The Richard Pemberton Northewest Orient Airlines Collection is a small collection comprised of materials compiled by Richard Pemberton, a flight dispatcher for Northwest Orient Airlines (NWA), during his career. The material includes textual materials and photographs.

The textual materials include flight dispatcher seniority lists, 1947-1984; navigational charts; records of aircraft dispatchers flight tours, 1976-1986; photocopies of flight planning tables; a NWA News newsletter, July-August 1960; clippings from unidentified newspapers; and one interoffice memo about the D. B. Cooper hijacking of NWA flight 305. The memo is on NWA letterhead and is from R. D. Pemberton, Flight Dispatcher to C. [G?] W. Griffin, Chief Flight Dispatcher Western Area. It is dated December 4, 1971 and subject is "Narrative report of the 'hijacking' Flt. 305/25 Nov." In the memo, Pemberton describes his actions during the hijacking of NWA flight 305. He intercepted the original transmission, alerted authorities, and kept in contact with flight crew and various ground personnel to help coordinate the operation.

There are nine (9) 2.5x3" black-and-white photographs, dated 1942-1946. The photographs depict buildings, anti-aircraft balloons, and people (some identified). Each of the images has a front caption, such as "HLN 1945," "MSO 1946," and "Geo. Burkhart 1946." Per a note from the donor, the buildings are "airport facilities through the region" [Pacific Northwest?].