HUBERT H. HUMPHREY:
An Inventory of His Vice Presidential Outer Space Files at the Minnesota Historical Society
Manuscripts Collection
OVERVIEW
| Creator: | Humphrey, Hubert H. (Hubert Horatio), 1911-1978, creator. | |
| Title: | Vice Presidential outer space [OSP] files. | |
| Dates: | 1963-1968. | |
| Language: | Materials in English. | |
| Quantity: | 3.0 cubic feet (3 boxes). | |
| Location: | See Detailed Description for shelf locations. |
SCOPE AND CONTENTS
Background data, reports, briefing papers, correspondence, memoranda, and related materials pertaining to plans, programs, research, exploration, and development of non-military air and outer space, particularly to the work of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and the National Aeronautics and Space Council (NASC). Humphrey chaired the NASC, the functions of which were to advise and assist the President regarding space and aerospace policies, plans, and programs. Much of the material in the files came from or through Edward C. Welsh, NASC executive secretary, and Donald W. Paffel, aerospace/military assistant to the Vice President.
The general files include weekly NASC memorandums to the President on space activities in general; biweekly highlights of NASA activities; other memoranda summarizing current space and space science activities; various staff or external reports or comments on specific programs or research work; reports on foreign (particularly Soviet) space programs; science highlights for visits with foreign officials; memoranda summarizing current activities; briefing materials and other data on NASA's budget; and Humphrey's correspondence with government officials, space industry personnel, and the public on the space program, space flights, and research projects.
There is correspondence regarding Humphrey's visits to aerospace facilities; reports on public and press reaction to the space program; information on public relations activities by astronauts; a few drafts or notes for speeches; and (especially in 1965) correspondence regarding participation of minorities in the astronaut training program, including allegations of racial discrimination
Topical subject files contain similar materials, with additional information particularly on manned space flight programs, the 1967 launch pad fire that killed three astronauts, aeronautical and general scientific research, aeronautical and space vehicles, and communications satellites.
ARRANGEMENT
ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
Availability:
The collection is open for research use.
Preferred Citation:
[Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. Hubert H. Humphrey Papers. Vice Presidential Outer Space Files. Minnesota Historical Society.
See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional examples.
Accession Information:
Accession number: Many, see separate Humphrey, Hubert H. accession file.
Processing Information:
Catalog ID number: 99006951607010429
DETAILED DESCRIPTION
Note to Researchers: To request materials, please note both the location and box number shown below.
| Box | |||||||||||
| 150.F.9.10F | 1 | General Files, September 1964-August 1967. | |||||||||
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| 150.F.10.1B | 2 | General Files, September 1967-December 1968. | |||||||||
| Subject Files: | |||||||||||
| Apollo Program, 1966-1967. 2 folders. | |||||||||||
| Particularly the 1967 launch pad fire that killed three astronauts. | |||||||||||
| Communications Satellite System (Comsat), 1965-1967. 2 folders. | |||||||||||
| Concerns scientific, weather, and communications satellites, and exchange of their data with other countries. | |||||||||||
| Congressional Hearing, 1966. | |||||||||||
| Gemini Program, 1965-January 1967. 3 folders. | |||||||||||
| Includes photographs taken from space capsules. | |||||||||||
| General Features Corp., 1966. 2 folders. | |||||||||||
| Wonders of the Universe news releases and photographs on space science and space exploration. | |||||||||||
| Lunar Survey Probes, 1966-1967. | |||||||||||
| Manned Orbiting Lab, 1965-1967. | |||||||||||
| Minnesota Space Projects, 1965. | |||||||||||
| Presentation by Northeast Minnesota Development Association promoting the Duluth Area as a site for a new National Accelerator Laboratory; proposal by Department of Business Development for a motion picture on Minnesota in the space age. | |||||||||||
| Miscellaneous Printed Materials, 1964-1967. 2 folders. | |||||||||||
| NASA: A Chronology, 1966. 2 folders. | |||||||||||
| Several compiled chronologies on science, technology, and policy, issued by NASA. | |||||||||||
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| 150.F.10.2F | 3 | NASA News Releases, 1965-1966. 3 folders. | |||||||||
| Includes press kits. | |||||||||||
| Newspaper Clippings and Magazine Articles, 1964-1966. | |||||||||||
| Paris Air Show, 1965-1967. | |||||||||||
| American participation; American pavilion. | |||||||||||
| Personal Appearances, 1966-1967. | |||||||||||
| By Humphrey; correspondence or arrangements. | |||||||||||
| Speeches, 1963, 1966-1967. | |||||||||||
| By Humphrey and others, on space and aerospace matters. | |||||||||||
| Supersonic Transport, 1966-1967. 2 folders. | |||||||||||
| Background data and related memoranda. | |||||||||||
| Surveyor Program, 1966. | |||||||||||
| Titan III Program, 1965-1966. | |||||||||||
| Coded Files: | |||||||||||
| OSP 1 Aeronautical and Space Research, 1965-1968. 3 folders. | |||||||||||
| Correspondence with government officials and the public, and some background materials, on scientific and technical research in general and aeronautical research in particular. | |||||||||||
| OSP 2 Aeronautical and Space Vehicles, 1967-1968. 5 folders. | |||||||||||
| Primarily assorted correspondence; some background publications and issuances. | |||||||||||
| OSP 3 Landing Sites, 1967. | |||||||||||
| A few items of correspondence regarding a Korean earth station for satellite communications. | |||||||||||
| OSP 4 Space Flights, 1967-1968. | |||||||||||
| Miscellaneous correspondence. | |||||||||||
| OSP 4-1 Astronauts, 1967. | |||||||||||
| OSP 5 Space Reservation, 1967-1968. | |||||||||||
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