A Guide to the Hartley A. Soule Papers, 1950-1967
A Collection in
Special Collections
Collection Number
Ms1987-004
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Administrative Information
Access Restrictions
Collection is open for research.
Use Restrictions
Permission to publish material from Hartley A. Soule Papers must be obtained from Special Collections, Virginia Tech.
Preferred Citation
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Hartley A. Soule Papers, Ms1987-004, Special Collections, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.
Acquisition Information
The Hartley A. Soule Papers were donated to Special Collections in 1986.
Processing Information
Some initial processing was completed in the late 1980s by Special Collections staff. Final processing, arrangement, and description of the collection commenced in June 2012 and was completed in October 2012.
Biographical Information
Hartley A. Soule (1904-1988) was an aeronautical engineer and NASA administrator. He received his B.S. degree from New York University in 1927 and joined the Langley Aeronautical Laboratory of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) the same year. His list of positions at Langley included head of the Spin Tunnel Section, Chief of the Stability Research Division, and Assistant Director. Soule assisted in establishing the NASA High Speed Flight Research Center at Edwards Air Force Base and the Mercury Ground Tracking and Data Acquisition System, and led development on the X-1 and X-15 experimental jet programs. He retired from NASA in 1962.
Scope and Content
The Hartley A. Soule Papers include notes, memoranda, calculations, and drawings on the High-Speed Flight Research Station (1950-1954); Research Airplane Program (1953-1957); X-15 program (1958-1962); Dyna Soar program (1957-1962); Projects Mercury and Gemini (1961-1962); and history of the high-speed aircraft program (1963-67). Materials are arranged in two series. Series I: Papers, includes notes, correspondence, memos, subject files, and work projects. Series II: Publications, contains bound reports, scientific publications, and journals.
Arrangement
The collection is arranged in two series. Series I: Papers, is organized by subject/material type. Files are in alphabetical order. Series II: Publications, is organized in chronologically. A list of publications is available in the "Contents List" below.
Index Terms
- Archives of American Aerospace Exploration (AAAE)
- Science and Technology
- United States. National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics
- United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Aeronautical engineers.
- United States. National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics--Officials and employees.
- United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration--Officials and employees.
Subjects:
Occupations:
Significant Persons Associated With the Collection
- Soule, Hartley A., (Hartley Aiken), 1904-1988
Contents List
- Box-folder 1-1
Correspondence
- Box-folder 1-2
Biographical Information
- Box-folder 1-3
High Speed Research Airplane Program
- Box-folder 1-4
Memos, Technical Documents
- Box-folder 1-5
Mercury Project- Budgets
- Box-folder 1-6
Mercury Project- Clippings
- Box-folder 1-7
Mercury Project- Correspondence
- Box-folder 1-8
Mercury Project- Flight Plans
- Box-folder 1-9
Mercury Project- General Reports
- Box-folder 1-10
Mercury Project- Photographs
- Box-folder 1-11
Mercury Project- Reports From Vendors
- Box-folder 1-12
Mercury Project Tracking Systems- Folder 1
- Box-folder 1-13
Mercury Project Tracking Systems- Folder 2
- Box-folder 1-14
Mercury Project Tracking Systems- Memoranda of Understanding
- Box-folder 1-15
NACA Chronological Correspondence
- Box-folder 1-16
NACA Clippings
- Box-folder 1-17
NACA Photographs
- Box-folder 1-18
NACA Sketchings
- Box-folder 1-19
NASA Clippings
- Box-folder 1-20
NASA Dyna Soar Project
- Box-folder 1-21
NASA Flight Research Center
- Box-folder 1-22
NASA Manned Space Center Information
- Box-folder 1-23
Notes, 1950
- Box-folder 1-24
Notes, 1951
- Box-folder 1-25
Notes, 1952
- Box-folder 1-26
Notes, 1953
- Box-folder 1-27
Notes, 1954
- Box-folder 1-28
Pacific Missile Range Technical Memoranda- Folder 1
- Box-folder 1-29
Pacific Missile Range Technical Memoranda- Folder 2
- Box-folder 1-30
Space/Space Flight Publications
- Box-folder 1-31
West Africa Publications
- Box-folder 1-32
X-1
- Box-folder 1-33
X-15 Clippings
- Box-folder 1-34
X-15, John V. Belker Paper on Project Origins
- Box-folder 1-35
X-15 Memorandum of Understanding
- Box-folder 1-36
X-15 Movie Scripts-Folder 1
- Box-folder 1-37
X-15 Movie Scripts-Folder 2
- Box-folder 1-39
X-15 1965 Program Review Conference
- Box-folder 1-38
X-15 Public Relations Materials
- Box-folder 1-40
X-15 Public Relations Material(Press Kit)
- Box-folder 1-41
X-15 Technical Data