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NRAO dedication, 1957. NRAO/AUI image

85 foot Tatel Telescope dedication, 1958. NRAO/AUI image

85 foot Tatel Telescope. NRAO/AUI image

Struve at 300 foot ground breaking, 1961. NRAO/AUI image

300 foot telescope. NRAO/AUI image

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

NRAO 140 Foot telescope. NRAO/AUI image

Green Bank Interferometer. NRAO/AUI image

VLA dedication, 1980. NRAO/AUI image

VLA. NRAO/AUI image

AIPS logo. NRAO/AUI image

VLBA Pie Town antenna. NRAO/AUI image

300 foot after collapse, 1988. NRAO/AUI image

GBT ground breaking, 1991. NRAO/AUI image

Green Bank Telescope. NRAO/AUI image

Alma Camp ground breaking. NRAO/AUI image

ALMA. NRAO/AUI image

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
Founding and Organization, Correspondence Unit

ItemType	Correspondence
Author	Bart J. Bok
Recipient	David S. Heeschen
Date of corresp	12/28/1955
Subject	January 1956 trip to Green Bank
Format	original
	[Range 2B]

ItemType	Correspondence
Author	Richard M. Emberson
Recipient	Bart J. Bok, David S. Heeschen, J.J. McFadden
Date of corresp	12/28/1955
Subject	Plans for Green Bank inspection trip, January 1956
Format	carbon copy
	[Range 2B]

ItemType	Correspondence
Author	Bart J. Bok
Recipient	Richard M. Emberson
Date of corresp	1/3/1956
Subject	January 1956 trip to Green Bank
Format	carbon copy
	[Range 2B]

ItemType	Correspondence
Author	Richard M. Emberson
Recipient	Otto Heckmann
Date of corresp	1/3/1956
Subject	Drive and control system for Hamburg Observatory Schmidt telescope
Format	carbon copy
	[Range 2B]

ItemType	Correspondence
Author	Richard M. Emberson
Recipient	David S. Heeschen
Date of corresp	1/4/1956
Subject	Visit to AUI offices in New York
Format	original
	[Range 2B]

ItemType	Correspondence
Author	Charles F. Dunbar
Recipient	David S. Heeschen
Date of corresp	1/5/1956
Subject	Agreement betwen Heeschen and AUI for services rendered in connection with Radio Astronomy Project
Format	original
	[Range 2B]

Author	Richard M. Emberson
Title	Inspection of Green Bank, West Virginia, Site on January 11-12, 1956
Start Date	1/16/1956
Notes	Memo to file
	[Range 2B]

ItemType	Correspondence
Author	Merle A. Tuve
Recipient	Richard M. Emberson
Date of corresp	3/14/1956
Subject	Altazimuth vs equatorial telescope mounts
Format	mimeograph
Notes	"Appendix A-11-1, Minutes AUI Radio Astronomy Committee Meeting, March 26-27, 1956"
	[Range 2B]

ItemType	Correspondence
Author	Richard M. Emberson
Recipient	Merle A. Tuve
Date of corresp	3/20/1956
Subject	March 1956 Committee meeting, telescope mounts
Format	mimeograph
	[Range 2B]

ItemType	Correspondence
Author	Richard M. Emberson
Recipient	Franklin C. Sheppard
Date of corresp	4/16/1956
Subject	Cost estimates for Radio Astronomy Facility
Format	mimeograph
	[Range 2B]

ItemType	Correspondence
Author	Richard M. Emberson
Recipient	Raymond J. Seeger
Date of corresp	4/24/1956
Subject	Statement on establishment and operation of a national radio astronomy facility
Format	mimeograph
Notes	Cover letter plus 7 page feasibility statement
	[Range 2B]

ItemType	Correspondence
Author	Richard M. Emberson
Recipient	R.L. Lowry
Date of corresp	5/3/1956
Subject	Goodyear's GEDA equipment for use in telescope control
Format	carbon copy
	[Range 2B]

ItemType	Correspondence
Author	Merle A. Tuve
Recipient	NSF Advisory Panel on Radio Astronomy
Date of corresp	7/25/1956
Subject	Minutes of the 22-23 July 1956 meetings
Format	mimeograph
	[Range 2B]

Author	Charles F. Dunbar
Recipient	Lloyd V. Berkner
Date of corresp	5/14/1956
Subject	Record of AUI-NSF meeting on 5/7/1956
	[Range 2B]

Author	Richard M. Emberson
Recipient	Mott Core Drilling Company
Date of corresp	5/21/1956
	[Range 2B]

ItemType	Correspondence
Author	Bart J. Bok
Recipient	David S. Heeschen
Date of corresp	6/8/1956
Subject	Test procedures for mechanical telescope mount, design review meeting on 13 June, updating chapter of report to NSF, new NSF grant to AUI
Format	carbon copy
	[Range 2B]

ItemType	Correspondence
Author	Bart J. Bok
Recipient	Merle A. Tuve
Date of corresp	6/20/1956
Subject	Comments on Tuve's 14 June circular letter to NSF Panel on Radio Astronomy: potential AUI management of NRAO, telescope design, interaction between optical and radio astronomers
Format	carbon copy
Notes	No copy of Tuve's 14 June letter in file
	[Range 2B]

ItemType	Correspondence
Author	Bart J. Bok
Recipient	Richard M. Emberson
Date of corresp	6/21/1956
Subject	Sending blind cc of his 20 June letter to Tuve; 11 July meeting of Radio Astronomy Panel; telescope controls
Format	carbon copy
	[Range 2B]

ItemType	Correspondence
Author	Bart J. Bok
Recipient	Merle A. Tuve
Date of corresp	6/22/1956
Subject	Tuve's concerns about potential AUI management of NRAO
Format	preservation photocopy of thermofax original
	[Range 2B]

ItemType	Correspondence
Author	Bart J. Bok
Recipient	Richard M. Emberson
Date of corresp	6/25/1956
Subject	Cover memo for letter from Donald Kennedy on feasibility of 140ft equatorial mount
Format	carbon copy
Notes	No copy of Kennedy letter in file
	[Range 2B]

ItemType	Correspondence
Author	John P. Hagen
Recipient	Merle A. Tuve
Date of corresp	6/25/1956
Subject	Response to Tuve's recent letters: potential AUI management of NRAO
Format	preservation photocopy of thermofax original
	[Range 2B]

ItemType	Correspondence
Author	R.L. Lowry
Recipient	Richard M. Emberson
Date of corresp	6/25/1956
Subject	GEDA equipment not accurate enough to meet requirements
Format	carbon copy
	[Range 2B]

ItemType	Correspondence
Author	Edward M. Purcell
Recipient	Merle A. Tuve
Date of corresp	6/27/1956
Subject	Response to Tuve's recent letters: potential AUI management of NRAO, telescope design, use of NRAO telescopes for classified research
Format	preservation photocopy of thermofax original
	[Range 2B]

ItemType	Correspondence
Author	Merle A. Tuve
Recipient	Bart J. Bok
Date of corresp	6/29/1956
Subject	Response to Bok's 20 June 1956 letter: technical shortcomings of AUI report to NSF, relationship betweeen radio and optical astronomers, joint radio-optical facility, telescope design, management of and personnel for radio astronomy facility
Format	preservation photocopy of thermofax original
	[Range 2B]

Author	Charles F. Dunbar
Recipient	Lloyd V. Berkner
Date of corresp	7/2/1956
Subject	Radio astronomy meeting on 7/11/1956
	[Range 2B]

ItemType	Correspondence
Author	Bart J. Bok
Recipient	Merle A. Tuve
Date of corresp	7/3/1956
Subject	Response to Tuve's 29 June 1956 letter: purchase of land in Green Bank, management of and personnel for radio astronomy facility, telescope design, relationship between radio and optical astronomers, joint radio-optical facility, need for radio astronomy facility
Format	mimeograph
	[Range 2B]

Author	Richard M. Emberson
Recipient	L.E. Beckley
Date of corresp	7/3/1956
Subject	Visit to MIT
	[Range 2B]

ItemType	Correspondence
Author	Bart J. Bok
Recipient	Merle A. Tuve
Date of corresp	7/5/1956
Subject	Budget for radio astronomy project at Harvard's Agassiz Station for two years beginning 1 February 1957
Format	preservation photocopy of thermofax original
	[Range 2B]

ItemType	Correspondence
Author	Richard M. Emberson
Recipient	R.L. Lowry
Date of corresp	7/16/1956
Subject	Acknowledgement of 25 June 1956 letter
Format	carbon copy
	[Range 2B]

Author	Lloyd V. Berkner
Recipient	Donald M. Menzel
Date of corresp	7/24/1956
Subject	Comments on 7/11/1956 meeting, requirements for agency operating a national facility
	[Range 2B]

ItemType	Correspondence
Author	Merle A. Tuve
Recipient	A.H. Jackson
Date of corresp	7/25/1956
Subject	Request for cost estimate from Blaw-Knox Company on construction of 140ft parabolic reflector; brief outline of specifications
Format	preservation photocopy of thermofax original
	[Range 2B]

ItemType	Correspondence
Author	Walter W. Bird
Recipient	Richard M. Emberson
Date of corresp	7/27/1956
Subject	Birdair Structures suggestions for reflector design
Format	carbon copy
	[Range 2B]

ItemType	Correspondence
Author	B.H. Rule
Recipient	M.B. Karelitz
Date of corresp	7/30/1956
Subject	D.S. Kennedy Company altazimuth telescope design proposal; joining consulting committee
Format	preservation photocopy of thermofax original
	[Range 2B]

ItemType	Correspondence
Author	Richard M. Emberson
Recipient	Fred T. Haddock
Date of corresp	8/1/1956
Subject	Telescope design; questions about giving designs to private companies
Format	carbon copy
	[Range 2B]

ItemType	Correspondence
Author	Armin J. Deutsch
Recipient	Richard M. Emberson
Date of corresp	8/6/1956
Subject	Visit of Heeschen and Emberson to Mount Wilson and Palomar Observatories on 20-23 August
Format	preservation photocopy of thermofax original
	[Range 2B]

ItemType	Correspondence
Author	Charles B. Ruttenberg
Recipient	Richard M. Emberson
Date of corresp	8/10/1956
Subject	Appropriate to show telescope design studies to private companies
Format	preservation photocopy of thermofax original
	[Range 2B]

ItemType	Correspondence
Author	Fred T. Haddock
Recipient	Richard M. Emberson
Date of corresp	8/14/1956
Subject	Telescope design; use of AUI design material in building antenna on Navy contract
Format	preservation photocopy of thermofax original
	[Range 2B]

ItemType	Correspondence
Author	Richard M. Emberson
Recipient	Fred T. Haddock
Date of corresp	8/14/1956
Subject	Appropriate to show telescope design studies to private companies
Format	carbon copy
Related Materials	Filed with letter: 8/10/1956 approval letter to Emberson from Charles B. Ruttenberg, NSF Acting General Counsel
	[Range 2B]

ItemType	Correspondence
Author	Richard M. Emberson
Recipient	Fred T. Haddock
Date of corresp	8/15/1956
Subject	Telescope design; zoning act in West Virginia
Format	carbon copy
	[Range 2B]

ItemType	Correspondence
Author	Richard M. Emberson
Recipient	Walter W. Bird
Date of corresp	8/17/1956
Subject	Invitation to September 1956 meeting to discuss telescope design
Format	carbon copy
	[Range 2B]

ItemType	Correspondence
Author	Walter W. Bird
Recipient	Richard M. Emberson
Date of corresp	8/21/1956
Subject	Telescope design, September 1956 meeting
Format	carbon copy
	[Range 2B]

ItemType	Correspondence
Author	Richard M. Emberson
Recipient	Addressee
Date of corresp	8/22/1956
Subject	Dates for conference on telescope design
Format	mimeograph
Related Materials	Cover memo for form to choose dates; no copy of form
	[Range 2B]

ItemType	Correspondence
Author	Richard M. Emberson
Recipient	Walter W. Bird
Date of corresp	8/31/1956
Subject	Telescope design requirements
Format	carbon copy
	[Range 2B]

ItemType	Correspondence
Author	Richard M. Emberson
Recipient	Frank K. Edmonson
Date of corresp	9/11/1956
Subject	Sending 100 copies of Planning Document to NSF
Format	carbon copy
	[Range 2B]

ItemType	Correspondence
Author	Richard M. Emberson
Recipient	William A. Porter
Date of corresp	9/11/1956
Subject	Preparation of materials for FCC presentation
Format	carbon copy
	[Range 2B]

ItemType	Correspondence
Author	Walter W. Bird
Recipient	Richard M. Emberson
Date of corresp	9/12/1956
Subject	Telescope design requirements
Format	carbon copy
	[Range 2B]

ItemType	Correspondence
Author	Richard M. Emberson
Recipient	Richard F. Currence
Date of corresp	9/12/1956
Subject	Installation of equipment in Green Bank; title search and abstracting; Bok visit to Green Bank in late November
Format	carbon copy
Notes	Richard F. Currence was an attorney in Marlinton WV
	[Range 2B]

ItemType	Correspondence
Author	Richard M. Emberson
Recipient	Bruce Rule
Date of corresp	9/17/1956
Subject	Telescope design; agenda for 25-26 September 1956 meeting
Format	carbon copy
	[Range 2B]

ItemType	Correspondence
Author	Richard M. Emberson
Recipient	Thomas B. Nolan
Date of corresp	9/18/1956
Subject	Request for advice from Geologic Survey on water supply for Green Bank site
Format	carbon copy
	[Range 2B]

ItemType	Correspondence
Author	Richard M. Emberson
Recipient	Robert D. Hall
Date of corresp	10/10/1956
Subject	Description of telescope design drawings sent searately
Format	carbon copy
	[Range 2B]

ItemType	Correspondence
Author	Richard M. Emberson
Recipient	Phillip Nolan
Date of corresp	10/12/1956
Subject	Request for price estimates on 3 possible telescope drive and control systems
Format	carbon copy
	[Range 2B]

Author	Richard M. Emberson
Recipient	Lloyd V. Berkner
Date of corresp	10/30/1956
Subject	Financial assistance to foreign scientists coming to 1957 URSI meeting in US
	[Range 2B]

ItemType	Correspondence
Author	Lillian E. Coulton
Recipient	Bart J. Bok
Date of corresp	11/27/1956
Subject	Notes on Green Bank people involved with radio astronomy project; sending correspondence with Virgil Harris; sending copy of list of people with options on Green Bank land
Format	original
Related Materials	Filed with letter: correspondence with Virgil Harris, Principal of Green Bank School (2 letters); Summary of Options, Green Bank Site, prepared by AUI on 26 September 1956. Letters and summary are preservation copies of thermofax originals
Notes	Lillian E. Coulton was Richard. M. Emberson's secretary; Virgil Harris was Principal of Green Bank School
	[Range 2B]

Author	Rene Crouzet
Recipient	Charles F. Dunbar
Date of corresp	6/4/1957
Subject	Plans for October 1957 meeting at Three Hills
	[Range 2B]

Author	Richard M. Emberson
Recipient	Frank J. Callender
Date of corresp	7/2/1957
Subject	Visit to Green Bank by foreign delegates to August 1957 URSI meeting
	[Range 2B]

ItemType	Correspondence
Author	David S. Heeschen
Recipient	Lloyd V. Berkner
Date of corresp	11/12/1957
Subject	Housing at Green Bank
	[Range 2B]

ItemType	Correspondence
Title	AUI General, 1957
Start Date	1957
Notes	1 folder. General AUI and NRAO correspondence.
	[Range 2B]

ItemType	Notes and papers
Title	NRAO visitor programs
Start Date	1957
End Date	1963
Notes	1 folder. General notes, memos, correspondence; bulk of material is from 1959
	[Range 2B]

ItemType	Correspondence
Title	AUI General, 1958
Start Date	1958
Notes	1 folder. General AUI and NRAO correspondence.
	[Range 2B]

Author	Richard M. Emberson
Recipient	L.R. Burchill, Frank J. Callender, Charles F. Dunbar
Date of corresp	3/18/1959
Subject	Renewal of monthly staff meetings with NSF
	[Range 2B]

Author	Richard M. Emberson
Recipient	J.E. Luton
Date of corresp	3/23/1959
Subject	Meeting on 3/25/1959
	[Range 2B]

Author	Richard M. Emberson
Recipient	Frank J. Callender
Date of corresp	6/17/1959
Subject	Funding for Director's house, budget
Notes	Photocopy of badly faded thermofax
	[Range 2B]

ItemType	Correspondence
Title	AUI General, 1959
Start Date	1959
Notes	1 folder. General AUI and NRAO correspondence.
	[Range 2B]

Author	Richard M. Emberson
Recipient	Lloyd V. Berkner
Date of corresp	5/12/1960
Subject	Estimates on direct out-of-pocket costs through 140 foot delays
	[Range 2B]

Author	Otto Struve
Recipient	L.R. Burchill
Date of corresp	9/12/1960
Subject	Schedule conflicts
	[Range 2B]

Author	Richard M. Emberson
Recipient	Otto Struve
Date of corresp	12/30/1960
Subject	Topics for January 1961 meeting
	[Range 2B]

ItemType	Correspondence
Title	AUI General, 1960
Start Date	1960
Notes	1 folder. General AUI and NRAO correspondence.
	[Range 2B]

Author	Otto Struve
Recipient	George W. Swenson
Date of corresp	2/21/1961
Subject	Meetings in April, Kinzel Committee, 140 foot delays
	[Range 2B]

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