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Leroy Hamilton Commercial Airlines Collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 1986-09-03

Contents of Collection

Collection includes a United Air Lines high altitude navigational chart dated December 8, 1966 and a Transcontinental and Western Air brochure advertising its coast-to-coast service, "The Lindbergh Line," with fares and route maps, circa 1930s-1940s.

Dates

  • Creation: Circa 1930s-1940s
  • Creation: 1966 December 8

Language of Materials

All materials are in English.

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is open for research but has not been fully processed. Access to the collection may be limited or may require additional processing time. For more information contact us.

Conditions Governing Use

The Museum of Flight (TMOF) Archives is the owner of the physical materials in the archives and makes available reproductions for research, publication, and other uses. Written permission must be obtained from TMOF archives before any publication use. TMOF does not necessarily hold copyright to all of the materials in the collections. In some cases, permission for use may require seeking additional authorization from copyright owners. Consult repository for more details.

Extent

0.01 Cubic Feet (1 letter-size folder, 1 map)

Separated Materials

The following books and manuals have been separated from the archival component of this collection and kept in the Library. Please contact the Librarian for more details.

  • Descriptions of Airports and Landing Fields in the United States. U. S. Dept. of Commerce, Airway Bulletin #2, Jan. 1, 1936.
  • Stunt Flying. Capt. Richard Duncan, M. C., Goodheart-Willcox Company, Inc., 1930.
  • Landing Fields of the Pacific West - 1931. Standard Oil Company of California, 5th edition, 1931.
  • Instruction Book for Wright Cyclone Engines. 5th edition, July 1932.
  • Instruction Book for Wright Whirlwind Engines. 3rd edition, March 1930.
  • Ranger Aircraft Engines. Ranger Engineering Corporation, circa 1930s.
  • Air Commerce Regulations U. S. Dept. of Commerce, Aeronautics Bulletin #7, Jan. 1, 1934.


The following items have been separated from the archival component of this collection and are kept in Objects storage:

  • Chart, Navigational
  • United States Navy flight helmet
  • Flight goggles
  • Flight gloves, leather
  • Wrenches for radial engine
  • Flying strut
  • Oxygen hose nipple, wood

Subject

Genre / Form

Topical

Uniform Title

Title
Guide to the Leroy Hamilton Collection
Status
Completed Level 1
Author
L. Rola
Date
2019
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
Undetermined
Script of description
Code for undetermined script
Language of description note
English
Edition statement
1st edition

Repository Details

Part of the The Museum of Flight Archives Repository

Contact:
9404 East Marginal Way South
Seattle Washington 98108-4097
206-764-7874


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Contact us with a research request
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