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Title:
Theodore von Kármán papers, 1871-1963

Collection number:
Consult repository

Creator:
Von Kármán, Theodore, 1881-1963

Extent:
93 linear feet

Repository:
California Institute of Technology. Archives.
Pasadena, California 91125

Abstract:
This record group documents the career of Theodore von Kármán, Hungarian-born aerodynamicist, science advisor, and first director of the Daniel Guggenheim Aeronautical Laboratory at the California Institute of Technology. It consists primarily of correspondence, speeches, lectures and lecture notes, scientific manuscripts, calculations, reports, photos and technical slides, autobiographical sketches, and school notebooks.

Language:
English.

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