[NRAO logo]
NRAO logo  


[NRAO dedication, 1957]
NRAO dedication, 1957. NRAO/AUI image


[Dedication of the 85 foot Tatel telescope]
85 foot Tatel Telescope dedication, 1958. NRAO/AUI image


[85 foot Tatel telescope]
85 foot Tatel Telescope. NRAO/AUI image


[Struve at groundbreaking for 300 foot telescope]
Struve at 300 foot ground breaking, 1961. NRAO/AUI image


[300 foot telescope]
300 foot telescope. NRAO/AUI image


[140 Foot telescope ground breaking]
140 foot telescope ground breaking, 1958. NRAO/AUI image


[NRAO 140 Foot telescope]
NRAO 140 Foot telescope. NRAO/AUI image


[Green Bank Interferometer]
Green Bank Interferometer. NRAO/AUI image


[VLA dedication]
VLA dedication, 1980. NRAO/AUI image


[VLA]
VLA. NRAO/AUI image


[AIPS logo]
AIPS logo. NRAO/AUI image


[VLBA Pie Town antenna]
VLBA Pie Town antenna. NRAO/AUI image


[300 foot telescope after 1988 collapse]
300 foot after collapse, 1988. NRAO/AUI image


[GBT ground breaking]
GBT ground breaking, 1991. NRAO/AUI image


[Green Bank Telescope]
Green Bank Telescope. NRAO/AUI image


[Christening block at ALMA Camp ground breaking]
Alma Camp ground breaking. NRAO/AUI image


[ALMA]
ALMA. NRAO/AUI image


[4 NRAO Directors]
Lo, Vanden Bout, Roberts, Heeschen - 4 NRAO Directors at 50th anniversary. NRAO/AUI image


NATIONAL RADIO ASTRONOMY OBSERVATORY ARCHIVES

Records of the National Radio Astronomy Observatory: Item listing

Green Bank Operations: 300 Foot Telescope Unit

AuthorG. Westerhout, G. Mader, R. Harten
TitleBeam Characteristics of the Resurfaced 300 Foot Telescope at 21 cm
Start Date1973
 [Range 8A Box 300ft-1]
TitleBearings
Start Date3/30/1961
End Date8/31/1961
Notes1 folder. Correspondence, price quotes. Includes preservation photocopies of water-damaged documents
 [Range 8A Box 300ft-1]
TitleBidders on 300 foot Transit Radio Telescope
Start Date3/17/1961
End Date3/21/1961
Notes1 folder. Includes preservation photocopies of water-damaged documents.
 [Range 8A Box 300ft-1]
TitleBristol Steel and Ironworks, Inc.
Start Date4/20/1961
End Date4/18/1963
Notes1 folder. Correspondence. Includes preservation photocopies of water-damaged documents.
 [Range 8A Box 300ft-1]
TitleBristol Steel and Ironworks, Inc. Lump Sum Construction Contract
Start Date4/7/1961
End Date4/21/1961
Notes1 folder. Correspondence, contract. Includes preservation photocopies of water-damaged documents.
 [Range 8A Box 300ft-1]
TitleConsultants - Subcontract - E.R Faelten Engineering Services
Start Date12/16/1960
End Date4/12/1962
Notes1 folder. Correspondence; subcontract RAP-9. Includes preservation photocopies of water-damaged documents.
 [Range 8A Box 300ft-1]
TitleConsultants - Subcontract - R.D. Hall
Start Date11/11/1960
End Date5/18/1961
Notes1 folder. Correspondence, contracts; RAP-C50; RAP-C52. Includes preservation photocopies of water-damaged documents.
 [Range 8A Box 300ft-1]
TitleConsultants - Subcontract - J.F. Polma
Start Date5/17/1961
Notes1 folder. Contract NSF-C50 RAP-C54. Includes preservation photocopies of water-damaged documents.
 [Range 8A Box 300ft-1]
TitleConsultants - Subcontract - S.A. Rocci
Start Date5/17/1961
Notes1 folder. Subcontract RAP-C55. Includes preservation photocopies of water-damaged documents.
 [Range 8A Box 300ft-1]
TitleControl Building
Start Date1962
End Date1969
Notes1 folder. Cost reports; meeting minutes
 [Range 8A Box 300ft-1]
TitleControl Building Addition Blueprints
Start Date1976
 [Range 8A Box 300ft-1]
TitleControl Building Addition Request for Proposal
Start Date1970
 [Range 8A Box 300ft-1]
TitleControl Building Addition Specifications
Start Date1970
 [Range 8A Box 300ft-1]
TitleControl Building Architects
Start Date1969
End Date1970
NotesCorrespondence with Stainback and Scribner Architects; blueprints; notes; contract
 [Range 8A Box 300ft-1]
TitleCorrespondence
Start Date8/1/1959
End Date11/15/1962
Notes2 folders; Correspondence, notes. Includes preservation photocopies of water-damaged documents.
 [Range 2B Box 300ft-2]
TitleCost Reports for 300 foot Telescope and Control Building
Start Date1961
End Date1962
 [Range 2B Box 300ft-2]
TitleCurves - Declination and Right Ascension
Start Date1962
 [Range 2B Box 300ft-2]
TitleDaily Construction Report
Start Date6/1/1961
End Date8/19/1962
Notes3 folders. Includes preservation photocopies of water-damaged documents.
 [Range 2B Box 300ft-2]
TitleDamage and Repairs to 300 foot
Start Date7/3/1963
End Date8/3/1965
Notes1 folder. Correspondence, memos, diagrams, charts. Includes preservation photocopies of water-damaged documents.
 [Range 2B Box 300ft-3]
TitleDesign
Start Date1/22/1960
End Date1/10/1962
Notes1 folder. Correspondence, notes, diagrams. Includes preservation photocopies of water-damaged documents.
 [Range 2B Box 300ft-3]
TitleDesign and Control
Start Date7/27/1960
End Date1/5/1962
Notes1 folder. Correspondence, notes. Includes preservation photocopies of water-damaged documents.
 [Range 2B Box 300ft-3]
TitleElectronic Equipment
Start Date2/4/1962
End Date6/5/1963
Notes1 folder. Correspondence, memos, notes, charts, graphs. Includes preservation photocopies of water-damaged documents.
 [Range 2B Box 300ft-3]
TitleExperimental Results and Observations
Start Date9/27/1962
End Date1/25/1963
Notes1 folder. Correspondence, memos, charts, graphs, schedules, notes. Includes preservation photocopies of water-damaged documents.
 [Range 2B Box 300ft-3]
TitleFabrication and Erection
Start Date3/29/1961
End Date1/24/1962
Notes1 folder. Correspondence, notes, charts, invoices. Includes preservation photocopies of water-damaged documents.
 [Range 2B Box 300ft-3]
TitleFinancial Position
Start Date8/5/1959
End Date9/30/1962
Notes1 folder. Reports, charts, graphs, memos, correspondence. Includes preservation photocopies of water-damaged documents.
 [Range 2B Box 300ft-3]
TitleFoundation for 300 foot
Start Date3/13/1961
End Date12/27/1961
Notes1 folder. Correspondence, notes, concrete specifications. Includes preservation photocopies of water-damaged documents.
 [Range 2B Box 300ft-3]
TitleGeneral File
Start Date1959
End Date1973
Notes1 folder. Correspondence, memos, notes, diagrams, graphs, telegrams, cost estimates, photo. Also "A Method for Accurately Compensating for the Effects of the Error Beam of the NRAO 300-ft Radio Telescope at 21-cm Wavelength" by Westerhout, Wendlandt & Harten AJ v.78:no.1 (1973) and "Beam Characteristics of the 300-ft Telescope" by Harten AJ v.78:no.7 (1973)
 [Range 2B Box 300ft-4]
AuthorD.J.Crampin, John W. Findlay
TitleThe Measurement and Setting of the Reflector Surface of the 300 foot Telescope
Start Date11/21/1963
NotesRough draft and handwritten draft. Includes preservation photocopies of water-damaged documents.
 [Range 2B Box 300ft-4]
TitleMiscellaneous File
Start Date6/17/1960
End Date6/24/1965
Notes1 folder. Correspondence, memos, diagrams, graphs, charts, bidding information, list of materials for 300 foot. Includes preservation photocopies of water-damaged documents.
 [Range 2B Box 300ft-4]
TitleModifications
Start Date1964
End Date1970
Notes1 folder. Correspondence; Rohr Corporation construction contract; Rohr Corporation 1966 Annual Report; blueprints
 [Range 2B Box 300ft-4]
TitleNS Line for 300 foot Telescope
Start Date5/15/1961
End Date2/13/1962
Notes1 folder. Notes, charts. Includes preservation photocopies of water-damaged documents.
 [Range 2B Box 300ft-4]
TitleObserving Schedules
Start Date1962
End Date1967
Notes1 folder. Memos and observing schedules
 [Range 2B Box 300ft-4]
TitlePerformance Specifications for Feed Support Systems to be Used with 300 foot Diameter Spherical Reflector for Radio Astronomy
Start Date9/2/1960
End Date2/8/1961
Notes1 folder. Brochures, correspondence
 [Range 2B Box 300ft-4]
AuthorInstrument Corporation of Florida
TitlePhotogrammetric Calibration of the 300 foot NRAO Radio Telescope (Axis at Zenith Distance of 51°23'40")
Start Date3/7/1963
NotesPhotogrammetric Structural Calibration Report no. 2. Includes preservation photocopies of water-damaged documents.
 [Range 2B Box 300ft-4]
AuthorD. Brown Associates
TitlePhotogrammetric Calibration of the 300 foot NRAO Radio Telescope (Axis at Zenith Distance of 30°)
Start Date3/13/1963
NotesPhotogrammetric Structural Calibration Report no. 3. Includes preservation photocopies of water-damaged documents.
 [Range 2B Box 300ft-4]
AuthorD. Brown Associates
TitlePhotogrammetric Calibration of the 300 foot NRAO Radio Telescope (Axis at Zenith Distance of 0°)
Start Date3/18/1963
NotesPhotogrammetric Structural Calibration Report no. 4. Includes preservation photocopies of water-damaged documents.
 [Range 2B Box 300ft-4]
TitlePresent Position of Erection of the 300-foot Transit Radio Telescope at the National Radio Astronomy Observatory
Start Date1962
Notes Press release; also includes Technical Description
 [Range 2B Box 300ft-4]
TitlePublicity
Start Date5/8/1961
End Date1/22/1964
Notes1 folder. Correspondence, newspaper clippings, press releases. Includes preservation photocopies of water-damaged documents.
 [Range 2B Box 300ft-4]
TitleQuarterly or Monthly Summary Sheets
Start Date1963
End Date1965
Notes1 folder.
 [Range 2B Box 300ft-5]
TitleRadiation Systems, Inc.
Start Date1969
End Date1971
Notes1 folder. Correspondence; notes; contract
 [Range 2B Box 300ft-5]
TitleReflector Surface
Start Date4/21/1961
End Date3/18/1963
Notes1 folder. Correspondence, memos, notes. Includes preservation photocopies of water-damaged documents.
 [Range 2B Box 300ft-5]
TitleResurfacing
Start Date1969
End Date1971
Notes1 folder. Correspondence; contract with Radiation Systems, Inc.
 [Range 2B Box 300ft-5]
TitleResurfacing Photographs
Start Date1966
End Date1970
 [Range 2B Box 300ft-5]
TitleSafety Regulations
Start Date1962
End Date1963
 [Range 2B Box 300ft-5]
AuthorEdgar E. Faelten
TitleSpecifications for Fabrication
Start Date2/24/1961
NotesIncludes preservation photocopies of water-damaged pages.
 [Range 2B Box 300ft-5]
TitleSpecifications for Feed (very preliminary material)
Start Date11/19/1959
End Date12/16/1959
Notes1 folder. Includes preservation photocopies of water-damaged documents.
 [Range 2B Box 300ft-5]
AuthorStanford Research Institute
TitleStanford Research Institute 300 foot Antenna Feasibility Study
Start Date1960
 [Range 2B Box 300ft-5]
TitleStrip of Sky Survey
Start Date1/11/1963
Notes1 folder. Correspondence, notes, charts, graphs. Includes preservation photocopies of water-damaged documents.
 [Range 2B Box 300ft-6]
TitleSurface Measurements
Start Date1962
End Date1963
 [Range 2B Box 300ft-6]
TitleSurface Measuring for 300 foot Telescope
Start Date11/20/1961
End Date6/28/1962
Notes1 folder. Reports, charts, graphs, correspondence. Includes preservation photocopies of water-damaged documents.
 [Range 2B Box 300ft-6]
TitleTelescope Improvements - Rohr Corporation
Start Date1965
End Date1966
Notes1 folder. Correspondence
 [Range 2B Box 300ft-6]
TitleTelescope Model
Start Date1963
 [Range 2B Box 300ft-6]
TitleTelescope Number 2
Start Date1963
End Date1964
 [Range 2B Box 300ft-6]
TitleTelescope Operations Schedule
Start Date1962
End Date1964
 [Range 2B Box 300ft-6]
TitleTransmission Through Mesh Surfaces
Start Date11/9/1961
End Date11/21/1963
Notes1 folder. Correspondence, notes, graphs, charts. Includes preservation photocopies of water-damaged documents.
 [Range 2B Box 300ft-6]
TitleWind Loads
Notes1 folder. Undated diagrams, charts, notes. Includes preservation photocopies of water-damaged documents.
 [Range 2B Box 300ft-6]
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