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Ulam, Stanislaw, 1909-1984
Papers, 1916-1984. 35.75 linear feet.

A gifted mathematician, Polish-born Stanislaw Ulam made contributions to many fields, including set theory, topology, mathematical logic, and number theory, but is most widely remembered for his work in fostering the technical development of thermonuclear weapons. He was associated with Los Alamos Scientific Laboratories for most of the time between 1943 and 1965, and thereafter with the University of Colorado. These papers include personal and professional correspondence, manuscripts of both published and unpublished works, and memorabilia.

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United Church Board For World Ministries
Papers relating to North American Indian missions, 1817-1883. Film. 64 reels.

From manuscripts on deposit in Houghton Library, Harvard University. Letters, reports, accounts, memoranda, etc., relating to the work of the American Board of Home Missions among the Abenakis, Cherokees, Chickasaws, Choctaws, Creeks, Dakotas, Mackinaws, Maumees, Mayhaws, Ojibwas, Osage, Pawnees, Penobscots, Sioux, and Stockbridge Indians in Arkansas, New York, Oregon, and Elsewhere.

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United States Army. Department of North Carolina
General orders pertaining to the defences of New Bern, North Carolina, 1863. 1 vol. (98 pp.).

Some leaves of the volume contain printed orders. The commanding generals during the period were Brigadier General C. A. Heckman and Brigadier General Innis N. Palmer. The volume was received by the Society in 1867.

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United States Exploring Expedition
Records, 1838-1842. Film. 27 reels.

From National Archives, Washington (Film microcopy No. 75).

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United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Apollo 11 Mission Commentary, July 20, 1969. Typescript, photocopy, 54p.

The spacecraft Apollo 11 blasted off from Cape Kennedy, Fla., on July 16, 1969, with the mission to become the first to "perform a manned lunar landing and return." After entering lunar orbit on July 20, the landing module Eagle separated from the command module Columbia (piloted by Michael Collins) and descended to the lunar surface. Astronauts Neil Armstrong and Edwin E. (Buzz) Aldrin made a soft landing in the Sea of Tranquility, and following a quick meal -- but postponing a scheduled sleep -- they exited to become the first men to walk on the surface of the moon.

The Apollo 11 collection contains transcripts of communications between Mission Control in Houston, Tex., and the astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin during the first landing on the moon, July 20, 1969. Divided into two segments, both titled "Apollo 11 Mission Commentary," these transcripts includes a record of transmissions during the landing itself (27p.) and during the first moonwalk (27p.). Both are autographed by Armstrong.

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Université Laval. Archives du Grand Séminaire de Québec
Archives pertaining to Indian linguistics, 1685-1930. Film. 6 reels.

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University of California. Genetics Department
Records, 1911-1947. ca. 200 items.

In 1912, the University of California, Berkeley, became the first university in the nation to form a separate Department of Genetics. The first two appointments in the department went to plant geneticists Ernest Brown Babcock and Roy E. Clausen, and as the department grew slowly, shifting slightly away from its roots in agricultural science, it gained a strong reputation as an important center for research in several areas in genetics and evolutionary biology.

The U.C. Berkeley Department of Genetics Collection contains a selective sampling of correspondence relating to the organization and early history of the nation's first Department of Genetics. Centered in the years 1912-1930, the collection consists primarily of correspondence to and from Babcock and Clausen, pertaining to their research, administrative matters, and the genetical community. Prominent among their correspondents are George H. Shull, Thomas Hunt Morgan, A. H. Sturtevant, and H. J. Muller.

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University of Virginia
Board of Visitors. Minutes, 1814-1828. ca. 82 pp.

This is a copy of the minutes of the Albemarle Academy ( March 25-June 17, 1814) and Central College (May 5, 1817-1819), both of which were forerunners of the university. There are also minutes of the reconstituted university (March 29, 1819-April 7, 1826; July 10-24, 1828). Among the members of the Board were Thomas Jefferson, James Monroe, and James Madison.

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