Box 8
Container
Contains 7 Collections and/or Records:
Education, 1939 - 1976
Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSA 283, Series 2
Scope and Contents
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:
1939 - 1976
Purdue University textbooks, 1956 - 1972
Sub-Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSA 283, Series 2, Sub-Series 5
Scope and Contents
Many of the Purdue textbooks have Ross' name written on the inside cover.
Dates:
1956 - 1972
Merrill, G. Principles of guided missile design. Princeton, New Jersey: D. Van Nostrand Company, Inc. , 1956
Item — Box: 8, Item: 1
Identifier: MSA 283, Series 2, Sub-Series 5, Item 1
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Many of the Purdue textbooks have Ross' name written on the inside cover.
Dates:
1956
Eckert, E.R.G. Heat and mass transfer. (2nd ed.). New York: McGraw-Hill, 1959
Item — Box: 8, Item: 2
Identifier: MSA 283, Series 2, Sub-Series 5, Item 2
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Many of the Purdue textbooks have Ross' name written on the inside cover.
Dates:
1959
Kaplan, W. Advanced calculus. Reading, Massachusetts: Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, 1959
Item — Box: 8, Item: 3
Identifier: MSA 283, Series 2, Sub-Series 5, Item 3
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Many of the Purdue textbooks have Ross' name written on the inside cover.
Dates:
1959
Davidson, N. Statistical Mechanics. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1962 - 1970
Item — Box: 8, Item: 4
Identifier: MSA 283, Series 2, Sub-Series 5, Item 4
Scope and Contents
"ME 501, Purdue University, Fall 1970, Frank Incropera," slip of paper with notations placed in sleeve and left on page where found, Ross' name written inside cover.
Dates:
1962 - 1970
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