Correspondence sent by Mrs F.N. Atkins (Blacksburg Woman's Club President) to Sargent Shriver in the Office of Economic Opportunity (Washington D.C.) on May 3, 1965 expressing the support of the Blacksburg Woman's Club for the Montgomery-Floyd…
H.O. Babcock was a farmer and schoolteacher from North Stonington, Connecticut. Diary entries record work, social and church activities, weather, and financial affairs. Also included are comments on the day's political and military affairs,…
Babcock's Civil War diary begins near Washington, D.C., where his company had been since June 1863. While at Fort Carroll, his entries largely contain descriptions of his duties in camp (drills and guard, police, or orderly duties), as well as rare…
A diary with one-page entries for the year of 1862. A few pages of memoranda follow on which Barnett has listed miscellaneous clothing expenses and his pay record for the year. The diary describes his time in hospital in January and February, as well…
The diary of Private Henry L. Burnell, Co. "I," 8th Maine Volunteer Infantry, 1859 - 1865. Burnell served in the Union Army from September 7, 1861 until July 22, 1865. Burnell's journal is written in short, often one-line, entries. The war-date…
Handwritten book-length draft manuscript providing a very critical view of the military leadership and personal character of General Ulysses S. Grant. Attributed to Benjamin Butler, though evidence suggests a different author, possibly former Union…
Transcript for the handwritten book-length draft manuscript providing a very critical view of the military leadership and personal character of General Ulysses S. Grant. Attributed to Benjamin Butler, though evidence suggests a different author,…
Coade's Lithodipyra or Artificial Manufactory Trade Card, probably printed about 1784. The Coade stone business was started by Eleanor Coade in 1769 and operated into the 1833, later run by a business partner after Coade's death. The trade card was…
"Weightlessness Training", Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Dayton, OH, April 1, 1966. Astronaut Michael Collins, Prime crew pilot of NASA's Gemini 10 space flight, undergoes zero-gravity egress training aboard a KC-135 Air Force Plane
"Gemini X Crew", Cape Kennedy, FL, July 1966. The Prime Crew of NASA's Gemini X space flight, Astronauts John W. Young, command pilot, and Michael Collins, pilot.
NASA Photo 104-KSC-66P-283, JFK Space Center, Kennedy, FL, June 17, 1966. Zero G. Michael Collins practices leaving and re-entering a mock-up spacecraft under weight-less conditions.
NASA Photo 104-KSC-66P-284, JFK Space Center, Kennedy, FL, June 17, 1966. Zero G. Michael Collins practices leaving and re-entering a mock-up spacecraft under weight-less conditions.
"Gemini X Training", Cape Kennedy FL, June 28, 1966. Gemini 10 Astronauts John W. Young, Command Pilot, watches Michael Colins, pilot, practice zero-G weightlessness conditions aboard a KC 135 aircraft.
"Gemini X News Conference", Manned Spacecraft Center, Houston, TX, July 2, 1966. Astronauts John W. Young, command pilot, and Michael Collins, pilot, discuss their forth-coming mission before a gathering of news media representatives at a press…
NASA Photo 66-H-971, Cape Kennedy, FL, July 12, 1966. The erector is being lowered at Complex 19 during a range frequency test in preparation for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's Gemini 10 three-day Earth orbital mission.
NASA Photo 66-H-964, Cape Kennedy, FL, July 12, 1966. Gemini 10 Astronauts John W. Young, command pilot, and Michael Collins, pilot, arrive at the white room during the Simultaneous Launch Demonstration at Complex 19.
NASA Photo 66-H-965, Cape Kennedy, FL, July 12, 1966. Gemini 10 Astronauts Michael Collins, pilot, and John W. Young, command pilot, are suited up during a Simultaneous Launch Demonstration.
NASA Photo 66-H-968, Cape Kennedy, FL, July 12, 1966. Gemini 10 Astronaut John W. Young, command pilot for NASA's three-day Earth orbital mission is being suited up in preparation for the Simultatneous Launch Demonstration.
NASA Photo 66-H-966, Cape Kennedy, FL, July 12, 1966. Gemini 10 Astronaut Michael Collins, pilot for NASA's three-day Earth Orbital mission is photographed through the spacecraft's window at the White Room level of Complex 19
NASA Photo 66-H-963, Cape Kennedy, FL, July 12, 1966. Gemini 10 Astronauts John W. Young, command pilot, and Michael Collins, pilot, are in the Gemini 10 Spacecraft during the Simultaneous Launch Demonstration at the White Room Level at Complex 19.
NASA Photo 66-H-972, Cape Kennedy, FL, July 13, 1966. The backup crew for NASA's Gemini 10 mission Clifton C. Williams, Jr; pilot and Alan L. Bean, command pilot are at the White Room level of Complex 19 for a checkout in the Gemini 10 spacecraft.
NASA Photo 66-H-974, Cape Kennedy, FL, July 14, 1966. Joe Schmitt, suit technician briefs the rescue team for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's Gemini 10 mission. Schmitt is showing the crew how a heel of an astronaut's boot is…
NASA Photo 66-H-976, Kennedy Space Center, FL, July 14, 1966. Gemini 10 patch that Astronauts John W. Young, command pilot and Michael Collins, pilot will wear during NASA's three-day Earth orbital mission. The patch signifies the Gemini 10 mission…
NASA Photo 66-H-969, Kennedy Space Center, FL, July 18, 1966. An Atlas-Agena launch vehicle was launched 3:39 p.m. EST, July 18, 1966 by NASA from Complex 14.
NASA Photo 66-H-979, Cape Kennedy, FL, July 15, 1966. Gemini 10 Astronauts John W. Young, command pilot and Michael Collins, pilot, attend a briefing on spacecraft stowage procedures two days before their flight from Cape Kennedy.
NASA Photo 66-H-978, Cape Kennedy, FL, July 15, 1966. Weather photograph taken by NASA's Nimbus weather satellite. The photo was used to check on storm conditions a few days prior to NASA's Gemini 10 two manned orbital mission.
"Dual Rendezvous", July 15, 1966. Bell Aerosystems Company artist J. J. Carr's impression of the Gemini 10 dual rendezvous in space between the Gemini spacecraft, its own Agena Target Vehicle and the Agena Target Vehicle which was launched March 16…
NASA Photo 66-H-983, July 15, 1966. Artist's conception of the rendezvous and docking maneuver in space when the two-man NASA Gemini Spacecraft mates with the Agena Target Vehicle.
NASA Photo 66-H-981, Cape Kennedy, FL, July 15, 1966. Gemini 10 Astronauts Michael Collins, pilot, and John W. Young, command pilot, examine experiements they were to carry aboard their spacecraft during NASA's planned three-day Earth orbital…
NASA Photo 66-H-990, Cape Kennedy, FL, July 18, 1966. Gemini 10 Astronauts John W. Young, Command Pilot, followed by Pilot Michael Collins, walk to elevator that will carry them to the White Room and their spacecraft atop the Titan launch vehicle at…
NASA Photo 66-H-989, Cape Kennedy, FL, July 18, 1966. An Atlas Launch vehicle topped with the Gemini 10 Agena undergoes final preparations prior to its launch from Cape Kennedy.