Loren E. Morey papers, 1826-1983
Table of Contents
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Morey, Loren E.
- Title
- Loren E. Morey papers
- Dates
- 1826-1983 (inclusive)18261983
- Quantity
- 2.25 linear feet
- Collection Number
- ACCN 1860
- Summary
- The Loren E. Morey papers (1826-1983) contain correspondence, notes, articles, publications, notebooks, pamphlets, brochures, and news clippings related to hot air balloons and rocket systems. Loren E. Morey received a Ph.D in chemistry from Columbia University in 1944. He worked for Hercules Powder Company for twenty-five years beginning in 1950. While at Hercules, he participated in the development of several military rockets including the Nike Ajax, Little John, Terrier, and Talos.
- Repository
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University of Utah Libraries, Special Collections
Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library
University of Utah
295 South 1500 East
Salt Lake City, UT
84112-0860
Telephone: 8015818863
special@library.utah.edu - Access Restrictions
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Twenty-four hour advanced notice encouraged. Materials must be used on-site. Access to parts of this collection may be restricted under provisions of state or federal law.
- Languages
- English
Biographical Note
Loren E. Morey (1915-1996) received a B.S. from Monmouth College, Monmouth, Illinois, in 1938. In 1944, he received a Ph.D. in chemistry from Columbia University. Morey worked at George Washington University in the Allegany Ballistics Laboratory from 1944 to 1945. He later worked for Hercules Powder Company for twenty-five years beginning in 1950. During his employment at the Hercules Powder Company, Morey assisted in the development of many army, navy, and air force rockets, including Nike Ajax, Little John, Terrier, and Talos.
Content Description
The Loren E. Morey papers (1826-1983) contain correspondence, notes, articles, publications, notebooks, pamphlets, brochures, and news clippings related to hot air balloons and rocket systems.
Use of the Collection
Restrictions on Use
The library does not claim to control copyright for all materials in the collection. An individual depicted in a reproduction has privacy rights as outlined in Title 45 CFR, part 46 (Protection of Human Subjects). For further information, please review the J. Willard Marriott Library’s Use Agreement and Reproduction Request forms.
Preferred Citation
Collection Name, Collection Number, Box Number, Folder Number. Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library, The University of Utah.
Administrative Information
Return to TopDetailed Description of the Collection
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Personal Materials
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Description: CorrespondenceDates: 1970-1981Container: Box 1, Folder 1-6
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Description: CalendarsDates: 1940-1941Container: Box 1, Folder 7
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Description: Index CardsContainer: Box 1, Folder 8
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Description: NotebookDates: 1941-1943Container: Box 1, Folder 9
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Description: NotesContainer: Box 1, Folder 10
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Description: Pamphlets and BrochuresDates: 1966Container: Box 1, Folder 11
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Description: Color Prints of Hot Air BalloonsContainer: Box 1, Folder 12
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Description: Various WritingsContainer: Box 1, Folder 13-15
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Loren E. Morey, Articles and Publications
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Description: "The Contributions of Leslie A. Skinner to the American Rockets of World War II"Dates: 1979Container: Box 2, Folder 1
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Description: "Double Base Powder"Container: Box 2, Folder 2
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Description: "First Man to Rocket"Container: Box 2, Folder 3
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Description: "The Gansa Tree"Container: Box 2, Folder 4
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Description: "The Goddard Rockets," ExcerptDates: 1981Container: Box 2, Folder 5-7
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Description: "The Great Airship of 1897," Article and CorrespondenceDates: 1972-1973Container: Box 2, Folder 8
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Description: The Powder Rockets: 1917-1942, TypescriptDates: 1978-1982Container: Box 2, Folder 9-16
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Description: The Powder Rockets: 1917-1942, TypescriptDates: 1978-1982Container: Box 3, Folder 1-2
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Description: "Powders, Single and Double"Container: Box 3, Folder 3
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Description: "Prehistory of Large Solid Propellant Rockets"Dates: 1983Container: Box 3, Folder 4
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Description: "In Search of a Beginning: 1917-1942"Container: Box 3, Folder 5
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Description: "Single Base Powders"Container: Box 3, Folder 6
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Description: Untitled Textual ExcerptContainer: Box 3, Folder 7
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Articles, Publications and Miscellaneous
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Description: Articles
This folder contains various articles and notes relating to rockets and propulsion systems.
Container: Box 4, Folder 1 -
Description: "Airship," Excerpt and Related ArticlesContainer: Box 4, Folder 2-3
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Description: Army and Navy Chronicle, ExcerptContainer: Box 4, Folder 4
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Description: Ballooning:1782-1972Dates: 1972Container: Box 4, Folder 5
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Description: "Barnacle Geese"Container: Box 4, Folder 6
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Description: "Biography of Mungo Park"Container: Box 4, Folder 7
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Description: Robert W. Bussard, "Future New Propulsion Systems," NotesContainer: Box 4, Folder 8
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Description: Thomas Dick, Celestial Scenery, ExcerptDates: 1851Container: Box 4, Folder 9
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Description: Thomas Dick, Description of a New Reflecting TelescopeContainer: Box 4, Folder 10
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Description: Dictionary ExcerptContainer: Box 4, Folder 11
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Description: "The Evolution of Modern Signaling"Container: Box 4, Folder 12
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Description: "Fireworks That Are Not for Fun"Dates: 1911Container: Box 4, Folder 13
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Description: "The First Airvoyage in America"Dates: 1943Container: Box 4, Folder 14
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Description: The Geotechnical Corporation, Operation and Maintenance Manual: Benioff Portable SeismometersDates: 1960Container: Box 4, Folder 15
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Description: C.H. Gibbs-Smith, BallooningDates: 1948Container: Box 4, Folder 16
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Description: "Herschel"Container: Box 4, Folder 17
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Description: "The Herschel Hoax"Dates: 1915Container: Box 4, Folder 18
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Description: Clarence N. Hickman, "Genealogy of the Hickman Families of Virginia, Kentucky, Indiana, and Texas"Dates: 1967Container: Box 4, Folder 19
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Description: John Houseman, "The Men and Mars"Dates: 1942Container: Box 4, Folder 20
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Description: Journal of the Society of Arts, ExcerptDates: 1873Container: Box 4, Folder 21
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Description: E.M. Landsbaum, "Solid Motor Technology," Typescript and CorrespondenceDates: 1966Container: Box 4, Folder 22-23
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Description: "The Letters of Edgar Allan Poe"Dates: 1948Container: Box 4, Folder 24
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Description: Richard Adams Locke, ArticlesContainer: Box 4, Folder 25
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Description: Richard Adams Locke, "Magnetism and Astronomy"Container: Box 4, Folder 26
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Description: Percival Lowell, Mars and Its Canals, ExcerptDates: 1906Container: Box 4, Folder 27
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Description: G.K. Megla, "Optical Properties and Applications of Photochromic Glass"Dates: 1966Container: Box 4, Folder 28
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Description: Military Explosives, ExcerptDates: 1967Container: Box 4, Folder 29
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Description: Alvin L. Morris, "Scientific Ballooning, A Survey"Dates: 1968Container: Box 4, Folder 30
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Description: Frank Luther Mott, American Journalism, ExcerptContainer: Box 4, Folder 31
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Description: A Narrative of the Two Aerial Voyages of Doctor Jeffries with Mons. Blanchard, ForwardContainer: Box 4, Folder 32
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Description: The National Encyclopedia of American Biography, ExcerptDates: 1906Container: Box 4, Folder 33
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Description: "Notes on Poes' Hans PfaallDates: 1930Container: Box 4, Folder 34
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Description: F.M. O'Brien, The Story of "The Sun", ExcerptDates: 1918Container: Box 4, Folder 35
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Description: James Parton, Captains of Industry, ExcerptDates: 1899Container: Box 4, Folder 36
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Description: "The Physics of Rockets"Dates: 1947Container: Box 4, Folder 37
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Description: "Physics of Rockets: Dynamics of Long Range Rockets"Dates: 1947Container: Box 4, Folder 38
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Description: "Physics of Rockets: Liquid and Propellant Rockets"Dates: 1947Container: Box 5, Folder 1
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Description: Edgar Allan Poe, Balloon Hoax, NotesContainer: Box 5, Folder 2
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Description: Edgar Allan Poe, Doings of Gotham, ExcerptDates: 1929Container: Box 5, Folder 3
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Description: Edgar Allan Poe, "Hans Phaal--A Tale"Dates: 1935Container: Box 5, Folder 4
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Description: The Practical Astronomer, ExcerptsDates: 1846Container: Box 5, Folder 5
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Description: "Rare and Interesting Lines of Work"Dates: 1981Container: Box 5, Folder 6
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Description: Rocket Fundamentals, ExcerptDates: 1958Container: Box 5, Folder 7-8
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Description: Rocket Nozzles from ABL Design Manual, Articles and NotesDates: 1957Container: Box 5, Folder 9
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Description: H.S. Seifert, "Fundamental Principles of Rocket Propulsion"Container: Box 5, Folder 10
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Description: John Jerome Schroeter, "Observations on the Atmospheres of Venus and the Moon" Textual ExcerptContainer: Box 5, Folder 11
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Description: "Scientific Intelligence"Dates: 1826Container: Box 5, Folder 12
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Description: "Scotland's Out Islands"Dates: 1972Container: Box 5, Folder 13
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Description: Don C. Seitz, The James Gordon Bennetts, ExcerptsDates: 1928Container: Box 5, Folder 14
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Description: John I. Shafer, "Propulsion--Solid Rocket Design"Container: Box 5, Folder 15
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Description: A Signal Success: The Work and Travels of Mrs. Martha J. Coston, Excerpt and NotesDates: 1886Container: Box 5, Folder 16-17
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Description: "Summary of Hercules Participation in the Early WWII Rocket Developments"Container: Box 5, Folder 18
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Description: George P. Sutton, "Propulsion Systems--Liquid Rocket Engines"Container: Box 5, Folder 19
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Description: "Thomas Dick"Dates: 1859Container: Box 5, Folder 20
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Description: Alfred Russell Wallace, Is Mars Habitable"Dates: 1907Container: Box 5, Folder 21
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Description: War of the Worlds, NotesContainer: Box 5, Folder 22
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Description: "A Wee Heavy Orkney Odyssey"Container: Box 5, Folder 23
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Description: News ClippingsDates: 1835-1978Container: Box 5, Folder 24-29
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Description: MiscellaneousContainer: Box 5, Folder 30
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Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Hot air balloons
- Rocket engines
- Rockets (Aeronautics)
Personal Names
- Morey, Loren E.--Archives
Form or Genre Terms
- Articles
- Clippings
- Correspondence
- Pamphlets
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