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Box 45

 Container

Contains 5 Collections and/or Records:

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

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

Letters - The Last Man on the Moon and Purdue, 1999 - 2014

 Sub-Series — Box: 45
Identifier: MSA 288, Series 5, Sub-Series 4
Scope and Contents This sub-series is comprised of letters which Cernan received after the release of The Last Man on the Moon, along with correspondence related to events related to the book. Also included are copies of thank-you notes received by those for which Cernan had sent a gift copy of his book, and thank-yous Cernan wrote to others. Lastly there are two letters related to Purdue activities, and one to "Big Ten Fans," written by Cernan in 2013.
Dates: 1999 - 2014

Praise for The Last Man on the Moon, Public Appearances , 1999

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSA 288, Series 5, Sub-Series 4, File 1
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: This sub-series is comprised of letters which Cernan received after the release of The Last Man on the Moon, along with correspondence related to events related to the book. Also included are copies of thank-you notes received by those for which Cernan had sent a gift copy of his book, and thank-yous Cernan wrote to others. Lastly there are two letters related to Purdue activities, and one to "Big Ten Fans," written by Cernan in 2013.
Dates: 1999

Letters - Return Visits to Purdue, 2013 - 2014

 File — Box: 45, Folder: 6
Identifier: MSA 288, Series 5, Sub-Series 4, File 2
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: This sub-series is comprised of letters which Cernan received after the release of The Last Man on the Moon, along with correspondence related to events related to the book. Also included are copies of thank-you notes received by those for which Cernan had sent a gift copy of his book, and thank-yous Cernan wrote to others. Lastly there are two letters related to Purdue activities, and one to "Big Ten Fans," written by Cernan in 2013.
Dates: 2013 - 2014