Samuel C. Phillips papers, 1929-1990

Collection Summary

Title	Samuel C. Phillips papers, 1929-1990
Inclusive Dates	1929-1990
Bulk Dates	1958-1989
ID No.	MSS80934
Creator	Phillips, Samuel C. (Samuel Cochran), 1921-1990
Extent	67,200 items
Extent	174 containers plus 1 oversize and 1 classified
Extent	49.6 linear feet
Language	Collection material in English
Location	Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Finding Aid Permalink	Cite or bookmark this finding aid as: https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms004016
LCCN Permalink	LC Catalog record: https://lccn.loc.gov/mm93080934
Summary	United States Air Force officer, space agency official, intelligence agency director, and defense industry executive. Correspondence, diaries, memoranda, reports, family and personal papers, and photographs documenting Phillips's career in the United States Air Force where he specialized in ballistics and weapons research; as director of Project Apollo (U.S.), the lunar landing program of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration; and as an executive with TRW Inc. and other defense contracting firms. Includes material on the Minuteman intercontinental ballistic missile system, atomic weapons tests, Saturn Project (U.S.) (rocket development), the Superconducting Super Collider, the Strategic Defense Initiative, and other defense and aeronautical projects.