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Finding Aid for the Roger and Roberta Boisjoly NASA Challenger Disaster Collection.
2010.17.r
2010.17.r
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Title: Roger and Roberta Boisjoly NASA Challenger Disaster Collection.
Identifier/Call Number: 2010.17.r
Contributing Institution:
Frank Mt. Pleasant Library of Special Collections and Archives, Leatherby Libraries
One University Drive
Orange, CA, 92866
(714) 532 - 7711
rboyd@chapman.edu
Language of Material:
The majority of the collection is in English
Physical Description:
13.5 Linear feet
(8 cartons, 1 large box)
Date (inclusive): 1986-2010
creator:
Boisjoly, R. M., (Roger M.), 1938-
The Boisjoly collection covers Roger Boisjoly's involvement in the NASA Challenger accident. Besides copies of his congressional
testimony there are copies of testimony from other participants as well as the complete report made by the committee. Along
with this material is Boisjoly's personal and business correspondence as it relates to the Challenger accident and various
pieces of Challenger related ephemera.
[identify item], Roger and Roberta Boisjoly NASA Challenger Disaster Collection, Frank Mt. Pleasant Library of Special Collections
and Archives, Chapman University, CA.
Conditions Governing Access note
Though this collection is open for research, it should be noted that it is not fully arranged and described.
There are no restrictions on the use of this material except where previously copyrighted material is concerned. It is the
responsibility of the researcher to obtain all permissions.
Immediate Source of Acquisition note
Gift of Roger and Roberta Boisjoly.
This collection is arranged in series: Series 1, Roger Boisjoly Papers Series 2, Reports, Challenger Disaster Series 3, Ephemera,
Challenger
Within the series, the material is organized by material type.
Though this collection is open for research it is not fully arranged and described. There are at least 3 linear feet left
to process that consists of class and lecture material given by Boisjoly, A/V material of his lectures, as well as several
Mbs of digital files to process and describe.
Roger Boisjoly is a mechanical engineer, fluid dynamicist and an aerodynamicist who worked for Morton Thiokol, the manufacturer
of the solid rocket boosters for the Space Shuttle program. He is best known for raising objections to the launch of the Space
Shuttle Challenger the day before the loss of the spacecraft and its crew.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Boisjoly, R. M., (Roger M.), 1938-
Challenger (Spacecraft) -- Accidents