Box 50
Container
Contains 63 Collections and/or Records:
Roy D. Bridges Jr. papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSA 6
Scope and Contents
The Roy D. Bridges Jr. papers document the extensive Air Force and NASA career of Roy D. Bridges Jr.The papers include but are not limited to, artifacts, audio visual material, awards, books, briefs and records, certificates, clippings, clothing, correspondence, diaries, documents, flight logs, flight checklists and data files, along with Bridges' pilot kneeboard notes, medals, mementos, papers, photographs, scrapbooks, textbooks, research papers, and working paper...
Dates:
1950 - 2013
Itinerary for the visit of the NASA Administrator Sean O'Keefe to KSC to greet the crew of Columbia, STS-107 after their landing, January 31 - February 1, 2003
Item — Box: 50, Folder: 2, Item: 27
Identifier: MSA 6, Series 4, Sub-Series 2, Sub-Group 3, File 2, Item 27
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 - February 1, 2003
Letter from Dan Dillard regarding Rick Husband, February 17, 2003
Item — Box: 50, Folder: 2, Item: 31
Identifier: MSA 6, Series 4, Sub-Series 2, Sub-Group 3, File 2, Item 31
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 17, 2003
KSC Spaceport News, February 14, 2003
Item — Box: 50, Folder: 2, Item: 32
Identifier: MSA 6, Series 4, Sub-Series 2, Sub-Group 3, File 2, Item 32
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 14, 2003
Commemorative issue of adAstra, March / April / May, 2003
Item — Box: 50, Folder: 2, Item: 34
Identifier: MSA 6, Series 4, Sub-Series 2, Sub-Group 3, File 2, 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:
March / April / May, 2003
KSC Chief Reassigned, Florida Today, June 4, 2003
Item — Box: 50, Folder: 2, Item: 37
Identifier: MSA 6, Series 4, Sub-Series 2, Sub-Group 3, File 2, Item 37
Scope and Contents
Article about Bridges' reassignment to Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA.
Dates:
June 4, 2003
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
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MSA 6, Roy D. Bridges Jr. papers
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Career Scrapbooks
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NASA
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Director, John F. Kennedy Space Center
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NASA, Kennedy Space Center Florida
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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
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
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
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
"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
"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
KSC Spaceport News, commemorative issue for Columbia and the crew of STS-107, July 25, 2003
Item — Box: 50, Folder: 2, Item: 33
Identifier: MSA 6, Series 4, Sub-Series 2, Sub-Group 3, File 2, 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:
July 25, 2003
Bridges accepts new post at Langley, KSC Spaceport News, June 27, 2003
Item — Box: 50, Folder: 2, Item: 38
Identifier: MSA 6, Series 4, Sub-Series 2, Sub-Group 3, File 2, 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:
June 27, 2003
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