Harold Sandler Papers

The Dr. Harold Sandler Collection covers important aerospace medical research accomplished prior to and during his study of the effects of weightlessness including the study of the operation of the Gauer-Henry reflex, gravity effects on circulation, and the use of artificial gravity as a countermeasure for weightlessness deconditioning using both animal and human subjects. Researchers will have access to an exhaustive collection of research articles Dr. Sandler used to write review articles on several subjects related to weightlessness, as well as data and information he gathered and used in his own studies. A complete set of his articles and research papers constitutes the published evidence of his highly prolific and successful career as an aerospace medical researcher for NASA.

Many of the files throughout the collection contain documents originally published in German or Russian, only some of which have been translated. Research articles are filed alphabetically by the first author listed, while the articles and papers written by Dr. Sandler himself are filed chronologically.

Series I: Acceleration Research, 1944-1993. Articles and information concerning the effects of gravity due to acceleration are included in this series; folder 7 contains articles written by Dr. Sandler on the subject.

Series II: Bed Rest Research, 1963-1996. This series contains an extensive collection of research articles and information on the effects of bed rest on both male and female subjects. Included are the first short-term bed rest studies on 20-30 years-old females, and ground-based simulated Space Shuttle studies in males and females aged 35 to 65 years. Folder 38 contains articles written by Dr. Sandler.

Series III: Exercise Research Research articles based on exercise studies using artificial gravity in weightlessness deconditioning may be found here; folder 45 holds Dr. Sandler's articles on the subject.

Series IV: Lower Body Negative Pressure (LBNP) Research, 1934-1993. Located within this series are research articles on the application of LBNP in man. Dr. Sandler's articles are in folder 62; folder 63 holds an LBNP overhead presentation.

Series V: Water Immersion Research, 1955-1993. Research articles and related information concerned with water immersion studies simulating the effects of weightlessness are included. Folder 72 holds a research paper authored by Dr. Sandler while folder 74 contains water immersion viewgraphs.

Series VI: Gravitational Physiology Symposium, 1979-1981 This series contains three softbound books containing papers from the 1979 through 1981 Gravitational Physiology Symposiums.

Series VII: Cosmos Project The Cosmos project was a joint US/USSR study using primates sent into space and monitored for hemodynamic data such as heart rate and blood pressure as affected by weightlessness. Folders 76 though 78 in this series contain information from the joint US/USSR Space Medicine Sessions held from 1974 through 1986. Information, data, results, and summaries are included for Cosmos Projects 1514 and 1667, as well as some related texts.

Series VIII: Manned Flight, 1959-1994 This series contains three subseries with materials. The Astronaut Medical Information subseries contains information related to astronaut selection and pre- and post-flight medical exams.

Manned US Space Flight holds research articles, data, and flight reports. Articles by Dr. Sandler are in folder 103. A NASA Press Kit may be found in folder 105, and photographs of Skylab are in folder 106.

The third subseries, Manned USSR Space Flight, contains research articles; NASA reports and photographs (one of President Gerald R. Ford and cosmonauts) are found in folder 113. A photocopied book, Space and Time Perceptions by the Cosmonaut is located in folder 114. Information on women astronauts and cosmonauts is in folder 116, and unique Soviet space activity Timacheff reports can be found in folder 122.

Series IX: Harold Sandler Articles, 1976-2000. Articles written by Dr. Sandler are located here, and his detailed biographical information and Curriculum Vita may be found in folder 123.

Series X: Harold Sandler Research Papers, 1976-1995. Individual copies of Dr. Sandler's research papers written during 1976 through 1995 are found in this series.

Series XI: Bound Books, 1959-1985. These four large bound volumes contain all of Dr. Sandler's research articles as they appeared in scientific journals from 1959 through 1985.