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2 folders. Collection of 26 black-and-white photographs (1 color) from editors and photographers of Life documenting the creation of Explorer 1; also contains five photographs and twelve color negatives of images not included in scrapbook.
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Arranged by subject and alphabetically within, the series contains photographs, negatives, and photographic slides that document the personal life and family of Hibbs, the development of JPL and early satellite programs, and Hibbs' involvement in the broadcasting of satellite programs at the Space Flight Operations Facility (SFOF) and as host of the children's television program, "Exploring." The Broadcasting, JPL, and Personal subseries represent the bulk of images. Within the Personal subseries, which contains an extensive collection of early family photographs, arrangement is both chronological and by subject. The chronologically arranged materials originally arrived in two boxes, one primarily negatives and labeled by month of year and the other box of photographs only, grouped in three or six month increments; these have been combined into one chronological sequence with the original description maintained. Scrapbooks and photographic slides are organized by material type and are therefore located at the end of the series; four slide show carousels contain images taken by Hibbs between 1946 and 1951, including his trip aboard Adonde with Roy L. Walford.
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Arranged by format, then by subject or producer within, the series contains audio tapes and cassettes, videos, and films that document Hibbs' personal life and career at JPL. Walford and Biosphere 2 are a well represented topic in the video tapes subseries. The Voyager Program is well documented in the audio tapes and cassettes, as well as in the videos and films subseries. The series contains oral histories of Hibbs, A.M.O. Smith, Thomas V. Jones, and Dr. Lew Allen. Researchers should be aware that this material was not reviewed for content or quality; as such, the titles may not exactly reflect the contents of the materials.
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Arranged alphabetically by format and chronologically within, the series contains memoranda, clippings, book reviews, notes, drafts, correspondence, photographs, papers, reports, publications and Hibbs' doctoral thesis. Topics include space exploration programs, JPL industry projects and internal progress reports, arms control, global space and military endeavors, science and mathematics education, as well as predictions of an extraterrestrial presence in the universe. Writings were published in domestic and international journals, local and national newspapers, and books.
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Apartments, Notes, 1 page, undated; ―Re 781 Prospect, Drawings, Notes, 6 pages, 1971, Feb. 21; Human ―Data Processing, Flowchart Diagrams (6), undated; Poem, undated; [Biomedical Engineering Research / Computers in Medicine], Notes, 8 pages, undated; ―Concept for Sequencing of Proteins and Perhaps DNA, Technical Notes, 5 pages, 1973, Aug. 13; Comets, Technical Notes, 8 pages, undated; ―A Type of Microscope, Technical Notes, 2 pages, Feb. 22; ―Doppler Tracking, Technical Notes, 11 pages, June 10; Radiation Measurement, Notes, 3 pages, undated; ―Tidal Stability (Roche's Problem), Technical Notes, 3 pages, undated; ―µ-Processors, Technical Notes, 2 pages, Oct. 9; ―Div. 82: Mostly Flazer Finale, Notes, 1 page, Dec. 5; ―Invention Idea, Notes, 1 page, 1977, July 19.
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Arranged alphabetically by subject or format, the series contains correspondence, brochures, employee newsletters, oral histories, reports, press releases, scrapbooks, lithographs, clippings and publications related to Hibbs' work at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL). As JPL is managed by the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), some materials relate specifically to these institutions. The largest subseries contains materials related to the Solar System Exploration Programs and consists primarily of brochures, press releases, photographs, lithographs and clippings meant for public consumption; documentation of the internal technical processes and decisions made during the design and development stages of the programs are lacking. Several subseries pertain to individuals, including Eleanor Helin, astronomer and discoverer of comets and asteroids; Raymond Lyttleton, colleague of Hibbs in comet research and investigator in the mass of Mercury; and William H. Pickering, director of JPL from 1954 to 1976. Correspondence, primarily outgoing, is arranged chronologically and by subject and was likely maintained by an assistant to Hibbs. A small number of separate files for incoming correspondence have been combined with the chronological series to avoid duplication and facilitate research. Topics include the Planetary Grand Tour and formation of a Data Section within the Space Science Division, as well as miscellaneous daily activities, inter-office communications, institution-wide memorandums and correspondence regarding Hibbs' numerous speaking and writing engagements.
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