Guide to the Calspan Corporation Records,
1945-1973

Collection Number: 17-1-1567

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library

Contact Information:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY 14853
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Compiled by:
RMC Staff
Date completed:
Sept. 20, 2004
EAD encoding:
Carolyn Smith
Date modified:
Jude Corina, October 2012

© 2002 Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library

DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:
Calspan Corporation records, 1945-1973.
Collection Number:
17-1-1567
Creator:
Calspan Corporation.
Quantity:
7 cubic ft.
Forms of Material:
Litigation documents, reports, financial statements, minutes, correspondence, news releases, and other records.
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Abstract:
Includes litigation documents concerning Cornell Aeronautical Laboratory in the matter of Attorney General Lefkowitz vs. Cornell University, EDP Technology, Inc., and Cornell Aeronautical Laboratory; papers of Trustee Robert W. Purcell concerning the Cornell Aeronautical Laboratory; annual reports; financial statements; Board of Directors minutes; minutes of stockholder meetings; general correspondence; reports; news releases; and other records of the Cornell Aeronautical Laboratory, including Annual Reports (1952-61), News Bulletin (1963-67), "Perspective" (1957-67), and "Research Trend" (1953-68); and agreements between EDP Technology, Inc. and Cornell University. Also, Charles W. Lake's files on the Cornell Engineering College Council's relations with CAL.
Language:
Collection material in English

ORGANIZATIONAL HISTORY

Calspan Corporation specializes in such areas as avionics, aerodynamic and flight research, acoustics, defense and space systems, environmental and energy systems, electronic countermeasures, security systems, surface chemistry, automotive and highway safety, thermal research, and many other technical and scientific areas. Previously known as the Cornell Areonautical Laboratory, the name was changed to Calspan Corporation in 1972.
COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Includes litigation documents concerning Cornell Aeronautical Laboratory in the matter of Attorney General Lefkowitz vs. Cornell University, EDP Technology, Inc., and Cornell Aeronautical Laboratory; papers of Trustee Robert W. Purcell concerning the Cornell Aeronautical Laboratory; annual reports; financial statements; Board of Directors minutes; minutes of stockholder meetings; general correspondence; reports; news releases; and other records of the Cornell Aeronautical Laboratory, including Annual Reports (1952-61), News Bulletin (1963-67), "Perspective" (1957-67), and "Research Trend" (1953-68); and agreements between EDP Technology, Inc. and Cornell University. Also, Charles W. Lake's files on the Cornell Engineering College Council's relations with CAL.
SUBJECTS

Names:
Calspan Corporation.
Lake, Charles W.
Purcell, Robert W.
Cornell Aeronautical Laboratory.
Cornell University.
Cornell University.Engineering College Council.
EDP Corporation.
INFORMATION FOR USERS

Access Restrictions:
Restricted to permission of office of origin except for Box 3.
Cite As:
Calspan Corporation records, #17-1-1567. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
CONTAINER LIST

Date
Description
Container
File #1
Nov. 8, 1968
Summons and Complaint
 Box 1
Nov. 12, 1968
Order to Show Cause
 Box 1
Nov. 13, 1968
Order to Show Cause
 Box 1
Nov. 22, 1968
Notice of Cross-Motion
 Box 1
Demand for Bill of Particulars
 Box 1
Nov. 21, 1968
Order to Show Cause
 Box 1
Defendants' Memo in Opposition to Plaintiff's Motion for Preliminary Injunction and in Support of Defendants' Cross-Motion
Box 1
Nov. 25, 1968
Affidavit, P.B. Wald, in Opposition to Defendants' Cross-Motion
Box 1
Nov. 25, 1968
Memo in Opposition to CAL Tech Staff to Appear Amicus Curiae
Box 1
Nov. 26, 1968
Brief on Application for Preliminary Injunction
 Box 1
Nov. 14, 1968, Nov. 26, 1968
Affidavits, Maurice Axelrad, NYSASDA
 Box 1
File #2
Defendants' Reply Memo in Opposition to Plaintiff's Motion for Preliminary Injunction, etc.
Box 1
Nov. 26, 1968
Proceedings
 Box 1
Nov. 27, 1968
AG's Brief on Application for Preliminary Injunction
 Box 1
Nov. 15, 1968
Order
 Box 1
Dec. 4, 1968
Notice of Entry
 Box 1
Dec. 5, 1968
Affidavit - Asst. A.G. Hazel and Ira Ross
 Box 1
Dec. 5, 1968
Reply Brief - A.G.
Box 1
Dec. 1968
Reply Affidavit - N. Stamp
 Box 1
Dec. 9, 1968
Briefs (Amicus Curiae) of NYSASDA
 Box 1
Jan. 3, 1969
Memorandum - Justice Marshall
 Box 1
Jan. 7, 1969
Notice of Settlement - Order
 Box 1
Jan. 10, 1969
Notice of Settlement - Counter Order
 Box 1
Jan. 21, 1969
Order
 Box 1
Jan. 23, 1969
Notice of Entry
 Box 1
Feb. 4, 1969
Answer
 Box 1
Feb. 7, 1969
Notice of Taking Deposition - CAL
 Box 1
Feb. 7, 1969
Notice of Taking Deposition - CU
 Box 1
Mar. 6, 1969
Deposition of Neal Stamp
 Box 1
File #3
Mar. 7, 1969
Deposition of A. Green
 Box 1
Apr. 9, 1969
Stipulation
 Box 1
May 6, 1969
Stipulation
 Box 1
July 30, 1969
Notice of Motion
 Box 1
Aug. 14, 1969
Memo in Support of Plaintiff's Motion to Vacate Defendants' Demand for Bill of Particulars
Box 1
Defendants' Memo in Opposition to Plaintiff's Motion to Vacate or Modify Defendants' Demand for a Bill of Particulars
Box 1
Sept. 22, 1969
Decision and Order
 Box 1
Oct. 3, 1969
Notice of Motion
 Box 1
Verified Bill of Particulars
 Box 1
Oct. 24, 1969
Notice of Motion to Intervene - CAL Tech. Staff
 Box 1
Brief in Support of Motion to Intervene - CAL Tech. Staff
 Box 1
Oct. 29, 1969
Examination before Trial - Arthur Adams
 Box 1
Oct. 31, 1969
Affidavit - H. Moffitt (CAL Tech Staff Intervention)
 Box 1
Nov. 3, 1969
Defendants' Brief in Opposition to Intervention
 Box 1
Reply Brief in Support of Motion to Intervene - CAL Tech. Staff
Box 1
File #4
Nov. 6, 1969
Order
 Box 1
Nov. 13, 1969
Opinion of Justice Kronenburg Denying Motion to Intervene
 Box 1
Nov. 14, 1969
Appeal from Order - CAL Staff
 Box 1
Brief for Appelant - CAL Staff
 Box 1
Brief on Behalf of EPD
 Box 1
Dec. 11, 1969
Defendants' Proposed Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law Draft
Box 1
Dec. 19, 1969
Plaintiff's Request for Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law
Box 1
Dec. 19, 1969
Defendants' Proposed Findings of Fact and Conclusion of Law
 Box 1
Dec. 19, 1969
Memorandum after Trial of the Attorney General
 Box 1
Dec. 22, 1969
Defendants' Post Trial Brief
 Box 1
Trial Memo - AG
 Box 1
Dec. 29, 1969
Post Trial Brief
 Box 1
Dec. 30, 1969
Notice of Cross Motion - EDP and Defendants
 Box 1
Cornell Aeronautical Laboratory - Personal Papers of Trustee Robert W. Purcell, 1968-1969
Atomic and Space Development Authority, Offers and Correspondence
Box 1
"Big Four" Offers
 Box 1
Miscellaneous Correspondence
 Box 1
Offers and Solicitations of Offers to buy CAL
 Box 1
File #5
Jan. 2, 1970
Defendants' Exceptions to Plaintiff's Request for Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law
Box 2
Jan. 2, 1970
Reply Memo of A. G.
 Box 2
Jan. 2, 1970
Reply Brief, Post Trial
 Box 2
Jan. 22, 1970
Brief for Defendants - Respondents Opposing Intervention
 Box 2
Feb. 5, 1970
Reply Brief for Appellant - CAL Tech Staff
 Box 2
Mar. 3, 1970
Decision
 Box 2
Mar. 16, 1970
Judgment
 Box 2
Mar. 31, 1970
Notice of Appeal
 Box 2
May 8, 1970
CAL Tech Staff Assn. - Notice of Motion for Leave to Appeal
 Box 2
May 12, 1970
Defendants' Affidavit in Opposition to Motion of CAL Tech Staff for Leave to Appeal
Box 2
May 15, 1970
CAL Tech Staff - Brief in Support of Motion for Leave to Appeal
Box 2
June 17, 1970
Syracuse University - Amicus Curiae
 Box 2
June 23, 1970
CAL Tech Staff Assn. - Notice of Motion for Leave to Appeal
 Box 2
CAL Tech Staff Assn. - Brief in Support of Motion for Leave to Appeal
Box 2
File #6
Aug. 7, 1970
Brief for Appellant EDP, Appellate Div.
 Box 2
Sept. 1, 1970
Affidavit and Brief in Opposition to Motion for Leave to Appeal the Denial of Intervention
Box 2
Sept. 16, 1970
Reply Brief for Appellants
 Box 2
Sept. 18, 1970
Reply Brief for Appellants, CU and CAL - Appellate Div.
Box 2
Feb. 23, 1971
Brief for Defendants - Respondents CU & CAL - Court of Appeals
Box 2
Mar. 1971
Syracuse - Amicus Curiae Brief, Court of Appeals
 Box 2
Mar. 12, 1971
Brief of Defendant - Repondent EDP Tech Inc.
Box 2
Mar. 1971
Brief of Appellant A.G., Court of Appeals
 Box 2
Aug. 5, 1970
Brief for Appellants, CU & CAL, Appellate Div.
 Box 2
File #7
Nov. 17, 1969
Transcript of Testimony, Vol. I-IV, Supreme Court, Erie County
Box 2
File #8
Nov. 17, 1969
Transcript of Testimony, Vol. V-VIII, Supreme Court, Erie County
Box 2
1971
CAL - Administrative Task Force
Box 2
July 1958-1963
Cornell Aeronautical Laboratory, Inc. B.O.D Minutes
 Box 2
1964-1967
Cornell Aeronautical Laboratory, Inc. B.O.D Minutes
 Box 2
File #9 - Annual Reports and Financial Statements
1947-1948
Annual Report to Board of Directors
 Box 3
June 30, 1955
Annual Report to the University for Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 1955
Box 3
Aug. 31, 1959
Financial Statement
 Box 3
April 30, 1960
Financial Statement
 Box 3
April 30, 1960
Financial Charts and Data Sheets
 Box 3
1960
Annual Report to the Board of Directors for Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 1960
Box 3
Sept. 30, 1960
Financial Charts and Data Sheets
 Box 3
Dec. 31, 1960
Financial Statement
 Box 3
1961-1962
Report on Research
 Box 3
Feb. 28, 1961
Financial Statement
 Box 3
March 31, 1961
Financial Statement
 Box 3
May 31, 1961
Financial Statement
 Box 3
1961
Annual Report to the Board of Directors for Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 1961
Box 3
Aug. 31, 1961
Financial Charts and Data Sheets
 Box 3
Oct. 31, 1961
Financial Statement
 Box 3
Oct. 31, 1961
Financial Charts and Data Sheets
 Box 3
File #10 - Annual Reports and Financial Statements
Nov. 30, 1961
Financial Statement
 Box 3
Dec. 31, 1961
Financial Statement
 Box 3
Jan. 31, 1962
Financial Charts and Data Sheets
 Box 3
Apr. 30, 1962
Financial Charts and Data Sheets
 Box 3
June 1962
Control of Indirect Costs in Research and Development, Henry K. Moffitt
Box 3
June 30, 965
Financial Report of the Vice President-Controller for Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 1965
Box 3
Oct. 31, 1962
Financial Charts and Data Sheets
 Box 3
1963
Report on Research
 Box 3
April 30, 1963
Financial Charts and Data Sheets
 Box 3
June 30, 1964
Financial Report of the Vice President-Controller for Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 1964
Box 3
June 30, 1964
Annual Fiscal Report to the President and Trustees of Cornell University for Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 1964
Box 3
June 30, 1966
Financial Report of the Vice President-Administration for the Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 1966
Box 3
Dec. 31, 1966
Financial Charts and Data Sheets
 Box 3
June 30, 1967
Financial Report for Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 1967
Box 3
Financial Charts and Data Sheets March 31, 1968
Box 3
1968
Financial Report for Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 1968
Box 3
1969
Financial Report for Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 1969
Box 3
1970
Financial Report for Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 1970
Box 3
1970
Financial Report for Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 1971 and Accountants' Report
Box 3
January 1, 1951
Cornell Aeronautical Laboratories, Inc. (CAL) Report: Physics Department
Box 3
August 1957
CAL Report: Physics Division
Box 3
1952+
CAL Report: Conquering the Stratosphere
Box 3
December 2, 1955
CAL Report: Swords and Plowshares
Box 3
1946-1956
CAL Report: A Decade of Research
Box 3
May 1, 1957
CAL Report:A Not-for-Profit Organization, Alvin E. Green
Box 3
1954-1967
CAL Report: A Community of Science
Box 3
June 1, 1960
CAL Report: Applications of the Electron Microscope
Box 3
October 1960
CAL Report: Speed of Sound Duplication in Hot-jet Simulation, John H. Hilton, Jr.
Box 3
1961
CAL: The Iroquois called it Buffalo
Box 3
1961-1964
CAL: Reports on Research
Box 3
June 1962
CAL Report: Control of Indirect Costs in Research and Development, Henry K. Moffitt
Box 3
October 1962
CAL Report: Background, Capabilities and Facilities/Highway Transportation Research
Box 3
June 30, 1963
CAL Report: Background, Capabilities and Facilities/A General Review
Box 3
Miscellaneous Files
July 1968-1972
Cornell Aeronautical Laboratory, Inc. B.O.D Minutes
 Box 4
Cornell Aeronautical Laboratory, Inc. By-Laws and Certificate of Incorporation
Box 4
Feb. 1967-Oct. 1967
Cornell Aeronautical Laboratory - CU Relations, File I
 Box 4
Nov. 1967-1970
Cornell Aeronautical Laboratory - CU Relations, File II
 Box 4
1966-1969
Cornell Aeronautical Laboratory - Deferred Compensation Plan (Ross)
Box 4
July 1968-Dec. 1969
CAL-EDP Tech. Inc. - Correspondence
 Box 4
Jan. 1970-1971
CAL-EDP Tech. Inc. - Correspondence
 Box 4
1948-1955
Cornell Aeronautical Laboratory - Fiscal Charts and Data
 Box 4
1945-1947
Cornell Aeronautical Laboratory, Inc., General Correspondence
Box 4
1948-1954
Cornell Aeronautical Laboratory, Inc., General Correspondence
Box 4
1955-1963
Cornell Aeronautical Laboratory, Inc., General Correspondence
Box 5
1966-1968
Cornell Aeronautical Laboratory, Inc., Investigating Committees
Box 5
July 1968-Dec. 1969
CAL Management, File I
 Box 5
Jan. 1970-1971
CAL Management File II
 Box 5
Dec. 1967
Cornell Aeronautical Laboratory - Material for Curiss Committee (Notebook)
Box 5
1960-1970
Cornell Aeronautical Laboratory, Inc., Minutes of Stockholder Meetings
Box 5
1968-1970
CAL-N.Y.S. Atomic & Space Authority
 Box 5
1968-1972
Cornell Aeronautical Laboratory - News Releases
 Box 5
1970-1971
CAL - Niagara Research Institute
 Box 5
CAL - Opinions on Separation from CU
 Box 5
1968
Cornell Aeronautical Laboratory, Real Estate as of Nov. 20, 1968
Box 5
1971
CAL Retirement Program
 Box 5
Cornell Aeronautical Laboratory - Trial Report by CAL Staff
 Box 5
1971-1973
CAL - Trustee Ad Hoc Committee and CAL Structure
 Box 5
1945-1972
CAL - Trustee Minutes
 Box 5
Cornell Aeronautical Lab - Twentieth Anniversary Report, Organization and Background material
Box 6
Mar. 1, 1972 - Apr. 27, 1973
CALSPAN Corporation (CAL)
 Box 6
July 1968-Dec. 1969
Cornell Aeronautical Lab - Attorney General's Investigation, File I
Box 6
1970-1972
CAL - Attorney General's Investigation, File II
 Box 6
1964-1973
Cornell Aeronautical Laboratory, Inc., General Correspondence
Box 6
CAL Litigation - Copies of Correspondence Used for Trial
 Box 6
1968-1970
CAL-EDP Tech., Inc. - Sale Contract, Annual Reports, etc.
 Box 6
CALSPAN Corporation (CAL) - Documents
 Box 7
1971-1973
CAL - Tax Status & Legal Aspects of Separation from CU
 Box 7
Cornell Aeronautical Laboratory Trial Briefs, Attorney General v. CU, et al
Box 7
Cornell Aeronautical Laboratory - A. G. v. Cornell, et al, Record on Appeal
Box 7
Chalres W. Lake - Engineering Council correspondence and reports
Mar. 27, 1967
Report of the President's Study Committee on Relations between Cornell and the Cornell Aeronautical Laboratory
Box 7
March 21, 1967
Report if the Faculty Council's Committee on Relations Between Cornell University and Cornell Aeronautical Laboratory
Box 7
1960-1970
Correspondence
 Box 7
July 27, 1968
"Bidding for a Nonprofit Lab," Business Week
Box 7
May 9, 1968
Long-Range Planning: A Progress Report
 Box 7
Minority Report: Curtiss Committee on CAL-CU Relations
 Box 7
May 8, 1968
Statement on Cornell - CAL Separation by James A. Perkins and Robert W. Purcell
Box 7
May 11, 1968
Engineering College Council Statement on Cornell-CAL Relationships - Summary
Box 7
May 1968
Drafting Committee
 Box 7
May 1968
Cornell Trustee Reports
 Box 7
April-May 1968
Engineering College
 Box 7
Feb.-May 1968
CAL Reports
 Box 7
May 10, 1968
Engineering Council
 Box 7
1968
Other - Includes Chronology of Cornell-CAL Relationship Discussions, Copy of Applied Research at CAL: A Resume
Box 7
Mar. 21, 1967
Report of the Faculty Council's Committee on Relations Between Cornell University and Cornell Aeronautical Laboratory
Box 7
March 27, 1967
Report of the President's Study Committee on Relations between Cornell and the Cornell Aeronautical Laboratory
Box 7
Perkin's Questions on CAL
 Box 7
April 24, 1968
Investigation Draft
 Box 7
Sept. 2, 1969
Agreement between EDP Technology, Inc. and Cornell University
Box 7
Oct. 30, 1968
Exhibits to Agreement Between: Cornell University and EDP Technology, Inc.
Box 7
Publications
1957-1958
Perspective, Vol. 1, 1 & 5, Vol. 2, 1&2
Box 3
1964-1967
CAL News Bulletin
Box 3
Nov. 30, 1963
Financial Statement
 Box 3
1960
Annual Report to the Board of Directors for Fiscal Year Ending June 30 , 1955
Box 3
1960
Annual Report to the Board of Directors for Fiscal Year Ending June 30 , 1960
Box 3
1961
Annual Report to the Board of Directors for Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 1961
Box 3
1961
Annual Report to the Board of Directors for Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 1961
Box 3
1962
Financial Report of the Vice President-Controller for Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 1962
Box 3
1963
Annual Report to the Board of Directors for Fiscal Year Ending June 30 , 1963
Box 3
1953-1968
Research Trends
Box 3
1958-1968
Perspective
Box 3