Llewellyn L. Hewett papers, 1949-1982 [manuscript]

ArchivalResource

Llewellyn L. Hewett papers, 1949-1982 [manuscript]

The Llewellyn L. Hewett Papers contain notebooks with class notes; certificates from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration; information about systems functions connected with the Saturn V/Apollo Mission; photographs, predominantly of spacecraft; correspondence; newspaper clippings; publications such as "Spaceport News" 24 April 1981; a manuscript of an unfinished historical novel (the account seems to be autobiographical); and college annuals from Mars Hill College, 1950 and Wilmington College, 1951.

0.75 linear feet (2 archival boxes)

Related Entities

There are 6 Entities related to this resource.

United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6r60hpw (corporateBody)

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) was established as an independent agency of the executive branch on October 1, 1958 by the National Aeronautics and Space Act (72 Stat. 426), approved July 29, 1958. It superseded the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA). NASA conducted redsearch on problems of flight, developed aeronautical and space vehicles, explored outer space, and participated in international programs for the peaceful development of space technology....

Space Shuttle Program (U.S.)

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w60049wq (corporateBody)

Mars Hill College

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w67x13g6 (corporateBody)

Wilmington College

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6jt3k6x (corporateBody)

Hewett, Llewellyn L., 1930-1985.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w64f2cd7 (person)

Llewellyn L. Hewett graduated from Shallotte High School (Shallotte, N.C.) in 1949. He then attended Wilmington College (later University of North Carolina at Wilmington) where he received his Associate of Arts degree in 1951. He graduated from the Milwaukee School of Engineering in 1955 with a bachelor of science in electrical engineering. Hewett worked for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), contributing to the first manned orbital flight of the space shuttle, Columbia (S...

Columbia (Spacecraft)

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6zh7g78 (corporateBody)

Space Shuttle Columbia was the first space-rated orbiter in NASA's Space Shuttle fleet. It launched for the first time on mission STS-1 on April 12, 1981, the first flight of the Space Shuttle program. Over 22 years of service it completed 27 missions before disintegrating during re-entry near the end of its 28th mission, STS-107 on February 1, 2003, resulting in the deaths of all seven crew members....