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"Aerial view of Scale Model UAH, January, 1968."

The model shows the future library and Engineering Science building.

"Aerial view from the East of Scale Model UAH, January 1968."

The model shows the future library and the Engineering Science building.

"View from the South of Scale Model UAH, January, 1968."

The model shows the future library and the Engineering Science building.

"View from the North of Scale Model UAH, January, 1968."

The model shows the future library building and the Engineering Science building.

Photographs of Library secretary Sandy Lamb.

The description reads, "Sandy Lamb, our second secretary."

"10th Annual Meeting of the Alabama Division of the Southeastern Regional Association of Physical Plant Administrators of Universities and Colleges."

This leaflet contains an itinerary for the meeting as well as descriptions and photographs of existing UAH buildings. The leaflet also notes future plans for campus facilities and the fact that this was the first time the meeting was held at UAH.

Materials related to the 1968 National Library Week open house and recognition ceremony at the UAH Library.

At the time the UAH Library was located in the Graduate Studies Building (later renamed Madison Hall). The invitation lists individual and group donors to the library, memorials. It also notes a special gift of the "Freedom Shrine," a collection of historic American documents, from the Exchange Club of Huntsville and Thiokol Chemical Corporation.

Photographs of 1968 "Miss Library" contestants from UAH.

The Miss Library competition was part of National Library Week.

Charlie Chambers of Anderson News and UAH Librarian Christel McCanless pose with book crates of donations to the UAH Library.

Charlie Chambers of Anderson News and UAH Librarian Christel McCanless pose with book crates of donations to the UAH Library.

"This is UAH" college information brochure.

The information envelope provides information on the city of Huntsville as well as information pertaining to UAH's academic programs, extracurricular activities, admissions process, and fees.

Faculty members confer near the "Freedom Shrine" at the UAH Library.

The back of the photo reads: "L to R Christel L. McCanless, First UAH Lib'n H. Clyde Reeves, VP and Representative of Freedom Shrine Program given to UAH Lib." The Freedom Shrine is a collection of historic American documents and a program of the National Exchange Club. It was donated to the UAH Library, then located in the Graduate Studies Building (later named Madison Hall), by the Exchange Club of Huntsville and Thiokol Chemical Corporation.

Early photographs of the UAH Book Nook.

The Book Nook was the original name of the UAH Bookstore. After her resignation as Librarian in 1968, Christel McCanless acted as a consultant for the Book Nook in the 1970s.

Flier for the UAH Library.

The flier provides information on how to borrow library materials, navigating the library, and who to refer to for help in particular research areas. It also includes a floor plan of each level.

Space Business Daily, November 2, 1965.

This is Vol. 23, No. 2 of Space Business Daily, a Space Publications newsletter. Topics include the acceleration of Soviet space testing activities, requests for advanced satellite tracking studies, the first flight model of the French satellite family, Gemini VI and VII, upcoming conferences, financial backlogs, earnings, and sales changes, contracts awarded, and several negotiations.

Space Business Daily, November 18, 1965.

This is Vol. 23, No. 13 of Space Business Daily, a Space Publications newsletter. Topics include the proposal for a manned Mars mission in 1984, studies for new re-entry communications blackout solutions, economic impacts and changes, Saturn V booster stages recovery studies, the completion of the test model of the Apollo deep space antenna, and the missions of the applications technology satellites.

Space Business Daily, November 22, 1965.

This is Vol. 23, No. 15 of Space Business Daily, a Space Publications newsletter. Topics include the initial studies of the Advanced Defense Communications Satellite Project, various companies awarded grants and funding for space related projects, an update on the French space agency's tracking networks, test setting dates and results, the delay of the Gemini flight preparations due to the McDonnell strike, economic impacts and changes, and DOD and NASA contracts and negotiations.

Space Business Daily, November 29, 1965.

This is Vol. 23, No. 18 of Space Business Daily, a Space Publications newsletter. Topics include the direct FM broadcast satellite, Boeing's study on extended radiation exposure in space missions, an update on the preparations for the Gemini missions, the recovery of the French test rocket ICBM Force De Dissuasion, the construction of the first test models of the lunar orbiter, the first drop test of the Surveyor, the official end of the McDonnell strike, a list of the top DOD contractors, various space studies, and DOD and NASA contracts and negotiations.

Space Business Daily, December 6, 1965.

This is Vol. 23, No. 23 of Space Business Daily, a Space Publications newsletter. Topics include the death of the dean of American space scientists, the confirmation of two new Venus missions, studies and contracts relating to the space shuttle, various topics regarding ComSat, French preparations for Antarctica launchings, economic and financial changes and impacts, various contracts award for space related research and development, the upcoming Gemini missions, DOD and NASA contracts and negotiations, and the launch of the French satellite Citron.

Space Business Daily, December 10, 1965.

This is Vol. 23, No. 27 of Space Business Daily, a Space Publications newsletter. Topics include the proposals of two new high-pressure oxygen-hydrogen engine concepts to replace the liquid-hydrogen M-1 engines, various space studies and technological developments, the log of Gemini VII and successful rendezvous with Gemini VI, the significance of the High Boost Experimental vehicle and the Large Aperature Seismic Array, the development of the AVCO rocket-rifle, and DOD and NASA contracts.

Space Business Daily, January 7, 1966.

This is Vol. 24, No. 5 of Space Business Daily, a Space Publications newsletter. Topics include the upcoming selection of 15 new astronauts, an analytical review of the 1967 NASA budget, the Apollo program and the Apollo Applications program, an experimental profile for a manned lunar orbital mission, the planned study of space-oceanography feasibility, the preliminary design model of Philco's automated biological laboratory, contract finances and changes, a proposed contract for an electromagnetic interference study, and DOD and NASA contracts.

Space Business Daily, January 14, 1966.

This is Vol. 24, No. 10 of Space Business Daily, a Space Publications newsletter. Topics include an analysis of the National Space Program, study areas in the Apollo Applications remote sensor program, the Aerospace Medical Division's plan for a guide to space law to be used as a basic reference for all space agencies, various contracts awarded, the delivery of the first Apollo TV camera, a warning of a possible Soviet breakthrough in missile defense, the Saturn IB launch vehicle's readiness, and DOD and NASA contracts and negotiations.

Space Business Daily, January 18, 1966.

This is Vol. 24, No. 12 of Space Business Daily, a Space Publications newsletter. Topics include the continued search for a data relay satellite network, the conclusion of the High-Boost Experiment test program, the success of the static test firing of Lockheed-Propulsion's second stage solid rocket motor, the delivery of the HL-10 lifting body, various personnel changes and agency reorganization, recommendations for a post-Apollo space program, economic and financial changes and impacts, and DOD and NASA contracts and negotiations.

Space Business Daily, January 20, 1966.

This is Vol. 24, No. 14 of Space Business Daily, a Space Publications newsletter. Topics include hearings conducted by the Oversight Subcommittee, the European space industry concerns, the testing of the Lunar Hopper, the two phase program for defining the Apollo Applications program, contracts awarded to develop of 12-man communications system, economic and financial changes and impacts, topics on Future Space Business, and DOD and NASA contracts and negotiations.

Space Business Daily, January 31, 1966.

This is Vol. 24, No. 21 of Space Business Daily, a Space Publications newsletter. Topics include penetration aids development, the possibility of the AA space shuttle test, U.S. defense capability for a possible nuclear attack, the first test firings of the flight-model Saturn V first stage, changes in earnings and other financial impacts, "the general nuclear war problem," topics on Future Space Business, and DOD and NASA grants, contracts, and negotiations.

Space Business Daily, February 8, 1966.

This is Vol. 24, No. 26 of Space Business Daily, a Space Publications newsletter. Topics include the integration of an Apollo mapping/survey system, further analysis of Soviet techniques through the Lunik IX soft-lander and other information regarding the spacecraft, plans for various upcoming tests and launches, the study of nuclear generator burnup, topics on Future Space Business, and DOD and NASA contracts and negotiations.

Space Business Daily, February 9, 1966.

This is Vol. 24, No. 27 of Space Business Daily, a Space Publications newsletter. Topics include the first flight of the lunar soft-lander Surveyor, the possibility of a manned circumlunar flight of Apollo, the expectation of a Franco-Soviet space agreement, a call from England for U.S./Soviet space cooperation, possible locations for the ComSat US ground station, a report of the Soviet soft-lander Lunik IX and accompanying photos, topics on Future Space Business, and DOD and NASA contracts and negotiations.

Space Business Daily, February 14, 1966.

This is Vol. 24, No. 30 of Space Business Daily, a Space Publications newsletter. Topics include the response to a call for a six-month feasibility and preliminary design study of data relay satellites, scheduled hearings by the House Space Subcommittee, the announcement of MOL manned launches to be flown out of California not Florida sparks opposition to the plan, various launches and test dates, charts of manned space flight supporting research, space science and applications supporting research, advanced research and technology supporting research, and tracking and data acquisition supporting research, a report on NASA's advanced research and technology budget for 1967, topics on Future Space Business, the unveiling of a flight model of the Phoenix air-to-air missile, and DOD and NASA grants and negotiations.

Space Business Daily, February 16, 1966.

This is Vol. 24, No. 32 of Space Business Daily, a Space Publications newsletter. Topics include the bidding for the development and fabrication contract for a ComSat multipurpose satellite, "trade mission reports on European Space Business," the halt of testing for the AGENA target vehicle for the Gemini VII mission, part two of recommendations regarding rocket/satellite research, the full-size experimental model of the Local Scientific Survey Module, changes in earnings and other financial information, and DOD and NASA negotiations.

Space Business Daily, February 28, 1966.

This is Vol. 24, No. 39 of Space Business Daily, a Space Publications newsletter. Topics include the ordering of seven-segment solid motors by the Air Force Space Systems Division for the MOL program, concern over the presented Apollo Applications plans for a manned space flight, the potential operational communications satellite system for tactile messages between warring units, another postponement of the Saturn IB launch, budget requirements in 1968 for the SNAP 8 program to continue, part twoi of the detailed breakdown of the Defense Secretary's funding position for space and missile projects for 1967, various business acquisitions and changes in earnings, the plans for a new facility to be built to house ramjet experimentation, topics on Future Space Business, and NASA contracts and negotiations.

Postcard of a woman, possibly Virginia Clay-Clopton, and companions.

The back of this real photo postcard reads, "Virginia Clay Clopton, age 90."

Major Edwin D. Burwell Jr. Army Identification Card.

The front of the card displays an image of Major Edwin D. Burwell Jr., as well as his name, designation, and signature. The back notes his height at five feet, eight and a half inches, weight as 140 pounds, hair color as brown, and eye color as blue. It also notes his daye of birth, 9 November 1916, and has his left and right index fingerprints. The word "INACTIVE" is hole-punched into the card.

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