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Box 75

 Container

Contains 5 Collections and/or Records:

Correspondence and Clippings, 1965 - 2014

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSA 283, Series 7
Scope and Contents Included are a letter with a drawing and two Valentine's Day cards from Ross' children, Valentine's from Ross' former elementary school teacher, congratulatory letters and cards upon Ross' selection as one of the astronaut candidates for the Space Shuttle, Purdue Alumni Association and College of Engineering related letters. Also included are appearance requests, thank-you letters for Ross' appearance at events and some fan mail. There are a few letters from space shuttle and United States Air...
Dates: 1965 - 2014

Clippings, Challenger and Columbia accidents, 1986 - 2003

 File — Box: 75
Identifier: MSA 283, Series 7, File 7
Scope and Contents From the Series: Included are a letter with a drawing and two Valentine's Day cards from Ross' children, Valentine's from Ross' former elementary school teacher, congratulatory letters and cards upon Ross' selection as one of the astronaut candidates for the Space Shuttle, Purdue Alumni Association and College of Engineering related letters. Also included are appearance requests, thank-you letters for Ross' appearance at events and some fan mail. There are a few letters from space shuttle and United States Air...
Dates: 1986 - 2003

Clippings, Challenger accident, January 1986 - February 1987

 Item — Box: 75, Folder: 1
Identifier: MSA 283, Series 7, File 7, Item 1
Scope and Contents Includes programs from memorial services.
Dates: January 1986 - February 1987

Clippings, Columbia accident , February 3, 2003 - April 2, 2003

 Item — Box: 75, Folder: 2
Identifier: MSA 283, Series 7, File 7, Item 2
Scope and Contents One article features Ross and his Columbia recovery efforts, some articles undated.
Dates: February 3, 2003 - April 2, 2003

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