Browse Items (2385 total)

• 

  Bernhard Tessmann and William A. Schulze with a group at Fort Bliss, Texas.

  Tessmann is standing on the front row on the far left. Schulze is standing directly behind him. Tessmann and Schulze were both engineers who were relocated from Germany to the United States as part of Operation Paperclip after World War II.
• 

  Frances C. Roberts at the time of her graduation from Alabama State Teachers College in Livingston, Alabama.

  Roberts received a Bachelor of Science from Alabama State Teachers College in 1937. The college is known today as the University of West Alabama.
• 

  Frances C. Roberts at commencement at the University of Alabama.

  This photo was taken at the time of Roberts' doctoral graduation from the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. She was the first woman to receive a Ph.D. in history from the University of Alabama. On either side of her are Howard C. Elliot, Jr., Ph.D. in biochemistry, and Elmer Dean Calloway, Ph.D. in chemistry.
• 

  Frances C. Roberts standing in front of a display of U.S. Army missiles at Redstone Arsenal.

• 

  Frances C. Roberts at her desk.

• 

  Frances C. Roberts delivering a speech.

• 

  Photo of Frances C. Roberts.

  Photo from the Huntsville Times. The photo was taken for an article about the honorary doctor of humane letters that Roberts received from UAH on December 12, 1993.
• 

  Portrait photograph of Frances C. Roberts.

• 

  The lunar roving vehicle (LRV) on the Moon.

  This photo shows the LRV on the moon at the Hadley-Appenine mountain range landing site during the Apollo 15 mission. Developed by Marshall Space Flight Center and built by Boeing, the LRV was an electric vehicle used to explore the Moon's surface during the Apollo 15, 16, and 17 missions.
• 

  Two astronauts driving a test model of the lunar roving vehicle (LRV).

  Developed by Marshall Space Flight Center and built by Boeing, the LRV was an electric vehicle used to explore the Moon's surface during the Apollo 15, 16, and 17 missions.
• 

  The lunar roving vehicle (LRV) during its construction.

  Developed by Marshall Space Flight Center and built by Boeing, the LRV was an electric vehicle used to explore the Moon's surface during the Apollo 15, 16, and 17 missions.
• 

  Photo album of downtown Huntsville from the city's sesquicentennial celebration.

  The album includes photos of the Confederate monument and banners and decorations on the street.
• 

  Photo album of downtown Huntsville from the city's sesquicentennial celebration.

  The photos show scenes from the sesquicentennial festivities in and around the square, including people dressed in early nineteenth century attire, storefronts, and street decorations.
• 

  Monte Sano Boy Scout troop on a camping trip.

• 

  Photo of the cast of a production of Snow White at the Monte Sano community pool.

• 

  Transcript of a speech given by Wernher von Braun to the Alabama Legislature.

  Von Braun, then the director of Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, delivered this speech to the legislature in 1961. In the speech, he emphasizes that Alabama must take advantage of its position in the aerospace industry and create a robust "academic and research environment" in Huntsville to attract businesses that "will give birth to major new industries throughout the state." He exhorts the legislature to fund the newly established University of Alabama Research Institute (now part of the University of Alabama in Huntsville), arguing that "the Institute will not only be self-sustaining, but will enrich the State both financially and culturally." The legislature later approved von Braun's request of $3 million for the Research Institute, enabling the purchase of 200 acres of land for the campus and the construction of the Institute in 1964. The speech includes copies of slides von Braun used during his presentation, including diagrams of Saturn and Nova rockets as well as a mockup of a Saturn rocket on the lawn of the state capitol in Montgomery.
• 

  David Christensen in his office.

• 

  Charles Lundquist at the University of Alabama in Huntsville.

  Charles A. Lundquist seated in Von Braun Research Hall, at the University of Alabama in Huntsville.
• 

  Materials from Rep. Bob Jones' visit to Keesler Air Force Base in Biloxi, Mississippi after Hurricane Camille.

  The materials include correspondence between Jones and Major General T. E. Moore, commander of the Keesler Technical Training Center, and a photo of Jones with Moore, Congressman William Colmer of Mississippi and General Sam Maddux.
• 

  Wernher and Maria von Braun at a cocktail party given for the Alabama legislature.

  A note on the back of the photo reads, "Cocktail Party for legislature at time Huntsville wanted Research Park & Institute for university." From left to right: Mrs. Foster Haley, Mrs. Milton Cummings, Wernher von Braun, Maria von Braun, Roscoe Roberts, Ryan DeGraffenried, and Milton Cummings.