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NASA Archives Program 

Hugh L. Dryden Deputy Administrator Files

Series Title: Hugh L. Dryden Deputy Administrator Files

Extent: 8 feet, 6 inches 

Box Count: 22 boxes 

Inclusive dates: 1910 – 1974

Location: 10/3/3 – 10/3/5 

Transfer #: 

Accession Number: 

Disposition Authority:

Media Type: Textual, photographic, audio-visual, and electronic 

Access Restrictions 

None. 

Use Restrictions 

Most government records are in the public domain, however, this series includes commercial 

materials, such as newspaper clippings and photographs that may be subject to copyright 

restrictions. Researchers should contact the copyright holder for information. 

Copy Status: Research, Use and Preservation 

Preferred Citation

 

Hugh L. Dryden Collection, NASA Headquarters Historical Reference Collection.

Series Description 

Hugh Dryden was a research scientist, an aeronautics pioneer, the Director of the National 

Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA), and then the first NASA Deputy Administrator. 

Records contain materials reflecting policy studies and analysis; files on program development 

and management; NACA activities and papers by Dryden; correspondence, and memoranda 

between NASA officials, private sources, and other U.S. Government agencies; correspondence 

on his nomination as NASA Deputy Administrator; records of official meetings; Presidential 

Science Advisory Committee; UN – AdHoc Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space; 
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and negotiations and agreements with the Soviet Union; awards; calendars; subject files; 

selected papers; speeches given before various organizations; disposition of personal papers; and 

obituaries. Specifically, this subject contains photographs; correspondence files; articles and 

news clippings; press conferences; Congressional testimony; and speeches.

General Notes 

Hugh L. Dryden’s personal papers are held at Johns Hopkins University. Speeches held by the 

HRC have been digitized and placed on the public DMS. Dryden’s oral histories held in the HRC 

are currently available upon request.

Selected Keywords: 

ADMINISTRATOR, OFFICE OF THE; NASA ORGANIZATION; NACA COMMITTEE ON AERONAUTICS; 

DRYDEN FLIGHT RESEARCH CENTER (DFRC); UN AD HOC COMMITTEE ON THE PEACEFUL USES OF OUTER 

SPACE; NATIONAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR AERONAUTICS (NACA); MERCURY PROJECT; MANNED 

LUNAR LANDING; APOLLO PROGRAM; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY, 

MARYLAND; AERODYNAMICS; SUPERSONIC FLIGHT; RELIGION; SOVIET SPACE PROGRAM; BILATERAL 

SPACE AGREEMENT OF 1962; MERCURY PROJECT

Box and folder list 

Box 1 

Dryden – Photographs 

Box 2 

Dryden, Dr. Hugh L. 

Deputy Administrator

Nomination of Dryden, Hearings – August 14, 1958 

Dryden – Correspondence (Awards) 

Dryden, Mrs. Hugh L. 

AD/Deputy Administrator Dryden 

Dryden, H.L. Memos to NASA Historian 

Dryden – Levine NACA Interview Aug 1960 

Dryden – Mercury Tape 8/31/65 

Box 3

Dryden – Unpublished Papers of

JFK Library Interview – Dr. Hugh L. Dryden, NASA Deputy Admin. 

“Dr. Dryden’s Papers”

Dryden 1958-1961 “Selected papers” part 1 

Dryden 1958-1961 “Selected papers” part 2

Box 4

Dryden News Clippings and Articles

Dryden “Selected papers” 1961-1964 

Dryden, Hugh L. Obituaries part 1 

Dryden, Hugh L. Obituaries part 2 
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Dryden: Current Biography part 1

Dryden: Current Biography part 2

Dryden: NACA Oath of Office

Tribute to Dr. Dryden by J. H. Doolittle

Dryden, Hugh L. – Memorial

Dryden: Hunsaker and Seamans biography

Dryden Sermons

Box 5

Dryden NACA Misc.

Dryden: Awards and Honors

AD Dryden Harmon Int. Trophies

Dryden – In Memoriam Theodore von Karman

Supporting Data Concerning Hugh Latimer Dryden

Dryden – List of Speeches (check mark means are in file)

Box 6

1910 Paper “F”

Dryden – Bureau of Standards Paper No. 394

Report of Committee on Hydrodynamics General Survey of Experimental Aerodynamics

Dryden – Transition from Laminar to Turbulent Flow at Supersonic Speeds

Dryden – “Silencing the Airplane” July-Sept. 1930

Dryden – “...Characteristics of Airfoils

Dryden – “Turbulence...”

Dryden – Frontiers of Aerodynamics

Dryden – NACA Report No. 581

Dryden – Turbulence Investigations at the National Bureau of Standards 1938

Dryden – Building Materials and Structures June 16, 1938

Dryden 2nd Wright Bros. Lecture

Dryden – AEDC Dedication

Dryden: Turbulence and Confusion

Dryden: U of Penn. 1941

Dryden: Potsdam Absolute

1945 June 15 Dryden Interview of Dr. Herman, V-2

Dryden: Visit to Switzerland 9/1946

Sciences & the Air Forces by Dryden Jan. 10, 1947

Dryden – Use of Damping Screens for the Reduction of Wind Turbulence April 1 1947

Dryden: Fundamentals of Aerodynamics

Dryden: NACA Tech Note 1168

Dryden: NACA Tech Note 1755

Dryden 1948, June 15 X-1 Statement

Dryden: “Faster Than Sound” Oct. 1948

Dryden: Report 940

Dryden: “Aeronautical Research...”

Dryden, Hugh L., “60 Yrs. Of Exp. Superson. Rsc.

Dryden, Hugh L., The Dawn of the Supersonic Age 5/25/48

Dryden: Rockets as Research Tools
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Dryden, Hugh L. 4/28/49 The Aeronautical Research Scene Goals, Methods and 

Accomplishments

Dryden, Hugh L. Institute on Administration of Scientific R&D, 6-7-49

Dryden: Remarks at the Corp. Dinner of the Polytechnic Inst. Of Brooklyn (6/14/49)

Box 7

Dryden: Fluid Dynamics

Dryden, Hugh L Dedication of Naval Supersonic Lab, MIT 12-1-49

Dryden: “Serving the Air Future of the United States” 1950

Dryden – Proceedings of the Midwestern Conference on Fluid Dynamics

Dryden: “Some Recent Trends in Aeronautical Engineering” 1/1950

Dryden, Hugh L Guggenheim School of Aeronautics, NYU 1-26-50

Dryden: “Extracurricular Activities” Jan. 1 to Sep. 15, 1950

Dryden: Special to the MARTIN STAR 2/14/50

Dryden: (NACA) Statement to House of Representatives Committee on Armed Services 1/20/50

Dryden: Aviation...Peace

Dryden: “The Role of Research in Aircraft Development” 5/19/50 (NACA)

Dryden, Hugh L, 9/9/50 “Application of High-Speed Computing in Aeronautical Research”

Dryden: Pathway from Vision to Accomplishment in Aeronautics – Excerpts from Speeches

Dryden: Guggenheim Award

Dryden: Jet Engines For War

Dryden: “...World Crisis”

Battle Report –NBC-TV-HLD

Dryden: : “Trends in NACA Research”

Dryden: “New Frontier...”

Dryden – PLANES 7-5-52

Engrg. Problems of High Speed Flight

Role of Physics in Aero. Development

Dryden – Sc. Assoc. – Canada 10-21-52

Dryden: “Effects of Roughness & Suction on Transition from Laminar to Turbulent Flow” Jan. 

1953 – July 1953

Frontiers of Aero. Science & Technology

Dryden – Aerodynamics – THEORY, EXPERIMENT, APPLICATION 1953

A Half Century of Aero. Research

Dryden: The Next 50 Years (July 1953)

Box 8

Dryden: “Our Heritage from Wilbur and Orville Wright” Dec., 1953

Supersonic Travel within last 200 yrs.

Dryden: “...Interest in Space Travel”

Dryden: “...Art of Airplane Design”

The Scientist in Contemporary Life

Dryden, Hugh L, Transition from Laminar to Turbulent Flow at Subsonic and Supersonic Speeds 

1/20/55

Dryden: “Engineering Problems...”
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Dryden – Fifty Years of Boundary-Layer Theory & Experiment March 18, 1955

Dryden: “Aeroelastic Effects...”

Recent Investigations – Problem of Transition

Dryden – Models in Subsonic Aerodynamics 1-4-October, 1955

Dryden – Some Aspects of Transition From Laminar to Turbulent Flow

Dryden: Plane...Missile Dev’ment (12-7-55)

Dryden: The IGY (Nat’l Geographic) Feb. ‘56

Dryden: “Technological Development in the Jet Age.” March 1956

Dryden: IGY Speech

Dryden – Aircraft Performance Characteristics June 6, 1956 Boston, Massachusetts

Dryden: Theodore von Karman (6-20-56)

Dryden: “Scientists Intensify Study of Thermal Barrier.” 8/16/56

Dryden – “NACA what it’s doing and where it’s going” Missiles & Rockets (Oct.1956) pp. 44-

46

Dryden: USAF Speech

Dryden: H.R. 3377

Dryden: Space Technology & NACA (1-27-58)

Dryden – Combined Effects of Turbulence and Roughness on Transition March 17, 1958

Dryden “Out of Cannon” statement 1958

Dryden: Statement, House Commtee (4-22-58)

Dryden: Nat’l Space Program (4-26-58)

Dryden – Munich, Germany – 5/7/58

Dryden – U.S. Senate 5-13-58

Box 9

Dryden: Presentation to AFA (6-9-58)

Dryden, Hugh – 1958, June 10 – ONR sponsored lectures on problems of satellites & spaced 

operations – NASA (ONR-4, pp.93-

Dryden – Proceedings of the 3rd National Congress of Applied Mechanics held at Brown Univ. 

June 11-14, 1958

Dryden: Convair Dedication (7-12-58)

ARDC Andrews AFB Symposium 7-22-58

Dryden – Special to GE Defense Qtly, 8/58

Dryden: The N.A.S.A. (AFA Presentation) 9-26-58

Dryden – “Civil Space Role Defined” Aviation Week (September 29, 1958) p.13

10/10/58 – NASA’s Role

Dryden – “U.S. Civilian space flight program” Astronautics (Nov. 1958), pp 30-31, and 73-74

Amer. Rocket Soc. New York – 11/18/58

Dryden – Discussion of Wright Bros Memorial Lecture by M. Roy 12-17-58

Space Expl. & Human Welfare – Dr. Dryden 12/27/58

Dryden: Physicists in Nat’l Space Prgrm (New York – 1-30-59)

Dryden – February 23, 1959, Canadian Aeronautical Inst. Montreal, Canada

Dryden: Statement to House Comm. On Science & Astronautics (2-26-59)

Dryden: Exploring the New Frontiers of Space (3-5-59)

Dryden – Senate Comm. 4/7/59

Dryden – The Exploration of Space – Cosmos Club Lecture – April 13, 1959
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Dryden: Statement, House Comm. On Science and Astronautics (4-20-59)

Dryden: Space Knowledge & Its Impact (IRI) (5-5-59)

Dryden: Statement to U.N. Comm on Peaceful Uses of Space (5-7-59)

Dryden: NOL Speech

Dryden: Article in German

Dryden: W.F. Durand (Durand Centennial Conference) 8-5-59

Dryden: Global Aspects of Space Exploration (10th IAC, 8-31-59)

Dryden – Lecture at Consiglio Nazionale Della Richerche, Rome Italy, October 1, 1959

Dryden – Space Opens to Mankind

Dryden: Atoms and Space (11-3-59)

Progress in International Cooperation in Space Activities Hugh L. Dryden, Deputy 

Administrator, January 27, 1960

Dryden – Cong. Testimony, 1960

Box 10

Dryden: Impact of Engineering on Human Welfare (2-18-60)

Dryden – Speech Abstract

Dryden: Prospects For Space Travel (The Penrose Lecture, 4-21-1960)

Dryden: Statement, Subcomm. Of Senate Comm. On Appropriations (5-19-60)

Dryden: Drew University Commencement

Refractory Metals in Space (6-8-60)

Dryden: June 10, 1960, Nat. Society of Prof. Engineers, Boston, Mass.

Dryden: Exploration of Space (6-21-60)

Dryden: Science & Engineering in the Space Age (6-29-60)

Dryden: Future in Space; Seminar on aeron. Propulsion (9-9-60)

Dryden: Impact of Space Exploration on Human Affairs (10-13-60)

Dryden – Opening Remarks Symposium on Space Research Buenos Aires, Argentina Nov. 29, 

1960

Dryden: Managing Gov’t R & D

Dryden: Press Conf., FY62 Budget (1-14-61)

Dryden, H.L. – A Scientist Looks at Religion January 1961 – September 1961

Dryden – US – Australian Voice Transmission Via the Moon 2/10/61

Dryden – Engineers Week – Union Oil Building LA, Calif. Feb 21, 1961

Dryden: Statement, House Comte. (2-27-61)

Dryden: Statement to House Comm. On Science and Astronautics 3/13/61

Dryden: Budget Briefing (3-28-61)

Dryden: Aeron. Research in the ‘60s (4-5-61)

Dryden: Recent Developments in Space Science Prince Georges Area April 16, 1961

Dryden – Solar Energy in the Exploration of Space April 24, 1961

Dryden – Article in German – Blue Scout May-June 1961

Dryden: Utilization of Technical Personnel (5-8-61)

Dryden: Building for Tomorrow’s World (6-2-61)

Dryden: “Plastics Industry”

Dryden – Space Sciences Activities in the U.S. Space Programme by Dryden – Newell – June 

24, 1961

Dryden – Talk at Luncheon, Guaymas, Mexico June 28, 1961
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Dryden – Introduction Remarks by Dr. Dryden before the Atomic Industrial Forum Sept 14,

1961

Dryden: “What’s Happening in Space?”

Dryden: 12th IAC

Box 11

Dryden: National Significance of Augmented Space Program (10-21-61)

Dryden: “Industry’s Toughest Assignment: Make It Work” 11/27/61

Dryden: The Lunar Exploration Program (12-29-61)

Dryden: The Space Environment – New Frontiers of Electronics (3-27-62)

Dryden: Subcomm. No. 1 of House Comm. on Sciences & Astronautics (3-28-62)

Dryden: Communications Satellites (3-62)

Dryden: Impact...on Science (4-16-62)

Dryden: U.S. Senate For Rel. Comm 8/7/62

Dryden – Overall NASA Space Program – Tokyo – Aug. 1962

Dryden – The NASA Space Edition

Dryden: 17th Ann. Instru. – Autom. Conf. & Exhibit 10-15-62

Dryden: Nat. Saf Conf. & Exposition 10-31-62

Dryden – November 1, 1962 – NASA – University Conf., Chicago, Illinois

Dryden – November 8, 1962, Gen. Session of US Savings and Loan League, Washington, D.C.

Dryden – Natl Aeronautics 40th Anniv

Dryden: Von Karman Lecture, ARS 11-16-62

Dryden – November 25, 1962, Space Science Comm. Dinner, Cleveland, Ohio

Dryden – December 30, 1962, AAAS Annual Mtg., Philadelphia, Pa.

Dryden: Von Karman’s Activities...

Dryden – Gold Medal of the International Benjamin Franklin Society, January 19, 1963

Dryden – February 9, 1963, before Subcomm Communications, Commerce Comm., Senate

Dryden – NASA Missions and Future Trends Feb. 11-12, 1963

Dryden – February 14, 1963, American Inst. Of Aeronautics & Astronautics, Cleveland, Ohio

Dryden: “The Exploration of Space” 2/23/63

Dryden – March 4, 1963, before Comm. on Science and Astronautics, H. of R.

Dryden – March 25, 1963, joint US-USSR talks on Cooperative Space Research Projects, Rome, 

Italy

Dryden: - April, 1963, Oklahoma State Alumnus Magazine, “Why Exploration of Space is so 

Vital”

Dryden – April 2, 1963, Dinner, Pittsburgh Post, The Society of Am. Mil Engineers

Dryden – April 24, 1963, Statement before Senate Comm. on Aeronautical and Space Sciences

Dryden – May 3, 1963, State Conv. Of NJ Society of Professional Engineers, Newark, NJ

Dryden: The What and Why of Space Exploration 5-11-63

Dryden: Symposium on Plasma Space Science 6/11/63

Dryden – Building for Tomorrow’s World, Woodward School for Boys, Wash. D.C., June 12, 

1963

Dryden – Space Exploration and Religion, Washington, D.C., June 21, 1963

Dryden – Eulogy for Theodore von Karman, Athens, Greece, July 10, 1963 – Article: The 

Contributions of Theodore von Karman: A Review, July 1963

Dryden: July 27, 1963 Speech before the District Convention of the American Legion
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Dryden: “The Place of the Physicist in the Space Effort” (7-29-63)

Dryden – Contributions of Theodore von Karman to Applied Mechanics, August 1963

Dryden, Hugh L. – Mercury Summary Conference, Houston, Texas, Oct. 3, 1963

Dryden – William Murray Lecture

Dryden – Friends of the Belfer Graduate School of Science, Yeshiva Univ., New York, 

December 12, 1963

Dryden – Is There a Shortage of Engineers? January 1964

Dryden, Hugh L, 5th Annual Lecture in Aerospace Medicine, February 3, 1964

Dryden – Before Committee on Science and Astronautics 2-4-64

DRYDEN – X-15 Awards NASA Flight Research Center February 24, 1964

DRYDEN: “Footprints on the Moon” – “The Classification Barrier”

Dryden – Committee on Aero & Space Sciences – US Senate, March 5, 1964

Dryden, Hugh L. Pocomoke Businessman’s Assoc. Pocomoke, MD 3-16-64

Dryden – April 19, 1964, newspaper article, NYT “No Tourists on the Moon”

Dryden – Speech to Economic Club, April 20, 1964

Dryden – Speech before the National University Extension Assn., April 26, 1964

Box 12

Dryden: “To Sail the New Ocean of Space”

Dryden, 14th Annual Conference of National Organizations called by the Am. Assoc. for the U.S. 

5-12-64

Dryden – May 19, 1964, remarks at Langley Research Center Inspection

Dryden - June 8, 1964, News Conference and Background Information on Implementation of 

US-USSR Bilateral Space Agreement

Dryden – June 29, 1964

Dryden, Hugh L. American Inst. Of Aeronautics and Astronautics, July 1, 1964

Dryden, Hugh L. – American Management Association, New York, New York 7-9-64

Dryden – Looking Ahead in Space – Oct. 21, 1964

Dryden – The Meaning of Space Travel by Prof. Dr. Hermann Oberth February 1965

Dryden - Remarks on the Occasion of the Presentation of a Lockheed Agena-B February 4, 1965

Dryden, Dr. Hugh L. Senate Committee Statement 3-8-65 NASA International Activities

Dryden, Hugh L. – Twin Cities Section of Am. Institute Of Aeronautics and Astronautics, 3-11-

65

Dryden, Hugh L. House Committee Testimony (FY 1966)

Dryden – Scientific Experiments on Future Earth-Orbiting Spacecraft Washington, DC March 

18, 1965

Dryden – Chicago City Council Meeting Honoring Astronaut Grissom and Young March 30, 

1965

Dryden, Hugh L. – Tiros Fifth Anniversary, 4-1-65

Dryden – Engineers Club of Baltimore & National Academy of Engineering, Washington, DC

Dryden – Clarin Interview

Dryden, Hugh L. – Keynote Address at 5th Nat’l Conference on Peaceful Uses of Space (5-26-

65)

Dryden: Address before Governor’s Conf., Lihue, Kauai, Hawaii 10/1/65

“The University and the Exploration of Space” (NAS, Seattle – October 11, 1965)

Dryden, Dr. H. L. – “Religion in the Space Age” St. Mark’s Church, October 23, 1865
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Dryden: Re. - U.S.S.R.

Box 13

Executive Sessions of the Sen. Foreign Relations Committee, Jun. 1, 1960 (U2 Incident)

US-USSR MOU, March 20, 1963

DR. Dryden – A. Blagonrarov: Rome 1963

US-USSR MOU, June 6, 1964

Blagonrarov – Dryden meeting Argentin

1963 US-USSR Negotiations

US/USSR Bilaterals Negotiation Backup – Oct. 1964

Box 14

Dryden – Blagonrarov Letters

Dryden – US-USSR Agreement on Peaceful Uses of Outer Space – signed by Hugh L. Dryden 

(NASA), A.A. Blagonrarov (USSR AcadSciences) – June 8, 1962, Geneva, Switzerland

Dryden – US –USSR Peaceful Uses of Outer Space 1962

Dryden – International Cooperation 1960-1963

Dryden – USSR Negotiations GENEVA May 1963

Dryden –US-USSR peaceful uses of outer space Sep ‘62

Dryden – May – June 1962 US/USSR mtgs Geneva, Switz

Dryden – Joint US-USSR Talks 1962

UN-AdHocComPeaceful Uses (1959)

Federal Council for Science and Technology

Dryden – Miscellaneous Materials 1959

Dryden –Space Act Amendment 1960

Dryden – Personnel

Box 15

Dryden – Grants and Research Facilities

Dryden – UN – AdHocComPeacefulUses (1959) 1

Dryden – International Cooperation

Dryden – UN – AdHocComPeacefulUses (1959) 2

Dryden – UN – AdHocComPeacefulUses (1959) 3

Dryden – Presidential Science Advisory Committee

Box 16

Appointment Calendars 1952-1955

Appointment Calendars 1956-1957

Appointment Calendars 1958-1961

Box 17

Appointment Calendars 1962-1965

Dryden Papers Correspondence

Dryden Chron Files Pre 1947

Dryden Chron Files 1947-1952

Dryden Chron Files 1953-1956
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Dryden Chron Files July-Dec. 1957 

Box 18

Dryden Chron Files January-June 1957 

Dryden – Desk Calendar Agenda 1960-63 White House Visits

Dryden Chron Files January-June 1958 

Dryden Chron Files July-December 1958

Dryden Chron Files January-June 1959 

Dryden Chron Files July-December 1959

Box 19

Dryden Chron Files July-December 1960

Dryden Chron Files January-June 1960 

Dryden Misc. NASA 

Dryden Chron Files Oct.-Dec 1961 

Dryden Chron Files January-June 1961 

Dryden Chron Files July-December 1961

Dryden: Significance of Augmented Program (ltr to Sen Kerr 6-22-61) 

Box 20 

Dryden Chron Files January-March 1962 

Dryden Chron Files April-June 1962 

Dryden Chron Files July-September 1962 

Dryden Chron Files October-December 1962

Dryden Chron Files January-March 1963 

Dryden Chron Files April-June 1963 

Dryden Chron Files July-September 1963 

Box 21 

Dryden Chron Files October-December 1963

Dryden Chron Files January-March 1964 

Dryden Chron Files April-June 1964

Dryden Chron Files July-September 1964 

Dryden Chron Files October-December 1964

Dryden Chron Files January-March 1965 

Box 22 

Dryden Chron Files April-June 1965

Dryden Chron Files July-September 1965 

Dryden Chron Files October-December 1965

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