Robert Pearlman
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From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted May 21, 2004 01:30 AM
   
The Ohio State University announces the opening to public research of the Audiovisual Collection of former United States Senator and noted astronaut, John Glenn. The collection contains approximately one hundred cubic feet of materials and nearly three hundred oversized, framed items documenting all aspects of Senator Glenn's life as well as the life of his wife, Anna "Annie" Castor Glenn. Items within the collection date from 1896 to 2003, though the bulk of the materials date from 1959 to 1998. Included are materials from John Glenn's childhood in New Concord, Ohio, from Glenn's military, space, corporate, and post-senate careers, and from Glenn's four terms (1975-1999) as a United States Senator from Ohio.Approximately one-third of the Audiovisual Collection consists of photographs ranging from family snapshots to photographs taken by official photographers for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration and the United States Senate. Other visual materials in the collection include original works of art, limited edition prints, cartoons, portraits, maps, and motion pictures in both film and video format. The collection contains an extensive amount of sound recordings consisting of cassette and reel-to-reel tapes, phonographic recordings, and compact disks. Also contained within the collection are numerous certificates and awards given to John Glenn, along with various types of ephemera collected by Senator Glenn over the course of his fifty years in public service. The John Glenn Archives web site contains a finding aid with detailed information about the scope and content of the Audiovisual Collection. Through this online guide researchers may choose to search the collection inventory by key word or browse through the collection folder headings. Also available on the web site are similar finding aids for the Senate Papers and the Non-Senate Papers portions of the John Glenn Archives. Housed within the Ohio State University Archives Building at 2700 Kenny Road, Columbus, Ohio 43210, the John Glenn Archives is open to researchers Monday through Friday from 9 to 12am and from 1 to 4:30pm. IP: Logged |
