Rocket City, USA Booklet by Akens, David, circa 1960
Scope and Contents
The Frances Cabaniss Roberts collection covers the historical records of the Cabaniss Roberts family. This collection contains extensive correspondence records of the Cabaniss Roberts family circa 1830 to 1930.
Dates
- Creation: 1830 - 1930
Creator
- From the Collection: Roberts, Frances Cabaniss, Dr. (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research in the Archives & Special Collections reading room. Handling guidelines and use restrictions will be communicated and enforced by archives staff members.
Extent
From the Collection: 105 Linear feet (143 boxes and 19 oversize.)
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
General
Huntsville Tours
Able and Baker In Ocean 24
Able and Baker Launch 23
Able and Baker on USS Kiowa 24
Able and Baker 1, 4, 5, 16, 21
Able's Space Suit 23
Able 22
ABMA Birthday Gathering 20
Akens, David S. 1, 3
ARGMA 12, 13
Armed Forces Day Celebration 14
Army Ballistic Missile Agency 17
Army Rocket and Guided Missile Agency 12
Astronauts 26
Barclay, J. A., Brig. General 27, 31
Barclay, J. A., General 21
Bryant, Hall B. 6
Champlin, Gerald A., Major 1, 24
Chrysler Corporation 20
Classroom to Outer Space 28
Colby, J. M., Brig. Gen. 1
Corporal Missile 1
Cotton Field 7
Daughters of Dr. Wernher von Braun 27
Eisenhower, President 16, 17, 18
Explorer I 18
From Cotton to Cosmic 5
German Scientists 9
Goodson, Houston 6
Henry, Mary Davis 5
Historic Home 8
Honest John Missile 11
Hummermann, Walter, Dr. 27
Huntsville Downtown View 9
Huntsville, AL 3, 4, 5, 6, 9
Johnson, Roy 30
Jupiter Missile Nose 23
Jupiter Missile 1, 7, 19
Lee, Louis B., Sr. 6
Lily Flagg 6
Lusser, Robert 10
Madison County Courthouse 15
Medaris, John, Major General 6, 21, 22, 27, 31
Missile Factory 19
Missiles Guard the Skies 12
Monte Sano Park 16
Mrazek, William A. 27
Murrow, Edward R. 28
Nike-Ajax 1, 15
Nike-Hercules 1
Nixon, Vice-President 16
Oberth, Hermann, Prof. 10, 31
OGMS 28
Ordnance Guided Missile School 28
Paul, Thurston T., Colonel 1, 22
Penemunde 25
Pioneer IV Missile 20
Pioneer IV 1
Proficiency Range 11
Redstone Arsenal Birthplace of Space Age 9
Redstone Arsenal 5, 10
Redstone Missile 18
Rees, Eberhard 22, 27, 31
Rocket City USA 1, 2, 3, 4
Rodenhauser, John 6
Rohm and Hass Chemical 13
Round Trip to Venus and Beyond 29
Satellite Orbit 20
Satellites and Space Travel 16
Saturn Missile 1, 29
Searcy, R. B., Mayor 1, 6
Sergeant Missile 12
Shinkle, J. G., Brig. General 31
Sputnik I 17
Strode Publishers 3, 4
Stuhlinger, Ernst, Dr. 10, 22, 27, 31
Taylor, Richard, Lt. Colonel 24
Test Stands 11
Thiokol Chemical 13
Thornton, Vance 6, 31
Toftoy, H. N., General 10, 25
Tucker, Earl 5
von Braun, Dr. 25, 26
von Braun, Magnus 25
von Braun, Wernher, Dr. 1, 10, 22, 26, 27
Repository Details
Part of the The University of Alabama in Huntsville Archives & Special Collections Repository
M. Louis Salmon Library
301 Sparkman Drive
Huntsville Alabama 35899 United States of America
256-824-6523
archives@uah.edu