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Description: This small group of material relates to Harris Sperling's career at Northrop Grumman Corporation. The material includes an article entitled "Why the B-2," published by the Air Force Association, 1991, a dissertation written by Francis J. Baker entitled "The Death of the Flying Wing: The Real Reasons Behind the 1949 Cancellation of Northrop Aircraft's RB-49," 1984, and photocopies, newspaper clippings, photographs, and printed matter primarily related to the B-2. Also included is a commemorative book "Grumman F-14, Tomcat: Bye-Bye, Baby...!" It was compiled by Dave Parsons, George Hall, and Bob Lawson in 2006.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1984-2002
Call number: mssSperling
Creator: Sperling, Harris(Opens in new tab)

Harris Sperling papers

Manuscripts

This small group of material relates to Harris Sperling's career at Northrop Grumman Corporation. The material includes an article entitled "Why the B-2," published by the Air Force Association, 1991, a dissertation written by Francis J. Baker entitled "The Death of the Flying Wing: The Real Reasons Behind the 1949 Cancellation of Northrop Aircraft's RB-49," 1984, and photocopies, newspaper clippings, photographs, and printed matter primarily related to the B-2. Also included is a commemorative book "Grumman F-14, Tomcat: Bye-Bye, Baby...!" It was compiled by Dave Parsons, George Hall, and Bob Lawson in 2006.

mssSperling

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Grumman F-14, Tomcat: Bye-Bye, Baby...! Compiled by Dave Parsons, George Hall, and Bob Lawson

Manuscripts

mssSperling

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Northrop Aircraft: F-5 Reconnaissance – F-15 Reporter

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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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Project RAND, Reports

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Correspondence, awards, clippings, scrapbooks, manuals, reports, and speeches that document Thomas V. Jones' career at Northrop Corporation from the 1950s to the 1990s. Specifically covered in the collection are: the business of Northrop Corporation; the Rand Corporation; Jones' work with the Trilateral Commission; working with Prince Bernhard; B-2 bomber; Cobra jet fighter; F-5; F-20 and other fighter planes.

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"Packard Letter," Report, "An Interim Report to the President by the President's Blue Ribbon Commission on Defense Management"

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