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Rand History Project Interviews

National Air and Space Museum

Object Details

Creator
Collins, Martin
Names
Rand Corporation
United States. Air Force
Augenstein, Bruno W.
Bacher, Robert F. (Robert Fox), 1905-2004
Barlow, Edward J.
Belzer, Robert
Blasingame, Paul
Bowles, Edward
Collbohm, Frank
Collins, Martin
Davies, Merton E.
DuBridge, Lee A. (Lee Alvin), 1901-
Frick, Richard Henry, 1916-
Henderson, Lawrence
Hitch, Charles Johnston
Katz, Amron H.
King, Scott
Klein, Burton H.
Novick, David
Palmatier, Malcolm
Plessett, Ernst
Quade, Edward
Raymond, Arthur
Rumph, Ben
Salter, Robert
Schriever, Bernard
Shubert, Gustave H.
Specht, Robert D.
Speier, Hans.
Tanham, George
Thompson, Crawford
Wohlstetter, Albert.
Topic
Military art and science
Aeronautics, Military
Astronautics and state
Aeronautical engineers
Astronautics
Aeronautics designers
Cold War
Aeronautics
Provenance
Department of Space History, NASM, Transfer, 1999, NASM.1999.0037, Varies.
Creator
Collins, Martin
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Rand History Project Interviews
Summary
The Rand History Project Interviews constitute one of several oral history projects conducted within the National Air and Space Musuem's Department of Space History. The principal investigator for this project was Martin Collins and the following individuals were interviewed: Bruno Augenstein, Robert Bacher (with Lee DuBridge), Edward Barlow, Robert Belzer, Paul Blasingame, Edward Bowles, Frank Collbohm, Merton Davies, Richard Frick, Lawrence Henderson, Charles Hitch, Amrom Katz, Scott King, Burt Klein, David Novick, Malcolm Palmatier, Ernst Plessett, Edward Quade, Arthur Raymond, Ben Rumph, Robert Salter, Bernard Schriever, Gustave Shubert, Robert Specht, Hans Speier, George Tanham, Crawford Thompson, and Albert Wohlstetter.
Biographical/Historical note
This collection contains the interviews for the RAND History Project Interviews. These interviews explore the non-profit research firm's efforts to study the various problems of U.S. national security during the Cold War, in particular, from the perspective of the U.S. Air force (USAF). RAND brought together physical scientists, political scientists, sociologists, engineers and mathematicians and organized them within this single institution to pursue such research efforts. The RAND Project constitutes one of a number of oral history endeavors conducted by the National Air and Space Museum's (NASM) Department of Space History. The principal (though, by no means the only) interviewer for this project was Martin Collins, and the interview set consists of 104 hours of interviews with 38 individuals. The following people were interviewed for this project: Bruno Augenstein, Robert Bacher (with Lee DuBridge), Edward Barlow, Robert Belzer, Paul Blasingame, Edward Bowles, Charles Carey, Frank Collbohm, Merton Davies, Robert Davis, James Digby, Gene Fisher, Richard Frick, Olaf Helmer, Lawrence Henderson, Charles Hitch, Victor Jackson, Amrom Katz, Scott King, Burt Klein, Charles Lindblom, Hugh Miser, David Novick, Malcolm Palmatier, Ernst Plessett, Edward Quade, Arthur Raymond, Ben Rumph, Robert Salter, Bernard Schriever, Lloyd Shapley, Gustave Shubert, Robert Specht, Hans Speier, George Tanham, Crawford Thompson, and Albert Wohlstetter.
Extent
2.35 Cubic feet (12 boxes)
Date
1985-1990
Archival Repository
National Air and Space Museum Archives
Identifier
NASM.1999.0037
Type
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Transcripts
Citation
Rand History Project Interviews, Acc. NASM.1999.0037, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
Arrangement
The RAND History Project Interviews are arranged alphabetically by interviewee. Series I (boxes 1-9) contains interviews on audio cassette tapes. Series II (boxes 10-12) contains the transcripts.
Processing Information
Arranged and described by Mark Kahn, 2007. Encoded by Amanda Buel, 2014.
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.
Genre/Form
Transcripts
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of the compact audio cassettes and transcripts for the Rand History Project interviews, which is a dual institutional study of the RAND Corporation and its military sponsor, the Air Force. This collection covers the period 1945 though the early 1960s and consists of 104 hours of interviews with 29 individuals. The RAND interviews were conceived as another angle of inquiry on the relations between expert knowledge and the military in the early Cold War. RAND drew together engineers, scientists, and mathematicians whose specialties were oriented toward military hardware design and the physical sciences and sociologists, political scientists, economists, psychologists, and other social science and humanities specialists. All were organized within a single institution to study the problem of warfare in the cold War, especially from the perspective of the Air Force.
Restrictions
No restrictions on access.
Related Materials
Similar materials, specifically a series of videohistories on the same topic, are housed in the Smithsonian Institution Archives in the The Research and Development (RAND) Corporation Interviews, local collection number SIA 9536.
Related link
Record ID
ebl-1503512494632-1503512494641-0
Metadata Usage
CC0
GUID
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/pg2b1e558a4-79d9-47b0-b47a-34139d7693b9

In the Collection

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  • Rumph, Ben tape 2 of 2

  • Blasingame, Paul tape 2 of 2

  • Thompson, Crawford C. tape 2 of 4

  • Tatarewicz, Joe

  • Specht, Robert tape 1 of 2

  • Lindblom, Charles E., tape 1 of 2

  • Collbohm, Frank tape 2 of 4

  • Digby, James

  • Quade, Edward tape 1 of 3

  • Novick, David tape 2 of 2 (Afternoon Session)

  • Salter, Robert tape 1 of 2

  • Shubert, Gustave tape 1 of 2

  • Klein, Burt tape 1 of 2

  • Fisher, Gene Tape 2 of 2

  • Barlow, Edward tape 2 of 2

  • Wohlstetter, Albert tape 1 of 2

  • Carey, Charles tape 2 of 2

  • Shapley, Lloyd tape 2 of 2

  • Klein, Burt tape 1 of 2

  • Katz, Amrom tape 4 of 4

  • Henderson, Lawrence J. tape 1 of 2

  • Collbohm, Frank tape 1 of 4

  • Belzer, Robert tape 3 of 3

  • Fisher, Gene Tape 2 of 2

  • Henderson, Lawrence J. tape 1 of 2

  • Shubert, Gustave tape 2 of 2

  • Henderson, Lawrence J. tape 2 of 2

  • Palmatier, Malcolm tape 2 of 2

  • Schriever, General Bernard

  • Collbohm, Frank tape 3 of 4

  • Davies, Merton tape 2 of 2

  • Plesset, Ernst tape 1 of 2

  • Specht, Robert tape 2 of 2

  • Digby, James tape 1 of 2

  • Davis, Robert A. tape 2 of 2 and Klein, Burt

  • Digby, James tape 2 of 2

  • Katz, Amrom tape 1 of 3

  • Palmatier, Malcolm tape 1 of 2

  • Helmer, Olaf tape 2 of 2

  • Miser, Hugh tape 2 of 3

  • Helmer, Olaf tape 1 of 2

  • Raymond, Arthur

  • Quade, Edward tape 2 of 3

  • Shubert, Gustave tape 2 of 2

  • Shubert, Gustave tape 2 of 3

  • Shubert, Gustave tape 2 of 2

  • Raymond, Arthur tape 2 of 2

  • Katz, Amrom; Davies, Merton tape 2 of 2

  • Shapley, Lloyd tape 1 of 2

  • Frick, Richard tape 2 of 2

  • Digby, James

  • Collbohm, Frank tape 4 of 4

  • King, Scott J. tape 2 of 2

  • Rumph, Ben tape 1 of 2

  • Novick, David tape 1 of 2 (Morning Session)

  • Digby, James

  • Bowles, Edward tape 2 of 3

  • Thompson, Crawford C. tape 1 of 4

  • Shubert, Gustave tape 1 of 2

  • Augenstein, Bruno tape 2 of 2

  • Shubert, Gustave

  • Bowles, Edward tape 3 of 3

  • Bowles, Edward tape 1 of 3

  • Carey, Charles tape 1 of 2

  • Speier, Hans tape 1 of 3

  • Tanham, George

  • Bowles, Edward tape 2 of 3

  • Shubert, Gustave tape 1 of 2

  • Rumph, Ben tape 1 of 2

  • Bacher, Robert; Dubridge, Lee tape 1 of 2

  • Bowles, Edward tape 3 of 3

  • Salter, Robert tape 2 of 2

  • Shubert, Gustave tape 1 of 2

  • Fisher, Gene Tape 1 of 2

  • Shubert, Gustave tape 2 of 2

  • Augenstein, Bruno tape 2 of 2

  • Barlow, Edward tape 1 of 2

  • Barlow, Edward tape 2 of 2

  • Shubert, Gustave tape 3 of 3

  • Audio Cassettes

  • Katz, Amrom tape 2 of 3

  • Bowles, Edward tape 1 of 3

  • Bowles, Edward tape 2 of 3

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