Steinhoff, Ernst August
Ernst August Steinhoff papers, 1943-1982.
The papers of Ernst August Steinhoff span the years of 1943 to 1982, with the amount of materials increasing in proportion as the years progress. The years of 1943 to 1945 are sparsely represented as these papers comprise what research he brought with him to the United States. The Steinhoff papers are most important for missile and space research and groundwater desalinization in New Mexico.
German-born rocket scientist, researcher and advisor. Includes his personal papers, correspondence, German and United States missile research, professional papers by himself and other authors, desalinization of groundwater project records and miscellaneous records. Significant records include a small collection of secret (geheim) German documents of radio, documentation of his immigration to the United States under Operation Paperclip and his desalinization of Tularosa Basin groundwater Project implemented by the New Mexico Research Institute which he founded.
Steinhoff, Ernst August
Space sciences -- Research.
Groundwater
AIP-ICOS
New Mexico State University. Archives and Special Collections Dept. P.O. Box 30006, Las Cruces, New Mexico 88003, USA