Vincent Lally in the late 1960s, with a GHOST balloon transmitter.

NCAR Archives Mission

The Archives seeks to preserve the institutional memory of UCAR/NCAR/UCP. The Archives acquires, processes, manages, and makes accessible to staff and researchers high quality information resources documenting the broad spectrum of activities undertaken by UCAR/NCAR/UCP in the areas of research, technology, education, and community building.

Use the NCAR Archives to:

  • Study how atmospheric science has changed over time
  • Learn about the history of NCAR
  • Research the unique architecture of the Mesa Laboratory 
  • Explore past field projects and scientific studies
Help! I have boxes I need out of my office and sent to storage. What do I do?

We are working to reduce the cost of off-site storage by closely scrutinizing what we send to Iron Mountain.  Please review the Finance and Administration retention schedule to determine if the records you would like to store are covered by that retention schedule. Finance and Administration is responsible for maintaining the official record. Convenience records (or copies of official records) do not need to be kept by offices and divisions. Personal records, such as reference materials, newspaper clippings, books, journals, back up copies of PR’s, invoices, personnel profile changes, performance appraisals, journal entries, business calendars, office supplies, and financial reports cannot be sent to storage. If you think you have materials that could be of historic significant, contact the Archivist to see if those materials meet the criteria to be accepted into the Archives.