Acquisition and Processing Information: These papers were Dr. Hartman's gift between October 2007 and October 2011.
Photographs: in several folders.
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 (Apollo) program. His assignment, he wrote, 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. The Apollo program came to an abrupt end in 1975.
KJH collected the present files long 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 post-Apollo teaching and lectures.
Kenneth Hartman was born in 13 April 1917 in Bloomington, IL (6 days after U.S. declared war on Germany) to George and Anna Mather Hartman. The family moved to northeastern Iowa, but as a child of the depression, Hartman could not afford to go to The University of Iowa as he wished 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/human behavior at California Western University (currently United States International University) in San Diego.
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. Most of his contributions to Human Factors Engineering were classified. When the Apollo Program ended, he worked at McDonald Douglas on the “Star Wars” missile defense system. He resigned from the space program in 1975, and taught statistics and math aboard U.S. Navy ships until 1987, then moving from California to Eugene, Oregon, lecturing from time to time at the University of Oregon. His wife, Janet Duffy Hartman, died in 1991. Kenneth Hartman died October 15, 2011, age 94. He was survived by a son Robert and two grandchildren.Related Materials:
----, 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 11. KJH summary. Notes. Mission insignia.
----. Notes on mission. Notes on Lunar Module.
----. Photographs and color photocopies.
----. Apollo 13
Apollo 14. Photo of crew.
Apollo 15. Photo of crew; postage stamp scandal.
Apollo 16. KJH note on families.
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[istics] students to refute that Pisces was a common sign for astronauts.”
Baron, Thomas (NAA whistleblower).
Biomedical. Biometric. Notes on problems of humans in space.
----. Notes on body waste.
Books. Notes on books about the space program.
----. Tom Wolfe, The Right Stuff.
Crew (3 man)
Dentistry in space.
Downey, CA (polluted site of NAA factory).
Earthrise (on moon)
Escape module (1961)
EVA Space Walk.
"Falling" in Space.
Flag on Moon.
Flying; Flying and Dreams
Frequently Asked Questions (about astronauts).
0 Gravity Effects (Weightlessness).
Habitability (inside space of space vehicles).
History and Missions (of Apollo program).
Hoagland, Richard and Mike Bara. Dark Mission: The Secret History of NASA (2007); Hoagland. The Monuments of Mars.
Hoaxes [“Operation Green Cheese”]; belief Apollo 11 a hoax.
"The Incredible Year '68." Life Magazine. In Oversized Box 1
Kaysing, Bill (conspiracy theorist).
Kona Kai [Hotel] Kaper.
Korolev, Sergei P.
Living in Space [See also Biomedical; Dentistry].
Medical Histories [of astronauts].
Mercury. NASA Control Center documentation.
Moon, Origin of; Danger of; Moon Rocks.
----. Tranquility Base.
----. [Thomas] “Gold” Dust theory.
----. Atomic bomb on the ...
----. and the Mafia.
----. Walkers and Orbitors [men who…]
North American Aviation, Inc.
----. Baker, Bobby [Assistant to President Lyndon Johnson]. NASA-NAA web.
----. NASA lunar rover 20XX.
Oberg, James. Star-Crossed Orbits: Inside the U.S.-Russian Space Alliance. Photocopied pages.
"Our Planet." Life Magazine. In Oversized Box 1
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.
Razor (wind-up shaver for use by astronauts).
The Right Stuff [book and movie].
Russian Rocket & Space Era:
----. MIR space suits; pressure test of suit.
----. MIR and SOYUZ simulators; SOYUZ descent modue.
----. SOYUZ booster rocket.
----. Russian space station; supply ship interior; Salyut 6.
----. Buran Orbiter.
----. USSR Cosmonauts (group photographs).
----. Gagarin, Yuri.
----. Leonov, Aleksei.
----. Romanenko, Yuri.
----. Titov, Gherman (photograph of earth).
----. Treshkova, Valentina.
----. Gagarin Cosmonauts' Training Center Museum.
----. USSR Air-Space Museum, Moscow. 2010 photographs.
Sex [in space].
Shuttle [NASA Publication, “Space Flight; The First 30 Years“ (1991).
Sibrel, Bert (conspiracy theorist).
----. NAA Apollo 12 crew (1969).
----. NASA history.
----. KSC simulator.
----. NAA simulator.
Space Facts II. Just the Facts Leaning Series.
The Red Stuff: The True Story of the Russian Race for Space. DVD.
The Astronaut's Wife (1999) written and directed by Rand Ravich, starring Johnny Depp and Charlize Theron. 2 copies, along with paper printouts from the web of reviews of the movie.
Essential Space Collection. DVD
Moon Race: The History of Apollo. DVD two disc set in a metal container.
Apollo 13: To the Edge and Back. MCA Universal. VHS.
Journey to the Moon: One Giant Leap. The 40th Anniversary of Apollo 11. DVD.
Moonshot. History Channel. DVD.
Space Facts. Goldhil Entertainment. DVD.
Space Facts II. Goldhil Entertainment. DVD.
Nazi Plan to Bomb New York. History Channel. DVD.