Anne Thompson Bray Papers

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This collection consists of three binders containing science news releases and a scrapbook containing photographs of Anne Thompson Bray and other the staff at the the Space News Roundup .

Anne Thompson Bray (1934–2009) graduated from the University of North Carolina School of Journalism. Bray then went to work for the Fayetteville Observer before joining the NASA's Public Affairs staff first as a staff writer and then as the editor of the Space News Roundup , the official newspaper of the NASA Manned Spacecraft Center (now Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center). From April 1962 until July of 1963 Bray covered the Mercury Space Program from Houston, Texas. After the Mercury Space Program was completed, she left the civil service and worked for Cornet Magazine and Ford Aerospace, the Aerospace and Defense Division of Ford Motor Company. Bray also worked with World Book Encyclopedia Science Services.

Identifier

NASM.2021.0004

Creator

Bray, Anne Thompson

Date

1960s, 1992, 2009

Provenance

Jessica Moyd Smith, Gift, 2020, NASM.2021.0004

Extent

0.58 Cubic feet (One letter document case and one flat box.)

Archival Repository

National Air and Space Museum Archives

Scope and Contents

This collection consists of three binders containing science news releases: "The Fledging Science Writer Vol 1" October 1965 through March 1966, containing astronaut by-liners and non-space topics; "The Fledging Science Writer Vol. 2," April 1966 through September 1966, containing spouse and family astronaut families topics; and [Vol. 3], containing flight technical topics. These folders include both the releases by World Book Encyclopedia Science Services (including ones written by Anne Thompson Bray) as well as the accompanying black and white photographs, some from NASA and some taken by World Book staff photographers. The collection also includes a scrapbook containing photographs of Anne Thompson Bray and other the staff at the Space News Roundup .

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Citation

Anne Thompson Bray Papers, NASM.2021.0004, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.

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Astronautics
Mercury Project
Astronauts

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Press releases
Scrapbooks

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