Delta Air Lines
Organization
Dates
- Existence: 1924-
Historical Note
Delta Air Lines was created as Huff Daland Dusters, Incorporated, an aerial crop dusting operation, on May 30, 1924 in Macon, Georgia. The company moved to Monroe, Louisiana in 1925. Collett E. Woolman, one of the original directors, purchased the company on September 13, 1928, and renamed it Delta Air Service. It became Delta Air Lines in 1934 and relocated its headquarters to Atlanta, Georgia. Over the years Delta has acquired other airlines, including Chicago and Southern Airlines, Northeast Airlines, and Northwest Airlines. Delta Air Lines is still in operation.
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Dorie Moore Northwest and Delta Air Lines Collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2013-09-17-A
Contents of the Collection
The collection is comprised of primarily textual materials with two DVDs related to Dorie Moore's career as a flight attendant and purser with Northwest Airlines and Delta Air Lines, 2001-2012. The collection has been sorted into two series; Series I: Northwest Airlines materials and Series II: Delta Air Lines materials.The bulk of the material is in Series I and is from Northwest Airlines and includes a flight attendant manual; blank employee forms, such as crew member declarations...