Browse Items (20 total) Browse All Browse by Tag Search Items Subject is exactly "Operation Paperclip (U.S.)" Sort by: TitleCreatorIdentifierDate Added Bernhard Tessmann and William A. Schulze with a group at Fort Bliss, Texas. Tessmann, Bernhard 1947 Transplanted Rocket Pioneers. Lundquist, Charles A. 2014 U. S. War Department Notification of Personnel Action. United States. War Department 1945-09-13 Letter from August Schulze in Aberdeen, Maryland to Trude and Erika Schulze in Landshut, Bavaria, Germany. Schulze, William August 1946-02-10 Special Contract for Employment of German Nationals with the War Department in the United States. United States. War Department 1945-09-14 Report of Physical Examination. United States. War Department 1946-04-08 Supplements to Special Contract for Employment of German Nationals with the War Department in the United States. United States. War Department 1946 Contract for Employment of Foreign Nationals with the War Department of the United States. United States. War Department 1946-11-22 Résumé of August Schulze. United States. War Department 1946-09 1946 day book. Schulze, William August 1946 Department of the Army Permanent Pass. United States. Army 1950-03-03 Orders for the transportation of seventeen German civilians to the United States. United States. Army. United States Forces, European Theater 1945-09-15 "Fort Bliss Old Timers: A Progress Report." Apollo Support Department, Huntsville (Ala.) 1965 1963 Fort Bliss Old Timers Reunion booklet and letter. Apollo Support Department, Huntsville, (Ala.) 1963-1964 News clippings announcing new citizenship for a group of German teenagers living in Huntsville, Alabama. Chattanooga Times 1955 Ballou Ballyhoo, vol. 9, issue 2, May 24, 1947. General C.C. Ballou (Transport ship) 1947-05-24 Group photograph of transplanted German engineers at Fort Bliss, Texas. 1946 Excerpt from the 1946 daybook of William A. Schulze. Schulze, William August 1946-03 1945-1946 Journal of Gerhard Reisig Dipl.-Ing. Reisig, Dr. Gerhard Transcript of 1945-1946 Journal of Gerhard Reisig Dipl.-Ing. Reisig, Dr. Gerhard Output Formats atom, csv, dc-rdf, dcmes-xml, json, omeka-xml, rss2 Refine search Identifier Select...spc_dann_000316spc_mraz_001_002spc_mraz_003_011spc_reis_000001spc_reis_000001_transcriptspc_schu_000294spc_schu_066spc_schu_067_073spc_schu_074_075spc_schu_076_078spc_schu_079_083_093spc_schu_080_082spc_schu_099_101spc_schu_276_337spc_schu_529_530spc_schu_550_551spc_schu_680_718spc_schu_719_781spc_tess_000001web_copy_Transplanted_Rocket_Pioneers Title Select..."Fort Bliss Old Timers: A Progress Report."Ballou Ballyhoo, vol. 9, issue 2, May 24, 1947.Transplanted Rocket Pioneers.1945-1946 Journal of Gerhard Reisig Dipl.-Ing.1946 day book.1963 Fort Bliss Old Timers Reunion booklet and letter.Bernhard Tessmann and William A. Schulze with a group at Fort Bliss, Texas.Contract for Employment of Foreign Nationals with the War Department of the United States.Department of the Army Permanent Pass.Excerpt from the 1946 daybook of William A. Schulze.Group photograph of transplanted German engineers at Fort Bliss, Texas.Letter from August Schulze in Aberdeen, Maryland to Trude and Erika Schulze in Landshut, Bavaria, Germany.News clippings announcing new citizenship for a group of German teenagers living in Huntsville, Alabama.Orders for the transportation of seventeen German civilians to the United States.Report of Physical Examination.Résumé of August Schulze.Special Contract for Employment of German Nationals with the War Department in the United States.Supplements to Special Contract for Employment of German Nationals with the War Department in the United States.Transcript of 1945-1946 Journal of Gerhard Reisig Dipl.-Ing.U. S. War Department Notification of Personnel Action. Description Select...Gerhard Reisig Dipl.-Ing., later Dr. Gerhard Reisig, was a German-American rocket scientist that worked on the team of von Braun at Fort Bliss. This journal covers his journey to the United States under Operation Paperclip, and includes descriptions of his experience to and through his arrival on December 6th, 1946. In this journal, he discusses numerous parts of his travel and experience in the United States including the rail route taken by the group he was in, reviews of two films of the time, comments on fashion and American society, as well as periodic mentions of food culture especially early in the journal. He additionally copies several articles by hand, some in English, some translated, from periodicals, particularly Time magazine.Gerhard Reisig Dipl.-Ing., later Dr. Gerhard Reisig, was a German-American rocket scientist that worked on the team of von Braun at Fort Bliss. This journal covers his journey to the United States under Operation Paperclip, and includes descriptions of his experience to and through his arrival on December 6th, 1946. In this journal, he discusses numerous parts of his travel and experience in the United States including the rail route taken by the group he was in, reviews of two films of the time, comments on fashion and American society, as well as periodic mentions of food culture especially early in the journal. The transcript includes links to copies of the articles he transcribed by hand if they could be found.Schulze wrote this letter to his wife, Trude, and daughter, Erika, on the back of a photostat copy of his War Department Notification of Personnel Action. In the letter, he discusses his pay and accommodations with the U. S. Army.Subtitled "Some of the Old Timers' Contributions to the Science of Space," this booklet commemorates the accomplishments of the group of engineers posted at Fort Bliss, Texas, beginning in 1945. It includes a brief history of rocket development in Germany from 1929 through 1944, photographs of the 1965 Old Timers Reunion, and a directory of the oldtimers. It also includes a transcript of a speech given by Wernher von Braun in honor of Walter Dornberger's retirement.Tessmann is standing on the front row on the far left. Schulze is standing directly behind him. Tessmann and Schulze were both engineers who were relocated from Germany to the United States as part of Operation Paperclip after World War II.The information in this dataset is reproduced from Charles Lundquist's 2014 monograph Transplanted Rocket Pioneers. The information includes biographical and professional information that he compiled to produce the book. Each individual represented in the dataset also has a vertical file in the Lundquist Collection at UAH. Transplanted Rocket Pioneers is a recognition of the early members of the von Braun rocket team, many of whom were key players in the successful moon landing. Many historians conclude that the lunar missions of the Apollo Program could not have been possible without the leadership and experience provided by a corps of engineers, scientists and managers transplanted from Europe to the Unites States after World War II. This fact motivated Dr. Lundquist to deposit this work in the Archives of the Library at the University of Alabama in Huntsville by assembling a file on each of the individuals who came from Europe to participate in the rocketry activities in Huntsville, or, in a few cases, individuals who had other ties to Huntsville. This dataset includes a standard one-page summary sheet for each subject. Although most sheets are relatively complete, some data are still missing. The first two lines on each page records fundamental identification information: Family name Date of birth Place of birth Given names Date of death Place of death The next standard entry is a statement of the extent of the Archives Holdings, either i) A primary collection of documents housed in one or more banker boxes, usually a separate individual collection ii) A secondary collection in a standard archive box, or iii) a file folder. Next, if there is an oral or video history for the individual, this fact is noted. A statement about the highest education levels of the individual follows. The next five entries, in chronological order, record whether the individual participated in activities at five sites: 1. Raketenflugplatz-Kummersdorf: Individuals engaged in the activities at these sites of early rocket development experiments sponsored first by VfR and subsequently by the German Army. 2. Peenemünde: Included here are individuals who participated in Peenemünde programs under several auspices, including as Army civilian employees, as members of the German military, as contractor employees on site or visiting as needed, and as university employees collaborating as required. 3. Fort Bliss: Individuals who were brought to Fort Bliss from 1945 to 1950. 4. GMDD-ABMA: Individuals who came to Huntsville, Alabama to work for the US Army rocket programs in the decade 1950 to 1960. 5th MSFC: Individuals who were employed by the NASA Marshall Space Flight Center in the 1960s. Some people had various relationships with UAH and that is so noted. Additionally, a statement of immigration details is noted if pertinent. Finally, a great variety of incidental information is included under Incidental Remarks. UAH Special Collections welcomes additions of biographical materials to the vertical file in the Charles Lundquist Collection. Please note that the work is that of Dr. Lundquist and may contain errors or omissions which are solely the product of his work on the project, as noted in the introduction of the work.: " Finally, it is pertinent to note that any document containing large files will surely have some mistakes or omission. Any errors are the responsibility of the author alone." As was the wish of Dr. Lundquist, we will strive to make factual corrections to the online copy when necessary.The materials include a letter from Walter Wiesman and an Old Timers Reunion booklet. The booklet includes reproduced news clippings, the reunion program, and photographs from Fort Bliss, as well as photographs of reunion attendees and activities with subjects identified. The reunion booklet also includes photographs from a meeting of the Alabama Section of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics.The members of the group were all children of German engineers who were brought to the United States under Operation Paperclip. The clippings include photos of the group with their new immigration registration cards.The two supplements extend August Schulze's employment in the United States to November 21, 1946. On the back of Supplement No. 2, Schulze lists amenities and their prices.This contract outlines employee benefits, policies regarding the movement of dependents from Germany to the United States, and conditions of secrecy, noting that "as a condition to admittance to this country and employment hereunder, employee agrees to observe such security measures as the President of the United States may direct with respect to the project here involved." The contract also includes an enclosure clarifying that Schulze's wife and daughter may move to the United States as soon as possible.This document identifies the first group of German engineers to be brought to the United States as part of Operation Paperclip. Seven of the men listed were eventually transported to the U. S. Army post at Fort Bliss, Texas: Wernher von Braun, Wilhelm Jungert, Erich Neubert, Theo Poppel, Eberhard Rees, August Schulze, and Walter Schwidetski. The men were transported from Germany by air and then by train once in the United States.This document includes details about Schulze's transfer to the United States after World War II, including his health and the terms of his employment as an engineer.This excerpt includes pages 36 and 37 of the daybook. In the entries, Schulze notes his travel to Fort Bliss, Texas from Aberdeen, Maryland. A translation is included.This newsletter was produced by the crew of the USAT General C.C. Ballou and includes information about services onboard, ship terminology, and news bulletins. The family of William A. Mrazek, an engineer who was already in the United States at Fort Bliss, Texas, immigrated from Germany to the United States on the Ballou. The newsletter was produced in both English and German.This pass was issued by the Office of the Chief of Ordnance, Research and Development Division Suboffice (Rocket), at Fort Bliss, Texas.This photo is a reprint of the original.This report documents August Schulze's physical condition after his arrival in the United States.This résumé outlines Schulze's professional activities and activities in rocketry. The document notes his interrogation by the United States and outlines plans for his "Contemplated Activity" as "Chief of the Subsection 'Thrust Unit'."This special contract outlines the conditions of August Schulze's employment as an engineer in the United States. The document also includes instructions regarding the engineers' housing, dependents, mail, termination of contract, and burial.Written by William A. Schulze, this day book includes notes from his activities at Army Proving Ground at Aberdeen, Maryland in early 1946. Schulze was transported from Germany to Aberdeen in late 1945 as part of the first group of German engineers sent to the United States. During the week of March 17-23, Schulze records his travel from Aberdeen to El Paso, Texas, leaving on Monday, March 18, and arriving in Texas on Thursday, March 21. The day book includes entries on shopping, leisure activities, birthdays, and mail. Schulze's notes reference H. N. Toftoy, Konrad Dannenberg, Wilhelm Jungert, Hannes Luehrsen, Theo Poppel, Erich Neubert, Walter Schwidetski, and others. Creator Select...Chattanooga TimesHuntsville TimesApollo Support Department, Huntsville (Ala.)Apollo Support Department, Huntsville, (Ala.)General C.C. Ballou (Transport ship)Lundquist, Charles A.Reisig, Dr. GerhardSchulze, William AugustTessmann, BernhardUnited States. ArmyUnited States. Army. United States Forces, European TheaterUnited States. War DepartmentWiesman, Walter Publisher Select...The University of Alabama in Huntsville Temporal Coverage Select...1940-19491950-19591960-1969 Subject Remove filter...Operation Paperclip (U.S.) Type Select...ClippingsDiariesNewspapersPhotographsStill ImageTextTranscripts Provenance Select...This collection is digital only.This item was digitized for the Apollo 11 50th anniversary celebration. Language Select...deen
