G.E. Mueller papers, 1876-1997 (bulk 1935-1995).

Open to research.

Classified, in part.

Restrictions may apply to unprocessed material.

Correspondence, speeches, writings, subject files, printed matter, and other papers relating to Mueller's studies in electrical engineering at the University of Missouri--St. Louis and Purdue University and documenting his career at Bell Telephone Laboratories, Ohio State University, Space Technology Laboratories, U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration, General Dynamics Corporation, System Development Corporation, Burroughs Corporation, George E. Mueller Corporation, Kistler Aerospace Corporation, and his non-aeronautical interests.

Projects documented and related topics include millimeter wave research and radar technology; communications satellites, administration of the Atlas, Titan, Minuteman, and Thor ballistic missile programs, Pioneer I space probe, interplanetary space probes, and U.S. Air Force SPAN network for tracking satellites; manned space flights (1963-1969), administration of the Gemini, Apollo/Saturn, Skylab, and Space Shuttle programs, management of the George C. Marshall Space Flight Center, Manned Spacecraft Center, and John F. Kennedy Space Center; formation of the Sea-Space Symposium connecting scuba diving, oceanography, and space exploration; the development and marketing of jojoba oil; and Mueller's interests in sailing and skiing.

Organizations and institutions represented include American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, American Institute of Wine & Food, International Academy of Astronautics (president, 1983-1995), International Astronautical Federation, Laguna Blanca School, National Board of the Smithsonian Associates, Ocean Corporation, Ohio State University, Original Computer Camp, Thompson Ramo Wooldridge, Inc. (Ramo-Wooldridge Division), and University of California, Santa Barbara.

Correspondents include John Leland Atwood, Alvaro Azcárraga Arana, W. Michael Blumenthal, Leonard J. Carter, Roger Chevalier, Arthur Charles Clarke, Jean-Michel Contant, Kurt Debus, James Harold Doolittle, Josephine Daniels Doolittle, Robert K. Dornan, C. S. Draper, Frederick C. Durant, Eilene Marie Slack Galloway, Hélène van Gelder, Jerry Grey, William P. Gwinn, James J. Harford, Hubert H. Humphrey, C. de Jager, Raymond Loewy, Viola Erickson Loewy, George P. Miller, Luigi G. Napolitano, Thomas O. Paine, L. I. Sedov, Bernard A. Schreiver, Arthur L. Slotkin, Margaret Chase Smith, Olin E. Teague, Wernher Von Braun, Brooks Walker, James E. Webb, Edward C. Welsh, and Michael I. Yarymovych.

Engineer, administrator of U.S. manned space flight program, and corporate executive.

Collection material in English.

Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at

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