University of West Florida. Aeronautical Systems Records, 1968-1973, Date acquired: 07/00/1989
Collection context
Summary
- Creator:
- University of West Florida
- Extent:
- 204.00 items
- Language:
- English
Background
- Scope and content:
Records (1968-1973) including correspondence, materials on the UWF Corpus Christi Center, student theses, commencement programs, and related materials. Select thesis subjects cover airports in Atlanta, Pensacola, and NAS Pensacola, the port of Corpus Christi, satellite development and deployment, the usage of airships in transportation, and emergency rescue missions in space.
NOTE: Aeronautical Systems was offered through contracts with the United States Navy to students in naval aviation. The Department was phased out in 1976, replaced by Systems Science.
- Acquisition information:
- Donations from Physics Department of records of Dr. Richard G. Fleddermann, augmented by University Archives backlog and uncataloged materials, July 1989
- Processing information:
Cataloged 08/08/1989
- Arrangement:
Alphabetical.
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Indexed terms
- Subjects:
- Airports--Florida--Pensacola.
Harbors--Texas--Corpus Christi.
Artificial satellites.
Artificial satellites--Design and construction.
Airships.
Space rescue operations.
Universities and colleges--Florida--Pensacola.
Universities and colleges--Texas--Corpus Christi.
Aeronautics--Study and teaching--Florida--Pensacola.
Aerospace engineering--Florida--Pensacola.
Airports--Georgia--Atlanta.
Theses--Florida--Pensacola.
Programs--Florida--Pensacola. - Names:
- Fleddermann, Richard G.
- Places:
- Naval Air Station Pensacola (Fla.)
Access and use
- Restrictions:
Open to researchers, dependent on our compliance with U.S. Copyright Law, HIPPA requirements, donor agreements and other applicable state and federal statutes. Occasionally we may need to review a collection before permitting immediate access.
- Terms of access:
Digital photography, scanning, and photocopying of materials is prohibited. Permission may be granted by the Special Collections Librarian for such reprography dependent on issues of copyright, ownership, condition, donor agreements, etc. In general, staff do not make reproductions of copyright materials or materials for which title is not owned by the institution. Recent revisions in the U.S. Copyright Law extended the copyright of correspondence, letters, and other personal papers to the life of the author plus seventy years.
- Location of this collection:
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University Archives and West Florida History Center11000 University PkwyPensacolaFL32514USA
