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Manuscripts
Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
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Manuscripts
Photographs of lunar surface, satellite antennas, and spacecraft likely used for Hibbs and Albert Frank Eiss book, The Earth-Space Sciences: Investigating Man's Environment, Laidlaw Bros., River Forest, Illinois, 1971.
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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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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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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.
mssHibbs
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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.
mssHibbs
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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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