Box 80
Container
Contains 7 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
Houston Chronicle, This Weekend Section, Before they go up: Massive pool offers preview to walk in space, April 25, 1998
Item — Box: 80, Folder: 1, Item: 1
Identifier: MSA 283, Series 7, File 17, Item 1
Scope and Contents
From the File:
The material in Box 80 includes newspaper front pages and entire issues, along with two oversized posters.
Dates:
April 25, 1998
A Houston Chronicle Special Section, A hero John Glenn returns to space, October 25, 1998
Item — Box: 80, Folder: 1, Item: 2
Identifier: MSA 283, Series 7, File 17, Item 2
Scope and Contents
From the File:
The material in Box 80 includes newspaper front pages and entire issues, along with two oversized posters.
Dates:
October 25, 1998
Houston Chronicle, Shuttle is set to carry space station addition: Mission will require complex construction, November 29, 1998
Item — Box: 80, Folder: 1, Item: 7
Identifier: MSA 283, Series 7, File 17, Item 7
Scope and Contents
From the File:
The material in Box 80 includes newspaper front pages and entire issues, along with two oversized posters.
Dates:
November 29, 1998
Florida Today, Pair to put footholds forward: Endeavour's spacewalkers will lay foundations for station assembly , December 1, 1998
Item — Box: 80, Folder: 1, Item: 8
Identifier: MSA 283, Series 7, File 17, Item 8
Scope and Contents
From the File:
The material in Box 80 includes newspaper front pages and entire issues, along with two oversized posters.
Dates:
December 1, 1998
Columbia Accident, 2003 - 2005
File — Box: 80, Folder: 2
Identifier: MSA 283, Series 7, File 18
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:
2003 - 2005
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