05163cpcaa2200877 a 4500 mm 77044172 DLC 20260227111618.0 cr ||||||||||| 780105|||||||||||| eng mm 77044172 ms 64001583 DLC dacs DLC DLC eng ger S lcmd Von Braun, Wernher, 1912-1977. Wernher Von Braun papers, 1796-1970 (bulk 1950-1970). 20,000 items. 56 containers plus 5 oversize. 22.8 linear feet. Open to research. Restrictions may apply to unprocessed material. 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. Photographs transferred to Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division. Tapes transferred to Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division. German-born aerospace engineer; emigrated to the United States in 1945; served as director and administrator of U.S. space programs and projects. Collection material in English and German. Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms998011 Material deposited by Wernher Von Braun in 1971 was photocopied and the surrogates filed in the original containers (58-61) of the collection. The originals were given by Maria Von Braun to the U.S. Space and Rocket Center, Huntsville, Ala. Bechtle, Otto Wolfgang Correspondence. Brucker, Wilber Marion, 1894-1968 Correspondence. Durant, Frederick C., 1916- Correspondence. Gartmann, Heinz, 1917- Correspondence. Gerhards, Jupps Correspondence. Grosse, Aristid von, 1905- Correspondence. Kölle, Heinz Hermann, 1917- Correspondence. Ley, Willy, 1906-1969 Correspondence. Loeser, G. Correspondence. Medaris, John B. (John Bruce), 1902- Correspondence. Ryan, Cornelius Correspondence. Sikorsky, Igor Ivan, 1889-1972 Correspondence. Sparkman, John, 1899-1985 Correspondence. Stuhlinger, Ernst, 1913-2008 Correspondence. Truax, Robert Collins, 1917-2010 Correspondence. Watkins, Armitage, 1906- Correspondence. Whipple, Fred L. (Fred Lawrence), 1906-2004 Correspondence. United States. Department of Defense. United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration. American Rocket Society. General Dynamics Corporation. General Motors Corporation. George C. Marshall Space Flight Center. Gesellschaft für Weltraumsforschung. International Business Machines Corporation. Lockheed Aircraft Corporation. Project Apollo (U.S.) Project Gemini (U.S.) Project Mercury (U.S.) Sperry Rand Corporation. Aeronautics. Guided missiles. Rocketry Germany. Rocketry United States. Rockets (Aeronautics) Space flight. V-2 rocket. World War, 1939-1945 Aerial operations, German. Redstone Arsenal (Ala.) Aerospace engineers. itoamc Public officials. itoamc Finding aid http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms998011 Finding aid (PDF) http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms998011.3 39475 39475