Assistant Director (Management), Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, 1956-1967 Records.

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Assistant Director (Management), Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, 1956-1967 Records.

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This record unit consists primarily of records maintained by Assistant Director Carlton W. Tillinghast, 1961-1969, with smaller amounts created by his predecessor, Kenneth H. Drummond, 1959-1961, and the Executive Officer, Vaughan Harmon. Also included are correspondence and memoranda addressed to SAO Director, Fred Lawrence Whipple. This material was usually referred to the Assistant Director for action. Records include general correspondence, 1957-1964, concerning SAO administration and scientific projects including Project Celescope; the Harvard Radio Meteor Project; SAO-International Year of the Quiet Sun Comet Project; the Meteorite Photography and Recovery Project (Prairie Network); and the Satellite Tracking Program. Of special interest is correspondence regarding the closing of SAO's Table Mountain, California, station in 1961. The record unit also includes administrative files, 1956-1966; Satellite Tracking Program records, 1957-1964, including administrative and tracking station files; and a buildings file, 1957-1966.

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Whipple, Fred L. (Fred Lawrence), 1906-2004

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Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory. Assistant Director (Management)

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Tillinghast, Carlton W.

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