Von Braun, Wernher,  1912-1977. <br/><br/>
Wernher Von Braun papers, 1796-1970  (bulk 1950-1970). 

 - 20,000  items. 56  5  containers plus  oversize. 22.8  linear feet. 
<br/><br/> Open to research.  Restrictions may apply to unprocessed material. 
<br/><br/> Correspondence, fan mail, speeches and writings, public relations material, subject files, scrapbooks, and printed material relating to Von Braun's career in rocketry and aerospace engineering from his early work on the V-2 rocket in Germany to his service at the U.S. Dept. of Defense, the Redstone Arsenal, and the NASA George C. Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala.  Includes material pertaining to guided missiles, rocketry, and space exploration in general; papers relating to the Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo space programs; and material reflecting Von Braun's associations with the American Rocket Society and Gesellschaft für Weltraumsforschung, and General Dynamics, General Motors, IBM, Lockheed, Sperry-Rand, and other corporations involved in aerospace work.  Correspondents include Otto Wolfgang Bechtle, Wilber Marion Brucker, Frederick C. Durant, Heinz Gartmann, Juppe Gerhards, Aristid von Grosse, Heinz Hermann Kölle, Willy Ley, G. Loeser, John B. Medaris, Cornelius Ryan, Igor Ivan Sikorsky, John Sparkman, Ernst Stublinger, Robert Collins Truax, Armitage Watkins, and Fred Lawrence Whipple. 
<br/><br/><br/>Photographs <br/>Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division. <br/>transferred to <br/>Tapes <br/>Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division. <br/>transferred to 
<br/><br/><br/>German-born aerospace engineer; emigrated to the United States in 1945; served as director and administrator of U.S. space programs and projects. 
<br/><br/><br/>Collection material in English and German. 
<br/><br/> Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at  http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms998011 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>mm 77044172  
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Bechtle, Otto Wolfgang--Correspondence.<br/>Brucker, Wilber Marion, 1894-1968 --Correspondence.<br/>Durant, Frederick C., 1916- --Correspondence.<br/>Gartmann, Heinz, 1917- --Correspondence.<br/>Gerhards, Jupps--Correspondence.<br/>Grosse, Aristid von, 1905- --Correspondence.<br/>Kölle, Heinz Hermann, 1917- --Correspondence.<br/>Ley, Willy, 1906-1969 --Correspondence.<br/>Loeser, G.--Correspondence.<br/>Medaris, John B. 1902- --Correspondence.<br/>Ryan, Cornelius--Correspondence.<br/>Sikorsky, Igor Ivan, 1889-1972 --Correspondence.<br/>Sparkman, John, 1899-1985 --Correspondence.<br/>Stuhlinger, Ernst, 1913-2008 --Correspondence.<br/>Truax, Robert Collins, 1917-2010 --Correspondence.<br/>Watkins, Armitage, 1906- --Correspondence.<br/>Whipple, Fred L. 1906-2004 --Correspondence.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Corporate Names: </label><br/>United States. Department of Defense. <br/>United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration. <br/>American Rocket Society.<br/>General Dynamics Corporation.<br/>General Motors Corporation.<br/>George C. Marshall Space Flight Center.<br/>Gesellschaft für Weltraumsforschung.<br/>International Business Machines Corporation.<br/>Lockheed Aircraft Corporation.<br/>Project Apollo (U.S.)<br/>Project Gemini (U.S.)<br/>Project Mercury (U.S.)<br/>Sperry Rand Corporation.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Aeronautics.<br/>Guided missiles.<br/>Rocketry--Germany.<br/>Rocketry--United States.<br/>Rockets (Aeronautics)<br/>Space flight.<br/>V-2 rocket.<br/>World War, 1939-1945--Aerial operations, German.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Redstone Arsenal (Ala.)
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Occupation: </label><br/>Aerospace engineers.<br/>Public officials.