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Felberg, Fred H. Records of F.H. Felberg, Jan 1977 - Dec 1978.

Title: Records of F.H. Felberg, Jan 1977 - Dec 1978.

F. H. Felberg's chronological file contains correspondence and memoranda having to do with Mr. Felberg's day-to-day activities as Assistant Laboratory Director. Mr. Felberg handled Resource Allocation and Management, JPL Support Contractor Manpower Facilities and Work Space, Burden Budgets, Division operations, including such items as: Consulting, Salary Reviews, Subcontract Management, Travel Budgets, and Authorizations, and much more. The file covers the period from July 1976 through December 1978. The files are arranged in reverse chronological order. Some aspects of Mr. Felberg's personal background as well as his involvement with several JPL projects are discussed in this file. Included in this accession are the files of Mr Walt Victor who was as of September 1976 Deputy Laboratory Assistant to Mr. Felberg. His responsibility was continuing assessment and development of Institutional Technical Base. Monitoring and assessment of the quality of technical work performed, and the establishment and monitoring of engineering standards.

ArchivalResource: 1.3 Cubic feet (4 boxes)

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James, Jack N. 1920-2001. GCAT and TCAT for Ranger and Mariner Missions : memo to Distribution, 1965 Feb 22.

Title: GCAT and TCAT for Ranger and Mariner Missions : memo to Distribution, 1965 Feb 22.

ArchivalResource: 1 page.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/733098826 View

Jet Propulsion Laboratory (U.S.). Office of the Director. JPL Executive Council Collection, 1960-1982.

Title: JPL Executive Council Collection, 1960-1982.

The collection contains materials distributed to and generated by the JPL Executive Council, dated primarily between 1975 to 1980. The materials include items distributed and/or discussed at Executive Council meetings, memoranda, Executive Council meeting minutes and summaries, agendas, Executive Council Retreat and Mini-Retreat agendas, minutes and summaries, and correspondence, reports, memoranda, copies of journal and newspaper articles, and ephemera that were generally presented as attachments to the record of the meeting. Meeting minutes of three Executive Council committees are also represented in the collection. The committees were the Solar System Exploration Executive Committee (later the Space Science and Exploration Executive Committee), the UtilitarianProjects Executive Committee, and the Institutional Executive Committee. Half of the subject files were originally filed chronologically, while half were filed with the meeting minutes or summary of the meeting they pertained to. This arrangement has been retained, with a chronological subject file series as well as attachments to the meetings in the Executive Council meetings series.

ArchivalResource: 7.5 cubic ft. (340 folders).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/733100161 View

Felberg, Fred H. Central Engineering Building Collection, 1983-1992.

Title: Central Engineering Building Collection, 1983-1992.

The collection is composed of correspondence, reports, and drawings involving the formulation, construction and occupation of the JPL Central Engineering Building. The collection is arranged chronologically. Before the novel agreement at funding the new construction was agreed upon, several other alternatives were studied. A preliminary review of alternate approaches to acquiring a major engineering office building at Oak Grove dated March 29, 1983 is present in the collection in the "Miscellaneous Documents" file for 1983 (folder 1). Five alternative sources to funding were examined: NASA Construction of Facilities (CofF) funding on existing Oak Grove land, NASA CofF on new Oak Grove land, private investor funding on Oak Grove land, private investor funding on adjacent private land, and Caltech funding on Oak Grove land. Various drafts of the memo of understanding between NASA and Caltech regarding the funding and future payment of the CEB are also present in the collection (folders 2, 11). NASA Liaison to the project was General Billie J. McGarvey, NASA Director of Facilities Engineering and Computer Management Division. There are several reports and draft proposals in the collection regarding the CEB that were sent to McGarvey. A copy of the 1985 NASA Appropriations Bill passed by Congress in June 1984 is also present in the collection (folder 9). This was required to authorize NASA and Caltech to alter their contract to provide funding for the CEB. The Central Engineering Building proved to be a good test for alternate ways of funding the construction of new facilities than the traditional "Construction of Facilities" process. There were several comparisons between the CEB and other buildings on the Lab that were built around the same time, such as the Earth and Space Science Laboratory and the Microdevices Laboratory. The comparisons proved that the alternate method of financing new construction was both faster and cheaper than the previous Construction of Facilities method of funding. These comparisons are in the collection in various evaluations of the Central Engineering Building (folder 14.).

ArchivalResource: 0.3 cubic ft. (15 folders)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/733102065 View

Jet Propulsion Laboratory (U.S.). Office of the Director. Office of the Director Collection, 1959-1982.

Title: Office of the Director Collection, 1959-1982.

The collection is composed of documents created by or sent to the Office of the Director of Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL). The three names most mentioned are William H. Pickering, Director, 1954-1976; Charles H. Terhune, Deputy Director, 1971-1983; and Bruce C. Murray, Director, 1976-1982. The diverse collection includes materials originating at JPL, NASA and California Institute of Technology (Caltech), and also contains congressional records, such as witness testimonies and Congressional voting records. The bulk of the collection is dated from 1975 to 1980. The collection is arranged by subject. It consists primarily of correspondence, plus memoranda, published and unpublished reports, drawings, charts, presentations, handwritten notes and photographs. The collection documents nearly every project that JPL was involved with during the late 1970s. It includes every flight project JPL was involved with at the time, including Voyager, Viking, Venus Orbital Imaging Radar, International Solar Polar Mission, Galileo, Seasat, Infrared Astronomical Satellite, Lunar Polar Orbiter and Halley's Comet missions. Various energy projects, such as the study of higher fuel efficient vehicles and the uses of solar power, and military projects, such as the MX-RES Project, are also represented in the collection. The retirement celebrations of William Pickering and institutional briefings of Bruce Murray are documented in the collection. The interactions among Caltech, JPL, NASA and Congress are documented. Various NASA memoranda concerning JPL procedures, planning, budgets and projects are included.

ArchivalResource: 19.35 cubic ft. (62 boxes, 1 half-box and 1 oversize box).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/733100148 View

Felberg, Fred H. Associate Directors Collection, 1959-1994.

Title: Associate Directors Collection, 1959-1994.

The collection is comprised of memoranda, correspondence and reports originating from the Office of Associate Director, primarily dealing with Burden Budget matters. The documents were originally collected either by Fred Felberg or Kirk Dawson. Inclusive dates of the collection are 1959 to 1994. Bulk dates are from 1980 to 1982 and 1991 to 1993. The collection is divided into three series: JPL Futures Study, General Files, and Burden Budget Materials. JPL Futures Study, (folders 1-13). The JPL Futures Study Team was created in April 1980. Its purpose was to provide the Director with an assessment of the programmatic and institutional alternatives for JPL that were consistent with both its goals and commitments and a realistic appreciation of the dynamics on national priorities and circumstances. The team was chaired by Fred H. Felberg. The final report was issued in July 1980. Alongside the files of the Futures Study are two historical examples of previous organizational studies. In June 1959, McKinsey & Company was contracted to undertake a study of the Lab's management and organizational concepts, with a view towards recommending certain actions to Director William H. Pickering that would improve operations at the Laboratory. The final report, called the "McKinsey Study" was issued in September 1959. The recommendations included the establishment of the position of Deputy Director to handle internal day-to-day operations of the Laboratory, the establishment of a planning office to assist and advise the Director, the realignment of the financial and procurement procedures and processes on the Laboratory, and ultimately the establishment of the matrix as an organizational structure. Another organization study was undertaken in 1967. This study was to examine JPL functional and organizational relationships and make recommendations, and was chaired by William H. Bayley. The final report is stamped "JPL Discreet." General Files, (folders 14-32). These files include correspondence, committee reports, memoranda, and other materials that were filed under an internal numerical filing system, and items that did not easily fit into any other category. Located in the General Files are folders concerning the JPL Controller Study. Beginning in September 1994, a study was chartered by Deputy Director Larry Dumas to determine if JPL should establish the position of Controller or Chief Financial Officer, and to make recommendations on possible organizational arrangements. The study was chaired by Dave D. Evans, an assistant to Associate Director Kirk M. Dawson. Included in the materials are correspondence, presentation materials, and miscellaneous materials from Evans. Burden Budget Materials, (folders 33-52). The series includes the report, "Review of JPL Burden Planning and Control System." This was also known as the "Biggs Report" named after J. Biggs of the NASA Office of Space Science and Applications (OSSA), chair. The review was conducted in September 1971 by several NASA organizations, including OSSA, the Office of Tracking and Data Acquisition, the NASA Management Audit Office, Langley Viking Project Office, Financial Management NASA Pasadena Office, and Defense Contract Audit Agency at JPL. Included in the collection is the final report, dated November 1971, and a draft of the JPL comments, also dated November 1971. Nine folders contain documents that are stamped or marked "JPL Discreet." The original positions of Discreet material in the collection have been marked with separation sheets. The material has been moved to a box at the end of the collection.

ArchivalResource: 2.4 cubic ft. (61 folders)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/733100910 View

Schurmeier, Harris M, 1924-. Harris M. Schurmeier Collection, 1970-1986.

Title: Harris M. Schurmeier Collection, 1970-1986.

The items in the collection were gathered by Harris M. "Bud" Schurmeier. Schurmeier's career at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) lasted from 1949 to 1985. During the years that the bulk of the collection encompasses, Schurmeier served as Assistant Laboratory Director for Utilitarian Systems (1976-78), Assistant Laboratory Director for Energy and Technology Applications (1978-81), and Associate Director for Defense and Civil Programs (1981-85). Represented in the collection are correspondence, reports, newspaper clippings, magazine and journal articles, meeting agendas and minutes, handwritten notes and Viewgraphs. The Strategic Defense Initiative, Arroyo Center, and Caltech/JPL Relations series are closely linked, with the Caltech-JPL relationship being strained during the 1980s with JPL looking for increased work in classified projects for the Department of Defense. The bulk of the series is between 1976-1985.

ArchivalResource: 3.0 cubic ft. (135 folders)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/733100228 View