Boeing Company
Organization
Dates
- Usage: 1916
Found in 68 Collections and/or Records:
Kenneth B. Luplow Collection
Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: 2015-05-20
Content Description
The Kenneth B. Luplow Collection is a small collection consisting of a logbook and notebook dating to Luplow's time working for Boeing in the 1940s. The logbook spans 1941-1946, and documents Luplow's role as flight engineer on many first flights, including the XB-29 and XC-97 and XPBB-1. Other test flights documented include ones for B-17 variants. Test pilots documented in the log include J.B. Fornasero, Elliott Merrill, A.C. Reed, Edmund T. Allen, Robert Lamson, J.A. Fraser,...
Dates:
1941 - circa 1949
Found in:
The Museum of Flight Archives
Ralph B. McCormick Boeing Collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2024-02-08-A
Content Description
Ralph B. McCormick Boeing Collection is a small collection of materials relating to McCormick’s career as an aeronautical engineer with the Boeing Company from 1951 to 1989. The collection dates from 1944 to 1989 and is comprised of personnel records, reports, program schedules, technical diagrams, hand-drawn preliminary designs with accompanying hand-written notes, clippings, as well as lantern slides of a professional presentation. In addition to the materials noted above, there are...
Dates:
1944-1989
Found in:
The Museum of Flight Archives
Iva and Homer Metz Space Collection
Collection
Identifier: 2019-11-01
Overview
The Iva and Homer Metz Space Collection documents the careers of both Iva and Homer in aviation and the space industry. It follows their time with the U.S. Navy, the Boeing Company, North American Aviation, and at Cape Canaveral during the Apollo and Skylab programs.
Dates:
1928-2003
Found in:
The Museum of Flight Archives
Franklin W. Minert Collection
Collection
Identifier: 2008-11-23
Overview
Franklin Minert was a test pilot and boom operator at the Boeing Company from 1943-1970. The collection contains photographic, textual and audiovisual materials relating to his career.
Dates:
circa 1930s-1993; Majority of material found within circa 1940s-1950s
Found in:
The Museum of Flight Archives
William Nicholas Lunar Orbiter Collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2018-11-13
Overview
The William Nicholas Lunar Orbiter Collection contains articles, corporate documents, cassette tapes, and photographs relating to the Lunar Orbiter Program.
Dates:
1964-1981
Found in:
The Museum of Flight Archives
Maria Osler Collection of Edward Scott Osler Logbooks and Photographs
Collection
Identifier: 2016-07-20
Abstract:
The Edward Scott Osler Logbooks and Photographs are comprised of logbooks and photographs pertaining to the work of commercial pilot, flight engineer, and test pilot Edward Scott Osler. This collection is primarily logbooks.
Dates:
1940-1948
Found in:
The Museum of Flight Archives
Joyce Parker World War II Personal History
Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: 2024-01-19
Content Description
The Joyce Parker World War II Personal History is a small collection consisting of an autobiographical narrative by Joyce Parker who worked as a "Rosie the Riveter" at the Boeing Company during World War II, as well as two photographic portraits. The story, which is four handwritten pages in a spiral-bound notebook, explains how teenage girls and women were recruited to work toward the war effort. Parker initially worked as a messenger for the Office of Civilian Defense. Then,...
Dates:
circa 1940s, 2005
Found in:
The Museum of Flight Archives
Cyrille M. Peabody Boeing Collection
Collection
Identifier: 2020-08-29
Contents of the Collection
The Cyrille M. Peabody Boeing Collection holds original artwork and reference files of Cyrille "Cy" M. Peabody, a Boeing Company employee and designer who worked in various art departments over a 31 1/2 year period in the mid-to-late 20th century. The collection is organized into two series: I. Artwork and II. Reference Files. Series I., Peabody's original art is mostly grouped together within 10 folders (2 boxes), although some individual pieces are found in subject folders. His...
Dates:
circa 1950s-1980s
Found in:
The Museum of Flight Archives
Dan Perkins Collection of B-17F Training Materials
Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: 2018-00-00-130
Content Description
The Dan Perkins Collection of B-17F Training Materials consists of documents and training materials related to B-17s. It includes: a travel itinerary for a Boeing Company engineer dated August 31, 1943; Boeing Aircraft Company internal memo from Chief Engineer W. E. Beall asking for donations for War Chest Drive, October 10, 1942; copies of Boeing Aircraft Company letterhead; and B-17F Training materials from the Boeing Flying Fortress School, version dated April 20, 1943.The...
Dates:
1942-1943
Found in:
The Museum of Flight Archives
Ruth K. (Pellinen) Petrich Photograph Collection
Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: 2025-06-26
Content Description
The Ruth K. (Pellinen) Petrich Photograph Collection is a small collection consisting of 21 photographs and two clippings related to Petrich's time working at the Boeing Company as an assistant to test pilots during World War II. Petrich's wartime work for Boeing primarily consisted of packing parachutes and preparing gear for the company test pilots, and this work is documented through the photographs and clippings. The photographs include black-and-white official Boeing photos,...
Dates:
circa 1941-1945
Found in:
The Museum of Flight Archives
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