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Box 6

 Container

Contains 7 Collections and/or Records:

Education, 1920 - 1964

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSA 288, Series 2
Scope and Contents This series contains records pertaining to Eugene Cernan's activities and associations while attending both Purdue University and the United States Naval Postgraduate School. Holdings describe Cernan's memberships in the Phi Gamma Delta fraternity, the National Society of Scabbard and Blade, the academic Tau Beta Pi Association, the honorary Skull and Crescent Society, material from his role as junior editor of the Purdue Debris yearbook, and the Naval Reserve Officer Training Corps (NROTC)....
Dates: 1920 - 1964

Engineering drafting tools, undated

 Sub-Group — Box: 6
Identifier: MSA 288, Series 2, Sub-Series 1, Sub-Group 3
Scope and Contents The set of drafting tools, compasses, ruling pens and attachements were most likely used by Cernan at Purdue University and the United States Naval Postgraduate School.
Dates: undated

Wooden Case containing ten drafting tools , undated

 Item — Box: 6, Item: 1
Identifier: MSA 288, Series 2, Sub-Series 1, Sub-Group 3, Item 1
Scope and Contents Includes compasses, ruling pens, and attachments.
Dates: undated

Metal drafting compass, undated

 Item — Box: 6, Item: 2
Identifier: MSA 288, Series 2, Sub-Series 1, Sub-Group 3, Item 2
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Group: The set of drafting tools, compasses, ruling pens and attachements were most likely used by Cernan at Purdue University and the United States Naval Postgraduate School.
Dates: undated

Metal beam bar compass, undated

 Item — Box: 6, Item: 3
Identifier: MSA 288, Series 2, Sub-Series 1, Sub-Group 3, Item 3
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Group: The set of drafting tools, compasses, ruling pens and attachements were most likely used by Cernan at Purdue University and the United States Naval Postgraduate School.
Dates: undated

Eugene A. Cernan papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSA 288
Scope and Contents The Eugene A. Cernan papers document the military, aeronautics, and astronautics career of Eugene A. Cernan, as well as his subsequent professional and public activities. The papers also feature records pertaining to Cernan's youth, family, and education. The collection includes but is not limited to artifacts, audiovisual recordings, awards, books, certificates, coins, correspondence, documents, mission patches, newspaper clippings, photographs, plaques, publications, scrapbooks, speeches,...
Dates: 1934 - 2016; Majority of material found within 1956 - 2012

Purdue University, 1920 - 1960

 Sub-Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSA 288, Series 2, Sub-Series 1
Scope and Contents This sub-series in comprosed of material used by Cernan, while a student at Purdue University, such as various textbooks, course work, and his Engineering drafting tools. There is also memorabilia from his various activities as a Purdue student. Holdings describe Cernan's memberships in the Phi Gamma Delta fraternity, the National Society of Scabbard and Blade, the academic Tau Beta Pi Association, the honorary Skull and Crescent society, as a junior editor for Debris, and the Naval Reserve...
Dates: 1920 - 1960; Majority of material found within 1953 - 1956