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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 249 Collections and/or Records:

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

Roy D. Bridges, Jr. papers, addition 10

 Unprocessed Material
Identifier: 20120405.1

Purdue Press Kit

 Unprocessed Material — Box Communal Accessions 72
Identifier: 2025-015

Robert S. Foerster Teacher in Space Project papers

 Unprocessed Material — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 20181003.1

Purdue University Aeronautics records

 Unprocessed Material — Box 1
Identifier: 20070726
Dates: circa 1940 - 1981

James Maris papers, addition 01

 Unprocessed Material — Box Communal Accessions 74
Identifier: 2025-042

Life Magazines collection

 Unprocessed Material — Box 1
Identifier: 20080120

Collection of Astronaut and Space memorabilia

 Unprocessed Material — Box Box 1
Identifier: 20120921

General Electric Apollo Design Reference Mission poster

 Unprocessed Material — Box Tube 1
Identifier: 20121008.5

Gemini VIII and Test Flight films

 Unprocessed Material — Box 3 film canisters
Identifier: 20121008.1
Dates: circa 1961 - 1965

Robert Stone papers on "The Satellite Sky"

 Unprocessed Material — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 20131113.1
Dates: 1961 - 1988; Majority of material found in 1988

Kenneth S. Reightler US Space Shuttle Crew films

 Unprocessed Material — Box 1
Identifier: 20131206

Purdue Aeronautics Corporation and Purdue Airlines collection

 Unprocessed Material — Communal accessions box 2
Identifier: 20111026.2

Neil deGrasse Tyson lecture

 Unprocessed Material — Box Envelope 1
Identifier: 20140425.6

Jerry L. Ross papers, addition 13

 Unprocessed Material — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 20170427

Jerry L. Ross papers, addition 14

 Unprocessed Material — Box 01
Identifier: 20180116

Jerry L. Ross papers, addition 15

 Unprocessed Material — Box 1
Identifier: 20190107
Dates: 2018-09-01 - 2018-09-30

Jerry L. Ross papers, addition 16

 Unprocessed Material — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 20190328

Jerry L. Ross papers, addition 17

 Unprocessed Material
Identifier: 20200512.1

Jerry L. Ross papers, addition 18

 Unprocessed Material — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2022-028

Jerry L. Ross papers, addition 19

 Unprocessed Material — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2022-031

Jerry L. Ross papers, addition 20

 Unprocessed Material — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2022-036

Jerry L. Ross papers, addition 21

 Unprocessed Material — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2022-037

Collection of Astronaut and Space memorabilia, addition 2

 Unprocessed Material — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 20120225