Box 15
Container
Contains 24 Collections and/or Records:
Research Materials, circa 1920s - 2000s
Sub-Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSF 490, Series 1, Sub-Series 4
Scope and Contents
Sub-series four consists of books and booklets, as well as binders containing various reference materials, used in Ehresman's research.
Dates:
circa 1920s - 2000s
Binder containing the paper, The Problem of Escape from the Earth by Rocket, 1946
Item — Box: 15, Item: 1
Identifier: MSF 490, Series 1, Sub-Series 4, Item 9
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Sub-series four consists of books and booklets, as well as binders containing various reference materials, used in Ehresman's research.
Dates:
1946
Binder, Aerojet Brochure Rocket Power Plants , 1948
Item — Box: 15, Item: 2
Identifier: MSF 490, Series 1, Sub-Series 4, Item 10
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Sub-series four consists of books and booklets, as well as binders containing various reference materials, used in Ehresman's research.
Dates:
1948
Binder, White Sands Proving Grounds Info on GE Launches, circa 1940s - 2000s
Item — Box: 15, Item: 3
Identifier: MSF 490, Series 1, Sub-Series 4, Item 11
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Sub-series four consists of books and booklets, as well as binders containing various reference materials, used in Ehresman's research.
Dates:
circa 1940s - 2000s
Binder, Robert Godard papers, circa 1940s - 1990s
Item — Box: 15, Item: 4
Identifier: MSF 490, Series 1, Sub-Series 4, Item 12
Scope and Contents
(Contains photocopies of materials from 1940s, 1980s-1990s, undated; with letter from 1991.)
Dates:
circa 1940s - 1990s
Milton W. Rosen, The Viking Rocket Story, 1955
Item — Box: 15, Item: 5
Identifier: MSF 490, Series 1, Sub-Series 4, Item 13
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Sub-series four consists of books and booklets, as well as binders containing various reference materials, used in Ehresman's research.
Dates:
1955
Large Rocket Engine Weight Study, 1956
Item — Box: 15, Item: 6
Identifier: MSF 490, Series 1, Sub-Series 4, Item 14
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Sub-series four consists of books and booklets, as well as binders containing various reference materials, used in Ehresman's research.
Dates:
1956
Fletcher Pratt, All About Rockets and Jets, 1958
Item — Box: 15, Item: 7
Identifier: MSF 490, Series 1, Sub-Series 4, Item 15
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Sub-series four consists of books and booklets, as well as binders containing various reference materials, used in Ehresman's research.
Dates:
1958
Liquid Propellant Information Agency, Liquid Propellant Safety Manual, 1958
Item — Box: 15, Item: 8
Identifier: MSF 490, Series 1, Sub-Series 4, Item 16
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Sub-series four consists of books and booklets, as well as binders containing various reference materials, used in Ehresman's research.
Dates:
1958
Booklet, Very Large Rocket Engines: Experimental Investigation of Thrust Vector Control and Performance of A Cellular-Type Plug Nozzle Thrust Chamber, 1959
Item — Box: 15, Item: 9
Identifier: MSF 490, Series 1, Sub-Series 4, Item 17
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Sub-series four consists of books and booklets, as well as binders containing various reference materials, used in Ehresman's research.
Dates:
1959
Philip Gustave Laurson and William Junkin Cox, Mechanics of Materials, 1947
Item — Box: 15, Item: 10
Identifier: MSF 490, Series 1, Sub-Series 4, Item 18
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Sub-series four consists of books and booklets, as well as binders containing various reference materials, used in Ehresman's research.
Dates:
1947
Max Jakob and George A. Hawkins, Elements of Heat Transfer and Insulation, 1948
Item — Box: 15, Item: 11
Identifier: MSF 490, Series 1, Sub-Series 4, Item 19
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Sub-series four consists of books and booklets, as well as binders containing various reference materials, used in Ehresman's research.
Dates:
1948
Research Memorandum, Behavior of Commercial Hydrazine in Contact with Various Materials, 1950
File — Box: 15, Folder: 1
Identifier: MSF 490, Series 1, Sub-Series 4, File 4
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Sub-series four consists of books and booklets, as well as binders containing various reference materials, used in Ehresman's research.
Dates:
1950
Final Report, Project Hermes V-2 Missile Program, 1954
File — Box: 15, Folder: 2
Identifier: MSF 490, Series 1, Sub-Series 4, File 5
Scope and Contents
(Photocopied with handwritten note, 2005.)
Dates:
1954
Curtiss-Wright "The Engineer’s Ramjet Primer," 1956; NASA Memorandum "Propellant Vaporization as a Criterion for Rocket-Engine Design", 1959
File — Box: 15, Folder: 3
Identifier: MSF 490, Series 1, Sub-Series 4, File 6
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Sub-series four consists of books and booklets, as well as binders containing various reference materials, used in Ehresman's research.
Dates:
1959
Research Memorandum, Effect of Fuel-Orifice Diameter on Performance of Heptane-Oxygen Rocket Engines, 1958
File — Box: 15, Folder: 4
Identifier: MSF 490, Series 1, Sub-Series 4, File 7
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Sub-series four consists of books and booklets, as well as binders containing various reference materials, used in Ehresman's research.
Dates:
1958
Very Large Rocket Engines: Aerodynamic Analysis of Plug Nozzles, 1958; Very Large Rocket Engines: Occasional Report No. 2, 1958
File — Box: 15, Folder: 5
Identifier: MSF 490, Series 1, Sub-Series 4, File 8
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Sub-series four consists of books and booklets, as well as binders containing various reference materials, used in Ehresman's research.
Dates:
1958
Booklets, The Plug Nozzle Story, 1959; Very Large Rocket Engines: Experimental Investigation of A Cellular Type Plug Nozzle Rocket Motor, 1959; Plug Nozzle Rocket Engine: Design Information for System Studies, 1959; Plug Nozzle Program: Quarterly Report No. 2, 1959
File — Box: 15, Folder: 6
Identifier: MSF 490, Series 1, Sub-Series 4, File 9
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Sub-series four consists of books and booklets, as well as binders containing various reference materials, used in Ehresman's research.
Dates:
1959
Subject File, Solid Propellants Information, 1959 - 1965
File — Box: 15, Folder: 7
Identifier: MSF 490, Series 1, Sub-Series 4, File 10
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Sub-series four consists of books and booklets, as well as binders containing various reference materials, used in Ehresman's research.
Dates:
1959 - 1965
Subject File, Materials sent to Ehresman from Frank H. Winter, Curator, Rocketry Space History Division, National Air and Space Museum, 2008
File — Box: 15, Folder: 8
Identifier: MSF 490, Series 1, Sub-Series 4, File 11
Scope and Contents
(Photocopies original material and from 1951, 1960, 1966-1967, 1977, 1996, 1998, 2001, undated, and with correspondence and notes, 2005-2008.)
Dates:
2008
Articles, Papers, and Book Chapters by Purdue Faculty, 1950 - 1959
File — Box: 15, Folder: 9
Identifier: MSF 490, Series 1, Sub-Series 4, File 12
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Sub-series four consists of books and booklets, as well as binders containing various reference materials, used in Ehresman's research.
Dates:
1950 - 1959
Articles, Papers, and Book Chapters by Others, 1950 - 1959
File — Box: 15, Folder: 10
Identifier: MSF 490, Series 1, Sub-Series 4, File 13
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Sub-series four consists of books and booklets, as well as binders containing various reference materials, used in Ehresman's research.
Dates:
1950 - 1959
Research and Writings, circa 1920s - 2000s
Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSF 490, Series 1
Scope and Contents
Series one is divided into four sub-series.
- Collaborative Research and Work
- Conferences, Presentations, and Publications
- Multimedia
- Research Materials
Dates:
circa 1920s - 2000s
Charles M. Ehresman papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSF 490
Scope and Contents
The Charles M. Ehresman papers document the work and professional activities of Charles M. Ehresman, designer of Purdue University's High Pressure Rocket Laboratory, associate professor of Mechanical Engineering, and operations manager of Purdue's Thermal Sciences and Propulsion Center (known today as Zucrow Laboratories). The collection also documents the design and construction of the High Pressure Rocket Laboratory and its early administration and operations, as well as materials pertaining...
Dates:
1897 - 2011; Other: Majority of material found within 1960 - 1972; Other: Majority of material found within 1997 - 2009