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Box 7

 Container

Contains 5 Collections and/or Records:

Crest, Circle Pines , circa 1967-1969

 Item — Box: 7, Folder: 1, Item: 7
Identifier: MSA 283, Series 2, Sub-Series 5, File 1, Item 7
Scope and Contents From the Series: This series includes materials documenting Jerry Ross' coursework at Purdue University, including ROTC training and certificate of meritorious achievement - "Outstanding Basic Cadet" award, a two page reflection on "My Career in the Air Force;" reports and research material from his master's thesis, and training material from Maxwell Air Force Base and Gunter Air Force Base. Ross' United States Air Force special orders and documents are included, along with a few Air Force training items....
Dates: circa 1967-1969

Purdue University folder, undated

 Item — Box: 7, Folder: 1, Item: 10
Identifier: MSA 283, Series 2, Sub-Series 5, File 1, Item 10
Scope and Contents From the Series: This series includes materials documenting Jerry Ross' coursework at Purdue University, including ROTC training and certificate of meritorious achievement - "Outstanding Basic Cadet" award, a two page reflection on "My Career in the Air Force;" reports and research material from his master's thesis, and training material from Maxwell Air Force Base and Gunter Air Force Base. Ross' United States Air Force special orders and documents are included, along with a few Air Force training items....
Dates: undated

University Book Store, Boilermaker folder, with Purdue Pete on the cover, undated

 Item — Box: 7, Folder: 2, Item: 7
Identifier: MSA 283, Series 2, Sub-Series 5, File 2, Item 7
Scope and Contents Tomahawk material originally stored in folder, retained for historical purposes.
Dates: undated

Scorecard for Purdue vs. Minnesota basketball game, February 10, 1968

 File — Box: 7, Folder: 7
Identifier: MSA 283, Series 2, Sub-Series 5, File 7
Scope and Contents From the Series: This series includes materials documenting Jerry Ross' coursework at Purdue University, including ROTC training and certificate of meritorious achievement - "Outstanding Basic Cadet" award, a two page reflection on "My Career in the Air Force;" reports and research material from his master's thesis, and training material from Maxwell Air Force Base and Gunter Air Force Base. Ross' United States Air Force special orders and documents are included, along with a few Air Force training items....
Dates: February 10, 1968

Jerry L. Ross papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSA 283
Scope and Contents The Jerry L. Ross papers document Ross' student life at Purdue, his test flight engineer work, and NASA career as an engineer and astronaut. The collection includes Purdue coursework and memorabilia; papers from Ross' work at Edwards Air Force Base, Wright Patterson Air Force Base, and Test Pilot School; NASA Space Shuttle training, mission documents and mission related scrapbooks, memorabilia, and flight crew films and interviews, along with documents and maps from Ross' work on Space Shuttle...
Dates: 1940 - 2013; Majority of material found within 1970 - 2000