Subject files from Office of the Director, 1960-1978 (inclusive).

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Subject files from Office of the Director, 1960-1978 (inclusive).

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Special subjects, including correpsondence, memos, meeting agendas, minutes, and other records relating to Solar Probe Mission, recruitment, Ballon Project, NSF Grant, Harvard College Observatory Council, Southern Hemisphere Telescope, Fort Davis, and other proejcts, committees, etc. Materials relate especially to directorships of Alexander Dalgarno, Acting Director, 1971-72, and George Field, 1972-82.

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