Of particular note are files relating to Astin's work on the development of proximity fuses for bombs and rockets in the 1940s, material documenting his role in the controversy at the NBS over the AD-X2 battery additive, and files on the reorganization and relocation of the bureau to Gaithersberg, Maryland. The papers also include documentation of Astin's leadership role in the formulation of public policy relating to science and his extensive involvement in scientific associations and committees. Ohio State University. Papers of Philip Childs Keenan, 1908- . Emeritus Professor of Astronomy, Perkins Observatory, Ohio State University.
Collection contains correspondence files and subject files, ca.
Smithsonian Institution Archives. Papers of Edward Leonard Fireman, 1922-1990 . Physicist and authority on the analysis and dating of extraterrestrial materials. He received a doctorate from Princeton University in 1948, and in 1950 accepted a position as physicist at the Brookhaven National Laboratory. He was also involved in developing methods for measuring the ages of ancient polar ice samples and using the information to refine the Earth's climatic record.