Box 21
Container
Contains 13 Results:
Correspondence (includes reproductions), 1974-2000
File — Box: 21, Folder: 13
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:
1974-2000
Program for the Eleventh Annual J. Lloyd Eaton Conference on Science Fiction & Fantasy, entitled Styles of Creation: Aesthetic Technique and the Creation of Fictional Worlds, April 14-16, 1989
Item — Box: 21, Folder: 7
Series Scope and Contents
From the Series:
This series contains publications, clippings, awards, photographs, artwork, and other material collected by Dr. Forward that documents his personal life and professional accomplishments. Publications include popular and academic serials, often featuring articles by or about Forward, as well as programs and other literature produced in conjunction with professional conferences. While select documents may be classified as scientific research, it is evident that the materials in this series...
Dates:
April 14-16, 1989
Narrative by Martha Dodson Forward regarding a trip to Japan. Includes note from Robert L. Forward to Shiro Nagano, Governor of Okayama Prefecture (reproduction), 1991
File — Box: 21, Folder: 8
Series Scope and Contents
From the Series:
This series contains publications, clippings, awards, photographs, artwork, and other material collected by Dr. Forward that documents his personal life and professional accomplishments. Publications include popular and academic serials, often featuring articles by or about Forward, as well as programs and other literature produced in conjunction with professional conferences. While select documents may be classified as scientific research, it is evident that the materials in this series...
Dates:
1991
File labeled "Forward: Personal Info." Includes clippings, ephemera, official documents, and other material regarding the life and career of Robert L. Forward (includes photocopies), 1976-1991, undated
File — Box: 21, Folder: 9
Series Scope and Contents
From the Series:
This series contains publications, clippings, awards, photographs, artwork, and other material collected by Dr. Forward that documents his personal life and professional accomplishments. Publications include popular and academic serials, often featuring articles by or about Forward, as well as programs and other literature produced in conjunction with professional conferences. While select documents may be classified as scientific research, it is evident that the materials in this series...
Dates:
1976-1991, undated
Mirror Matter Newsletter (complete bound series). Printed and distributed by Forward Unlimited, June 1986-May 1990
Item — Box: 21, Folder: 4
Sub-Series Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
This sub-series documents the scientific research of Dr. Robert L. Forward that was published in the form of professional, scholarly articles. This includes draft versions of manuscripts, the bulk of which contain copyedits, as well as clippings and copies of published articles. Select academic articles by other scientists are also included. Bylines are provided exclusively for co-authored works, works by other authors, and works citing more than one creative role. All copyedits were made by...
Dates:
June 1986-May 1990
Clippings regarding works by Robert L. Forward and others (includes photocopies), 1969-1989, undated
File — Box: 21, Folder: 5
Sub-Series Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
This sub-series documents the scientific research of Dr. Robert L. Forward that was published in the form of professional, scholarly articles. This includes draft versions of manuscripts, the bulk of which contain copyedits, as well as clippings and copies of published articles. Select academic articles by other scientists are also included. Bylines are provided exclusively for co-authored works, works by other authors, and works citing more than one creative role. All copyedits were made by...
Dates:
1969-1989, undated
Interstellar Propulsion Concepts Assessment. Final Report on Purchase Order H-30839D placed by NASA/Marshall Space Flight Center MSFC, AL 35812. Covering the Reporting Period From 19 March 1999 through 5 October 1999, February 17, 2000
Item — Box: 21, Folder: 12
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:
February 17, 2000
Drawings and computer renderings (reproductions) for a presentation on the Starwisp project. Includes copyedits, October 19, 1989, undated
File — Box: 21, Folder: 2
Sub-Series Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
This sub-series is comprised of material prepared for, or documenting, lecture, seminar, and workshop presentations given by Robert L. Forward. Formats include transparencies and other visual aids, computer printouts, drawings, notes, drafts, and audiovisual recordings. Materials pertain to science-fiction and hard science topics and events.
Dates:
October 19, 1989, undated
Research notes regarding a cardio cyclotether (cardio rotovator), December 12-14, 1998
File — Box: 21, Folder: 11
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:
December 12-14, 1998
Martian Rainbow (page proofs). Includes copyedits, 1991 February 8
Item — Box: 21, Folder: 1
Sub-Series Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
This sub-series contains the unbound literary works of Robert L. Forward, which primarily consist of draft versions of Forward's science-fiction and non-fiction writings. While it is often difficult to distinguish a so-called "science fact" article from a piece of technical writing, the title page format used by Dr. Forward often helps to identify a work as one or the other. Non-fiction, science fact articles typically refer to Forward's literary representation on the title page, though this...
Dates:
1991 February 8