This series has broken into three sections: Subseries A. 35mm Slides, 1946-1992; Subseries; B. Negatives, 1952-1974; and Subseries C. Audiovisual materials, circa 1940s-1995.

The first subseries consists of roughly 3,000 slides taken between 1950 and 1995 depicting various model rocketry competitions and activities that Stine was involved with during his lifetime, as well as images related to crewed space flight, astronomy, and various slides form lectures. The titles in the inventory in quotations were given to the contents by Stine and have been pulled directly from the containers.

The 3,980 negatives in Subseries B. predominantly illustrate Stine’s work in model rocketry, with some examples of aeronautical research, and a few instances of domestic life. The bulk of the negatives range from the late 1950s to the 1970s. Many of the negatives related to model rocketry and aeronautics have corresponding photographic prints elsewhere in the collection.

The Audiovisual subseries contains three 8mm film, eight 16mm films, four 45-rpm records, two 33 1/3-rpm records, three compact discs, two DVDs, and two 3.5 floppy discs, with the bulk of the collection consisting of 29 open-reel audiotapes, 201 audiocassette tapes, and 50 VHS format videocassettes. The material in this subseries is similar in content as the themes in the rest of the collection.

The audiocassette tapes and open-reel audiotapes consist of sound recordings of NAR competitions, board of trustees meetings, and the YMCA Space Pioneers events. There are sound recordings of conventions and keynote addresses for various space related topics, in addition there are reports on space programs produced by NASA. There are also many sound recordings of individuals that Stine worked with throughout his professional career in model rocketry and aeronautics. The audiocassette tapes in the collection cover a many themes in space travel and aeronautics. There are sound recording of seminars and various space reports. In addition, there are audiocassette tapes with names of authors from the genres of science fiction and aeronautics that contain possible interviews or seminars. Some of the audiocassette tapes have no descriptive information written on the item, but they have been retained with the collection.

The videocassettes include some televised space news productions, which include Stine on an episode of The Merv Griffin Show that aired on July 24, 1985, as well as documentation of the Space Access Society, Delta Clipper, and the Kistler Rocketship during the 1990s.

The films in the series date from around the 1940s to the 1960s. A few films contain demonstration footage of Model Missiles and Estes model rocket launches and propulsion engines and other footage related to the National Association of Rocketry. One features footage from the 1959 World Congress of Flight. One features World War II era footage of the Peenemunde Airfield in Germany. One, likely filmed by Stine or his friends or family, contains footage of students at the New Mexico Military Institute, which Stine had attended. Other films are related to Stine’s time at Huyck Research Corporation. The films range in length from around three minutes to around ten minutes.

The audiovisual materials are sorted by format. An itemized list of material on an Excel spreadsheet (Stine Collection_AV material) is available upon request.