News clippings announcing new citizenship for a group of German teenagers living in Huntsville, Alabama.
Citizenship--United States
German Americans
Immigrants--United States--History--20th century
Operation Paperclip (U.S.)
Huntsville (Ala.)
Madison County (Ala.)
The members of the group were all children of German engineers who were brought to the United States under Operation Paperclip. The clippings include photos of the group with their new immigration registration cards.
Chattanooga Times
Huntsville Times
University of Alabama in Huntsville Archives, Special Collections, and Digital Initiatives, Huntsville, Alabama
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Newspapers
Clippings
Text
Betsinger, Donald William
Artillery (Troops)
Belleau Wood, Battle of, France, 1918
World War, 1914-1918-- Campaigns--France
World War, 1914-1918--Personal narratives, American
World War, 1914-1918--Trench warfare
Betsinger served in the U.S. Army during World War I. Born on March 5, 1900, he was from Chicago, Illinois and enlisted as a private in the 12th Field Artillery in 1917. He embarked for France from Hoboken, New Jersey in early January 1918. The diary appears to include letters to his family and is missing many pages. The entries include opinions about the war, observations of fellow soldiers, and experiences in combat, including discussion of heavy shelling and mustard gas during the Battle of Belleau Wood in June 1918. Many of the descriptions are graphic in nature. Betsinger survived the war and later moved to Monte Vista, Colorado, where he operated the Triangle Tourist Camp in the 1940s. His wife, Elda Aden Betsinger, was a public school teacher. He died in San Diego, California in January 1980.
Betsinger, Don
Diaries
Program from the Alabama sesquicentennial statehood stamp first day of issue ceremony.
Alabama Sesquicentennial Celebration, 1969
First day covers (Philately)
The program includes remarks from Huntsville Mayor Joe Davis, Rep. Bob Jones of the 8th Congressional District, Sen. John Sparkman, and other dignitaries from Huntsville and around Alabama.
Programs
Reproduction of a two dollar note issued by the Huntsville Hotel Company in Huntsville, Alabama.
Paper money
The note was reproduced by Henderson National Bank in Huntsville as part of Alabama's sesquicentennial celebration in 1969. The reverse of the bill shows the sesquicentennial logo and an ad for the Huntsville Coin Show.
Henderson National Bank (Huntsville, Ala.)
Ephemera
Report from the Alabama sesquicentennial celebration held in Huntsville, Alabama.
Alabama--Social life and customs
This report was written by Frederic F. Mellen of Jackson, Mississippi. Mellen was a descendant of Arthur F. Hopkins, a Lawrence County delegate to the 1819 constitutional convention. Mellen recounts his experience at the sesquicentennial events on August 2, 1969, including the birthday luncheon and the ceremony commemorating the signing of the 1819 constitution. He notes that "it is pleasing to see and realize how Huntsville has grown, and that now it is a vast educational and scientific research and development center."
Mellen, Frederic F.
Correspondence
Materials related to the 1819 Alabama constitution.
Alabama. Constitution (1819)
Alabama --Politics and government
Statehood (American politics)
Produced as part of the Alabama sesquicentennial celebration, the packet includes a flier for Constitution Hall, a copy of the signatures from the 1819 constitution, a brief historical sketch, a list of the delegates to the constitutional convention, and the lyrics to the state song.
Madison County Commission (Ala.)
Fliers
Leaflets
NASA Facts leaflet on Marshall Space Flight Center.
George C. Marshall Space Flight Center
Launch vehicles (Astronautics)
The leaflet describes Marshall's role in developing launch vehicles for the space program, its collaboration with NASA facilities in Mississippi and Louisiana, and its research and development operations. Includes a map.
United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Project Apollo (U.S.)
Saturn Project (U.S.)
Space flight to the moon
Space vehicles--Landing--Moon
This flier highlights Marshall Space Flight Center's role in the lunar landing and illustrates each step of a successful mission, from liftoff at Kennedy Space Center to splashdown in the Pacific Ocean.
"The Madison County Courthouse Mural, Huntsville, Alabama."
Courthouses--Alabama
Reprinted as part of the Alabama sesquicentennial celebration, this pamphlet was originally produced for the dedicated of the new Madison County Courthouse in 1967. Includes an order form for a special sesquicentennial edition of Valley Leaves.
Roberts, Frances Cabaniss
Tennessee Valley Genealogical Society
Pamphlets
Reproduction of an 1838 fifty cent note issued by R. J. Manning in Huntsville, Alabama.
"You Are Invited to Visit.. the U.S. ARMY Missile Display at Redstone Arsenal, Alabama."
Guided missiles
United States. Army--Guided missile personnel
Redstone Arsenal (Ala.)
United States. Army
Program from the Alabama Sesquicentennial Birthday Luncheon in Huntsville, Alabama.
This program includes a menu, a list of luncheon committee members, and a brief historical sketch on the role of Madison County in the creation of the State of Alabama in 1819. Speakers listed include Gov. Albert P. Brewer, Huntsville Mayor Joe Davis, and U. S. Postmaster Winton M. Blount.
Menus
Transcript 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
University of Alabama in Huntsville
Lecture Series on Civil Rights in Alabama, 1954-1965
Lectures
Transcripts
Transcript of the Civil War diary of George Washington Harris.
Alabama--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865--Assassination
Soldiers--United States
United States. Army. Indiana Infantry Regiment, 149th (1865)
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Personal narratives
Harris served as a private in Company F of the 149th Indiana Infantry Regiment, which occupied Decatur, Alabama in 1865. He enrolled at Terre Haute, Indiana, on February 15, 1865 at the age of twenty. Harris records his experiences as a soldier and traces his journey south to Decatur. Harris was discharged on September 27, 1865. The transcription includes a key to the cipher that Harris sometimes used, as well as notes and clarifications in brackets and parentheses. Also included are the complete lyrics to the Union song "Reply to the Bonnie Blue Flag," part of which Harris records in an entry here.
Harris, George Washington
George Washington Harris Civil War Diary
Space Journal, vol. 2, no. 2, December 1959.
Astronauts--Nutrition
Atlas (Missile)
Cold War
Gravity--Physiological effect
Outer space--Exploration
Rockets (Aeronautics)--Ramjet engines
Space law
Space race--United States--History--20th century
In this issue, articles focus heavily on the exploration of space and the particulars of human activities in space, including "the space man's food," research on how weightlessness affects the human body, and the lack of laws governing space. Also included is a profile of Roy Marquardt, "the ramjet man" and founder of Marquardt Aircraft Company. This is the final published issue of Space Journal.
Space Enterprises, Inc.
Periodicals
Space Journal, vol. 1, no. 5, March-May 1959.
Extraterrestrial radiation
General relativity (Physics)
Interstellar travel
Life on other planets
Lunar bases
Space vehicles
This issue includes a statement announcing Space Journal's termination of all connections with the U.S. military and with the Rocket City Astronomical Association. At the time, commander of the Army Ballistic Missile Agency (ABMA) at Redstone Arsenal Gen. John B. Medaris was concerned that the publishers and writers, all in the employ of ABMA, were using their government positions for personal gain through the magazine. Topics covered in the issue include the dangers and feasibility of space travel, designing buildings for life on the Moon, and the existence of life elsewhere in the universe.
Rocket City Astronomical Association
Von Braun Astronomical Society, Huntsville, Alabama
Space Journal, vol. 2, no. 1, September 1959.
Guided missiles--Testing
Moon--Exploration
Moon--Magnetic properties
Solid propellant rockets
Space sciences
Official first day cover commemorating the 150th anniversary of Alabama statehood.
Alabama--History
Addressed to Miss Louisa W.G. Williams at 312 Williams Ave. SE in Huntsville, Alabama, the envelope features an illustration of the "First Capitol of Alabama, Huntsville, 1819." The envelope is stamped "First Day of Issue."
United States. Post Office Department
Postage stamps
Pamphlet from the Apollo 11 Lunar Landing Mission Celebration in Huntsville, Alabama.
Aldrin, Buzz
Armstrong, Neil, 1930-2012
Collins, Michael
Von Braun, Wernher, 1912-1977
Apollo 11 (Spacecraft)
Celebrations--Alabama
The pamphlet includes biographical information on the three Apollo 11 astronauts as well as Wernher von Braun, then director of Marshall Space Flight Center. The back of the pamphlet congratulates the NASA and aerospace employees in Huntsville "who have made this historic achievement possible."
Huntsville-Madison County Chamber of Commerce
Space Journal, vol. 1, no. 4, Fall 1958.
Ballistic missile defenses
Dialectical materialism
Science--Study and teaching
Sputnik satellites
Technology--Soviet Union
This issue discusses at length the competition in science, technology, and engineering between the United States and the Soviet Union, including comparisons of developments in missiles, satellites, and educational systems. This issue also includes plans for a village on the Moon. Includes the subscription card inserted in the center of the issue.