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Box 58

 Container

Contains 13 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

Audio Visual, 1968 - 2007

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSA 6, Series 5
Scope and Contents The audio visual material consists of a wide range of media and topics. Some of the highlights are military Change of Command ceremonies, Space Shuttle related events, Bridges' "Last Flight at Edwards Air Force Base," a presentation by Bridges on the future of Kennedy Space Center, various Purdue astronaut alumni events, along with the Purdue University 2001 commencement ceremony when he received an honorary doctorate.Also included are a PBS Frontline, "The Real Stuff," segment...
Dates: 1968 - 2007

Air Force Flight Test Center, Edwards Air Force Base, CA, 1993

 Item — Box: 58, Item: 1
Identifier: MSA 6, Series 5, Sub-Series 1, Item 15
Scope and Contents Note from Bridges, "This was most likely the Change of Command as I departed Edwards as the AFFTC Commander in the summer of 1993. Change of Command would have been to Brigadier General Rich Engle."
Dates: 1993

Future of Kennedy Space Center, presentation by Roy. D. Bridges, Jr., Kennedy Space Center Director, July 29, 1997

 Item — Box: 58, Item: 2
Identifier: MSA 6, Series 5, Sub-Series 1, Item 16
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: Refer to the detailed item listing for the wide range of topics included on the VHS tapes.
Dates: July 29, 1997

The Astronaut Memorial Foundation Space Mirror Memorial Ceremony for Major Robert H. Lawrence Jr. , December 8, 1997

 Item — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSA 6, Series 5, Sub-Series 1, Item 17
Scope and Contents Bridges participated as Kennedy Space Center Director, includes two copies.
Dates: December 8, 1997

Spacelab Ceremony, Kennedy Space Center, February 6, 1998

 Item — Box: 58, Item: 5
Identifier: MSA 6, Series 5, Sub-Series 1, Item 19
Scope and Contents Includes program from ceremony. Per Bridges, "We closed out the Spacelab program at this ceremony. I was on the first flight of the payload bay Spacelab equipment—Instrument Pointing System on STS 51-F."
Dates: February 6, 1998

Purdue University Distinguished Engineering Alumni Convocation, April 24, 1998

 Item — Box: 58, Item: 6
Identifier: MSA 6, Series 5, Sub-Series 1, Item 20
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: Refer to the detailed item listing for the wide range of topics included on the VHS tapes.
Dates: April 24, 1998

Joint Base7Operations Support Contract Press Conference, August 21, 1998

 Item — Box: 58, Item: 7
Identifier: MSA 6, Series 5, Sub-Series 1, Item 21
Scope and Contents Note by Bridges, "I spawned the creation of the JBOSC with my counterpart at Patrick Air Force Base, Brigadier General Randy Starbuck, while I was the Kennedy Space Center Director."
Dates: August 21, 1998

A Special Spirit, Northrop Grumman production of a B-2 tape , August 10, 1999

 Item — Box: 58, Item: 8
Identifier: MSA 6, Series 5, Sub-Series 1, Item 22
Scope and Contents Bridges was the Wing Commander and Center Commander during the time of the Developmental Testing and Evaluation (DT&E) of the B-2 at Edwards Air Force Base, CA.
Dates: August 10, 1999

Our Place in Space, Purdue Astronaut Alumni Reunion Weekend, December 1999

 Item — Box: 58, Item: 9
Identifier: MSA 6, Series 5, Sub-Series 1, Item 23
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: Refer to the detailed item listing for the wide range of topics included on the VHS tapes.
Dates: December 1999

Salute to the 509th, Northrop Grumman, a presentation on the B-2's contribution during the wars , 1999

 Item — Box: 58, Item: 10
Identifier: MSA 6, Series 5, Sub-Series 1, Item 24
Scope and Contents Note per Bridges, "I was the Wing Commander and Center Commander during the time of the Developmental Testing and Evaluation (DT&E) of the B-2 at Edwards Air Force Base, CA."
Dates: 1999

Kennedy Space Center 2000 - Assuring the Future of Kennedy Space Center, Roy Bridges, KSC Director, December 20, 1999

 Item — Box: 58, Item: 11
Identifier: MSA 6, Series 5, Sub-Series 1, Item 25
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: Refer to the detailed item listing for the wide range of topics included on the VHS tapes.
Dates: December 20, 1999

Cool Digs, a segment for "Newsstand" based on a tour of Bridges' office while he was Center Director of the NASA Kennedy Space Center , May 15, 2000

 Item — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSA 6, Series 5, Sub-Series 1, Item 26
Scope and Contents Two copies of same video.
Dates: May 15, 2000