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Box 46

 Container

Contains 122 Collections and/or Records:

Program, Dr Holiday Social, Andrews AFB Officers' Open Mess, Andrews Air Force Base, Maryland , November 30, 1990

 Item — Box: 46, Folder: 3, Item: 21
Identifier: MSA 6, Series 4, Sub-Series 1, Sub-Group 4, File 1, Item 21
Scope and Contents From the File: See Box 46, Folder (Binder) three.
Dates: November 30, 1990
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections / MSA 6, Roy D. Bridges Jr. papers / Career Scrapbooks / Air Force / Commander, Eastern Space and Missile Center, Patrick Air Force Base, Florida / Photographs, correspondence, articles, and miscellaneous items during Bridges' tour as the Commander, Eastern Space and Missile Center, Patrick Air Force Base, Florida

Pamphlet, "The Contributions of Purdue Engineering Graduates", 1989

 Item — Box: 46, Folder: 3, Item: 22
Identifier: MSA 6, Series 4, Sub-Series 1, Sub-Group 4, File 1, Item 22
Scope and Contents From the File: See Box 46, Folder (Binder) three.
Dates: 1989
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections / MSA 6, Roy D. Bridges Jr. papers / Career Scrapbooks / Air Force / Commander, Eastern Space and Missile Center, Patrick Air Force Base, Florida / Photographs, correspondence, articles, and miscellaneous items during Bridges' tour as the Commander, Eastern Space and Missile Center, Patrick Air Force Base, Florida

Fortis, G. Civ/Mil group observes third year as Edwards Air Force Base liaison, The Antelope Valley Desert Mailer, Vol. XIX, No. 8. , 1993

 Item — Box: 46, Folder: 3, Item: 23
Identifier: MSA 6, Series 4, Sub-Series 1, Sub-Group 4, File 1, Item 23
Scope and Contents Bridges in photograph accompanying article.
Dates: 1993
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections / MSA 6, Roy D. Bridges Jr. papers / Career Scrapbooks / Air Force / Commander, Eastern Space and Missile Center, Patrick Air Force Base, Florida / Photographs, correspondence, articles, and miscellaneous items during Bridges' tour as the Commander, Eastern Space and Missile Center, Patrick Air Force Base, Florida

Photograph, Department of the Air Force, Foreign Liaison Division, 1989

 Item — Box: 46, Folder: 3, Item: 24
Identifier: MSA 6, Series 4, Sub-Series 1, Sub-Group 4, File 1, Item 24
Scope and Contents From the File: See Box 46, Folder (Binder) three.
Dates: 1989
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections / MSA 6, Roy D. Bridges Jr. papers / Career Scrapbooks / Air Force / Commander, Eastern Space and Missile Center, Patrick Air Force Base, Florida / Photographs, correspondence, articles, and miscellaneous items during Bridges' tour as the Commander, Eastern Space and Missile Center, Patrick Air Force Base, Florida

Program, Memorial Service for Major General Robert A. Rushworth, March 29, 1993

 Item — Box: 46, Folder: 3, Item: 25
Identifier: MSA 6, Series 4, Sub-Series 1, Sub-Group 4, File 1, Item 25
Scope and Contents From the File: See Box 46, Folder (Binder) three.
Dates: March 29, 1993
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections / MSA 6, Roy D. Bridges Jr. papers / Career Scrapbooks / Air Force / Commander, Eastern Space and Missile Center, Patrick Air Force Base, Florida / Photographs, correspondence, articles, and miscellaneous items during Bridges' tour as the Commander, Eastern Space and Missile Center, Patrick Air Force Base, Florida

Program, Air Force Association and Lancaster and Palmdale Chamber of Commerce, 23rd Annual Awards Banquet, March 26, 1993

 Item — Box: 46, Folder: 3, Item: 26
Identifier: MSA 6, Series 4, Sub-Series 1, Sub-Group 4, File 1, Item 26
Scope and Contents From the File: See Box 46, Folder (Binder) three.
Dates: March 26, 1993
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections / MSA 6, Roy D. Bridges Jr. papers / Career Scrapbooks / Air Force / Commander, Eastern Space and Missile Center, Patrick Air Force Base, Florida / Photographs, correspondence, articles, and miscellaneous items during Bridges' tour as the Commander, Eastern Space and Missile Center, Patrick Air Force Base, Florida

Photographs, Bridges in uniform, 1990

 Item — Box: 46, Folder: 3, Item: 27
Identifier: MSA 6, Series 4, Sub-Series 1, Sub-Group 4, File 1, Item 27
Scope and Contents From the File: See Box 46, Folder (Binder) three.
Dates: 1990
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections / MSA 6, Roy D. Bridges Jr. papers / Career Scrapbooks / Air Force / Commander, Eastern Space and Missile Center, Patrick Air Force Base, Florida / Photographs, correspondence, articles, and miscellaneous items during Bridges' tour as the Commander, Eastern Space and Missile Center, Patrick Air Force Base, Florida

Letter of congratulation, from United States House of Representatives, David E. Skaggs, to Bridges on launch of first commercial Titan Missile, February 6, 1990

 Item — Box: 46, Folder: 3, Item: 28
Identifier: MSA 6, Series 4, Sub-Series 1, Sub-Group 4, File 1, Item 28
Scope and Contents From the File: See Box 46, Folder (Binder) three.
Dates: February 6, 1990
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections / MSA 6, Roy D. Bridges Jr. papers / Career Scrapbooks / Air Force / Commander, Eastern Space and Missile Center, Patrick Air Force Base, Florida / Photographs, correspondence, articles, and miscellaneous items during Bridges' tour as the Commander, Eastern Space and Missile Center, Patrick Air Force Base, Florida

Invitation, Holiday Reception, Edwards Air Force Base, California, circa December 1991

 Item — Box: 46, Folder: 3, Item: 29
Identifier: MSA 6, Series 4, Sub-Series 1, Sub-Group 4, File 1, Item 29
Scope and Contents From the File: See Box 46, Folder (Binder) three.
Dates: circa December 1991
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections / MSA 6, Roy D. Bridges Jr. papers / Career Scrapbooks / Air Force / Commander, Eastern Space and Missile Center, Patrick Air Force Base, Florida / Photographs, correspondence, articles, and miscellaneous items during Bridges' tour as the Commander, Eastern Space and Missile Center, Patrick Air Force Base, Florida

Invitation, General Officer gathering, performance of "Driving Miss Daisy", January 21, 1991

 Item — Box: 46, Folder: 3, Item: 30
Identifier: MSA 6, Series 4, Sub-Series 1, Sub-Group 4, File 1, Item 30
Scope and Contents From the File: See Box 46, Folder (Binder) three.
Dates: January 21, 1991
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections / MSA 6, Roy D. Bridges Jr. papers / Career Scrapbooks / Air Force / Commander, Eastern Space and Missile Center, Patrick Air Force Base, Florida / Photographs, correspondence, articles, and miscellaneous items during Bridges' tour as the Commander, Eastern Space and Missile Center, Patrick Air Force Base, Florida

STS-26, distinguished guest pass and adhesive patch, September 1988

 Item — Box: 46, Folder: 3, Item: 31
Identifier: MSA 6, Series 4, Sub-Series 1, Sub-Group 4, File 1, Item 31
Scope and Contents From the File: See Box 46, Folder (Binder) three.
Dates: September 1988
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections / MSA 6, Roy D. Bridges Jr. papers / Career Scrapbooks / Air Force / Commander, Eastern Space and Missile Center, Patrick Air Force Base, Florida / Photographs, correspondence, articles, and miscellaneous items during Bridges' tour as the Commander, Eastern Space and Missile Center, Patrick Air Force Base, Florida

Military insignia for Bridges' battle dress uniform, Colonel and Commander of the Eastern Space and Military Center (ESMC), Patrick Air Force Base, Florida (ESMC was a unit of the Air Force Systems Command), undated

 Item — Box: 46, Folder: 3, Item: 32
Identifier: MSA 6, Series 4, Sub-Series 1, Sub-Group 4, File 1, Item 32
Scope and Contents From the File: See Box 46, Folder (Binder) three.
Dates: undated
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections / MSA 6, Roy D. Bridges Jr. papers / Career Scrapbooks / Air Force / Commander, Eastern Space and Missile Center, Patrick Air Force Base, Florida / Photographs, correspondence, articles, and miscellaneous items during Bridges' tour as the Commander, Eastern Space and Missile Center, Patrick Air Force Base, Florida

Correspondence from Joe Greenough, Air Force Space Museum, and sample of the 'free' cards available at the Space Museum ("fragment of America's first space flight; metal fragment of the Complex 26 gantry in which the Explorer I satellite and its booster were prepared for launch") , May 1989

 Item — Box: 46, Folder: 3, Item: 33
Identifier: MSA 6, Series 4, Sub-Series 1, Sub-Group 4, File 1, Item 33
Scope and Contents From the File: See Box 46, Folder (Binder) three.
Dates: May 1989
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections / MSA 6, Roy D. Bridges Jr. papers / Career Scrapbooks / Air Force / Commander, Eastern Space and Missile Center, Patrick Air Force Base, Florida / Photographs, correspondence, articles, and miscellaneous items during Bridges' tour as the Commander, Eastern Space and Missile Center, Patrick Air Force Base, Florida

Patches, Apollo 11 (one adhesive), NAVSTAR GPS MISSION II-3 (one adhesive), STS-27 (one adhesive), STS-28 (one adhesive), STS-35 (four adhesive) - ASTRO 1 (two cloth and four adhesive), STS-54 (two cloth and two adhesive), circa 1969-1993

 Item — Box: 46, Folder: 3, Item: 34
Identifier: MSA 6, Series 4, Sub-Series 1, Sub-Group 4, File 1, Item 34
Scope and Contents From the File: See Box 46, Folder (Binder) three.
Dates: circa 1969-1993
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections / MSA 6, Roy D. Bridges Jr. papers / Career Scrapbooks / Air Force / Commander, Eastern Space and Missile Center, Patrick Air Force Base, Florida / Photographs, correspondence, articles, and miscellaneous items during Bridges' tour as the Commander, Eastern Space and Missile Center, Patrick Air Force Base, Florida

Titan adhesive and cloth patch, and clipping, "Titan flies on 10th try", January 1990

 Item — Box: 46, Folder: 3, Item: 35
Identifier: MSA 6, Series 4, Sub-Series 1, Sub-Group 4, File 1, Item 35
Scope and Contents From the File: See Box 46, Folder (Binder) three.
Dates: January 1990
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections / MSA 6, Roy D. Bridges Jr. papers / Career Scrapbooks / Air Force / Commander, Eastern Space and Missile Center, Patrick Air Force Base, Florida / Photographs, correspondence, articles, and miscellaneous items during Bridges' tour as the Commander, Eastern Space and Missile Center, Patrick Air Force Base, Florida

Invitation and clipping in regards to grand opening of Child Development Center, Patrick Air Force Base, January 12, 1990

 Item — Box: 46, Folder: 3, Item: 36
Identifier: MSA 6, Series 4, Sub-Series 1, Sub-Group 4, File 1, Item 36
Scope and Contents From the File: See Box 46, Folder (Binder) three.
Dates: January 12, 1990
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections / MSA 6, Roy D. Bridges Jr. papers / Career Scrapbooks / Air Force / Commander, Eastern Space and Missile Center, Patrick Air Force Base, Florida / Photographs, correspondence, articles, and miscellaneous items during Bridges' tour as the Commander, Eastern Space and Missile Center, Patrick Air Force Base, Florida

Program, "A Fond Farewell to General and Mrs. Bernard P. Randolph," Eastern Space Missile Center, January 12, 1990

 Item — Box: 46, Folder: 3, Item: 37
Identifier: MSA 6, Series 4, Sub-Series 1, Sub-Group 4, File 1, Item 37
Scope and Contents From the File: See Box 46, Folder (Binder) three.
Dates: January 12, 1990
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections / MSA 6, Roy D. Bridges Jr. papers / Career Scrapbooks / Air Force / Commander, Eastern Space and Missile Center, Patrick Air Force Base, Florida / Photographs, correspondence, articles, and miscellaneous items during Bridges' tour as the Commander, Eastern Space and Missile Center, Patrick Air Force Base, Florida

Certificate, "This certifies that Huey, Dewey and Louie participated in the formulation of the A.F. FY 79-83 POM" , undated

 Item — Box: 46, Folder: 3, Item: 38
Identifier: MSA 6, Series 4, Sub-Series 1, Sub-Group 4, File 1, Item 38
Scope and Contents From the File: See Box 46, Folder (Binder) three.
Dates: undated
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections / MSA 6, Roy D. Bridges Jr. papers / Career Scrapbooks / Air Force / Commander, Eastern Space and Missile Center, Patrick Air Force Base, Florida / Photographs, correspondence, articles, and miscellaneous items during Bridges' tour as the Commander, Eastern Space and Missile Center, Patrick Air Force Base, Florida

Career Scrapbooks, 1950 - 2009

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSA 6, Series 4
Scope and Contents The career scrapbooks consist of thirty-one three-ring binders that Bridges put together throughout his Air Force and NASA careers. There is a wealth of material that is contained in the binders. Some of the items are: applications, appraisals, certificates, correspondence and letters of congratulations, notification of appointments, speaking notes, and other various notes, emails, cards and miscellaneous items from his retirement. The binders also include photographs from...
Dates: 1950 - 2009
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections / MSA 6, Roy D. Bridges Jr. papers

Air Force, 1965 - 2003

 Sub-Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSA 6, Series 4, Sub-Series 1
Scope and Contents The sub-series is comprised of six sub-groups with a scope note for each at the sub-group level. The contents of each page within the binders is listed in the finding aid. If Bridges provided a comment about the contents, this is noted in the finding aid too.
Dates: 1965 - 2003
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections / MSA 6, Roy D. Bridges Jr. papers / Career Scrapbooks

Test pilot, Air Force Flight Test Center, Edwards Air Force Base, California, 1972 - 1987

 Sub-Group — Box: 46, Folder: 2
Identifier: MSA 6, Series 4, Sub-Series 1, Sub-Group 2, File 1
Scope and Contents This sub-group consists of photographs, certificates, and clippings from Bridges' time as a test pilot. The last 2/3rds of the binder contains clippings dealing with various aircraft, including Fairchild's A-10, A-7, Northrop A-9A, A-10A, A-7D, and fly-offs, circa 1972-1977.After returning from Vietnam, Bridges was assigned as an instructor pilot with the 3575th Pilot Training Squadron at Vance AFB, Oklahoma, from January 1969 to July 1970. He then attended Test Pilot School at...
Dates: 1972 - 1987
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections / MSA 6, Roy D. Bridges Jr. papers / Career Scrapbooks / Air Force

Commander, Eastern Space and Missile Center, Patrick Air Force Base, Florida, 1969 - 2003

 Sub-Group — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSA 6, Series 4, Sub-Series 1, Sub-Group 4
Scope and Contents Sub-group four contain various photographs, correspondence, articles, and miscellaneous items collected during Bridges' tour as the Commander, Eastern Space and Missile Center, Patrick Air Force Base, Florida. Also included in this sub-group are two binders containing letters of congratulations upon Bridges' promotion to Brigadier General, January 1990.
Dates: 1969 - 2003
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections / MSA 6, Roy D. Bridges Jr. papers / Career Scrapbooks / Air Force