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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