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Col. John C. Nickerson, Jr. Papers
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Letter from Col. John C. Nickerson at Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville, Alabama, to Gen. James A. Pickering in Atlanta, Georgia.
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Ballistic missiles
Cold War
Courts martial and courts of inquiry--United States
Espionage
Redstone Arsenal (Ala.)
Huntsville (Ala.)
Madison County (Ala.)
Nickerson, John C.
Pickering, James A.
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In this letter, Nickerson thanks Gen. Pickering for his support and explains why he believes the Army is the best service branch to develop ballistic missiles. He also discusses the need for missiles in case of war with the Soviet Union. Nickerson was a staff officer at the Army Ballistic Missile Agency at Redstone Arsenal assigned to work on the Jupiter, the United States' first mid-range ballistic missile. He was arrested and court martialed for espionage in 1957 after releasing sensitive documents about the United States missile program to the press. At the time, Secretary of Defense Charles E. Wilson granted the Air Force sole authority to develop intermediate range ballistic missile systems. Nickerson disagreed with this policy, and in response, leaked documents that demonstrated the superiority of Army missiles compared to those developed by the Air Force. He eventually pled guilty to lesser charges and was suspended from the Army for one year and was fined $1,500. Dr. Wernher von Braun was among those who testified on Nickerson's behalf.
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Nickerson, John C., Jr.
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1957-03-28
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spc_nick_000001_000002
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1950-1959
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en
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Col. John C. Nickerson, Jr. Papers
Box 1, Series 1, Folder 1
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Robert E. (Bob) Jones Collection
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Robert E. (Bob) Jones Collection
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Letter from Sen. Lister Hill, Sen. John Sparkman, and Rep. Bob Jones to Huntsville radio stations.
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Addressed to stations WBHP and WFUN, the letter announces that the U. S. Senate passed "legislation authorizing construction work for Redstone Arsenal totaling $4,250,000." The letter also mentions building rocket test stations and a flight test range.
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Jones, Robert Emmett, 1912-1997
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1950-02-10
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en
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pol_jonr_000005
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1950-1959
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Robert E. (Bob) Jones Collection
University of Alabama in Huntsville Archives, Special Collections, and Digital Initiatives, Huntsville, Alabama
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Radio stations
Redstone Arsenal (Ala.)
United States. Congress
Huntsville (Ala.)
Madison County (Ala.)
Sparkman, John, 1899-1985
Jones, Robert Emmett, 1912-1997
Hill, Lister, 1894-1984
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Public Works
Hurricane Camille
Se~r
MaJor General. T. E. Moore,
8.1969
C~er
Depart.ment ot the Air J'orce
Headquarter. Ke••ler 'lechnic:al Tra1nina: Center (Are)
Keealer Air Force Bu., M1 .. 1adppl
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Dear General Moore :
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ot the HDuae, I want to thank you perl0naJ,.4 and tor
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DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE
HUOQUART ERS KU.SLER TECHH IC AL TItAIHIHG CEHTER (ATC )
KEESLER AI R FORCf: USE , ~ISSISSI""1 ]953.
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4 SE? 1969
Honor able Robert E. Jones
House of Rep r esentatives
Dear Hr . Jones
It was a pleasure meeting with you during your stopove r while on
the Hurricane Camille survey. The photograph taken wi th Congressman Co l mer and General Maddux during your visit is inclosed .
We hope that in the near future you will have the opportunity to
revisit Keesler for a look at our training mission and suppo r t
operations.
Sincer ely
RP.~
T . E. MOORE
Majo r Cene ral, USAF
Commander
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Materials from Rep. Bob Jones' visit to Keesler Air Force Base in Biloxi, Mississippi after Hurricane Camille.
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Colmer, William Meyers, 1890-1980
Jones, Robert Emmett, 1912-1997
Maddux, Sam, 1914-1990
Moore, Thomas E. (Thomas Estes), 1912-2007
Hurricane Camille, 1969
Keesler Air Force Base (Miss.)
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The materials include correspondence between Jones and Major General T. E. Moore, commander of the Keesler Technical Training Center, and a photo of Jones with Moore, Congressman William Colmer of Mississippi and General Sam Maddux.
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Jones, Robert Emmett, 1912-1997
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Robert E. (Bob) Jones Collection
University of Alabama in Huntsville Archives, Special Collections, and Digital Initiatives, Huntsville, Alabama
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1969-08-23
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en
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Correspondence
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pol_jonr_000001_000004
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1960-1969
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Goldsmith-Schiffman Collection
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Goldsmith-Schiffman Collection
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<p>"My ancestors were all German Jewish immigrants, members of four families who settled in Huntsville, Alabama before and following the Civil War. The Bernstein, Herstein and Schiffman families arrived during the 1850s, and Oscar Goldsmith arrived in 1879. Subsequent generations united these four families in marriage. Members of the extended family have figured in every phase of the history of Huntsville, both economically and socially; from the agrarian years of the nineteenth century through Huntsville’s growth after World War II, to becoming known as Rocket City USA; and socially, from the time of institutionalized slavery before the Civil War to segregation followed by the civil rights era."</p>
<p>-<a href="https://www.myjewishlearning.com/southern-and-jewish/highlighting-the-history-of-huntsvilles-jewish-community/">Margaret Anne Goldsmith in an interview with My Jewish Learning</a></p>
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Correspondence between I. Schiffman and Co. in Huntsville, Alabama, and Allen Northington of the Alabama Farm Bureau Cotton Association in Montgomery, Alabama.
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From the business records of I. Schiffman and Company. In the first letter, Lawrence B. Goldsmith of I. Schiffman and Co. inquires about selling cotton through the Alabama Farm Bureau Cotton Association. In his reply, Northington asserts that "we will be glad to handle any cotton for you that was grown on your farm and make the government advance up to 15.64� Middling basis."
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Goldsmith, Lawrence B.
Northington, Allen
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1930-03
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1930-1939
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Alabama Farm Bureau Cotton Association
Cotton--Cooperative marketing
Cotton growing--Southern States
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Correspondence
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I. Schiffman & Co. Records
Box 48, Folder 1930
University of Alabama in Huntsville Archives, Special Collections, and Digital Initiatives, Huntsville, Alabama
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en
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Goldsmith-Schiffman Collection
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<p>"My ancestors were all German Jewish immigrants, members of four families who settled in Huntsville, Alabama before and following the Civil War. The Bernstein, Herstein and Schiffman families arrived during the 1850s, and Oscar Goldsmith arrived in 1879. Subsequent generations united these four families in marriage. Members of the extended family have figured in every phase of the history of Huntsville, both economically and socially; from the agrarian years of the nineteenth century through Huntsville’s growth after World War II, to becoming known as Rocket City USA; and socially, from the time of institutionalized slavery before the Civil War to segregation followed by the civil rights era."</p>
<p>-<a href="https://www.myjewishlearning.com/southern-and-jewish/highlighting-the-history-of-huntsvilles-jewish-community/">Margaret Anne Goldsmith in an interview with My Jewish Learning</a></p>
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Correspondence concerning cooperative marketing of Huntsville-area farmers' cotton.
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From the business records of I. Schiffman and Company. The letters contain lists of farmers whose cotton I. Schiffman & Co. is marketing through the Alabama Farm Bureau Cotton Association. The materials include notes from each farmer instructing the Association to hold their cotton in the "regular annual pool [...] subject to lien on same held by I. Schiffman & Company." Each letter indicates the value of the cotton.
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Alabama Farm Bureau Cotton Association
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1930-03
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1930-1939
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Alabama Farm Bureau Cotton Association
Cotton--Cooperative marketing
Cotton growing--Southern States
Cotton--prices
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Correspondence
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I. Schiffman & Co. Records
Box 48, Folder 1930
University of Alabama in Huntsville Archives, Special Collections, and Digital Initiatives, Huntsville, Alabama
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en
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Goldsmith-Schiffman Collection
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<p>"My ancestors were all German Jewish immigrants, members of four families who settled in Huntsville, Alabama before and following the Civil War. The Bernstein, Herstein and Schiffman families arrived during the 1850s, and Oscar Goldsmith arrived in 1879. Subsequent generations united these four families in marriage. Members of the extended family have figured in every phase of the history of Huntsville, both economically and socially; from the agrarian years of the nineteenth century through Huntsville’s growth after World War II, to becoming known as Rocket City USA; and socially, from the time of institutionalized slavery before the Civil War to segregation followed by the civil rights era."</p>
<p>-<a href="https://www.myjewishlearning.com/southern-and-jewish/highlighting-the-history-of-huntsvilles-jewish-community/">Margaret Anne Goldsmith in an interview with My Jewish Learning</a></p>
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Materials regarding prices and cooperative marketing of the 1930 cotton crop.
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From the business records of I. Schiffman and Company. The materials include letters and instructions for handling and delivering the 1930-31 cotton crop to the Alabama Farm Bureau Cotton Association. The instructions describe the different pools available for marketing cotton and lists warehouses throughout Alabama to be used for storing cotton. The last item, a letter from N. S. Stewart, discusses low cotton prices since 1926 and lists advantages of marketing cotton through the Association.
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Alabama Farm Bureau Cotton Association
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1930-08-12
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1930-1939
Subject
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Alabama Farm Bureau Cotton Association
Cotton--Cooperative marketing
Cotton growing--Southern States
Cotton--Prices
Cotton--Storage
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Correspondence
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I. Schiffman & Co. Records
Box 48, Folder 1930
University of Alabama in Huntsville Archives, Special Collections, and Digital Initiatives, Huntsville, Alabama
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en
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FREDERIC F. MELLEN, GEOLOGICAL ASSOCIATES
1202 STANDARD LIF'E BUILDING
.JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI 39201
Mrs. Louis.Ka W. G. Williams,
312 Williams Avenue,
Huntsville, Alabama 35807
I
�1Uabarna Sesquicentennial - Huntsville
August 2, 1969
Attendance l::y: Frederic F. Mellen and Arthur Rice Hellen II
INTRODUCTIOO: On July 1, 1969 Mrs. E. R. Lloyd (!-lary Clay), 106 N. Jefferson St.,
Starkville• :•!ississippi wrote: 11Dear Frederic• In the current issue of The Demopolis
� (Ala.) is a notice of a meeting at Huntsville• Ala. on August 2 honoring direct
descendants of the signers of the first Alabama Constitution in 1819. Descendants
are requested to write: Direct Descendan ts, P. O. Box 1512, Huntsvil]e, Ala. 35807.
You are eligible through Judge Arthur Hopkins, a member of the special committees. I
have phoned your Aunt Harriet here. Genealogical data on descendants is requested. 11
On July 10 Ai.mt Harriet, Hrs. Horace H. Harned, Sr. (Harriet McFarland Rice),
Box 265, State College, Mississippi 39762, wrote me giving additional details. On
July 13 I wrote to Direct Descendants giving names and addresses of myself, my brother,
my sisters, my two sons, �y two daughters and of my six (6) grandchildren, as well as
the line of descent, i. e.:
Judge Arthur Francis Hopkins,
Au�usta Hopkins (Rice),
Arthur Hopkins Rice, M. D.,
Frances McFarland Rice (�lellen),
F�ederic Francis Mellen,
u.s.w.
On July 19, I received the special printed invitation with the enclosed card
reading: "You will be honored as a descendant of Arthur F. Hopkins, a signer of the
Alabama 1819 Cor.stitution. 11
THE TRIP: At 4:00 A.M. Saturday, August 2, 1969, my elder son, Arthur Rice Mellen and
I left Jackson, Mississippi for Huntsville, Alabama in my 1968 Toyota "Corona."
Gasoline was added in Tupelo where we ate breakfast. We arrived in Huntsville about
9:45. After driving about town and looking in at the New Madison County Court House,
buying and addressing a few Alabama commemorative covers and stamps and stamping and
mailing them, we decided we would not have time to attend the initial ceremonies at
the stadium; so we proceeded to the Carriage Inn, filling the car's gastank with gas
oline, me an while.
At the $7.00 Luncheon (jellied consomme, turkey with chestnut dressin�, glazed
yams, minted peas, mixed green salad, beaten biscuits, raspberry fool and coffee)
Arthur an d I were seated with four (4) other descendants, ladies, of Huntsville, amon!Z'
whom were:
}·:ar�aret (Ne�an) Hutchens
-609 Adams Street;
Eleanor (Ne�an) Hutchens,
JOO Williams Ave •• SE.:
Louisa W. G. Williams,✓
312 Williams Ave.
The two Newman women are widows of brcthers Hutchens; l told them I knew thei.r
father, W. i�. Newman, very well about 1939-42 whe!'l he was drilling wells for oil in
the �ew :-iope area of 1·:adison County, Alabama; and that I had visited him in their
horr.e - the Bil::b Mansion, built by Thanas Bibb for his daughter Adeline. After losing
the property in 1844, it ca�e back into the Bibb family in 1927 when it was purchased
by the W. W. Ne-wmans - Mrs. j,;ewmar. a great-great-grandaughter of Thomas Bibb (see
Ralph Hammond's Ante-bellum Hans ions of ��• Bonanza Books, N .Y., 1951, pp.59-62.)
�Page 2
Alabama Sesquicentennial - Huntsville
In looking about the dining hall we spotted Aunt Harriet and Frances Rice Bartran
(Windham) who had driven up together from Oktibbeha County, 1•lississippi. They were
sitting at a nearby table with Alice Walker Conley and her son Bill of Frederick, Md.
Later in the day we met Dr. John Walker (vetinarian of Huntsville and brother of Alice)
and his daughter, Alice, Mrs. Conley and John Walker, D.V.M., are children of Richard
Wilde Walker, U.S.A., who was the only child of my grandfather's only sister, Nannie
Herndon Rice (Walker), 'Whan we knew as 11 Gran-Nan 11 , and for whom 11 Aunt Nannie" was
named,
At the luncheon Mr. Frederick Martin presided. Invocation was by Rev. Roger
Miller, pledge of allegiance to the flag was led by 1/ir, Kenneth E. Johnson, welcome
was extended by Mr. James R. Record, Chairman, "Madison County Board of Canmissioners,
a talk (one of three (3) by him during the day) by Post Master General Winton M. Blount,
and response and appreciation by Mayor of Huntsville, Joe W. Davis. Among those intro
duced were Senator John Sparkman, former Governor Jim Folsom, and Richard Walker Bolling,
U. S. Respresentative from the 5th District of Missouri, formerly of Huntsville.
The main event of the day was in the large new Madison County Courthouse in the
square above iiuntsville Spring. The program follows:
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Arthur Rice Harned and Agnes Beatrice Barnd were scheduled to arrive in Hunts
ville by bus from New York early in the afternoon. Unfortunately, the bus arrived
about 6:30 P,M. much to the annoyance and inconvenience of themselves and their mother
and Frances (Windham). This party of four went on to Oktibbeha County that evening.
Arthur Mellen and I returned to Jackson by the route we had come: US-72-Alt Huntsville
to Decatur, Ala-24 Decatur via Moulton and Russellville to Red Bay, t-'.iss-23 Red Bay
to Tremont, US-73 Tremont to Tupelo and Natchez Trace on into Jackson. We ate and
"gassed-up" at Tupelo and arrived in Jackson just before 12:00 F.� •• having had a
20-hour day and driven nearly 700 miles.
SUMMARY: I was pleased to visit Hu�tsville again after an absence of perhaps 15
years. The Com.�unity has greatly changed. It was an opportunity to be with Arthur
for a day and· to see much country-side already familiar to me, but new in part to
Arthur. The event permitted us to be with Aunt Harriet and Frances and with them to
get acquainted with a few of our Walker relatives who, besides being descended from
Judge Hopk'ins, are also directly descended from John William Walker, President of the
Alabama Constitutional Convention.
I left an autographed copy of Nannie Herndon fil._£2 - ! Memorial Anthology with the
Tennessee Valley Genealogical Society, P. O. Box 1512, 1-iuntsville, Alabama 35807. It
is pleasing to see and realize how Huntsville has grown, and that th;t now it is a
vast educational and scientific research and development center.
Aunt Harriet was approached (after introductions of direct descendants, those
of Judge Hopkins') by a lady from Birmin�ham who had prepared a paper (a copy of which
Aunt Harriet is sending to me) on him for the D. A. R.(7). This lady and her husband
have bought an old home at Greeneville, Alabama which they are restoring.
In conversation with Dr. Frances C. Roberts, a member of the University of Alabama
Huntsville History Faculty, she stated that she was surprised (in view of his importance
to Alabama history) that no scholarly book had been published on life and works of
Judge Hopkins. I told her that Aunt Nannie had prepared much of the old letters and
documents and had presented these to the University of Alabama-Tuscaloosa Library. Dr.
Roberts is interested in the possibility of one of her graduate students undertake this
work as a dissertation, .md I gave her Aunt Harriet's name and address.
I feel sure that much will have been gained by many people through attendance
at the Alabama Sesquicentennial Celebration in Huntsville, Alabama, August 2, 1969.
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Eleanor Hutchens Collection
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Eleanor Hutchens Collection
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Eleanor Newman Hutchens (October 9, 1919 to November 9, 2016) attended Agnes Scott College in Decatur, Georgia, majoring in English and Greek. After receiving her B.A. in 1940, she attended the University of Pennsylvania, acquiring an M.A. and Ph.D. in English literature (“Eleanor Hutchens - Obituary”).
Hutchens first held a part-time teaching position at the University of Alabama in Huntsville in 1955, then joined the faculty with a full-time position in 1957. She taught English, her specialties the English novel, literary criticism, and 18th century literature. Hutchens also chaired the steering committee “for its initial accreditation and the first committee for the selection of majors,” and served as the first elected president of the Faculty Senate. She moved to Agnes Scott College in 1961, remaining there until 1966. She eventually returned to UAH and remained a member of its English department until her retirement in 1979 (“Eleanor Hutchens - Obituary”).
Hutchens wrote prolifically over and after her career, publishing Irony in Tom Jones, Writing to Be Read, and “numerous articles in national and international journals” (“Eleanor Hutchens - Obituary”).
Hutchens was very active even outside of her academic career, serving as "president of the Huntsville Hotel Company, owner of the Russell [sic] Erskine Hotel, and as a director of the Huntsville Land Company, the West Huntsville Land Company, and the Mountain Heights Development Company.” She was "a founder and charter member of the board of Randolph School," a board member of the Huntsville Public Library and the Huntsville Symphony, and "an active member of the [Episcopalian] Church of Nativity.” Hutchens was also a member of "the Historic Huntsville Foundation, the Huntsville Historical Society, the Botanical Garden, the Burritt Museum of Art, the Huntsville Museum of Art, and the Friends of the Huntsville Public Library” (“Eleanor Hutchens - Obituary”).
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“Eleanor Hutchens - Obituary.” Legacy.com, 3 Jan. 2019, www.legacy.com/obituaries/name/eleanor-hutchens-obituary?pid=182447617.
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Report from the Alabama sesquicentennial celebration held in Huntsville, Alabama.
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This report was written by Frederic F. Mellen of Jackson, Mississippi. Mellen was a descendant of Arthur F. Hopkins, a Lawrence County delegate to the 1819 constitutional convention. Mellen recounts his experience at the sesquicentennial events on August 2, 1969, including the birthday luncheon and the ceremony commemorating the signing of the 1819 constitution. He notes that "it is pleasing to see and realize how Huntsville has grown, and that now it is a vast educational and scientific research and development center."
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Mellen, Frederic F.
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1969-08-02
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1960-1969
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Alabama Sesquicentennial Celebration, 1969
Alabama--Social life and customs
Huntsville (Ala.)
Madison County (Ala.)
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Correspondence
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Eleanor Hutchens Collection
Box 5
University of Alabama in Huntsville Archives, Special Collections, and Digital Initiatives, Huntsville, Alabama
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en
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Mrs. William A. Mrazek
122 Sherwood Drive S.E.
Huntsville, Alabama 35802
Dear Mrs. Mrazek:
You are authorized to proceed from Huntsville, Alabama to Houston,
Texas thence to Los Angeles, California, to participate in
activities in connection with the Apollo 11 mission, at the invitation
of the President of the United States. The period of this temporary
duty is August 12-14, 1969.
You are authorized transportation from Huntsville, Alabama to
Houston, Texas thence to Los Angeles, California and return by
Government air, charter plane, or commercial air. No per diem is
authorized.
Sincerely,
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William A. Mrazek Collection
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William A. Mrazek Collection
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William Anthony Mrazek “(October 20, 1911 to February 8, 1992)” received his education at Deutsche Technische Hochschule, Brünn, Germany, graduating with an engineering diploma in 1935 (Wade, Lundquist). Mrazek worked at Peenemünde from 1941 to 1945 as a loads engineer (Lundquist, Wade). He worked with Wernher von Braun at Peenemünde. <br /><br />Mrazek was brought to America through Operation Paperclip and arrived at Fort Bliss on April 8, 1946 (Wade, Lundquist). In 1950, Mrazek moved to Huntsville, Alabama, and worked for the U.S. Army’s rocket programs until 1960.<br /><br />By 1960, Mrazek became Director, Structures and Mechanics Division at the George C. Marshall Space Flight Center, and by February 1969, he became the Assistant Director for Engineering for Industrial Operations (Wade, Lundquist). Mrazek later served as the “Chief Engineer for all Saturn development and fabrication work, reporting to the Saturn V Project Manager,” from “1965 to 1970” (Lundquist).<br /><br />Mrazek retired from the Marshall Space Flight Center in 1973 (Lundquist).<br /><br />Works Cited<br /><br />Lundquist, Charles. "Transplanted Rocket Pioneers," 2015.<br /><br />Wade, Mark. "Mrazek, Willi." <em>Encyclopedia Astronautica</em>, http://www.astronautix.com/m/mrazek.html.
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Letter from Arthur E. Sanderson at Marshall Space Flight Center to Berta Mrazek in Huntsville, Alabama.
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In the letter, Sanderson authorizes Mrazek to travel to Houston, Texas and Los Angeles, California "to participate in activities in connection with the Apollo 11 mission, at the invitation of the President of the United States."
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Sanderson, Arthur E.
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1969-08
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1960-1969
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Mrazek, Berta Richter
Sanderson, Arthur E.
Apollo 11 (Spacecraft)
Dinners and dining
Project Apollo (U.S)
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Correspondence
Text
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William A. Mrazek Collection
University of Alabama in Huntsville Archives, Special Collections, and Digital Initiatives, Huntsville, Alabama
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Hermann Ludewig Collection
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Hermann Ludewig Collection
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Hermann Richard Rudolf Ludewig was born October 12, 1898 in Berlin, Germany. From December 1916 to January 1919, he served in the German Army in Flanders during World War I. After the war, he worked as a fireman on a locomotive and in 1921, he entered school at Beuth-Schule, Hoehere Technische Lehranstalt der Stadt Berlin, from which he graduated with a degree in mechanical engineering in 1924. From 1925 to 1937, he worked for Orenstein and Koppel, a major engineering company, in Berlin, Germany. During this time, he married Emma Berta Pauline Jaglitz on June 12, 1935.
Likely through his friend Bernhard Tessmann, with whom he worked at Orenstein and Koppel, Ludewig began work with the rocket development project in Peenemünde, Germany, which was under the direction of Dr. Wernher von Braun, in May 1937. Ludewig’s first position was the Deputy of Design Chief under Walter Riedel, and in February 1942, he became the Chief of Acceptance and Inspection under Dr. von Braun. Ludewig’s daughter Christel was born on November 20, 1939 while he was stationed at Peenemünde. On the night of August 17/18, 1943, the British bombed the Peenemünde facility as part of Operation Hydra, destroying the Ludewig family’s home; however, Ludewig and his family survived the bombing. After the raid, Ludewig transferred from Peenemünde to assignments in Nordhausen and Berlin.
After the end of the war, the Ludewig family moved to Trebbin, Germany to manage the farm of his father. At that time, Trebbin was inside East Germany, and in the Soviet sphere of influence. Ludewig worked to conceal the fact that he had worked with the rocket team at Peenemünde, fearing he would be forced to work on the Soviet rocket program. In 1953, he made an agreement to join many of his former colleagues in the United States and the family escaped to Berlin. The family arrived in New York on October 31, 1953 and by November were in Huntsville. Ludewig worked on the Redstone and Jupiter rocket program at Redstone Arsenal for the Army Ballistic Missile Agency until 1960, when he transferred to NASA at the George C. Marshall Space Flight Center. He worked in a variety of capacities there, including in the Systems Office as a Special Assistant under Konrad Dannenberg on the Saturn project. He retired from NASA in 1967.
Hermann Ludewig passed away in Huntsville, Alabama on March 2, 1986.
The family established a scholarship in the memory of Emmy and Hermann Ludewig at the University of Alabama in Huntsville in 2000.
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Letter from Christel Ludewig in Montevallo, Alabama to Hermann and Emmy Ludewig in Huntsville, Alabama.
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In the letter, Christel congratulates her father on the success of Alan Shepard's flight as the first American in space and comments on aspects of her life as a college student.
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McCanless, Christel Ludewig
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1961-05-05
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1960-1969
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Ludewig, Emmy Jaglitz
Ludewig, Hermann R. R.
McCanless, Christel Ludewig
McCanless, George F., Jr.
College students
Project Mercury (U.S.)
Space race--United States--History--20th century
University of Montevallo
Montevallo (Ala.)
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Correspondence
Text
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Hermann Ludewig Collection
Box 1, Folder 30
University of Alabama in Huntsville Archives, Special Collections, and Digital Initiatives, Huntsville, Alabama
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George Landwehr von Pragenau Collection
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George Landwehr von Pragenau Collection
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George Landwehr von Pragenau was born January 5, 1927 in Austria and became a U.S. citizen in November 1963. Von Pragenau joined the von Braun team in Huntsville, Alabama in 1957, where he spent the next thirty-four years working to improve NASA’s space shuttles. During his time working for NASA, von Pragenau was granted ten patents, including one for lighter and safer space shuttles. Von Pragenau retired from NASA in 1991, but he continued to work with NASA through Provident Technology. George L. von Pragenau passed away July 11, 2013. The von Pragenau collection was provided to the UAH archives by his wife, Helga von Pragenau.
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Letter from George L. von Pragenau in Huntsville, Alabama to Senator John J. Sparkman in Washington, D.C.
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Von Pragenau suggests to Sparkman that residents of Huntsville should display American flags outside their homes and businesses at the same moment that "astronaut Neil Armstrong will plant the American flag onto the lunar soil." He wrote a similar letter to Huntsville mayor Joe Davis.
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Von Pragenau, George Landwehr
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1969-07-13
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1960-1969
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Sparkman, John, 1899-1985
Von Pragenau, George Landwehr
Aeronautical engineers
Apollo 11 (Spacecraft)
Huntsville (Ala.)
Madison County (Ala.)
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Text
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George L. von Pragenau Collection
University of Alabama in Huntsville Archives, Special Collections, and Digital Initiatives, Huntsville, Alabama
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