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Dublin Core
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Title
Dr. Calvin Fowler Collection
Alternative Title
Fowler Collection
Subject
Cape Canaveral Air Force Station (Fla.)
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (U.S.)
NASA
John F. Kennedy Space Center
Kennedy Space Center
Description
Collection of images, documents, and other archival items donated by Dr. Calvin "Cal" D. Fowler, who was the manager of Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 14 during the final three launches of Project Mercury.
Contributor
Fowler, Calvin "Cal" D.
<a href="http://srealserver.eecs.ucf.edu/chronopoints/" target="_blank">Chronopoints</a>
Is Part Of
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/148" target="_blank">Florida Space Coast History Collection</a>, RICHES of Central Florida.
Language
eng
Type
Collection
Coverage
Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Cape Canaveral, Florida
General Dynamics/Astronautics, Cocoa Beach, Florida
John F. Kennedy Space Center, Merritt Island, Florida
Patrick Air Force Base, Florida
Covair/Astronautics, Mission Training Center, Port Canaveral, Florida
U.S. Space Walk of Fame Museum, Titusville, Florida
Daytona Beach, Florida
George C. Marshall Space Flight Center, Redstone Arsenal, Hunstville, Alabama
Space Systems Division Headquarters, Air Force Systems Command, United States Air Force, El Segundo, California
General Dynamics/Astronautics Factory, San Diego, California
Manned Spacecraft Center, Houston, Texas
Space Center Houston, Houston, Texas
Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington
Francis E. Warren Air Force Base, Wyoming
Valley Forge, Pennsylvania
Contributing Project
<a href="http://virtualheritage.ist.ucf.edu/cchp/" target="_blank">Florida Space Coast History Project</a>
Curator
Michlowitz, Robert
Cepero, Laura
Digital Collection
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank">RICHES MI</a>
External Reference
"<a href="http://www-pao.ksc.nasa.gov/history/mercury/mercury-overview.htm">Project Mercury Overview</a>." John F. Kennedy Space Center, National Aeronautics and Space Administration. http://www-pao.ksc.nasa.gov/history/mercury/mercury-overview.htm.
Document
A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text.
Original Format
1 newspaper article
Dublin Core
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Title
Glenn's Rocket Found in Africa
Alternative Title
Glenn's Rocket Found in Africa
Subject
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (U.S.)
NASA
Project Mercury (U.S.)
Glenn, John, 1921-
Description
A newspaper article, originally posted by The Associated Press, published in <em>The Miami Herald</em> on March 2, 1962. According to the article, a fragment of the Atlas rocket used for John Glenn's mission was found on a farm in South Africa. South African officials made plans to return the artifact to the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C.
Type
Text
Source
Original newspaper article: "Glenn's Rocket Found in Africa." <em>The Miami Herald</em>, March 2, 1962: Private Collection of Dr. Calvin D. Fowler.
Is Part Of
<a href="http://www.miamiherald.com/" target="_blank">The Miami Herald</a>, March 2, 1962
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/149" target="_blank">Dr. Calvin Fowler Collection</a>, Florida Space Coast History Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
Is Format Of
Digital reproduction of original newspaper article: "Glenn's Rocket Found in Africa." <em>The Miami Herald</em>, March 2, 1962.
Coverage
Aliwal North, Eastern Cape, South Africa
Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 14, Cape Canaveral, Florida
Creator
<a href="http://www.ap.org/" target="_blank">The Associated Press</a>
Publisher
<a href="http://www.miamiherald.com/" target="_blank">The Miami Herald</a>
Contributor
Fowler, Calvin "Cal" D.
<a href="http://srealserver.eecs.ucf.edu/chronopoints/" target="_blank">Chronopoints</a>
Date Created
ca. 1962-03-02
Date Issued
1962-03-02
Date Copyrighted
1962-03-02
Format
image/jpg
Extent
136 KB
Medium
1 newspaper article
Mediator
History Teacher
Civics/Government Teacher
Provenance
Originally republished by <a href="http://www.ap.org/" target="_blank">The Associated Press</a> and republished by <a href="http://www.miamiherald.com/" target="_blank">The Miami Herald</a>.
Rights Holder
Copyright to this resource is held by <a href="http://www.ap.org/" target="_blank">The Associated Press</a>r and is provided here by <a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">RICHES of Central Florida</a> for educational purposes only.
Accrual Method
Donation
Contributing Project
<a href="http://virtualheritage.ist.ucf.edu/cchp/" target="_blank">Florida Space Coast History Project</a>
Curator
Michlowitz, Robert
Cepero, Laura
Digital Collection
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank">RICHES MI</a>
External Reference
Swenson, Loyd S., Charles C. Alexander, and James M. Grimwood. <a href="http://history.nasa.gov/SP-4201/toc.htm"><em>This New Ocean: A History of Project Mercury</em></a>. Washington, D.C.: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1966.
Aliwal North, Eastern Cape, South Africa
Astronaut Group 1
astronauts
Atlas
Atlas 109D
B. G. McNabb
Cal Fowler
Calvin D. Fowler
Cape Canaveral
Cape Canaveral Air Force Station
CCAFS
Don G. gaylor
General Dynamics/Astronautics
John Herschel Glenn, Jr.
Kurt Debus
Mercury 7
Mercury Seven
Mercury-Atlas
missiles
NASA
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Original Seven
Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa
Project Mercury
rockets
Smithsonian Institution
South Africa
South African Council for Scientific and Industrial Research
space
spacecraft
The Miami Herald
U.S. Air Force
U.S. Embassy
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Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Title
Dr. Calvin Fowler Collection
Alternative Title
Fowler Collection
Subject
Cape Canaveral Air Force Station (Fla.)
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (U.S.)
NASA
John F. Kennedy Space Center
Kennedy Space Center
Description
Collection of images, documents, and other archival items donated by Dr. Calvin "Cal" D. Fowler, who was the manager of Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 14 during the final three launches of Project Mercury.
Contributor
Fowler, Calvin "Cal" D.
<a href="http://srealserver.eecs.ucf.edu/chronopoints/" target="_blank">Chronopoints</a>
Is Part Of
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/148" target="_blank">Florida Space Coast History Collection</a>, RICHES of Central Florida.
Language
eng
Type
Collection
Coverage
Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Cape Canaveral, Florida
General Dynamics/Astronautics, Cocoa Beach, Florida
John F. Kennedy Space Center, Merritt Island, Florida
Patrick Air Force Base, Florida
Covair/Astronautics, Mission Training Center, Port Canaveral, Florida
U.S. Space Walk of Fame Museum, Titusville, Florida
Daytona Beach, Florida
George C. Marshall Space Flight Center, Redstone Arsenal, Hunstville, Alabama
Space Systems Division Headquarters, Air Force Systems Command, United States Air Force, El Segundo, California
General Dynamics/Astronautics Factory, San Diego, California
Manned Spacecraft Center, Houston, Texas
Space Center Houston, Houston, Texas
Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington
Francis E. Warren Air Force Base, Wyoming
Valley Forge, Pennsylvania
Contributing Project
<a href="http://virtualheritage.ist.ucf.edu/cchp/" target="_blank">Florida Space Coast History Project</a>
Curator
Michlowitz, Robert
Cepero, Laura
Digital Collection
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank">RICHES MI</a>
External Reference
"<a href="http://www-pao.ksc.nasa.gov/history/mercury/mercury-overview.htm">Project Mercury Overview</a>." John F. Kennedy Space Center, National Aeronautics and Space Administration. http://www-pao.ksc.nasa.gov/history/mercury/mercury-overview.htm.
Still Image
A static visual representation. Examples of still images are: paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type "text" to images of textual materials.
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Title
Friendship 7 Lift Off at the Launch Pad at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 14
Alternative Title
Friendship 7 Lift Off
Subject
Cape Canaveral (Fla.)
Cape Canaveral Air Force Station (Fla.)
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (U.S.)
NASA
Project Mercury (U.S.)
Friendship 7 (Spacecraft)
Description
John Glenn's (b. 1921) Mercury-Atlas vehicle (MA-6) lifting off the launch pad at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 14 (LC-14) on February 20, 1962. This was the first manned flight of a Mercury-Atlas spacecraft, which occurred after a few delays. Glenn would become the first American to orbit the Earth. Glenn was later feted in parades from Cocoa Beach, Florida, to New York City, New York.
Type
Still Image
Source
Original black and white photographic print, February 20, 1962: Private Collection of Dr. Calvin D. Fowler.
Is Part Of
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/149" target="_blank">Dr. Calvin Fowler Collection</a>, Florida Space Coast History Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
Is Format Of
Digital reproduction of original black and white photographic print, February 20, 1962.
Coverage
Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 14 Launch Site, Cape Canaveral, Florida
Contributor
Fowler, Calvin D.
<a href="http://srealserver.eecs.ucf.edu/chronopoints/" target="_blank">Chronopoints</a>
Date Created
1962-02-20
Format
image/jpg
Extent
180 KB
Medium
1 black and white photographic print
Mediator
History Teacher
Civics/Government Teacher
Provenance
Originally owned by Dr. Calvin D. Fowler.
Rights Holder
Copyright to this resource is held by Dr. Calvin D. Fowler and is provided here by <a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">RICHES of Central Florida</a> for educational purposes only.
Accrual Method
Donation
Contributing Project
<a href="http://virtualheritage.ist.ucf.edu/cchp/" target="_blank">Florida Space Coast History Project</a>
Curator
Michlowitz, Robert
Cepero, Laura
Digital Collection
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank">RICHES MI</a>
External Reference
"<a href="http://history.nasa.gov/SP-45/ch5.htm">MERCURY PROJECT SUMMARY (NASA SP-45)</a>." National Aeronautics and Space Administration. http://history.nasa.gov/SP-45/ch5.htm.
Astronaut Group 1
Atlas 109D
Cape Canaveral
Cape Canaveral AFS
Cape Canaveral Air Force Station
CCAFS
Friendship 7
John Glenn
John Herschel Glenn, Jr.
Launch Complex 14
Launch Pad 14
launches
LC-14
MA-6
Mercury 7
Mercury Seven
Mercury-Atlas
Mercury-Atlas 6
NASA
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Original Seven
outer space
Project Mercury
space exploration
space program
space programs