Purdue University. Alumni and alumnae
Organization
Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:
Neil A. Armstrong papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSA 5
Scope and Contents
The Neil A. Armstrong papers document the military, aeronautics, astronautics, teaching and corporate business career of Neil A. Armstrong. The papers also feature items from Armstrong's youth and education. The collection includes but is not limited to documents, coursework, working papers, subject files, correspondence, writings, speeches, recordings, photographs and newspaper clippings. The papers are divided into eighteen series, and further information on the scope and content of the...
Dates:
1671 - 2012; Majority of material found within 1960 - 2012
Roy D. Bridges Jr. papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSA 6
Scope and Contents
The Roy D. Bridges Jr. papers document the extensive Air Force and NASA career of Roy D. Bridges Jr.The papers include but are not limited to, artifacts, audio visual material, awards, books, briefs and records, certificates, clippings, clothing, correspondence, diaries, documents, flight logs, flight checklists and data files, along with Bridges' pilot kneeboard notes, medals, mementos, papers, photographs, scrapbooks, textbooks, research papers, and working paper...
Dates:
1950 - 2013
Roger B. Chaffee letter and postcard
Collection — Box 1
Identifier: MSA 282
Scope and Contents
The letter dated July 24, 1965 is from Roger Chaffee to his parents. On the reverse is a July 25, 1965 note from Martha Chaffee to her in-laws in which she signs, "Roger, Martha, Sheryl and Steve." In the letter, Roger discussed an upcoming flight and the astronaut's rotation as capsule communicator (CAPCOM). He mentions Gus Grissom, Gene Cernan, Jim McDivitt, Buzz Aldrin and Dave Scott. Both Roger and Martha discuss recent family activities at home. The postcard, dated July 1965, was sent...
Dates:
1967
Lana Murphy Couch papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSA 312
Scope and Contents
The Lana Murphy Couch papers document Couch's forty year career with NASA, first as a wind tunnel test engineer, and later in management positions. Types of materials include: correspondence, newsletters, papers, photographs, programs, publications, research and work reports, technical reports, VHS tapes, writings, and material related to award recognition.
Dates:
1953 - 1997; Majority of material found within 1970 - 1995
Jerome M. Goldman papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSF 461
Scope and Contents
The Jerome Goldman papers document Goldman's career as a Purdue University student in Aeronautical Engineering, his service in the United States Army Air Corp and his work afterwards as a pilot for United Air Lines, along with his key role in establishing Purdue Aeronautics Corporation and Purdue Air Lines as chief pilot, director of operations, and later vice president for operations and maintenance. Also included are papers from his work with International Learning Systems, the Federal...
Dates:
1941 - 1972; Other: Majority of material found within 1965 - 1972
Ross W. Hippensteel papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSA 34
Scope and Contents
The Ross W. Hippensteel papers (1912-1960; 13.5 cubic feet) document the college and military career of Ross W. Hippensteel. The collection contains many artifacts, papers, handbooks, manuals, certificates, class notes, clippings, correspondence, ephemera, a pencil sketch, clothing and other miscellaneous items. Some of the items belonged to his wife, Jean Rankin Hippensteel. The class notes are from many of his Purdue University, mechanical engineering and physics courses from 1929-1934,...
Dates:
1912 - 1960; Majority of material found within 1932 - 1950
Jerry L. Ross papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSA 283
Scope and Contents
The Jerry L. Ross papers document Ross' student life at Purdue, his test flight engineer work, and NASA career as an engineer and astronaut. The collection includes Purdue coursework and memorabilia; papers from Ross' work at Edwards Air Force Base, Wright Patterson Air Force Base, and Test Pilot School; NASA Space Shuttle training, mission documents and mission related scrapbooks, memorabilia, and flight crew films and interviews, along with documents and maps from Ross' work on Space...
Dates:
1940 - 2013; Majority of material found within 1970 - 2000
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- Artifacts (Object genre) 5
- Clippings (Information artifacts) 5
- Color photographs 5
- Aerospace engineering 4
- Astronauts 4
- Black-and-white photographs 4
- Certificates 4
- Personal papers 4
- Awards 3
- Books 3
- Diplomas 3
- Manuals (instructional materials) 3
- Publications (Documents) 3
- Reports 3
- Test pilots 3
- Textbooks 3
- VHS 3
- Aeronautics 2
- Air pilots 2
- Air pilots, Military 2
- Audiocassettes 2
- Business records 2
- Clothing 2
- Color slides 2
- Engineering 2
- Handbooks 2
- Letters (Correspondence) 2
- Military service--1940-1950 2
- Mission patches 2
- Newsletters 2
- Notebooks 2
- Scrapbooks 2
- Space flights 2
- Space shuttles--United States 2
- Textiles 2
- Theses 2
- Transcripts 2
- Working papers 2
- Writings (documents) 2
- "First Flights" documentary 1
- Administrative records 1
- Aerial photographs 1
- Aeronautics -- Periodicals 1
- Aerospace engineering -- Handbooks 1
- Aerospace engineering -- Periodicals 1
- Aerospace engineering -- Textbooks 1
- Air pilots--Indiana 1
- Aircraft 1
- Astronautical charts 1
- Astronautics 1
- Astronautics--Periodicals. 1
- Astronautics--Research 1
- Astronautics--United States--History 1
- Astronauts--1960-1970 1
- Astronauts--Training of--United States 1
- Audiovisual materials 1
- Black-and-white slides 1
- Businessman 1
- Centaur rocket 1
- Checklists 1
- Columbia (Spacecraft)--Accidents--Investigation 1
- Coursework 1
- DVDs 1
- Diagrams 1
- Diagrams (Mission Module) 1
- Diaries 1
- Digital images 1
- Electronic mail 1
- Fan mail 1
- Films 1
- Flight logs 1
- Historical documents 1
- Korean War, 1950-1953 1
- Lecture notes 1
- Logs (Records) 1
- Lunar landing sites 1
- Lunar module 1
- Lunar photography 1
- Lunar roving vehicles 1
- Magazines (Periodicals) 1
- Magnetic tapes 1
- Manuscripts (Documents) 1
- Maps 1
- Mechanical engineering 1
- Memorabilia 1
- Model airplanes 1
- Moon rocks 1
- Moon--Surface 1
- NASA publications 1
- NASA space programs 1
- NASA--Deputy Administrator of Aeronautics 1
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration--Space Shuttle insignia 1
- Naval aviators 1
- Negatives (photographs) 1
- Operating manuals 1
- Optical disks 1
- Outer space--Exploration 1
- Pencil drawings 1
- Picture postcards 1 + ∧ less
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