Box 120
Container
Contains 50 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
Military Records, 1946 - 2009
Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSA 5, Series 4
Scope and Contents
This series contains Neil Armstrong's United States Navy Officer Service Record, and includes everything from his "Orders; chargeable against appropriation 'Officer Candidate Training', April 18, 1949" through "Certificate, Honorable Discharge from the Armed Forces of the United States of America, United States Navy, October 21, 1960." Located in folder 5 are photocopies of Armstrong’s [CNATRA] (Chief of Naval Air Training) - Aviation Training Summaries and Evaluations, 1949-1950....
Dates:
1946 - 2009
Various Navy papers, Certificates, Citations, and Correspondence; [Navy] - [VF-51] , 1947 - 2009
Sub-Series — Box: 120
Identifier: MSA 5, Series 4, Sub-Series 2
Scope and Contents
Includes material and [Navy] correspondence from Armstrong's former Navy colleagues and additional miscellaneous material.
Dates:
1947 - 2009
Various Navy Papers, Certificates, Citations, Correspondence, 1947 - 1955
File — Box: 120, Folder: 1
Identifier: MSA 5, Series 4, Sub-Series 2, File 1
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Includes material and [Navy] correspondence from Armstrong's former Navy colleagues and additional miscellaneous material.
Dates:
1947 - 1955
Appointment, by The President of the United States of America; Neil Alden Armstrong to a Lieutenant (Junior Grade) , October 4, 1954
Item — Box: 120, Folder: 1, Item: 1
Identifier: MSA 5, Series 4, Sub-Series 2, File 1, Item 1
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Includes material and [Navy] correspondence from Armstrong's former Navy colleagues and additional miscellaneous material.
Dates:
October 4, 1954
Memo, To: Personnel Officer VF 724, September 28, 1955
Item — Box: 120, Folder: 1, Item: 2
Identifier: MSA 5, Series 4, Sub-Series 2, File 1, Item 2
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Includes material and [Navy] correspondence from Armstrong's former Navy colleagues and additional miscellaneous material.
Dates:
September 28, 1955
Duty For Training Order Involving Flying, February 1, 1955
Item — Box: 120, Folder: 1, Item: 3
Identifier: MSA 5, Series 4, Sub-Series 2, File 1, Item 3
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Includes material and [Navy] correspondence from Armstrong's former Navy colleagues and additional miscellaneous material.
Dates:
February 1, 1955
First Endorsement, VF-724, November 20, 1954
Item — Box: 120, Folder: 1, Item: 4
Identifier: MSA 5, Series 4, Sub-Series 2, File 1, Item 4
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Includes material and [Navy] correspondence from Armstrong's former Navy colleagues and additional miscellaneous material.
Dates:
November 20, 1954
Third Endorsement on LTJG Neil A. Armstrong, USNR-R, 505129/1315 letter of, December 29, 1953
Item — Box: 120, Folder: 1, Item: 5
Identifier: MSA 5, Series 4, Sub-Series 2, File 1, Item 5
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Includes material and [Navy] correspondence from Armstrong's former Navy colleagues and additional miscellaneous material.
Dates:
December 29, 1953
Bureau of Naval Personnel, Inactive Duty Training; Attachment to Pay Unit of the Naval Reserve, February 17, 1954
Item — Box: 120, Folder: 1, Item: 6
Identifier: MSA 5, Series 4, Sub-Series 2, File 1, Item 6
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Includes material and [Navy] correspondence from Armstrong's former Navy colleagues and additional miscellaneous material.
Dates:
February 17, 1954
Headquarters Ninth Naval District, Great Lakes, Illinois; Transfer of records of officers assigned to, or associated with drilling units of the aviation component, October 15, 1954
Item — Box: 120, Folder: 1, Item: 7
Identifier: MSA 5, Series 4, Sub-Series 2, File 1, Item 7
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Includes material and [Navy] correspondence from Armstrong's former Navy colleagues and additional miscellaneous material.
Dates:
October 15, 1954
Correspondence in regards to officer's service record jacket and officer's qualification card, February 19, 1954
Item — Box: 120, Folder: 1, Item: 8
Identifier: MSA 5, Series 4, Sub-Series 2, File 1, Item 8
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Includes material and [Navy] correspondence from Armstrong's former Navy colleagues and additional miscellaneous material.
Dates:
February 19, 1954
Appointment in Naval Reserve, January 25, 1952
Item — Box: 120, Folder: 1, Item: 9
Identifier: MSA 5, Series 4, Sub-Series 2, File 1, Item 9
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Includes material and [Navy] correspondence from Armstrong's former Navy colleagues and additional miscellaneous material.
Dates:
January 25, 1952
Waiver of Premiums for Term Insurance, Fighter Squadron Fifty One, ℅ Fleet Post Office, San Francisco, California, August 1, 1951
Item — Box: 120, Folder: 1, Item: 10
Identifier: MSA 5, Series 4, Sub-Series 2, File 1, Item 10
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Includes material and [Navy] correspondence from Armstrong's former Navy colleagues and additional miscellaneous material.
Dates:
August 1, 1951
VF-51 Personnel History form, February 19, 1950
Item — Box: 120, Folder: 1, Item: 11
Identifier: MSA 5, Series 4, Sub-Series 2, File 1, Item 11
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Includes material and [Navy] correspondence from Armstrong's former Navy colleagues and additional miscellaneous material.
Dates:
February 19, 1950
Department of the Navy, Bureau of Naval Personnel, Washington 25, D.C., Applications For Retention as Permanent Officers, October 12, 1949
Item — Box: 120, Folder: 1, Item: 12
Identifier: MSA 5, Series 4, Sub-Series 2, File 1, Item 12
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Includes material and [Navy] correspondence from Armstrong's former Navy colleagues and additional miscellaneous material.
Dates:
October 12, 1949
Application for National Service Life Insurance, February 24, 1949
Item — Box: 120, Folder: 1, Item: 13
Identifier: MSA 5, Series 4, Sub-Series 2, File 1, Item 13
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Includes material and [Navy] correspondence from Armstrong's former Navy colleagues and additional miscellaneous material.
Dates:
February 24, 1949
Report of Pilot Time (two) , 1951 - 1952
Item — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSA 5, Series 4, Sub-Series 2, File 1, Item 14
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Includes material and [Navy] correspondence from Armstrong's former Navy colleagues and additional miscellaneous material.
Dates:
1951 - 1952
Student Training Record, February 27, 1949 - August 14, 1950
Item — Box: 120, Folder: 1, Item: 16
Identifier: MSA 5, Series 4, Sub-Series 2, File 1, Item 15
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Includes material and [Navy] correspondence from Armstrong's former Navy colleagues and additional miscellaneous material.
Dates:
February 27, 1949 - August 14, 1950
Naval Air Training Command Order No. 2-48; Service Record of Midshipmen, USN (Public Law 729, 79th Congress-Holloway Plan), January 16, 1948
Item — Box: 120, Folder: 1, Item: 17
Identifier: MSA 5, Series 4, Sub-Series 2, File 1, Item 16
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Includes material and [Navy] correspondence from Armstrong's former Navy colleagues and additional miscellaneous material.
Dates:
January 16, 1948
Citation, The Secretary of the Navy, 1951 - 1952
Item — Box: 120, Folder: 1, Item: 18
Identifier: MSA 5, Series 4, Sub-Series 2, File 1, Item 17
Scope and Contents
"The President of the United States takes pleasure in presenting the GOLD STAR in lieu of the Third Air Medal to Ensign Neil Alden Armstrong, United States Naval Reserve… during operations against enemy aggressor forces in Korea from 11 December 1951 to 25 February 1952."
Dates:
1951 - 1952
Permanent Citation awarding, GOLD STAR IN LIEU OF THE THIRD AIR MEDAL, January 8, 1953
Item — Box: 120, Folder: 1, Item: 19
Identifier: MSA 5, Series 4, Sub-Series 2, File 1, Item 18
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Includes material and [Navy] correspondence from Armstrong's former Navy colleagues and additional miscellaneous material.
Dates:
January 8, 1953
Citation, The Secretary of the Navy, 1951
Item — Box: 120, Folder: 1, Item: 20
Identifier: MSA 5, Series 4, Sub-Series 2, File 1, Item 19
Scope and Contents
"The President of the United States takes pleasure in presenting the GOLD STAR in lieu of the Second Air Medal to Ensign Neil Alden Armstrong, United States Naval Reserve…during operations against enemy aggressor forces in Korea from 11 October to 10 December 1951."”
Dates:
1951
Permanent Citations awarding AIR MEDAL AND GOLD STAR IN LIEU OF THE SECOND AIR MEDAL, December 20, 1952
Item — Box: 120, Folder: 1, Item: 21
Identifier: MSA 5, Series 4, Sub-Series 2, File 1, Item 20
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Includes material and [Navy] correspondence from Armstrong's former Navy colleagues and additional miscellaneous material.
Dates:
December 20, 1952
Citation: The Secretary of the Navy, Washington, 1951
Item — Box: 120, Folder: 1, Item: 22
Identifier: MSA 5, Series 4, Sub-Series 2, File 1, Item 21
Scope and Contents
"The President of the United States takes pleasure in presenting the Air Medal to, Ensign Neil Alden Armstrong, United States Naval Reserve, during operations against enemy aggressor forces in Korea from 21 August to 9 October 1951."
Dates:
1951