Résumé of August Schulze.
subject: Schulze, William August
subject: Aeronautical engineers
subject: Operation Paperclip (U.S.)
description: This résumé outlines Schulze's professional activities and activities in rocketry. The document notes his interrogation by the United States and outlines plans for his "Contemplated Activity" as "Chief of the Subsection 'Thrust Unit'."
creator: United States. War Department
source: William August Schulze Collection
source: Box 2, Folder 8
source: University of Alabama in Huntsville Archives and Special Collection, Huntsville, Alabama
date: 1946-09
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1946 day book.
subject: Schulze, William August
subject: Aeronautical engineers
subject: Aberdeen Proving Ground (Md.)
subject: Fort Bliss (Tex.)
subject: Operation Paperclip (U.S.)
description: Written by William A. Schulze, this day book includes notes from his activities at Army Proving Ground at Aberdeen, Maryland in early 1946. Schulze was transported from Germany to Aberdeen in late 1945 as part of the first group of German engineers sent to the United States. During the week of March 17-23, Schulze records his travel from Aberdeen to El Paso, Texas, leaving on Monday, March 18, and arriving in Texas on Thursday, March 21. The day book includes entries on shopping, leisure activities, birthdays, and mail. Schulze's notes reference H. N. Toftoy, Konrad Dannenberg, Wilhelm Jungert, Hannes Luehrsen, Theo Poppel, Erich Neubert, Walter Schwidetski, and others.
creator: Schulze, William August
source: William August Schulze Collection
source: Box 2, Folder 13
source: University of Alabama in Huntsville Archives and Special Collection, Huntsville, Alabama
date: 1946
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language: de
type: Text

Naturalization ceremony program.
subject: Aeronautical engineers
subject: Naturalization--United States
subject: Huntsville (Ala.)
subject: Madison County (Ala.)
description: Held at the Huntsville High School auditorium, the ceremony naturalized many of the German engineers who were transferred to Huntsville in 1950.
creator: City of Huntsville (Ala.)
source: William August Schulze Collection
source: Box 2, Folder 17
source: University of Alabama in Huntsville Archives and Special Collection, Huntsville, Alabama
date: 1955-04-14
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language: en
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Department of the Army Permanent Pass.
subject: Schulze, William August
subject: Aeronautical engineers
subject: Fort Bliss (Tex.)
subject: Operation Paperclip (U.S.)
description: This pass was issued by the Office of the Chief of Ordnance, Research and Development Division Suboffice (Rocket), at Fort Bliss, Texas.
creator: United States. Army
source: William August Schulze Collection
source: Box 2, Folder 17
source: University of Alabama in Huntsville Archives and Special Collection, Huntsville, Alabama
date: 1950-03-03
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language: en
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Orders for the transportation of seventeen German civilians to the United States.
subject: Aeronautical engineers
subject: Operation Paperclip (U.S.)
description: This document identifies the first group of German engineers to be brought to the United States as part of Operation Paperclip. Seven of the men listed were eventually transported to the U. S. Army post at Fort Bliss, Texas: Wernher von Braun, Wilhelm Jungert, Erich Neubert, Theo Poppel, Eberhard Rees, August Schulze, and Walter Schwidetski. The men were transported from Germany by air and then by train once in the United States.
creator: United States. Army. United States Forces, European Theater
source: William August Schulze Collection
source: Box 2, Folder 17
source: University of Alabama in Huntsville Archives and Special Collection, Huntsville, Alabama
date: 1945-09-15
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"Notice to Petitioner."
subject: Schulze, William August
subject: Aeronautical engineers
subject: Naturalization--United States
description: This card was sent from the U. S. Department of Justice Immigration and Naturalization Service in Atlanta, Georgia to William August Schulze. The card serves as notification of his naturalization hearing at the Post Office Building in Birmingham, Alabama, on November 11, 1954. Typed instructions at the bottom of the card read, "BRING YOUR ALIEN REGISTRATION CARD WITH YOU." Schulze was later naturalized in Huntsville on April 14, 1955.
creator: United States. Department of Justice. Immigration and Naturalization Service
source: William August Schulze Collection
source: Box 2, Folder 18
source: University of Alabama in Huntsville Archives and Special Collection, Huntsville, Alabama
date: 1954-10-27
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language: en
type: Text

German state health insurance book and cards belonging to William August Schulze.
subject: Schulze, William August
subject: Aeronautical engineers
subject: Health insurance--Germany
subject: National health insurance
subject: Peenemünde (Germany)
description: This booklet, "Sammelbuch der Bescheinigung über die Endzahlen aus der Aufrechnung der Versicherungskarten für August Schulze," documents Schulze's government health insurance while he was employed in Germany from 1930 through 1944. Each page serves as an insurance card for each year of employment. Page seven marks Schulze's first insurance record as an employee at Peenemünde.
creator: Schulze, William August
source: William August Schulze Collection
source: Box 2, Folder 19
source: University of Alabama in Huntsville Archives and Special Collection, Huntsville, Alabama
date: 1929
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language: de
type: Text

"Fort Bliss Old Timers: A Progress Report."
subject: Dornberger, Walter, 1895-1980
subject: Von Braun, Wernher, 1912-1977
subject: Aeronautical engineers
subject: Old Timers Reunions
subject: Fort Bliss (Tex.)
subject: Huntsville (Ala.)
subject: Madison County (Ala.)
subject: Operation Paperclip (U.S.)
description: Subtitled "Some of the Old Timers' Contributions to the Science of Space," this booklet commemorates the accomplishments of the group of engineers posted at Fort Bliss, Texas, beginning in 1945. It includes a brief history of rocket development in Germany from 1929 through 1944, photographs of the 1965 Old Timers Reunion, and a directory of the oldtimers. It also includes a transcript of a speech given by Wernher von Braun in honor of Walter Dornberger's retirement.
creator: Apollo Support Department, Huntsville (Ala.)
source: William August Schulze Collection
source: Box 2, Folder 20
source: University of Alabama in Huntsville Archives and Special Collection, Huntsville, Alabama
date: 1965
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language: en
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1963 Fort Bliss Old Timers Reunion booklet and letter.
subject: Wiesman, Walter
subject: Aeronautical engineers
subject: American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics. Alabama Section
subject: Old Timers Reunions
subject: Fort Bliss (Tex.)
subject: Huntsville (Ala.)
subject: Madison County (Ala.)
subject: Operation Paperclip (U.S.)
description: The materials include a letter from Walter Wiesman and an Old Timers Reunion booklet. The booklet includes reproduced news clippings, the reunion program, and photographs from Fort Bliss, as well as photographs of reunion attendees and activities with subjects identified. The reunion booklet also includes photographs from a meeting of the Alabama Section of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics.
creator: Apollo Support Department, Huntsville, (Ala.)
creator: Wiesman, Walter
source: William August Schulze Collection
source: Box 2, Folder 20
source: University of Alabama in Huntsville Archives and Special Collection, Huntsville, Alabama
date: 1963-1964
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William A. Schulze and Hans Palaoro at Marshall Space Flight Center.
subject: Palaoro, Hans
subject: Schulze, William August
subject: Aeronautical engineers
subject: George C. Marshall Space Flight Center
subject: Huntsville (Ala.)
subject: Madison County (Ala.)
description: The bulletin board behind Schulze reads "Vehicle Engineering Branch." Palaoro was the head of the Vehicle Systems Engineering Branch of the Structures and Mechanics Division at Marshall Space Flight Center.
creator: George C. Marshall Space Flight Center
source: William August Schulze Collection
source: Box 2, Folder 24
source: University of Alabama in Huntsville Archives and Special Collection, Huntsville, Alabama
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language: en
type: Still image

Correspondence between William A. Schulze in Huntsville, Alabama, and Walter Dornberger in Buffalo, New York.
subject: Dornberger, Walter, 1895-1980
subject: Schulze, William August
subject: Aeronautical engineers
description: In his letter to Dornberger, Schulze congratulates him on his seventieth birthday and notes, "Looking back 29 years ago when I joined your organization in Kummersdorf, it is hard to single out specific important decisions you made and accomplishments achieved; to me they all appear of outstanding nature. I shall always be grateful for the friendship and experience gained in the development of rockets as a member of your team in those early years." Dornberger's reply is enclosed.
creator: Schulze, William August
source: William August Schulze Collection
source: Box 3, Folder 34
source: University of Alabama in Huntsville Archives and Special Collection, Huntsville, Alabama
date: 1965
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language: en
type: Text

Correspondence related to Wernher von Braun's sixtieth birthday.
subject: Schulze, William August
subject: Von Braun, Wernher, 1912-1977
subject: Aeronautical engineers
description: The materials include a congratulatory note from William A. Schulze to von Braun, in which he notes, "To me it appears like yesterday, when we celebrated your 25th birthday in Kummersdorf." Von Braun's response, handwritten on a card, reads: "It was also great to be 25 or so, when we started working together!" Enclosed are instructions from Eberhard Rees encouraging Marshall retirees to send von Braun personalized birthday wishes for inclusion in a bound volume later.
creator: Rees, Eberhard
creator: Schulze, William August
creator: Von Braun, Wernher, 1912-1977
source: William August Schulze Collection
source: Box 3, Folder 34
source: University of Alabama in Huntsville Archives and Special Collection, Huntsville, Alabama
date: 1972
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language: en
type: Text

Commendation of William A. Schulze for his work on the REDSTONE Weapon System.
subject: Rudolph, Arthur Louis Hugo, 1906-
subject: Schulze, William August
subject: Army Ballistic Missile Agency (U.S.)
subject: Redstone missile
creator: Rudolph, Arthur Louis Hugo, 1906-
source: William August Schulze Collection
source: Box 3, Folder 40
source: University of Alabama in Huntsville Archives and Special Collection, Huntsville, Alabama
date: 1958-02-15
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V-2 rocket launch at Peenemünde, Germany.
subject: V-2 rocket--Testing
subject: World War, 1939-1945--Germany--Equipment and supplies
subject: Peenemünde (Germany)
description: The back of the photograph is stamped "Geheime Kommandosache" ("Secret Military Document").
creator: Heeresanstalt Peenemünde
source: William August Schulze Collection
source: Box 3, Folder 42
source: University of Alabama in Huntsville Archives and Special Collection, Huntsville, Alabama
date: 1943-06-17
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V-2 rocket launch at Fort Bliss, Texas.
subject: V-2 rocket--Testing
subject: Fort Bliss (Tex.)
creator: U.S. Army Ordnance Department
source: William August Schulze Collection
source: Box 3, Folder 42
source: University of Alabama in Huntsville Archives and Special Collection, Huntsville, Alabama
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language: de
type: Still image

V-2 rocket in transport.
subject: V-2 rocket
subject: World War, 1939-1945--Germany--Equipment and supplies
subject: Peenemünde (Germany)
description: The back of the photograph is stamped "Geheime Kommandosache" ("Secret Military Document").
creator: Heeresanstalt Peenemünde
source: William August Schulze Collection
source: Box 3, Folder 42
source: University of Alabama in Huntsville Archives and Special Collection, Huntsville, Alabama
date: 1943-06-17
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language: de
type: Still image

Signed photograph of Wernher von Braun.
subject: Von Braun, Wernher, 1912-1977
subject: Aeronautical engineers
creator: Bachrach, Fabian
source: William August Schulze Collection
source: Box 3, Folder 46
source: University of Alabama in Huntsville Archives and Special Collection, Huntsville, Alabama
date: 1960
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language: de
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Hermes guided missile on display.
subject: Guided missiles
subject: Redstone Arsenal (Ala.)
description: The sign in front of the missile reads, "Hermes Guided Missile, U.S. Army Ordnance, Redstone Arsenal, Huntsville, Ala."
creator: U.S. Army Ordnance Department
source: William August Schulze Collection
source: Box 3, Folder 46
source: University of Alabama in Huntsville Archives and Special Collection, Huntsville, Alabama
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language: de
type: Still image

Diagram of an A-4 rocket.
subject: V-2 rocket
subject: World War, 1939-1945--Germany--Equipment and supplies
subject: Peenemünde (Germany)
description: The V-2 rocket was also called the A-4, or Aggregat 4, its technical name. The back of the diagram is stamped "Geheime Kommandosache" ("Secret Military Document").
creator: Heeresanstalt Peenemünde
source: William August Schulze Collection
source: Box 3, Folder 49
source: University of Alabama in Huntsville Archives and Special Collection, Huntsville, Alabama
date: 1942-08
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language: de
type: Still image

Program from the Challenger disaster memorial service held in Huntsville, Alabama.
subject: Challenger (Spacecraft)--Accidents
subject: Memorial service programs
subject: Huntsville (Ala.)
subject: Madison County (Ala.)
description: The service was held in downtown Huntsville at the Von Braun Civic Center Concert Hall. The program includes remarks from Edward O. Buckbee, Mayor Joe Davis, and Alabama's Teacher in Space finalist Robert Kirchner.
creator: City of Huntsville (Ala.)
source: William August Schulze Collection
source: Box 3, Folder 51
source: University of Alabama in Huntsville Archives and Special Collection, Huntsville, Alabama
date: 1986-02-02
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language: en
type: Text