Box 4
Container
Contains 7 Collections and/or Records:
Mark N. Brown papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSA 302
Scope and Contents
The Mark N. Brown papers include papers and memorabilia of retired astronaut and Purdue Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering alumnus, Mark N. Brown. Included are Brown's textbooks from his studies at Purdue, Air Force ROTC certificate, Apollo program photographs that were pinned to Brown's Purdue dorm room wall while he was a student in the early 1970s, a Purdue paper airplane contest trophy, along with other Purdue memorabilia. The collection also includes NASA memorabilia...
Dates:
1963 - 1991
Trophy, Longest distance paper airplane contest, Orville Wright Trophy, Purdue University, 1971
Item — Box: 4, Item: 1
Identifier: MSA 302, Series 1, Sub-Series 2, Item 1
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
This sub-series consists of Brown's Purdue senior project for Aeronautics, Astronautics, and Engineering Sciences, (A&ES) 451. Students worked as a group and were to make a preliminary design of an aircraft. In the case of Brown's group, it was a "Roach Clipper." This particular aircraft is a Short Take-off and Landing (STOL) craft. Brown worked on the propulsion and performance part of the project.Other items are Apollo 11 photographs, which Brown indicated, were on his dorm...
Dates:
1971
Framed certificate, United States Air Force, Reserve Officers Training Corps, Air Force ROTC Detachment 220, Purdue University, May 8, 1973
Item — Box: 4, Item: 2
Identifier: MSA 302, Series 1, Sub-Series 2, Item 2
Scope and Contents
Given as designation of Distinguished Graduate to Mark Neil Brown, 8 May 1973.
Dates:
May 8, 1973
Plaque, "AFROTC Hand Ball Champ, Mark Brown", 1971
Item — Box: 4, Item: 3
Identifier: MSA 302, Series 1, Sub-Series 2, Item 3
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
This sub-series consists of Brown's Purdue senior project for Aeronautics, Astronautics, and Engineering Sciences, (A&ES) 451. Students worked as a group and were to make a preliminary design of an aircraft. In the case of Brown's group, it was a "Roach Clipper." This particular aircraft is a Short Take-off and Landing (STOL) craft. Brown worked on the propulsion and performance part of the project.Other items are Apollo 11 photographs, which Brown indicated, were on his dorm...
Dates:
1971
Nametag, "Purdue Homecoming '85, Mark N. Brown", 1985
Item — Box: 4, Item: 4
Identifier: MSA 302, Series 1, Sub-Series 2, Item 4
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
This sub-series consists of Brown's Purdue senior project for Aeronautics, Astronautics, and Engineering Sciences, (A&ES) 451. Students worked as a group and were to make a preliminary design of an aircraft. In the case of Brown's group, it was a "Roach Clipper." This particular aircraft is a Short Take-off and Landing (STOL) craft. Brown worked on the propulsion and performance part of the project.Other items are Apollo 11 photographs, which Brown indicated, were on his dorm...
Dates:
1985
Purdue Pete ashtray, undated
Item — Box: 4, Item: 5
Identifier: MSA 302, Series 1, SUb-Series 2, Item 5
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
This sub-series consists of Brown's Purdue senior project for Aeronautics, Astronautics, and Engineering Sciences, (A&ES) 451. Students worked as a group and were to make a preliminary design of an aircraft. In the case of Brown's group, it was a "Roach Clipper." This particular aircraft is a Short Take-off and Landing (STOL) craft. Brown worked on the propulsion and performance part of the project.Other items are Apollo 11 photographs, which Brown indicated, were on his dorm...
Dates:
undated
Little hammer with Purdue on it, undated
Item — Box: 4, Item: 6
Identifier: MSA 302, Series 1, Sub-Series 2, Item 6
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
This sub-series consists of Brown's Purdue senior project for Aeronautics, Astronautics, and Engineering Sciences, (A&ES) 451. Students worked as a group and were to make a preliminary design of an aircraft. In the case of Brown's group, it was a "Roach Clipper." This particular aircraft is a Short Take-off and Landing (STOL) craft. Brown worked on the propulsion and performance part of the project.Other items are Apollo 11 photographs, which Brown indicated, were on his dorm...
Dates:
undated