Box 101
Container
Contains 108 Collections and/or Records:
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
Correspondence in regards to dedication of Neil Armstrong Airport, Auglaize County, Wapakoneta, Ohio, September 22, 1967
Item — Box: 101, Folder: 8, Item: 4
Identifier: MSA 5, Series 2, Sub-Series 1, Sub-Group 5, File 1, Item 4
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 22, 1967
Clippings; (1969, September 17). Marathon gives $5,000 To Museum. The EVENING LEADER, St. Marys, O., p. 2; Photograph with caption, (1971, September 11) Museum Dome In Place. Publication information not available; Photograph with caption, (1971, September 10). Neil Armstrong Museum Dome. Wapakoneta Daily News (no page number available), 1969 - 1971
Item — Box: 101, Folder: 8, Item: 5
Identifier: MSA 5, Series 2, Sub-Series 1, Sub-Group 5, File 1, 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:
1969 - 1971
Newsletter; Moon Talk. Columbus, Ohio: The Ohio Historical Society, January 5, 1972
Item — Box: 101, Folder: 8, Item: 6
Identifier: MSA 5, Series 2, Sub-Series 1, Sub-Group 5, File 1, Item 6
Scope and Contents
("A newsletter published exclusively for the information of members of The Neil A. Armstrong Museum Association.")
Dates:
January 5, 1972
Correspondence, The Ohio Historical Society, March - December 1972
Item — Box: 101, Folder: 8, Item: 7
Identifier: MSA 5, Series 2, Sub-Series 1, Sub-Group 5, File 1, Item 7
Scope and Contents
(Letters in regards to donations.)
Dates:
March - December 1972
News release, The Ohio Historical Society, "Neil Armstrong Museum To Open - Formal Dedication To Be Set Later" , June 16, 1972
Item — Box: 101, Folder: 8, Item: 8
Identifier: MSA 5, Series 2, Sub-Series 1, Sub-Group 5, File 1, Item 8
Scope and Contents
(Official opening on 3rd anniversary of moon landing, July 20, 1972.)
Dates:
June 16, 1972
Correspondence (museum donation related) sent to Mr. and Mrs. Stephen K. Armstrong, July - September, 1969
File — Box: 101, Folder: 9
Identifier: MSA 5, Series 2, Sub-Series 1, Sub-Group 5, 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 - September, 1969
Picture of Armstrong cut from Airport Authority, Auglaize County, Wapakoneta, Ohio stationery, circa 1969
Item — Box: 101, Folder: 10, Item: 1
Identifier: MSA 5, Series 2, Sub-Series 1, Sub-Group 5, File 3, 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 1969
Nametag, "I Live In Wapakoneta May I Help You?" , circa 1969
Item — Box: 101, Folder: 10, Item: 2
Identifier: MSA 5, Series 2, Sub-Series 1, Sub-Group 5, File 3, 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:
circa 1969
"Donations To The Neil Armstrong Space Museum - Wapakoneta, Ohio," slip of paper, circa 1969
Item — Box: 101, Folder: 10, Item: 3
Identifier: MSA 5, Series 2, Sub-Series 1, Sub-Group 5, File 3, 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
Pamphlets, "Armstrong Air and Space Museum, The Ohio Historical Society", circa 1969
Item — Box: 101, Folder: 10, Item: 4
Identifier: MSA 5, Series 2, Sub-Series 1, Sub-Group 5, File 3, Item 4
Scope and Contents
Includes twelve designs.
Dates:
circa 1969
Guideposts article, Neil Armstrong's Boyhood Crisis, by Mrs. Stephen Armstrong, as told to Lorraine Wetzel, February 1970
Item — Box: 101, Folder: 4, Item: 4
Identifier: MSA 5, Series 2, Sub-Series 1, Sub-Group 3, File 1, Item 4
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:
February 1970
Copy of poem, "A Mother’s Poem," and correspondence from Viola Armstrong, to the author, Fran Rydzewski, September 8, 1970
Item — Box: 101, Folder: 4, Item: 5
Identifier: MSA 5, Series 2, Sub-Series 1, Sub-Group 3, File 1, 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:
September 8, 1970