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"Huntsville/Madison County Chamber of Commerce honors Dr. William R. Lucas."
From a dinner held in honor of the retirement of MSFC director William R. Lucas in 1986. It includes a biographical sketch and photographs of Lucas. -
STS 51-L Data and Design Analysis Task Force Lessons Learned Report.
This report was produced by the Data and Design Analysis Task Force "to support the Presidential Commission appointed by President Ronald Reagan to investigate the loss of the Space Shuttle Challenger and its crew." The report includes details from investigations in the areas of Development and Production, Prelaunch Activities, Accident Analysis, and Mission Planning and Operations. The report includes a recommendation to conduct an investigation "into the manufacturing process, final delivery and material cutting of the O-rings" that failed during the accident. -
Photograph of the Cabaniss House in the snow.
The house is located at 603 Randolph Avenue in downtown Huntsville. Frances Roberts lived there for much of her adult life. -
Various correspondence with David Bowman from 1989 to 1991.
These letters to David Bowman, reporter and editorial writer, all pertain to Bowman's story about Colonel John Nickerson. The first letter includes foot notes and states that he sent a copy of the story to a Washington Post writer. The second letter contains additional information relating to the missile program that may be helpful for the story and a diagram of the original prototype for the Explorer I earth satellite. This set of letters also includes the original letter from David Bowman to Brig. Gen. Harold W. Nelson in which Bowman states he finally photocopied the published transcripts of Colonel Nickerson's court martial. Nelson's reponse follows thanking Bowman for sending the series on Colonel Nickerson. The final letter from Colonel Thomas W. Sweeney includes a working bibliography on the Nickerson case and invites him to visit the Military History Institute. -
"Senior Officers Oral History Program."
A project of the U.S. Army Military History Institute, this contains the interview of Dr. John L. McDaniel by Lieutenant Colonel Joseph W. Camp, Jr. from 1985. The interview is about the US Army's first satellite into space. McDaniel brings up the case of Colonel Nickerson relative to the interview. This document contains only the portion of the interview that mentions Colonel Nickerson. -
Architecture notebook 1: Winston-Orgain House, Huntsville, Ala.
Winston-Orgain House, built 1819. Federal style. Located at 401 Lincoln St., Huntsville, Alabama. The album documents the house from about 1983 to 1995, and it includes articles on the history of the house as well as drawings and floor plans. -
Architecture notebook 1: Betheny College, near Elkton, Tenn.
Betheny College, built c. 1840s. Greek Revival style. Located on Bryson Road near Elkton, Giles County, Tennessee. -
Architecture notebook 1: Chase Nursery Barn, near Huntsville, Ala.
Chase Nursery Barn, built c. 1915. Located near Moores Mill Road near Huntsville, Alabama. -
Architecture notebook 1: House at Epes, Ala.
House at Epes, Alabama, built c. 1870-1890. Structure moved to Livingston, Alabama in 1984. -
Architecture notebook 1: Athens State College buildings, Athens, Ala.
Founders Hall, built c. 1840, and Houston Hall, built 1907, Athens State College. Located on the campus of Athens State University in Athens, Alabama. -
Architecture notebook 6: St. Mary's Catholic School, Huntsville, Ala.
St. Mary's Catholic School, built c. 1820-1840 . Combination of Federal, Greek Revival, and Mission Revival styles due to renovations c. 1835-50, 1922, and 1950. Located on Holmes Avenue East, Huntsville, Alabama. Originally a residence before its expansion. Ben P. Hunt, grandson of John Hunt, the first settler of Huntsville for which the town was named, lived here around the turn of the 20th century. -
Architecture notebook 6: Bride's Hill, or Sunnybrook House, near Decatur, Ala.
Bride's Hill, or Sunnybrook House, built c. 1830 by Elizabeth Dandridge. Federal and 20th Century style. Tidewater-type cottage. Located near Highway 20 West of Decatur, Alabama. -
Architecture notebook 6: Homes in Courtland, Ala.
Courtland, two houses built in the Federal Period. Federal style with 20th Century and Victorian style additions. Porch addition c. 1920s. Located in Courtland, Alabama. -
Architecture notebook 6: Henry Hoss House, Jonesborough, Tenn.
Henry Hoss House, built 1859-1860. Late Federal style with Greek Revival motifs. Springhouse built c. 1859, barn built c. 1914. Located on Blountville Rd. in Jonesborough, Tennessee. Henry Hoss's wife Anna Maria Sevier was the granddaughter of John Sevier, the Revolutionary War general and first governor of Tennessee, making the Henry Hoss House the home of one of Tennessee's important early families. -
Architecture notebook 6: President's House, Huntsville Female College, at 413 Randolph Ave., Huntsville, Ala.
President's House, built c. 1849, designed by George Steele. Belonged to the President of Huntsville Female College until 1895. Located at 413 Randolph Ave., Huntsville, Alabama. Restored 1981. -
Architecture notebook 6: Feeney-Barber House, at 414 Randolph Ave., Huntsville, Ala.
Feeney-Barber House, built c. 1825-1832. Federal Style. Located at 414 Randolph Ave., Huntsville, Alabama. Restored 1975. -
Architecture notebook 6: Dowdell House, or Boxwood, at 409 E. North St., Talladega, Ala.
Dowdell House, or Boxwood, built c. 1850s. Gothic Revival. Located at 406 E. North St., Talladega, Alabama. -
Architecture notebook 6: House and log barn near Gurley, Ala.
Houses and Log Barn in Gurley, all built c. 1870s. Located northeast of Gurley, Alabama. One of the houses was demolished c. 1985. -
Architecture notebook 7: Urguhart Log House, Toney, Ala.
Urguhart Log House, built c. 1813. Federal style. Dogtrot house. Barn built c. 1926. Located at 8024 Pulaski Pike, Toney, Alabama. Added to the National Register of Historic Places on February 13, 1992. -
Architecture notebook 7: White-Turner-Sanford House, or the Lewis-Sanford Home, at 601 Madison St., Huntsville, Ala.
White-Turner-Sanford House, or the Lewis-Sanford Home, built 1827 by James White. Federal Style with a two-story Italianate Revival addition. Located at 601 Madison St., Huntsville, Alabama. The first owner to live in the house for a significant amount of time was John H. Lewis, mayor of Huntsville from 1826 to 1828 and legal practitioner. -
Architecture notebook 7: Clifton Place, on Annie Wade Rd. near Pulaski, Tenn.
Clifton Place, built c. 1812. Federal and Greek Revival styles. Located on Annie Wade Road, approximately seven miles northwest of Pulaski, Tennessee. -
Architecture notebook 7: Myrtle Hall, or Kirkwood, near Eutaw, Ala.
Myrtle Hall, or Kirkwood, built c. 1830. Federal Style. Located south of Eutaw, Alabama. -
Architecture notebook 10: McDonald Farm Buildings, Huntsville, Ala.
McDonald Farm Buildings, built c. 1890-1970. Composed of 13 buildings, including a house built c. 1920s, a house built 1959, a pole-barn built c. 1920-50, and a chicken house and log playhouse built 1974. Located northwest of Old Madison Pike in Huntsville, Alabama. -
Architecture notebook 10: Coleman-Johnson-House, or Westmoreland, Athens, Ala.
Coleman-Jones House, or Westmoreland, built 1855. Porch addition and cupola removal 20th century. Italianate and Federal styles. Located in Athens, Alabama. -
Architecture notebook 10: Cotton Row, downtown Huntsville, Ala.
Cotton Row. Includes the Courthouse, the First National Bank, Big Spring, and buildings from the west side of the square on Cotton Row built 1834, c. 1830, and in the late 1800s. Located in Downtown Huntsville, Alabama. -
Architecture notebook 10: Van Valkenburgh House, or the Steamboat Gothic House, on Lowe Ave., Huntsville, Ala.
Van Valkenburgh House, or the Steamboat Gothic House, built c. 1885. Remodeled c. 1921-1928. Originally located between Williams Ave. and Gates Ave., Huntsville, Alabama. Moved to Lowe Ave. c. 1975. Used 1978-1987 by the Madison County Federation of Women's Clubs. -
Architecture notebook 10: Homes and businesses in New Market, Ala., including the Criner House and the McCaleb House.
New Market, Alabama. Criner House, Federal style built c. 1830 and located northeast of New Market, Alabama. The house was dismantled c. 1950 by H. C. Jones Sr. and its parts used in H. C. Jones Jr.'s residence on Winchester Rd. south of New Market, Alabama. Harvie Jones is a descendent of Isaac Criner, who arrived in Madison County a few months before John Hunt in 1804 or 1805. Bank building built c. 1928, P. O. Box Office built in the late 1800s, and a Victorian style house built c. 1870-1880 on New Market Rd. and Winchester Rd. Late Gothic Revival style Presbyterian Church built c. 1888 and located at 1723 New Market Rd. The church was built by Lem Teague and added to the National Register of Historic places on August 25, 1988. McCaleb House, Queen Anne style built in the late 1800s on Deposit Rd. and demolished 1978. -
Architecture notebook 10: Newman-Boyd-Cruse House, on E. Clinton Ave., Huntsville, Ala.
Newman-Boyd-Cruse House, built late 1800s. Late Victorian Style. Located on East Clinton Ave. in Huntsville, Alabama. -
Architecture notebook 10: Highway 72 Store, near Athens, Ala, and gas station in Collinsville, Ala.
Highway 72 Store, built c. 1800s near Athens, Alabama, and Gas Station in Collinsville, Alabama. -
Architecture notebook 10: Old Town Historic District, Huntsville, Ala.
Old Town Historic District. Queen Anne Cottage style house on East Holmes, built post-1871. Two Spanish style houses on Walker Ave. built c. 1920. House on East Holmes, built post-1871. House on Clinton Ave. E built post-1871. House on Steele St., built pre-1861. Four once-identical Queen Anne style houses on East Clinton Ave. Second Empire style house on East Holmes, built c. 1880s. Renaissance Revival and Colonial Revival style house on East Holmes, built c. 1900s. Queen Anne style house and A.J. Downing Gothic Style house on Walker Ave., and two Queen Anne style houses on East Holmes, all built post-1871. Greek Revival style house on Calhoun St., built c. 1855. Queen Anne style house of an identical pair of houses on East Holmes, built post-1871. Remodeled Federal Period house with Greek Revival aspects on East Holmes, built pre-1861. Federal style house on Calhoun St., built pre-1850. Two-room house on East Holmes, built c. 1830. Adjoining Swiss and English bungalow style houses, built c. 1914. Pleasants House, Second Empire style on Walker Ave, built c. 1889. Shingle style bungalow on East Holmes, built c. 1907. Four houses on Walker Ave. Glenn House, built 1891 and located at 117 Walker Ave. Three Victorian style houses on East Holmes with bungalow remodels. Reverse twin houses at 801 and 805 East Clinton Ave. -
Architecture notebook 10: Fearn House, or 504 Eustis, or the Fearn-Stewart Home, at 504 Eustis Ave., Huntsville, Ala.
Fearn House, or 504 Eustis, or the Fearn-Stewart Home, built c. 1860. Mid-19th century Italianate-Gothic style. Located at 504 Eustis Ave., Huntsville, Alabama. -
Architecture notebook 10: Morgan House, Scottsboro, Ala.
Morgan House, built c. 1850. Located in Scottsboro, Alabama. Demolished 1988. -
Architecture notebook 10: Proctor House, or the Scottsboro-Jackson County Heritage Center, Scottsboro, Ala.
Proctor House, built c. 1880. Classic Revival style. Remodeled c. 1910. Located in Scottsboro, Alabama. Used as the Scottsboro-Jackson County Heritage Center. -
Architecture notebook 10: Queen Anne-style house and duplexes in Bridgeport, Ala.
Bridgeport, Alabama. Queen Anne style house, built c. 1890. The house was said to be built by McKim, Mead, and White, but this is likely false. Duplexes, built c. 1890. Also said to be built by McKim, Mead, and White, but this is likely false. -
Architecture notebook 10: Old Salem, N.C.
Old Salem, North Carolina. Includes photographs of a kitchen, a barn interior, fences, streets, and walking paths in Old Salem. Includes the outside of the Christoph Vogler House, built 1797, and the John Vogler House-Silversmith and Clock Makers Shop, built 1819.