Funding in the early days of GALCIT : letter to John Reese, 1959 Apr 10.

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Funding in the early days of GALCIT : letter to John Reese, 1959 Apr 10.

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This series contains 2 letters written to an historian regarding Weld Arnold. In the first letter, Malina copies paragraphs from his early letters that mention Weld Arnold starting May of 1937, and recounting the financial problems that the rocket project was having. A meteorologist (Weld Arnold) promises to contribute $1000. He is made the fifth member of the group with Parsons, A. M. O. Smith, Tsien, and Malina. On June 5, 1937 Malina notes that the project "is now officially recognized as GALCIT Rocket Research Project" In 1938 Arnold leaves. A follow up letter is included clarifying some points of the original letter.

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