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Hartman in uniform during WWII |
Scope and Contents
The Dr. Kenneth J. Hartman files are organized in three series. Series I: Subject Files (Boxes 1-3); Series II: Astronaut (biographical) Files (Boxes 3-4); and Series III: Astronauts’ Wives and Women in Space (Boxes 4-5), concluding with miscellaneous materials in Box 5. Many of the file folders bear KJH annotations and have been retained. Nearly all photocopies and computer printouts have been annotated by KJH.
By 1962, Hartman was employed by North American Aviation, Inc., and became senior research engineer for crew performance and training in the manned space program. His assignment, he has written, was to keep the design engineers from killing the astronauts with poorly or badly designed equipment and procedures. Most of his contributions to Human Factors Engineering were classified. He retired in 1987.
The present files were collected after retirement. Many were derived from articles, books, and web sites, with pages photocopied or printed out and annotated by Hartman, whose notes are also interspersed throughout them. There are also photographs, reports, and other materials. In part, the materials were gathered to support Hartman’s teaching and lectures.
Biographical Note
Kenneth Hartman was born in 13 April 1917 in Bloomington, IL (6 days after U.S. declared war on Germany). A child of the depression, he could not afford to go to the University of Iowa and took his B.A. in Engineering at St. Ambrose College, Davenport. He entered the U.S. Army in 1942, was accepted into the ASTP (Army Specialized Training Program), and sent to The University of Iowa in January 1944 for the German Geopolitical Program. In April 1944 the course ended, the ASTP disbanded, and the men were assigned to infantry divisions in Europe. Hartman was sent to Antwerp, Belgium, where he endured 175 days of continuous V-1 and V-2 rocket attacks (from October 7, 1944 to March 30, 1945). He left the Army at the end of 1945, and returned to Iowa in January 1946 to complete an MA in 1947 on the GI Bill. He later completed a PhD in psychology at the University of Southern California.
While completing this degree, by 1962, Hartman was employed by North American Aviation, Inc., and became senior research engineer for crew performance and training in the manned space program, working for 13 years with the Apollo program. His assignment, he has written, was to keep the design engineers from killing the astronauts with poorly or badly designed equipment and procedures. Most of his contributions to Human Factors Engineering were classified. He later worked at McDonald Douglas on the “Star Wars” missile defense system. He resigned from the space program in 1975, and taught statistics and math about U.S. Navy ships until 1987, then moving from California to Eugene, Oregon.
Box Contents List
Dr. Kenneth J. Hartman Papers
Series I: Subject Files
Box 1:
KJH college records (includes photographs of the Iowa campus in 1946-1947) and professional activities including formulas for quantifying variables that affect the sales of farm implement dealers (for John Deere) and a method of estimating chi square.
KJH MA thesis, "A Study of Reliability in the Determination of Effort Rating." SUI, 1947. Carbon copy.
KJH essays. Background on his WWII service, particularly in Antwerp, Belgium in April 1944 when that city was under German V-1 and V-2 bombardment. Overview of his work with the early astronauts as Senior Engineer, Research, Crew Performance & Training, for North American Aviation, Inc.
Astronauts. Summary biographical information from a variety of sources.
----, Fallen. Notes on the deaths of astronauts. Summary sheet by KJH on Apollo 1 fire.
----, Original 7.
----, Salaries.
----, Selection of; including MMPI testing. (See also Santy, Dr. Pat).
Apollo History. Photocopies from books.
Apollo contract wuth NAA; Contract between Life magazine and the astronauts.
Apollo Command Module
Apollo 1 crew and patch.
Apollo 1 fire. Several long KJH annotations.
Apollo 3 -7.
Apollo 8. Notes on crew members.
----. Notes on the mission.
----. Unused obituary drafted by William Safire for Richard Nixon. Mission insignia.
Apollo 10.
Apollo 11. KJH summary. Notes. Mission insignia.
----. Notes on mission. Notes on Lunar Module.
----. Photographs and color photocopies.
Apollo 12.
Apollo 13.
Apollo 14. Photo of crew.
Apollo 15. Photo of crew; postage stamp scandal.
Apollo 16. KJH note on families.
Apollo 17.
Apollo 20?
Box 2:
Apollo Soyus Test Program (Cosmonauts).
Andromeda Strain. Crichton novel (1969) and fear of contamination by Apollo 11.
Astrology. KJH note: “I gave extra credit to my stat. students to refute that Pisces was a common sign for astronauts.”
Astrophysics.
Baron, Thomas (NAA whistleblower).
Biomedical. Notes on problems of humans in space.
----. Notes on body waste.
Books. Notes on books about the space program.
----. Tom Wolfe, The Right Stuff.
China/Space.
Crew (3 man)
Dentistry in space.
-----. USSR.
Earthrise (on moon)
Escape module (1961)
EVA Space Walk.
Eyes.
"Falling" in Space.
Flag on Moon.
Frequently Asked Questions (about astronauts).
0 Gravity Effects (Weightlessness).
Gemini.
Habitalbility (inside space of space vehicles).
History and Missions (of Apollo program).
Hoagland, Richard and Mike Bara. Dark Mission: The Secret History of NASA (2007).
Hoaxes [“Operation Green Cheese”]; belief Apollo 11 a hoax.
Kaysing, Bill (conspiracy theorist).
Kona Kai [Hotel] Kaper.
Korolev, Sergei P.
LEM.
Light flashes.
Living in Space [See also Biomedical; Dentistry].
Lunar Effects.
Lunar Rover.
Magnetic Fields.
MASTIF [simulator]
Medical Histories [of astronauts]
Mercury. NASA Control Center documentation.
Mercury. Notes.
Box 3:
MIR.
Moon, Origin of; Danger of; Moon Rocks.
----. Tranquility Base.
----. [Thomas] “Gold” Dust theory.
----. Walkers and Orbitors [men who…]
North American Aviation, Inc.
----. Baker, Bobby [Assistant to President Lyndon Johnson]. NASA-NAA web.
Oberg, James. Star-Crossed Orbits: Inside the U.S.-Russian Space Alliance. Photocopied pages.
PAM-D Flight Failure Investigation.
Quarantine [of Moon materials]; see also Andromeda Strain.
“The Race to the Moon: An Example of International Conflict and Resolution.” Essay by Kenneth J. Hartman. Also printout of WGBH web pages.
Radiation.
----.
----.
Razor (wind-up for use by astronauts).
The Right Stuff [book and movie].
Rockets.
Salyut 6.
Sex [in space].
Shuttle [NASA Publication, “Space Flight; The First 30 Years“ (1991).
Simulator (Apollo)
----. NAA Apollo 12 crew (1969).
----. NASA history.
----. KSC simulator.
----. NAA simulator.
Skylab.
Smith, Andrew. Moondust: In Search of the Men Who Fell (2005).
Space art [photographs of].
Space biology and medicine [Photocopies from Galvin, Melvin and Oleg G. Gazenko, Foundations of Space Biology amd Medicine, 1975. Volime III].
Space shower.
Space suit
Box 4:
Space toilet.
Spacefaring (Albert A. Harrison); [excerpt and correspondence].
Starwars [movies].
Spies in the Sky (space cameras)
TRW Space Log. 1980. [Printed pamphlet].
UFO
Urinary tract infections.
U.S. Navy astronauts.
U.S.S.R.
Van Allen radiation belts.
Verne, Jules.
Von Braun, Wernher.
Voskhod
Vostok.
Miscellaneous notes, documents and photocopies.
Series II: Astronaut Files
Aldrin, Edward.
Anders, William.
Armstrong, Neil.
Bean, Alan
Borman, Frank.
Carpenter, Scott.
Cernan, Eugene.
Chafee, Roger.
Box 5:
Collins, Michael.
Conrad, Charles (“Pete”).
Cooper, Gordon.
Eisele, Donn.
Freeman, Ted.
Garriott, Owen (Skylab 3).
Glenn, John.
Gordon, Richard.
Grissom, Virgil (“Gus”).
----. Photographs.
Haise, Fred.
Irwin, James.
Lovell, James.
Kraft, Christopher.
Mattingly, Ken.
McDivitt, James.
Mitchell, Ed.
Romanenko, Yuri.
Roosa, Stuart.
Schirra, Walter.
Schweikart, Rusty.
Scott, David.
Shepard, Alan.
Slayton, Donald (“Deke”).
Swigert, John (“Jack”).
White, Edward.
Young, John.
Series III: Files on astronaut’s wives and families, female astronauts. (KJN note: “It took hundreds of hours to compile this list.”
Astronauts’ wives (general).
Aldrin, Joan.
Armstrong, Janet.
Anders, Valerie.
Box 6:
Bean, Sue.
Boarman, Susan.
Carpenter, Rene.
Cernan, Barbara
----, Jan.
Chaffee, Martha.
Collins, Patricia Finnegan.
Conrad, Jane and Nancy.
Cooper, Trudy and Susan.
Grissom, Betty.
Haise, Mary.
Hamblin, Dora [Life reporter assigned following Apollo 1 fire]. See also http://sdrc.lib.uiowa.edu/iwa/findingaids/html/HamblinDoraJane.htm.
Lapierre, Judith.
Life photos [of wives of first seven astronauts and other photos].
Lovell, Marilyn.
Ride, Sally.
Santy, Dr. Patricia [NASA psychiatrist]
Schirra, Jo.
Shepartd, Louise.
Skylab 3 Wives.
Slayton, Marge.
Stiver, Wickham (Wicky Mouse Club).
White, “Pat”.
Coca Beach.
Fallaci, Oriana, If the Sun Dies (1966). Photocopied pages.
Genesis: The Story of Apollo 8: the First Manned Flight to Another World. Robert Zimmerman. 1998. (Apollo 8 wives). Photocopied pages.
Starman (movie)
Wives' Insurance
Women who have been in space.
Project Mercury 13
Treshkova, Valentina
Box 7: Videos and DVDs
In Their Own Words: The Space Race. 7 CD spoken word audio collection. Renton, WA: Topics Entertainment, 2003.
John Glenn, with Nick Taylor. John Glenn: A Memoir. Read by the author on 4 casette tapes.
Race to the Moon. Allegro Corporation, 2007. 3.5 hour DVD video compilation from NASA Archives. 2 copies.
The Eagle Has Landed, Apollo 4-Apollo 11. Portland, OR: Columbia River Entertainment Group, 2007. DVD. Volume one of Moon Rarce: The History of Apollo. 2 copies
Apollo 1. Spacecraft Films, 2007.4.5 hour DVD.
Astrospies. WGBH Boston: Nova Productions, 2007.
