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Boeing Company

 Organization

Dates

  • Usage: 1916

Found in 37 Collections and/or Records:

John L. Bailey Boeing B-52 Collection

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: 2023-10-02
Content Description The John L. Bailey Boeing B-52 Collection is a small collection of records and technical drawings from John Bailey's work designing instrument panels on the B-52 at the Boeing Company from the late 1940s to early 1950s. The collection consists of two of Bailey’s notebooks during his employment with the company. The first notebook, "B-52 Instrument Panels Change Record” includes technical drawings and notes. The second notebook titled, “B-52 Instrument Panels” includes technical drawings and...
Dates: 1949-1954
Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

The Julius A. Barr Clippings

 Collection
Identifier: 2018-00-00-3
Abstract

Julius A. Barr (1905-1939) was born in Normal, Illinois and spent time as a personal pilot to Chinese military figures in the mid-1930s as well as worked as a Boeing test pilot from 1938-1939. The collection contains four clippings related to Barr's time at Boeing and his death.

Dates: 1938-1939
Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

Boeing Company Employee Strike Posters

 Collection
Identifier: 2020-00-00-19
Content Description The Boeing Company Employee Strike Posters Collection is a small collection consisting of six posters used by workers striking at the Boeing Company in Seattle, Washington, in September 2005 and September 2024. Two posters from 2005 read: "Aerospace Machinists on Strike, Lodge 751 AFL-CIO, At Boeing." The other two posters from 2005 read: "Machinists Union On Strike Against Boeing, ULP!, Unfair Labor Practices!, IAM&AW District Lodge 751, AFL-CIO." The 2024 posters read: "Machinists...
Dates: 2005 September, 2024 September
Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

Boeing MB-3A Final Assembly Blueprints

 Collection — Oversize folder 1
Identifier: 1984-00-16-A
Contents of the Collection

The Boeing MB-3A Final Assembly Blueprints is a small collection consisting of a final assembly (three-view) drawing of the Boeing (Thomas-Morse) MB-3A dated July 14, 1922.

Dates: 1922 July 14
Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

Boeing SST Research and Development Team photograph

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: 2020-08-23
Content Description

This small collection consists of a single item: an 8x10" black-and-white photographic group portrait of the Boeing SST research and development team. The print is dated both 1962 and 1963 in various handwritten notations. There are 122 people featured in the photograph and in the image they are seated in an auditorium. The names of the individuals are printed on the back of the photograph.

Dates: circa 1962-1963
Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

Abraham L. Brearcliffe Jr. Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 1984-08-30-B
Abstract

Abraham Lincoln Brearcliffe, Jr. (1899-1984) was born in Washington state and worked for Boeing from 1930-1945. The collection features photographs, clippings and newsletters, foreman's materials, labor union membership books, and assorted ephemera from Brearcliffe's time at Boeing, most of which are almost exclusively from the war years (1941-1945).

Dates: 1921-1945, 1967-1970 ; Majority of material found within 1941-1945
Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

William Hough "Bill" Cook Jr. Papers

 Collection
Identifier: 2017-10-26
Abstract

The William Hough “Bill” Cook, Jr. Papers are comprised of documents, photographs, newspaper clippings, and memorabilia pertaining to the life and work of Bill Cook, Jr. A significant portion of this collection is made up of correspondence, both personal and professional. Major topics include the Boeing high speed wind tunnel, the B-29, B-47, and B-17 bombers, the development of the YC-14 short takeoff and landing (STOL) aircraft, and research on supersonic transport.

Dates: 1925-2012; Majority of material found within 1938 - 1974
Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

David L. Davidson Jr. Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2022-07-11
Abstract David L. Davidson was an electrical engineer at The Boeing Company and worked on the Saturn V Rocket and the Lunar Rover projects. He served in the U.S. Marines from 1942-1946 and in the U.S. Army Reserves Engineer Corps from 1957-1962. This collection, which dates from 1941 to his retirement from Boeing in 1988, consists of textual materials, photographs, and one digital audio recording. It includes administrative records, notes, Boeing managerial training materials, photographs that depict...
Dates: circa 1937-1988
Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

Helen C. Eads Boeing Machinist Collection

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: 2023-10-05
Contents of the Collection The Helen C. Eads Boeing Machinist Collection is a single-file collection that pertains to Eads' work as a machinist on B-29 aircraft at The Boeing Company in 1944. It includes Eads' union card book and "honorary retiring card" for the International Order of Machinists, Lodge Number 751-H. It also includes three black-and-white photographs. One depicts a B-29 in flight over Mount Rainier. The other two images both depict Eads; one shows her working as a machinist. The other image is a group...
Dates: 1944
Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

Ferrari Family Boeing Collection

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: 2021-12-06
Overview

A small collection of photographs, newsletter, and ID card related to Boeing employees Ottavio Ferrari and Roy J. Ferrari.

Dates: 1934-1945
Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

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