Box 113
Container
Contains 6 Collections and/or Records:
Education, 1947 - 1970
Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSA 5, Series 3
Scope and Contents
This series contains some coursework, notebooks, grade reports, and textbooks from Neil Armstrong's undergraduate aeronautical engineering studies at Purdue University. Armstrong was a student at Purdue from 1947-1949 and then was called to active service in the Navy. He returned to Purdue in 1952 and graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in Aeronautical Engineering in 1955. Also included in the Education Series are materials from his master's degree work at the University of...
Dates:
1947 - 1970
Bruhn, E.F. Analysis and Design of Airplane Structures. Cincinnati, Ohio: Tri-State Offset Company, 1952
Item — Box: 113, Folder: 1
Identifier: MSA 5, Series 3, Sub-Series 1, Sub-Group 2, Item 14
Scope and Contents
(E.F. Bruhn was a professor at Purdue University.)
Dates:
1952
Liston, Joseph. Power Plants for Aircraft. New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, Incorporated, 1953
Item — Box: 113, Folder: 2
Identifier: MSA 5, Series 3, Sub-Series 1, Sub-Group 2, Item 15
Scope and Contents
(Some handwritten notes included inside book. Joseph Liston was a professor at Purdue University.)
Dates:
1953
Purdue University, circa 1947 - 1955
Sub-Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSA 5, Series 3, Sub-Series 1
Scope and Contents
The Purdue University sub-series contains Neil Armstrong's grade reports for 1948, a spiral bound notebook, various folders and two, three-ring binders which held Armstrong's class notes, assignments, labs, along with some quizzes, tests and finals from Engineering classes taken in pursuit of his undergraduate degree. Included are materials for Aeronautical Engineering, 310; 320 - Aircraft Windtunnel; 320-A - Aircraft Windtunnel Lab; 340; 350-A; Armstrong's experiment for 420 - "Preliminary...
Dates:
circa 1947 - 1955
Wapakoneta High School Textbook and Purdue Textbooks, 1944 - 1953
Sub-Group — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSA 5, Series 3, Sub-Series 1, Sub-Group 2
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
The Purdue University sub-series contains Neil Armstrong's grade reports for 1948, a spiral bound notebook, various folders and two, three-ring binders which held Armstrong's class notes, assignments, labs, along with some quizzes, tests and finals from Engineering classes taken in pursuit of his undergraduate degree. Included are materials for Aeronautical Engineering, 310; 320 - Aircraft Windtunnel; 320-A - Aircraft Windtunnel Lab; 340; 350-A; Armstrong's experiment for 420 - "Preliminary...
Dates:
1944 - 1953
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