Circular announcing MSFC's involvement with the documentation of the Saturn program at the UAH Research Institute.
subject: Gorman, Harry H.
subject: Von Braun, Wernher, 1912-1977
subject: George C. Marshall Space Flight Center
subject: Saturn Project (U.S.)
subject: Science--United States--History
subject: University of Alabama in Huntsville
subject: University of Alabama in Huntsville. Research Institute
subject: Huntsville (Ala.)
subject: Madison County (Ala.)
description: The documentation noted in the circular is available at UAH Archives and Special Collections in the Saturn V Collection.
creator: George C. Marshall Space Flight Center
source: David Christensen Collection
source: University of Alabama in Huntsville Archives, Special Collections, and Digital Initiatives, Huntsville, Alabama
date: 1968-10-04
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relation: ap11_exhibit_2019_08
language: en
type: Circulars
type: Text

"Floor Plan of Central Office and Laboratory Building of the Research Institute."
subject: Laboratories
subject: University of Alabama in Huntsville
subject: University of Alabama in Huntsville. Research Institute
subject: Huntsville (Ala.)
subject: Madison County (Ala.)
creator: University of Alabama in Huntsville
source: Rudolf Hermann Collection
source: University of Alabama in Huntsville Archives, Special Collections, and Digital Initiatives, Huntsville, Alabama
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relation: ap11_exhibit_2019_08
language: en
type: Architectural drawings
type: Still Image

Brian Nelson and Nelson Brown conduct Human Factors Engineering experiments on the KC-135 Vomit Comet.
subject: Brown, Nelson
subject: Nelson, Brian
subject: Human factors in engineering design
subject: KC-135 (Tanker aircraft)
creator: United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration
source: Human Factors Engineering Collection
source: University of Alabama in Huntsville Archives, Special Collections, and Digital Initiatives, Huntsville, Alabama
date: 1968-05
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relation: ap11_exhibit_2019_08
language: en
type: Contact sheets
type: Photographs
type: Still Image

Brian Nelson and Nelson Brown conduct Human Factors Engineering experiments on the KC-135 Vomit Comet.
subject: Brown, Nelson
subject: Nelson, Brian
subject: Human factors in engineering design
creator: United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration
source: Human Factors Collection
source: University of Alabama in Huntsville Archives, Special Collections, and Digital Initiatives, Huntsville, Alabama
date: 1968-05
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relation: ap11_exhibit_2019_08
language: en
type: Contact sheets
type: Photographs
type: Still Image

Apollo 11 Award of Achievement presented to Oscar C. Holderer.
subject: Holderer, O. C.
subject: Aeronautical engineers
subject: Apollo 11 (Spacecraft)
subject: George C. Marshall Space Flight Center
subject: Project Apollo (U.S.)
subject: Huntsville (Ala.)
subject: Madison County (Ala.)
creator: George C. Marshall Space Flight Center
source: Oscar Holderer Collection
source: Box 1
source: University of Alabama in Huntsville Archives, Special Collections, and Digital Initiatives, Huntsville, Alabama
date: 1969-07-20
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relation: ap11_exhibit_2019_08
language: en
type: Awards
type: Certificates
type: Text

Marshall Space Flight Center Space Day 1961 program.
subject: Von Braun, Wernher, 1912-1977
subject: George C. Marshall Space Flight Center
subject: Saturn launch vehicles
subject: Saturn Project (U.S.)
subject: Huntsville (Ala.)
subject: Madison County (Ala.)
description: The program includes "Marshall Center Highlights" from the Center's first year, a message from director Wernher von Braun, a photograph of the Space Queen and Princesses, and a guide to the Center's buildings.
creator: George C. Marshall Space Flight Center
source: Walter W. Jacobi Collection
source: University of Alabama in Huntsville Archives, Special Collections, and Digital Initiatives, Huntsville, Alabama
date: 1961-07-01
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relation: ap11_exhibit_2019_08
language: en
type: Programs
type: Text

Marshall Space Flight Center "Lunar Landing Celebration" program.
subject: Apollo 11 (Spacecraft)
subject: Celebrations--Alabama
subject: Company picnics
subject: George C. Marshall Space Flight Center
subject: Project Apollo (U.S.)
subject: Huntsville (Ala.)
subject: Madison County (Ala.)
description: The celebration included an employee picnic, a dance, and an open house.
creator: George C. Marshall Space Flight Center
source: Jack A. Jones Collection
source: University of Alabama in Huntsville Archives, Special Collections, and Digital Initiatives, Huntsville, Alabama
date: 1969-07-26
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relation: ap11_exhibit_2019_08
language: en
type: Programs
type: Text

Photograph of Werner Kuers.
subject: Kuers, Werner
subject: Aeronautical engineers
creator: Army Ballistic Missile Agency (U.S.)
source: Werner Kuers Collection
source: Box 1, Folder 1
source: University of Alabama in Huntsville Archives, Special Collections, and Digital Initiatives, Huntsville, Alabama
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relation: ap11_exhibit_2019_08
language: en
type: Photographs
type: Portrait photographs
type: Still Image

Saturn V launch tower service arm being loaded into the Super Guppy for transportation to Kennedy Space Center.
subject: Project Apollo (U.S.)
subject: Saturn launch vehicles
subject: Transport planes
creator: Boeing Aerospace Company. Saturn Booster Branch
source: Ronald Lancaster Collection
source: University of Alabama in Huntsville Archives, Special Collections, and Digital Initiatives, Huntsville, Alabama
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relation: ap11_exhibit_2019_08
language: en
type: Photographs
type: Still Image

Letter from Christel Ludewig in Montevallo, Alabama to Hermann and Emmy Ludewig in Huntsville, Alabama.
subject: Ludewig, Emmy Jaglitz
subject: Ludewig, Hermann R. R.
subject: McCanless, Christel Ludewig
subject: McCanless, George F., Jr.
subject: College students
subject: Project Mercury (U.S.)
subject: Space race--United States--History--20th century
subject: University of Montevallo
subject: Montevallo (Ala.)
description: In the letter, Christel congratulates her father on the success of Alan Shepard's flight as the first American in space and comments on aspects of her life as a college student.
creator: McCanless, Christel Ludewig
source: Hermann Ludewig Collection
source: Box 1, Folder 30
source: University of Alabama in Huntsville Archives, Special Collections, and Digital Initiatives, Huntsville, Alabama
date: 1961-05-05
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relation: ap11_exhibit_2019_08
language: en
type: Correspondence
type: Text

"Rocket City Astronomical Association."
subject: Von Braun, Wernher, 1912-1977
subject: Astronomical observatories
subject: Astronomy--United States
subject: Rocket City Astronomical Association
subject: Scientists--United States
subject: Telescopes
subject: Huntsville (Ala.)
subject: Madison County (Ala.)
description: The pamphlet includes a reprint of an article from RCAA publication Space Journal, a history of the organization with photos, and membership information.
creator: Vitra Engineering Company
source: Hermann Ludewig Collection
source: Box 1, Folder 36
source: University of Alabama in Huntsville Archives, Special Collections, and Digital Initiatives, Huntsville, Alabama
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relation: ap11_exhibit_2019_08
language: en
type: Pamphlets
type: Text

"Saturn and Noise."
subject: Noise
subject: Rocket engines--Noise
subject: Saturn launch vehicles
subject: Saturn launch vehicles--Testing
subject: Saturn Project (U.S.)
subject: Huntsville (Ala.)
subject: Madison County (Ala.)
description: The pamphlet uses a cartoon character named "D. B. Noyes" to explain to the public "the nature and effects of the noise which Saturn makes during static firing tests."
creator: George C. Marshall Space Flight Center
source: Werner Sieber Collection
source: University of Alabama in Huntsville Archives, Special Collections, and Digital Initiatives, Huntsville, Alabama
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relation: ap11_exhibit_2019_08
language: en
type: Pamphlets
type: Text

"Saturn V Apollo Flight Configuration."
subject: Project Apollo (U.S.)
subject: Saturn launch vehicles
subject: Saturn Project (U.S.)
description: Drawn by Don Sprague at the Huntsville Engineering section of Boeing.
creator: Boeing Aerospace Company. Space Division. Launch Systems Branch
source: Saturn V Collection
source: University of Alabama in Huntsville Archives, Special Collections, and Digital Initiatives, Huntsville, Alabama
date: 1967-03-01
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relation: ap11_exhibit_2019_08
language: en
type: Diagrams
type: Still Image

Letter from George L. von Pragenau in Huntsville, Alabama to Senator John J. Sparkman in Washington, D.C.
subject: Sparkman, John, 1899-1985
subject: Von Pragenau, George Landwehr
subject: Aeronautical engineers
subject: Apollo 11 (Spacecraft)
subject: Huntsville (Ala.)
subject: Madison County (Ala.)
description: Von Pragenau suggests to Sparkman that residents of Huntsville should display American flags outside their homes and businesses at the same moment that "astronaut Neil Armstrong will plant the American flag onto the lunar soil." He wrote a similar letter to Huntsville mayor Joe Davis.
creator: Von Pragenau, George Landwehr
source: George L. von Pragenau Collection
source: University of Alabama in Huntsville Archives, Special Collections, and Digital Initiatives, Huntsville, Alabama
date: 1969-07-13
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relation: ap11_exhibit_2019_08
language: en
type: Correspondence
type: Text

U.S. Army Ordnance Missile Command Armed Forces Day 1961 After-Action Report.
subject: Aerospace industries
subject: Armed Forces Day
subject: Guided missiles
subject: Parades
subject: Soldiers
subject: Huntsville (Ala.)
subject: Redstone Arsenal (Ala.)
subject: Madison County (Ala.)
description: The report outlines highlights of the Armed Forces Day, including attendance, media, and the parade lineup. The theme of the day was "Power for Peace." The report includes news clippings, a Redstone Arsenal welcome brochure, and photographs of the festivities in downtown Huntsville and at Redstone Arsenal.
creator: United States. Army Ordnance Missile Command
source: Joel Lonergan Collection
source: Box 1, Folder 4
source: University of Alabama in Huntsville Archives, Special Collections, and Digital Initiatives, Huntsville, Alabama
date: 1961-06-05
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relation: ap11_exhibit_2019_08
language: en
type: Clippings
type: Photographs
type: Still Image

President John F. Kennedy visits Marshall Space Flight Center.
subject: Brown, Harold, 1927-2019
subject: Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973
subject: Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963
subject: McNamara, Robert S., 1916-2009
subject: Seamans, Robert C.
subject: Webb, James E. (James Edwin), 1906-1992
subject: Wiesner, Jerome B. (Jerome Bert), 1915-1994
subject: George C. Marshall Space Flight Center
subject: Huntsville (Ala.)
subject: Madison County (Ala.)
description: Shown in the photograph, left to right: President John F. Kennedy, Robert C. Seamans, Wernher von Braun, James E. Webb, Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson, Robert S. McNamara, Jerome D. Wiesner, and Harold Brown.
creator: George C. Marshall Space Flight Center
source: UAH History Collection
source: University of Alabama in Huntsville Archives, Special Collections, and Digital Initiatives, Huntsville, Alabama
date: 1962-09-11
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relation: ap11_exhibit_2019_08
language: en
type: Photographs
type: Still Image

President John F. Kennedy being interviewed by a reporter while MSFC director Wernher von Braun looks on.
subject: Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963
subject: Von Braun, Wernher, 1912-1977
subject: George C. Marshall Space Flight Center
subject: Huntsville (Ala.)
subject: Madison County (Ala.)
description: Kennedy visited Huntsville for a second time on Armed Forces Day 1963. His first visit occurred on September 11, 1962.
creator: George C. Marshall Space Flight Center
source: UAH History Collection
source: University of Alabama in Huntsville Archives, Special Collections, and Digital Initiatives, Huntsville, Alabama
date: 1963-05-18
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relation: ap11_exhibit_2019_08
language: en
type: Photographs
type: Still Image

University of Alabama Statement of Costs, Redstone Graduate Program, 1963-1964.
subject: Education (Graduate)
subject: Engineering schools
subject: Redstone Arsenal (Ala.)
subject: University of Alabama in Huntsville
subject: Huntsville (Ala.)
subject: Madison County (Ala.)
description: The document outlines costs associated with laboratories and graduate coursework in math, physics, mechanical engineering, and electrical engineering.
creator: University of Alabama in Huntsville
source: UAH History Collection
source: University of Alabama in Huntsville Archives, Special Collections, and Digital Initiatives, Huntsville, Alabama
date: 1963
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relation: ap11_exhibit_2019_08
language: en
type: Reports
type: Text

1965 map of Huntsville.
subject: Tourism
subject: Tourist maps
subject: Huntsville (Ala.)
subject: Madison County (Ala.)
description: The map is an excerpt from the tourist brochure "This is Huntsville" published by First National Bank.
creator: First National Bank of Huntsville (Ala.)
source: UAH History Collection
source: University of Alabama in Huntsville Archives, Special Collections, and Digital Initiatives, Huntsville, Alabama
date: 1965
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relation: ap11_exhibit_2019_08
language: en
type: Maps
type: Still Image

"Huntsville: Strategic Center of the Southeast."
subject: Tourism
subject: Tourist maps
subject: Huntsville (Ala.)
subject: Madison County (Ala.)
description: The map is an excerpt from Huntsville tourism materials, "Information Kit, Facts, and Figures on Living in Huntsville-Madison County, Alabama."
creator: Huntsville Industrial Expansion Committee
source: UAH History Collection
source: University of Alabama in Huntsville Archives, Special Collections, and Digital Initiatives, Huntsville, Alabama
date: 1966
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relation: ap11_exhibit_2019_08
language: en
type: Maps
type: Still Image