National Air and Space Museum (NASM) - Galaxy Mural - test photos, undated

File — Container: Box 2, Folder: 16

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

From the Collection:

This small collection of personal papers includes project files and video cassette tapes from the 1980s and 1990s. Of note in the project files are Lomberg's work on a "galaxy mural" for a display at the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum. Files contain correspondence and artwork pertaining to the mural. Also of interest are files related to Carl Sagan's books Comet and Pale Blue Dot. The largest group of files relates to Lomberg's work with the SETI Institute on the Life in the Universe Series curriculum project funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) and NASA. Video cassettes include an episode of the popular PBS NOVA series, featuring Lily Tomlin as guest narrator, as well as a Life in the Universe Series video, History of Earth.

Dates

Creation: undated

Creator

From the Collection: Lomberg, Jon (Person)

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is open to the public and must be used in the John M.K. Davis Reading Room of the Watkinson Library, Trinity College Library, Hartford, Connecticut. Researchers must register and agree to copyright and privacy laws when using this collection.

Extent

From the Collection: 2 Cubic Feet (1 records storage carton of letter size file folders; 1 legal size document box with 2 file folders and 11 video cassette tapes; and 1 triangle box with rolled sketches. Flat file storage for 6 oversize posters and 2 sketches. ) ; 1 box (16.25x13x10.5) equals 1 cubic foot ("cubic foot" defined in SAA Dictionary); 1 Legal size document box (10.25x 5x15.5) equals 0.46 cubic feet; and 1 triangle box (30.5x4x4) equals 0.28 cubic feet (as defined by UNLV Archives Calculator)