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Stimpson, Steve A.

 Person

Biography

Steve A. Stimpson worked as Traffic Manager for Boeing Air Transport (BAT), a predecessor of United Airlines (UAL) . He is credited as being one of the pioneers of the stewardess profession in 1930. Publicity Manager for Boeing Air Transport & friend of Ellen Church, first BAT stewardess. No further biographical information is known.

Sources and Further Reading:

United Airlines Historical Foundation: http://www.uahf.org/ua_flight_attendants_founders.asp

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Biographical Information Files - S

 Sub-Group
Scope and Contents Individuals whose names begin with S: Sachs, Donald G. [Aeronautical engineer, B-17 pilot] Brief resumeObituaries, 1998 Saint Exupery, Antoine de [Pilot, author] "The Spirit of Saint-Exupery," no source, undated"Wind, Sand and Wars," Air & Space, December 1994/January 1995 Sakai, Saburo...
Dates: 20th Century

Elrey B. Jeppesen Papers

 Collection
Identifier: 1996-11-26
Abstract

The Elrey B. Jeppesen Papers documents the career and personal life of aviator and aerial navigation pioneer Elrey B. Jeppesen. This collection is comprised of textual, visual, and audiovisual materials created and collected by EBJ and his wife and business partner, Nadine Audrey (Liscomb) Jeppesen. The documents date from 1843-1996, with the bulk of the material dating from 1940-1979.

Dates: 1843-1996 ; Majority of material found within 1940-1979

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

Additional filters:

Type
Collection 2
Archival Record 1
 
Subject
Air mail service 2
Air pilots 2
Boeing Model 247 2
Boeing Model 80A 2
Flight attendants 2
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photographic prints 2
16mm (photographic film size) 1
Aids to air navigation 1
Air mail pioneers 1
Air pilots, Military 1
Air pilots--Licenses 1
Airlines 1
Airports 1
Barnstorming 1
Boeing Model 100 1
Boeing Model 200 Monomail 1
Boeing Model 204A 1
Boeing Model 221A Monomail 1
Boeing Model 40 1
Boeing Model 80A-1 1
Compass 1
Consolidation and merger of corporations 1
Corporations 1
Curtiss JN-4 Jenny Family 1
Curtiss JN-4D Jenny 1
Denver (Colo.) 1
Douglas DC-6 Family 1
Flight training 1
Ford 4-AT-A Tri-Motor 1
Gas companies 1
Inventions 1
Jeppesen Airway Manual Services 1
Katharine Wright Memorial Trophy 1
Meteorology 1
Mexico 1
Models and modelmaking 1
Navigation 1
Navigation (Aeronautics) 1
Petroleum -- Maps 1
Petroleum pipelines -- Maps 1
Pony express 1
Portland (Or.) 1
Public utilities 1
Publicity 1
Publicity photographs 1
Radio -- Transmitters and transmission 1
Radio in aeronautics 1
Salt Lake City (Utah) 1
Stunt flying 1
Transportation -- Passenger traffic 1
Travel Air Model 4000 (Model 4) Family 1
Women in aeronautics 1
World War, 1939-1945 1
advertisements 1
aerial photographs 1
aeronautical charts 1
agendas (administrative records) 1
airline maps 1
altimeters 1
annual reports 1
articles 1
awards 1
balance sheets 1
blueprints (reprographic copies) 1
booklets 1
brochures 1
business records 1
bylaws (administrative records) 1
cartoons (humorous images) 1
catalogs (documents) 1
certificates 1
certificates of incorporation 1
clippings (information artifacts) 1
correspondence 1
decals 1
diazotypes (copies) 1
dictation belts 1
financial statements 1
flight computers 1
forms (documents) 1
illustrations (layout features) 1
journals (accounts) 1
letterheads 1
logs (records) 1
manuals (instructional materials) 1
manuscripts (documents) 1
maps (documents) 1
membership cards 1
memorandums 1
military records 1
minutes (administrative records) 1
navigation charts 1
negatives (photographs) 1
newsletters 1
notebooks 1
notes (documents) 1
open reel audiotapes 1
personnel records 1
photograph albums 1
plotters 1
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