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Box 50

 Container

Contains 125 Collections and/or Records:

Photograph of Columbia on the pad for STS-83 with the comet Hale-Bopp in the frame at the upper left, April 3, 1997

 Item — Box: 50, Folder: 3, Item: 12
Identifier: MSA 6, Series 4, Sub-Series 2, Sub-Group 3, File 3, 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: April 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

Various photographs of the launch and early return of STS-83 following the failure of a fuel cell, April 1997

 Item — Box: 50, Folder: 3, Item: 13
Identifier: MSA 6, Series 4, Sub-Series 2, Sub-Group 3, File 3, 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 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

"A New Style," Jim Thompson, KSC Personnel Notes and Happenings Newsletter, April 4, 1997

 Item — Box: 50, Folder: 3, Item: 14
Identifier: MSA 6, Series 4, Sub-Series 2, Sub-Group 3, File 3, Item 14
Scope and Contents Note, per Bridges, "There was a lot of concern that I wore a coat and tie to work at KSC so I needed to clear the air on dress codes."
Dates: April 4, 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

Former space shuttle pilot chosen as Kennedy Space Center director, Orlando Sentinel with accompanying letter from Dorothy Strickland, widow of Herbert Strickland, Bridges’ high school principal from Gainesville, Georgia, January 15, 1997

 Item — Box: 50, Folder: 3, Item: 15
Identifier: MSA 6, Series 4, Sub-Series 2, Sub-Group 3, File 3, Item 15
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 15, 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 from Bridges' hometown paper, the Gainesville Times, on Bridges' appointment as KSC Center Director, March 4, 1997

 Item — Box: 50, Folder: 3, Item: 16
Identifier: MSA 6, Series 4, Sub-Series 2, Sub-Group 3, File 3, 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: March 4, 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 clippings on Bridges being appointed Kennedy Space Center Director, 1997

 Item — Box: 50, Folder: 3, Item: 17
Identifier: MSA 6, Series 4, Sub-Series 2, Sub-Group 3, File 3, Item 17
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

"Debus Speech" and program, April 11, 1997

 Item — Box: 50, Folder: 3, Item: 18
Identifier: MSA 6, Series 4, Sub-Series 2, Sub-Group 3, File 3, 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: April 11, 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, A conversation with Roy Bridges, Florida Today, April 20, 1997

 Item — Box: 50, Folder: 3, Item: 19
Identifier: MSA 6, Series 4, Sub-Series 2, Sub-Group 3, File 3, 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: April 20, 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

Letter from AIAA regarding a speech Bridges made to their members and speech slides, "Earth, Moon, Mars, and Beyond", May 27, 1997

 Item — Box: 50, Folder: 3, Item: 20
Identifier: MSA 6, Series 4, Sub-Series 2, Sub-Group 3, File 3, 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: May 27, 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

Certificate from NASA for getting Cassini launched successfully, 1997

 Item — Box: 50, Folder: 3, Item: 21
Identifier: MSA 6, Series 4, Sub-Series 2, Sub-Group 3, File 3, Item 21
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

Email with a summary of a speech that I gave to the NASA Kennedy Management Association (NKMA), Dian Hardison, May 12, 1997

 Item — Box: 50, Folder: 3, Item: 22
Identifier: MSA 6, Series 4, Sub-Series 2, Sub-Group 3, File 3, Item 22
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 12, 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, Mars in 25 years, Mature Lifestyles , July 1997

 Item — Box: 50, Folder: 3, Item: 23
Identifier: MSA 6, Series 4, Sub-Series 2, Sub-Group 3, File 3, Item 23
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 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

Slides from a presentation to a symposium; High-Tech Florida Means Business, 'Aerospace, Florida's Gateway to the Future', September 29 - 30, 1997

 Item — Box: 50, Folder: 3, Item: 24
Identifier: MSA 6, Series 4, Sub-Series 2, Sub-Group 3, File 3, Item 24
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 29 - 30, 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' comments on the rollout of the last Spacelab mission and program, undated

 Item — Box: 50, Folder: 3, Item: 25
Identifier: MSA 6, Series 4, Sub-Series 2, Sub-Group 3, File 3, Item 25
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
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

Commemorative certificate and flown patch (STS-99) for the celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Cape Canaveral Spaceport, 1950 - 2000

 Item — Box: 50, Folder: 3, Item: 26
Identifier: MSA 6, Series 4, Sub-Series 2, Sub-Group 3, File 3, Item 26
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: 1950 - 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 Guy Spearman to Senator Graham's chief of staff, Ken Klein, December 6, 1999, and to Dan Goldin with Bridges' edits regarding his performance at KSC Honor Awards, May 2000

 Item — Box: 50, Folder: 3, Item: 27
Identifier: MSA 6, Series 4, Sub-Series 2, Sub-Group 3, File 3, 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: May 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, Roy Bridges and George Abbey inspect orbiter after STS-87 landing at Kennedy Space Center, and various other photos welcoming crew home, 1997

 Item — Box: 50, Folder: 3, Item: 28
Identifier: MSA 6, Series 4, Sub-Series 2, Sub-Group 3, File 3, Item 28
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, Roy Bridges, Dan Goldin and Joe Rothenberg, welcome Jim Halsell, Commander of STS -101 to Kennedy Space Center, May 29, 2000

 Item — Box: 50, Folder: 3, Item: 29
Identifier: MSA 6, Series 4, Sub-Series 2, Sub-Group 3, File 3, Item 29
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 29, 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, Roy Bridges and JoAnn Morgan welcome former President Jimmy Carter and First Lady, Rosalyn Carter, to Kennedy Space Center for a tour, January 3, 2002

 Item — Box: 50, Folder: 3, Item: 30
Identifier: MSA 6, Series 4, Sub-Series 2, Sub-Group 3, File 3, Item 30
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, 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 presenting a plaque to thank Star Trek star, Nichelle Nichols, for being part of Kennedy Space Center Honor Awards, May 2000

 Item — Box: 50, Folder: 3, Item: 31
Identifier: MSA 6, Series 4, Sub-Series 2, Sub-Group 3, File 3, 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: May 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 Kennedy Space Center Director's staff and "A Farewell Limerick" , August 2003

 Item — Box: 50, Folder: 3, Item: 32
Identifier: MSA 6, Series 4, Sub-Series 2, Sub-Group 3, File 3, 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: August 2003
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

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
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections / MSA 6, Roy D. Bridges Jr. papers / Career Scrapbooks / NASA / Director, John F. Kennedy Space Center

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

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
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections / MSA 6, Roy D. Bridges Jr. papers / Career Scrapbooks

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
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections / MSA 6, Roy D. Bridges Jr. papers / Career Scrapbooks / NASA