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Flight and Space. Barron Hilton Flight and Space Exploration Archives

 Collecting Area
Identifier: Flight and Space
Purdue Archives and Special Collections' collection of primary source materials on the history and development of powered flight began in 1940 with the gift of aviator Amelia Earhart's papers by her husband, George Palmer Putnam. Since that initial donation, the number of flight-related archival collections has increased to reflect the steady growth of faculty and alumni contributions to the development of flight and later, space exploration. The Barron Hilton Flight and Space Exploration Archives was established in 2011 with generous support provided by Barron Hilton and the Conrad Hilton Foundation and now includes the papers of engineers, aviation professionals, scholars, and astronauts including Purdue distinguished alumni such as Neil A. Armstrong and Eugene Cernan.

Found in 244 Collections and/or Records:

Our Poetic Tribute to Amelia Earhart album

 Unprocessed Material — Box 1
Identifier: 20120416

Virgil Grissom Memorial 2017 Galactic Gathering memorabilia

 Unprocessed Material — Box 01
Identifier: 20180323

Collection of Neil Armstrong and Janet Shearon Armstrong materials

 Unprocessed Material — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 20181201

Betty Nelson papers on Janice Voss

 Unprocessed Material — Communal collections box 16
Identifier: 20111014.1

South Shore Country Club program

 Unprocessed Material — Communal accessions box 14
Identifier: 20111007.1

Jerome M. Goldman papers, addition 06

 Unprocessed Material — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 20191113.1

William F. Causey Space Exploration Collection

 Unprocessed Material — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 20190910.1

Purdue Aviation collection

 Unprocessed Material — Box 1
Identifier: 2024-050
Dates: 1947; 1998 - 2006

Dwight W. Eggleston photographs of Amelia Earhart

 Unprocessed Material — Digital folder 2024-061 Dwight W. Eggleston photographs of Amelia Earhart
Identifier: 2024-061
Dates: May 31, 1937 - June 1, 1937

Purdue Air Force Reserve Officers Training Corps, (AFROTC) collection, addition 01

 Unprocessed Material — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2024-143

William F. Causey Space Collection, addition 1

 Unprocessed Material — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2022-022

Paul Rafford Jr. papers on Amelia Earhart

 Unprocessed Material — Box 1
Identifier: 20190315

Elizabeth Powell collection of Surveyor materials

 Unprocessed Material — Communal accessions box 28
Identifier: 20120521

Advertising brochure from ballooning pioneer, Jean-Pierre Blanchard

 Unprocessed Material — Box Communal Accessions 60
Identifier: 2024-141
Dates: August 23, 1785

Robert Harland Ball scrapbook

 Unprocessed Material — Box 1
Identifier: 2024-049

Virgil I. Grissom papers

 Unprocessed Material — Box 1
Identifier: 20150213.1

Charlotte Richwine collection on Amelia Earhart

 Unprocessed Material — Box 1
Identifier: 2025-032

Dale and Carole Sue Gibson NASA photographs

 Unprocessed Material — Box Box 1
Identifier: 20110211.1

James M. Longuski papers

 Unprocessed Material — Box 1
Identifier: 2025-035

Thomas A. Murray American Airlines "Shepard One" items

 Unprocessed Material — Communal accessions box 28
Identifier: 20170113

Daniel L. Dumbacher papers

 Unprocessed Material — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 20171219

Orion Test Flight One flown Purdue memorabilia

 Unprocessed Material — Communal accessions box 8
Identifier: 20151102.1

Daniel J. Hampton papers, addition 02

 Unprocessed Material — Communal accessions box 30
Identifier: 20170324