A collection of personal ephemera named to Gordon Snyder, former Skipper of the USN Lexington CV-16. Collection includes a hand written letter from astronaut Alan Shepard to Snyder and his wife on official NASA letterhead dated 7/7/71, another hand written letter on Alan Shepard's personal letterhead dated 4/19/70, and a 1973 stock certificate from The Pensacola Country Club named to Snyder.

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