SERIES 1: FAMILY RECORDS Boxes 1 - 11
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The Family Sub-series contains four cubic feet of records dating from the 1890s to the 1960s. Contained within the sub-series are materials pertaining to the childhood and schooling in New Concord, Ohio, of John H. Glenn, Jr. and his wife, Anna (Annie) Margaret Castor Glenn, along with materials pertaining to their respective parents and families. Glenn's childhood materials contain such memorabilia as his baby book, his report cards from elementary school, and the notebook he kept on his boyhood club, the Ohio Rangers. Also included are reports written by Glenn on various school subjects, his class notes and handbooks, and newspapers from Glenn's high school years and from the time he spent as a student at Muskingum College. Notable within the college records are Glenn's original civil aviation pilot's license and log book dating from 1941.
Notable within the Glenn family materials are letters received by John H., Jr. and Annie Glenn from family and friends during the 1950s and early 1960s. Other items include Glenn family genealogical information, newspaper clippings, and some awards and honors dating from the 1960s. Also included are miscellaneous items from Annie Glenn's schooling, such as a music book and a workbook. The Glenn family materials also contain letters and newspaper clippings pertaining to Glenn's parents, John H., Sr. and Clara Sproat Glenn. Much of this material dates from the early 1960s and relates to the honors and recognition they received following the Friendship 7 space flight. Mrs. Clara Glenn, for example, was named "Mother of the Year" in 1962. The Glenn family materials also contain such memorabilia as John and Clara Glenn's wedding announcement and Clara Glenn's teaching certificate.
Most of the small amount of Castor family materials within the sub-series consists of the correspondence and newspaper clippings received and compiled by Annie Glenn's parents, Dr. Homer and Margaret Castor. The majority of the correspondence and clippings date from the early 1960s and pertain to John Glenn's Friendship 7 space flight and the events that followed it. Also included are items from Dr. Castor's college years and materials pertaining to an award he received from the American Dental Association in 1962. The Castor family materials also contain a few items from the childhood of Jane Castor, Annie Glenn's sister.
Box four of the sub-series contains two scrapbooks, mostly of newspaper clippings, on the Friendship 7 space flight sent to John H. Glenn, Sr. A fan compiled the first scrapbook and it is included in the collection as a typical example of the many such scrapbooks sent to the parents of John Glenn by the general public. The office of Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson compiled the second scrapbook as a memento of the events surrounding John Glenn's space flight. A third scrapbook contains newspaper clippings on a 1962 conference John H. Glenn, Sr. attended in Chicago.