Box 55
Container
Contains 3 Collections and/or Records:
Audio Visual, 1940 - 2012
Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSA 283, Series 4
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
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 - 2012
Photographs, circa 1940s - 2000s
Sub-Series — Box: 55, Folder: 1
Identifier: MSA 283, Series 4, Sub-Series 4
Scope and Contents
The bulk of the photographs were donated as digital files. Print copies were also made of the 78 images, and some are duplicated. The photographic prints highlight Ross' life from youth throughout his professional career, including activities at Purdue University. Also included among the prints are black and white and color photographs of Ross, including several of Ross in his astronaut flight suit. One photograph is titled, "Columbia Returns from Final Test Flight (STS-4)" and is signed by...
Dates:
circa 1940s - 2000s
Photographs and Correspondence, circa 1980s - 2000s
File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSA 283, Series 4, Sub-Series 4, File 7
Scope and Contents
Includes Purdue astronaut reunion and 1986 Old Masters photographs and shuttle launch.
Dates:
circa 1980s - 2000s