Manuscripts

Subseries 3: Missiles

Description: Photographs of missile production and development. Majority of material related to the SN-62 Snark missile.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: approximately 1943-1975
Call number: mssNorthrop
Creator: Northrop Grumman Corporation(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Gift of Northrop Grumman Corporation, October 2011.
Restrictions: Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information.
Rights: The Huntington Library does not require that researchers request permission to quote from or publish images of this material, nor does it charge fees for such activities. The responsibility for identifying the copyright holder, if there is one, and obtaining permission rests with the researcher.

Subseries 5: Northrop Corporation Facilities

Manuscripts

Photographs of Northrop's main facilities in Hawthorne, California, as well as production facilities throughout Southern California: Palmdale, El Segundo, Anaheim, Palos Verdes, and other locations. Also images of Air Force bases, international locations, production plants, and the Titan I Missile Site in South Dakota, which Northrop helped build. This section also contains internal photograph booklets produced by Northrop.

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Norair/Aircraft Division; Norair at Titan I Missile Site, South Dakota

Manuscripts

The missile site was also called the T2 or T-2 site. Photographs depict construction and activation of the underground site from 1960 to 1962.

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Subseries 12: Reference Files: Missiles

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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Subseries 12: Reference Files: Missiles

Manuscripts

mssNorthrop

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Subseries 12: Reference Files: Missiles

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mssNorthrop

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Subseries 12: Reference Files: Missiles

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mssNorthrop

Subseries 3: Missiles

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Subseries 5: Northrop Corporation Facilities

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