Manuscripts
Space flight, oversize items
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Subseries 4: Space Flight
Manuscripts
Photographs related to the testing and development of space vehicles and space structures, such as lunar landing vehicles, solar panels for space structures, and space shuttles. Several photographs document testing for splashdowns, when spacecraft land in water by parachute. Some projects related to NASA's Apollo and Gemini spacecraft.
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Space flight
Manuscripts
The Northrop Grumman Corporation papers document the history of Northrop Aircraft, Inc. and Northrop Corporation, as well as its products, employees, and founder, John Knudsen Northrop. The collection is divided into three series: Northrop Corporation Archives; Aircraft Division Records; and Photographs and Negatives. The bulk of the material is within the Corporation Archives series, which was compiled by Ira Chart, the Aircraft Division/Aircraft Group historian. The series are interrelated and cover similar subject matter. Though there is a Photographs and Negatives series, some photographs can be found throughout the collection. The collection is generally arranged by subject and format of material within. It includes brochures, reports, manuals, photographs, memoranda, newsletters, and other materials.
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Subject Files: Oversize items
Manuscripts
Northrop Aeronautical Institute employee newsletters (1949-1950); "Northrop at Fifty" calendars and poster (1989); copies of memorial scrapbooks for deceased test pilots Darrell E. Cornell (1984) and David B. Barnes (1985); miscellaneous ephemera.
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Subseries 2: Drones
Manuscripts
Various photographs of drones during development and in active use. Also called Remotely Piloted Vehicles (RPV).
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Northrop Aircraft, miscellaneous oversize photographs
Manuscripts
The Northrop Grumman Corporation papers document the history of Northrop Aircraft, Inc. and Northrop Corporation, as well as its products, employees, and founder, John Knudsen Northrop. The collection is divided into three series: Northrop Corporation Archives; Aircraft Division Records; and Photographs and Negatives. The bulk of the material is within the Corporation Archives series, which was compiled by Ira Chart, the Aircraft Division/Aircraft Group historian. The series are interrelated and cover similar subject matter. Though there is a Photographs and Negatives series, some photographs can be found throughout the collection. The collection is generally arranged by subject and format of material within. It includes brochures, reports, manuals, photographs, memoranda, newsletters, and other materials.
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Norair at Titan I Missile Site, South Dakota; Northrop Architectural Systems; Northrop Space Laboratories; various others
Manuscripts
The Northrop Grumman Corporation papers document the history of Northrop Aircraft, Inc. and Northrop Corporation, as well as its products, employees, and founder, John Knudsen Northrop. The collection is divided into three series: Northrop Corporation Archives; Aircraft Division Records; and Photographs and Negatives. The bulk of the material is within the Corporation Archives series, which was compiled by Ira Chart, the Aircraft Division/Aircraft Group historian. The series are interrelated and cover similar subject matter. Though there is a Photographs and Negatives series, some photographs can be found throughout the collection. The collection is generally arranged by subject and format of material within. It includes brochures, reports, manuals, photographs, memoranda, newsletters, and other materials.
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