvement in Power Output of Allison 1710-45 Engine" and ends in 1950 with Research Authorization number E-243, "Investigation of Operational and Performance Characteristics of Ducted Air Foil Ram Jet Configurations". Additional examples of subjects covered by the Research Authorizations are: nozzles; fuels; aircraft engines; aircraft stress; jet propulsion; aeronautical nomenclature; ice formation; rockets; lubricants; wind tunnels; alloys; engine cooling; drag; propellers; combustion; cowlings; flow; turbines; friction; fire; acceleration; thrust; windshields; and aerodynamics.
 
The LEWIS RESEARCH AUTHORIZATIONS series might originally have once been filed with the GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE (DECIMAL FILE).

 

 

RESEARCH CONTRACTS. 1951-1952. 

Boxes 1-17       
MLR Entry 21, A1
Location: 130/23/42/2
Arranged alphabetically by name of research organization or institutions, and thereunder by contract number.
 
This series is composed of textual materials concerning applications for NACA research grants. Individual contract files are made up of the research proposal, evaluation and analysis documents from NACA specialists and subcommittees, the approval letter, the actual agreed upon contract, correspondence regarding progress and changes on the work, NACA's remarks on the reports, and NACA's transmittals to other government agencies asking for information or comment. Each contract also has a folder in which the agency maintained all reports submitted by the project researcher during the contract's duration. Some of these contract reports were later published as NACA Technical Notes or Research Memoranda. These publications are also enclosed within the file.
 
The last part of the series contains research proposals which were rejected by NACA. Some examples of research subjects included within the series are: aircraft alloys; metals; plastics; fatigue; heat transfer; columns; deflection plates; cylinders; friction; turbulence; shearing; airfoils; aircraft noise; fuels; combustion; lubrication; flammability; adhesives; rotors; lift; heat capacity lag in gases; corrosion; helicopters; heat resistance; turbines; cyclonic flow; landing gear; thermal gradients; stall point; fuel vaporization; glazes; air density; design; vapors; compressors; flutter; struts; propulsion; atmospheric tides; and wind tunnels.

 

 

REPORTS, MINUTES AND AGENDA OF THE INTER-DEPARTMENTAL COMMITTEE ON SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT (ICSRD). 1950-1955. 

Boxes 1-4    
MLR Entry 22, A1
Location: 130/23/42/4
Arranged by subject.
 
This series is comprised of textual documents and bound reports. There are four categories under which the records are filed. The first is Inter-departmental Committee on Scientific Research and Development (ICSRD) Reports. These are reports and recommendations written by the committee on improving scientific research and development in the Federal government. Included in this section is a recommendation to create a National Science Foundation. The second group contains minutes of ICSRD meetings. The third group consists of ICSRD agendas for future meetings. The final group is a general correspondence file between ICSRD members, and between ICSRD and other government institutions, including the White House.
 
Examples of the kinds of documents included within the series are: Executive Order suggestions; recommendations on Federal research and development; manpower studies; earning reports of Federal scientists; and studies of career development in the sciences.
 
Subjects within the series include: Bureau of Mines; fuels; explosives; incentive awards; scientific recruitment; salaries; intern programs; Russian scientific information; training of research scientists; and refugee scientists.

 

 

PUBLIC INFORMATION CORRESPONDENCE FILES. 1953-1955. 

Boxes 1-3       
MLR Entry 23, A1
Location: 130/23/42/5
Arranged by name of subject, office, or correspondent.
 
The files are composed of textual materials arranged under major subject headings: NACA Annual Report Correspondence, U.S. Air Force Correspondence, NACA General Correspondence, Correspondence with the Lewis Laboratory, Inter-Office Memorandum, High Speed Flight Station Correspondence, Correspondence with the Ames Laboratory, and the 1953-1955 Office Day Files of Walter Bonney, head of the Office of Public Information.
 
Examples of files include: awards recommendations; requests for photographs; industrial and community Relations correspondence; articles released for publication; press laboratory visits; NACA publicity booklets; press releases; motion picture footage requests; and NACA Civil Defense regulations.

 

 

RECORDS RELATING TO KOREAN WAR RESERVE AND SELECTIVE SERVICE ISSUES AFFECTING NACA MANPOWER. 1950-1953. 

Boxes 1-5
MLR Entry 24, A1
Location: 130/23/42/5
Arranged by subject.
 
This series is composed of textual materials regarding various military manpower issues acquired by NACA while corresponding with other government agencies during the Korean War. The records include: correspondence relating to selective service legislation; lists of NACA employees eligible for the draft; notes from inter-agency conferences on military mobilization; regulations concerning use of military personnel on NACA projects; reserve deferment policy; and a list of all those NACA employees on reserve duty in each branch of the military.

 

 

NACA VISITOR REGISTERS. 1940-1951. 

Boxes 1-5
MLR Entry 25, A1
Location: 130/23/42/6
Arranged by NACA laboratory and thereunder chronologically.
 
This series is composed of bound volumes from three NACA stations. Each volume includes the date of visit, name of visitor, the organization or company the visitor represented, and the name of the person the visitor wished to see.
 
There are three registers from two NACA headquarters buildings spanning between 1940 and 1947. One of these logs is from the Briggs School Annex, the other two from the central headquarters building. The final five registers are from the Langley Laboratory and cover the time between 1940 and 1951.

 

 

NATIONAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR AERONAUTICS' PERSONNEL REGULATIONS AND PROCEDURES FILE.1918-1959.

Boxes 1-47
MLR Entry 29, A1
Location: 130/23/44/3
Arranged by subject.
 
This series, maintained by the Personnel Division, contains correspondence, newspaper clippings, photographs, and memorandums regarding myriad aspects of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics' (NACA) personnel policies and procedures. Although primarily NACA material, the series does include some documents dated 1959-1960, after the creation of NACA's successor agency, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
 
The coding scheme by which the records were arranged is neither consistent nor complete.
 
This series includes: information regarding the retirement of Dr. John Victory, the first NACA employee; Distinguished Service Awards; NACA Executive Conference minutes; personnel policies and regulations; employee handbooks; employee fitness, character, and conduct case files; promotion information; House and Senate Space Committee hearing files; and records relating to the transfer of Naval Research Laboratory Vanguard Division staff to NASA in 1958.
 
A NARA description of this series as it appeared when first accessioned can be found on page 65 of W. Cunliffe and H. Goldbeck's "Special Study on the Records of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics" (Washington, D.C.: NARS, 1973).
 
A NARA-prepared folder title list is located in Box 1.

 

 

ADVISORY GROUP FOR AERONAUTICAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT (AGARD) DOCUMENTATION COMMITTEE FILES. 1953-1958.

Boxes 1-6
MLR Entry 31, A1
Location: 130/25/30/6
Arranged alphabetically by subject. The last three boxes contain records of the Documentation Committee meetings filed chronologically by date of meeting.
 
Maintained by the Technology Utilization Office, these records contain correspondence, brochures, and memorandums detailing the work of the Documentation Committee of the Advisory Group for Aeronautical Research and Development (AGARD), a subunit of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), from the committee's creation in 1953 to the dissolution of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) in 1958.
 
AGARD, established in 1952 to develop policies to maximize effective NATO use of member nations' research personnel and facilities, created its Documentation Committee to develop standardized methods of documenting aeronautical research.
 
Eugene B. Jackson, Chief of NACA's Division of Research Information and a member of the Documentation Committee, compiled the records in this series. In his capacity as a delegate to the committee, he worked with information organizations, such as the Special Libraries Association, to publicize the work of AGARD's Documentation Committee and to solicit ideas for improvements in aeronautical documentation.
 
Subjects covered in this series include: subject classification schemes; standardization of publishing methods; research in documentation; documenting scientific films; retrieval systems; abstracting services; and compilation of an aeronautical dictionary.
 
A NARA-prepared description of this series as it appeared when first accessioned can be found on page 66 of W. Cunliffe and H. Goldbeck's "Special Study on the Records of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics" (Washington, D.C.: NARS, 1973).

 

 

OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATION, WEEKLY ACTIVITY PROGRESS REPORT. January - June 1964.

Boxes 1-2
MLR Entry 2, UD
Location: 130/25/31/1

 

 

ATLAS ACCIDENT FILES. 1963-64.

Boxes 1-7
MLR Entry 3, UD
Location: 130/25/31/1

 

 

RECORDS OF NACA COMMITTEE MEMBERS.1915-51.

Boxes 1-12
MLR Entry 4, UD 
Location: 130/23/44/1

 

 

NACA INSTALLATION TRIP AND VISITOR RECORDS.

Boxes 1-58
MLR Entry 7, UD
Location: 130/23/42/7

 

 

RECORDS OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES DIVISION.

Boxes 1-12
MLR Entry 1001, UD
Location: 631/10/1/4

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