Box 57
Container
Contains 4 Collections and/or Records:
Scrapbooks, 1985 - 1998
Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSA 283, Series 5
Scope and Contents
This series is comprised of seven scrapbooks that were either given to Ross as mementos of his flights or were compiled by him. The first scrapbook was presented to Ross (Amarillo's adopted astronaut) by the Amarillo Independent School District, the High Plains Aviation Association, and the City of Amarillo, Texas, and includes photographs, memorabilia, clippings, thank-you notes from students, correspondence, and items related to STS-61-B, Ross' first mission. Ross took the city flag of...
Dates:
1985 - 1998
STS-37, 1991
Item — Box: 57, Item: 1
Identifier: MSA 283, Series 5, Item 5
Scope and Contents
Includes mission patches, buttons, booklet and passes for family guests, signed crew photograph and photograph (b&w) of Ross in flight suit, clippings, NASA information kit, and Gamma Ray Observatory poster.
Dates:
1991
STS-74, 1995
Item — Box: 57, Item: 2
Identifier: MSA 283, Series 5, Item 6
Scope and Contents
Includes crew photograph, mission patches, launch and landing invitation, numerous clippings, and a listing of schools involved, including Jerry Ross Elementary School in Crown Point, Indiana.
Dates:
1995
Compiled by Tri-Central Elementary School, Sharpsville, IN, to commemorate Ross' visit to the school, 1996 - 1998
Item — Box: 57, Item: 3
Identifier: MSA 283, Series 5, Item 7
Scope and Contents
Also includes the 1996 - 1997 yearbook which contains pictures of Ross.
Dates:
1996 - 1998