1 20 1 https://digitalprojects.uah.edu/files/original/50/901/spc_kuer_000001.pdf 6b7b1e8aee54e71572489facfdcbf745 PDF Text Text � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Werner Kuers Collection Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Werner Kuers Collection Relation A related resource <a href="http://libarchstor.uah.edu:8081/repositories/2/resources/27" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">View the Werner Kuers Collection finding aid in ArchivesSpace</a> Description An account of the resource Werner Richard Kuers was born on April 18, 1907 in Berlin, Germany. He attended Berlin Institute of Technology, and graduated December 1930 with a Master of Science in Engineering, (machine construction). He worked at Peenemunde, Germany in 1938 and worked with Werner Von Braun. As Nazi Germany began to break down, he and the rest of the Paperclip scientists surrendered to the Allies; he came to the United States in 1945 and began working at Fort Bliss, Texas, assembling, testing, and launching V-2 rockets created from German components acquired by the U.S. Army. Kuers moved to Huntsville in 1950 with Werner von Braun. He served first as deputy, then director of the Marshall Space Flight Center’s Manufacturing and Engineer Division. By late 1964, he became the Director of Marshall Space Flight Center’s Manufacturing and Engineer Division. Kuers helped develop a new way to weld large parts of the Saturn II rocket and suggested astronauts should use water tanks to simulate weightlessness. He retired in 1969 and moved to Mexico. Werner Kuers was also an avid musician and was one of the original founders and a concert master of the Huntsville Symphony Orchestra. He died of cancer on May 14, 1983 at Bethesda, Maryland. Information derived from contents of collection and Lundquist’s “Transplanted Rocket Pioneers.” Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context spc_kuer_000001 Title A name given to the resource Photograph of Werner Kuers. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Army Ballistic Missile Agency (U.S.) Temporal Coverage Temporal characteristics of the resource. 1950-1959 Subject The topic of the resource Kuers, Werner Aeronautical engineers Type The nature or genre of the resource Photographs Portrait photographs Still Image Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Werner Kuers Collection Box 1, Folder 1 University of Alabama in Huntsville Archives, Special Collections, and Digital Initiatives, Huntsville, Alabama Provenance A statement of any changes in ownership and custody of the resource since its creation that are significant for its authenticity, integrity, and interpretation. The statement may include a description of any changes successive custodians made to the resource. This item was digitized for the Apollo 11 50th anniversary celebration. Language A language of the resource en Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This material may be protected under U. S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S. Code) which governs the making of photocopies or reproductions of copyrighted materials. You may use the digitized material for private study, scholarship, or research. Though the University of Alabama in Huntsville Archives and Special Collections has physical ownership of the material in its collections, in some cases we may not own the copyright to the material. It is the patron's obligation to determine and satisfy copyright restrictions when publishing or otherwise distributing materials found in our collections. Relation A related resource ap11_exhibit_2019_08