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  "Glimpses into Antebellum Homes," by the Huntsville Branch American Association of University Women, 1952

  Huntsville Tours
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  "Goddard patents: notes from von Braun to Slattery."

  Archive copy is a poor photocopy.; Handwritten in ink is: Ref: Goddard Patents (See D. Akens for final draft of letter).
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  "Government Grants & Contracts."

  The Army medical contract, grant, and research interest in the bio-science area.
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  "Graduate Education Program of University of Alabama Centers."

  The leaflet provides information regarding the University of Alabama Centers' graduate programs, including general information and information regarding admission, registration, library facilities, textbooks, fees, and a schedule of what courses would be at the different centers in the 1963-1964 academic year.

• "Great Smoky Mountains National Park."

  This is a copy of a "World in Color" film produced by Harold F. Jenkins in partnership with the state of Tennessee. It shows the sights of Great Smoky Mountain National Park, such as vistas, bears, and hiking trails.
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  "Great Smoky Mountains, Pigeon Forge - Old [illegible]."

  Konrad, Klaus, and Ingeborg Dannenberg stay in Great Smoky Mountains National Park. While there, they also tour the old mill at Pigeon Forge, Tennessee. In these clips, they can be seen standing by some of the signs in the park as well as some of the vistas visible from the roadway. They also show the signs for Pigeon Forge as well as a look at the front and waterwheel of the building. Spring/Summer 1958.
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  "Greetings from Huntsville, Ala. The Rocket City"

  Front: Greetings from Huntsville, Ala. The Rocket City.
  Back: Huntsville, Ala., "The Rocket City"
  Huntsville has earned the title "Rocket City" since the Army located most of its missile and rocket men at Redstone Arsenal.
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  "Greetings from Outer Space - Huntsville, Ala."

  Front: Greetings from Outer Space, Huntsville, Ala.
  Back: JUPITER-C
  left: U.S. Army JUPITER-C Missile. This rocket, developed at the Army Ballistic Missile Agency, Huntsville. Ala., was used to launch the free world's first scientific earth satellite, the EXPLORER.
  Right: U.S. Army JUPITER Missile. The JUPITER Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile is being developed at the Army Ballistic Missile Agency, Huntsville. Ala. It is capable of carrying a nuclear warhead to a distance of 1500 nautical miles.
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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.
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  "Ground Equipment to Support the Saturn Vehicle."

  With the advent of the first large space vehicle, the SATURN, the ground support equipment and launch facility designer is faced with the necessity of conceiving and building an unprecedented launch system concurrent with the vehicle development. The paper intends to present a comprehensive picture of the problems involved and how they are solved. It follows the SATURN through the various modes of operation such as transportation over land and water, checkout, handling and erection, propellant loading, and describes the facilities at the launch site.