Box 55
Container
Contains 12 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
Miscellaneous Items from Throughout Career, 1959 - 2009
Sub-Group — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSA 6, Series 4, Sub-Series 2, Sub-Group 6
Scope and Contents
Includes various items from throughout Bridges' career. They have been retained in their original binders and order within each. Some of the items include photographs and speaking notes for a variety of activities during assignments after returning to the Air Force from NASA; letters of appointment, applications, certificates, awards, Purdue Honorary Doctorate Album and various mementos and articles from throughout Bridges' career.
Dates:
1959 - 2009
Appointments, Applications, Certificates, Awards and Miscellaneous Items , 1964 - 2009
File — Box: 55, Folder: 1
Identifier: MSA 6, Series 4, Sub-Series 2, Sub-Group 6, File 3
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Group:
Includes various items from throughout Bridges' career. They have been retained in their original binders and order within each. Some of the items include photographs and speaking notes for a variety of activities during assignments after returning to the Air Force from NASA; letters of appointment, applications, certificates, awards, Purdue Honorary Doctorate Album and various mementos and articles from throughout Bridges' career.
Dates:
1964 - 2009
Purdue Honorary Doctorate album containing letter of congratulations from Purdue President Martin Jischke, photographs and program from 183rd commencement, Spring 2001
File — Box: 55, Folder: 2
Identifier: MSA 6, Series 4, Sub-Series 2, Sub-Group 6, File 4
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Group:
Includes various items from throughout Bridges' career. They have been retained in their original binders and order within each. Some of the items include photographs and speaking notes for a variety of activities during assignments after returning to the Air Force from NASA; letters of appointment, applications, certificates, awards, Purdue Honorary Doctorate Album and various mementos and articles from throughout Bridges' career.
Dates:
Spring 2001
Various mementos, 1968 - 1996
File — Box: 55, Folder: 3
Identifier: MSA 6, Series 4, Sub-Series 2, Sub-Group 6, File 5
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Group:
Includes various items from throughout Bridges' career. They have been retained in their original binders and order within each. Some of the items include photographs and speaking notes for a variety of activities during assignments after returning to the Air Force from NASA; letters of appointment, applications, certificates, awards, Purdue Honorary Doctorate Album and various mementos and articles from throughout Bridges' career.
Dates:
1968 - 1996
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
Congratulations letter and Certificate of Appreciation from President Bill Clinton on Bridges' retirement from the United States Air Force, March 12, 1996
Item — Box: 55, Folder: 3, Item: 2
Identifier: MSA 6, Series 4, Sub-Series 2, Sub-Group 6, File 5, Item 2
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Group:
Includes various items from throughout Bridges' career. They have been retained in their original binders and order within each. Some of the items include photographs and speaking notes for a variety of activities during assignments after returning to the Air Force from NASA; letters of appointment, applications, certificates, awards, Purdue Honorary Doctorate Album and various mementos and articles from throughout Bridges' career.
Dates:
March 12, 1996
Space Explorers, Air & Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution, 1988
Item — Box: 55, Folder: 3, Item: 24
Identifier: MSA 6, Series 4, Sub-Series 2, Sub-Group 6, File 5, Item 24
Scope and Contents
This contains photographs and flight information on Soviet and American space explorers up through the early days of Space Shuttle flights.
Dates:
1988
Letter and invitation to be the presenter at the Alpha Charter Center Debutante Ball, November 29, 1986
Item — Box: 55, Folder: 3, Item: 45
Identifier: MSA 6, Series 4, Sub-Series 2, Sub-Group 6, File 5, Item 45
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Group:
Includes various items from throughout Bridges' career. They have been retained in their original binders and order within each. Some of the items include photographs and speaking notes for a variety of activities during assignments after returning to the Air Force from NASA; letters of appointment, applications, certificates, awards, Purdue Honorary Doctorate Album and various mementos and articles from throughout Bridges' career.
Dates:
November 29, 1986
Newspaper articles and photographs of Bridges' welcome home after his STS 51F Space Shuttle flight , August 8, 1985
Item — Box: 55, Folder: 3, Item: 53
Identifier: MSA 6, Series 4, Sub-Series 2, Sub-Group 6, File 5, Item 53
Scope and Contents
Includes one photograph of Bridges' son and daughter with welcome home sign.
Dates:
August 8, 1985
Announcement and pamphlet, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA), Bridges elected to the grade of Associate fellow in the AIAA, January 28, 2005
Item — Box: 55, Folder: 1, Item: 2
Identifier: MSA 6, Series 4, Sub-Series 2, Sub-Group 6, File 3, Item 2
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Group:
Includes various items from throughout Bridges' career. They have been retained in their original binders and order within each. Some of the items include photographs and speaking notes for a variety of activities during assignments after returning to the Air Force from NASA; letters of appointment, applications, certificates, awards, Purdue Honorary Doctorate Album and various mementos and articles from throughout Bridges' career.
Dates:
January 28, 2005