Von Braun, Wernher 1912-1977 creator mixed material monographic eng ger 20,000 56 5 22.8 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. Open to research. Restrictions may apply to unprocessed material. 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 Public officials mm 77044172 hdl:loc.mss/eadmss.ms998011 hdl:loc.mss/eadmss.ms998011.3 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms998011 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms998011.3 Open to research. Restrictions may apply to unprocessed material. DLC 780105 20260227111618.0 mm 77044172