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NASA Archives Program 

George M. Low Collection 

Series Title: Low, George M. 

Extent: 1 foot, 3 inches 

Box Count: 3.75 boxes 

Inclusive dates: 1959 – 1990 

Location: 10/3/6 – 11/1/1

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Media Type: Textual, photographic, 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, that may be subject to copyright restrictions. 

Researchers should contact the copyright holder for information. 

Copy Status: Research, Use and Preservation 

Preferred Citation

 

George M. Low Collection, NASA Headquarters Historical Reference Collection.

Series Description 

This series consists of files of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) 

Chief of Manned Space Flight (1958-1964), Manned Spacecraft Center (MSC) Deputy Center 

Director (1964-1967), Manager of Apollo Spacecraft Program Office (ASPO) (1967-1969), and 

NASA Deputy Administrator (1969-1976) George M. Low. Records contain materials primarily 

from his tenures as Manager of ASPO and NASA Deputy Administrator including 

correspondence, and memoranda between NASA officials, private sources, and other U.S. 

Government agencies; records of official meetings; speeches given before various organizations; 

oral histories; congressional briefings and budget files; Apollo program; Apollo-Soyuz Test 

Project (ASTP); and early development of the Space Shuttle program. 
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General Notes 

George Low’s personal papers are held by the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) Archives 

and Special Collections. Speeches held by the HRC have been digitized and placed on the public 

DMS. Low’s oral histories held in the HRC have been digitized and are currently available upon 

request.

Keywords: Office of the Administrator; Apollo program; Apollo Soyuz Test Project (ASTP); 

international cooperation; Space Shuttle program; Kennedy Space Center (KSC); Mercury 

project; Apollo 8 flight; Manned Spacecraft Center (MSC); program management; US Senate 

Committee on Aeronautical and Space Sciences; aeronautics; lunar orbit rendezvous (LOR); 

NASA organization; space policy; impact of space on society; US House of Representatives 

Committee on Science and Astronautics; NASA budget FY1971-1972; Soviet space program; 

Space Task Group (STG); James C. Fletcher; Joseph F. Shea; Robert R. Gilruth; Edward Z. 

Gray; Christopher C. Kraft, Jr.; Lee R. Scherer; Charles A. Berry; Kurt H. Debus; Eugene M. 

Emme; John H. Glenn, Jr.; T. Keith Glennan; Joseph E. (“Jay”) Holmes; and John C. Houbolt. 

Box and folder list 

Box 1 

Appointment 

Personal Papers 

BBC-TV – Interview – 1979 

Photographs 

Box 2

Correspondence 1970 

Correspondence – 1971 

Correspondence – June – Dec. 1971 

Correspondence 1972 

Correspondence – 1973 

Correspondence – 1974 

Box 3

Shuttle – 1972-77 

Project Apollo 1967 

(Biography) 

Post NASA

Logsdon Interview – Mr. George M. Low, Dep. Dir., MSC 

Interview w/Don Neff, Time, Inc., (2/4/69) 

Interview – JFK Library, 1964

(Published Articles) 

Indianapolis – Dr. Low 10/21/75 

Correspondence 1959-69 

Interview by Ed Ezell 

Box 4

Speeches/Statements 1960-68 
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Speeches/Statements – 1970

Speeches/Statements – 1971

Speeches/Statements – 1972

Speeches/Statements – 1973-76

Box 5

Chron Files 1976

Correspondence 1975