Box 100
Container
Contains 96 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
Family Papers, 1934 - 2007
Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSA 5, Series 2
Scope and Contents
The Family Papers series contains materials collected or created by Neil Armstrong's family members, collected genealogy materials, and Boy Scouts of America items. Of particular note, is a scrapbook compiled by his mother, Viola L. Armstrong which contains items related to Armstrong's youth such as his grade school report cards, academic awards, and homework assignments. The series also includes letters from his father, Stephen K. Armstrong, clippings, photographs, and papers his parents...
Dates:
1934 - 2007
Viola L. Armstrong, 1934 - 2007
Sub-Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSA 5, Series 2, Sub-Series 1
Scope and Contents
This sub-series contains materials collected and compiled by Viola L. Armstrong about or related to her son, Neil A. Armstrong. Of note is a scrapbook which contains significant items from Armstrong's childhood, teenage years and beyond. Among the items in the scrapbook are Armstrong's first grade artwork, cards, clippings, elementary and high school grades, certificates, programs from school events, membership cards, scout history, a common logarithms notebook, a history assignment, war ration...
Dates:
1934 - 2007
Scrapbook Pages, 1934 - 1999
Sub-Group — Box: 100
Identifier: MSA 5, Series 2, Sub-Series 1, Sub-Group 1
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
This sub-series contains materials collected and compiled by Viola L. Armstrong about or related to her son, Neil A. Armstrong. Of note is a scrapbook which contains significant items from Armstrong's childhood, teenage years and beyond. Among the items in the scrapbook are Armstrong's first grade artwork, cards, clippings, elementary and high school grades, certificates, programs from school events, membership cards, scout history, a common logarithms notebook, a history assignment, war ration...
Dates:
1934 - 1999
Clipping; "Lima Bank Teller," photo caption; "Crash Kills Youth" , 1947
File — Box: 100, Folder: 1
Identifier: MSA 5, Series 2, Sub-Series 1, Sub-Group 1, File 1
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
This sub-series contains materials collected and compiled by Viola L. Armstrong about or related to her son, Neil A. Armstrong. Of note is a scrapbook which contains significant items from Armstrong's childhood, teenage years and beyond. Among the items in the scrapbook are Armstrong's first grade artwork, cards, clippings, elementary and high school grades, certificates, programs from school events, membership cards, scout history, a common logarithms notebook, a history assignment, war ration...
Dates:
1947
Clipping; "Killed in Crash: Frederick C. Lange Victim of Accident," (died in Armstrong's arms) , July 27, 1947
File — Box: 100, Folder: 2
Identifier: MSA 5, Series 2, Sub-Series 1, Sub-Group 1, File 2
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
This sub-series contains materials collected and compiled by Viola L. Armstrong about or related to her son, Neil A. Armstrong. Of note is a scrapbook which contains significant items from Armstrong's childhood, teenage years and beyond. Among the items in the scrapbook are Armstrong's first grade artwork, cards, clippings, elementary and high school grades, certificates, programs from school events, membership cards, scout history, a common logarithms notebook, a history assignment, war ration...
Dates:
July 27, 1947
Advertisement; "Giant Airshow, Port Koneta Airport, Wapakoneta, Ohio, Sunday", June 13, 1948
File — Box: 100, Folder: 3
Identifier: MSA 5, Series 2, Sub-Series 1, Sub-Group 1, File 3
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
This sub-series contains materials collected and compiled by Viola L. Armstrong about or related to her son, Neil A. Armstrong. Of note is a scrapbook which contains significant items from Armstrong's childhood, teenage years and beyond. Among the items in the scrapbook are Armstrong's first grade artwork, cards, clippings, elementary and high school grades, certificates, programs from school events, membership cards, scout history, a common logarithms notebook, a history assignment, war ration...
Dates:
June 13, 1948
Grades - Pupil Progress Report, St. Mary’s Public Schools, Neil Armstrong, Fourth Grade, 1938 - 1939
Item — Box: 100, Folder: 4, Item: 1
Identifier: MSA 5, Series 2, Sub-Series 1, Sub-Group 1, File 4, Item 1
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
This sub-series contains materials collected and compiled by Viola L. Armstrong about or related to her son, Neil A. Armstrong. Of note is a scrapbook which contains significant items from Armstrong's childhood, teenage years and beyond. Among the items in the scrapbook are Armstrong's first grade artwork, cards, clippings, elementary and high school grades, certificates, programs from school events, membership cards, scout history, a common logarithms notebook, a history assignment, war ration...
Dates:
1938 - 1939
United States of America War Ration Book One and Two, 1942
Item — Box: 100, Folder: 4, Item: 2
Identifier: MSA 5, Series 2, Sub-Series 1, Sub-Group 1, File 4, Item 2
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
This sub-series contains materials collected and compiled by Viola L. Armstrong about or related to her son, Neil A. Armstrong. Of note is a scrapbook which contains significant items from Armstrong's childhood, teenage years and beyond. Among the items in the scrapbook are Armstrong's first grade artwork, cards, clippings, elementary and high school grades, certificates, programs from school events, membership cards, scout history, a common logarithms notebook, a history assignment, war ration...
Dates:
1942
Program, "The Mad Hatters," presented by the Junior Class of Blume High School, Wapakoneta, Ohio (Neil Armstrong as "Bunny"), November 16, 1945
Item — Box: 100, Folder: 4, Item: 3
Identifier: MSA 5, Series 2, Sub-Series 1, Sub-Group 1, File 4, Item 3
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
This sub-series contains materials collected and compiled by Viola L. Armstrong about or related to her son, Neil A. Armstrong. Of note is a scrapbook which contains significant items from Armstrong's childhood, teenage years and beyond. Among the items in the scrapbook are Armstrong's first grade artwork, cards, clippings, elementary and high school grades, certificates, programs from school events, membership cards, scout history, a common logarithms notebook, a history assignment, war ration...
Dates:
November 16, 1945
"Scout History - N.A. Armstrong", 1943 - 1957
Item — Box: 100, Folder: 4, Item: 4
Identifier: MSA 5, Series 2, Sub-Series 1, Sub-Group 1, File 4, Item 4
Scope and Contents
Exact years covered are 1943-44, 1946-47, 1956-1957.
Dates:
1943 - 1957
Membership cards for Buckeye Boys State Incorporated, 1946 and The Fisher Body Craftsman's Guild, circa 1946
Item — Box: 100, Folder: 4, Item: 5
Identifier: MSA 5, Series 2, Sub-Series 1, Sub-Group 1, File 4, Item 5
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
This sub-series contains materials collected and compiled by Viola L. Armstrong about or related to her son, Neil A. Armstrong. Of note is a scrapbook which contains significant items from Armstrong's childhood, teenage years and beyond. Among the items in the scrapbook are Armstrong's first grade artwork, cards, clippings, elementary and high school grades, certificates, programs from school events, membership cards, scout history, a common logarithms notebook, a history assignment, war ration...
Dates:
circa 1946
Card - Congratulations on earning wings, Pratt & Whitney Aircraft, August 9, 1950
Item — Box: 100, Folder: 4, Item: 6
Identifier: MSA 5, Series 2, Sub-Series 1, Sub-Group 1, File 4, Item 6
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
This sub-series contains materials collected and compiled by Viola L. Armstrong about or related to her son, Neil A. Armstrong. Of note is a scrapbook which contains significant items from Armstrong's childhood, teenage years and beyond. Among the items in the scrapbook are Armstrong's first grade artwork, cards, clippings, elementary and high school grades, certificates, programs from school events, membership cards, scout history, a common logarithms notebook, a history assignment, war ration...
Dates:
August 9, 1950
Valentine from Ricky, to "G.G.", 1962
Item — Box: 100, Folder: 4, Item: 7
Identifier: MSA 5, Series 2, Sub-Series 1, Sub-Group 1, File 4, Item 7
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
This sub-series contains materials collected and compiled by Viola L. Armstrong about or related to her son, Neil A. Armstrong. Of note is a scrapbook which contains significant items from Armstrong's childhood, teenage years and beyond. Among the items in the scrapbook are Armstrong's first grade artwork, cards, clippings, elementary and high school grades, certificates, programs from school events, membership cards, scout history, a common logarithms notebook, a history assignment, war ration...
Dates:
1962
Memorial booklet, Karen Anne Armstrong, January 28, 1962
Item — Box: 100, Folder: 4, Item: 8
Identifier: MSA 5, Series 2, Sub-Series 1, Sub-Group 1, File 4, Item 8
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
This sub-series contains materials collected and compiled by Viola L. Armstrong about or related to her son, Neil A. Armstrong. Of note is a scrapbook which contains significant items from Armstrong's childhood, teenage years and beyond. Among the items in the scrapbook are Armstrong's first grade artwork, cards, clippings, elementary and high school grades, certificates, programs from school events, membership cards, scout history, a common logarithms notebook, a history assignment, war ration...
Dates:
January 28, 1962
Receipt for flowers and thank-you note to "G.G. and Pa Pa", 1962
Item — Box: 100, Folder: 4, Item: 9
Identifier: MSA 5, Series 2, Sub-Series 1, Sub-Group 1, File 4, Item 9
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
This sub-series contains materials collected and compiled by Viola L. Armstrong about or related to her son, Neil A. Armstrong. Of note is a scrapbook which contains significant items from Armstrong's childhood, teenage years and beyond. Among the items in the scrapbook are Armstrong's first grade artwork, cards, clippings, elementary and high school grades, certificates, programs from school events, membership cards, scout history, a common logarithms notebook, a history assignment, war ration...
Dates:
1962
Note from Jan and Neil to "G.G.", 1962
Item — Box: 100, Folder: 4, Item: 10
Identifier: MSA 5, Series 2, Sub-Series 1, Sub-Group 1, File 4, Item 10
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
This sub-series contains materials collected and compiled by Viola L. Armstrong about or related to her son, Neil A. Armstrong. Of note is a scrapbook which contains significant items from Armstrong's childhood, teenage years and beyond. Among the items in the scrapbook are Armstrong's first grade artwork, cards, clippings, elementary and high school grades, certificates, programs from school events, membership cards, scout history, a common logarithms notebook, a history assignment, war ration...
Dates:
1962
Note from Piel Bros. Clothing Company, Wapakoneta, Ohio, February 18, 1964
Item — Box: 100, Folder: 4, Item: 11
Identifier: MSA 5, Series 2, Sub-Series 1, Sub-Group 1, File 4, Item 11
Scope and Contents
(Refers to enclosed news item, no longer with letter.)
Dates:
February 18, 1964
Letter to Mrs. Stephen Armstrong from Bill Van Fossan, September 2, 1969
Item — Box: 100, Folder: 4, Item: 12
Identifier: MSA 5, Series 2, Sub-Series 1, Sub-Group 1, File 4, Item 12
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
This sub-series contains materials collected and compiled by Viola L. Armstrong about or related to her son, Neil A. Armstrong. Of note is a scrapbook which contains significant items from Armstrong's childhood, teenage years and beyond. Among the items in the scrapbook are Armstrong's first grade artwork, cards, clippings, elementary and high school grades, certificates, programs from school events, membership cards, scout history, a common logarithms notebook, a history assignment, war ration...
Dates:
September 2, 1969
Clippings, "Poet's Corner - A New Theory,” by Mabel Baird, Jeffersonville, undated and "Moon Update", 1986
Item — Box: 100, Folder: 4, Item: 13
Identifier: MSA 5, Series 2, Sub-Series 1, Sub-Group 1, File 4, Item 13
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
This sub-series contains materials collected and compiled by Viola L. Armstrong about or related to her son, Neil A. Armstrong. Of note is a scrapbook which contains significant items from Armstrong's childhood, teenage years and beyond. Among the items in the scrapbook are Armstrong's first grade artwork, cards, clippings, elementary and high school grades, certificates, programs from school events, membership cards, scout history, a common logarithms notebook, a history assignment, war ration...
Dates:
1986
Poem, "High Flight," by John Gillespie Magee, Jr., inscribed, "With love to Neil From Mother", undated
Item — Box: 100, Folder: 4, Item: 14
Identifier: MSA 5, Series 2, Sub-Series 1, Sub-Group 1, File 4, Item 14
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
This sub-series contains materials collected and compiled by Viola L. Armstrong about or related to her son, Neil A. Armstrong. Of note is a scrapbook which contains significant items from Armstrong's childhood, teenage years and beyond. Among the items in the scrapbook are Armstrong's first grade artwork, cards, clippings, elementary and high school grades, certificates, programs from school events, membership cards, scout history, a common logarithms notebook, a history assignment, war ration...
Dates:
undated
"The American Flag, Dean Armstrong, 9th grade", undated
Item — Box: 100, Folder: 4, Item: 15
Identifier: MSA 5, Series 2, Sub-Series 1, Sub-Group 1, File 4, Item 15
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
This sub-series contains materials collected and compiled by Viola L. Armstrong about or related to her son, Neil A. Armstrong. Of note is a scrapbook which contains significant items from Armstrong's childhood, teenage years and beyond. Among the items in the scrapbook are Armstrong's first grade artwork, cards, clippings, elementary and high school grades, certificates, programs from school events, membership cards, scout history, a common logarithms notebook, a history assignment, war ration...
Dates:
undated
"Rain On The Rooftop, Dean Armstrong, Junior at Blume High", undated
Item — Box: 100, Folder: 4, Item: 16
Identifier: MSA 5, Series 2, Sub-Series 1, Sub-Group 1, File 4, Item 16
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
This sub-series contains materials collected and compiled by Viola L. Armstrong about or related to her son, Neil A. Armstrong. Of note is a scrapbook which contains significant items from Armstrong's childhood, teenage years and beyond. Among the items in the scrapbook are Armstrong's first grade artwork, cards, clippings, elementary and high school grades, certificates, programs from school events, membership cards, scout history, a common logarithms notebook, a history assignment, war ration...
Dates:
undated
[Dean's Poem] "Show Me Thy Way", undated
Item — Box: 100, Folder: 4, Item: 17
Identifier: MSA 5, Series 2, Sub-Series 1, Sub-Group 1, File 4, Item 17
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
This sub-series contains materials collected and compiled by Viola L. Armstrong about or related to her son, Neil A. Armstrong. Of note is a scrapbook which contains significant items from Armstrong's childhood, teenage years and beyond. Among the items in the scrapbook are Armstrong's first grade artwork, cards, clippings, elementary and high school grades, certificates, programs from school events, membership cards, scout history, a common logarithms notebook, a history assignment, war ration...
Dates:
undated
Birthday card, from "Cradle Roll Dept., First Reformed S.S." , 1934
Item — Box: 100, Folder: 5, Item: 1
Identifier: MSA 5, Series 2, Sub-Series 1, Sub-Group 1, File 5, Item 1
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
This sub-series contains materials collected and compiled by Viola L. Armstrong about or related to her son, Neil A. Armstrong. Of note is a scrapbook which contains significant items from Armstrong's childhood, teenage years and beyond. Among the items in the scrapbook are Armstrong's first grade artwork, cards, clippings, elementary and high school grades, certificates, programs from school events, membership cards, scout history, a common logarithms notebook, a history assignment, war ration...
Dates:
1934