This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
Grissom Chronicles from Mitchell to Moon Flight Dream
An Indiana profile of astronaut Gus Grissom traces his Mackinaw roots in Mitchell, his early work and schooling, courtship with Betty, Purdue engineering then Air Force career, wartime service, and test flying. He reflects on family, duty, and the path toward space exploration.
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Korea
Grissom
Bryan Air Force Base
Texas
Mark
Scott
James Whitcomb Riley
Mitchell
Ind
New York Times
Indianapolis
Robert Kennedy
Indiana
Washington
Kennedy
Senate
Eugene McCarthy
South Bend
Humphrey
McCarthy
America
Gus Grissom
The
Macmillan Co
Virgil I. Grissom
World Book Science Service
Penrod
Sam
Norman
Lowell
Wilma
Dennis Grissom
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Robert Pingrie
Troop 46
Boy Scouts of America
Cargas Candy Kitchen
Main St
Mitchell Tribune
Betty
Betty Moore
Mitchell High School
Europe
Royal Air Force Fighter Command
Pearl Harbor
Air Force
Iig
Thad
Air—Force
Purdue University
Purdue
Randolph Air Force Base
Williams Afb
Arizona
Cadet Grissom
Navy
Wally
Schirra
154Th
USAF
Air Force Institute of Technology
Wright-Patterson Afb
Ohio
Edwards Afb
California
Baptist Parsonage
Cape Kennedy
Gus