Manuscripts

California Institute of Technology, (1995)

Description: Related to America's Hidden Weapon: The National Reconnaissance Program.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1917-2013.
Call number: mssWheelon
Creator: Wheelon, Albert D (1929-2013)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Gift of Cicely Wheelon, 2014.
Restrictions: Approximately 1.5 linear feet of classified documents require further review by the Information Security Oversight Office (ISOO). These documents will be added to the collection, and the finding aid updated, if and when they are declassified.
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Philip Taubman, (1998-2005)

Manuscripts

Related to Secret Empire: Eisenhower, the CIA, and the Hidden Story of America's Space Espionage.

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California Institute of Technology, (1991)

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Related to A JPL Symposium Commemorating Caltech's Centennial.

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DECLASSIFIED United States. National Reconnaissance Office -- NRO Histories, (1969-1999)

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Management of the National Reconnaissance Program, 1960-1965, Volume V in A History of Satellite Reconnaissance.

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United States. National Reconnaissance Office -- NRO Histories, (1969-2001)

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Included: A History of the Military Polar Orbiting Meteorological Satellite Program, 2001; Early Cold War Strategic Reconnaissance, 1995-1998; An Interview with Don H. Schoessler and Charles P. Spoelhof, 1997; An Interview with William O. Baker, 1996; Congress and the National Reconnaissance Office, 2001; Missile Defense Alarm: The Genesis of Space-Based Infrared Early Warning, 1998; and Management of the National Reconnaissance Program, 1969.

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California Institute of Technology - Domestic Strategy Group

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The Albert D. Wheelon papers primarily focus on his career at the United States Central Intelligence Agency, Hughes Aircraft Company, and his research on electromagnetic scintillation. The first series primarily comprises of correspondence from his time at school through his retirement years. There are also photographs and printed ephemera related to his marriages and travels. In relation to his career at HAC, there are booklets, newsletters, notes, and photographs related to artificial satellites. The post career files consist of correspondence, notes, and reference material related to a wide variety of topics concerning national security and advancements in space. The bulk of his research related to propagation of electromagnetic waves consists of notes and reprints. Please click on the link in this record to view the full version of the scope and content.

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mssWheelon

California Institute of Technology, (1995)

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