UAH Archives, Special Collections, and Digital Initiatives

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  • Where They Stand - Denominations in 1992 - Anniston Star

    Clippings of a scanned newspaper from the October 11, 1992 Anniston Star. It summarizes where different religious denominations stand on the topic of AIDS.
  • AIDS Walk

    Clipping of a scan of the 1992 Anniston Star announcing an AIDS walk.
  • "Apollo 7 Mission Commentary."

    This document contains the transcript from the Apollo 7 mission. This transcript contains the communication from the first seven days of the ten day mission.
  • "Fort Bliss Old Timers: A Progress Report."

    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.
  • 1963 Fort Bliss Old Timers Reunion booklet and letter.

    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.
  • Legal Documents, miscellaneous, 1817-1818

    This section contains numerous miscellaneous legal documents
  • Photograph of Werner Kuers.

  • "Results of Flow Calibration in the ABMA 14 x 14 Inch Trisonic Wind Tunnel."

  • Wernher von Braun, William A. Mrazek, and M.E. Huston with a rocket nose cone recovered from space.

    The photo is signed by Von Braun, Mrazek, and Huston.
  • "Drawing number assignment"

    The document is a photocopy of the Drawing Number Assignments from August 1947 to May 1953. Categories include but are not limited to the drawing number, title, designer, and date finished. Inscribed on the front is "original book property of Jay Laue, MSFC."
  • "Carbon-Burning Nucleosynthesis at Constant Temperature."

    "Carbon-Burning Nucleosyntesis at Constant Temperature" is part of the Orange Aid preprint Series in Nuclear Astrophysics, August 1968. The abstract states "Syntesis of elements during thermonuclear burning of carbon is examined at a series of temperatures (T=0.6, 0.8, 1.0, 1.2, 1.4) and for several initial compositions. Recent eperimental results (Ptterson, Winkler, and Zaidins 1968) for the 12C+!@C reaction are used. A general method for numerical solution of nuclear-reaction networkds is described. At the higher temperatures in the range now thought to be appropriate for carbon burning in stars,
  • A picture of a diagram of an early decorative Wardian Case.

    A picture of a diagram of an early decorative Wardian Case designed featured in Nathaniel Bagshaw Ward's published book on the subject. The decorative case would not be used for long range plant transportation, but instead as a self-contained decoration,
  • Pamphlet advertising Arrow Development rides and equipment.

    The pamphlet advertises rides and equipment including train rides, merry-go-rounds, platform rides, and boat rides.
  • Price list of Arrow Development rides and equipment.

    This price list gives the prices for rides including "Merry-Go-Rounds" and their equipment, the "Kiddie Boat Ride," the "Flying Platform Ride," "Modern Merry To Round Drive Units," and trains and their tracks.
  • Postcard of the 3/5 scale Maxwell and 1910 Ford cars.

    The front of this postcard shows photographs of the 3/5 scale Maxwell and 1910 Ford replica antique cars while the back provides information on them.
  • Depositions of William Ashworth and Thomas O. Gill.

    Ashworth and Gill are witnesses for the defendant, Abner Tate. Ashworth's deposition is first. He answers questions regarding Elizabeth Routt and her husbands, particularly of her character and what others said and thought of her. He includes at the end that he has heard of her destroying the lives of her husbands, stealing cotton by way of her slaves, and was accused of having one of her slaves shoot Abner Tate. Thomas O. Gill's deposition follows. He is asked about Elizabeth Routt and her husbands as well, including her character and what others said and thought of her. Gill also confirms hearing of the "great many charges alleged against her." Gill is then cross examined by the plantiff's, Elizabeth Routt, counsel. He is asked whether the charges against her character are of his knowledge or the publics'. Gill names those whom he heard the information from and admits that the charges were rumors rather than facts. He also details the pamphlet written by Abner Tate that he received from an unknown sender. He was also asked about the sicknesses of Routt's husbands and the attending physicians which he was unable to answer.
  • David McGlathery attends the first integrated class at UAH.

    McGlathery, shown second from left at the rear, was the first African American student to gain admission to UAH. In the caption, the AP notes that "he enrolled at the previously white institution today without incident."
  • AIDS Awareness Walk - The Montgomery Advertiser

    Newspaper clipping from the Montgomery Advertiser with an image of fundraisers in Mobile, Alabama walking for AIDS awareness in 1995.
  • ACT UP Protesters in NJ in 1993

    A clipping of a digital scan of the Montgomery Advertiser about an ACT UP protest in Nutley, New Jersey in February 1993. Activists blocked a street in front of the pharmaceutical company Hoffman-La Roche.
  • INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION

    Poster featuring a painting of the International Space Station with images of the flags of the countries involved on both the left and right sides of the painting. A paragraph about ATK Alliant Techsystems is found in the lower righthand corner.

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