Program from the first biannual Dr. Wernher von Braun Exploration Forum.
Denver, John
Schmitt, Harrison H.
Stuhlinger, Ernst, 1913-2008
Von Braun, Wernher, 1912-1977
National Space Club
Huntsville (Ala.)
Madison County (Ala.)
The forum included a scholarship presentation and awards dinner given by the National Space Club. Special guests were musician John Denver, Apollo 17 astronaut Harrison Schmitt, and engineer Ernst Stuhlinger.
University of Alabama in Huntsville
University of Alabama in Huntsville Archives, Special Collections, and Digital Initiatives, Huntsville, Alabama
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Programs
Official program of the Monte Sano State Park Celebration.
Pageants
State parks & reserves
Monte Sano State Park (Ala.)
Monte Sano Mountain (Huntsville, Ala.)
This celebration was held on the park's opening day. Events included a parade, an address given by Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives William B. Bankhead, a history pageant, and a "Queen's Ball" that evening at the Russel Erskine Hotel. The program includes a description of the cabins, the "Legend of Monte Sano," a history of Huntsville, and a program for the history pageant, titled "The Parade of Progress."
Series 4, Subseries A, Box 13, Folder 32
Keepsakes
Still Image
Text
Program from the dedication and opening of the Willy Ley Memorial Collection at the UAH Library.
Ley, Willy, 1906-1969
Libraries--Special collections
Science writers
The program includes a diagram of the arrangement of the collection, a brief biographical sketch of Ley, and a program for the "Ley Memorial Symposium on Science and Technology in the 1970's." Willy Ley died in 1969. The UAH Library purchased his book collection from his widow, Olga Ley, in 1970.
Tiere der Urwelt: in 30 Kunstblättern nach wissenschaftliche Material bearbeitet.
Animals, Fossil
Dinosaurs
Prehistoric animals
This set of illustrated cards includes thirty color prints of various animals of the prehistoric world. The Theodor Reichardt Cocoa Company produced five different series of these cards in the early twentieth century. While the cover indicates that this volume contains cards from series 1a, it also includes cards from series 1 and series 2a. Many of the pages show notes made in ink by science writer Willy Ley, the book's original owner.
Bölsche, Wilhelm, 1861-1939
Harder, Heinrich
Collecting cards
Space Journal, vol. 1, no. 3, Summer 1958.
Cold War
Explorer satellites
Jupiter missile
Life on other planets
Space race--United States--History--20th century
Rocket City Astronomical Association
Space Enterprises, Inc.
Periodicals
Space Journal, vol 1, no.2, Spring 1958.
Rocketry
Goddard, Robert Hutchings, 1882-1945
Propulsion systems
Space flight
Charles Lundquist at the University of Alabama in Huntsville.
University of Alabama in Huntsville. Research Institute
Lundquist, Charles A.
Charles A. Lundquist seated in Von Braun Research Hall, at the University of Alabama in Huntsville.
Photographs
Christensen, David L.
Engineers
Fort Bliss (Tex.)
German Americans
George C. Marshall Space Flight Center
Project Apollo (U.S.)
Peenemünde (Germany)
Operation Paperclip (U.S.)
The information in this dataset is reproduced from Charles Lundquist's 2014 monograph Transplanted Rocket Pioneers. The information includes biographical and professional information that he compiled to produce the book. Each individual represented in the dataset also has a vertical file in the Lundquist Collection at UAH. Transplanted Rocket Pioneers is a recognition of the early members of the von Braun rocket team, many of whom were key players in the successful moon landing. Many historians conclude that the lunar missions of the Apollo Program could not have been possible without the leadership and experience provided by a corps of engineers, scientists and managers transplanted from Europe to the Unites States after World War II. This fact motivated Dr. Lundquist to deposit this work in the Archives of the Library at the University of Alabama in Huntsville by assembling a file on each of the individuals who came from Europe to participate in the rocketry activities in Huntsville, or, in a few cases, individuals who had other ties to Huntsville. This dataset includes a standard one-page summary sheet for each subject. Although most sheets are relatively complete, some data are still missing. The first two lines on each page records fundamental identification information: Family name Date of birth Place of birth Given names Date of death Place of death The next standard entry is a statement of the extent of the Archives Holdings, either i) A primary collection of documents housed in one or more banker boxes, usually a separate individual collection ii) A secondary collection in a standard archive box, or iii) a file folder. Next, if there is an oral or video history for the individual, this fact is noted. A statement about the highest education levels of the individual follows. The next five entries, in chronological order, record whether the individual participated in activities at five sites: 1. Raketenflugplatz-Kummersdorf: Individuals engaged in the activities at these sites of early rocket development experiments sponsored first by VfR and subsequently by the German Army. 2. Peenemünde: Included here are individuals who participated in Peenemünde programs under several auspices, including as Army civilian employees, as members of the German military, as contractor employees on site or visiting as needed, and as university employees collaborating as required. 3. Fort Bliss: Individuals who were brought to Fort Bliss from 1945 to 1950. 4. GMDD-ABMA: Individuals who came to Huntsville, Alabama to work for the US Army rocket programs in the decade 1950 to 1960. 5th MSFC: Individuals who were employed by the NASA Marshall Space Flight Center in the 1960s. Some people had various relationships with UAH and that is so noted. Additionally, a statement of immigration details is noted if pertinent. Finally, a great variety of incidental information is included under Incidental Remarks. UAH Special Collections welcomes additions of biographical materials to the vertical file in the Charles Lundquist Collection. Please note that the work is that of Dr. Lundquist and may contain errors or omissions which are solely the product of his work on the project, as noted in the introduction of the work.: " Finally, it is pertinent to note that any document containing large files will surely have some mistakes or omission. Any errors are the responsibility of the author alone." As was the wish of Dr. Lundquist, we will strive to make factual corrections to the online copy when necessary.
"SkyLab: An Oral History of America's First Space Station."
Skylab Program
United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Von Braun Symposium
Skylab 30th anniversary
This video was released in conjunction with Skylab's 30th anniversary in 2003. It contains video footage from the Skylab program as well as interviews with those associated with the program.
Interviews
Moving Image
"Saturn I: The First Generation of Heavy Launch Vehicles Designed for Peaceful Exploration of Space."
Saturn Project (U.S.)
Rocket engines
The leaflet outlines the history of Saturn launches and gives a physical description of the rocket. The description includes a diagram of each stage; specifications of each stage's thrust, propellants, liftoff weight, and burning time; and engine specifications.
Leaflets
Transcript of a speech given by Wernher von Braun to the Alabama Legislature.
Aerospace industries
Alabama. Legislature
Saturn Project (U. S.)
Von Braun, then the director of Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, delivered this speech to the legislature in 1961. In the speech, he emphasizes that Alabama must take advantage of its position in the aerospace industry and create a robust "academic and research environment" in Huntsville to attract businesses that "will give birth to major new industries throughout the state." He exhorts the legislature to fund the newly established University of Alabama Research Institute (now part of the University of Alabama in Huntsville), arguing that "the Institute will not only be self-sustaining, but will enrich the State both financially and culturally." The legislature later approved von Braun's request of $3 million for the Research Institute, enabling the purchase of 200 acres of land for the campus and the construction of the Institute in 1964. The speech includes copies of slides von Braun used during his presentation, including diagrams of Saturn and Nova rockets as well as a mockup of a Saturn rocket on the lawn of the state capitol in Montgomery.
Speeches
Transcripts
Cold War--Social aspects--United States
Fallout shelters
United States. Federal Extension Service
Civil defense
The pamphlet instructs readers how to build a fallout shelter and includes instructions for storing food and water, specifications for building materials, and charts for keeping track of food and water supply, shelter supplies and equipment, and first aid.
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Pamphlets
Space Journal, vol. 1, no. 1., Summer 1957.
Astronautics
Observatories
Redstone missile
Satellites
Space flight to Mars
Oberth, Hermann, 1894-1989
This issue of Space Journal includes articles written by Fred L. Whipple, Hermann Oberth, and Ernst Stuhlinger, as well as a foreword by Wernher von Braun. The issue also includes drawings for an observatory to be built at the top of Monte Sano Mountain in Huntsville, Alabama. Produced by the Rocket City Astronomical Association (now known as the Von Braun Astronomical Society), Space Journal was published in Huntsville from 1957 to 1959. This digitized copy was generously provided by Jeff Bennett at the Von Braun Astronomical Society (VBAS).
Huntsville (Ala.)--Maps
This map was drawn by William W. Varnedoe, Jr. and published by the Monte Sano Civic Association. It shows Monte Sano's neighborhoods, the state park, and the mountain's natural features, including springs and caves. The map also notes changes in elevation.
Varnedoe, William W., Jr.
Maps
Topographic maps
Photo of the cast of a production of Snow White at the Monte Sano community pool.
Community theater
Monte Sano Boy Scout troop on a camping trip.
Boy Scouts of America
Camping
The view shows Athens Pike (now Holmes Avenue) in Huntsville, Alabama, with Monte Sano Mountain in the background.
Collins, Ira F.
Card photographs
O'Shaughnessy, James
Lakes & ponds
This photo shows a scene at Lily Lake on the grounds of Col. James O'Shaughnessy's home on Monte Sano. According to the Historic Huntsville Quarterly, the structure in the foreground of the photo is a "four-tiered vertical framework covered with ivy, and reaching an impressive height of twelve feet or so."
Health resorts--United States
The hotel opened on June 1, 1887 as a luxury health resort. It was built by the North Alabama Improvement Company with funding from Michael and James O'Shaughnessy. The hotel closed in 1900 and was demolished in 1944.