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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
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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Speech entitled: Neighbors On Earth, Partners in Space.
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Speech entitled: America's Five Space Program.
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Speech entitled: A Comparison of Black, White and Commercial Space Programs.
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Removed from binder. Von Karman Lecture: The Rocky Road to Communication Satellites. Anti-Satellite and Space Warfare (New York Academy of Sciences). GSG Graduation Luncheon. Hughes Aircraft Company Operations: Programs & Challenges. A "Born Again" Space Program. Presentation to European Advisory Council. Air Traffic Control Association Speech. The Role of Satellite Communications in the 1990s. Strategic Controlling First Strike Capable Missiles.
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Science, Technology and Society Program. Lectures entitled: Communications Satellites as a Trade Issue; Space Commercialization: Myth and Reality; Getting into Space: Rockets and Shuttle; A New Launch Vehicle for Space?; The Rocky Road to Communication Satellites; Towards a New Space Policy; and Is There a Future for Communication Satellites?
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