Thomas O. Paine papers,
Paine, Thomas O., 1921-1992.
Thomas O. Paine papers, 1931-1992 (bulk 1960-1982). - 64,000 items. 183 containers. 1 microfilm reel. 73 linear feet.
Open to research.
Correspondence, memoranda, reports, minutes of meetings, appointment books, family and genealogical papers, and printed matter chiefly relating to Paine's engineering career with General Electric Company and Northrop Corporation and as deputy and acting administrator at NASA, where he directed seven Apollo missions, including the first to the moon. Also includes a journal (1945) kept by Paine while serving in the U.S. Navy describing the demilitarization of Japanese submarines during the early days of the Allied occupation of Japan; and material relating to Paine's service as chairman of the National Commission on Space and as a member of the Advisory Committee on the Future of the United States Space Program and Engineers Joint Council. Paine's interest in interplanetary exploration and colonization is documented by papers relating to the Case for Mars conferences and drafts of books and screenplays by others on outer space exploration. Correspondents include Buzz Aldrin, Ray Bradbury, John Glenn, J. Herbert Holloman, Thomas V. Jones, and Robert C. Seamans.
Sound recordings
Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting, and Recorded Sound Division.
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Some photographs
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.
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Engineer, corporate executive, and National Aeronautics and Space Administration official. Full name: Thomas Otten Paine; died 1992.
Collection material in English.
Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms001031
mm 82049866
Aldrin, Buzz--Correspondence.
Bradbury, Ray, 1920-2012 --Correspondence.
Glenn, John, 1921- --Correspondence.
Hollomon, J. Herbert--Correspondence.
Jones, Thomas V., 1920- --Correspondence.
Seamans, Robert C.--Correspondence.
Engineers Joint Council.
General Electric Company.
Northrop Corporation.
Project Apollo (U.S.)
United States. Advisory Committee on the Future of the U.S. Space Program
United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
United States. National Commission on Space.
United States. Navy --Foreign service--Japan.
Case for Mars Conference.
Planets--Exploration.
Space colonies.
Space flight to the moon.
Submarines (Ships)--Japan.
Japan--History--Allied occupation, 1945-1952.
Mars (Planet)
Outer space--Exploration.
Engineers.
Thomas O. Paine papers, 1931-1992 (bulk 1960-1982). - 64,000 items. 183 containers. 1 microfilm reel. 73 linear feet.
Open to research.
Correspondence, memoranda, reports, minutes of meetings, appointment books, family and genealogical papers, and printed matter chiefly relating to Paine's engineering career with General Electric Company and Northrop Corporation and as deputy and acting administrator at NASA, where he directed seven Apollo missions, including the first to the moon. Also includes a journal (1945) kept by Paine while serving in the U.S. Navy describing the demilitarization of Japanese submarines during the early days of the Allied occupation of Japan; and material relating to Paine's service as chairman of the National Commission on Space and as a member of the Advisory Committee on the Future of the United States Space Program and Engineers Joint Council. Paine's interest in interplanetary exploration and colonization is documented by papers relating to the Case for Mars conferences and drafts of books and screenplays by others on outer space exploration. Correspondents include Buzz Aldrin, Ray Bradbury, John Glenn, J. Herbert Holloman, Thomas V. Jones, and Robert C. Seamans.
Sound recordings
Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting, and Recorded Sound Division.
transferred to
Some photographs
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.
transferred to
Engineer, corporate executive, and National Aeronautics and Space Administration official. Full name: Thomas Otten Paine; died 1992.
Collection material in English.
Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms001031
mm 82049866
Aldrin, Buzz--Correspondence.
Bradbury, Ray, 1920-2012 --Correspondence.
Glenn, John, 1921- --Correspondence.
Hollomon, J. Herbert--Correspondence.
Jones, Thomas V., 1920- --Correspondence.
Seamans, Robert C.--Correspondence.
Engineers Joint Council.
General Electric Company.
Northrop Corporation.
Project Apollo (U.S.)
United States. Advisory Committee on the Future of the U.S. Space Program
United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
United States. National Commission on Space.
United States. Navy --Foreign service--Japan.
Case for Mars Conference.
Planets--Exploration.
Space colonies.
Space flight to the moon.
Submarines (Ships)--Japan.
Japan--History--Allied occupation, 1945-1952.
Mars (Planet)
Outer space--Exploration.
Engineers.