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100	1		_aAstin, Allen Varley, _d1904-1984.
245	0	0	_aAllen Varley Astin papers, _f1939-1973 _g(bulk 1950-1970).
300			_a25,000 _fitems.
300			_a66 _fcontainers.
300			_a26 _flinear feet.
506	0		_aOpen to research.
520	8		_aCorrespondence, memoranda, minutes, agenda, reports, studies, congressional testimony, writings, speeches, conference papers, university teaching and training course records, research data, printed matter, and photographs documenting Astin's career at the National Bureau of Standards (1928-1969), particularly as director (1952-1969), during which time the bureau was expanded and reorganized. Topics include measurement techniques relating to electric insulating materials, telemeters, electric instrumentation, and the electrification of American industry. Astin's World War II activities at the bureau in ordnance research and the development of proximity fuzes for bombs and rockets are documented as well as his service in the London office of the U.S. Office of Scientific Research and Development as a liason with the British armed forces. Other topics include science and public policy, international cooperation among scientists, and the metric system. Includes some material relating to the career of his son, actor John Astin.
545	0		_aPhysicist and director, National Bureau of Standards.
546			_aCollection material in English.
555	8		_aFinding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at _uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms001007
600	1	0	_aAstin, John.
610	1	0	_aUnited States. _bNational Bureau of Standards.
610	1	0	_aUnited States. _bOffice of Scientific Research and Development.
650		0	_aBombardment.
650		0	_aElectric apparatus and appliances.
650		0	_aElectric insulators and insulation.
650		0	_aElectrification.
650		0	_aMetric system.
650		0	_aOrdnance.
650		0	_aProximity fuzes.
650		0	_aScience _xInternational cooperation.
650		0	_aScience and state _zUnited States.
650		0	_aTelemeter.
650		0	_aWeights and measures.
650		0	_aWorld War, 1939-1945 _xAerial operations.
650		0	_aWorld War, 1939-1945 _zEngland _zLondon.
651		0	_aGreat Britain _xArmed Forces.
656		7	_aPhysicists. _2itoamc
656		7	_aPublic officials. _2itoamc
856	4		_3Finding aid _uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms001007
856	4		_3Finding aid (PDF) _uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms001007.3
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