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Box 11

 Container

Contains 6 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

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

Smith, R.J. Circuits, devices, and systems: A first course in electrical engineering. New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. , 1966

 Item — Box: 11, Item: 1
Identifier: MSA 283, Series 2, Sub-Series 5, Item 12
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: Many of the Purdue textbooks have Ross' name written on the inside cover.
Dates: 1966

Snyder, M.K. Chemistry: Structure and reactions. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, Inc. , 1966

 Item — Box: 11, Item: 2
Identifier: MSA 283, Series 2, Sub-Series 5, Item 13
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: Many of the Purdue textbooks have Ross' name written on the inside cover.
Dates: 1966

Taylor, A. E. Calculus with analytic geometry. Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: Prentice-Hall, Inc. , 1966

 Item — Box: 11, Item: 3
Identifier: MSA 283, Series 2, Sub-Series 5, Item 14
Scope and Contents "Jerry Ross Circle Pines" written inside cover, note cards, notations, basketball ticket - Indiana vs. Purdue, November 19, 1966, and booklet with supplementary problems and answers inside book.
Dates: 1966