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Box 50

 Container

Contains 80 Collections and/or Records:

NASA News Release regarding Bridges' selection as Kennedy Space Center Director, January 24, 1997

 Item — Box: 50, Folder: 3, Item: 3
Identifier: MSA 6, Series 4, Sub-Series 2, Sub-Group 3, File 3, 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: January 24, 1997
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections / MSA 6, Roy D. Bridges Jr. papers / Career Scrapbooks / NASA / Director, John F. Kennedy Space Center / NASA, Kennedy Space Center Florida / White binder with various photographs, articles, correspondence, programs, speeches, mementos, including patches, and other miscellaneous items during Bridges' tour as the NASA Kennedy Space Center Director

Bridges sworn in as KSC's seventh director, KSC Spaceport News, March 14, 1997

 Item — Box: 50, Folder: 3, Item: 5
Identifier: MSA 6, Series 4, Sub-Series 2, Sub-Group 3, File 3, 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 14, 1997
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections / MSA 6, Roy D. Bridges Jr. papers / Career Scrapbooks / NASA / Director, John F. Kennedy Space Center / NASA, Kennedy Space Center Florida / White binder with various photographs, articles, correspondence, programs, speeches, mementos, including patches, and other miscellaneous items during Bridges' tour as the NASA Kennedy Space Center Director

Autographed photograph presented to Bridges by the crew of STS-83 (includes Janice Voss), 1997

 Item — Box: 50, Folder: 3, Item: 6
Identifier: MSA 6, Series 4, Sub-Series 2, Sub-Group 3, File 3, 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: 1997
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections / MSA 6, Roy D. Bridges Jr. papers / Career Scrapbooks / NASA / Director, John F. Kennedy Space Center / NASA, Kennedy Space Center Florida / White binder with various photographs, articles, correspondence, programs, speeches, mementos, including patches, and other miscellaneous items during Bridges' tour as the NASA Kennedy Space Center Director

Photograph of Bridges at his first Kennedy Space Center Press Conference, March 1997

 Item — Box: 50, Folder: 3, Item: 7
Identifier: MSA 6, Series 4, Sub-Series 2, Sub-Group 3, File 3, 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: March 1997
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections / MSA 6, Roy D. Bridges Jr. papers / Career Scrapbooks / NASA / Director, John F. Kennedy Space Center / NASA, Kennedy Space Center Florida / White binder with various photographs, articles, correspondence, programs, speeches, mementos, including patches, and other miscellaneous items during Bridges' tour as the NASA Kennedy Space Center Director

Photographs of Bridges and Deputy, James L. Jennings, Kennedy Space Center, March 1997

 Item — Box: 50, Folder: 3, Item: 1
Identifier: MSA 6, Series 4, Sub-Series 2, Sub-Group 3, File 3, 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: March 1997
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections / MSA 6, Roy D. Bridges Jr. papers / Career Scrapbooks / NASA / Director, John F. Kennedy Space Center / NASA, Kennedy Space Center Florida / White binder with various photographs, articles, correspondence, programs, speeches, mementos, including patches, and other miscellaneous items during Bridges' tour as the NASA Kennedy Space Center Director

Articles in Florida Today, January 4, 1997, and the Orlando Sentinel, regarding Bridges' selection as Center Director at Kennedy Space Center, January 3, 1997

 Item — Box: 50, Folder: 3, Item: 2
Identifier: MSA 6, Series 4, Sub-Series 2, Sub-Group 3, File 3, 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: January 3, 1997
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections / MSA 6, Roy D. Bridges Jr. papers / Career Scrapbooks / NASA / Director, John F. Kennedy Space Center / NASA, Kennedy Space Center Florida / White binder with various photographs, articles, correspondence, programs, speeches, mementos, including patches, and other miscellaneous items during Bridges' tour as the NASA Kennedy Space Center Director

Roy Bridges named new center director, KSC Spaceport News, January 31, 1997

 Item — Box: 50, Folder: 3, Item: 4
Identifier: MSA 6, Series 4, Sub-Series 2, Sub-Group 3, File 3, 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: January 31, 1997
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections / MSA 6, Roy D. Bridges Jr. papers / Career Scrapbooks / NASA / Director, John F. Kennedy Space Center / NASA, Kennedy Space Center Florida / White binder with various photographs, articles, correspondence, programs, speeches, mementos, including patches, and other miscellaneous items during Bridges' tour as the NASA Kennedy Space Center Director

Clipping, "Bridges, new leaders meet," KSC Spaceport News, April 21, 2000

 Item — Box: 50, Folder: 3, Item: 33
Identifier: MSA 6, Series 4, Sub-Series 2, Sub-Group 3, File 3, Item 33
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 21, 2000
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections / MSA 6, Roy D. Bridges Jr. papers / Career Scrapbooks / NASA / Director, John F. Kennedy Space Center / NASA, Kennedy Space Center Florida / White binder with various photographs, articles, correspondence, programs, speeches, mementos, including patches, and other miscellaneous items during Bridges' tour as the NASA Kennedy Space Center Director

Letter from Bridges to his boss, Joe Rothenberg, Associate Administrator for Space Flight, in regards to Bridges' contract, April 26, 2000

 Item — Box: 50, Folder: 3, Item: 34
Identifier: MSA 6, Series 4, Sub-Series 2, Sub-Group 3, File 3, Item 34
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 26, 2000
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections / MSA 6, Roy D. Bridges Jr. papers / Career Scrapbooks / NASA / Director, John F. Kennedy Space Center / NASA, Kennedy Space Center Florida / White binder with various photographs, articles, correspondence, programs, speeches, mementos, including patches, and other miscellaneous items during Bridges' tour as the NASA Kennedy Space Center Director

Photograph of Bridges speaking to Expo 2000, October 24, 2000

 Item — Box: 50, Folder: 3, Item: 35
Identifier: MSA 6, Series 4, Sub-Series 2, Sub-Group 3, File 3, Item 35
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: October 24, 2000
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections / MSA 6, Roy D. Bridges Jr. papers / Career Scrapbooks / NASA / Director, John F. Kennedy Space Center / NASA, Kennedy Space Center Florida / White binder with various photographs, articles, correspondence, programs, speeches, mementos, including patches, and other miscellaneous items during Bridges' tour as the NASA Kennedy Space Center Director

Photographs of the X-33 Executive Review Team, Stennis Space Center, Mississippi, June 4, 1999

 Item — Box: 50, Folder: 3, Item: 36
Identifier: MSA 6, Series 4, Sub-Series 2, Sub-Group 3, File 3, Item 36
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 4, 1999
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections / MSA 6, Roy D. Bridges Jr. papers / Career Scrapbooks / NASA / Director, John F. Kennedy Space Center / NASA, Kennedy Space Center Florida / White binder with various photographs, articles, correspondence, programs, speeches, mementos, including patches, and other miscellaneous items during Bridges' tour as the NASA Kennedy Space Center Director

Flown flag and certificate of appreciation for participation in Phase I, Shuttle-MIR Program, June 12, 1998

 Item — Box: 50, Folder: 3, Item: 37
Identifier: MSA 6, Series 4, Sub-Series 2, Sub-Group 3, File 3, Item 37
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 12, 1998
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections / MSA 6, Roy D. Bridges Jr. papers / Career Scrapbooks / NASA / Director, John F. Kennedy Space Center / NASA, Kennedy Space Center Florida / White binder with various photographs, articles, correspondence, programs, speeches, mementos, including patches, and other miscellaneous items during Bridges' tour as the NASA Kennedy Space Center Director

Flown flag and certificate celebrating the 100th Right Hand Solid Rocket Booster, STS-96, May 27, 1999

 Item — Box: 50, Folder: 3, Item: 38
Identifier: MSA 6, Series 4, Sub-Series 2, Sub-Group 3, File 3, Item 38
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: May 27, 1999
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections / MSA 6, Roy D. Bridges Jr. papers / Career Scrapbooks / NASA / Director, John F. Kennedy Space Center / NASA, Kennedy Space Center Florida / White binder with various photographs, articles, correspondence, programs, speeches, mementos, including patches, and other miscellaneous items during Bridges' tour as the NASA Kennedy Space Center Director

Invitation and program for the world premiere of the movie Armageddon, Kennedy Space, Saturn V Building, June 29, 1998

 Item — Box: 50, Folder: 3, Item: 39
Identifier: MSA 6, Series 4, Sub-Series 2, Sub-Group 3, File 3, Item 39
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 29, 1998
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections / MSA 6, Roy D. Bridges Jr. papers / Career Scrapbooks / NASA / Director, John F. Kennedy Space Center / NASA, Kennedy Space Center Florida / White binder with various photographs, articles, correspondence, programs, speeches, mementos, including patches, and other miscellaneous items during Bridges' tour as the NASA Kennedy Space Center Director

Bridges' remarks as host and to introduce John F. Kennedy Jr., world premiere of the HBO series, “From the Earth to the Moon, KSC Saturn V, March 25, 1998

 Item — Box: 50, Folder: 3, Item: 40
Identifier: MSA 6, Series 4, Sub-Series 2, Sub-Group 3, File 3, Item 40
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 25, 1998
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections / MSA 6, Roy D. Bridges Jr. papers / Career Scrapbooks / NASA / Director, John F. Kennedy Space Center / NASA, Kennedy Space Center Florida / White binder with various photographs, articles, correspondence, programs, speeches, mementos, including patches, and other miscellaneous items during Bridges' tour as the NASA Kennedy Space Center Director

Bridges' remarks for the Kennedy Space Center, Super Safety Day, July 16, 1998

 Item — Box: 50, Folder: 3, Item: 41
Identifier: MSA 6, Series 4, Sub-Series 2, Sub-Group 3, File 3, Item 41
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 16, 1998
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections / MSA 6, Roy D. Bridges Jr. papers / Career Scrapbooks / NASA / Director, John F. Kennedy Space Center / NASA, Kennedy Space Center Florida / White binder with various photographs, articles, correspondence, programs, speeches, mementos, including patches, and other miscellaneous items during Bridges' tour as the NASA Kennedy Space Center Director

Teamwork and Trust, article submitted by Bridges to Stephen R. Covey for his book on leadership, The Nature of Leadership (not accepted), July 9, 1998

 Item — Box: 50, Folder: 3, Item: 42
Identifier: MSA 6, Series 4, Sub-Series 2, Sub-Group 3, File 3, Item 42
Scope and Contents Letter from Stephen Covey thanking Bridges for participation is included.
Dates: July 9, 1998
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections / MSA 6, Roy D. Bridges Jr. papers / Career Scrapbooks / NASA / Director, John F. Kennedy Space Center / NASA, Kennedy Space Center Florida / White binder with various photographs, articles, correspondence, programs, speeches, mementos, including patches, and other miscellaneous items during Bridges' tour as the NASA Kennedy Space Center Director

Autographed photograph by the STS-99 crew (includes Janice Voss), 2000

 Item — Box: 50, Folder: 3, Item: 43
Identifier: MSA 6, Series 4, Sub-Series 2, Sub-Group 3, File 3, Item 43
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: 2000
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections / MSA 6, Roy D. Bridges Jr. papers / Career Scrapbooks / NASA / Director, John F. Kennedy Space Center / NASA, Kennedy Space Center Florida / White binder with various photographs, articles, correspondence, programs, speeches, mementos, including patches, and other miscellaneous items during Bridges' tour as the NASA Kennedy Space Center Director

Autographed photograph and patch from the STS-100 crew, 2001

 Item — Box: 50, Folder: 3, Item: 44
Identifier: MSA 6, Series 4, Sub-Series 2, Sub-Group 3, File 3, Item 44
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
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections / MSA 6, Roy D. Bridges Jr. papers / Career Scrapbooks / NASA / Director, John F. Kennedy Space Center / NASA, Kennedy Space Center Florida / White binder with various photographs, articles, correspondence, programs, speeches, mementos, including patches, and other miscellaneous items during Bridges' tour as the NASA Kennedy Space Center Director

Photograph of Bridges welcoming Secretary of State Albright to Kennedy Space Center for the launch of STS-88, December 1998

 Item — Box: 50, Folder: 3, Item: 45
Identifier: MSA 6, Series 4, Sub-Series 2, Sub-Group 3, File 3, Item 45
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 1998
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections / MSA 6, Roy D. Bridges Jr. papers / Career Scrapbooks / NASA / Director, John F. Kennedy Space Center / NASA, Kennedy Space Center Florida / White binder with various photographs, articles, correspondence, programs, speeches, mementos, including patches, and other miscellaneous items during Bridges' tour as the NASA Kennedy Space Center Director

Photograph of the Aerospace Corporation Board Visit to Kennedy Space Center, Saturn V Building, 1999

 Item — Box: 50, Folder: 3, Item: 46
Identifier: MSA 6, Series 4, Sub-Series 2, Sub-Group 3, File 3, Item 46
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: 1999
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections / MSA 6, Roy D. Bridges Jr. papers / Career Scrapbooks / NASA / Director, John F. Kennedy Space Center / NASA, Kennedy Space Center Florida / White binder with various photographs, articles, correspondence, programs, speeches, mementos, including patches, and other miscellaneous items during Bridges' tour as the NASA Kennedy Space Center Director

Photographs of Bridges speaking at various events while Kennedy Space Center Director (event and date marked on pages), 1999 - 2002

 Item — Box: 50, Folder: 3, Item: 47
Identifier: MSA 6, Series 4, Sub-Series 2, Sub-Group 3, File 3, Item 47
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: 1999 - 2002
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections / MSA 6, Roy D. Bridges Jr. papers / Career Scrapbooks / NASA / Director, John F. Kennedy Space Center / NASA, Kennedy Space Center Florida / White binder with various photographs, articles, correspondence, programs, speeches, mementos, including patches, and other miscellaneous items during Bridges' tour as the NASA Kennedy Space Center Director

Photograph of Bridges with journalist, Jay Barbree, Kennedy Space Center, July 15, 2000

 Item — Box: 50, Folder: 3, Item: 48
Identifier: MSA 6, Series 4, Sub-Series 2, Sub-Group 3, File 3, Item 48
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 15, 2000
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections / MSA 6, Roy D. Bridges Jr. papers / Career Scrapbooks / NASA / Director, John F. Kennedy Space Center / NASA, Kennedy Space Center Florida / White binder with various photographs, articles, correspondence, programs, speeches, mementos, including patches, and other miscellaneous items during Bridges' tour as the NASA Kennedy Space Center Director

Photographs of Bridges with Clint Eastwood during the filming of "Space Cowboys" at Kennedy Space Center, 2000

 Item — Box: 50, Folder: 3, Item: 49
Identifier: MSA 6, Series 4, Sub-Series 2, Sub-Group 3, File 3, Item 49
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: 2000
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections / MSA 6, Roy D. Bridges Jr. papers / Career Scrapbooks / NASA / Director, John F. Kennedy Space Center / NASA, Kennedy Space Center Florida / White binder with various photographs, articles, correspondence, programs, speeches, mementos, including patches, and other miscellaneous items during Bridges' tour as the NASA Kennedy Space Center Director

Gold Dollar Award, presented to Bridges by the Kennedy Space Center Staff , 1999

 Item — Box: 50, Folder: 3, Item: 50
Identifier: MSA 6, Series 4, Sub-Series 2, Sub-Group 3, File 3, Item 50
Scope and Contents Note per Bridges, "I presented many of these as my personal award to workers down in the trenches of KSC so this was done in recognition of those events during my tenure."
Dates: 1999
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections / MSA 6, Roy D. Bridges Jr. papers / Career Scrapbooks / NASA / Director, John F. Kennedy Space Center / NASA, Kennedy Space Center Florida / White binder with various photographs, articles, correspondence, programs, speeches, mementos, including patches, and other miscellaneous items during Bridges' tour as the NASA Kennedy Space Center Director