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.)
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.eduhttp://rmc.library.cornell.edu
- Compiled by:
- Robin Steuteville
- Date completed:
- September 2018
- EAD encoding:
- Jude Corina, September 2018
- Date modified:
- Jude Corina, October 2018
- Astronomy.
- Cassini Mission
- Celestial bodies.
- Comet Nucleus Tour
- Comet Rendezvous Asteroid Flyby
- Comets.
- Discovery Program
- Galileo project.
- Mainbelt Asteroid Exploration/Rendezvous
- Mariner 9 Mars Mission
- NASA space programs.
- Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous Mission.
- Outer space -- Exploration.
- Stardust Mission.
- Veverka, Joseph.
- Voyager project.
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Compiled by RMC Staff
- Date
- September 2018
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Repository
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
Ithaca NY 14853
607-255-3530
607-255-9524 (Fax)
rareref@cornell.edu