Northwest Airlines Collection

Collection

Identifier: 2009-07-14-A

The Northwest Airlines Collection consists primarily of company personnel, promotional, and flight service materials produced by Northwest Airlines from 1975 to 2007. The collection contains textual, audiovisual and visual materials. Formats include videocassettes, an audiocassette, slides, and photographs. In addition, there are an assortment of promotional materials, some of which are posters that picture company aircraft and early company logos. There are documents related to personnel guidelines and an assortment of flight service ephemera like boarding passes, comment cards, and information packets. The materials have been grouped together by format and organized into two main series.

Dates

1975-2007

Language of Materials

Some materials are in Japanese, Korean, and Thai. All other materials are in English.

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is open for research and is accessible in the Dahlberg Research Center by appointment. The videocassettes and audiocassette have not been reformatted but can be viewed onsite in the reading room. 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

3 Cubic Feet (1 Legal size full-width document box, 1 records carton, 1 oversize box (20x24x3) and 1 oversize folder (47x35))

Additional Description

Separated Materials

The following materials have been separated from the archival component of this collection and are kept in the Library:

“Agreement between Northwest Airlines, Inc. and Brotherhood of Railway Airline and Steamship Clerks, Freight Handlers, Express and Station Employees representing Clerical, Office, Fleet and Passenger Service Employees, August 30, 1985”. Northwest Airlines, 1985.
“Agreement between Northwest Airlines, Inc. and International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers Representing Mechanics and Related Personnel, June 3, 1988”. Northwest Airlines, 1988.
“Agreement between Northwest Airlines, Inc. and International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers representing Clerical, Office, Fleet and Passenger Service Employees May 22, 1989”. Northwest Airlines, 1989.
“Agreement between Northwest Airlines, Inc. and International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, February 25, 1999”. Northwest Airlines, 1999.
Delta. Sky: the world takes flight. Delta, June 2009.
Northwest Airlines. ASSIST Assistance Support Services, Team Member Handbook. Northwest Airlines. no. 5, January 2005.
Northwest Airlines. Conditions of Carriage Domestic General Rules Tariff No. DGR-1 and Canadian General Rules Tariff No. CGR-1, January 1, 1999. Northwest Airlines, 1999.
Northwest Airlines. Fleet Service Training Interior Cleaning Lavatory and Water Service; Ground Operations Education. Northwest Airlines, June 2005.
Northwest Airlines. Gate Procedures Handbook Customer Service Training Ground Operations Education. Northwest Airlines, February 2000.
Northwest Airlines. Guide to Alliances and Partner Airlines. Northwest Airlines, 1999.
Northwest Airlines. “Navigating at Northwest Airline”. February 1, 1998.
Northwest Airlines. Safety and Loss Control Development Guide. Northwest Airlines.
Northwest Airlines. Summary Plan Description of Northwest Airlines, Inc. Retirement Plan for Union-Represented Employees. Northwest Airlines, 1992.
Northwest Airlines. Telephone Directory. Northwest Airlines, Winter 1990-1991.
Northwest Airlines. Telephone Directory. Northwest Airlines, Spring 1992.
Northwest Airlines. World Traveler. Northwest Airlines, April 2008.