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| BOX 1-27 | National Bureau of Standards, 1921-1983 | ||||||||||||
| Correspondence, memoranda, minutes, agendas, reports, studies, congressional testimony, printed matter, photographs, writings, speeches and conference papers, research data, university teaching and in-house training course records, and other material from Astin's career with the bureau. | |||||||||||||
| Organized alphabetically by subject or type of material and chronologically thereunder. | |||||||||||||
| BOX 1 | Administrative files, Office of the Director | ||||||||||||
| AD-X2 battery additive controversy | |||||||||||||
| Correspondence, memoranda, and miscellany, 1952-1961, undated | |||||||||||||
| "Report of the Committee on Battery Additives of the National Academy of Sciences," 1953 | |||||||||||||
| (7 folders) | |||||||||||||
| BOX 2 | (2 folders) | ||||||||||||
| "Report to the Secretary of Commerce," Ad Hoc Committee for Evaluation of Present Functions and Operations of National Bureau of Standards, 1953 | |||||||||||||
| Appointment | |||||||||||||
| Letters of congratulations, 1951-1952 | |||||||||||||
| (2 folders) | |||||||||||||
| Memoranda, clippings, and miscellany, 1951-1952 | |||||||||||||
| Swearing in ceremony, circa 1952 | |||||||||||||
| Authorizing legislation and orders, 1950-1968 | |||||||||||||
| Biographies, 1962-1969, undated | |||||||||||||
| Boulder, Colo., laboratory, 1954-1961, undated | |||||||||||||
| Budget | |||||||||||||
| Planning documents, 1966-1967, undated | |||||||||||||
| Statements, 1967-1969 | |||||||||||||
| Building research, 1962-1964, undated | |||||||||||||
| BOX 3 | "Century 21 Exposition," Seattle, Wash., 1958-1962 | ||||||||||||
| Conferences, 1952-1969, undated | |||||||||||||
| Condon, Edward U. | |||||||||||||
| Banquet to honor, 1951 | |||||||||||||
| Correspondence and clippings, 1952-1968 | |||||||||||||
| Congressional testimony, 1955-1969, undated | |||||||||||||
| BOX 4 | Curtis, Harvey Lincoln, 1975-1976 | ||||||||||||
| Diary, Apr.-Sept. 1954 | |||||||||||||
| Executive leadership programs, 1962-1964 | |||||||||||||
| Executive personality analysis, 1954 | |||||||||||||
| International Bureau of Weights and Measures, Sevres, France, 1958-1967, undated | |||||||||||||
| International cooperation | |||||||||||||
| General, 1956-1968, undated | |||||||||||||
| (2 folders) | |||||||||||||
| USSR, 1956-1966, undated | |||||||||||||
| BOX 5 | Administrative files, Office of the Director | ||||||||||||
| Memoranda | |||||||||||||
| Commerce Department, 1953-1968, undated | |||||||||||||
| Interoffice, 1950-1969, undated | |||||||||||||
| (2 folders) | |||||||||||||
| Mission statement and goals, 1963-1965, undated | |||||||||||||
| Oddities, 1955-1964, undated | |||||||||||||
| (2 folders) | |||||||||||||
| BOX 6 | Photographs | ||||||||||||
| Award presentations, dinners, 1951-1969, undated | |||||||||||||
| Meetings, groups, and visitors, 1953-1970, undated | |||||||||||||
| Portraits, circa 1950-1970, undated | |||||||||||||
| Miscellaneous persons and places, 1955, undated | |||||||||||||
| BOX 7 | Relocation to Gaithersburg, Md. | ||||||||||||
| Dedication week ceremonies | |||||||||||||
| Open house printed matter, 1966, undated | |||||||||||||
| Photographs, 1966, undated | |||||||||||||
| (4 folders) | |||||||||||||
| Miscellaneous, 1961-1969 | |||||||||||||
| BOX 8 | Reports, 1947-1969, undated | ||||||||||||
| Retirement, 1969, undated | |||||||||||||
| Boulder, Colo., activities | |||||||||||||
| Correspondence | |||||||||||||
| (2 folders) | |||||||||||||
| Gaithersburg, Md., activities | |||||||||||||
| (2 folders) | |||||||||||||
| Printed matter | |||||||||||||
| BOX 9 | Science policy, 1951-1967, undated | ||||||||||||
| Semicentennial, 1951 | |||||||||||||
| Studies | |||||||||||||
| Research support to universities, 1960-1967 | |||||||||||||
| Scientific institutions, 1968-1969 | |||||||||||||
| (2 folders) | |||||||||||||
| Scientific personnel | |||||||||||||
| General, 1953-1968, undated | |||||||||||||
| (2 folders) | |||||||||||||
| National Bureau of Standards, 1953-1966, undated | |||||||||||||
| BOX 10 | Telephone directories, 1950-1956 | ||||||||||||
| Awards, commendations, and honors | |||||||||||||
| Civil Service League, Career Service Award, 1960 | |||||||||||||
| Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Harry Diamond Award, 1970 | |||||||||||||
| Miscellaneous, circa 1945-1967 | |||||||||||||
| Princeton University, Princeton, N.J., Rockefeller Public Service Award, 1963 | |||||||||||||
| General correspondence | |||||||||||||
| 1949-1954 | |||||||||||||
| (2 folders) | |||||||||||||
| BOX 11 | 1955-1970, undated | ||||||||||||
| (5 folders) | |||||||||||||
| Personnel records (Astin), 1935-1960 | |||||||||||||
| BOX 12 | Publications | ||||||||||||
| About Astin, clippings and offprints, 1949-1968 | |||||||||||||
| By Astin | |||||||||||||
| Copies and offprints, 1931-1969, undated | |||||||||||||
| (4 folders) | |||||||||||||
| Drafts and related material | |||||||||||||
| 1948-1952, miscellaneous | |||||||||||||
| 1954 | |||||||||||||
| "The IEC and the National Bureau of Standards," Magazine of Standards | |||||||||||||
| "Physical Standards and Industrial Progress," for proposed book | |||||||||||||
| 1958, "Standardization of the Inch" | |||||||||||||
| 1959 | |||||||||||||
| "An Atomic Standard for Length Measurement," Engineer's News Supplement, New York Herald Tribune Co. | |||||||||||||
| Statement, Encyclopedic Dictionary of Electronics and Nuclear Engineering | |||||||||||||
| BOX 13 | 1960, "Miniaturization -- A New Science," preface for proposed book | ||||||||||||
| 1961-1966, miscellaneous | |||||||||||||
| 1967, "Measurement Accuracy at Radio Frequencies," proceedings of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers | |||||||||||||
| 1968 | |||||||||||||
| Oral history transcript, Eisenhower Administration Project, Columbia University, New York, N.Y. | |||||||||||||
| "A Time for Action in International Standardization," Materials Research and Standards | |||||||||||||
| "Voluntary Standardization and the Government: Fifty Years of Cooperation," Magazine of Standards | |||||||||||||
| 1969, "Management and the Metric System," Defense Management Journal | |||||||||||||
| 1981-1983, Commerce Department oral history project | |||||||||||||
| Undated | |||||||||||||
| About the National Bureau of Standards | |||||||||||||
| Clippings, offprints and reprints, 1951-1966, undated | |||||||||||||
| Official brochures and pamphlets | |||||||||||||
| 1925-1951 | |||||||||||||
| (2 folders) | |||||||||||||
| BOX 14 | 1952-1969 | ||||||||||||
| (2 folders) | |||||||||||||
| "Measures of Assurance: A History of the National Bureau of Standards, 1951-1976," typescript for comment, 1972-1976 | |||||||||||||
| (3 folders) | |||||||||||||
| By National Bureau of Standards staff | |||||||||||||
| Printed matter, 1921-1975 | |||||||||||||
| (2 folders) | |||||||||||||
| BOX 15 | Typescripts, 1938-1976 | ||||||||||||
| (4 folders) | |||||||||||||
| Miscellaneous, circa 1930-1968, undated | |||||||||||||
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