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    Fifteen Years of Service

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    Created by JPL / Caltech in recognition of Hibbs' service; includes photographs of early conferences, JPL facilities, missile and satellite launches, and Golstone antennas.

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    Early Studies, ~56-57 (& Later)

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    Articles, Correspondence, Technical Notes on topics of "Electrostatic Drag on a Satellite," "Non-symmetrical Distribution," "'Random Command' Guidance," "Optimum Staging," and "Problem of the lead ball in Earth orbit to use for gravity assist."

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    Earth and Space Book

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    The Albert R. Hibbs Papers, 1884-2009 (80 boxes) document the personal life and career of Hibbs 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 Bioshpheres Ventures subseries of the Consulting series, as well as in the Audio Visual Materials Series. Correspondence is also dispersed throughout the series.

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    Conferences (continued); Earth and Space Book; Griffith Observatory; Herschel Museum; JPL

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    The Albert R. Hibbs Papers, 1884-2009 (80 boxes) document the personal life and career of Hibbs 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 Bioshpheres Ventures subseries of the Consulting series, as well as in the Audio Visual Materials Series. Correspondence is also dispersed throughout the series.

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    Notebooks

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    The series consists of notes and is divided into three subseries, Appointment Books, Miscellaneous, and Technical Notes. Within the subseries, materials are arranged by format and chronologically or alphabetically. The Appointment Books, maintained by Hibbs, contain brief personal and work related schedule notes. The Notebooks and Steno Books constitute the bulk of the Miscellaneous subseries. The Notebooks contain diverse notes on a variety of topics ranging from the space program to finding an apartment. An early Steno book was labeled "phone notes" and the entries throughout the books are detailed, personal, handwritten notes taken during phone conversations, meetings, or conferences. Each entry is typically prefaced with the date, participants, and the subject of discussion. The Steno Books are full of notes on a wide range of topics, including Morgantown, space studies and exploration, microscopes, and the development of medical technologies such as tissue cultures, hearing implants, and neurobiology. Other topics include the space shuttle, solar system exploration and solar sailing, lunar programs, the deep space network, asteroids, "Why Explore Space," Earth sciences and applications, analytical instrumentation, the space lab and space station, LESS Workshop, EEIS (End to End Information System), global habitization, atmospheric research, materials processing, and oceanography. In addition, JEA (Joint Endeavor Agreement), ESA (European Space Agency), Venus balloons, CRAF (Comet Rendezvous Asteroid Flyby), Explorer proposals, SCORE, TSPD (Technology and Space Program Development), OAST (Office of Aeronautics and Space Technology), and Mars are topics during the 1980s. Technical notebooks contain notes of a technical, mathematic, and/or scientific nature. Notebooks labeled "Deal 1" and "Deal 2" reference the Explorer 1 and 2 launches attended by Hibbs. Explorer program material is also located in the Jet Propulsion Laboratory Series, however it is primarily published and promotional records. Hibbs' attempts at designing microcomputers for various functions are also documented in the Technical Notes subseries.

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    Mysteries of Solar Space or ―Exploring the Earth. IBM Corporation: Correspondence, Outline

    Manuscripts

    The Albert R. Hibbs Papers, 1884-2009 (80 boxes) document the personal life and career of Hibbs 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 Bioshpheres Ventures subseries of the Consulting series, as well as in the Audio Visual Materials Series. Correspondence is also dispersed throughout the series.

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