Box 101
Container
Contains 108 Collections and/or Records:
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
Individual High School Report (Grades), 1941 - 2007
File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSA 5, Series 2, Sub-Series 1, Sub-Group 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:
1941 - 2007
"A Prayer for The Apollo 11 Astronauts,"on stationery from St. Paul United Church of Christ, Wapakoneta, Ohio, 1969
Item — Box: 101, Folder: 7, Item: 12
Identifier: MSA 5, Series 2, Sub-Series 1, Sub-Group 4, File 1, 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:
1969
Prayer for the parents of the Apollo 11 crew, on stationery from St. Paul United Church of Christ, Wapakoneta, Ohio, signed by Pastor Weber and members of the Church Council, 1969
Item — Box: 101, Folder: 7, Item: 13
Identifier: MSA 5, Series 2, Sub-Series 1, Sub-Group 4, File 1, 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:
1969
Stoll, D.L. Hero's Home Town, I’m Proud of My Town! Grit News Section, p. 6. , October 19, 1969
Item — Box: 101, Folder: 7, Item: 14
Identifier: MSA 5, Series 2, Sub-Series 1, Sub-Group 4, File 1, 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:
October 19, 1969
Fan letter from Tranquilino F. Martinez, Nogales, Sonora, Mexico, to Mr. and Mrs. Stephen K. Armstrong, September 5, 1969
Item — Box: 101, Folder: 7, Item: 15
Identifier: MSA 5, Series 2, Sub-Series 1, Sub-Group 4, File 1, 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:
September 5, 1969
Letter to Tranquilino F. Martinez, Nogales, Sonora, Mexico, from "Hon. City Council, Wapakoneta, Ohio," conferring honorary citizenship of Wapakoneta, Ohio, January 8, 1970
Item — Box: 101, Folder: 7, Item: 16
Identifier: MSA 5, Series 2, Sub-Series 1, Sub-Group 4, File 1, 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:
January 8, 1970
Clippings about Tranquilino F. Martinez, 1970
Item — Box: 101, Folder: 7, Item: 17
Identifier: MSA 5, Series 2, Sub-Series 1, Sub-Group 4, File 1, 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:
1970
Catalog and Price List, Space Photos, Gemini IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX, X, XI, XII, undated
Item — Box: 101, Folder: 7, Item: 18
Identifier: MSA 5, Series 2, Sub-Series 1, Sub-Group 4, File 1, Item 18
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
Pastor Resigns (Rev. Herman J. Weber). The Enterprise, July 29, 1970
Item — Box: 101, Folder: 7, Item: 19
Identifier: MSA 5, Series 2, Sub-Series 1, Sub-Group 4, File 1, Item 19
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 29, 1970
"A Mother’s Poem” and “Dear Astronauts," by Fran Rydzewski, South End Reporter, Sunday, December 21, 1969
Item — Box: 101, Folder: 7, Item: 20
Identifier: MSA 5, Series 2, Sub-Series 1, Sub-Group 4, File 1, Item 20
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:
December 21, 1969
MacLeish, A. Riders on the Earth Together. The New York Times Company. Reprinted by permission., 1968
Item — Box: 101, Folder: 7, Item: 21
Identifier: MSA 5, Series 2, Sub-Series 1, Sub-Group 4, File 1, Item 21
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:
1968
NASA, Apollo 11, 5th Anniversary data sheet, 1974
Item — Box: 101, Folder: 7, Item: 22
Identifier: MSA 5, Series 2, Sub-Series 1, Sub-Group 4, File 1, Item 22
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:
1974
A Proclamation, by the President of the United States of America, Space Exploration Day (copy, signed by Gerald R. Ford), 1976
Item — Box: 101, Folder: 7, Item: 23
Identifier: MSA 5, Series 2, Sub-Series 1, Sub-Group 4, File 1, Item 23
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:
1976
"9th Congress, 2d Session, S. Con. Res. 47," In The Senate Of The United State, September 30, 1976, Ordered to be printed as passed; "Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives concurring), That the President is requested to issue a proclamation designating the period of July 16 through 24 as "United States Space Observance," and calling upon the people of the United States to observe such period with appropriate ceremonies and activities.", 1976
Item — Box: 101, Folder: 7, Item: 24
Identifier: MSA 5, Series 2, Sub-Series 1, Sub-Group 4, File 1, Item 24
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:
1976
Correspondence about astronauts and "waste" disposal, 1984
Item — Box: 101, Folder: 7, Item: 25
Identifier: MSA 5, Series 2, Sub-Series 1, Sub-Group 4, File 1, Item 25
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:
1984
Clippings; "Weatherman Zint gave Armstrong telescopic views of the moon," and "Veterans Day snowfall surprising say Wapak weatherman Zint", circa 1984
Item — Box: 101, Folder: 7, Item: 26
Identifier: MSA 5, Series 2, Sub-Series 1, Sub-Group 4, File 1, Item 26
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 1984
Pamphlet, Gatlinburg's American Historical Wax Museum, features wax figure of Armstrong on cover, undated
Item — Box: 101, Folder: 7, Item: 27
Identifier: MSA 5, Series 2, Sub-Series 1, Sub-Group 4, File 1, Item 27
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
Fisher, J. U.S. Base on Moon Predicted by Year 2007. The Hartford Courant, no page noted, July 20, 1984
Item — Box: 101, Folder: 7, Item: 28
Identifier: MSA 5, Series 2, Sub-Series 1, Sub-Group 4, File 1, Item 28
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 20, 1984
Clipping; photo with caption; Mural Depicts Moon Mission. The Hartford Courant, April 22, 1975
Item — Box: 101, Folder: 7, Item: 29
Identifier: MSA 5, Series 2, Sub-Series 1, Sub-Group 4, File 1, Item 29
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:
April 22, 1975
Clipping; photo with caption; The Most Historic Call. The Wapakoneta Daily News, November 15, 1969
Item — Box: 101, Folder: 7, Item: 30
Identifier: MSA 5, Series 2, Sub-Series 1, Sub-Group 4, File 1, Item 30
Scope and Contents
(Nixon on phone to lunar astronauts Armstrong and Aldrin.)
Dates:
November 15, 1969
Lists of "Loan Items," (articles relative to Armstrong on loan to museum), circa 1976
Item — Box: 101, Folder: 8, Item: 1
Identifier: MSA 5, Series 2, Sub-Series 1, Sub-Group 5, File 1, 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:
circa 1976
Correspondence (on NASA stationery) from Armstrong listing the items to be transferred to the Ohio Historical Society, specifically for use at the Neil Armstrong Museum, also includes a pamphlet from the museum, December 18, 1969
Item — Box: 101, Folder: 8, Item: 2
Identifier: MSA 5, Series 2, Sub-Series 1, Sub-Group 5, File 1, 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:
December 18, 1969
Color photograph of "F-D Skylancer" at Neil Armstrong Museum and photograph of the museum at night; label, Armstrong Air and Space Museum, The Ohio Historical Society, circa 1969
Item — Box: 101, Folder: 8, Item: 3
Identifier: MSA 5, Series 2, Sub-Series 1, Sub-Group 5, File 1, 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:
circa 1969