Apollo missions -- photographs including crew, the Moon, and Earth from Space, circa 1960s-1970s

File — Box: One, Folder: 2

The George H. Hage Apollo Collection documents Hage's time as the Deputy Program Director for the Apollo Program at NASA with scrapbooks, clippings, photographs, reports, and memorandums. This collection covers Hage's time with the Apollo program and primarily features newspaper clippings from across the United States and official photographs compiled into annotated albums and scrapbooks.

Photographs (including both black-and-white and color) consist of images of Hage receiving awards as well as shots of the Apollo astronauts, Saturn V rocket launches, images of the Earth from the moon, images of the moon taken by the lunar orbiter, and images of lunar samples. Ten photographs include inscriptions and signatures from Apollo astonauts as well as other NASA personnel. One mounted image related to the first moon landing includes a "First man on the moon" stamp with a letter from Winton M. Bount and a signature of Richard M. Nixon. The photograph albums, which remain intact, are focused on the public response to the program and include official promotional NASA photographs. These binders were compiled by NASA and gifted to Hage.

A variety of textual materials are also in the collection. The binders contain official Apollo development documents given out to Hage’s team, providing an overview of what it was like to work on the program. Other reports and press kits are also included among the textual materials. Scrapbooks dedicated to individual Apollo missions contain a mix of photographs and textual items. These include more technical documentation about the development of Apollo programs and consist of newspaper clippings, memorandums, correspondence and printed ephemera.

Other individuals featured in the collection include Sam Philips, Thomas Paine, Chester Lee, Col. Thomas McMullen, George Low, and Christopher Kraft. Signatures are present from the Apollo 7-13 crews.

Dates

circa 1960s-1970s

Language of Materials

All materials are in English.

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is open for research but has not been fully processed. Access to the collection may be limited or may require additional processing time. For more information contact us.