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Dwight D. Eisenhower Typed Document Signed...
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Description
Dwight D. Eisenhower Typed Document Signed as the thirty-fourth president. One page, 8" x 10", the White House, October 1, 1958, with heading, "Presidential Citation in Appreciation of Service of Leonard Carmichael as a Member of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics". Beautifully displayed in a brown leather folder; the front cover is stamped in gilt with the seal of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics. Very fine.More Information:
The National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics was founded in 1915 to promote aeronautical research. On October 1, 1958--the date of this presidential citation--the agency was dissolved and all assets transferred to the newly created National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). Leonard Carmichael served as the seventh secretary of the Smithsonian Institution from 1953 until 1964. His 1946 Manual of Child Psychology became a landmark in the scientific treatment of human development.
Auction Info
2008 October Grand Format Manuscripts Auction #692 (go to Auction Home page)
Auction Dates
October, 2008
17th-18th
Friday-Saturday
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