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Science Service was founded in 1921 by newspaper publisher Edward Willis Scripps (1854-1926) and the zoologist William Emerson Ritter (1856-1944) as a news service for the purpose of disseminating information on scientific progress to the public, and to "present facts in readable and interesting form." The Science Service Astronomy and Astronautics files in the National Air and Space Archives consists of papers, news releases, articles, newspaper and magazine clippings, and technical papers pertaining mainly to astronomy and astronautics and dating from the late 1920s through the early 1970s.
NASM.1987.0125
Science Service
1920-1979
Science Service Astronomy and Astronautics Files, gift, 1986
41.04 Cubic feet (114 boxes)
National Air and Space Museum Archives
The Science Service Astronomy and Astronautics files in the National Air and Space Archives consists of papers, news releases, articles, newspaper and magazine clippings, and technical papers pertaining mainly to astronomy and astronautics and dating from the late 1920s through the early 1970s. News coverage of the U.S.--oviet space race and the Cold War is particularly extensive. The collection also includes many sighting report telegrams sent by astronomers to Science Service. Small selections of other subjects were included in the collection.
The Science Service Collection is organized in the following series: Series 1 --Clippings, Publications, Papers, and Press Releases Collection material was housed in folders organized and titled according to the Library of Congress Classification system. Library of Congress Classification Subjects in the Science Service Collection: B - Philosophy. Psychology. Religion BF Psychology Q - Science QB Astronomy QC Physics QD Chemistry QL Zoology T - Technology TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery TL Motor vehicles, Aeronautics. Astronautics [A small group of TL files, filed under QB] [Another group of TL files] V - Naval Science VK Navigation. Merchant marine VM Naval architecture. Shipbuilding. Marine engineering Series 2 --Photographs Subseries 1 --Photographs in Folders or with Subjects Indicated Subseries 2 --Loose Photographs without Subject Headings Series 3 --Miscellaneous Material
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Science Service Astronomy and Astronautics Files, Acc. 1987-0125, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
Astronomy
Rocketry
Cold War
Astronautics
Space race
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Clippings
Photographs