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Reber in 1988. (NRAO/AUI/NSF image)
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Reber in 1912. (NRAO/AUI/NSF image)
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Reber in front of U Tasmania telescope, 1986. (Image courtesy "The Mercury", Hobart, Tasmania)
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Reber's antenna in Wheaton IL. (NRAO/AUI/NSF image)
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Reber chart recordings, 1943. (NRAO/AUI/NSF image)
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Reber in 1970. (NRAO/AUI/NSF image)
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Reber at telescope in Green Bank, 1960. (NRAO/AUI/NSF image)
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Reber Telescope in Green Bank, 1984. (NRAO/AUI/NSF image)
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Reber during Attu, Alaska, solar eclipse expedition, 1950. (NRAO/AUI/NSF image)
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Reber at the Reber telscope crank in Green Bank, 1988. (NRAO/AUI/NSF image)
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Reber at his receiver. (NRAO/AUI/NSF image)
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Reber at the reconstructed Jansky antenna, 1995. (NRAO/AUI/NSF image)
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Reber's house in Bothwell, Tasmania, 2003. (Image courtesy of Dave McConnell)
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Reber's house in Bothwell, Tasmania, 2003. (Image courtesy of Dave McConnell)
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Reber and Arthur C. Clarke, 1969. (Image courtesy of John Kraus estate)
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Reber's telescope in Maui, Hawaii, 1952. (NRAO/AUI/NSF image)
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Reber in 1937. (NRAO/AUI/NSF image)
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Reber lectures at Ohio State Univ., Feb. 1988. (Photo by John Kraus, courtesy of John Kraus estate.)
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Reber (far right) receiving ham radio award, December 1931. (NRAO/AUI/NSF image)
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Reber unpacking equipment in Green Bank, 1995. (NRAO/AUI/NSF image)
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Reber at "Big Ear," Ohio State's radio telescope, 1962. (Image courtesy of Kraus estate)
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Reber's 144m wavelength array in Tasmania. (Image courtesy of Reber estate)
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Reber pulling wire in Tasmania. (Image courtesy of Reber estate)
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Reber in his electric car, Pixie. (Image courtesy of Reber estate)
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NATIONAL RADIO ASTRONOMY OBSERVATORY ARCHIVES
Papers of Grote Reber: Item listing
Dennistoun Antenna Installation
| Subject | poles |
| Title | Site Preparation |
| Start Date | 9/21/1960 |
| End Date | 3/14/1961 |
| Notes | GR's notes about strength of poles, wind pressure |
| PDF File | View PDF |
| | [Range 8A Box 49 Folder Site Preparation] |
| Subject | GR's personal survey of land |
| Title | Site Preparation |
| Start Date | 2/27/1961 |
| End Date | 4/3/1961 |
| Notes | Notes |
| PDF File | View PDF |
| | [Range 8A Box 49 Folder Site Preparation] |
| Subject | preparation of poles |
| Title | Site Preparation |
| Start Date | 3/1/1961 |
| End Date | 5/3/1961 |
| Notes | Correspondence concerning purchase of poles and preparation before installation; CSIRO Forest Products Newsletter July 1963 |
| PDF File | View PDF |
| | [Range 8A Box 49 Folder Site Preparation] |
| Subject | prints of surveys completed at Bothwell: observations for azimuth, distances, levels |
| Title | Site preparation |
| Start Date | 3/14/1961 |
| Notes | Correspondence, notes |
| PDF File | View PDF |
| | [Range 8A Box 49 Folder Site Preparation] |
| Subject | roads, ramps, gates, costs |
| Title | Site Preparation |
| Start Date | 3/14/1961 |
| End Date | 4/2/1962 |
| Notes | Includes receipts, work orders |
| PDF File | View PDF |
| | [Range 8A Box 49 Folder Site Preparation] |
| Subject | license and surveying costs |
| Title | Site Preparation |
| Start Date | 3/20/1961 |
| End Date | 10/20/1961 |
| Notes | Includes correspondence, notes, receipts |
| PDF File | View PDF |
| | [Range 8A Box 49 Folder Site Preparation] |
| Subject | geological survey map |
| Title | Site Preparation |
| Start Date | 5/17/1961 |
| PDF File | View PDF |
| | [Range 8A Box 49 Folder Site Preparation] |
| Subject | poles |
| Title | Site Preparation |
| Start Date | 10/2/1961 |
| End Date | 9/8/1963 |
| Notes | Copy of agreement with contractor to cut & deliver poles; correspondence; receipt; classified ads for telephone type poles; GR's notes about type of wood he used/should have used |
| PDF File | View PDF |
| | [Range 8A Box 49 Folder Site Preparation] |
| Subject | digging |
| Title | Site Preparation |
| Start Date | 12/8/1961 |
| End Date | 3/1962 |
| Notes | Correspondence, notes, contract, receipts |
| PDF File | View PDF |
| | [Range 8A Box 49 Folder Site Preparation] |
| Subject | distance of water/gravel/sandy clay/sandstone below ground level |
| Title | Site Preparation |
| Start Date | 1/19/1962 |
| End Date | 2/25/1962 |
| Notes | GR's notes and graphs |
| PDF File | View PDF |
| | [Range 8A Box 49 Folder Site Preparation] |
| Subject | completed radio astronomy installation |
| Title | Site Preparation |
| Start Date | 5/3/1962 |
| End Date | 8/23/1962 |
| Notes | Receipts; correspondence; final, signed contract of completion |
| PDF File | View PDF |
| | [Range 8A Box 49 Folder Site Preparation] |
| Subject | early copy of agreement between contractor & GR with corrections |
| Title | Site preparation |
| Start Date | 12/1962 |
| Notes | GR's pencilled note: "4 Jan 63 Walker (morning) & Monaghan (afternoon) stopped by to see who got the job" |
| PDF File | View PDF |
| | [Range 8A Box 49 Folder Site Preparation] |
| Subject | specification and tender for burying anchor logs and setting posts |
| Title | Site Preparation |
| Start Date | 12/17/1963 |
| Notes | Correspondence; labor costs; details of installation of logs and posts |
| PDF File | View PDF |
| | [Range 8A Box 49 Folder Site Preparation] |
| Subject | thermolater; gas lamps |
| Title | Control building |
| Start Date | 10/2/1961 |
| End Date | 12/4/1961 |
| Notes | Correspondence; receipts; information and brochures about thermolaters and gas lamps |
| PDF File | View PDF |
| | [Range 8A Box 49 Folder Control building] |
| Subject | gas heater; thermolater; plywood; pipes; various supplies |
| Title | Control building |
| Start Date | 10/18/1961 |
| End Date | 3/2/1962 |
| Notes | Correspondence; receipts |
| PDF File | View PDF |
| | [Range 8A Box 49 Folder Control building] |
| Subject | vinyl floor covering |
| Title | Control building |
| Start Date | 12/13/1961 |
| Notes | Correspondence regarding verbal price quote for installing vinyl floor covering |
| PDF File | View PDF |
| | [Range 8A Box 49 Folder Control building] |
| Subject | flue pipes and fittings |
| Title | Control building |
| Start Date | 10/26/1962 |
| End Date | 11/22/1962 |
| Notes | GR's notes; receipts; schematic drawings of pipes and fittings; price listfor concrete and steel |
| PDF File | View PDF |
| | [Range 8A Box 49 Folder Control building] |
| Subject | blueprints of building |
| Title | Control building |
| Notes | Undated |
| PDF File | View PDF |
| | [Range 8A Box 49 Folder Control building] |
| Subject | construction information |
| Title | Array construction |
| Start Date | 5/1961 |
| End Date | 11/21/1966 |
| Notes | Correspondence, notes, diagrams |
| PDF File | View PDF |
| | [Range 8A Box 49 Folder Array construction] |
| Subject | pole line hardware, including: anchor pieces, bolts, pins, tubes, yokes, shackles, bakelite sheets, pulley wheels, guides, stay rods, braces, leavers, hangers, logs, links, guard rings |
| Title | Array construction |
| Start Date | 5/18/1961 |
| End Date | 5/13/1962 |
| Notes | Correspondence; receipts |
| PDF File | View PDF |
| | [Range 8A Box 49 Folder Array construction] |
| Subject | tubing |
| Title | Array construction |
| Start Date | 9/22/1961 |
| End Date | 6/12/1962 |
| Notes | Correspondence regarding tubing price, amount, shipment |
| PDF File | View PDF |
| | [Range 8A Box 49 Folder Array construction] |
| Subject | rubber gaskets |
| Title | Array construction |
| Start Date | 9/28/1961 |
| End Date | 11/22/1961 |
| Notes | Correspondence regarding gasket price, amount, shipment; GR's notes |
| PDF File | View PDF |
| | [Range 8A Box 49 Folder Array construction] |
| Subject | aluminum sheets |
| Title | Array construction |
| Start Date | 10/3/1961 |
| End Date | 2/23/1962 |
| Notes | Correspondence regarding aluminum sheets price, amount, shipment; GR's notes |
| PDF File | View PDF |
| | [Range 8A Box 49 Folder Array construction] |
| Subject | metal boxes; supplies |
| Title | Array construction |
| Start Date | 11/16/1961 |
| End Date | 11/24/1961 |
| Notes | Correspondence; drawings of metal boxes, clamps, bands; GR's notes |
| PDF File | View PDF |
| | [Range 8A Box 49 Folder Array construction] |
| Subject | hardboard discs |
| Title | Array construction |
| Start Date | 11/28/1961 |
| Notes | Correspondence regrding size and price of hardboard discs |
| PDF File | View PDF |
| | [Range 8A Box 49 Folder Array construction] |
| Subject | drills, circular saw blade; solder lugs; insulite |
| Title | Array construction |
| Start Date | 3/23/1962 |
| End Date | 5/2/1962 |
| Notes | Receipts; GR's notes; Permali densified wood brochure |
| PDF File | View PDF |
| | [Range 8A Box 49 Folder Array construction] |
| Subject | steel and wood portable platform for back of tractor |
| Title | Array construction |
| Start Date | 5/1/1963 |
| Notes | Correspondence, notes, diagrams |
| PDF File | View PDF |
| | [Range 8A Box 49 Folder Array construction] |
| Subject | capacity of porcelain bushings |
| Title | Array construction |
| Start Date | 12/31/1963 |
| Notes | GR's notes |
| PDF File | View PDF |
| | [Range 8A Box 49 Folder Array construction] |
| Subject | drawing of slider |
| Title | Array construction |
| Notes | Undated |
| PDF File | View PDF |
| | [Range 8A Box 49 Folder Array construction] |
| Subject | Plastacoat 33 |
| Title | Array construction |
| Notes | Undated; Plastacoat 33 Acid Reisisting Paint brochure |
| PDF File | View PDF |
| | [Range 8A Box 49 Folder Array construction] |
| Subject | phase shifters |
| Title | Transmission lines |
| Start Date | 2/4/1961 |
| End Date | 3/26/1961 |
| Notes | Notes, diagrams, drawings |
| PDF File | View PDF |
| | [Range 8A Box 49 Folder Transmission lines] |
| Subject | crossarms, trusses |
| Title | Transmission lines |
| Start Date | 2/11/1961 |
| End Date | 6/18/1961 |
| Notes | GR's notes and drawings of crossarms, trusses, feed system |
| PDF File | View PDF |
| | [Range 8A Box 49 Folder Transmission lines] |
| Subject | wires, rods |
| Title | Transmission lines |
| Start Date | 3/19/1961 |
| End Date | 3/1/1962 |
| Notes | Notes, diagrams, drawings |
| PDF File | View PDF |
| | [Range 8A Box 49 Folder Transmission lines] |
| Subject | east/west lines; crossarm layout |
| Title | Transmission lines |
| Start Date | 5/7/1961 |
| End Date | 5/8/1961 |
| Notes | Notes, diagrams, drawings |
| PDF File | View PDF |
| | [Range 8A Box 49 Folder Transmission lines] |
| Subject | counterweight; fenceposts; clamps |
| Title | Transmission lines |
| Start Date | 5/9/1961 |
| End Date | 6/2/1961 |
| Notes | Notes, diagrams, drawings |
| PDF File | View PDF |
| | [Range 8A Box 49 Folder Transmission lines] |
| Subject | poles, posts, anchors |
| Title | Transmission lines |
| Start Date | 7/26/1961 |
| End Date | 9/28/1961 |
| Notes | Correspondence; poles, posts, anchors; stay wire |
| PDF File | View PDF |
| | [Range 8A Box 49 Folder Transmission lines] |
| Subject | poles, posts, trusses |
| Title | Transmission lines |
| Notes | Undated; diagrams of poles, posts, trusses |
| PDF File | View PDF |
| | [Range 8A Box 49 Folder Transmission lines] |
| Subject | stub line between poles H8 and H9 |
| Title | Stub line |
| Start Date | 12/9/1964 |
| End Date | 4/14/1965 |
| Notes | Notes, charts, graphs |
| PDF File | View PDF |
| | [Range 8A Box 49 Folder Stub line] |
| Subject | downlead, horizontal and vertical lines |
| Title | Antenna performance and design |
| Start Date | 5/2/1962 |
| End Date | 5/30/1964 |
| Notes | Notes, charts, graphs |
| PDF File | View PDF |
| | [Range 8A Box 49 Folder Antenna performance and design] |
| Subject | manufacture of 200 coils |
| Title | Antenna performance and design |
| Start Date | 6/12/1962 |
| Notes | Correspondence, notes |
| PDF File | View PDF |
| | [Range 8A Box 49 Folder Antenna performance and design] |
| Subject | antenna reactance compensators |
| Title | Antenna performance and design |
| Start Date | 10/9/1962 |
| End Date | 11/19/1962 |
| Notes | Correspondence, notes, diagrams |
| PDF File | View PDF |
| | [Range 8A Box 49 Folder Antenna performance and design] |
| Subject | observational data: coils |
| Title | Antenna performance and design |
| Start Date | 5/4/1963 |
| End Date | 4/12/1964 |
| Notes | Notes, charts, graphs |
| PDF File | View PDF |
| | [Range 8A Box 49 Folder Antenna performance and design] |
| Subject | antenna oscillators |
| Title | Antenna performance and design |
| Start Date | 10/23/1963 |
| End Date | 11/6/1963 |
| Notes | Notes, graphs, charts |
| PDF File | View PDF |
| | [Range 8A Box 49 Folder Antenna performance and design] |
| Subject | poles/megacycles |
| Title | Antenna performance and design |
| Start Date | 2/29/1964 |
| End Date | 3/18/1964 |
| Notes | Charts |
| PDF File | View PDF |
| | [Range 8A Box 49 Folder Antenna performance and design] |
| Subject | antenna couplers |
| Title | Antenna performance and design |
| Start Date | 3/30/1964 |
| End Date | 4/26/1964 |
| Notes | Notes, graphs |
| PDF File | View PDF |
| | [Range 8A Box 49 Folder Antenna performance and design] |
| Subject | series load performance |
| Title | Antenna performance and design |
| Start Date | 4/1/1964 |
| End Date | 4/22/1964 |
| Notes | Notes, graphs, charts |
| PDF File | View PDF |
| | [Range 8A Box 49 Folder Antenna performance and design] |
| Subject | antenna characteristics |
| Title | Antenna performance and design |
| Start Date | 4/2/1964 |
| End Date | 4/29/1964 |
| Notes | Notes, graphs |
| PDF File | View PDF |
| | [Range 8A Box 49 Folder Antenna performance and design] |
| Subject | frequency allocations; array design; duplex receiver input system |
| Title | Antenna performance and design |
| Start Date | 4/21/1964 |
| End Date | 5/25/1964 |
| Notes | Notes, charts, graphs |
| PDF File | View PDF |
| | [Range 8A Box 49 Folder Antenna performance and design] |
| Subject | antenna testing |
| Title | Antenna performance and design |
| Start Date | 5/19/1964 |
| End Date | 9/2/1964 |
| Notes | Notes, charts, graphs |
| PDF File | View PDF |
| | [Range 8A Box 49 Folder Antenna performance and design] |
| Subject | antenna tests and performance |
| Title | Antenna performance and design |
| Start Date | 6/5/1964 |
| End Date | 9/12/1964 |
| Notes | Notes, charts, graphs |
| PDF File | View PDF |
| | [Range 8A Box 49 Folder Antenna performance and design] |
| Subject | transmission line characteristics |
| Title | Antenna performance and design |
| Start Date | 1/9/1965 |
| End Date | 8/11/1965 |
| Notes | Notes, charts, graphs |
| PDF File | View PDF |
| | [Range 8A Box 49 Folder Antenna performance and design] |
| Subject | characteristics of tuner box, antenna, |
| Title | Antenna performance and design |
| Start Date | 1/23/1965 |
| End Date | 3/27/1965 |
| Notes | Notes, charts, graphs |
| PDF File | View PDF |
| | [Range 8A Box 49 Folder Antenna performance and design] |
| Subject | pole H8 |
| Title | Antenna performance and design |
| Start Date | 3/10/1965 |
| End Date | 4/10/1965 |
| Notes | Notes, charts, graphs |
| PDF File | View PDF |
| | [Range 8A Box 49 Folder Antenna performance and design] |
| Subject | beam N24 |
| Title | Antenna performance and design |
| Start Date | 8/28/1965 |
| Notes | Chart |
| PDF File | View PDF |
| | [Range 8A Box 49 Folder Antenna performance and design] |
| Subject | I.F. stage; voltage indications; filter output; oscillations |
| Title | Electronic equipment |
| Start Date | 4/17/1955 |
| End Date | 12/14/1962 |
| Notes | GR wrote "obsolete data" on many papers |
| PDF File | View PDF |
| | [Range 8A Box 49 Folder Electronic equipment] |
| Subject | "Radio and Radar Technique" by A. T. Starr |
| Title | Electronic equipment |
| Start Date | 6/3/1955 |
| Notes | GR's notes from this article; calls it "a lot of baloney" |
| PDF File | View PDF |
| | [Range 8A Box 49 Folder Electronic equipment] |
| Subject | diagram |
| Title | Electronic equipment |
| Start Date | 3/16/1959 |
| PDF File | View PDF |
| | [Range 8A Box 49 Folder Electronic equipment] |
| Subject | output; I.F. amplifier performance; transformers; mixer performance |
| Title | Electronic equipment |
| Start Date | 1/4/1962 |
| End Date | 1/11/1963 |
| Notes | Notes |
| PDF File | View PDF |
| | [Range 8A Box 49 Folder Electronic equipment] |
| Subject | oscillator coil and performance; frequency callibration |
| Title | Electronic equipment |
| Start Date | 5/22/1962 |
| End Date | 2/6/1963 |
| Notes | Notes, graphs, charts; GR wrote "obsolete data" on many papers |
| PDF File | View PDF |
| | [Range 8A Box 49 Folder Electronic equipment] |
| Subject | I.F. stages performance; filter output coupler performance; converter performance |
| Title | Electronic equipment |
| Start Date | 1/3/1963 |
| End Date | 1/31/1963 |
| Notes | Notes, charts |
| PDF File | View PDF |
| | [Range 8A Box 49 Folder Electronic equipment] |
| Subject | I.F. chassis; antenna relay; test of regulator on mixercircuit of R.F. amplifiertest of regulation; voltage regulator performance |
| Title | Electronic equipment |
| Start Date | 1/10/1963 |
| End Date | 1/22/1963 |
| Notes | Notes, diagrams, charts |
| PDF File | View PDF |
| | [Range 8A Box 49 Folder Electronic equipment] |
| Subject | calibration of meter for reading vibrator voltage |
| Title | Electronic equipment |
| Start Date | 6/18/1963 |
| End Date | 7/1/1963 |
| Notes | Notes |
| PDF File | View PDF |
| | [Range 8A Box 49 Folder Electronic equipment] |
| Subject | triumph tester Model 333 |
| Title | Electronic equipment |
| Start Date | 11/12/1964 |
| Notes | Diagram with notes |
| PDF File | View PDF |
| | [Range 8A Box 49 Folder Electronic equipment] |
| Subject | discharge of four 20AH cells |
| Title | Electronic equipment |
| Start Date | May-65 |
| Notes | Chart |
| PDF File | View PDF |
| | [Range 8A Box 49 Folder Electronic equipment] |
| Subject | amplifier tests and performance |
| Title | D. C. Amplifier and Battery Charger and Batteries |
| Start Date | 4/7/1953 |
| End Date | 7/12/1956 |
| Notes | Notes, charts, diagrams, graphs |
| PDF File | View PDF |
| | [Range 8A Box 49 Folder D. C. Amplifier and Battery Charger and Batteries] |
| Subject | circuit drawing and D.C. amplifier performance |
| Title | D. C. Amplifier and Battery Charger and Batteries |
| Start Date | 5/23/1956 |
| End Date | 1/29/1963 |
| Notes | Drawings, notes |
| PDF File | View PDF |
| | [Range 8A Box 49 Folder D. C. Amplifier and Battery Charger and Batteries] |
| Subject | information from High Altitude Observatory |
| Title | D. C. Amplifier and Battery Charger and Batteries |
| Start Date | 9/9/1960 |
| Notes | Correspondence; Solar Research Memo no.57- "Radio Equipment for Detecting Solar Flares;" "Solar-Flare Detection for IGY" by Robert H. Lee |
| PDF File | View PDF |
| | [Range 8A Box 49 Folder D. C. Amplifier and Battery Charger and Batteries] |
| Subject | battery charger |
| Title | D. C. Amplifier and Battery Charger and Batteries |
| Start Date | 12/20/1962 |
| End Date | 2/7/1963 |
| Notes | Notes, drawings |
| PDF File | View PDF |
| | [Range 8A Box 49 Folder D. C. Amplifier and Battery Charger and Batteries] |
| Subject | drawings, mathematical calculations |
| Title | D. C. Amplifier and Battery Charger and Batteries |
| Start Date | 2/18/1963 |
| End Date | 10/16/1964 |
| PDF File | View PDF |
| | [Range 8A Box 49 Folder D. C. Amplifier and Battery Charger and Batteries] |
| Subject | sprockets and chain |
| Title | D. C. Amplifier and Battery Charger and Batteries |
| Start Date | 6/7/1963 |
| Notes | Information on purchase |
| PDF File | View PDF |
| | [Range 8A Box 49 Folder D. C. Amplifier and Battery Charger and Batteries] |
| Subject | lines, crossarms, posts |
| Title | Miscellaneous Notes and Papers |
| Start Date | 2/8/1962 |
| End Date | 7/25/1962 |
| Notes | Notes, diagrams, instruction booklets - kept in same order GR kept |
| PDF File | View PDF |
| | [Range 8A Box 49 Folder Miscellaneous Notes and Papers] |
| Subject | enlarged array |
| Title | Enlarged Array |
| Start Date | 8/24/1960 |
| End Date | 12/23/1964 |
| Notes | Notes, brochures, correspondence, receipts, land survey, journal cut, diagrams |
| PDF File | View PDF |
| | [Range 8A Box 49 Folder Enlarged Array] |
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