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Box 8

 Container

Contains 13 Collections and/or Records:

Neil A. Armstrong papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSA 5
Scope and Contents The Neil A. Armstrong papers document the military, aeronautics, astronautics, teaching and corporate business career of Neil A. Armstrong. The papers also feature items from Armstrong's youth and education. The collection includes but is not limited to documents, coursework, working papers, subject files, correspondence, writings, speeches, recordings, photographs and newspaper clippings. The papers are divided into eighteen series, and further information on the scope and content of the...
Dates: 1671 - 2012; Majority of material found within 1960 - 2012

NASA Career, 1948 - 2009

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSA 5, Series 1
Scope and Contents Housed in this series are the documents and other materials generated during Neil Armstrong's NASA career, from his days as an experimental test pilot through his assignment as the Deputy Administrator of Aeronautics. Early materials of note are documents related to the X-15 program and Armstrong’s engineering work as part of the Dyna-Soar team before his transfer into the astronaut program. A central piece of this series is the inclusion of Armstrong's application to the NASA astronaut...
Dates: 1948 - 2009

Personal correspondence filed in plain brown folder, from Gemini era, 1966 - 1967

 Item — Box: 8, Folder: 5
Identifier: MSA 5, Series 1, Sub-Series 4, Sub-Group 1, File 1, Item 4
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Group: Correspondence related to the Gemini Program consists primarily of notes of a congratulatory nature, sent to Neil Armstrong and David Scott following the completion of Gemini VIII. Included here are not only letters and telegrams, but also memos conveying information about the travel arrangements for the friends and families of Gemini astronauts during the Gemini VIII launch.A binder (scrapbook) was part of an addition to the papers in 2016. The contents were retained as found, and...
Dates: 1966 - 1967

Travel Arrangements Made - Guest List - for friends and family during Gemini VIII launch, circa 1966

 Item — Box: 8, Folder: 6
Identifier: MSA 5, Series 1, Sub-Series 4, Sub-Group 1, File 1, Item 5
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Group: Correspondence related to the Gemini Program consists primarily of notes of a congratulatory nature, sent to Neil Armstrong and David Scott following the completion of Gemini VIII. Included here are not only letters and telegrams, but also memos conveying information about the travel arrangements for the friends and families of Gemini astronauts during the Gemini VIII launch.A binder (scrapbook) was part of an addition to the papers in 2016. The contents were retained as found, and...
Dates: circa 1966

Letters and telegrams to Armstrong from family and NASA colleagues upon return from Gemini VIII Mission. [Gemini VIII Congratulatory Messages], circa 1966

 Item — Box: 8, Folder: 7
Identifier: MSA 5, Series 1, Sub-Series 4, Sub-Group 1, File 1, Item 6
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Group: Correspondence related to the Gemini Program consists primarily of notes of a congratulatory nature, sent to Neil Armstrong and David Scott following the completion of Gemini VIII. Included here are not only letters and telegrams, but also memos conveying information about the travel arrangements for the friends and families of Gemini astronauts during the Gemini VIII launch.A binder (scrapbook) was part of an addition to the papers in 2016. The contents were retained as found, and...
Dates: circa 1966

Paper sent to Armstrong, The Deleterious Effect on Astronaut Capability of Vestibulo-Ocular Disturbance During Spacecraft Roll Acceleration, inspired by the events of the Gemini VIII mission, December 10, 1966

 Item — Box: 8, Folder: 8
Identifier: MSA 5, Series 1, Sub-Series 4, Sub-Group 1, File 1, Item 7
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Group: Correspondence related to the Gemini Program consists primarily of notes of a congratulatory nature, sent to Neil Armstrong and David Scott following the completion of Gemini VIII. Included here are not only letters and telegrams, but also memos conveying information about the travel arrangements for the friends and families of Gemini astronauts during the Gemini VIII launch.A binder (scrapbook) was part of an addition to the papers in 2016. The contents were retained as found, and...
Dates: December 10, 1966

Letter commemorating an award given to the Gemini astronauts by the International Benjamin Franklin Society, Incorporated on the occasion of Franklin's 260th birthday, July 31, 1967

 Item — Box: 8, Folder: 9
Identifier: MSA 5, Series 1, Sub-Series 4, Sub-Group 1, File 1, Item 8
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Group: Correspondence related to the Gemini Program consists primarily of notes of a congratulatory nature, sent to Neil Armstrong and David Scott following the completion of Gemini VIII. Included here are not only letters and telegrams, but also memos conveying information about the travel arrangements for the friends and families of Gemini astronauts during the Gemini VIII launch.A binder (scrapbook) was part of an addition to the papers in 2016. The contents were retained as found, and...
Dates: July 31, 1967

Gemini Program - Personal Correspondence - Gemini V back-up crew presentation script, handwritten, circa 1965

 Item — Box: 8, Folder: 1
Identifier: MSA 5, Series 1, Sub-Series 4, Sub-Group 1, File 1, Item 1
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Group: Correspondence related to the Gemini Program consists primarily of notes of a congratulatory nature, sent to Neil Armstrong and David Scott following the completion of Gemini VIII. Included here are not only letters and telegrams, but also memos conveying information about the travel arrangements for the friends and families of Gemini astronauts during the Gemini VIII launch.A binder (scrapbook) was part of an addition to the papers in 2016. The contents were retained as found, and...
Dates: circa 1965

[Correspondence] Letters to Mr. Armstrong regarding the Gemini Program, many of congratulatory nature, with responses, 1963 - 1968

 Item — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSA 5, Series 1, Sub-Series 4, Sub-Group 1, File 1, Item 2
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Group: Correspondence related to the Gemini Program consists primarily of notes of a congratulatory nature, sent to Neil Armstrong and David Scott following the completion of Gemini VIII. Included here are not only letters and telegrams, but also memos conveying information about the travel arrangements for the friends and families of Gemini astronauts during the Gemini VIII launch.A binder (scrapbook) was part of an addition to the papers in 2016. The contents were retained as found, and...
Dates: 1963 - 1968

Personal Correspondence - Responses from Armstrong and David Scott to congratulatory messages received following Gemini VIII, April - December 1966

 Item — Box: 8, Folder: 4
Identifier: MSA 5, Series 1, Sub-Series 4, Sub-Group 1, File 1, Item 3
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Group: Correspondence related to the Gemini Program consists primarily of notes of a congratulatory nature, sent to Neil Armstrong and David Scott following the completion of Gemini VIII. Included here are not only letters and telegrams, but also memos conveying information about the travel arrangements for the friends and families of Gemini astronauts during the Gemini VIII launch.A binder (scrapbook) was part of an addition to the papers in 2016. The contents were retained as found, and...
Dates: April - December 1966

Gemini Program Files, 1952 - 2005

 Sub-Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSA 5, Series 1, Sub-Series 4
Scope and Contents The Gemini Program files include a small selection of personal correspondence and a wide range of working documents. Personal items consist of congratulatory correspondence from family and colleagues at NASA. The working documents begin with materials related to the systems of Gemini spacecraft, equipment, and basic operating procedures. Technical documents detailing Gemini systems are followed by training materials used by Neil Armstrong during the Gemini program. The arrangement of this...
Dates: 1952 - 2005

Correspondence, 1963 - 1968

 Sub-Group — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSA 5, Series 1, Sub-Series 4, Sub-Group 1
Scope and Contents Correspondence related to the Gemini Program consists primarily of notes of a congratulatory nature, sent to Neil Armstrong and David Scott following the completion of Gemini VIII. Included here are not only letters and telegrams, but also memos conveying information about the travel arrangements for the friends and families of Gemini astronauts during the Gemini VIII launch.A binder (scrapbook) was part of an addition to the papers in 2016. The contents were retained as found, and...
Dates: 1963 - 1968

Gemini Program - Personal Correspondence, 1963 - 1967

 File — Box: 8
Identifier: MSA 5, Series 1, Sub-Series 4, Sub-Group 1, File 1
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Group: Correspondence related to the Gemini Program consists primarily of notes of a congratulatory nature, sent to Neil Armstrong and David Scott following the completion of Gemini VIII. Included here are not only letters and telegrams, but also memos conveying information about the travel arrangements for the friends and families of Gemini astronauts during the Gemini VIII launch.A binder (scrapbook) was part of an addition to the papers in 2016. The contents were retained as found, and...
Dates: 1963 - 1967