Box 15
Container
Contains 12 Results:
Correspondence (includes reproductions), 1992-1993
File — Box: 15, Folder: 1
Series Scope and Contents
From the Series:
This series contains the bulk of Robert L. Forward's personal and professional correspondence. Many of these records were explicitly identified as yearly correspondence files at the time of acquisition, and are in the form of letters, faxes, e-mails, and postcards. Correspondents include colleagues, science-fiction authors, students, fans, business associates, family, and others. Topics primarily pertain to Forward's professional areas of expertise, his scientific and literary careers, and...
Dates:
1992-1993
Correspondence (includes reproductions), 1991, 1994
File — Box: 15, Folder: 2
Series Scope and Contents
From the Series:
This series contains the bulk of Robert L. Forward's personal and professional correspondence. Many of these records were explicitly identified as yearly correspondence files at the time of acquisition, and are in the form of letters, faxes, e-mails, and postcards. Correspondents include colleagues, science-fiction authors, students, fans, business associates, family, and others. Topics primarily pertain to Forward's professional areas of expertise, his scientific and literary careers, and...
Dates:
1991, 1994
Correspondence (includes reproductions), 1995-1996
File — Box: 15, Folder: 3
Series Scope and Contents
From the Series:
This series contains the bulk of Robert L. Forward's personal and professional correspondence. Many of these records were explicitly identified as yearly correspondence files at the time of acquisition, and are in the form of letters, faxes, e-mails, and postcards. Correspondents include colleagues, science-fiction authors, students, fans, business associates, family, and others. Topics primarily pertain to Forward's professional areas of expertise, his scientific and literary careers, and...
Dates:
1995-1996
Correspondence, 1992-1993, undated
File — Box: 15, Folder: 10
Series Scope and Contents
From the Series:
This series contains the bulk of Robert L. Forward's personal and professional correspondence. Many of these records were explicitly identified as yearly correspondence files at the time of acquisition, and are in the form of letters, faxes, e-mails, and postcards. Correspondents include colleagues, science-fiction authors, students, fans, business associates, family, and others. Topics primarily pertain to Forward's professional areas of expertise, his scientific and literary careers, and...
Dates:
1992-1993, undated
Advanced Propulsion Concepts in the U.S.A. 36th International Astronautical Congress, Stockholm, Sweden, 7-12 October 1985, 1985
Item — Box: 15, Folder: 5
Sub-Series Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
This sub-series is comprised of drafts and reprints of papers presented at, or submitted to, professional conferences. A brief description or summary of the conference, as well as the date and location of the event, is listed on the title page of each document. Occasionally, Dr. Forward also identified the panel or session for which the paper was submitted. Select papers include copyedits, notes, or other documents pertaining to the subsequent revision and publication of the conference...
Dates:
1985
Correspondence, notes (witnessed and dated), drafts, and other material regarding miscellaneous contract projects (includes photocopies), 1983-1993, undated
File — Box: 15, Folder: 11
Sub-Series Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
This sub-series contains technical reports, notes, correspondence, drafts, and other material regarding contract projects completed by Robert L. Forward. Dr. Forward typically served as the principal, and sole, investigator for these projects, the bulk of which were sponsored by U.S. government entities. Clients include the Air Force Astronautics Laboratory, NASA, and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Project titles and contract numbers are provided when known. Select documents contain...
Dates:
1983-1993, undated
Correspondence, proposal, and other documents regarding research on ultracold neutrons and their use for national security operations (photocopies), 1969-1976, undated
File — Box: 15, Folder: 12
Sub-Series Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
This sub-series contains written proposals for various research and experimentation projects in the field of physics, primarily those developed by Robert L. Forward. The bulk of the proposals were prepared for U.S. government entities, including the Department of Defense, Air Force, and National Science Foundation. Select proposals contain copyedits by Forward, or supplementary correspondence and/or other documents. Bylines are provided exclusively for works by other authors.
Dates:
1969-1976, undated
Research notes regarding interstellar propulsion, light sails, and other conceptual physics topics. Includes concepts developed by Robert L. Forward in collaboration with Freeman J. Dyson, 1983-1987, undated
File — Box: 15, Folder: 6
Sub-Series Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
This sub-series contains research notes, correspondence, manuscripts, and other material regarding Robert L. Forward's academic study of physics and the scientific concepts and inventions developed by him over the course of his career. Materials particularly document Forward's work with conceptual, or "exotic," physics and inventions related to interstellar space exploration and antimatter. Records included here are not identified as pertaining to his literary works, though there are...
Dates:
1983-1987, undated
Outlines for science-fiction stories entitled Supernova! and How Swift-Rider Got Her Name (includes photocopy), 1980-1982
File — Box: 15, Folder: 4
Sub-Series Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
This sub-series contains notes, correspondence, clippings, outlines, realia, and other material regarding the development and/or publication of Robert L. Forward's science-fiction stories and non-fiction writings. Materials provide contextual information about plot and other story elements, as well as insight into the hard science concepts developed chiefly for Forward's fiction. Many documents contained in this series are heavily copyedited and occasionally autographed. All copyedits and...
Dates:
1980-1982
Outline entitled Saturn Rukh (Premise for a Hard Science Fiction Novel) (two drafts; one copyedited by Robert L. Forward). Includes notes and correspondence from Russell Galen and Carl Sagan, 1992-1993
File — Box: 15, Folder: 9
Sub-Series Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
This sub-series contains notes, correspondence, clippings, outlines, realia, and other material regarding the development and/or publication of Robert L. Forward's science-fiction stories and non-fiction writings. Materials provide contextual information about plot and other story elements, as well as insight into the hard science concepts developed chiefly for Forward's fiction. Many documents contained in this series are heavily copyedited and occasionally autographed. All copyedits and...
Dates:
1992-1993