Papers, 1889-1983 (bulk 1940-1976).

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Papers, 1889-1983 (bulk 1940-1976).

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Correspondence, memoranda, writings, transcripts, research files, reports, patents, grants, diagrams, newspaper clippings, printed material, and photos, relating chiefly to Goddard's assignments in the U.S. Army Air Corps (later U.S. Army Air Forces and U.S. Air Force) pertaining to his promotion of aerial photographic reconnaissance and to his technological contributions in the field. Includes materials relating to Goddard's inventions, including the stereoscopic strip camera, operations of aerial photographic sections under his command, and his activities after his retirement, edited draft of his autobiography, Overview: A Lifelong Adventure in Aerial Photography (1969), and transcripts of oral history interviews conducted by Goddard with Dwight D. Eisenhower, Benjamin Delahauf Foulois, Elliot Roosevelt, and others interested in aerial photographic reconnaissance.

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