http://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c8bg2vgt No online items Maureen Carey, Kate Dundon University of California, Santa Cruz 2018 1156 High Street Santa Cruz 95064 speccoll@library.ucsc.edu URL: http://guides.library.ucsc.edu/speccoll UA.037 1
Language of Material: English Contributing Institution: University of California, Santa Cruz Title: W. M. Keck creator: W.M. Keck Observatory Identifier/Call Number: UA.037 Physical Description: 13.9 Linear Feet21 boxes Date (inclusive): 1980-1990 MAY CONTAIN RESTRICTED MATERIALS. This collection has not been processed. Special Collections staff must review this material prior to access. Please contact Special Collections and Archives in advance to request access. Conditions Governing Use Copyright for this collection resides with the Regents of the University of California. The publication or use of any work protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use for research or educational purposes requires written permission from the copyright owner. UCSC Special Collections and Archives can grant permission to publish materials to which it holds the copyright. For permission to reproduce or publish the material, or to order a reproduction, please visit guides.library.ucsc.edu/speccoll/reproduction-publication. Preferred Citation W. M. Keck Observatory Historical Records. UA 37. Special Collections and Archives, University Library, University of California, Santa Cruz. Contains correspondence and planning documents concerning the funding, planning, and construction of the Ten Meter Telescopes (TMT) on the summit of Mauna Kea, Island of Hawai'i. Also includes press releases and publicity regarding the telescopes. Additionally the collection includes audio recordings and transcripts of interviews about the TMT from 1983-1990, conducted by John Gustafson during his tenure as writer and spokesman for the Keck Ten Meter Telescope Project. Related Materials Caltech maintains an oral history collection that includes interviews about Keck. Subjects and Indexing Terms Astronomy -- United States -- History W.M. Keck Observatory Box 1 Ten Meter Telescope - Book 1 1980-1981 Box 1 Ten Meter Telescope - Book 2 1981 Box 2 Ten Meter Telescope - Book 3 1981-1982 Box 2 Ten Meter Telescope - Book 4 undated Box 3 Ten Meter Telescope - Book 5 undated Box 3 Ten Meter Telescope - Book 6 undated Box 4 Ten Meter Telescope - Book 7 undated Box 4 Ten Meter Telescope - Book 8 undated Box 5 Ten Meter Telescope - Book 9 undated Box 5 Ten Meter Telescope - Book 10 1983 Box 6 Ten Meter Telescope - Book 11 January-May 1984 Box 6 Ten Meter Telescope - Book 12 30803 Box 7 Ten Meter Telescope - Book 13 June-July 1984 Box 7 Ten Meter Telescope - Book 14 July-Oct 1984 Box 8 Ten Meter Telescope - Book 15 October 1984-April 1985 Box 8 TMT Sublease Agreement and Operating and Site Development Agreement 1982-1984 Box 8 TMT Misc. Press clippings and articles 1982-1985 Box 9 TMT Proposal Book - An invitation from the Board of Regents of University of California with cooperation of the University of Hawaii to Mrs. Marion O. Hoffman to become the sponsor of and to name to 10 meter telescope..." 1982-1985 UA.037 2
Box 9 TMT Fundraising - Book 1 1983-1984 RESTRICTED Box 9 TMT Fundraising - Book 2 1983-1984 RESTRICTED Box 9 TMT Fundraising - Book 3 1984 RESTRICTED Box 10, Folder 1 Livermore, Tom - Drives and Control System Manager 31706 Interview transcription tape 86-1/AB Box 10, Folder 2 Boesgaard, Hans - Dome and Telescope Structural Manager 31706 Interview transcription tape 86-1/A Box 10, Folder 3 Magner, Joe - CARA Optics Manager 31706 Interview transcription tape 86-1/B Box 10, Folder 4 Vescelus, Fred - Assistant Project Manager to Jerry Smith 31706 Interview transcription tape 86-2/A Box 10, Folder 5 Iracle, Bill - Project Engineer 31706 Interview transcription tape 86-2/B Box 10, Folder 6 Angel, Roger - Presentation at AAS mtg 31778 Interview transcription tape 87-1/A Box 10, Folder 7 Nelson, Jerry - AAS Mtg. in Pasadena 31778 Interview transcription tape 87-1/B Box 10, Folder 8 Nelson, Jerry - AAS Mtg in Pasadena 31793 Interview transcription tape 87-3/A Box 10, Folder 9 Nelson, Jerry - Interview for UC Focus article 31884 Interview transcription tape 87-4/A Box 10, Folder 10 Nelson, Jerry - Interview with Jerry Nelson and Barbara Schaefer) on flight back from Pasadena after Waimea HQ PDR 32017 Interview transcription tape 87-8/A UA.037 3
Box 10, Folder 11 Livermore, Tom - Critical Design Review 32052 Interview transcription tape 87-8/B Box 10, Folder 12 Mast, Terry 32091 Interview transcription Box 10, Folder 13 Jared, Dick 32099 Interview transcription tape 87-9 Box 10, Folder 14 Boesgaard, Hans 32113 Interview transcription tape 87-10 Box 10, Folder 15 Vescelus, Fred 32113 Interview transcription tape 87-11/A Box 10, Folder 16 Irace, Fred 32113 Interview transcription tape 87-11/B Box 10, Folder 17 Smith, Jerry 32113 Interview transcription tape 87-12/A Box 10, Folder 18 Smith Jerry 32113 Interview transcription tape 87-12/B Box 10, Folder 19 Nelson, Jerry 32114 Interview transcription tape 87-13/A Box 10, Folder 20 Nelson, Jerry - AAS 31821 Interview transcription tape 88-1/B Box 10, Folder 21 Nelson, Jerry 32332 Interview transcription tape 88-10 Box 10, Folder 22 Vescelus, Fred 32332 Interview transcription tape 88-11 Box 10, Folder 23 Smith, Jerry and Jerry Nelson - Itek Press Tour 32520 Interview transcription tape 89-1 UA.037 4
Box 10, Folder 24 Livermore, Tom 32700 Interview transcription tape 89-18 Box 10, Folder 25 Smith, Jerry 32822 Interview transcription tape 89-22 Box 10, Folder 26 Chanan, Gary 32842 Interview transcription tape 89-27 Box 10, Folder 27 DuBois, Amy 33134 Interview transcription tape 90-3 Box 10, Folder 28 Nelson, Jerry "First Light" 33227 Edited transcript Box 10, Folder 29 Clark, Frank, Jr. 31912 Interview transcription tape 87-5 Box 10, Folder 30 Weitzmann, Miller, Faber - misc. interviews 1985 Edited transcripts Box 10, Folder 31 Minor, Bob 1983 Edited transcripts Box 10, Folder 31 Magner, Joseph; Mast, Terry; Nelson, Jerry 1985 Edited transcripts Box 11, Folder 1 W. M. Keck Observatory Reports and Technical Notes; Acronyms List; Oral History Tapes List undated Box 11, Folder 2 TMT: Establishment of UC Observatories 32264 Box 11, Folder 3 CalTech / UC Interplay - Pre-Keck 30747 Box 11, Folder 4 "Background on UC Ten-Meter Telescope Facility" circa 1983-1985 Box 11, Folder 5 Hoffmann Foundation Gift 1984-1985 Box 11, Folder 6 Hoffman Background information 1983-1985 Box 11, Folder 7 Keck Foundation gift 1985-1987 Box 11, Folder 8 Funding, Development Plans 1981-1984 Box 11, Folder 9 TMT Executive Committee - minutes 1980-1984 Box 11, Folder 10 TMT Interim Coordinating Committee (ICC) - Agendas and Reports 1985 Box 12, Folder 1 TMT Conceptual Design Review and Budget 1985 Box 12, Folder 2 TMT Design Review Committee 1984-1986 Box 12, Folder 3 TMT Design Report, Draft no.2 30993 Box 12, Folder 4 TMT UC Conservation District Use Application 1983 Box 12, Folder 5 TMT Site Development, agreements, etc. 1981-1984 Box 12, Folder 6 TMT Reports 1977-1982 UA.037 5
Box 13, Folder 1 TMT Reports 1981-1985 Box 13, Folder 2 "UC Ten-Meter Telescope" Jerry Nelson 30820 Box 13, Folder 3 "Scientific Case for the Ten-Meter Telescope", Robert Kraft circa 1981-1983 Box 13, Folder 4 TMT Groundbreaking - Publicity 1984-1985 Box 13, Folder 5 TMT Groundbreaking - Event planning 1985 Box 13, Folder 6 TMT Groundbreaking - Correspondence 1988, 1992 Box 13, Folder 7 Development of Archive 1987-1989 Box 13, Folder 8 NHPRC grant and establishment of archive 1987-1988 Box 13, Folder 9 NHPRC grant and establishment of archive 1989 Box 14, Folder 1 ITEK Weekly Status Reports June-December 1988 Box 14, Folder 2 ITEK Weekly Status Reports January-December 1989 Box 14, Folder 3 ITEK Optical Systems - Status Reports January-October 1990 Box 14, Folder 4 ITEK Tour - Lexington, MA 32520 Box 14, Folder 5 ITEK - Film Crew tour, June 12-14, 1989 May 16, 1989 - July 24, 1989 Box 14, Folder 6 ITEK - PR tours 1986-1989 Box 14, Folder 7 ITEK Publicity, photos 1988 Box 14, Folder 8 TMT Science Steering Committee - minutes 1985-1990 Box 14, Folder 9 TMT Science Steering Committee - minutes 1990 Box 15, Folder 1 TMT Educational promotional pieces - publicity circa 1984-1986 Box 15, Folder 2 TMT Video Script 1984 Box 15, Folder 3 TMT Press Packets, Publicity 1985 Box 15, Folder 4 TMT Brochures and media packets 1984-1985 Box 15, Folder 5 TMT Media coverage, public relations, publicity plans 1981-1982 Box 15, Folder 6 TMT Booklet design and text circa 1984-1986 Box 15, Folder 7 TMT Newsletter and stationary samples circa 1985-1986 Box 15, Folder 8 TMT News clippings, news releases 1980-1984 Box 15, Folder 9 TMT News clippings, news releases 1985-1987 Box 16, Folder 1 Promotional brochures - others observatories 1980-1990 Box 16, Folder 2 TMT Press - news clippings 1980-1986 Box 16, Folder 3 Media Coverage - W.M. Keck Foundation Proposed Grant to California Institute of Technology for the Keck Ten-Meter Telescope, January 1985 v. 1 1985 Press clippings Box 16, Folder 4 Media Coverage - W.M. Keck Foundation Proposed Grant to California Institute of Technology for the Keck Ten-Meter Telescope, January 1985 v. 2 1985 Press clippings Box 16, Folder 5 TMT Publicity photographs, 8x10 1984-1985 Box 16, Folder 6 Contact prints - Keck Observatory Ground Breaking September 1985 Tom Reed Braun and Company Box 17-18 VHS tapes 1985-1990 Keck construction, groundbreaking ceremony, Keck in the news Box 19 Cassette tapes 1987-1990 Interview recordings, staff meetings, lectures, TMT instrument conference, Box 20 Cassette tapes 1983-1990 Oral History Tape Collection UA.037 6
Box 21 Ten Meter Telescope reports, UC publications UA.037 7