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"Science Historians Join With Research Institute."
Clipping from the UAH Exponent, Wednesday, December 10, 1969, vol. 2, no. 10, page 3. The article highlights the work of Barton C. Hacker and John S. Beltz to collect historical documents from the Saturn program. The documentation they collected is available at UAH Archives and Special Collections in the Saturn V Collection. -
"Frances Cabaniss Roberts: Her Life and Legacy."
This virtual talk includes a lecture from Dr. Tom Reidy, editor of the 2020 edition of Frances Roberts' 1956 dissertation, with comments and moderation by UAH Head of Archives and Special Collections Reagan Grimsley and History Department Chair Stephen Waring. The talk was given as part of an Alabama Humanities Alliance grant, in partnership with the UAH M. Louis Salmon Library, the UAH Humanities Center, and the UAH History Department. -
VHS tape of "Trial by Fire and Water: Birmingham, 1963" (Part I).
Rev. Fred Shuttlesworth is the speaker in this lecture given at Alabama A&M. -
Flier advertising the Civil Rights Movement in Alabama 1954-1965 Lecture Series.
This pamphlet features photographs taken by Alabama photographer Charles Moore during the civil rights era. Speakers listed include Fred Gray, Fred Shuttlesworth, Sonnie Hereford, and John Lewis. -
Transcript of "Trial by Fire and Water: Birmingham, 1963" (Part I).
Rev. Fred Shuttlesworth is the speaker in this lecture given at Alabama A&M. -
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UAH Founders' Day Luncheon program.
The program includes details of the lunch program, including performances by the UAH Village Singers and the dedication of the Ambulatory Care Center. Program honorees included John R. Morton, Philip M. Mason, H. Clyde Reeves, former Vice President for Huntsville Affairs; and Ben Graves, UAH's first president. -
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"Saturn IB ESE interlock system."
The results of an OMSF AS-201 Interlock and RCA 110A Computer Review were published. Recognizing that this was a "quick look", it was determined that a more detailed approach should be taken with respect to interlocks for the duration of the Saturn IB-V program. -
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Program from the dedication and opening of the Willy Ley Memorial Collection at the UAH Library.
The program includes a diagram of the arrangement of the collection, a brief biographical sketch of Ley, and a program for the "Ley Memorial Symposium on Science and Technology in the 1970's." Willy Ley died in 1969. The UAH Library purchased his book collection from his widow, Olga Ley, in 1970. -
Program from the first biannual Dr. Wernher von Braun Exploration Forum.
The forum included a scholarship presentation and awards dinner given by the National Space Club. Special guests were musician John Denver, Apollo 17 astronaut Harrison Schmitt, and engineer Ernst Stuhlinger. -
Charles Lundquist at the University of Alabama in Huntsville.
Charles A. Lundquist seated in Von Braun Research Hall, at the University of Alabama in Huntsville. -
David Christensen speaking at the dedication of the Willy Ley Collection at the UAH Library.
Christensen then worked in the Division of Graduate Programs and Research at UAH. The UAH Library purchased the Willy Ley Collection from Ley's widow, Olga, in 1970. -
Painted sign advertising the Willy Ley Collection at the UAH Library.
Today this sign is on display in the Archives and Special Collections reading room on the ground floor of the library. The UAH Library purchased the Willy Ley Collection from Ley's widow, Olga, in 1970. -
David Christensen speaking at the dedication of the Willy Ley Collection at the UAH Library.
Christensen then worked in the Division of Graduate Programs and Research at UAH. The UAH Library purchased the Willy Ley Collection from Ley's widow, Olga, in 1970. -
David Christensen speaking at the dedication of the Willy Ley Collection at the UAH Library.
Christensen then worked in the Division of Graduate Programs and Research at UAH. The UAH Library purchased the Willy Ley Collection from Ley's widow, Olga, in 1970. -
Olga Ley speaking at the dedication of the Willy Ley Collection at the UAH Library.
David Christensen is standing at the right. The UAH Library purchased the Willy Ley Collection from Mrs. Ley in 1970. -
Arthur Rudolph speaking at the dedication of the Willy Ley Collection at the UAH Library.
At the time, Rudolph was retired from NASA as the former manager of the Saturn V program at Marshall Space Flight Center. The UAH Library purchased the Willy Ley Collection from Ley's widow, Olga, in 1970. -
Ben Graves speaking at the dedication of the Willy Ley Collection at the UAH Library.
Graves was the president of UAH at the time. David Christensen is standing at the right, next to a sign painted to advertise the collection. The UAH Library purchased the Willy Ley Collection from Ley's widow, Olga, in 1970. -
Olga Ley cutting the ribbon at the opening of the Willy Ley Collection at the UAH Library.
The UAH Library purchased the Willy Ley Collection from Mrs. Ley in 1970. -
Olga Ley positioning a bust of Willy Ley on a display case.
Wernher von Braun and UAH President Ben Graves can be seen in the background. The UAH Library purchased the Willy Ley Collection from Mrs. Ley in 1970. -
Olga Ley positioning a bust of Willy Ley on a display case.
Wernher von Braun and UAH President Ben Graves can be seen in the background. The UAH Library purchased the Willy Ley Collection from Mrs. Ley in 1970. -
Jean Perrault, Arthur Rudolph, Wernher von Braun, and Ben Graves at the dedication of the Willy Ley Collection at the UAH Library.
Perrault was the director of the UAH Library at the time. Rudolph had retired from NASA from 1969 and von Braun was then working as Deputy Associate Administrator of NASA in Washington, D.C. The UAH Library purchased the Willy Ley Collection from Ley's widow, Olga, in 1970. -
Olga Ley cutting the ribbon at the opening of the Willy Ley Collection at the UAH Library.
The UAH Library purchased the Willy Ley Collection from Mrs. Ley in 1970. -
Wernher von Braun and Ben Graves at the dedication of the Willy Ley Collection at the UAH Library.
The UAH Library purchased the Willy Ley Collection from Ley's widow, Olga, in 1970. -
Dedication of the Willy Ley Collection at the UAH Library.
On the front row, left to right, are David Christensen, Arthur Rudolph, Wernher von Braun, and Olga Ley. The UAH Library purchased the Willy Ley Collection from Ley's widow, Olga, in 1970 -
Wernher von Braun, Jean Perrault, Olga Ley, and Ben Graves at the dedication of the Willy Ley Collection.
The UAH Library purchased the Willy Ley Collection from Mrs. Ley in 1970. -
Attendees at the dedication of the Willy Ley Collection at the UAH Library.
The UAH Library purchased the Willy Ley Collection from Ley's widow, Olga, in 1970. -
Attendees at the dedication of the Willy Ley Collection at the UAH Library.
The UAH Library purchased the Willy Ley Collection from Ley's widow, Olga, in 1970. -
Attendees at the dedication of the Willy Ley Collection at the UAH Library.
The UAH Library purchased the Willy Ley Collection from Ley's widow, Olga, in 1970. -
"Current Journal Subscriptions 1962 - 1963."
This is a typed list of the journal subscriptions for the library in 1962-1963 with additional journals written at the bottom of the list. At the top of the document, there is a written note to "Dr. Roberts," presumably history professor Frances Roberts, requesting she renew all of the subscriptions. -
"Please help us by returning Library Books."
This flier advertises a two day period during which no fines will be charged on overdue library books if they are returned on Wednesday, December 11 and "Thursday, December 12 from 10 A.M -- 10 P.M. at the Huntsville Center Library." -
