Box 50
Container
Contains 124 Collections and/or Records:
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
NASA, 1950 - 2009
Sub-Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSA 6, Series 4, Sub-Series 2
Scope and Contents
The sub-series is comprised of six sub-groups with a scope note for each at the sub-group level.
Dates:
1950 - 2009; Majority of material found within 1980 - 2009
Director, John F. Kennedy Space Center, 1950 - 2006
Sub-Group — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSA 6, Series 4, Sub-Series 2, Sub-Group 3
Scope and Contents
Includes performance appraisals, photographs, articles, correspondence, orientation documents prepared for new staff, programs, speeches, mementos, including patches, and other miscellaneous items and backup material during tenure as John F. Kennedy Space Center Director, along with items his from time as Director of Langley Research Center, including items related to Bridges' retirement from NASA, 2003-2005. Also included is a binder with mission patches and astronaut autographs (1997 -...
Dates:
1950 - 2006
NASA, Kennedy Space Center Florida , 1997 - 2003
File — Box: 50, Folder: 2
Identifier: MSA 6, Series 4, Sub-Series 2, Sub-Group 3, File 2
Scope and Contents
Black binder with various mementos, photographs, and articles of Bridges' service at Kennedy Space Center Florida from March 1997 - August 2003.
Dates:
1997 - 2003
Photograph, Bridges' favorite photo of Florida from space, undated
Item — Box: 50, Folder: 2, Item: 1
Identifier: MSA 6, Series 4, Sub-Series 2, Sub-Group 3, File 2, Item 1
Scope and Contents
From the File:
Black binder with various mementos, photographs, and articles of Bridges' service at Kennedy Space Center Florida from March 1997 - August 2003.
Dates:
undated
Various certificates of appreciation from Bridges' days as KSC Center Director, 1997 - 2003
Item — Box: 50, Folder: 2, Item: 2
Identifier: MSA 6, Series 4, Sub-Series 2, Sub-Group 3, File 2, Item 2
Scope and Contents
From the File:
Black binder with various mementos, photographs, and articles of Bridges' service at Kennedy Space Center Florida from March 1997 - August 2003.
Dates:
1997 - 2003
Letter from Shuttle Processing Director, Bob Sieck, on his retirement, December 23, 1998
Item — Box: 50, Folder: 2, Item: 3
Identifier: MSA 6, Series 4, Sub-Series 2, Sub-Group 3, File 2, Item 3
Scope and Contents
From the File:
Black binder with various mementos, photographs, and articles of Bridges' service at Kennedy Space Center Florida from March 1997 - August 2003.
Dates:
December 23, 1998
Letter from Jessie Clarke, Crew Quarters Director, on her retirement from KSC, September 30, 1999
Item — Box: 50, Folder: 2, Item: 4
Identifier: MSA 6, Series 4, Sub-Series 2, Sub-Group 3, File 2, Item 4
Scope and Contents
From the File:
Black binder with various mementos, photographs, and articles of Bridges' service at Kennedy Space Center Florida from March 1997 - August 2003.
Dates:
September 30, 1999
Bridge's first CD COMM (Center Director Communication) that he used as a vehicle for personal communications with the workforce during his tenure as KSC Center Director, March 17, 1997
Item — Box: 50, Folder: 2, Item: 5
Identifier: MSA 6, Series 4, Sub-Series 2, Sub-Group 3, File 2, Item 5
Scope and Contents
From the File:
Black binder with various mementos, photographs, and articles of Bridges' service at Kennedy Space Center Florida from March 1997 - August 2003.
Dates:
March 17, 1997
Kennedy Space Center Management Association Newsletter, Highlights, with an article about Bridges' presentation to the staff, June 1997
Item — Box: 50, Folder: 2, Item: 6
Identifier: MSA 6, Series 4, Sub-Series 2, Sub-Group 3, File 2, Item 6
Scope and Contents
From the File:
Black binder with various mementos, photographs, and articles of Bridges' service at Kennedy Space Center Florida from March 1997 - August 2003.
Dates:
June 1997
Autographed photograph of Ray Evenbaum, NASCAR Crew Chief, to Bridges on his visit to KSC, undated
Item — Box: 50, Folder: 2, Item: 7
Identifier: MSA 6, Series 4, Sub-Series 2, Sub-Group 3, File 2, Item 7
Scope and Contents
From the File:
Black binder with various mementos, photographs, and articles of Bridges' service at Kennedy Space Center Florida from March 1997 - August 2003.
Dates:
undated
Resolution from the Brevard County Commissioners, July 2003
Item — Box: 50, Folder: 2, Item: 8
Identifier: MSA 6, Series 4, Sub-Series 2, Sub-Group 3, File 2, Item 8
Scope and Contents
From the File:
Black binder with various mementos, photographs, and articles of Bridges' service at Kennedy Space Center Florida from March 1997 - August 2003.
Dates:
July 2003
Newsletter, NASA KSC Spaceport News, "KSC 2001: the year ahead," by Bridges, January 5, 2001
Item — Box: 50, Folder: 2, Item: 9
Identifier: MSA 6, Series 4, Sub-Series 2, Sub-Group 3, File 2, Item 9
Scope and Contents
From the File:
Black binder with various mementos, photographs, and articles of Bridges' service at Kennedy Space Center Florida from March 1997 - August 2003.
Dates:
January 5, 2001
Program, Community leaders breakfast, 2001
Item — Box: 50, Folder: 2, Item: 10
Identifier: MSA 6, Series 4, Sub-Series 2, Sub-Group 3, File 2, Item 10
Scope and Contents
From the File:
Black binder with various mementos, photographs, and articles of Bridges' service at Kennedy Space Center Florida from March 1997 - August 2003.
Dates:
2001
A poem, "the countdown," by John Holloway, presented to Roy Bridges, 2001
Item — Box: 50, Folder: 2, Item: 11
Identifier: MSA 6, Series 4, Sub-Series 2, Sub-Group 3, File 2, Item 11
Scope and Contents
From the File:
Black binder with various mementos, photographs, and articles of Bridges' service at Kennedy Space Center Florida from March 1997 - August 2003.
Dates:
2001
"SERPL construction begins," KSC Spaceport News, February 16, 2001
Item — Box: 50, Folder: 2, Item: 12
Identifier: MSA 6, Series 4, Sub-Series 2, Sub-Group 3, File 2, Item 12
Scope and Contents
From the File:
Black binder with various mementos, photographs, and articles of Bridges' service at Kennedy Space Center Florida from March 1997 - August 2003.
Dates:
February 16, 2001
Photograph of Roy Bridges receiving the Florida Space Club Debris Award, April 2001
Item — Box: 50, Folder: 2, Item: 13
Identifier: MSA 6, Series 4, Sub-Series 2, Sub-Group 3, File 2, Item 13
Scope and Contents
From the File:
Black binder with various mementos, photographs, and articles of Bridges' service at Kennedy Space Center Florida from March 1997 - August 2003.
Dates:
April 2001
"Center Director Wins Debus Award," KSC Spaceport News, February 16, 2001
Item — Box: 50, Folder: 2, Item: 14
Identifier: MSA 6, Series 4, Sub-Series 2, Sub-Group 3, File 2, Item 14
Scope and Contents
From the File:
Black binder with various mementos, photographs, and articles of Bridges' service at Kennedy Space Center Florida from March 1997 - August 2003.
Dates:
February 16, 2001
Letter of congratulations from retired Lt. General Dick Henry, March 26, 2001
Item — Box: 50, Folder: 2, Item: 15
Identifier: MSA 6, Series 4, Sub-Series 2, Sub-Group 3, File 2, Item 15
Scope and Contents
Per Bridges, "General Harry was my boss at the Pentagon when I first applied for astronaut duty, and he later became Commander of Air Force Space Command."
Dates:
March 26, 2001
Itinerary for Bridges' first visit to Baikonur, Russia for the launch of the Zvezda, the first module of the International Space Station, July 11 - 12, 2000
Item — Box: 50, Folder: 2, Item: 16
Identifier: MSA 6, Series 4, Sub-Series 2, Sub-Group 3, File 2, Item 16
Scope and Contents
From the File:
Black binder with various mementos, photographs, and articles of Bridges' service at Kennedy Space Center Florida from March 1997 - August 2003.
Dates:
July 11 - 12, 2000
Cover of US News and World Report , September 24, 2001
Item — Box: 50, Folder: 2, Item: 17
Identifier: MSA 6, Series 4, Sub-Series 2, Sub-Group 3, File 2, Item 17
Scope and Contents
Per Bridges, "The events of 9/11/2001 changed a lot at KSC as there were grave concerns with regard to the security of the Shuttle as an iconic symbol of the USA."
Dates:
September 24, 2001
"KSC 2002: Looking forward," KSC Spaceport News, January 11, 2002
Item — Box: 50, Folder: 2, Item: 18
Identifier: MSA 6, Series 4, Sub-Series 2, Sub-Group 3, File 2, Item 18
Scope and Contents
From the File:
Black binder with various mementos, photographs, and articles of Bridges' service at Kennedy Space Center Florida from March 1997 - August 2003.
Dates:
January 11, 2002
Photograph of a portion of launch team for the first orbital mission from the Kodiak Spaceport AK, undated
Item — Box: 50, Folder: 2, Item: 19
Identifier: MSA 6, Series 4, Sub-Series 2, Sub-Group 3, File 2, Item 19
Scope and Contents
From the File:
Black binder with various mementos, photographs, and articles of Bridges' service at Kennedy Space Center Florida from March 1997 - August 2003.
Dates:
undated
A hand drawn map of Bridges' flight in a seaplane with the head of the Kodiak National Wildlife Refuge, Jay Bellinger, to Karluk Lake, undated
Item — Box: 50, Folder: 2, Item: 20
Identifier: MSA 6, Series 4, Sub-Series 2, Sub-Group 3, File 2, Item 20
Scope and Contents
From the File:
Black binder with various mementos, photographs, and articles of Bridges' service at Kennedy Space Center Florida from March 1997 - August 2003.
Dates:
undated
Autographed photograph of KSC team members with Speaker of the House, Tom Feeney, Florida Space Day, February 12, 2002
Item — Box: 50, Folder: 2, Item: 21
Identifier: MSA 6, Series 4, Sub-Series 2, Sub-Group 3, File 2, Item 21
Scope and Contents
Note from Bridges, "From right to left: AF Maj. Gen. retired and President of Space Gateway Support, Mike Butchko; former astronaut and Lockheed Martin executive, Brian Duffy; me; astronaut Jim Voss; FL Speaker of the House, Tom Feeney; former astronaut and Boeing executive, Bruce Melnick; and AF Maj. Gen. retired Marcie Harris, USA executive."
Dates:
February 12, 2002