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 Identifier

NASM.1986.0121

Creator

Szewczyk, Zdzislaw I.

Date

1941-1974

Provenance

Zdzislaw I. Szewczyk, gift, 1986, 1986-0121, Not NASM

Extent

24.02 Linear feet

Archival Repository

National Air and Space Museum Archives

Scope and Contents

This collection consists of material documenting the development of airborne radar and related avionics assembled by Zdzislaw I. Szewczyk, an engineer with the General Motors Company. The material consists of a 35-volume catalog of ready reference information on radar hardware, arranged by country and manufacturer. Catalog entries refer to specific supporting documents that comprise the remainder of the collection. The remaining material consists of technical manuals, books, periodicals, and technical pamphlets, as well as radar hardware which has been accessioned separately into the National Air and Space Museum artifact collection. In September 1999, an additional notebook and four books were donated and added to this collection.

Rights

Material is subject to Smithsonian Terms of Use. Should you wish to use NASM material in any medium, please submit an Application for Permission to Reproduce NASM Material, available at Permissions Requests

Restrictions

No restrictions on access

Topics

Avionics

Radar in aeronautics

Aeronautics

Periodicals

Type

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Publications

Notebooks