Franklyn W. Phillips (#187)
Administrative Information
Biographical Note
Collection Overview
Collection Description
Administrative Information
Abstract
Papers 1958-1970
Government official. Acting Secretary, National Aeronautics and Space Council (1959-1960); Assistant to the Administrator, (1960-1961), Director, Northeast Office (1962-1964), Assistant Director and Director for Administrative Operations, Electronics Research Center (1964-1970), National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Chronological file of correspondence, directives, and memorandums.
Access
Open.
Usage Restrictions
According to the deed of gift signed September 1979, copyright of these materials has been assigned to the United States. Documents in this collection that were prepared by officials of the United States as part of their official duties are in the public domain. Users of these materials are advised to determine the copyright status of any document from which they wish to publish.
Copyright
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Provenance
Received from Franklyn Phillips in August 1978 (Acc. 1978-052).
Extent
About 8,000 items (4 linear feet, 5 linear inches ; 5.0 cubic feet)
Withdrawn Items
Selected folders contain withdrawal sheets where 350 documents, in accordance with the donor's deed of gift, were removed from the collection. These include documents which may be used to injure or harass any living person. All withdrawn documents have been placed under seal and upon request the Kennedy Library will review any material which has been closed for a period of not less than 2 years for the purpose of opening items which no longer require restrictions. Researchers should consult the reference staff to obtain the appropriate form(s).
Date Opened
July 1982.
Processed by
Mary C. Sullivan
Encoded by
James M. Roth
Related Collections
James E. Webb Papers, John F. Kennedy Presidential Library
Records of NASA, John F. Kennedy Presidential Library
Hugh L. Dryden Oral History Interview, John F. Kennedy Presidential Library
The Personal Papers of Franklyn Phillips (1917-2008)
Biographical Note
| 1917 | Born, Cleveland, Ohio, 9/26 |
| 1935 | Baldwin High School, Birmingham, Michigan |
| 1939 | Cooperative Engineering Course, General Motors Institute, Flint, Michigan |
| 1941 | B.S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| 1945 | Married Patricia Bjorklund, 6/30 |
| 1941-1942 | National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA), Langley Laboratory, Langley Field, Virginia |
| 1942-1945 | NACA, Lewis Laboratory, Cleveland, Ohio |
| 1945-1958 | Member, Staff, Director of National Aeronautics and Space Administration, (NASA) |
| 1949-1958 | Chief of Aircraft Loads and Structures Division in NACA Headquarters |
| 1958-1959 | Special Assistant to the Administrator, NASA |
| 1959-1960 | Acting Secretary of the National Aeronautics and Space Council (NASC) |
| 1960-1961 | Assistant to T. Keith Glennan, Administrator, NASA |
| 1962-1964 | Director, Northeast Office, NASA |
| 1964-1969 | Asst Director for Administrative Operations, Electronics Research Center, NASA |
| 1969-1970 | Director for Administrative Operations, Electronics Research Center, NASA |
The papers of Franklyn W. Phillips consist of his daily correspondence carbon file during his various administrative positions with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) from 1958 to 1970. The files contain correspondence, directives, and memoranda dealing with personnel, travel, facilities, management analysis, security, health and safety, and technical information. There is also some biographical material and a chronological file (January-June 1966) of Winston E. Kock. Researchers using this material maybe interested in papers of James E. Webb, microfilm and printed materials of NASA, and the oral history interview of Hugh L. Dryden, -Deputy Administrator of NASA.
Collection Description:
Series 1. Records of Northeast Office of NASA, Electronics Research Center.
About 8,000 items.
Arrangement: by type of material.
Beginning in 1962 with Franklyn Phillips� appointment as Director for Administration of the Northeast Office of NASA, Electronics Research Center, this series consists of his daily correspondence carbon file during his various administrative positions, including the construction and later the operation of the Cambridge office. Of special note is the transition memo, January 19, 1961. Also appearing in the chronological file are some papers of T. Keith Glennan (1958-1961), James E. Webb (1961-1963), Hugh L. Dryden (2/61-3/61), and James C. Elms (9/66-6/70). Following the chronological file is a folder of biographical material and a chronological file (January-June 1966) of Winston E. Kock, a director of the Electronics Research Center.
| Box 1 | Chronological Files | |
| 1958-12/60 (27 folders) | ||
| Box 2 | 1/61 -3/62 (15 folders) | |
| Box 3 | 4/62-9/63 (18 folders) | |
| Box 4 | 10/63-5/65 (20 folders) | |
| Box 5 | 6/65-7/66 (4 folders) | |
| Box 6 | 8/66-7/67 (12 folders) | |
| Box 7 | 8/67-6/68 (11 folders) | |
| Box 8 | 7/68-3/69 (9 folders) | |
| Box 9 | 4/69-1/70 (10 folders) | |
| Box 10 | 2/70-6/70 (5 folders) | |
| Miscellaneous biographies Kock Files, 1966 (6 folders) |
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