Box 235
Container
Contains 4 Collections and/or Records:
Subject Files, 1943 - 2012
Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSA 5, Series 9
Scope and Contents
This series contains the majority of Neil Armstrong's subject reference files, as well as active subject files which includes some of Armstrong's ongoing correspondence. The reference files span the breadth of Armstrong's interests and speak to his personal and professional involvement as a life-long engineer. Much of the reference material preserved here concern space flight and exploration, as well as the aeronautical engineering projects that continued to interest Armstrong after his...
Dates:
1943 - 2012
Active Subject Files, 1943 - 2012
Sub-Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSA 5, Series 9, Sub-Series 2
Scope and Contents
The active subject files were located in Neil Armstrong's office filing cabinets. Found within the files are reference material, and correspondence. This includes a range of topics including hobbies, his biography files, requests for forewords for books, museum information, error corrections, autograph requests, business pursuits, personal medical/physiology files, policies, and various other items of personal interest.Also of note are the files on astronauts [ASTRONAUTS]; which...
Dates:
1943 - 2012
[GOLF Tourns] correspondence in regards to tournaments Armstrong participated in, includes some color photographs of participants, circa 1980s - 2000s
File — Box: 235, Folder: 1
Identifier: MSA 5, Series 9, Sub-Series 2, File 13
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
The active subject files were located in Neil Armstrong's office filing cabinets. Found within the files are reference material, and correspondence. This includes a range of topics including hobbies, his biography files, requests for forewords for books, museum information, error corrections, autograph requests, business pursuits, personal medical/physiology files, policies, and various other items of personal interest.Also of note are the files on astronauts [ASTRONAUTS]; which...
Dates:
circa 1980s - 2000s
[RESTRICTED MATERIAL] [HANSEN] Contracts and publicity related to Armstrong's biography; First Man: The Life of Neil A. Armstrong, written by James R. Hansen and a possible motion picture based on the book, circa 2003 - 2005
File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSA 5, Series 9, Sub-Series 2, File 15
Scope and Contents
Includes two color photographs of James Hansen at Purdue University Libraries Distinguished Lecture Series in 2005; Hansen's Armstrong interview notes, a clip; "AU prof pours 'everything' into Armstrong bio;" correspondence between Armstrong and Hansen, including second version of book agreement; and miscellaneous material.
Dates:
circa 2003 - 2005