NIST Employee Biographical Files

1

001

Published Works & Reports

1898-1928

1

002

From The Stratton Papers in the Library Archives of MIT

1898? -1982, 2023

1

003

Newspaper Clippings

1900-1931

1

004

Biographical Information

1908-2016

1

005

Correspondence re: Resignation

1921-1923

1

006

 Ephemera

1922-1931

1

007

 Correspondence re: Painted Portrait of SWS by Charles Bittinger 

1925-1927

1

008

Portraits

UNDATED

 1

009

Published Works & Reports (folder 1 of 2)

1901-1932

 2

001

Published Works & Reports (folder 2 of 2)

1901-1932

 2

002

Biographical Information

1903-1974

 2

003

"Special Passport"

1917

 2

004.1

Ephemera

1926

 2

004.2

Correspondence

1929

 2

005

Portraits & Photos

UNDATED

 2

006

Published Works & Talks (folder 1 of 2)

1896-1959

 2

007

Published Works & Talks (folder 2 of 2)

1896-1959

 3

001

Biographical Information (folder 1 of 3)

1927-1990

 3

002

Biographical Information (folder 2 of 3)

1927-1990

 3

003

Biographical Information (folder 3 of 3)

1927-1990

 3

004

National Geographic

1936-1959

 3

005

Uranium Committee Correspondence

1939-1941

 3

006

Portraits and Personal Photos

1943, UNDATED

 3

007

American Standards Association

1944-1945

 3

008

Statement before Congress re: Construction of Public Buildings

Oct 17, 1945

 3

009

Bibliography

1945-1954, UNDATED

 3

010

Negative Pressure Experiments - Published Papers

1950-1956

 4

001

"The Liveliness of Baseballs" manuscript

1952

 4

002

Scientific Apparatus Makers Association (SAMA) Award

1953

 4

003

80th Birthday Luncheon / Recognition

1953-1954

 4

004

"Baseball Experiments" - Working Notes & Correspondence

1957

 4

005

Curve of a Baseball Experiment - Newspaper Clippings, Press Releases, Articles

1959, 1982

 4

006

Inventories of Lyman Briggs' Archival Papers Transferred to NARA

1964

 4

007

"Measures for Progress" Excerpts

1966

 4

008

Lyman James Briggs 1874-1963 - A Biographical Memoir by Peter Briggs Myers & Johanna M.H. Levelt Sengers

1999

 4

009

Biographical Information (Folder 1 of 2)

1940-2013

 4

010

Biographical Information (Folder 2 of 2)

1940-2013

 5

001

Published Works & Articles

1943-1973

 5

002

From National Archives' Record Group 40 - Correspondence re: Nomination, Salary, House of Un-American Activities Investigation

1945-1948

 5

003

Reports, Addresses, Remarks and Guest Editorial

1946-1972

 5

004

Congressional Record Excerpts from the Committee on Un-American Activities & Related Material

1947-1968

 5

005

Senate Congressional Record Vol. 94 Nos. 68-70

 5

006

"Los Alamos Primer"

UNDATED / 1963

 5

007

Scientific American Magazine - LIGHT 

September 1, 1968

 5

008

Articles with Possibly Condon Annotations

1971-1974

 5

009

Photographs including Portrait

UNDATED

 6

001

Early Articles 

1929-1949

 6

002

The Collected Papers, Speeches, and Patents of Allen V. Astin, NBS (Folder 1 of 3)

Sept. 1, 1932 - August 31 1969

 6

003

The Collected Papers, Speeches, and Patents of Allen V. Astin, NBS (Folder 2 of 3)

Sept. 1, 1932 - August 31 1969

 6

004

The Collected Papers, Speeches, and Patents of Allen V. Astin, NBS (Folder 3 of 3)

Sept. 1, 1932 - August 31 1969

 6

005

Patent - Apparatus for Making Meteorological Observations. No. 2,216,161

October 1, 1940

 6

006

Patent - Thermal Protection and Radio Shielding of Spark Plugs. No. 2,197,006

April 16. 1940

 6

007

Patent - Radio Shielded Spark Plug. No. 2,186,039

January 9, 1940

 6

008

Appointment to Head Electronics Division

1948

 6

009

Requests for Photographs, Reprints, Biographies of Allen V. Astin

1949-1976

 6

010

Announcement of "Current Developments in Science & Engineering" address for Washington Society of Engineers

1950

 6

011

Appointment to Associate Director of NBS

1950

 6

012

Appointment to Acting Director of NBS

1951

 6

013

Misc. Correspondence from Allen V. Astin   

1952-1969

 6

014

Swearing in as Director

1952

 6

015

Talk - "Research and Safety" for Federal Safety Council

October 20, 1952

 6

016

Article - "Need for Scientific and Engineering Talent" in The Science Teacher, Journal of the National Science Teachers Association

November 1952

 7

001

Article - "Some Facts on the Current Shortage of Tech Personnel"

Dec 1. 1952

 7

002

Biographical Information for Press re: Appointment

1952

 7

003

Safety Standards Vol 2, No. 9

January 1953

 7

004

"The Astin Case" in Physics Today and Related

April-May 1953

 7

005

Address - "The National Bureau of Standards" at American Physical Society

May 1, 1953

 7

006

Statement before Select Committee on Small Business, U.S. Senate

June 23, 1953

 7

007

Talk - "Physical Measurement and Medicine" for DC AMA

Oct 7, 1953

 7

008

Scientists' Committee for Evaluation - Recommendations

Oct 16, 1953

 7

009

Summary of Talk "Project Tinkertoy" before Washington Section of the Armed Forces Communications Association

Nov 4, 1953

 7

010

Talk - Summary of AIEE-IRE-ACM Conference 

1953

 7

011

Transcript of Meeting #4 of Personnel Officers of Research and Development Agencies

1953

 7

012

Telegrams connected with the American Chemical Society (ACS) Action re: Forced Resignation of Dr. Astin

1953

 7

013

Article - "National and International Interest in Instrumentation" ISA Journal

September 1954

 7

014

"Physical Standards and the Electromagnetic Spectrum" (Background Information Compiled for NBS Open House)

Feb. 1955

 7

015

Talk - "Standards for Electronics" - National Electronics Conference

Oct 3 1955

 7

016

Dedication of the Fritz Engineering Lab

Oct 14 1955

 7

017

"Welcome to Washington" from the 6th National Conference on Standards

Oct 24, 1955

 7

018

Testimony of Dr, Astin before Subcommittee on Economic Stabilization. Joint Committee on the Economic Report

Oct 27, 1955

 7

019

Open House Address

1955

 7

020

Hearings and Statements

1955-1957

 7

021

Presentation - "The Role of Instrumentation in Scientific Research Programs"

October 1956

 7

022

Article - "The Engineer at the National Bureau of Standards" from American Engineer

Sept 1956

 7

023

Article - "Industry needs Automation" from Automation

Sept 1956

 7

024

Article - " Metrology and Production" from Ordnance

May-June 1956

 7

025

Article - "Physical Standards for the Electronics Industry" from Signal

May-June 1956

 7

026

Testimony Before Government Information Subcommittee of the House Committee on Government Operations

April 27, 1956

 7

027

Talk - "A Brief Look at the History of Automation" to the Armed Forces Communications Electronics Association

Feb 2, 1956

 7

028

Talk - "How will Automation Affect the White-Collar Worker" to the Conference on Problems of the White-Collar Workers, Industrial Union Department

Dec 13, 1956

 7

029

Statement before the House Interstate and Foreign Commerce Committee

Feb 28, 1957

 7

030

Talk - Dedication of the International Telephone Telegraphs Standards Lab

June 11, 1957

 7

031

Talk - "Services of National Bureau of Standards to the Paper Industry" for Ohio TAPPI

Sept 1957

 7

032

Talk - "Scientists and Public Responsibility" at American Physical Society

Sept 1957

 7

033

Talk - "Precise Measurement and the Race for Technological Supremacy" 

1957-1958

 7

034

Article - "Office of Critical Tables" from News Report

1957

 7

035

Talk - "Standardization of the Inch" to the Dimensional Standards and Metrology Division of the American Ordnance Association

Jan 16 1958

 8

001

Talk - "Measurement, Rubber Research and Technological Competition" to The Washington Rubber Group

Feb 18, 1958

 8

002

Address - "Research is Everybody's Business" delivered at Corvalis Conference on Research and development for Small Business

March 14, 1958

 8

003

Presentation - "Miniaturization and Precise Measurement"

March 23. 1958

 8

004

Article - "Soviet Electronics in World Markets" from Electronic Week

April 7, 1958

 8

005

Talk - "Instrumentation: Where We Stand" given at the Instrument and Apparatus Industry Luncheon of the 61st Annual Meeting of the American Society for Testing Materials

June 26, 1958

 8

006

Interview - " Tomorrow's Measuring Man: He Invents Dimensions" Saturday Review

August 2, 1958

 8

007

Address - "Standards and Measurements for Electronics" at the opening of the AIEE-IRE-NBS Conference on Electronic Standards and Measurements

August 13, 1958

 8

008

Talk - "Physical Standards and Chemical Research" at the 72nd Annual Meeting of the Association of Official Agricultural Chemists

Oct 14, 1958

 8

009

Address - "Materials for a New Technology" for the 1958 Southwest Regional meeting of the American Chemical Society

Dec 5, 1958

 8

010

Talk - "Physical Measurement - A Challenge to Science and Engineering" to the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) Annual Meeting

Jan 15 1959

 8

011

Talk - "How Critical are the Critical Tables?" at the Symposium on Thermal Properties of Gases Liquids and Solids

Feb 25, 1959

 8

012

Talk - "The Role of Government Research Labs" from AIEE Winter General Meeting

Feb 1959

 8

013

Statement on Metric System for Product Engineering

Feb 1959

 8

014

Article - "Physical Standards and Chemical Research" from Journal of the Association of Official Agricultural Chemists

Feb 1959

 8

015

Patent - Telemetering Transmitter for a Projectile No. 2,877,452

March 10 1959

 8

016

Scientific Apparatus Makers Association (SAMA) 41st Annual Meeting

Jan, April 1959

 8

017

Talk - "Basic Research in Government Labs" at Symposium on Basic Research

May 15, 1959

 8

018

Article - "The Long Look at National Research Needs" for Analytical Chemistry

July 1959

 8

019

Talk - "Measurement, Standards, and Utilities" for Utility Commission Engineers Annual Conference

July 1 1959

 8

020

Address - "Research and Instrumentation" at the Dedication of the Research and Development Center of the Leeds and Northrup Company

Sept 18 1959

 8

021

Article - "Redefining the Meter - New Standard Sought" in the Engineer's News Supplement of the New York Herald Tribune

Sept 27, 1959

 8

022

Correspondence re: Talk - "Reducing Development Costs by Systematic Research" at American Management Association

Oct-Dec 1959

 8

023

Talk - "The Basic Standards of Physical Measurement" for 28th annual Meeting of American Society of Tool and Manufacturing Engineers

April 1960

 8

024

Tear sheets of Interview - "What has the Missile Age Meant to the Bureau of Standards" for Product Engineering

1960

 8

025

Article - "Our Measurement System and National Needs" for Sperryscope Vol. 15, No.6

1960

 8

026

Paper - "A Metrologist's View of Chemical Progress" presented at Annual Student's Industry Luncheon of the Chemical Council of New York

April 10, 1961

 8

027

Paper - "The Unit of Electric Current" presented at 75th Anniversary Celebration of Physikalisch-Technische

April 12, 1962; Nov 1962

 8

028

Article - "The Basis of the Measurement System" from the Proceedings of the IRE 15th Anniversary Issue Vol. 50 No.5

May 1962

 8

029

Article - "Physical Measurement: Pilot of Progress" from Steel

July 23, 1962

 8

030

Astin in The NBS Standard

Oct-Nov 1962

 8

031

Article - "Some Problems of Improving Accuracy of Measurement" from IRE Convention Record Part 9

1962

 8

032

Photographs

1962, UNDATED

 8

033

Paper - "The Role of the National Laboratory" contributed to the United Nations Conference on the Application of Science and Technology for the Benefit of the Less Developed Areas

Nov 1963

 8

034

Article - "Measurement and Technological Progress" from Experimental Mechanics

March 1964

 8

035

Presentation - "State of the Bureau"

Late 1964

 8

036

Article - "Technical Information Service of the National Bureau of Standards" from R/D Research/Development Vol 15, No. 1 

January 1964

 8

037

Article - "Technical / Technological Dynamics" from R/D Research/Development Vol 16, No. 10 

Oct 1965

 8

038

Statement before the House Appropriations Subcommittee for Fiscal Year 1965

c. 1965

 8

039

Article - "International Standardization and Expanded World Trade" from The Magazine of Standards

July 1966

 8

040

Interview - "He Will Decide When Autos Are Safe" from Nation's Business

Aug 1966

 8

041

Statement before the Permanent Investigations Subcommittee of the Senate Committee on Government Operations on Higgins 10 Year Battery Life and White Magic Motor Conditioner

April 25, 1967

 8

042

Talk - "The Impact of Science and Technology on Standardization" from 7th General Assembly of the International Standards Organization, Moscow

June 28, 1967

 8

043

Article - "Measurement Accuracy at Radio Frequencies" from Proceedings of the IEEE Vol. 55 No. 6

June 1967

 8

044

Press Release - Astin Designated Acting Assistant Secretary for Science and Technology

July 26, 1967

 9

001

Article - "Dr. Astin Informs Staff on the State of the Bureau" from The NBS Standard

1967

 9

002

Statement before the House Appropriations Subcommittee on State, Justice, Commerce, the Judiciary and Related Agencies

1967

 9

003

Article - "A Time for Action in International Standardization" from Materials Research and Standards Vol. 8 No. 5

May 1968

 9

004

Article - "Standards of Measurement" from Scientific Measurement

June 1968

 9

005

Article - "Voluntary Standardization and the Government - 50 Years of Cooperative" from The Magazine of Standards Vol. 39 No. 6

June 1968

 9

006

Article - "The Scientific Community and International Cooperation" from the Dept of State Bulletin

April 8, 1969

 9

007

Article - "Management and the Metric System" from Defense Management Journal Vol. V No. 2

Spring 1969

 9

008

Address - "A Look at Developing Standards technology" at 18th Annual Meeting of the Standards Engineers Society

Sept 15, 1969

 9

009

Retirement

1969

 9

010

Introduction to the American Association for the Advancement of Science 137th Meeting "Science and the Federal Government"

Dec 29, 1970

 9

011

Article - "Paul Darwin Foote: 1888-1971" from Biographical Memoirs Vol. 50

1979

 9

012

Allen Astin's Early & War Years / Post AD-X2 Years [Possibly research by Elio Passaglia for "A Unique Institution"] 

1983-1984

 9

013

Obituaries

1984-1985; 1996

 9

014

Brief Overview of Allen Astin's Involvement in Creation and Establishment of JILA

March 13, 1984

 9

015

Memo - Visiting Committee Members During Astin's Directorship

July 30, 1984

 9

016

Margaret Astin Obituary

1991

 9

017

Allen Astin 1904-1984 - A Biographical Memoir by Elio Passaglia for the National Academy of Sciences

2018

 9

018

Radio Interview - "Metric System"

UNDATED

 9

019

"Investigations of Battery Additives at the NBS

UNDATED

 10

001

Articles (folder 1 of 3)

1950-1992

 10

002

Articles (folder 2 of 3)

1950-1992

 10

003

Articles (folder 3 of 3)

1950-1992

 10

004

Talks and Addresses (folder 1 of 2)

1955-2012

 10

005

Talks and Addresses (folder 2 of 2)

1955-2012

 10

006

Biographical Information (folder 1 of 2)

1956-2008

 11

001

Biographical Information (folder 1 of 2)

1956-2008

 11

002

Awards/Honors

1957-1962

 11

003

Bibliography

Complied 1958; 1972-1973

 11

004

Clippings

1960-1976

 11

005

Correspondence, Memos

1960-2005

 11

006

The Post-Apollo Space Program: Directions for the Future. Space Task Group Report to the President 

Sept 1969

 11

007

Biographies  

1969-1988

 11

008

Testimonies / Hearings

1969-1991

 11

009

The Next Decade in Space - A Report of the Space Science and Technology Panel of the President's Science Advisory Committee

March 1970

 11

010

Interviews

1970-1974

 11

011

"A Metric America: A Decision Whose Time Has Come" Draft Script

1971

 11

012

Photographs; Prints, Negs and Lithographs (Folder 1 of 2)

1967, 1971, UNDATED

 12

001

Photographs; Prints, Negs and Lithographs (Folder 2 of 2)

1967, 1971, UNDATED

 12

002

Obituaries

2023

 12

003

Articles, Papers, and Reports (folder 1 of 3)

1961-1975

 12

004

Articles, Papers, and Reports (folder 2 of 3)

1961-1975

 12

005

Articles, Papers, and Reports (folder 3 of 3)

1961-1975

 12

006

Addresses, Remarks, Comments and Statements

1970-1975

 13

001

Biographical Information

1972-1978

 13

002

Correspondence

1973-1975

 13

003

Interview - "The National / International Measurement System"

Nov. 1974

 13

004

Bibliography

complied 1974

 13

005

Photographs and Negatives

1974, UNDATED

 13

006

Scientific Papers

c. 1952-1974

 13

007

Parity Experiment

1956-1960; 1982

 13

008

Biographical Information

1957-2017

 13

009

Articles

1971-1987

 13

010

Addresses, Statements, Talks and Remarks (folder 1 of 2)

1971-1988

 14

001

Addresses, Statements, Talks and Remarks (folder 2 of 2)

1971-1988

 14

002

Interviews

1972, 1978

 14

003

Director's Report - State of the Bureau Addresses (Folder 1 of 3)

1976-1988

 14

004

Director's Report - State of the Bureau Addresses (Folder 2 of 3)

1976-1988

 14

005

Director's Report - State of the Bureau Addresses (Folder 3 of 3)

1976-1988

 14

006

Bibliography  

c. 1976

 15

001

2 Cassette Tape Recordings of Speeches given by Ambler

1976, 1988

 15

002

Statements Before Government Entities

1983-1988

 15

003

National Bureau of Standards - An Overview

1987

 15

004

Final Report - The Status of Emerging Technologies" An Economic / Technological Assessment to the Year 2000

June 1987

 15

005

Index of Speeches Given by Ambler

UNDATED

 15

006

Photographs - Prints, negatives, photocopies

UNDATED

 15

007

Materials re: Deputy Secretary of Commerce, Under Secretary of Commerce

1977-1990

 15

008

Materials re: Secretary of Commerce, Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Science and Technology

1977-1991

 15

009

Legislative Contacts

1979-1991

 15

010

Correspondence - General

1978-1993

 15

011

Biographical Information

1978-1994

 15

012

Lectures and Talks

1979-1998

 16

001

Congressional Correspondence and Statements

1983-1993, UNDATED

 16

002

The State of the Institute

April 28, 1989

 16

003

Statement to Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation

1990

 16

004

"From the Directors' Office" Newsletters and Memorandum for Staff from Director

1990-1993

 16

005

NIST in the 1990s - The Strategic Outlook

Feb 12, 1991

 16

006

Director's Overview

July 1991

 16

007

Director's Overview

August 1992

 16

008

NIST An Overview

1993

 16

009

Bibliography and List of Lectures and Committee Appearances

c. 1993

 16

010

Dr. John W. Lyons: Interviews with the Director - Army Research Lab, William T. Moye, Interviewer

Dec 1999

 16

011

Technology and NIST. A Memoir of the Lyons Directorship: 1990-1993 by John Lyons

UNDATED

 16

012

Photographs - Prints, Negatives and Contact Sheets

UNDATED

 17

001

Papers, Dissertation

1983-1994

 17

002

Memorandum

1993

 17

003

Photographs - Prints and Negatives

1993

 17

004

Biographical Information

1993-1997

 17

005

Biographical Information

1987-2001, 2023

 17

006

2 Cassette Tapes labeled "State of the Institute" 

April 28, 1989

 17

007

1989 Director's Overview

1989

 17

008

Unveiling of Painted Portrait

2003

 17

009

Photographs - Prints, Negatives and Contacts Sheets

UNDATED

 18

001

Biographical Information

2001-2005

 18

002

Testimony Before the Committee on Science, House of Representatives - "Learning from 9/11: Understanding the Collapse of the World Trade Center"

March 6, 2002

 18

003

Testimony Before the House Science Committee. Hearing on "The Investigation of the World Trade Collapse: Findings, Recommendations and Next Steps"

May 1, 2002

 18

004

Advanced Measurement Laboratory Dedication Remarks

June 21, 2004

 18

005

Portrait Photograph - Prints

UNDATED

 18

006

Email

2005-2007

 18

007

Press Releases and Articles

2005-2007

 18

008

Nomination for Director - Hearing and Statement

Oct 15, 2009

 18

009

Email

2009, 2014

 18

010

Press Releases and Articles

2009, 2015

 18

011

University of Pittsburgh Recognition

April 2013

 18

012

Biographical Information

1981-2017

18

013

All-NIST Email

2014-2016

 18

014

Portrait Gallery - Print

2017?

 18

015

Biographical Information

2017-2021

18

016

All-NIST Email

2018-2020

18

017

All-NIST Email

2018-2020

 18

018

Biographical Information

2022

18

019

All-NIST Email

2022-