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Atlas (missile) -- history

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 11 Collections and/or Records:

Convair/General Dynamic Atlas Image Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SDASM-SC-20048
Abstract

This collection documents the history of the Atlas Missile program at Convair/General Dynamics.

Dates: 1945 - 2015

Frank T. Courtney Personal Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SDASM-SC-10031
Abstract

Frank Courtney started his aviation career in 1913, flying in World War I, World War II, and serving in commercial and military aviation for decades. His collection contains IDs, passports, and journals from 1922-1971.

Dates: 1914 - 1977

The Descriptive Finding Guide for John Ferguson Personal Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SDASM-SC-10275
Abstract

John Calvin Ferguson was a model builder in the 1960s at Ryan Aeronautics, Convair Division of General Dynamics Corporation and a plastic fabricator and machinist at Cubic Corporation.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1940 - 2000

General Dynamics Astronautics Special Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SDASM-SC-10052
Abstract

The paraphernalia of this collection comes from Stan Hodges, Art Director at Convair in the mid-1950s and 1960s. He designed many of the posters that were placed in the plant, as well as the General Dynamics sign.

Dates: 1954 - 1995

General Dynamics Newsletter Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SDASM-SC -10184
Abstract

This is a one series collection of General Dynamics newsletters (General Dynamics News [GDN] and General Dynamics World [GDW]), which are organized by date, then by edition.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1961 - 1993

Robert E. Gross Photo Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SDASM-SC-20084
Dates: Majority of material found within 1950 - 2025

Mark Irwin Personal Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SDASM-SC-10077
Abstract

Mark Irwin worked for Convair as the Chief of the Film and Video Group from 1944 to 1977, during one of the most innovative and productive time periods of the company’s existence. His work covers Convair’s premier programs such as the Seadart, the R3Y Tradewind, the Atlas ballistic missile, the POGO and the Tomahawk cruise missile.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1944 - 1977

Byron Gordon MacNabb Personal Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SDASM-SC-10282
Abstract Byron Gordon MacNabb served in the Navy from 1943 to 1948 as an ordnance officer, including early work in barrage anti-aircraft rockets tested to defend the carrier USS Midway from kamikaze attacks. He worked for Sandia in New Mexico, and then Pullman, directing pioneering research in production and storage of cryogenic liquid hydrogen for the nuclear weapons program. He was hired by Convair in 1953, becoming Operations Manager for the Atlas development flight test program at Cape Canaveral...
Dates: Majority of material found within 1950 - 1980

Ernest Allen Millar Personal Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SDASM-SC-10277
Abstract

The collection contains materials collected by and related to Ernest Allen Millar during his career working on the Atlas Rocket program. The collections contains certificates and documents, but is mostly photographs.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1955 - 2000

Roy Standefer Personal Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SDASM-SC-10180
Abstract

Roy Standefer worked on the Lunar Module for the Apollo Program.

Dates: 1941 - 1978