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NATIONAL RADIO ASTRONOMY OBSERVATORY ARCHIVES
Records of the National Radio Astronomy Observatory: Item listing
Green Bank Operations: 300 Foot Telescope Unit
| Author | G. Westerhout, G. Mader, R. Harten |
| Title | Beam Characteristics of the Resurfaced 300 Foot Telescope at 21 cm |
| Start Date | 1973 |
| | [Range 3A Box 300ft-1] |
| Title | Bearings |
| Start Date | 3/30/1961 |
| End Date | 8/31/1961 |
| Notes | 1 folder. Correspondence, price quotes. Includes preservation photocopies of water-damaged documents |
| | [Range 3A Box 300ft-1] |
| Title | Bibliography of 300' Telescope Publications |
| Start Date | 1963 |
| End Date | 1992 |
| | [Range 3A Box 300ft-1] |
| Title | Bidders on 300 foot Transit Radio Telescope |
| Start Date | 3/17/1961 |
| End Date | 3/21/1961 |
| Notes | 1 folder. Includes preservation photocopies of water-damaged documents |
| | [Range 3A Box 300ft-1] |
| Title | Bristol Steel and Ironworks, Inc. |
| Start Date | 4/20/1961 |
| End Date | 4/18/1963 |
| Notes | 1 folder. Correspondence. Includes preservation photocopies of water-damaged documents |
| | [Range 3A Box 300ft-1] |
| Title | Bristol Steel and Ironworks, Inc. Lump Sum Construction Contract |
| Start Date | 4/7/1961 |
| End Date | 4/21/1961 |
| Notes | 1 folder. Correspondence, contract. Includes preservation photocopies of water-damaged documents |
| | [Range 3A Box 300ft-1] |
| Title | 300 foot Celebration |
| Start Date | 4/4/1961 |
| End Date | 5/4/1989 |
| Notes | Event planning, memos, correspondence, press releases, notes, expenses, reports, newspaper clippings, souvenir folder |
| | [Range 3A Box 300ft-1] |
| Title | Consultants - Subcontract - E.R. Faelten Engineering Services |
| Start Date | 12/16/1960 |
| End Date | 4/12/1962 |
| Notes | 1 folder. Correspondence, subcontract RAP-9. Includes preservation photocopies of water-damaged documents. |
| | [Range 3A Box 300ft-1] |
| Title | Consultants - Subcontract - R.D. Hall |
| Start Date | 11/11/1960 |
| End Date | 5/18/1961 |
| Notes | 1 folder. Correspondence; contracts RAP-C50, RAP-C52. Includes preservation photocopies of water-damaged documents |
| | [Range 3A Box 300ft-1] |
| Title | Consultants - Subcontract - J.F. Polma |
| Start Date | 5/17/1961 |
| Notes | 1 folder. Contract NSF-C50 RAP-C54. Includes preservation photocopies of water-damaged documents. |
| | [Range 3A Box 300ft-1] |
| Title | Consultants - Subcontract - S.A. Rocci |
| Start Date | 5/17/1961 |
| Notes | 1 folder. Subcontract RAP-C55. Includes preservation photocopies of water-damaged documents. |
| | [Range 3A Box 300ft-1] |
| Title | Control Building |
| Start Date | 1962 |
| End Date | 1970 |
| Notes | 2 folders. Cost reports, meeting minutes, memos,correspondence, blueprints |
| | [Range 3A Box 300ft-1] |
| Title | Control Building Addition Blueprints |
| Start Date | 1976 |
| | [Range 3A Box 300ft-1] |
| Title | Control Building Addition Request for Proposal |
| Start Date | 1970 |
| | [Range 3A Box 300ft-1] |
| Title | Control Building Addition Specifications |
| Start Date | 1970 |
| | [Range 3A Box 300ft-2] |
| Title | Control Building Architects |
| Start Date | 1969 |
| End Date | 1970 |
| Notes | Correspondence with Stainback and Scribner Architects, blueprints, notes, contract |
| | [Range 3A Box 300ft-2] |
| Title | Control Building - Radon & Asbestos Testing |
| Start Date | 7/30/1992 |
| End Date | 2/21/1995 |
| Notes | Memo; correspondence; history of control building |
| | [Range 3A Box 300ft-2] |
| Title | Correspondence |
| Start Date | 8/1/1959 |
| End Date | 11/15/1962 |
| Notes | 2 folders; Correspondence, notes. Includes preservation photocopies of water-damaged documents |
| | [Range 3A Box 300ft-3] |
| Title | Cost Reports for 300 foot Telescope and Control Building |
| Start Date | 1961 |
| End Date | 1962 |
| | [Range 3A Box 300ft-3] |
| Title | Curves - Declination and Right Ascension |
| Start Date | 1962 |
| | [Range 3A Box 300ft-3] |
| Title | Daily Construction Report |
| Start Date | 6/1/1961 |
| End Date | 8/19/1962 |
| Notes | 3 folders. Includes preservation photocopies of water-damaged documents |
| | [Range 3A Box 300ft-3] |
| Title | Damage and Repairs to 300 foot |
| Start Date | 7/3/1963 |
| End Date | 8/3/1965 |
| Notes | 1 folder. Correspondence, memos, diagrams, charts. Includes preservation photocopies of water-damaged documents. |
| | [Range 3A Box 300ft-4] |
| Title | Design |
| Start Date | 1/22/1960 |
| End Date | 1/10/1962 |
| Notes | 1 folder. Correspondence, notes, diagrams. Includes preservation photocopies of water-damaged documents |
| | [Range 3A Box 300ft-4] |
| Title | Design and Control |
| Start Date | 7/27/1960 |
| End Date | 1/5/1962 |
| Notes | 1 folder. Correspondence, notes. Includes preservation photocopies of water-damaged documents |
| | [Range 3A Box 300ft-4] |
| Title | Electronic Equipment |
| Start Date | 2/4/1962 |
| End Date | 6/5/1963 |
| Notes | 1 folder. Correspondence, memos, notes, charts, graphs. Includes preservation photocopies of water-damaged documents |
| | [Range 3A Box 300ft-4] |
| Title | Experimental Results and Observations |
| Start Date | 9/27/1962 |
| End Date | 1/25/1963 |
| Notes | 1 folder. Correspondence, memos, charts, graphs, schedules, notes. Includes preservation photocopies of water-damaged documents |
| | [Range 3A Box 300ft-4] |
| Title | Fabrication and Erection |
| Start Date | 3/29/1961 |
| End Date | 1/24/1962 |
| Notes | 1 folder. Correspondence, notes, charts, invoices. Includes preservation photocopies of water-damaged documents |
| | [Range 3A Box 300ft-4] |
| Title | Financial Position |
| Start Date | 8/5/1959 |
| End Date | 9/30/1962 |
| Notes | 1 folder. Reports, charts, graphs, memos, correspondence. Includes preservation photocopies of water-damaged documents |
| | [Range 3A Box 300ft-4] |
| Title | Foundation for 300 foot |
| Start Date | 3/13/1961 |
| End Date | 12/27/1961 |
| Notes | 1 folder. Correspondence, notes, concrete specifications. Includes preservation photocopies of water-damaged documents |
| | [Range 3A Box 300ft-4] |
| Title | General File |
| Start Date | 1959 |
| End Date | 1973 |
| Notes | 1 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 3A Box 300ft-5] |
| Author | Bob Vance |
| Title | A Guide to Writing Observing Programs for the 300-foot Telescope in the New Command Language |
| Start Date | 8/1988 |
| | [Range 3A Box 300ft-5] |
| Author | D.J.Crampin, John W. Findlay |
| Title | The Measurement and Setting of the Reflector Surface of the 300 foot Telescope |
| Start Date | 11/21/1963 |
| Notes | Rough draft and handwritten draft. Includes preservation photocopies of water-damaged documents |
| | [Range 3A Box 300ft-5] |
| Title | Miscellaneous File |
| Start Date | 6/17/1960 |
| End Date | 6/24/1965 |
| Notes | 1 folder. Correspondence, memos, diagrams, graphs, charts, bidding information, list of materials for 300 foot. Includes preservation photocopies of water-damaged documents |
| | [Range 3A Box 300ft-5] |
| Title | Modifications |
| Start Date | 1964 |
| End Date | 1970 |
| Notes | 1 folder. Correspondence, Rohr Corporation construction contract, Rohr Corporation 1966 Annual Report, blueprints |
| | [Range 3A Box 300ft-5] |
| Title | NS Line for 300 foot Telescope |
| Start Date | 5/15/1961 |
| End Date | 2/13/1962 |
| Notes | 1 folder. Notes, charts. Includes preservation photocopies of water-damaged documents |
| | [Range 3A Box 300ft-5] |
| Title | Observing Schedules |
| Start Date | 1962 |
| End Date | 1967 |
| Notes | 1 folder. Memos and observing schedules |
| | [Range 3A Box 300ft-5] |
| Title | Performance Specifications for Feed Support Systems to be Used with 300 foot Diameter Spherical Reflector for Radio Astronomy |
| Start Date | 9/2/1960 |
| End Date | 2/8/1961 |
| Notes | 1 folder. Brochures, correspondence |
| | [Range 3A Box 300ft-5] |
| Author | Instrument Corporation of Florida |
| Title | Photogrammetric Calibration of the 300 foot NRAO Radio Telescope (Axis at Zenith Distance of 51°23'40) |
| Start Date | 3/7/1963 |
| Notes | Photogrammetric Structural Calibration Report no. 2. Includes preservation photocopies of water-damaged documents. |
| | [Range 3A Box 300ft-5] |
| Author | D. Brown Associates |
| Title | Photogrammetric Calibration of the 300 foot NRAO Radio Telescope (Axis at Zenith Distance of 30°) |
| Start Date | 3/13/1963 |
| Notes | Photogrammetric Structural Calibration Report no. 3. Includes preservation photocopies of water-damaged documents. |
| | [Range 3A Box 300ft-5] |
| Author | D. Brown Associates |
| Title | Photogrammetric Calibration of the 300 foot NRAO Radio Telescope (Axis at Zenith Distance of 0°) |
| Start Date | 3/18/1963 |
| Notes | Photogrammetric Structural Calibration Report no. 4. Includes preservation photocopies of water-damaged documents. |
| | [Range 3A Box 300ft-5] |
| Title | Present Position of Erection of the 300-foot Transit Radio Telescope at the National Radio Astronomy Observatory |
| Start Date | 1962 |
| Notes | Press release; also includes Technical Description |
| | [Range 3A Box 300ft-5] |
| Title | Publicity |
| Start Date | 5/8/1961 |
| End Date | 1/22/1964 |
| Notes | 1 folder. Correspondence, newspaper clippings, press releases. Includes preservation photocopies of water-damaged documents |
| | [Range 3A Box 300ft-5] |
| Title | Quarterly or Monthly Summary Sheets |
| Start Date | 1963 |
| End Date | 1965 |
| Notes | 1 folder |
| | [Range 3A Box 300ft-6] |
| Title | Radiation Systems, Inc. |
| Start Date | 1969 |
| End Date | 1971 |
| Notes | 1 folder. Correspondence; notes; contract |
| | [Range 3A Box 300ft-6] |
| Title | Reflector Surface |
| Start Date | 4/21/1961 |
| End Date | 3/18/1963 |
| Notes | 1 folder. Correspondence, memos, notes. Includes preservation photocopies of water-damaged documents |
| | [Range 3A Box 300ft-6] |
| Title | Resurfacing |
| Start Date | 1969 |
| End Date | 1971 |
| Notes | 1 folder. Correspondence, contract with Radiation Systems, Inc. |
| | [Range 3A Box 300ft-6] |
| Title | Resurfacing Photographs |
| Start Date | 1966 |
| End Date | 1970 |
| Notes | 25 black and white 8x10 photos |
| | [Range 3A Box 300ft-6] |
| Title | Safety Regulations |
| Start Date | 1962 |
| End Date | 1963 |
| | [Range 3A Box 300ft-6] |
| Title | Shift log book |
| Start Date | 9/21/1962 |
| End Date | 1/9/1963 |
| | [Range 3A Box 300ft-6] |
| Author | Edgar E. Faelten |
| Title | Specifications for Fabrication |
| Start Date | 2/24/1961 |
| Notes | Includes preservation photocopies of water-damaged pages |
| | [Range 3A Box 300ft-6] |
| Title | Specifications for Feed (very preliminary material) |
| Start Date | 11/19/1959 |
| End Date | 12/16/1959 |
| Notes | 1 folder. Includes preservation photocopies of water-damaged documents |
| | [Range 3A Box 300ft-6] |
| Author | Stanford Research Institute |
| Title | Stanford Research Institute 300 foot Antenna Feasibility Study |
| Start Date | 1960 |
| | [Range 3A Box 300ft-6] |
| Title | Strip of Sky Survey |
| Start Date | 1/11/1963 |
| Notes | 1 folder. Correspondence, notes, charts, graphs. Includes preservation photocopies of water-damaged documents |
| | [Range 3A Box 300ft-7] |
| Title | Summary material on 300 foot |
| Start Date | 9/13/1962 |
| End Date | 11/17/1988 |
| Notes | 1 folder. This material was gathered after the collapse and includes Findlay's 1962 reports; 300' Statistical Summary; newspaper clipping; photos |
| | [Range 3A Box 300ft-7] |
| Title | Surface Measurements |
| Start Date | 1962 |
| End Date | 1963 |
| | [Range 3A Box 300ft-7] |
| Title | Surface Measuring for 300 foot Telescope |
| Start Date | 11/20/1961 |
| End Date | 6/28/1962 |
| Notes | 1 folder. Reports, charts, graphs, correspondence. Includes preservation photocopies of water-damaged documents |
| | [Range 3A Box 300ft-7] |
| Title | Telescope Improvements - Rohr Corporation |
| Start Date | 1965 |
| End Date | 1966 |
| Notes | 1 folder. Correspondence |
| | [Range 3A Box 300ft-7] |
| Title | Telescope Model |
| Start Date | 1963 |
| | [Range 3A Box 300ft-7] |
| Title | Telescope Number 2 |
| Start Date | 1963 |
| End Date | 1964 |
| | [Range 3A Box 300ft-7] |
| Title | Telescope Operations Schedule |
| Start Date | 1962 |
| End Date | 1964 |
| | [Range 3A Box 300ft-7] |
| Title | Transmission Through Mesh Surfaces |
| Start Date | 11/9/1961 |
| End Date | 11/21/1963 |
| Notes | 1 folder. Correspondence, notes, graphs, charts. Includes preservation photocopies of water-damaged documents |
| | [Range 3A Box 300ft-7] |
| Title | Wind Loads |
| Notes | 1 folder. Undated diagrams, charts, notes. Includes preservation photocopies of water-damaged documents |
| | [Range 3A Box 300ft-7] |
| ItemType | DVD |
| Title | Building the 300 foot telescope |
| Start Date | 1987 |
| Notes | 8 minute DVD about the construction of the 300 foot, prepared in 1987 and narrated by John W. Findlay. 2 copies: master copy and loan copy. |
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