The caption on the back reads, "ANNOUNCING SPERRY GIFT TO UAH-- Governor George C. Wallace (seated) seen above announcing the Sperry Corporation's gift to the University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) of $3.2 million in computer hardware and software. Joining the Governor for the Announcement on April 16 in Montgomery office were Vern Dykema, Vice President of the Sperry Corporation, and Dr. John C. Wright, President of UAH."
Pictured here with their wives, John C. Wright served as the second president of UAH from 1978 to 1988, while Louis Padulo succeeded him as UAH's third president and served from 1988 to 1990.
Stuhlinger attended the launch of Apollo 11 with her husband Ernst Stuhlinger, then the Associate Director for Science at Marshall Space Flight Center. In the entries, she describes her reaction to the launch and the successful lunar landing and makes note of the celebrations she and her family attended in Huntsville. She also records her daily activities, including socializing with neighbors and shopping with her children. A translation is included.
This album contains a series of photographs from the construction of the Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV) at the Boeing test facility in Huntsville, Alabama. Ron Lancaster, a longtime Boeing engineer, added humorous speech bubbles and notes to the photographs, many of which depict himself and his colleagues. The album includes a group shot of the engineers with a completed LRV.