USAF Contract AF 61 (052)-496

Scope and Content

Correspondence and papers from a folder labelled 'AF 61 (052) 496'. Material relates to United States Air Force (USAF) Contract No. AF 61 (052) 496, Lunar and Photometric Topographical Analysis, sponsored by the Aeronautical Chart and Information Centre through the European Office of Aerospace Research (EOAR), USAF. Work carried out at Pic du Midi Observatory, French Pyrenees, by the University of Manchester.

ZK correspondence with EOAR contracting officers regarding general matters relating to the contract, including communications with Joyce-Loebel Co. ltd., Gateshead, England, regarding a Microdensitometer. Communications regarding the visit of EBF, J. E. Hallows and T. W. Rackham to Senegal to take part in observations in the vicinity of Kaolack of the annular eclipse of the Sun, July 31st 1962.

Other material includes: contracts; supplemental agreements; contract change order; Final Report, Lunar and Photometric Topographical Analysis by T. W. Rackham, Department of Astronomy, University of Manchester; Joyce-Loebel Review magazine; Joyce Loebel images of Venus; Joyce-Loebel leaflet on the Microdensitometer; shipping information; annotated draft reports; inventory of equipment; sample contract data card; and rough notes in several hands.