Guide to the Deutsches Raketen- und Raumfahrt Museum e. V. Records, 1942-1969
Processed by Jason Apuzzo and Tim Noakes; machine-readable finding aid created by Steven Mandeville-Gamble.
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Guide to the Deutsches Raketen- und Raumfahrt Museum e. V. Records, 1942-1969
Collection number: M0718
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Stanford University Libraries
Stanford, California
Contact Information
- Department of Special Collections
- Green Library
- Stanford University Libraries
- Stanford, CA 94305-6004
- Phone: (650) 725-1022
- Email: speccoll@sulmail.stanford.edu
- URL: http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/spc/
- Processed by:
- Jason Apuzzo and Tim Noakes
- Date Completed:
- 1995 Nov.
- Encoded by:
- Steven Mandeville-Gamble
© 2002 The Board of Trustees of Stanford University. All rights reserved.
Descriptive Summary
Title: Deutsches Raketen- und Raumfahrt Museum e. V. Records,
Date (inclusive): 1942-1969
Collection number: M0718
Creator:
Deutsches Raketen- und Raumfahrt Museum e. V.
Extent:
4.25 linear ft.
Repository:
Stanford University. Libraries. Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives.
Abstract: The collection includes correspondence, essays, financial records, official reports, designs and other illustrations. Also
included are papers concerning the earlier Gesellschaft für Weltraumforschung as well as personal papers of Alfred Fritz dating
from the late 1940s.
Language:
English.
Administrative Information
Access Restrictions
None.
Publication Rights
Property rights reside with the repository. Literary rights
reside with the creators of the documents or their heirs. To
obtain permission to publish or reproduce, please contact the
Public Services Librarian of the Dept. of Special Collections.
Acquisition Information
Purchased, 1994
Preferred Citation
Deutsches Raketen- und Raumfahrt Museum e. V. Records. M0718. Dept. of Special Collections, Stanford University Libraries,
Stanford, Calif.
Historical Note
The collection includes papers and illustrations concerning the planned Deutsches Raketen- und Raumfahrtmuseum e.V. The museum
was intended to gather and display technical and literary materials (both historical and contemporary) relevent to studies
in astronautics. It was also intended to promote such studies through educational programs on both the contemporary state
of rocket-technology and the early stages of space travel.
The attempt to establish a permanent museum in Stuttgart extended from 1954 to the early 1960's. The museum was to have been
an outgrowth of the Gesellschaft fur Weltraumforschung, founded in Stuttgart in 1948. Both the museum and its predecessor
were members of the International Astroautical Federation. Among the museum's holdings were an A-4 rocket (v-2), the rocket
chamber and gas chamber of the "Veronique," a nose cone and instrumentation of an "Äerobee," as well as post-war technical,
scientific, and rocket-related literature by Stoelzel, Mohr, the Deutsche Raketengesellschaft für Raketentechnik und Raumfahrt.
During the late 1950's and the early 1960's the museum held at least 12 exhibitions. The museum also cooperated with Columbia-Morningside
in the filming of the Wernher von Braun Story.
Collection Scope and Content Summary
The collection primarily conains correspondence conducted worldwide concerning the planned museum. Almost all correspondence
involves Alfred Fritz, the museum's founder, managing director, and preeminent figure. The correspondence concerns such matters
as conference and membership in various space- and rocket- societies. Other materials include essays, financial records, handwritten
manuscripts, and official reports, designs, and illustrations.
Also included are papers concerning the earlier Gesellschaft für Weltraumforschung as well as handwritten manuscripts and
other personal effects of Alfred Fritz dating from the early 1940's.
The collection is of value to those interested in the reception and development of post-war German research in space-travel.
Access Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Fritz, Alfred.
American Astronautical Society.
American Rocket Society.
Arbeitsgemeinschaft fèur Raumfahrtforschung.
Bell Aircraft Corporation/Bell Aerosystems Company.
British Interplanetary Society.
Forschungsinstitut fèur Physik der Strahlantriebe.
International Astronautical Federation.
The Glenn L. Martin Company.
von Karman Institute for Fluid Dynamics.
Wissenschaftliche Gesellschaft fèur Luft und Raumfahrt.
Aeronautics.
Rocketry.
Science--History--Germany.
Space ships.
Collection Contents
Series 1. Institutional Correspondence, ca. 1955-1965
Box 1, Folder 1
American Astronautical Society
Box 1, Folder 3
Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Raumfahrtforschung
Box 1, Folder 4
Bell Aircraft Corporation/Bell Aerosystems Company
Box 1, Folder 5
British Interplanetary Society
Box 1, Folder 6
Danish Interplanetary Society
Box 1, Folder 7
Forschungsinstitut für Physik der Strahlantriebe
Box 1, Folder 8
International Astronautical Federation
Box 1, Folder 9
The Glenn L. Martin Company
Box 1, Folder 10
Von Karman Institute for Fluid Dynamics
Box 1, Folder 11
Wissenschaftliche Gesellschaft für Luft und Raumfahrt
Box 1, Folder 12
Misc. international institutional correspondence
Box 1, Folder 13
Misc. international institutional correspondence
Box 1, Folder 14
Misc. international institutional correspondence
Box 1, Folder 15
Misc. international institutional correspondence
Series 2. Museum Documents, ca. 1955-1961
Box 2, Folder 1
Museum's official papers, reports
Box 2, Folder 2
Museum's official papers, reports
Box 2, Folder 3
Museum's official papers, reports
Box 2, Folder 4
Museum's official papers, reports
Box 2, Folder 5
Museum's official papers, reports
Box 2, Folder 6
Museum's official papers, reports
Box 2, Folder 7
Museum's official papers, reports
Box 3, Folder 1
Report on opening of Gesellschaft für Weltraumforschung (1950)
Box 3, Folder 2
Notes, sketches and ground plan for proposed museum
Box 3, Folder 3
Extended memorandum on museum design and purpose
Box 3, Folder 4
Information on DGRR library holdings
Box 3, Folder 5
Satellite-date collection project of 1958-59
Series 3. Alfred Fritz, personal papers, ca. 1942-1950
Box 3, Folder 6
Alfred Fritz, personal papers
Box 3, Folder 7
Alfred Fritz, personal papers
Box 3, Folder 8
Alfred Fritz, personal papers
Box 3, Folder 9
Alfred Fritz, personal papers, manuscript of Fritz's novel, Urwald
Box 3, Folder 10
Alfred Fritz, personal papers, manuscript of Fritz's novel, Urwald
Series 4. Deutshes Raketen- und Raumfahrt Museum
Box 3, Folder 11
Alfred Fritz, personal papers
Box 3, Folder 12
Alfred Fritz, personal papers
Box 4, Folder 1
Alfred Fritz, pre-DGRR correspondence, ca. 1948-1950
Box 4, Folder 2
Alfred Fritz, pre-DGRR correspondence, ca. 1948-1950
Box 4, Folder 3
Alfred Fritz, pre-DGRR correspondence, ca. 1948-1950
Box 4, Folder 4
Alfred Fritz, pre-DGRR correspondence, ca. 1948-1950
Box 5
Notes/Diagrams/Photographs/correspondence
Box 6
Minor Illustrations (w/ listing)
Box 7, Folder 1
Technical Manuscripts (Radar), class notes and diagrams, ca. 1935-36
Series 5. Financial Records, ca. 1953-1957
Box 7, Folder 2
DGRR holdings in foreign accounts, 1953-1957
Box 8, Folder 1
Kassenbuch, 1957: "Deutsche Gesellschaft für Raketentechnic und Raumfahrt"
Box 8, Folder 2
Kassenbuch, 1955-56: "Gesellschaft für Weltraumforschung E.V. Stuttgart Zuffenhausen"
Box 9, Folder 1
Miscellaneous pamphlets, catalogues, and brochures of items selected for the Museum, i.e. bookshelves, storage containers,
cameras, etc.
Box 9, Folder 2
Miscellaneous pamphlets, catalogues, and brochures of items selected for the Museum, i.e. bookshelves, storage containers,
cameras, etc.
Box 9, Folder 3
Miscellaneous pamphlets, catalogues, and brochures of items selected for the Museum, i.e. bookshelves, storage containers,
cameras, etc.
Box 9, Folder 4
Miscellaneous pamphlets, catalogues, and brochures of items selected for the Museum, i.e. bookshelves, storage containers,
cameras, etc.
Box 9, Folder 5
Miscellaneous pamphlets, catalogues, and brochures of items selected for the Museum, i.e. bookshelves, storage containers,
cameras, etc.
Series 6. Major Illustrations
Map Case mc
Blank poster with blue background and large, stylized rocket insignia (insignia of the DGRR) on left side; right side free
for entries concerning lectures, events, conferences, etc.; ca. 1955
Map Case mc
Distance chart concerning trajectory of a moon flight.
Map Case mc
Original drawing on transparent paper of a space suit, as designed by H. Oberth (with attached description); Stuttgart, 1942.
Map Case mc
Three (3) architectural plans in brown print on strong paper, and one (1) frontal-view rendering of the planned museum in
Stuttgart; architect Max Benndorf, 1952
Map Case mc
Two (2) designs on transparent paper of 3-stage rocket and space-station; designed by Wernher von Braun; scale 1:200; Stuttgart,
1969
