Glenn, John, 1921-2016
Person
Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:
Brad Tillson Inventing Flight Collection
Collection
Identifier: MS-483
Abstract
This collection contains the personal papers of J. Bradford Tillson, the chairman of the Inventing Flight Celebration held in Dayton, Ohio. It documents his correspondence and work on the Inventing Flight Celebration Commission and his involvement with the U.S. Centennial of Flight Commission; the committee for the national celebration of flight. This collection contains personal correspondence, financial documentation, planning information and other materials related to the Centennial of...
Dates:
1912-2006; Majority of material found within 1989-2004
Found in:
Special Collections
Glenn, John, and Family, 1954 - 2001
VIP File
Scope and Contents
This VIP File contains photographs of astronaut and politician Senator John Herschel Glenn, Jr., as well as his wife Annie and his parents, Mr. and Mrs. John H. Glenn, Sr.
Of particular interest, there are several photographs of 1962 homecoming celebrations in his hometown of New Concord, Ohio, following the successful NASA mission Friendship 7, in which Glenn became the first American to orbit the Earth.
Dates:
1954 - 2001
William Peters Aviation Photograph Collection
Collection
Identifier: MS-485
Abstract
The collection compiled by William H. Peters and given to Lieutenant Colonel John Glenn includes 53 photographs of famous aviators and aircrafts from the beginning of man-powered flight through the late 1930s. Included are images of the 1903 Wright Flyer, Glenn Curtiss, Benjamin Foulois, Fiorello Henry LaGuardia and many others. This collection also contains many signed photographs and documents including signatures from Wilbur Wright, Alberto Santos-Dumont, Dr. Hugo Eckner, Edwin Levick and...
Dates:
1903-1964; Majority of material found within 1908-1930
Found in:
Special Collections
Reed Smith Wright State University Peace Studies Collection (UA-1)
Collection
Identifier: UA-1
Abstract
Dr. Reed Smith was a professor at Wright State University from 1969 – 1995. In that time he built up a Peace Studies program at WSU and held several conferences on Peace Activism. This collection contains grant applications and proposals, biographies of speakers at conferences, research papers that he and others had written, and a large collection of periodicals on Peace Activism or relating to the Peace Movement.
Dates:
1972 - 1996; Majority of material found within 1980 - 1992
Found in:
University Archives
Dr. Stanley C. White Papers
Collection
Identifier: MS-465
Abstract
Dr. Stanley C. White was a pioneer in the design of life support systems for space travel. He worked as an aerospace doctor with the Mercury, Gemini, Apollo, and Skylab programs. He was the president of both Aerospace Medical Association and International Academy of Aviation and Space Medicine. Dr. White's collection contains photographs, slides, and papers from his career. Many of the photographs are from his work at NASA and his papers contain the selection of astronauts. There are many...
Dates:
1950-2000; Majority of material found within 1961-1979
Found in:
Special Collections
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- Correspondence 4
- Newspapers 3
- Brochures 2
- Magazines (periodicals) 2
- Pamphlets 2
- Photographs 2
- Aeronautics -- United States -- History 1
- Air pilots 1
- Anti-war demonstrations 1
- Astronauts 1
- Audiocassettes 1
- Blériot aircraft 1
- Books 1
- Closed ecological systems (Space environment) 1
- DVDs 1
- Dayton (Ohio) -- History 1
- Deperdussin Monoplane (Airplane) 1
- Farman III (Airplane) 1
- Flight -- History -- 20th century 1
- Focke-Wulf airplanes 1
- Fort Myer (Va.) 1
- John F. Kennedy Space Center Region (Fla.) 1
- Kitty Hawk (N.C.) 1
- Lakehurst (N.J.) 1
- Langley Air Force Base (Va.) 1
- Le Bourget (France) 1
- Legislators -- United States 1
- Memorabilia 1
- Newsletters 1
- Outer space -- Exploration 1
- Pacifists 1
- Peace movements 1
- Peace movements -- United States 1
- Political activists 1
- Politicians 1
- Politicians -- Ohio 1
- Reports 1
- Saranac Lake (N.Y.) 1
- Slides (photographs) 1
- Space medicine 1
- Student pacifists 1
- VHS 1
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Conscientious objectors 1
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Protest movements 1
- Warchalowski Type V (Airplane) 1
- Wright Flyer (Airplane) 1
- Wright-Patterson Air Force Base (Ohio) 1
- Zeppelin L-49 (Dirigible) 1
- Zeppelin No. 2 (Dirigible) 1 + ∧ less
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