Folder includes correspondence, excerpts from the University of South Florida master plan, Cabinet of the State of Florida meeting transcripts, books excerpts, and relocation permit documents.
This collection contains the files that Louis Rotundo used for the research of his book, Into the Unknown: The X-1 Story. The book "describes the complete history of the world's first supersonic aircraft, the Bell X-1." Materials consist of manuscripts, reports, interview transcripts, news clippings, photographs, and multimedia. This collection provides insight into the history of the X-1 plane and the work of Louis Rotundo. Louis C. Rotundo was born on October 28, 1949. He graduated from the University of Central Florida (UCF) in 1975 and then worked for United States Senator Lawton Childes as an aide. Rotundo served as a lobbyist for the State of Florida and was employed by UCF from 1980 to 1988 as Special Assistant to the Director of the Florida Solar Energy Center (FSEC) and Special Assistant to the President of UCF from 1984 to 1987. After departing from UCF in 1988, Rotundo worked as the Principal of Louis Rotundo and Associates, a Central Florida based company that specializes in lobbying and consulting.
A signed copy of a booklet containing Poole's works "Intrigue in Morocco" and "Where I'm Sitting." The first work is a dreamlike depiction of experiences in Morocco while the second is descriptions of the waiting room of a neurosurgery and imaging center that the narrator seees while waiting for his wife's head to be examined.
