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History of the San Emidio Rancho
Manuscripts
History of the Rancho San Emidio compiled by Douglas M. Allen. Begins with the origins of the Rancho following conflicts between Spanish settlers and California Indians and gives a chronology of its owners from the time of the original land grant to Jose Antonio Dominguez. Also includes genealogical accounts of the heirs of the land's various owners and miscellaneous notes on its development.
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Albert R. Hibbs papers
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This collection documents the personal life and career of Albert R. Hibbs (1924-2003) as a manager and scientist at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), the relationships between JPL, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), and the California Institute of Technology (Caltech), and the development of the solar system exploration programs. Hibbs' consulting work for television and radio programs, Biosphere 2, and Morgantown Area Rapid Transit System (MARTS) are also documented. Although the collection arrived at The Huntington in disarray, original order of the materials was maintained when possible and the arrangement reflects Hibbs' general organization by correspondent, subject, or format of materials. The collection is divided into ten series: Audio Visual Materials, Consulting Files, Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), Notebooks, Personal Files, Photographs and Negatives, Presentations and Speeches, Publications and Writings, Teaching Files, and Oversize. The bulk of collection materials date from 1931 to 1999 and consists of audio and video tapes, clippings, correspondence, memoranda, notes, photographs, publications, speeches, and writings. As the collection is arranged by both subject and format of the materials, researchers should be aware that materials are often dispersed through the series. For example, materials related to specific subjects are frequently represented in the JPL and Notebooks Series; similarly, Hibbs' friendship and collaboration with Roy L. Walford is documented in the Correspondence and Aging Research and Writings subseries of the Personal Series, in the Space Biospheres Ventures subseries of the Consulting series, as well as in the Audio Visual Materials Series. Correspondence is also dispersed throughout the series. AAAS: American Association for the Advancement of Science ABMA: Army Ballistic Missile Agency ACDA: Arms Control and Disarmament Agency (United States) ACSG: Arms Control Study Group AIA: Aircraft Industries Association AIAA: American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics ARC: Associated Retirees of Caltech/JPL CAB: Civil Aeronautics Board COSPAR: Committee on Space Research (ICSU) CRAF: Comet Rendezvous Asteroid Flyby CSIOP: Committee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal DSN: Deep Space Network DTMF: Dual-Tone Multi-Frequency ESA: European Space Agency FWHA: Federal Highway Administration GALCIT: Graduate Aerospace Laboratories at the California Institute of Technology HAC: Hughes Aircraft ICSU: International Council of Scientific Unions IDRC: Industrial Development Research Council, Inc. IEEE: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers IGY: International Geophysical Year IRAS: Infra-Red Astronomical Satellite JBIS: Journal of the British Interplanetary Society JEA: Joint Endeavor Agreement JPL: Jet Propulsion Laboratory LDASE: Large Deployable Antenna Shuttle Experiment MARTS: Morgantown Area Rapid Transit System (UMTA) MWOA: Mount Wilson Observatory Association NASA: National Aeronautics and Space Administration NGC: New General Catalogue of Nebulae and Clusters of Stars NSTA: National Science Teachers Association OAST: Office of Aeronautics and Space Technology (NASA) ODAP: Orbital Data Acquisition Program (USAF) OSF: Office of Space Flight (NASA) PCC: Pasadena City College SAR: Synthetic Aperture Radar SEP: Solar Electric Propulsion SFOF Space Flight Operations Facility (JPL) SPFPAD: Spacecraft Performance and Flight Path Analysis Directorate SSDE: Shuttle Sail Deployment Experiment SSPS: Space Solar Power System STM: Scanning Tunneling Microscopy STS: Space Transportation System SURF: Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (Caltech/JPL) TIROS: Television Infrared Observational Satellite TACIT: Theater Arts at California Institute of Technology TSPD: Technology and Space Program Development UCLA: University of California-Los Angeles UMTA: Urban Mass Transportation Administration USAF: United States Air Force USC: University of Southern California USNR: United States Naval Reserve VOIR: Venus Orbiting Imaging Radar VPMA: Volunteer Professionals for Medical Advancement (Caltech) WAC: Without Attitude Control WESCON: Western Electronic Show and Convention WSF: World Space Foundation
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Early history of Cache County
Manuscripts
Typed history of Cache County, Utah, compiled by M.R. Hovey between 1923 and 1925. Topics covered include the discovery of Cache Valley and the trapping period, Jim Bridger's involvement in 1824, the Hudson Bay Fur Company's visit of 1833, the visit of Captain Charles Fremont in 1843, its exploration by Captain Howard Stansbury in 1849, the ranching period, the colonization period and Maughan's Fort, the organization of Cache County in 1857, the Utah War, resettlements in the late 1850s, the early settlement of Logan in 1859 (including irrigation, industry, government, etc.), newspapers in Cache County, the development of transportation and pubic utilities, and the histories of schools, mail services, livestock, freighting, and logging. Also included are histories of the early settlements of Mendon (1859), Richmond (1859), Smithfield (1859), Hyrum (1860), Paradise (1860), Millville (1860), Hyde Park (1860), Clarkston (1864, including testimony by Martin Harris), Newton (1869), Lewiston (1870), Benson (1871), Trenton (1872), College Ward (1879), Franklin, Idaho (1860), Weston, Idaho (1865), and Preston, Idaho (1877).
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David W. Davies Correspondence
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The majority of the collection consists of personal letters sent by David William Davies to his wife, Thelma Davies, while working as a librarian and serving in the United States Army Corps during World War II from 1941 through 1947. Most of the letters were sent while Davies was serving in the military, which included his cryptographic preparation at Chanute Field Air Force Base, work at Fort Knox, Kentucky, and his deployment in Europe. The correspondence begins in December 1938 when Davies was an assistant librarian in the Bancroft Library at the University of California, Berkeley. Much of the correspondence during this time concerns his wife's health; she was in a tuberculosis sanatorium in Altadena, California. Other common topics include work in the library, social life, and a project renovating a house. In August 1941 the correspondence begins in Logan, Utah where Davies was appointed as librarian at Utah State University, College of Agriculture. As an ambitious librarian, Davies "... made several proposals to the President and the Dean of Education for improving the curriculum in library science, but they do not want to do anything. Well if they do not want to do anything I guess it is all right on account it is their college" (August 21, 1941). Davies was accepted for active military service on May 21, 1943. He was inducted at San Francisco Army Induction Station #2 and his reception center was in Monterey, California. After Monterey he moved to Kearns, Utah to a "rugged camp" where he "have never seen a such a bunch of hard guys" (May 31, 1943). The bulk of the correspondence during this time is related to military life and training. In regards to military life, Davies states, "This life is so easy it is hard to believe. No work tomorrow either - I shall read another book" (June 21, 1943). Before being assigned to a training school, Davies was appointed as a librarian at the Intelligence Technical Information Library in Salt Lake City, Utah. He complains, "Well the worst has happened but I guess I will not commit suicide. Tomorrow I have to report to Post Intelligence to start their goddamn technical library" (June 27, 1943). Fortunately for Davies, the technical library closed on September 30, 1943 to become a basic training center. In September 1943 Davies trained to become a cryptographer at Chanute Field Air Force Base in Chicago, Illinois. In November 1943 he was stationed for work at Fort Knox, Kentucky. Davies describes in one letter, "I am actually enjoying this bloody camp. Its informality is very appealing. We wear what we please and lead an easy life - comparatively" (September 15, 1943). Similar to his camp experience in Kearns, Utah, military life and training is a common topic during this time. Davies deployed to Europe in January 1944 and arrived in England later that month. He later was stationed in France and Germany. Although Davies was not on the front lines, he did meet locals with their own stories about the war. "Last night I met a Pole who was in the Warsaw revolution. He says that there were 100,000 Poles in that revolution and that 88,000 were killed. He said the remaining 12,000 were taken prisoner and spent the rest of the time in concentration camps" (May 17, 1945). The bulk of the letters during this time describe military and social life among the Europeans. The United States Army censored some of the letters by cutting out certain words and sentences throughout the correspondence. This collection also includes correspondence and manuscript drafts related to Davies' bookClyde Browne and the Abbey Press, Scott E. Haselton and his Abbey Garden Press, and Ralph Lloyd and the Lloyd Corporation. Ephemera (organized by genre) include brochures, pamphlets, drafts of catalog cards, invitations, programs, photographs, medals, periodicals, and a print from the United States of America Panama-Pacific International Exposition San Francisco.
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Ben R. Rich papers
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This collection contains the papers of aerospace engineer Ben Rich (1925-1995), who served as the second director of Lockheed's Skunk Works in Southern California and was involved in the development of the F-117 stealth aircraft. The collection contains approximately 1,000 items and has been organized by subject, although some subjects can be found throughout the collection. Chronological coverage is from the 1950s to 1990s; much material is from the 1980s and early 1990s, save for selected documents and the Technical Notes and Data series from the 1950s. The files contain many clippings and speeches; there is relatively little daily correspondence, except for scattered letters in the Personal and Projects series. The Technical Notes and Data series contains binders of detailed lecture notes, handwritten calculations, technical articles, data tables, and graphs. This material is from the mid to late 1950s, when Rich was working on the U-2, SR-71, and other reconnaissance aircraft. Much of the collection otherwise involves few technical details, except for a few technical articles under Publications and a few blueprints under Projects. There is a separate series for Rich's memoir, Skunk Works. This includes research material, draft chapters, published reviews and private feedback, discussion of potential co-authors, and classification issues. Talks are filed by subject and date in the Speeches series. Photos have been organized in a separate series; these include images of various aircraft, Lockheed events, and portraits of Rich at various phases of his career. Many photos are unlabeled. An Oversize series includes large photos and binders of notes from his retirement events. Articles on particular aircraft are filed under the Projects series instead of Publications. For Projects, note that aircraft often had different designations at different times. The D- 21 drone was also known as Q-12 and Tagboard. The A-12 was also called Oxcart, A-11, F-12, R-12, and SR-71. The CL-400 started under Project Suntan. Project names mentioned for Stealth aircraft, what became the F-117A, include XST (Experimental Stealth Testbed), Harvey, Have Blue, Tacit Gold, Girlfriend, and Boyfriend. A Stealth cruise missile program was known as Senior High and Senior Prom (the Kelly Johnson folder includes a small card with the note, "I bet Ben on Prom launch, my $5.00 vs this quarter May 17 '80—I won"). The Sea Shadow project, for Stealth ships, is referred to elsewhere in the files by the name of Ugo Coty, who was Lockheed manager for Navy programs. Similarly, initial plans for a Trans Atmospheric Vehicle in the early 1980s referred to a single-stage-to-orbit reconnaissance aircraft designed to make a couple orbits and then land on an airstrip. This concept then shifted to the National Aerospace Plane, or NASP, which was sometimes conflated with, sometimes differentiated from the Orient Express. The SR-71 folder includes material linking SR-71 design concepts to NASP (and its predecessor, the SST); since some NASP designs contemplated liquid-hydrogen fuel they also drew on CL-400 experience. Also, in addition to the "Projects—Cost" file, there is cost information in the files for particular projects. There are a few items of particular interest. The F-117 file includes an "XST log" by Rich, with brief entries describing the development of Stealth on an almost daily basis from March 1975 through December 1977. Similar logs or handwritten histories are in the folders for the D-21 drone and Senior Prom cruise missile. The Kelly Johnson file includes the document "Sighting of a flying saucer by certain Lockheed Aircraft Corporation personnel on 16 December 1953." "Lockheed in 1951," in Speeches, describes the increase of women in the workforce owing to the Korean War buildup; there is also some discussion of women in the military in the Sheila Widnall speeches in the file for ProjectsDefense Planning. The collection included cassette tapes of several interviews and two DVDs: "Blackbird: the Movie," and "Ben Rich: Father of the Stealth Fighter." The interviews will be transcribed and listed in the Huntington catalog. The collection also includes ephemera, such as trophies and plaques, which have been omitted. The technical notes also included a well-worn copy of Ralph G. Hudson, The engineers' manual, 2nd edition (New York, 1945), likewise omitted.
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Willis M. Hawkins Papers
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The Willis M. Hawkins Papers, 1920-2009 (80 boxes) document the successful aerospace engineering career of Hawkins at Lockheed, the relationships between industry, military, and government, and the development of airplanes, missile systems, and space vehicles during the second half of the 20th century. Effort was made to maintain the original order in which the collection arrived at The Huntington Library and the arrangement reflects Hawkins' organization of materials largely by subject, project, or organization. The bulk of collection materials date from the 1950s to the early 1990s and consists of correspondence, memoranda, presentation and meeting materials, reports, blueprints, clippings, speeches, writings, and ephemera. The collection is especially rich in correspondence; in addition to Hawkins' incoming and outgoing correspondence is the copied correspondence of other Lockheed executives with whom Hawkins worked closely during his tenure. Hawkins' involvement in consulting and professional organizations was often in conjunction with his role at Lockheed, and researchers should thus be aware that materials are often dispersed through the series. For example, materials related to specific committees are frequently represented in both the Correspondence and Consulting Files Series. The Willis M. Hawkins Papers, 1920-2009 (80 boxes) document the successful aerospace engineering career of Hawkins at Lockheed, the relationships between industry, military, and government, and the development of airplanes, missile systems, and space vehicles during the second half of the 20th century. Effort was made to maintain the original order in which the collection arrived at The Huntington Library and the arrangement reflects Hawkins' organization of materials largely by subject, project, or organization. The collection is divided into ten series: Assistant Secretary of the Army for Research and Development, Calendars and Diaries, Consulting Files, Correspondence, Personal Files, Photographs, Presentations and Speeches, Publications and Writings, Subject Files, and Oversized, with the bulk of the material concentrated in the Consulting Files, Correspondence and Subject Files series. The bulk of collection materials date from the 1950s to the early 1990s and consists of correspondence, memoranda, presentation and meeting materials, reports, blueprints, clippings, speeches, writings, and ephemera. The collection is especially rich in correspondence; in addition to Hawkins' incoming and outgoing correspondence is the copied correspondence of other Lockheed executives with whom Hawkins worked closely during his tenure. Hawkins' involvement in consulting and professional organizations was often in conjunction with his role at Lockheed, and researchers should thus be aware that materials are often dispersed through the series. For example, materials related to specific committees are frequently represented in both the Correspondence and Consulting Files Series. Series 1: Assistant Secretary of the Army for Research and Development, 1963-1966, 1968, 1970-1972, 1975, 1992, n.d. (Box 1 and Oversize Series) Arranged by subject and chronologically, the series documents Hawkins' term of service as Assistant Secretary of the Army for Research and Development and consists of clippings, photographs, ephemera, and correspondence. Includes six large scrapbooks located in Oversize series. Series 2: Calendars and Diaries, 1966-1981, 1983-1984, 1995-1998 (Boxes 2-4) The series contains three distinct forms of calendars and diaries, arranged by format and chronologically. Of particular interest are the diaries (1966-1981, 1983-1984) which contain Hawkins' detailed and extensive daily entries of work activities with personal commentary. Calendars (1980-1983), likely maintained by Hawkins' secretary or assistant, contain brief schedule and appointment notes. Personal calendars (1995-1998) were maintained by Hawkins and contain brief notes of his daily activities, primarily personal, but include work and travel schedules. Series 3: Consulting Files, 1966-1999, n.d. (Boxes 5-29) Arranged alphabetically by organization, institution, or corporation, the series consists of agendas, correspondence, meeting materials, memoranda, minutes, notes, organizational charts, papers, presentation materials, and reports that document Hawkins extensive consulting experience with the government, military, and industry establishments. Hawkins' involvement in consulting was often in conjunction with his role at Lockheed, as such, researchers should be aware that materials may be dispersed through the collection. Committees and studies in which Hawkins acted as chairman are best represented in the series. He served as chairman for the National Research Council Strategic Technologies for the Army (STAR) Study, formed with the primary objective "to identify those technological requirements, operational changes, and combat service support structures needed to land and support forces ashore." The bulk of the NASA Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel (ASAP) records date from 1976 to 1984, including Hawkins' term as chair from 1982 to 1984. The ASAP assessed the operational plans, procedure, and facilities of the Space Transportation System, including the design and schedule review, space shuttle alternatives review, and risk analysis; frequent correspondents include James Beggs, Gil Roth, Gen. James Abrahamson, Herbert Grier, and Leighton I. Davis. Hawkins also advised NASA programs as member and Chairman of the National Academy of Engineering Aeronautics and Space Engineering Board (ASEB), and as a member of both the National Academy of Sciences Space Applications Board (SAB) and Space Science Board (SSB). The records in the NAE subseries document the relationship between the ASEB, SSB, and SAB, and include detailed meeting summaries and yearly activity reports; frequent correspondents include LaRae L. Teel, George M Low, James C. Fletcher, and Charles H. Townes. Series 4: Correspondence, 1941-1964, 1966-2001, 2003-2004, n.d. (Boxes 30-50) Arranged alphabetically by subject and chronologically within, the series contains professional and personal letters, often including attachments of meeting notes, agendas, minutes, papers, blueprints, drawings and clippings. The Chronological subseries, likely maintained by Hawkins' secretaries or assistants, represents the bulk of the series and consists primarily of Hawkins' outgoing correspondence. Compiled by Hawkins, the various subject and Personal correspondence files contain a greater number of incoming letters and memoranda. In addition, copied correspondence or memoranda from or between Lockheed executives throughout Hawkins' tenure are well represented in the series. The distinctions between the subseries are often unclear as there is overlap and duplication of topics and material. As such, researchers should be aware that materials may be dispersed through the series. Likewise, materials in the Correspondence, Consulting Files, and Subject Files series are frequently related and contain corresponding or duplicate documents. Frequent correspondents include Lockheed executives and senior management such as Roy A. Anderson, Lawrence O. Kitchen, and Daniel Tellep, Norman R. Augustine, Carl Haddon, Carl Kotchian, James W. Plummer, Jack Real, Clarence L. Johnson, Ben Rich, Daniel J. Haughton, and Courtland Gross. Frequent correspondents at Lockheed Missiles and Space Company include Eugene Root, Herschel Brown, Stanley Burriss, Louis Ridenour, and James Plummer. The Army, Air Force, and Navy are correspondents within the Department of Defense (DoD) subseries. Topics represented in the series include aircraft (C-141 Starlifter, C-5 Galaxy, AH-56 Cheyenne, L-1011, supersonic transport, stealth, Quiet Aircraft, remotely piloted vehicles, long endurance aircraft), missile systems (tactical, long range, intercontinental, air-to-air, air-to-surface, cruise, Polaris, Ding-Dong), space programs and satellite systems (Discoverer/CORONA, Pioneer Venus, Agena), and projects (Ping-Pong reconnaissance rocket, X-7 ramjet test vehicle, X-17 research rocket). Other topics represented are employee relations, personnel development, and operations at Lockheed, internal and national research and development programs, and liquid hydrogen as an alternate fuel. Noteworthy are Hawkins' weekly, monthly, and yearly activity reports throughout the Chronological subseries, which provide an account of the projects he supervised in detail. Series 5: Personal Files, 1937, 1941-1954, 1955, 1959, 1961-1994, 1997-2001, 2008-2009, n.d. (Boxes 51-53) Arranged alphabetically by subject, the series contains awards, financial records, ephemera, correspondence, and clippings. Also documents Hawkins' social memberships, patents, and security clearances. Series 6: Photographs, 1920, 1929, 1931, 1933, 1935, 1939, 1944, 1946, 1947-1948, 1950, 1952, 1954-1955, 1957, 1962-1967, 1969-1971, 1974-1989, 1991-1994, 1999-2000 n.d. (Boxes 54-56) Arranged alphabetically by subject, the series contains various sized photographs and negatives in black and white and color. Several photographs precede Hawkins' tenure at Lockheed, but capture significant company events, programs, and employees. Photographs originally located in other series within the collection were replaced with photocopies and relocated to the Photographs series. Series 7: Presentations and Speeches, 1949, 1952-1956, 1958-1962, 1964, 1966-2002, 2004, n.d. (Boxes 57-64) Arranged chronologically, the series contains notes, correspondence, drafts, and ephemera that document Hawkins' extensive public speaking engagements. Hawkins spoke on a wide range of topics to varied audiences, including aerospace clubs, professional organizations, elementary and university classes, and Lockheed employees. Topics include commercial transport, liquid hydrogen as an alternate fuel, science and technology, the role of engineers, maintaining aerospace leadership, research and development, as well as Lockheed projects and history. Series 8: Publications and Writings, 1937, 1944, 1950, 1979-1981, 1983-1987, 1992-1993, 1995-1997, 1999-2000, n.d. (Box 65) The series consists of drafts, papers, correspondence, notes, and clippings and is divided into two subseries, published and unpublished material, and arranged alphabetically by title. Topics include the history and future of Lockheed and aerospace industry projects, management systems, liquid hydrogen as an alternate fuel, public speaking, and memorial tributes. Writings were published in domestic and international journals, magazines, and books, for professionals as well as enthusiasts. Series 9: Subject Files, 1920, 1929, 1931, 1933, 1935, 1937, 1942, ca. 1944, 1945-1946, ca. 1947-1948, 1951, 1956-1957, 1962, 1964-1986, 1988-2001, 2004, n.d. (Boxes 66-79) Arranged alphabetically by subject, the series is comprised of correspondence, reports, papers, memoranda, notes and ephemera relating to various Lockheed projects in which Hawkins was involved. Project designations for aircraft, satellites, missiles, etc. changed over time, as such, subseries titles reflect the designations represented in the materials in chronological order. The subjects best represented/illustrated in the series include the C-5A / C-5D / C-5 Galaxy subseries, which documents the 1972 Congressional Hearings and the Corporate Steering Committee chaired by Hawkins, formed to review and guide the efforts of the Task Force assigned to improve the utility of the C-5 for the Air Force; the L-1011 Tristar subseries details the design plans, production of the Rolls Royce RB-211 engine, 1971 Congressional Hearings, and airplane rollout; and the C-130 Hercules subseries contains material regarding the design of the aircraft, litigation issues, and anniversary articles. The Rigid Rotor Helicopters subseries documents the Blue Ribbon Committee technical audit of the AH-56A, the technical design review of a surveillance derivative of AAFSS, and the history of the program; frequent correspondents include Jack G. Real, M. Carl Haddon, and Rudy Thoren. The Hydrogen Fuel subseries documents Hawkins international campaign to use liquid hydrogen as an alternate aircraft fuel and includes the reports and papers of Daniel Brewer, who worked closely with Hawkins. The Lockheed Aircraft Company / Lockheed Corporation / Lockheed Martin subseries documents corporate history through employee newsletters, oral histories, correspondence, clippings, ephemera, photographs, papers, reports, and notes. The Oral Histories subseries is primarily comprised of transcripts of interviews conducted in 1982 by W.D. Perreault as a Lockheed Oral History Project. The discussions explore the early life, education, career of the interviewee. Also described are significant events, developments and projects at Lockheed and in the aerospace industry during the individual's career. The subseries also contains transcripts from interviews of Hawkins in 2000 and Cyril Chappellet's wife, Pat, in 2001. Series 10: Oversize, 1963-1966, n.d. ( Box 80 and 6 scrapbooks) The series is comprised of clippings, correspondence, ephemera, photographs, and presentation materials that document Hawkins' term as Assistant Secretary of the Army for Research and Development and contains art work used for presentations related to the use of hydrogen as an alternate fuel.
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