Aeronautical engineers

Abstract Arriving on December 30th 2003, the collection documents most aspects of MacCready's career and many features of his individual character. Constituted within the papers is a diverse array of documents, media, objects, manuscripts and printed material; awards; videos and film; photographs and slides, diaries and notebooks; memorabilia, biographical material and ephemera. While the collection spans over seventy years (ca. 1930-2002), the bulk of material dates from the mid 1960s to the mid '90s....

Abstract Frank Earl Marble (1918-2014) earned his PhD from Caltech in 1948, and remained as GALCIT faculty and active in his research at Caltech for over fifty years. The Frank E. Marble papers illustrate Marble's contributions to the field of aeronautics and mechanical engineering, and consist of correspondence, research notes, notebooks, and writings.

Content Description Clark Blanchard Millikan (1903-1966) Aeronautical engineer; Professor of Aeronautics, CIT 1929-1966; Director, Guggenheim Aeronautical Laboratories California Institute of Technology (GALCIT), 1949-66. Pioneer in aeronautics, he was active in GALCIT, director of Southern California Cooperative Wind Tunnel, and on the board of JPL. Pioneer in development of multi-engine high altitude airplanes, jet propulsion, guided missles. The papers include personal and professional correspondence,...