United Airlines
Organization
Dates
- Existence: 1931-
Historical Note
United Airlines, Inc., commonly referred to as United, is a major United States airline headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. United was established by the joining of several airlines in the late 1920s, the oldest of these being Varney Air Lines, which was founded in 1926. A short time later, in 1931, the airline began operations as United Air Lines. The airline merged with Continental Airlines in 2010, making it one of the world's largest airlines with hundreds of domestic and international destinations.
Found in 42 Collections and/or Records:
Robert W. Radoll Early Aviation Collection
Collection
Identifier: 1990-10-26
Contents of the Collection
The Robert W. Radoll Early Aviation Collection documents the professional and personal life of early aviator and airmail pilot Robert W. Radoll from circa 1920 to 1933. The collection consists of textual material, such as correspondence, clippings, and logbooks, as well as a total of 138 photographs. It is divided into two main series: Professional and Personal.The Professional series has been further divided into subseries: Barnstorming, Northwest...
Dates:
1920-1933
Found in:
The Museum of Flight Archives
Susan "Kelly" Riley United Airlines Flight Attendant Collection
Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: 2008-03-06
Contents of the Collection
The Susan "Kelly" A. Riley United Airlines Flight Attendant Collection is comprised of textual materials and photographs related to Riley's career as a stewardess during the 1960s. There are two (2) United Airlines (UAL) Mainliner Stewardess diplomas (1961, 1963) for Riley; including the cases they were housed in. With each diploma is also a black-and-white group portrait of newly graduated UAL stewardesses. Both portraits are 8x10" and neither include identifying information,...
Dates:
1961-1963
Found in:
The Museum of Flight Archives
Karen (Jones) Sandaas United Airlines Flight Attendant Collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2021-11-01
Content Description
The Karen (Jones) Sandaas United Airlines Flight Attendant Collection is a small collection consisting of brochures collected by Karen Sandaas during her time as a flight attendant for United Airlines from 1965-2003. The brochures are predominantly advertisements related to a career as a stewardess for United Airlines and the qualifications needed. One booklet titled "United Flight Blazer Look" illustrates the uniform pieces designed by Stan Herman. There is one clipping from 1938...
Dates:
1938, 1955, circa 1960s-1970s
Found in:
The Museum of Flight Archives
Ken Schultz Commercial Airlines Collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 1991-06-03-B
Contents of the Collection
The Ken Schultz Commercial Airlines Collection consists of printed ephemera from Eastern Air Lines, Horizon Air, United Airlines, Pan Am, Era Aviation, and Heli L.A. Items are dated circa 1980s and include system timetables, decals, stationery, brochures, postcards, tickets, and city timetables for Anchorage, Kansas City, and Seattle/Tacoma. Also present is an employee handbook from Continental Airlines, dated 1988.
Dates:
Circa 1980s
Found in:
The Museum of Flight Archives
Judy Evans Sowell United Airlines Flight Attendant Collection
Collection — Box 1
Identifier: 2008-11-19
Contents of the Collection
The Judy Evans Sowell United Airlines Flight Attendant Collection is comprised of textual materials collected by Sowell during her 1965-1993 career with United Airlines (UAL) as a flight attendant. The collection includes assorted UAL materials, including airline maps, decals, menus, employee documentation, such as pay stubs and recognition letters; instructional materials for stewardesses (1965); and a June 23, 1990 letter from UAL celebrating Sowell's 25th anniversary with the...
Dates:
1965-1990
Found in:
The Museum of Flight Archives
Barbara Spraker Sea-Tac Airport Slides
Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: 2018-07-10
Contents of the Collection
The Barbara Spraker Sea-Tac Airport Slides collection is a small collection consisting of 44 photographic slides depicting scenes at at the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (Sea-Tac) in the mid-1970s. The 35mm color slides were taken by Spraker during her work as a tour guide for the Port of Seattle at Sea-Tac airport. A little under half the images depict various U.S.-based airliners at gates and on the tarmac. Airlines represented in the collection includes Alaska Airlines,...
Dates:
1972-1976
Found in:
The Museum of Flight Archives
Patricia Steele-Emerson United Airlines Flight Attendant Collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2008-05-08
Contents of the Collection
The Patricia Steele-Emerson United Airlines Flight Attendant Collection is comprised of materials relating to Steele-Emerson's thirty-three year career as a flight attendant with United Airlines (UAL), 1970-2003. The bulk of the collection is textual materials with a small amount of photographs, four videocassettes and one audiocassette. The collection contains assorted UAL documents, including employee records for Steele-Emerson; instructional, informational, and policy booklets,...
Dates:
1969-2003
Found in:
The Museum of Flight Archives
James Sterling Commercial Airlines Collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 1992-01-21
Contents of the Collection
The James Sterling Commercial Airlines Collection is comprised of commercial airline ephemera printed between 1930 and 1990, such as route maps, flight schedules, postcards, flight kits, decals, catalogs, brochures, air sickness bags and calendars. The materials were items provided to customers by various airlines, predominantly ones with international routes, including: Pan American World Airways, United Airlines, Delta Air Lines, TWA, Northwest Orient Airlines, Mexicana De Aviacion,...
Dates:
circa 1940s to 1980s
Found in:
The Museum of Flight Archives
Steve A. Stimpson Photograph Album
Collection
Identifier: 1986-03-25
Abstract
Steve A. Stimpson was a manager for Boeing Air Transport in the 1920s-1930s. The collection contains one hundred and fifty-two (152) black-and-white photographs in an unbound photograph album documenting early United Airlines history.
Dates:
circa 1920s-1930s
Found in:
The Museum of Flight Archives
Sutherland Family World War II Collection
Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: 2019-09-02
Content Description
The Sutherland Family World War II Collection is a small collection of visual and textual materials related to the U.S. military service of David H., George L. and John R. Sutherland during World War II.David H. Sutherland's service is documented with a spiralbound notebook with handwritten notes likely from flight training; his certificate of service; a separation qualification record (photocopy); a document clearing his accounts from Hendricks Field, Florida; a V-mail letter...
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1943-1946
Found in:
The Museum of Flight Archives
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