Box 40
Container
Contains 7 Collections and/or Records:
Correspondence, 1963 - 2016
Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSA 288, Series 5
Scope and Contents
This series contains multiple forms of correspondence related to Cernan's life since his selection to become an astronaut. Subjects include Cernan's selection for NASA's Manned Spaceflight Program, congratulatory letters and telegrams related to Cernan's career as an astronaut, photographs, Cernan's post-NASA activities, and his autobiography, The Last Man on the Moon. Correspondents regularly include notable NASA officials, politicians, and celebrities and are noted in the finding...
Dates:
1963 - 2016
Astronaut program selection , 1963 - 2000
Sub-Series — Box: 40
Identifier: MSA 288, Series 5, Sub-Series 1
Scope and Contents
Includes Cernan's selection for NASA's Manned Spaceflight Program, congratulatory letters and telegrams related to Cernan's career as an astronaut, and subsequent public activity.
Dates:
1963 - 2000
Astronaut program selection - congratulatory cards and letters , October - November 1963
File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSA 288, Series 5, Sub-Series 1, File 1
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Includes Cernan's selection for NASA's Manned Spaceflight Program, congratulatory letters and telegrams related to Cernan's career as an astronaut, and subsequent public activity.
Dates:
October - November 1963
"Hero Worship" poem, December 22, 1972
File — Box: 40, Folder: 3
Identifier: MSA 288, Series 5, Sub-Series 1, File 2
Scope and Contents
Poem written by Harry Dee, to Tracy Cernan, and includes a photocopied photograph of Tracy Cernan looking up at her father, Captain Cernan (two copies).
Dates:
December 22, 1972
Martin Caidin, November 21, 1972
File — Box: 40, Folder: 4
Identifier: MSA 288, Series 5, Sub-Series 1, File 3
Scope and Contents
Includes "Time for Reckoning," by Martin Caiden, with note, "Special to the Orlando Sentinel, (To be used on Launch Day/December 6," and a letter to Cernan from Martin Caidin.
Dates:
November 21, 1972
Ronald Reagan 2nd Inaugural and related celebrations, January 1985
File — Box: 40, Folder: 5
Identifier: MSA 288, Series 5, Sub-Series 1, File 4
Scope and Contents
Includes two invitations to Regan's inauguration, and a commemorative invitation.
Dates:
January 1985
Miscellaneous public activity, 2000
File — Box: 40, Folder: 6
Identifier: MSA 288, Series 5, Sub-Series 1, File 5
Scope and Contents
Includes "Space.com a business proposal," and National Aviation Hall of Fame newsletter, Fall 2000.
Dates:
2000