Appendix C. SEPARATION LIST
The following materials were removed from the George M. Low Papers:
I. A. Duplicate Materials
disposition: discarded
rationale: these materials duplicated items contained in the collection
or filed in the RPI President's Office papers
Personal and Biographical File clippings, correspondence, photographs,
memorabilia and biographical materials, 1949-1984, 6"
Personal Job Search File resumes and biographical material, 1975-1976, 1"
RPI Student report, "Two Distinct Solutions of the Wave Equation...,"
17 sheets
Lewis Flight Propulsion Laboratory Files reports and papers, 4"
NASA Chronological Files correspondence, 1967-1969, 1"
NASA Sensitive Chronological Files correspondence, 1968-1974, 1"
NASA Note File correspondence and notes, 1971-1976, 1"
NASA Apollo Memoranda, 1967-1968, 5"
NASA Miscellaneous Correspondence, 1971-1974, 1"
NASA Administrative and General Apollo Files memoranda and
correspondence, 1967-1976, 1"
NASA Specific Flight Files, Apollos 204, 10, 11, 16, 17, ASTP, Skylab,
Shuttle manuals, correspondence, memoranda, publicity materials and
photographs, 1968-1979, 5"
NASA Apollo Reviews briefing papers, 1968, 2"
NASA Tour Files memorabilia, reports, photographs, publicity materials,
correspondence and briefing papers, 1966-1975, 9"
NASA Speeches, Statements and Publications File speeches, 1960-1972, 2"
NASA Awards and Honors memorabilia, publicity and speeches, 1969-1980, 1"
NASA File of the Day photographs and memorabilia, 1"
NASA Photograph Albums and Files photographs, 1"
Later NASA Transition Team Files notebook, "NASA Transition Team
Background Reading", and other papers, Nov.-Dec. 1980, 2"
RPI Presidential Chronological Files correspondence and memoranda,
1976-1982, 78" duplicated in the RPI President's Office papers collected
by the RPI Archives
RPI Personal Notes, 2 sheets
RPI Speeches and Presentations File speeches, 1974-1979, 1"
RPI Trip and Meeting Files briefing charts, reports, speeches and
slides, 1976-1980, 3"
Committee and Board Files correspondence, briefing materials, clippings,
reports and memorabilia, 4"
Membership Files correspondence, photographs, and memorabilia, 1"
Photographs of George Low, mounted and unmounted, 5"
ERTS photo of Capital District, rolled in tube
NASA publicity pamphlets, 1975-1981, 1"
B. Duplicate Materials
disposition: forwarded to the Nixon and Ford Presidential Libraries
rationale: same as above
Correspondence and memoranda collected by GML for Presidential
Libraries, 1969-1977, 18", duplicated in NASA Chronological and
Sensitive Chronological Files, and in RPI President's Office papers
Subtotal: 13 linear feet (156")
II. Newspapers and Magazines
diposition: discarded
rationale: preservation concerns prohibited the retention of issues of
newspapers; preservation issues also prompted a selection to be made from
the Latin American tour clippings (clippings which discussed GML's
activities were saved); the incomplete magazines did not directly relate
to collection manuscripts and were judged to be generally available
elsewhere
Intact newspapers (total 3"):
Cocoa (Florida) Today. 1 October 1978; 17 July 1974
Dakar Le Soleil. 24 July 1974
Honolulu Star-Bulletin & Advertiser. 19 April 1970 (2 copies)
Houston Post. 27 July 1969 (2 copies); 21 July 1969 (2 copies)
Miami Herald. 13 July 1969
New York Times. 7 April 1981; 21 July 1969; 17 July 1969 (2 copies)
Paris International Herald-Tribune. 22 January 1971
Pravda. 25 July 1975; 17 January 1971
Rensselaer Polytechnic. 10 May 1967
St. Paul Pioneer Press. 9 April 1970
Troy Times-Record. 15 April 1981
Washington Post. 13 July 1969; 30 July 1960
Incomplete magazines: (total 1")
Aviation Week and Space Technology. 26 February 1962
Engineering Education. October 1981
IEEE Spectrum. October 1976
Loose clippings from Latin American tour, 1966 (5"), plus one tube of
rolled larger pages
Photostats of New York Times front pages, 18-25 July 1969, 6 sheets
Subtotal: 1.2 linear feet (14")
III. NASA Publicity Materials
disposition: discarded
rationale: these batches of material appeared to have little direct
relation to collection manuscripts; they were judged to be readily
available at the NASA History Office or NASA Public Affairs Office
NASA Activities. 1.2 (1970) through 8.8 (1977), 12"
NASA Current News. 1967-1980, 6"
NASA news releases, 1970-1979, 1"
NASA photograph albums: Gemini (3 albums), Apollos 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 (6
albums), ASTP (1 album) 22"
Unmounted NASA photographs: Viking, Mariner, Voyager, Apollos 7-16,
Skylab, Shuttle, miscellaneous publicity, 26"
NASA press kits, 1970-1979, 5"
Subtotal: 6 linear feet (72")
IV. RPI President's Office Papers
disposition: accessioned to the RPI Archives President's Office papers
rationale: these papers appeared to be a part of the official working files
of the President's Office
Correspondence for RPI President's Office Papers (Grosh), 4 sheets
Correspondence for RPI President's Office Papers (Low), 6 sheets
Certificate of Appreciation to RPI Athletic Department from Troy Youth
Hockey Association, framed
RPI President's Office Chronological File, June 1976-June 1983, 30"
RPI President's Office Note File, June 1976-Nov. 1981, 30"
Official congratulations received upon GML's assuming the Presidency of
RPI, 6"
Subtotal: 5.6 linear feet (67")
V. Artifacts
disposition: discarded all but the globe, which receives general library
usage
rationale: items were judged either to be of little research value or to
exhibit conservation problems which would prohibit their retention
World globe, by Denoyer-Geppert, ca. 1965
Vial of contaminated water glycol from Lunar Module 5
Pickled frog from Gemini VIII flight
100 gram tin of Soviet cheese
Coffee cup
2 Hospital admitting bracelets, 1975
Set of car keys to RPI automobile
VI. Monographs and Other Publications
disposition: added to the Folsom Library collections or deaccessioned
rationale: these items, collected or received by GML, were judged to be
generally available to researchers at RPI's Folsom Library or other
repositories
see Appendix D for a listing of these works