INTRODUCTION

The Non-Senate Papers Sub-Group contains 102 cubic feet of records documenting the life of John H. Glenn, Jr. prior to and after his 1975 to 1999 career in the United States Senate.  The sub-group contains records dating from 1942 to 1964 documenting the twenty-three years Glenn served as a combat and test pilot in the United States Marine Corps.  Other records within the sub-group pertain to his assignment to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration from 1959 to 1964 as one of the original Mercury Seven astronauts.  Additional NASA records document Glenn’s return to space in 1998 as a crewmember of the Space Shuttle Discovery mission STS-95.  Also located within the sub-group are records from Glenn’s successful corporate career from 1964 to 1974.  Other materials date from his boyhood in New Concord, Ohio, and from his time as a student at Muskingum College.  In addition, the sub-group contains the records of Glenn’s wife, Anna (Annie) Margaret Castor Glenn, along with some materials pertaining to both the Glenn and Castor families.  Other records document Glenn’s continued involvement in public service activities after his retirement from the U.S. Senate in 1999.

ACCESS:  The Non-Senate Papers Sub-Group is open to public research under the rules and regulations of The Ohio State University.

COPYRIGHTS:  John and Anna Glenn have dedicated such copyrights as they possesses in the Non-Senate Papers Sub-Group to the public.  Consideration of all other copyrights is the responsibility of the author and the publisher.

ARRANGEMENT:  The records within the Non-Senate Papers Sub-Group are arranged into five series- Family Records, Military Records, NASA Records, Corporate Records, and Post-Senate Records.  The Family Series is arranged further into a sub-series for family records and a sub-series for the records of Annie Glenn.  The NASA Series is divided into the two sub-series of Mercury Seven Records and STS-95 Records.

PROCESSING NOTE:  Jeff W. Thomas, along with staff member, Michelle Drobik, and volunteer, Dick Thomas, processed and arranged the Senate Papers Sub-Group from 2002 to 2003.  In processing and arranging the collection a careful effort was made to preserve whenever possible the original order and filing systems found within each series.  Subject files generally are arranged in alphabetical order by folder heading, with the documents within folders arranged in chronological order.  Correspondence files may be arranged either in chronological order, or in some instances, alphabetically by the author’s last name.  Large folders originally housed in expanding files are separated for preservation purposes into smaller files by logical subheadings or simply labeled part 1, part 2, etc.

SERIES AND SUB-SERIES LISTING

Series 1:  Family Records

            Sub-series:       1 - Family

                                    2 - Annie Glenn Files

Series 2:  Military Records
                

Series 3:  NASA Records

            Sub-series:       1 - Mercury 7

                                    2 - STS-95                           

Series 4:  Corporate Records

Series 5:  Post-Senate Records