John Glenn archives. Audiovisual collection.

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John Glenn archives. Audiovisual collection.

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The Audiovisual collection documents Glenn's life and the life of his wife, Anna Castor Glenn. The materials date from 1896 to 2002, though the bulk of the materials are from 1959 to 1998. Included are materials from the Glenn and Castor families, from John Glenn's childhood in New Concord, Ohio, from Glenn's military, space, and corporate careers, and fron Glenn's political career as a United States Senator from Ohio. Approximately one-third of the sub-group consists of photographs ranging from family snapshots to photographs taken by various official photographers for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and the United States Senate. Other types of 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. Sound recordings contained within the collection include cassette and reel-to-reel tapes, phonographic recordings, and compact disks. The remainder of the collection consists of certificates and awards given to John and Annie Glenn and various types of ephemera collected by them.

289 items.

Ohio State University Libraries

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SNAC Resource ID: 7685497

Ohio State University Libraries

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Glenn, John, 1921-2016

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John Herschel Glenn, Jr. (b. July 18, 1921, Cambridge, Guernsey County-d. December 8, 2016, Columbus, Ohio), astronaut and U.S. Senator from Ohio. He attended public schools of New Concord, Ohio, and later graduated from Muskingum College. Glenn served in the United States Marine Corps from 1942 to 1965, and was later a test pilot and joining the United States space program in 1959. He was selected as one of the original seven Mercury astronauts. In February 1962, Glenn became the first American...

Glenn, Annie.

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