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Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
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1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
Manuscripts
Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
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Manuscripts
The aerospace oral history project consists of 61 oral histories in PDF format and provides a range of perspectives related to the aerospace industry in Southern California. Interview subjects were selected to provide a range of perspectives on the aerospace industry, from senior corporate leaders to design engineers, manufacturing engineers, major airframe manufacturers, think tanks, smaller suppliers, and both military and civilian programs. Most of the interviews cover the period from World War II and the Cold War up to the present, although several interviews include memories of the 1920s and 1930s. The transcripts reflect guided oral histories conducted by professional historians; interviews have been transcribed for clarity, and reviewed for accuracy by the interviewee before being entered into the catalog. Some interviewees were interviewed multiple times.
HM 80611 (24)
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This is an edited transcript of an oral history interview of James Kinnu conducted by Volker Janssen. This is the first of two interviews with Kinnu. The first interview covers up through 1979 and his work at Northrop on Tacit Blue. The second interview covers from 1979 and his work on the B-2 bomber to his retirement.
mssHM 80611 (37)
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This is an edited transcript of an oral history interview of James Kinnu conducted by Volker Janssen. This is the second of two interviews with Kinnu. The first interview covers up through 1979 and his work at Northrop on Tacit Blue. The second interview covers from 1979 and his work on the B-2 bomber to his retirement.
mssHM 80611 (38)
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This is an edited transcript of an oral history interview of Irving Waaland conducted by Volker Janssen. This is the second of two interviews with Waaland. The first interview covers up through award of B-2 contract to Northrop in 1982. The second interview begins with award of the B-2 contract to Northrop in 1982. Topics covered in the interview include: Computers in aircraft design; Classification and compartmentalization.
mssHM 80611 (34)
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This is an edited transcript of an oral history interview of Sherman Mullin conducted by Peter Westwick and William Deverell. This is the second of two interviews with Mullin. The first interview covers his career up to when he joined the Skunk Works in 1982. The second interview covers his career at the Skunk Works from 1982 through his retirement. Topics covered in the interview include: role of manufacturing in aircraft development; role of flight test in aircraft development; secrecy and classification; engineering proposal writing; relation between finance and engineering in aerospace firms; educational background of Lockheed managers; effects of end of Cold War.
mssHM 80611 (44)
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This is an edited transcript of an oral history interview of John Cashen conducted by Peter J. Westwick. Maggy Rivas, Cashen’s former assistant at Northrop, was present for the interview and provided occasional comments. This transcript is the second of two interviews with Cashen; it covers from the early 1980s and the Tacit Blue project through the B-2 to his later career and retirement. Topics covered in the interview include: role of local universities in aerospace industry; relation between aeronautical engineers and electrical engineers on Stealth design; competition between Northrop and Lockheed; secrecy and classification; absence of unions at Northrop; role of computer codes; aerospace work ethics; relation between design and manufacturing engineers.
mssHM 80611 (36)