Harry Atkins, Cronkite's offce, Ralph Petroff.
Phone call from Bob Ward to Harry Atkins. Conversation about Wernher von Braun stories and how the space program began in Huntsville. Also discussed is historical revisionism around von Braun and his team. Side 1 of tape up tp 42:30.Short phone call where a receptionist takes a message from Bob Ward...
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Phone call from Bob Ward to Harry Atkins. Conversation about Wernher von Braun stories and how the space program began in Huntsville. Also discussed is historical revisionism around von Braun and his team. Side 1 of tape up tp 42:30.Short phone call where a receptionist takes a message from Bob Ward to Walter Cronkite. 42:30 to end of side 1.Conversation with Ralph Petroff on his encounters with Wernher von Braun. Petroff recounts von Braun's somewhat mythic status as well as the strife in early NASA between the Germans and the Jews. Entirety of side 2. |
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Harry Atkins, Cronkite's offce, Ralph Petroff.Ward, Bob, 1934-United States. National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationGerman AmericansGeorge C. Marshall Space Flight CenterVon Braun, Wernher, 1912-1977Phone call from Bob Ward to Harry Atkins. Conversation about Wernher von Braun stories and how the space program began in Huntsville. Also discussed is historical revisionism around von Braun and his team. Side 1 of tape up tp 42:30.Short phone call where a receptionist takes a message from Bob Ward to Walter Cronkite. 42:30 to end of side 1.Conversation with Ralph Petroff on his encounters with Wernher von Braun. Petroff recounts von Braun's somewhat mythic status as well as the strife in early NASA between the Germans and the Jews. Entirety of side 2.1999InterviewsAudioAudiocassettesspc_ward_000019_01spc_ward_000019_02MC_79_019http://libarchstor2.uah.edu/digitalcollections/items/show/1495http://libarchstor2.uah.edu/digitalcollections/files/original/74/1495/spc_ward_000019_01.mp3http://libarchstor2.uah.edu/digitalcollections/files/original/74/1495/spc_ward_000019_02.mp3Ward CollectionUniversity of Alabama in Huntsville Archives and Special Collections, Huntsville, Alabamaenclir_grant_audio_metadataThis material may be protected under U. S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S. Code) which governs the making of photocopies or reproductions of copyrighted materials. You may use the digitized material for private study, scholarship, or research. Though the University of Alabama in Huntsville Archives and Special Collections has physical ownership of the material in its collections, in some cases we may not own the copyright to the material. It is the patron's obligation to determine and satisfy copyright restrictions when publishing or otherwise distributing materials found in our collections. |
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Harry Atkins, Cronkite's offce, Ralph Petroff. |
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