Joseph Veverka papers

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Identifier: 14-7-4318

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COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Collection contains course materials for Cornell classes in Astronomy, committee and group files relating to different organizations, workshops, and meetings as well as research and notes, mission files for Voyager, Galileo, Stardust-NExT, Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous (NEAR), Mars Observer (MO), the Discovery Program, Cassini, Comet Rendezvous Asteroid Flyby (CRAF), Mainbelt Asteroid Exploration/Rendezvous (MASTER), Mariner 9 Mars, and Comet Nucleus Tour (CONTOUR) among others. The collection also includes CRSR materials and grants and contracts for the various projects in which Veverka was involved.

Dates

1942 - 2013
Majority of material found within 1970 - 2000

Creator

Veverka, Joseph. (Person)

Language of Materials

Collection material in English

Access Restrictions:

Access to Box 5 Folder 5, Box 9 Folder 53, Box 15 Folder 1, Box 25 Folders 2-3, 47-48, 50-53, Box 26 Folders 1-7, 10-11, 13-17, 41, Box 27 CDs/DVDs, Box 29 Folders 2-3, 45-46, Box 44, Folders 15-24, Box 50, Folders 22, 26, Box 59, Folders 9-10 restricted until 2038 or by permission of all associated mission partners.

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

Joseph Veverka was born in 1941 in Czechoslovakia (now the Czech Republic) and emigrated to Canada in 1951. Veverka received his B.S. in Physics from Queen's University and his Ph.D. from Harvard in 1970. At Cornell, Veverka was the James A. Weeks Professor of Physical Sciences, professor of Astronomy. His research area focused on physical studies of satellite surfaces and planetary rings. He was the principal investigator of the NASA Discovery Program mission CONTOUR, a co-investigator of the Deep Impact space mission to Comet Tempel 1, and is the principal investigator on the NASA Discovery Mission of Opportunity, Stardust-NExT. He is the recipient of the 2001 National Air and Space Museum Trophy. (via Wikipedia)

Extent

60.6 cubic feet. (60.6 cubic feet.)

Additional Description

Abstract

Collection contains course materials for Cornell classes in Astronomy, committee and group files relating to different organizations, workshops, and meetings as well as research and notes, mission files for Voyager, Galileo, Stardust-NExT, Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous (NEAR), and CONTOUR among others. The collection also includes CRSR materials and grants and contracts for the various projects in which Veverka was involved.

SERIES LIST

Series I. Committee and Group Files

Series II. Articles by Others

Series III. Notes and Files

Series IV. Mission Files

Series V. Course Materials

Series VI. Correspondence

Series VII. Veverka Articles and Awards

Series VIII. Personal Records

Series IX. Grants and Contracts

Series X. Audio/Visual Material

Series XI. Conferences and Talks

Series XII. Departmental Files

Series XIII. Objects

SEPARATED MATERIAL

Reports - cataloged individually in the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections (coll number is ARP 1837)

Published CRSR Annual Report 1981-1982
Published CRSR Annual Report 1982-1983
Appendix to CRSR Annual Report, 1982-1983
Published CRSR Annual Report 1983-1984
Appendix to CRSR Annual Report, 1983-1984
Published CRSR Annual Report 1988-1989
Published CRSR Annual Report 1989-1990
Published CRSR Annual Report 1993-1994
Published CRSR Annual Report 1994-1995
Published CRSR Annual Report 1995-1996

Physical Description

Correspondence, publications, photographs, reports, printed material.

General

Contact Information:: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections 2B Carl A. Kroch Library Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14853 (607) 255-3530 Fax: (607) 255-9524rareref@cornell.edu http://rmc.library.cornell.edu
Compiled by:: Robin Steuteville
Date completed:: September 2018
EAD encoding:: Jude Corina, September 2018
Date modified:: Jude Corina, October 2018