Goddard, Robert Hutchings, 1882-1945.
Robert H. and Esther Christine (Kisk) Goddard papers, 1901-1979.
Personal and professional papers of Goddard and his wife, Esther C. Goddard (1901-1982). Includes correspondence, 48 pocket diaries, autobiographical and biographical data, writings, speeches, lecture notebooks, reports, scrapbooks, theses, contracts, memoranda, rocket test data, patents, honors, awards, memorials, philatelic material, sound recordings, motion picture film, photos, and other material. Includes material on Werner Brugel, Harry F. Guggenheim, Robert W. E. Lademann, Willy Ley, Charles A. Lindbergh, William Joffe Numeroff, Herman Oberth, Robert Esnault Pelterie, G. Edward Pendray, Army Air Corps, Chemical Warfare Service, and Signal Corps, Clark University, Curtiss-Wright Corporation, Daniel and Florence Guggenheim Foundation, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Navy Bureau of Aeronautics and Bureau of Ordnance, Smithsonian Institution, and The Papers of Robert H. Goddard (1970).
Physics and rocketry pioneer (1882-1945) Ph.D., Clark University. Rocketry work with the Naval Experiment Station (Annapolis, MD) and the Smithsonian Institution (Washington, DC); namesake of the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. After Goddards death, his wife Esther (Kisk) Goddard devoted the next twenty years to getting recognition for Goddards work. She edited and published his papers (published in 1970), and is credited with bringing his name and achievements into the public consciousness.
Goddard, Robert Hutchings, 1882-1945
Clark University (Worcester, Mass.)
The papers of Robert H. Goddard 1970.
Aeronautics -- Technological innovations.
Physics.
Rocketry -- Biography.
Rockets (Aeronautics) -- United States.
Rockets (Aeronautics) -- Research.
Rockets (Aeronautics) -- Technological innovations.
Rockets (Aeronautics) -- Testing.
Wives -- Conduct of life.
Autobiographies. aat aat
Contracts. aat aat
Diaries lcgft
Memorandums. aat
Motion pictures (visual work) ftaat
Patents lcgft
Reports. aat
Sound recordings lcgft aat
Speeches. aat
Theses. aat aat
College teachers. lcsh
Physicists. lcsh
Wives. lcsh
Brugel, Werner.
Goddard, Esther Wife of Robert Hutchings Goddard
Guggenheim, Harry F.
Lademann, Robert W. E.
Ley, Willy.
Lindbergh, Charles A.
Numeroff, William Joffe.
Oberth, Herman.
Pelterie, Robert Esnault.
Pendray, G. Edward.
Daniel and Florence Guggenheim Foundation.
Smithsonian Institution.
United States. Army. Air Corps. Chemical Warfare Service.
United States. Army. Signal Corps.
United States. Navy. Bureau of Aeronautics.
United States. Navy. Bureau of Ordnance.
AIP-ICOS
Clark University. Goddard Library. Archives and Special Collections. Worcester, MA 01610-11477, USA