Box 13
Container
Contains 7 Collections and/or Records:
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
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
Bellman, R. Modern elementary differential equations. Reading, Massachusetts: Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, 1968
Item — Box: 13, Item: 1
Identifier: MSA 283, Series 2, Sub-Series 5, Item 18
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Many of the Purdue textbooks have Ross' name written on the inside cover.
Dates:
1968
Byars, E. F.; Snyder, R. D. Engineering mechanics of deformable bodies. Scanton, Pennsylvania, 1968
Item — Box: 13, Item: 2
Identifier: MSA 283, Series 2, Sub-Series 5, Item 19
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Many of the Purdue textbooks have Ross' name written on the inside cover.
Dates:
1968
Holman, J.P. Heat Transfer. (2nd edition). New York: McGraw-Hill, 1968
Item — Box: 13, Item: 3
Identifier: MSA 283, Series 2, Sub-Series 5, Item 20
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Many of the Purdue textbooks have Ross' name written on the inside cover.
Dates:
1968
Romanowitz, H.A.; Puckett, R.E. Introduction to electronics. New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1968
Item — Box: 13, Item: 4
Identifier: MSA 283, Series 2, Sub-Series 5, Item 21
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Many of the Purdue textbooks have Ross' name written on the inside cover.
Dates:
1968