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  Transcript of a speech given by Wernher von Braun to the Alabama Legislature.

  Von Braun, then the director of Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, delivered this speech to the legislature in 1961. In the speech, he emphasizes that Alabama must take advantage of its position in the aerospace industry and create a robust "academic and research environment" in Huntsville to attract businesses that "will give birth to major new industries throughout the state." He exhorts the legislature to fund the newly established University of Alabama Research Institute (now part of the University of Alabama in Huntsville), arguing that "the Institute will not only be self-sustaining, but will enrich the State both financially and culturally." The legislature later approved von Braun's request of $3 million for the Research Institute, enabling the purchase of 200 acres of land for the campus and the construction of the Institute in 1964. The speech includes copies of slides von Braun used during his presentation, including diagrams of Saturn and Nova rockets as well as a mockup of a Saturn rocket on the lawn of the state capitol in Montgomery.
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  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.
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  View of a wing of the UAH Research Institute.

  The building is now known as Von Braun Research Hall.
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  View of the UAH Research Institute.

  The building is now known as Von Braun Research Hall.
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  Working with a Sperry Rand Univac in the UAH Computer Center at the Research Institute.

  Plans for installing a Univac at the Research Institute were detailed in SUN Magazine, a Sperry Rand publication, around 1962. The author of "The Alabama Research Institute: A Dreams Comes True for Huntsville and Dr. Hermann" notes that "Recently Dr. [Rudolf] Hermann completed arrangements with officials of the Univac Division of Sperry Rand Corporation for installation of a Univac 1107."
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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.
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  Circular announcing MSFC's involvement with the documentation of the Saturn program at the UAH Research Institute.

  The documentation noted in the circular is available at UAH Archives and Special Collections in the Saturn V Collection.
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  "Floor Plan of Central Office and Laboratory Building of the Research Institute."

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  "Recommendations for a consolidated library."

  The flier discusses coordination of library services between the UAH Library, the Research Institute, and Redstone Scientific Information Center.
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  "Ground Breaking Ceremony, University of Alabama Research Institute, Huntsville, Alabama, December 20, 1962."

  The program includes a short history of the Research Institute and a program of events, featuring remarks from Rudolf Hermann, Wernher von Braun, and Alabama Governor John Patterson. The back page shows a map of Huntsville with directions from the Huntsville Armory to the Research Institute.