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National Championship Air Races

 Organization

Historical Note

The National Air Races (also known as Pulitzer Trophy Races) are a series of pylon and cross-country races that have taken place in the United States since 1920. During World War II and from 1950-1963, the races were on hiatus. In 1964, they resumed as the Reno National Championship Air Races in Reno, Nevada and are still ongoing.

Citation:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Air_Races

Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:

Joe Aiken Films

 Collection — Box Film Box 4, Reel: 1-6
Identifier: 1998-12-28
Contents of the Collection The Joe Aiken Films are comprised of six films shot, produced, or compiled by Joe Aiken of 20th Century Fox Studio, from approximately 1918-1947. The films contain a mix of newsreel footage, documentary footage of aircraft manufacturing, and flight footage. Three of the films contain footage of World War I flying aces, flying squadrons, World War I-era aircraft, and transatlantic flight attempts. One of the films contains newsreel footage of the attack on Pearl Harbor in World War II and the...
Dates: circa 1918-1950s

Army Air Corps Photographs

 Collection
Identifier: 1993-12-02
Abstract

The Army Air Corps Photographs is comprised of fifty-nine black-and-white photographs primarily depicting the 1923 Pulitzer Air Race and Mitchell Trophy Race with ten snapshots featuring the Sacramento Air Depot in 1940.

Dates: 1923, 1940

Emile Chourré and Chourré Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: 2015-06-17
Abstract

The Emile Chourré and Chourré Family Papers is comprised of documents and scrapbooks, photographic prints and photograph albums, and assorted ephemera primarily pertaining to the life and military career of Lieutenant Commander Emile Chourré (1894-1938). Major topics include Chourré's military service, especially while stationed in Coco Solo, Panama; his service as a U.S. Naval announcer for the 1929-1931 and 1933-1934 National Air Races; and family (immediate and extended) photographs.

Dates: 1889-1988; Majority of material found within 1920s-1950s

LeRoy Milliren National Air Races Photograph Album

 Collection
Identifier: 2014-00-00-29
Abstract

LeRoy Milliren (1919-1997) was a Major in the United States Army during World War II. The collection primarily relates to the 1932 Cleveland Air Races and is comprised of a photograph album containing one hundred ninety-eight (198) black-and-white photographs of assorted aircraft.

Dates: 1930-1932

Robert L. Simons Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 1998-05-05-B
Overview

Robert Lewis Simons was a military and commercial pilot in the mid-twentieth century. The Collection is comprised of materials relating to Simons’ career , including log books, military records, photographs, and films.

Dates: 1925-1972; Majority of material found within 1938-1948

Dorothy (Hester) Stenzel Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 1992-09-26
Abstract

Dorothy (Hester) Stenzel (1910-1991) was born in Ardenwald, Oregon and learned to fly in the late 1920s. Stenzel then gained fame for stunt flying and broke several records through the mid-1930s. The collection contains seven (7) scrapbooks and assorted textual materials and photographs that document Stenzel's career as one of the first female stunt pilots.

Dates: circa 1928-1991

Series XV. Personal, 1910-2002, undated

 Series
Scope and Contents: Personal The Personal series consists of materials related to WPL’s and MOL’s professional lives but which are not directly tied to any of the companies. The series is divided into four subseries: William P. Lear, Moya Olsen Lear, Lear Family, and General. Each of these has been further broken down and are clarified below. Materials are generally, but not always, arranged by date, with undated items at...
Dates: 1910-2002, undated

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Type
Collection 6
Archival Record 1
 
Subject
photographic prints 5
Airplane racing 4
California 4
Air pilots, Military 3
Cleveland (Ohio) 3
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Hawaii 3
Parachuting 3
clippings (information artifacts) 3
logs (records) 3
scrapbooks 3
16mm (photographic film size) 2
Aeronautics, Commercial 2
Air pilots 2
Air shows 2
Airplanes -- Design and construction 2
Airplanes, Military 2
Airships 2
Dayton (Ohio) 2
Seaplanes 2
Ships 2
Stunt flying 2
Vought O2U-3 Corsair 2
World War, 1914-1918 2
World War, 1939-1945 2
aerial photographs 2
correspondence 2
de Havilland (Airco) D.H.4 2
drawings (visual works) 2
greeting cards 2
identity cards 2
maps (documents) 2
military records 2
photograph albums 2
printed ephemera 2
songbooks 2
8mm (photographic film size) 1
Aces (Fighter pilots) 1
Aids to air navigation 1
Air pilots--Licenses 1
Aircraft accidents 1
Airlines 1
Airplane factories 1
Airplane occupants 1
Airplanes -- Formation flying 1
Airports 1
Akron (Ohio) 1
Alaska 1
Annapolis (Md.) 1
Armstrong Whitworth Siskin IIIA 1
Australia 1
Aviation ground crews 1
Baltimore (Ohio) 1
Barnstorming 1
Bell 206A Jetranger 1
Berliner-Joyce OJ-2 1
Berliner-Joyce P-16 1
Berliner-Joyce XFJ-2 1
Biplanes 1
Blackburn Lincock (F.2) 1
Boats and boating 1
Boeing (Thomas-Morse) MB-3A 1
Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress Family 1
Boeing F3B-1 (Model 77) 1
Boeing F4B-2 (Model 223) 1
Boeing F4B-3 (Model 235) 1
Boeing F4B-4 (Model 235) 1
Boeing Model 247D 1
Boeing P-12B (Model 102B) 1
Boeing P-12C (Model 222) 1
Boeing P-12D (Model 227) 1
Boeing P-12E (Model 234) 1
Boeing P-12F (Model 251) 1
Boeing XB-15 (Model 294, XBLR-1) 1
Boeing XP-12H (Model 227) 1
Boeing XP-26 (Model 248, XP-936, Y1P-26, P-26) 1
Boeing Y1B-17 Flying Fortress (Model 299B, YB-17, B-17) 1
Bogotá (Colombia) 1
Breda 19 (Ba.19) 1
Bush flying 1
Bush pilots 1
Canal Zone 1
Caproni Ca.113 1
Cessna 310 1
Chagres River (Panama) 1
Chicago (Ill.) 1
China 1
Coco Solo (Panama) 1
Collier Trophy 1
Commuter aircraft 1
Consolidated Fleetster Model 17 1
Consolidated NY-2 (Husky) 1
Consolidated O-17 Courier 1
Consolidated P2Y Ranger Family 1
Consolidated PBY-1 Catalina 1
Consolidated XBY-1 (Fleetster Model 18) 1
Consolidated Y1C-22 1
Consolidated Y1PT-11B (PT-11B) 1
Consolidated Y1PT-12 (PT-12, Y1BT-7, BT-7) 1
Cuba 1
Cuna Indians 1
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