Box 1
Container
Contains 27 Collections and/or Records:
Navy Career, 1943 - 1946
Series — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Identifier: MSF 477, Series 1
Scope and Contents
This series contains a letter of recommendation for assignment to the Naval V-12 College of Training Program and a notice of separation from the United States Naval Service.
Dates:
1943 - 1946
Letter of recommendation for assignment to the Naval V-12 College Training Program, 1943
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 1, Item: 1
Identifier: MSF 477, Series 1, Item 1
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
This series contains a letter of recommendation for assignment to the Naval V-12 College of Training Program and a notice of separation from the United States Naval Service.
Dates:
1943
Notice of separation from the United States Naval Service, 1946
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 1, Item: 2
Identifier: MSF 477, Series 1, Item 2
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
This series contains a letter of recommendation for assignment to the Naval V-12 College of Training Program and a notice of separation from the United States Naval Service.
Dates:
1946
Purdue Career, 1951 - 1965
Series — Box: 1, Folder: 2
Identifier: MSF 477, Series 2
Scope and Contents
Included in this series are correspondence relating to DeGroff's initial interest in a faculty position at Purdue University, employment documents; security questionnaire, Purdue University oath or affirmation, letter of recommendation for acting head of School of Aeronautics position, vitae, handwritten list of research and activities at Purdue University and a photograph of the School of Aeronautics staff in 1965. Also included is a letter from Neil A. Armstrong to Professor DeGroff.
Dates:
1951 - 1965
Clippings, 1955 - 1968
Series — Box: 1, Folder: 3
Identifier: MSF 477, Series 3
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Harold M. DeGroff, Jr. papers document aspects of the career of longtime Purdue University faculty member and former Dean of Purdue's School of Aeronautics and Astronautics from 1955-1963, during the height of the "space race." Some of the featured items in the collection are a letter of recommendation for assignment to the Naval V-12 College of Training Program and a notice of separation from the United States Naval Service. Items pertaining to DeGroff's Purdue career include...
Dates:
1955 - 1968
Miscellaneous Materials, circa 1960s - 2010
Series — Box: 1, Folder: 4
Identifier: MSF 477, Series 4
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Harold M. DeGroff, Jr. papers document aspects of the career of longtime Purdue University faculty member and former Dean of Purdue's School of Aeronautics and Astronautics from 1955-1963, during the height of the "space race." Some of the featured items in the collection are a letter of recommendation for assignment to the Naval V-12 College of Training Program and a notice of separation from the United States Naval Service. Items pertaining to DeGroff's Purdue career include...
Dates:
circa 1960s - 2010
Correspondence from Milton Clauser to Harold DeGroff, recruiting DeGroff for a Purdue University faculty position, February 24, 1951
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 2, Item: 1
Identifier: MSF 477, Series 2, Item 1
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Included in this series are correspondence relating to DeGroff's initial interest in a faculty position at Purdue University, employment documents; security questionnaire, Purdue University oath or affirmation, letter of recommendation for acting head of School of Aeronautics position, vitae, handwritten list of research and activities at Purdue University and a photograph of the School of Aeronautics staff in 1965. Also included is a letter from Neil A. Armstrong to Professor DeGroff.
Dates:
February 24, 1951
Correspondence from DeGroff to Clauser stating his interest in the Purdue faculty position, March 7, 1951
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 2, Item: 2
Identifier: MSF 477, Series 2, Item 2
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Included in this series are correspondence relating to DeGroff's initial interest in a faculty position at Purdue University, employment documents; security questionnaire, Purdue University oath or affirmation, letter of recommendation for acting head of School of Aeronautics position, vitae, handwritten list of research and activities at Purdue University and a photograph of the School of Aeronautics staff in 1965. Also included is a letter from Neil A. Armstrong to Professor DeGroff.
Dates:
March 7, 1951
Personal, educational and employment data of Harold M. DeGroff Jr., March 7, 1951
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 2, Item: 3
Identifier: MSF 477, Series 2, Item 3
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Included in this series are correspondence relating to DeGroff's initial interest in a faculty position at Purdue University, employment documents; security questionnaire, Purdue University oath or affirmation, letter of recommendation for acting head of School of Aeronautics position, vitae, handwritten list of research and activities at Purdue University and a photograph of the School of Aeronautics staff in 1965. Also included is a letter from Neil A. Armstrong to Professor DeGroff.
Dates:
March 7, 1951
Personnel security questionnaire, circa 1951
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 2, Item: 4
Identifier: MSF 477, Series 2, Item 4
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Included in this series are correspondence relating to DeGroff's initial interest in a faculty position at Purdue University, employment documents; security questionnaire, Purdue University oath or affirmation, letter of recommendation for acting head of School of Aeronautics position, vitae, handwritten list of research and activities at Purdue University and a photograph of the School of Aeronautics staff in 1965. Also included is a letter from Neil A. Armstrong to Professor DeGroff.
Dates:
circa 1951
Purdue University Oath or Affirmation, signed by Harold M. DeGroff Jr., May 17, 1951
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 2, Item: 5
Identifier: MSF 477, Series 2, Item 5
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Included in this series are correspondence relating to DeGroff's initial interest in a faculty position at Purdue University, employment documents; security questionnaire, Purdue University oath or affirmation, letter of recommendation for acting head of School of Aeronautics position, vitae, handwritten list of research and activities at Purdue University and a photograph of the School of Aeronautics staff in 1965. Also included is a letter from Neil A. Armstrong to Professor DeGroff.
Dates:
May 17, 1951
Correspondence from G.A. Hawkins to President F.L. Hovde, letter dated, August 30, 1954
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 2, Item: 6
Identifier: MSF 477, Series 2, Item 6
Scope and Contents
Presenting his recommendation of Professor H.M. DeGroff as the ideal person to assume the duties of acting head of the School of Aeronautics from September 1, 1954, to September 1, 1955.
Dates:
August 30, 1954
Vitae for Harold M. DeGroff Jr., January 15, 1955
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 2, Item: 7
Identifier: MSF 477, Series 2, Item 7
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Included in this series are correspondence relating to DeGroff's initial interest in a faculty position at Purdue University, employment documents; security questionnaire, Purdue University oath or affirmation, letter of recommendation for acting head of School of Aeronautics position, vitae, handwritten list of research and activities at Purdue University and a photograph of the School of Aeronautics staff in 1965. Also included is a letter from Neil A. Armstrong to Professor DeGroff.
Dates:
January 15, 1955
Handwritten sheet detailing "research and activities at Purdue," of DeGroff, circa 1955
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 2, Item: 8
Identifier: MSF 477, Series 2, Item 8
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Included in this series are correspondence relating to DeGroff's initial interest in a faculty position at Purdue University, employment documents; security questionnaire, Purdue University oath or affirmation, letter of recommendation for acting head of School of Aeronautics position, vitae, handwritten list of research and activities at Purdue University and a photograph of the School of Aeronautics staff in 1965. Also included is a letter from Neil A. Armstrong to Professor DeGroff.
Dates:
circa 1955
Photograph of Purdue Aeronautics staff (?), December 1965
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 2, Item: 9
Identifier: MSF 477, Series 2, Item 9
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Included in this series are correspondence relating to DeGroff's initial interest in a faculty position at Purdue University, employment documents; security questionnaire, Purdue University oath or affirmation, letter of recommendation for acting head of School of Aeronautics position, vitae, handwritten list of research and activities at Purdue University and a photograph of the School of Aeronautics staff in 1965. Also included is a letter from Neil A. Armstrong to Professor DeGroff.
Dates:
December 1965
Correspondence from Neil A. Armstrong to Professor DeGroff, undated
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 2, Item: 10
Identifier: MSF 477, Series 2, Item 10
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Included in this series are correspondence relating to DeGroff's initial interest in a faculty position at Purdue University, employment documents; security questionnaire, Purdue University oath or affirmation, letter of recommendation for acting head of School of Aeronautics position, vitae, handwritten list of research and activities at Purdue University and a photograph of the School of Aeronautics staff in 1965. Also included is a letter from Neil A. Armstrong to Professor DeGroff.
Dates:
undated
"Air Engineering School Head On Leave To Lead Science Firm" , circa 1955
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 3, Item: 1
Identifier: MSF 477, Series 3, Item 1
Scope and Contents
(Publication information unavailable.)
Dates:
circa 1955
"McClure Park Is Outgrowth" , circa 1955
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 3, Item: 2
Identifier: MSF 477, Series 3, Item 2
Scope and Contents
(Publication information unavailable.)
Dates:
circa 1955
Author unknown. Midwest Applied Science Aids Research Development: Composed Of Purdue Staffers. Journal and Courier, Lafayette, Indiana, January 28, 1964
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 3, Item: 3
Identifier: MSF 477, Series 3, Item 3
Scope and Contents
(Includes photograph of DeGroff.)
Dates:
January 28, 1964
Author unknown. Science Executive Calls For Increased Technology In State, November 4, 1964
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 3, Item: 4
Identifier: MSF 477, Series 3, Item 4
Scope and Contents
(Includes photograph of DeGroff, publication information unavailable.)
Dates:
November 4, 1964
Author unknown. Park Firm Adds New Division. Journal and Courier, November 28, 1964
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 3, Item: 5
Identifier: MSF 477, Series 3, Item 5
Scope and Contents
(Includes photograph of William E. Spaulding.)
Dates:
November 28, 1964
Author unknown. Home Construction Has Something New – An Epoxy Building. Cincinnati Post., June 19, 1968
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 3, Item: 6
Identifier: MSF 477, Series 3, Item 6
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Harold M. DeGroff, Jr. papers document aspects of the career of longtime Purdue University faculty member and former Dean of Purdue's School of Aeronautics and Astronautics from 1955-1963, during the height of the "space race." Some of the featured items in the collection are a letter of recommendation for assignment to the Naval V-12 College of Training Program and a notice of separation from the United States Naval Service. Items pertaining to DeGroff's Purdue career include...
Dates:
June 19, 1968
"Building walls and roof are foamed in place" , undated
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 3, Item: 7
Identifier: MSF 477, Series 3, Item 7
Scope and Contents
(Publication information unavailable.)
Dates:
undated
Autographed photograph of DeGroff with congressman Earl F. Landgrebe, circa 1960s
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 4, Item: 1
Identifier: MSF 477, Series 4, Item 1
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Harold M. DeGroff, Jr. papers document aspects of the career of longtime Purdue University faculty member and former Dean of Purdue's School of Aeronautics and Astronautics from 1955-1963, during the height of the "space race." Some of the featured items in the collection are a letter of recommendation for assignment to the Naval V-12 College of Training Program and a notice of separation from the United States Naval Service. Items pertaining to DeGroff's Purdue career include...
Dates:
circa 1960s
Associate Fellow certificate issued by American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, to Harold M. DeGroff, Jr., 1964
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 4, Item: 2
Identifier: MSF 477, Series 4, Item 2
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Harold M. DeGroff, Jr. papers document aspects of the career of longtime Purdue University faculty member and former Dean of Purdue's School of Aeronautics and Astronautics from 1955-1963, during the height of the "space race." Some of the featured items in the collection are a letter of recommendation for assignment to the Naval V-12 College of Training Program and a notice of separation from the United States Naval Service. Items pertaining to DeGroff's Purdue career include...
Dates:
1964