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George C. Marshall Space Flight Center
Army Ballistic Missile Agency (U.S.)
Space flight
Akens, David S.
Series 4, Subseries A, Box 15, Folder 10
Essays
Rocket City, USA Booklet by Akens, David, circa 1960
Advertising
Alabama–History–Huntsville, Madison County
“Rocket City USA”
Tourism
Series 4, Subseries A, Box 14, Folder 23
Pamphlets
Saturn project
Documentation
History
Transcription of an interview between Davis S. Akens and Arthur Rudolph
Text
Interviews
Laboratories -- Astronautics
A rocket from the George C. Marshall Space Flight Center will carry the first American to the moon, and the deadline is 1970. Because of the Center's expanding role in space, there are increasing requests for information about our activities. This brief historical sketch should help to answer questions about our past, our present, and our hopes for the future. Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) is the largest installation of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). The Marshall Center is NASA's agency responsible for large space rockets and related research. MSFC employs about 7500 civil service employees with an annual payroll of more than {dollar}82 million. In addition approximately 4300 contractor employees work for MSFC on the Arsenal, earning an estimated {dollar}43 million. The Center occupies about 1800 acres near Huntsville, Alabama; in this large area are 270 buildings with floor space totalling about 4,000,000 square feet for a real estate and property value of about {dollar}325 million. MSFC's 1966 fiscal year budget was {dollar}1.8 billion. Obviously MSFC has much human and monetary worth behind United States round trips to the moon and beyond. In addition to its size, MSFC is unique because it has a large rocket development team with more than three decades of experience. Prior to the rocket work that dates back to Peenemuende [sic] the world heard little and cared less concerning rockets and space. As a group Marshall has always thought big. It has worked together as a group, and equally well with fellow scientists throughout the Free World, to get the most into space soonest. This is why there is increasing interest in larger and larger rockets and rocket programs from our Center, a fact generating more and more questions about our Center, and in turn generating a "workload" request for this sketch by the Historical Office. We hope that you enjoy our historical sketch, which could as well be entitled "Closer and Closer Views of the Moon and Beyond." David S. Akens, MSFC Historian.
Historical Analyses
Dr. von Braun's calendars and scrapbooks indicate that these were his personal contacts with President Kennedy, Vice-President Johnson and members of their immediate staff.
Apollo project
The first page contains a typed routing slip. A list of Wernher von Braun's meetings with President Kennedy, the Vice President and members of their immediate staff.
Lists
Students wading in floodwater at UAH Community Housing.
College students
Student housing
University of Alabama in Huntsville
Huntsville (Ala.)
Madison County (Ala.)
The flood was caused by a broken pipe. Community Housing was located at the corner of Lancewood Drive and University Drive.
Akins, Robert
Photographs
Still Image
College buildings
VHS tape of "Trial by Fire and Water: Birmingham, 1963" (Part I).
Shuttlesworth, Fred L., 1922-2011
Civil rights movements--Southern States--History--20th century
Birmingham (Ala.)
Jefferson County (Ala.)
Rev. Fred Shuttlesworth is the speaker in this lecture given at Alabama A&M.
Alabama A & M University
Lecture Series on Civil Rights in Alabama, 1954-1965
Lectures
Moving Image
Flier advertising the Civil Rights Movement in Alabama 1954-1965 Lecture Series.
Alabama--History--1951-
This pamphlet features photographs taken by Alabama photographer Charles Moore during the civil rights era. Speakers listed include Fred Gray, Fred Shuttlesworth, Sonnie Hereford, and John Lewis.
Fliers
Transcript of "Trial by Fire and Water: Birmingham, 1963" (Part I).
Transcripts
Digitized VHS tape of "Early Years of the Movement" (Part II).
Chestnut, J. L., 1930-2008
Civil rights movements--Southern states--History--20th century
Selma (Ala.)
Macon County (Ala.)
African Americans--Legal status, laws, etc.
Voter registration
Segregation
J.L. Chestnut, Jr. is the speaker in this lecture given at Alabama A&M.
Lecture Series on Civil Rights in Alabama, 1954-1965 VHS tape of "Early Years of the Movement" (Part II). Box 2, Tape 3 University of Alabama in Huntsville Archives, Special Collections, and Digital Initiatives, Huntsville, Alabama
University of Alabama in Huntsville Archives and Special Collections
Digitized VHS tape of "The Montgomery Bus Boycott".
Gray, Fred D., 1930-
Moore, Charles, 1931-2010
Finley, D'Linell, 1948-
Montgomery (Ala.)
Montgomery County
Montgomery Bus Boycott, Montgomery, Ala., 1955-1956
Fred Gray, Charles Moore, and D'Linell Finley, Sr. are the speakers in this lecture given at University of Alabama in Huntsville.
Lecture Series on Civil Rights in Alabama, 1954-1965 VHS Tape of: The Montgomery Bus Boycott - Speakers: Fred Gray, Charles Moore, and D'Linell Finley, Sr., 2001-09-27 Box 2, Tape 4 University of Alabama in Huntsville Archives, Special Collections, and Digital Initiatives, Huntsville, Alabama
Digitized VHS tape of "Trial by Fire and Water: Birmingham, 1963" (Part II).
Eskew, Glenn T., 1962-
Huntley, Horace, 1942-
Woolfolk, Odessa, 1932-
Glenn Eskew, Horace Huntley, and Odessa Woolfolk are the speakers in this lecture given at Alabama A&M.
Lecture Series on Civil Rights in Alabama, 1954-1965 University of Alabama in Huntsville Archives, Special Collections, and Digital Initiatives, Huntsville, Alabama
University of Alabama in Huntsville Archives and Special Collections, Huntsville, Alabama
Digitized VHS tape of "Huntsville during the Civil Rights Movement."
Hereford, Sonnie W., 1931-2016
Pearson, William, 1940-2007
Carodine, Frederick, 1930-2016
Race discrimination
Cashin, John L. (John Logan), 1928-2011
Sonnie W. Hereford, III, John Cashin Jr., William Pearson, and Fred Carodine were the speakers in this lecture given at Alabama A&M University.
Lecture Series on Civil Rights in Alabama, 1954-1965 VHS Tape of: Huntsville During the Civil Rights Movement - Speakers Sonnie W. Hereford III, William Pearson, John Cashin Jr., and Fred Carodine, 2001-10-25.Box 2, Tape 7 University of Alabama in Huntsville Archives, Special Collections, and Digital Initiatives, Huntsville, Alabama
Digitized VHS tape of "Bloody Lowndes and the Black Panther Party".
Hulett, John,1927-2006
Gaillard, Frye, 1946-
Hayneville (Ala.)
Lowndes County
Black power
John Hulett and Frye Gaillard are the speakers in this lecture given at University of Alabama in Huntsville.
Lecture Series on Civil Rights in Alabama, 1954-1965 VHS Tape of: Bloody Lowndes and the Black Panther Party - Speakers: John Hulett and Frye Gaillard, 2001-11-01. Box 2, Tape 8 University of Alabama in Huntsville Archives, Special Collections, and Digital Initiatives, Huntsville, Alabama
Digitized VHS tape of "Selma to Montgomery, 1965".
Lewis, John, 1940-2020
Stanton, Mary, 1946-
Dallas County (Ala.)
Freedom Rides, 1961
U.S. Rep. John Lewis and Mary Stanton are the speakers in this lecture given at Alabama A&M University.
Lecture Series on Civil Rights in Alabama, 1954-1965 VHS Tape of: Selma to Montgomery, 1965 - Speakers: John Lewis and Mary Stanton, 2001-11-08. Box 2, Tape 9 University of Alabama in Huntsville Archives, Special Collections, and Digital Initiatives, Huntsville, Alabama
Digitized VHS tape of "Turmoil in Tuskegee".
Toland, Frank, 1920-2010
Tuskegee (Ala.)
Frank Toland is the speaker in this lecture given at University of Alabama in Huntsville.
Lecture Series on Civil Rights in Alabama, 1954-1965 VHS Tape of: Turmoil in Tuskegee - Speaker: Frank Toland, 2001-11-15. Box 2, Tape 10 University of Alabama in Huntsville Archives, Special Collections, and Digital Initiatives, Huntsville, Alabama
Digitized VHS tape of "The Civil Rights Movement in Alabama (A Look Back and a Look Ahead)".
Morris, Aldon D., 1949-
Aldon Morris is the speaker in this lecture given at Alabama A&M University.
Lecture Series on Civil Rights in Alabama, 1954-1965 VHS Tape of: The Civil Rights Movement in Alabama (A Look Back and a Look Ahead) - Speaker: Aldon Morris, 2001-12-04. Box 2, Tape 12 University of Alabama in Huntsville Archives, Special Collections, and Digital Initiatives, Huntsville, Alabama
Digitized VHS tape of "The Long Night's Journey, 1877-1941".
Reed, Linda, 1955-
Alabama (Ala.)
Southern States
Humanitarianism
Labor
Linda Reed is the speaker in this lecture given at Alabama A&M University.
Lecture Series on Civil Rights in Alabama, 1954-1965 VHS Tape of: The Long Night's Journey, 1877-1941 - Speaker: Linda Reed, 2001-09-06. Box 2, Tape 2 University of Alabama in Huntsville Archives, Special Collections, and Digital Initiatives, Huntsville, Alabama