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Paul R. Hill Collection

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2010-068
Abstract

The Paul R. Hill Collection contains material relating to the NASA career of Paul R. Hill. Materials include books, papers, newspapers, lantern slides, NASA publications and memos, overhead sheets, and notes from presentations and talks.

Dates: 1936 - 1996

Henry J. Kelley Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1988-021
Abstract The Henry J. Kelley Papers include correspondence, notes, drafts and offprints of publications, teaching materials, and research reports from 1948-1988 documenting the career of Kelley (1926-1988), an aerospace engineer and authority on flight optimization. The majority of the collection consists topic based subject/research files, files on individuals (correspondence, resumes, and papers), teaching/course materials, and conference/professional organizational files. There are drafts and...
Dates: 1948 - 1988

Hugh P. and Ethel C. Kelly Collection

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2024-060
Abstract

This collection contains materials related to Hugh P. and Ethel C. Kelly, including a scrapbook, portrait, Telstar artifact, and a medal. Hugh P. Kelly earned a bachelor's and master's degree in engineering from Virginia Tech in 1937 and 1938. He worked on the Telstar project in the 1960s, and Mrs. Kelly later established the Hugh P. and Ethel C. Kelly Professorship in the VT College of Engineering.

Dates: c. 1930s-2000

Christopher Kraft and Neil Armstrong Collection

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Identifier: Ms-2024-064
Abstract

This collection consists of two signed event programs made out to Sheila D. Johnston. One, signed by VT alum and NASA administrator Christopher Kraft, is for the opening of the Christopher C. Kraft, Jr. Collection at Virginia Tech Special Collections in Newman Library in 1986. The other is the Virginia Tech 114th Annual Commencement program, signed by astronaut Neil Armstrong, who spoke at the ceremony in 1986.

Dates: 1986

Christopher C. Kraft Papers

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Identifier: Ms-1985-001
Abstract

The Christopher C. Kraft Papers consists of approximately 28 cu. ft. of manuscripts, particularly NACA and NASA reports and documents, meeting notes and agendas, and research materials. A later donation contains the manuscript for 2001 Kraft's autobiography. Kraft (1924-2019) graduated from Virginia Polytechnic Institute (Virginia Tech) in 1944 and went on to become NASA's first flight director and the director of the Johnson Space Center.

Dates: 1941 - 1998; Majority of material found within 1941 - 1982

Christopher Kraft Letter to Elizabeth Plank

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Identifier: Ms-2024-065
Abstract

This collection consists of a letter from Christopher Kraft in Connecticut to Elizabeth Plank in Blacksburg, Virginia. The envelope is stamped with the date of January 10, 1945. In the letter, Kraft reflects upon his time in Blacksburg and some of his thoughts of Connecticut.

Dates: 1945

Alfred W. Lawson Collection

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2023-053
Abstract

This collection contains materials relating to the aviation career of Alfred W. Lawson, a professional baseball player and aviator.

Dates: 1913, 1948, n.d.

Charles Lindbergh Interview Advertisement

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Identifier: Ms-2024-063
Abstract

This collection consists of an advertisement for an interview from Charles Lindbergh, notable American aviator. The advertisement states that this is Lindbergh's "first interview to a woman's magazine in the November issue of Pictorial Review."

Dates: c. 1927

F. Edward McLean Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1990-054
Abstract

This collection contains NASA and NACA materials and papers related to Francis Edward McLean's work in aerospace engineering.

Dates: 1950 - 1985

NASA Project Tapes

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Identifier: Ms-2001-020
Abstract

This collection contains 16 reel to reel audio tapes of various NASA projects from 1963 through 1966. These tapes include news conferences from Kennedy Space Center and pertaining to Projects Gemini and Mercury, John Glenn, Gus Grissom, and other astronauts. These tapes also include some recordings of launchings and landings from these projects.

Dates: 1963 - 1966

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United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration 19
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Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (1970-) 6
Kraft, Christopher C. (Christopher Columbus), 1924-2019 4
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Virginia Polytechnic Institute (1944-1970) 3
Becker, John V. (John Vernon), 1913-2020 2
Collins, Michael, 1930-2021 2
Gilruth, Robert R. (Robert Rowe), 1913-2000 2
Polhamus, Edward C. (Edward Charles), 1923-2001 2
Soule, Hartley A. (Hartley Akin), 1904-1988 2
Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute (1896-1944) 2
Alford, William J., Jr., 1924-2010 1
Armstrong, Neil, 1930-2012 1
Avitabile, James J. 1
Bierman, David 1
Bishop, Jerry E., 1931-2007 1
Blasingame, B. P. (Benjamin Paul), 1919- 1
Bonham, Hap (Thirwell William) 1
Cahill, Edward H., 1885-1974 1
Christopher, George William, 1908-2002 1
Clark, Evert B., 1925-1988 1
Clark, Jeanette (Drury) 1
Clark, John A. 1
Clark, John D., 1907-1988 1
Cooper, Mike (ABC employee) 1
Corson, Blake W., Jr. (Blake Wilson), 1908-1991 1
Dean, James D. (1931-2024) 1
Draper, C. S. (Charles Stark), 1901-1987 1
Duberg, John E. (John Edward), 1917-2002 1
Duce, G. Grahame (Gordon Grahame), 1916-1952 1
Eisen, Joel (lawyer) 1
Eklund, Sigvard Arne, 1911-2000 1
Electric Corporation of America 1
Goldschmidt, Bertrand, 1912-2002 1
Gough, Melvin N. (Melvin Neilson), 1906-1994 1
Greenwood, Ron, Nichols Research Corporation 1
Herakovich, Carl T. 1
Herrick, Samuel, 1911-1974 1
Hill, Paul R., 1909-1990 1
Kelley, H. J. (Henry Joseph), 1926-1988 1
Kelly, Ethel C. (Ethel Cross), 1917-2012 1
Kelly, Hugh P., Jr. (Hugh Powell), 1916-1989 1
Koehler, John E., d. 2001 1
Langley Aeronautical Laboratory 1
Lawson, Alfred W. (Alfred William), 1869-1954 1
Lindbergh, Charles A. (Charles Augustus), 1902-1974 1
Lubkin, Gloria, 1933-2020 1
Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center (1973-) 1
Manned Spacecraft Center (1961-1973) (U.S.) 1
Marshak, Robert E. (Robert Eugene), 1916-1992 1
McLean, F. Edward 1
McSweeney, David 1
Miller, Mark (Virginia Center for Innovative Technology) 1
Moyer, Albert E. (Albert Earl), 1945-2000 1
Ottinger, C. Wayne, 1933- 1
Page, Thornton L., 1913-1996 1
Parker, Otis Jerome, 1918-1995 1
Parker, W. Dale (William Dale), 1925-2007 1
Parsons, John T., 1913-2007 1
Phillips, William H. (William Hewitt), 1918-2009 1
Plank, Elizabeth Bartram Temple, 1903-1982 1
Project Mercury (U.S.) 1
Randolph, James Robbins, 1891-1969 1
Rockwell International 1
Seaborg, Glenn T. (Glenn Theodore), 1912-1999 1
Slayton, Donald K. (Donald Kent), 1924-1993 1
Tape, Gerald Frederick, 1915-2005 1
Taylor, Robert Eldred, 1920-1994 1
Thompson, David (David Walker), 1954- 1
Thornton, Earl A. (Earl Arthur), 1936- 1
Torgersen, Paul E. (Paul Ernest), 1931-2015 1
Townsend, John W., Jr. (John William), 1924-2011 1
Townsend, Marjorie Rhodes, 1930-2015 1
United States. Civil Aeronautics Board 1
United States. Federal Aviation Agency 1
University of Virginia 1
York, Herbert F. (Herbert Frank), 1921-2009 1
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