Box 4
Container
Contains 17 Collections and/or Records:
Lana Murphy Couch papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSA 312
Scope and Contents
The Lana Murphy Couch papers document Couch's forty year career with NASA, first as a wind tunnel test engineer, and later in management positions. Types of materials include: correspondence, newsletters, papers, photographs, programs, publications, research and work reports, technical reports, VHS tapes, writings, and material related to award recognition.
Dates:
1953 - 1997; Majority of material found within 1970 - 1995
Audio Visual Material, 1985
Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSA 312, Series 3
Scope and Contents
This series is comprised of two VHS tapes containing footage of the House Subcommittee on Transportation, Aviation and Materials on High Speed Aeronautics with testimony from Dr. Raymond Colladay, Aeronautics and Space technician, NASA, July 24, 1985
Dates:
1985
Personal Files - Photographs, Correspondence, and Newsletter Articles, circa 1974 - 1997
Series — Box: 4
Identifier: MSA 312, Series 4
Scope and Contents
The items in this series were found in a file labeled, "Lana Couch – Personal File," so items were left as originally grouped. Much of the material is photographs, correspondence, letters of congratulations, and newsletter articles in regards to awards Couch received; nomination recognition for the Federal Woman's Award in 1974; NASA Exceptional Service Medal, and National Aviation Club, "Women in Aviation," both received in 1986; NASA's Group Achievement Award on behalf of the National...
Dates:
circa 1974 - 1997
Photograph of Couch, NASA L-76-3121 , circa 1976
Item — Box: 4, Folder: 5
Identifier: MSA 312, Series 4, File 3
Scope and Contents
(Color, 8"x10")
Dates:
circa 1976
Photographs of Thermal Structures Complex, undated
File — Box: 4, Folder: 6
Identifier: MSA 312, Series 4, File 4
Scope and Contents
(Color, 8"x10")
Dates:
undated
Some Thoughts on Future Directions for the Space Systems Division, by Walter B. Olstad, July 31, 1978
File — Box: 4, Folder: 7
Identifier: MSA 312, Series 4, File 5
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The items in this series were found in a file labeled, "Lana Couch – Personal File," so items were left as originally grouped. Much of the material is photographs, correspondence, letters of congratulations, and newsletter articles in regards to awards Couch received; nomination recognition for the Federal Woman's Award in 1974; NASA Exceptional Service Medal, and National Aviation Club, "Women in Aviation," both received in 1986; NASA's Group Achievement Award on behalf of the National...
Dates:
July 31, 1978
Photographs, from 1986 NASA Honor Awards Ceremony, 1986
File — Box: 4, Folder: 8
Identifier: MSA 312, Series 4, File 6
Scope and Contents
Couch received the Exceptional Service Medal, and National Aviation Club, Women in Aviation award. Includes eight, color, various sizes.
Dates:
1986
Programs, National Aeronautics and Space Administration Honor Awards Ceremony, 1986 - 1988
File — Box: 4, Folder: 9
Identifier: MSA 312, Series 4, File 7
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The items in this series were found in a file labeled, "Lana Couch – Personal File," so items were left as originally grouped. Much of the material is photographs, correspondence, letters of congratulations, and newsletter articles in regards to awards Couch received; nomination recognition for the Federal Woman's Award in 1974; NASA Exceptional Service Medal, and National Aviation Club, "Women in Aviation," both received in 1986; NASA's Group Achievement Award on behalf of the National...
Dates:
1986 - 1988
Correspondence - congratulations in regards to Couch's part in United States Patent, 4,485,670, 1985
File — Box: 4, Folder: 10
Identifier: MSA 312, Series 4, File 8
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The items in this series were found in a file labeled, "Lana Couch – Personal File," so items were left as originally grouped. Much of the material is photographs, correspondence, letters of congratulations, and newsletter articles in regards to awards Couch received; nomination recognition for the Federal Woman's Award in 1974; NASA Exceptional Service Medal, and National Aviation Club, "Women in Aviation," both received in 1986; NASA's Group Achievement Award on behalf of the National...
Dates:
1985
National Aviation Club, aerolog, National Aviation Club Honors Women in Aviation, November - December, 1986
Item — Box: 4, Folder: 11
Identifier: MSA 312, Series 4, File 9
Scope and Contents
(Couch in front page photo.)
Dates:
November - December, 1986
Correspondence in regards to Couch being selected to receive and accept NASA's Group Achievement Award on behalf of the National Aero-Space Plane Program Team, February 1988
File — Box: 4, Folder: 12
Identifier: MSA 312, Series 4, File 10
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The items in this series were found in a file labeled, "Lana Couch – Personal File," so items were left as originally grouped. Much of the material is photographs, correspondence, letters of congratulations, and newsletter articles in regards to awards Couch received; nomination recognition for the Federal Woman's Award in 1974; NASA Exceptional Service Medal, and National Aviation Club, "Women in Aviation," both received in 1986; NASA's Group Achievement Award on behalf of the National...
Dates:
February 1988
NASA HQ Bulletin, Lana Couch Receives WIA (Women in Aerospace) Award, p. 1, July 10, 1989
Item — Box: 4, Folder: 13
Identifier: MSA 312, Series 4, File 11
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The items in this series were found in a file labeled, "Lana Couch – Personal File," so items were left as originally grouped. Much of the material is photographs, correspondence, letters of congratulations, and newsletter articles in regards to awards Couch received; nomination recognition for the Federal Woman's Award in 1974; NASA Exceptional Service Medal, and National Aviation Club, "Women in Aviation," both received in 1986; NASA's Group Achievement Award on behalf of the National...
Dates:
July 10, 1989
Correspondence in regards to National Aero-Space Plane (NASP) program, August - September 1993
File — Box: 4, Folder: 14
Identifier: MSA 312, Series 4, File 12
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The items in this series were found in a file labeled, "Lana Couch – Personal File," so items were left as originally grouped. Much of the material is photographs, correspondence, letters of congratulations, and newsletter articles in regards to awards Couch received; nomination recognition for the Federal Woman's Award in 1974; NASA Exceptional Service Medal, and National Aviation Club, "Women in Aviation," both received in 1986; NASA's Group Achievement Award on behalf of the National...
Dates:
August - September 1993
Program, correspondence, and letters of congratulations, upon Lana Couch’s election to Fellow of the AIAA, 1997
File — Box: 4, Folder: 15
Identifier: MSA 312, Series 4, File 13
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The items in this series were found in a file labeled, "Lana Couch – Personal File," so items were left as originally grouped. Much of the material is photographs, correspondence, letters of congratulations, and newsletter articles in regards to awards Couch received; nomination recognition for the Federal Woman's Award in 1974; NASA Exceptional Service Medal, and National Aviation Club, "Women in Aviation," both received in 1986; NASA's Group Achievement Award on behalf of the National...
Dates:
1997
Comics (two original, featuring Couch and co-workers), and humorous sheet, undated
File — Box: 4, Folder: 16
Identifier: MSA 312, Series 4, File 14
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The items in this series were found in a file labeled, "Lana Couch – Personal File," so items were left as originally grouped. Much of the material is photographs, correspondence, letters of congratulations, and newsletter articles in regards to awards Couch received; nomination recognition for the Federal Woman's Award in 1974; NASA Exceptional Service Medal, and National Aviation Club, "Women in Aviation," both received in 1986; NASA's Group Achievement Award on behalf of the National...
Dates:
undated
NASA Langley Researcher newsletter, news photo - Federal Woman's Award. Lana M. Couch, High Speed Aircraft Division, and Barbara J. Durling, Structures and Dynamics Division, receive certificates of recognition from Deputy Director Oran W. Nicks…, September 13, 1974
File — Box: 4, Folder: 3
Identifier: MSA 312, Series 4, File 1
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The items in this series were found in a file labeled, "Lana Couch – Personal File," so items were left as originally grouped. Much of the material is photographs, correspondence, letters of congratulations, and newsletter articles in regards to awards Couch received; nomination recognition for the Federal Woman's Award in 1974; NASA Exceptional Service Medal, and National Aviation Club, "Women in Aviation," both received in 1986; NASA's Group Achievement Award on behalf of the National...
Dates:
September 13, 1974
Correspondence, in regards to "clearance of technical reports", 1974 - 1975
File — Box: 4, Folder: 4
Identifier: MSA 312, Series 4, File 2
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The items in this series were found in a file labeled, "Lana Couch – Personal File," so items were left as originally grouped. Much of the material is photographs, correspondence, letters of congratulations, and newsletter articles in regards to awards Couch received; nomination recognition for the Federal Woman's Award in 1974; NASA Exceptional Service Medal, and National Aviation Club, "Women in Aviation," both received in 1986; NASA's Group Achievement Award on behalf of the National...
Dates:
1974 - 1975