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Eugene A. Cernan "High Flight" poem
Collection — Box: Communal Collections 68, Placement: 04
Identifier: MSP 149
Scope and Contents
Copy of "High Flight" poem by John Gillespie Magee Jr., affixed to board. The poem was taken by Eugene A. Cernan on Apollo 10's mission to the moon, May 18 - 26, 1969. It is inscribed by Cernan; "To Mitch Simmons - So as never to forget we took this copy of High Flight to the moon on Apollo X 18-26 May 1969. You above all can appreciate it's significance, Sincerely Gene Cernan."
The letter of authenticity was signed by Cernan on August 25, 2010 and is housed with the poem.
Dates:
circa 1969
Eugene A. Cernan papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSA 288
Scope and Contents
The Eugene A. Cernan papers document the military, aeronautics, and astronautics career of Eugene A. Cernan, as well as his subsequent professional and public activities. The papers also feature records pertaining to Cernan's youth, family, and education. The collection includes but is not limited to artifacts, audiovisual recordings, awards, books, certificates, coins, correspondence, documents, mission patches, newspaper clippings, photographs, plaques, publications, scrapbooks, speeches,...
Dates:
1934 - 2016; Majority of material found within 1956 - 2012
Purdue University Scabbard and Blade collection
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MSP 163
Scope and Contents
The Purdue University Scabbard and Blade collection documents activities of Company E (Purdue University), along with the National Society of Scabbard and Blade. Some of the unique items include constitutions from 1926, 1966, 1968 and 1970, an IBM printout of names, addresses and information for members of the National Society of Scabbard and Blade initiated in the 1960-1970 and 1970-1971 school years, and a 1973 issue of The Scabbard and Blade Journal that features a cover story of Purdue...
Dates:
1924 - 1973; Majority of material found within 1960 - 1973