Glenn E. Zimmerman World War II Collection
Collection
Identifier: 2000-10-16-307
The Glenn E. Zimmerman World War II Collection is comprised of material related to Zimmerman's 1942-1946 World War II service.
The collection contains Zimmerman's military identification card with case, which includes a black-and-white portrait of Zimmerman, as well as a leather Honorable Discharge wallet. The wallet housed two (2) documents, including Zimmerman's 1946 Notice of Separation from the United States Navy and a form letter from then-Secretary of the Navy James Forrestal expressing gratitude for Zimmerman's wartime service.
The collection also contains a small amount of ephemera, including two (2) holiday greeting cards with menus for Christmas 1943 and Easter 1944 at Norman (Oklahoma) Naval Air Station and one (1) menu for Thanksgiving 1943 at New Orleans (Louisiana) Naval Air Station.
At the end of the collection are twenty-one (21) black-and-white photographs, circa 1942-1946, of Naval aircraft and a U. S. Navy dirigible, including images of Grumman F4F Wildcats, General Motors (Eastern) FM-2 Wildcats, and Beech GB-1 Travellers. Some of the photographs have numbers printed on the back and two (2) are stamped as "Official Photograph Not to Be Used for Publication by Order of Chief of the Bureau of Aeronautics." The aircraft are depicted in flight and on the ground. There is one (1) photograph of what may be a captured Nazi aircraft. Based on the landscape in the background, it is likely that most of these images were taken while Zimmerman was stationed at the Quillayute Naval Auxiliary Air Station in Washington state.
The collection contains Zimmerman's military identification card with case, which includes a black-and-white portrait of Zimmerman, as well as a leather Honorable Discharge wallet. The wallet housed two (2) documents, including Zimmerman's 1946 Notice of Separation from the United States Navy and a form letter from then-Secretary of the Navy James Forrestal expressing gratitude for Zimmerman's wartime service.
The collection also contains a small amount of ephemera, including two (2) holiday greeting cards with menus for Christmas 1943 and Easter 1944 at Norman (Oklahoma) Naval Air Station and one (1) menu for Thanksgiving 1943 at New Orleans (Louisiana) Naval Air Station.
At the end of the collection are twenty-one (21) black-and-white photographs, circa 1942-1946, of Naval aircraft and a U. S. Navy dirigible, including images of Grumman F4F Wildcats, General Motors (Eastern) FM-2 Wildcats, and Beech GB-1 Travellers. Some of the photographs have numbers printed on the back and two (2) are stamped as "Official Photograph Not to Be Used for Publication by Order of Chief of the Bureau of Aeronautics." The aircraft are depicted in flight and on the ground. There is one (1) photograph of what may be a captured Nazi aircraft. Based on the landscape in the background, it is likely that most of these images were taken while Zimmerman was stationed at the Quillayute Naval Auxiliary Air Station in Washington state.
Dates
- 1942-1946
Creator
- Zimmerman, Glenn Ellsworth, 1912-1993 (Former owner, Person)
Language of Materials
All materials are in English.
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research and is accessible in the Dahlberg Research Center by appointment. 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
0.2 Cubic Feet (1 half-width letter size document box)
Abstract
Glenn E. Zimmerman (1912-1993) served with the United States Navy as a pilot during World War II. The collection contains photographs, holiday greeting cards and menus, military records, and military identification card from his 1942-1946 military service.
Biographical Note: Glenn Zimmerman
Glenn Ellsworth Zimmerman was born in Cambridge Spring, Pennsylvania on March 18, 1912. After high school he attended college and earned a degree in Industrial Engineering. He served in the United States Navy during World War II, entering as a commissioned officer in November 1942 and eventually rising to the rank of Lieutenant. He served at the Naval Air Stations in New Orleans, Louisiana, Norman, Oklahoma, and Quillayute, Washington during the war. Zimmerman died on July 3, 1993 in San Diego, California.
Custodial History
This collection was originally donated to the Champlin Fighter Museum in Arizona. The Champlin Museum closed in 2003 and their entire collection was transferred to The Museum of Flight. The original organization and order of this collection cannot be verified.
Accruals
No further accruals are expected.
Existence and Location of Copies
Materials from this collection have been digitized and are available at The Museum of Flight Digital Collections.
Separated Materials
The following items have been separated from the archival component and are kept in Objects storage:
- Flight goggles
- Radio headset
- Microphone cord
- Three (3) Military pins
- Garrison cap
- Flight helmet, brown fabric
- Flight helmet, brown leather
- Two (2) Drafting set in case
- Rolling scale
- Navigational computer
- Three (3) Navigational plotters
- Navigational protractor
- Two (2) Navigational rulers
- Two (2) Life jackets
- Goggle cleaner
- Flight mittens
- Air pilots, Military
- Airplanes, Military
- Airships
- Beech C-45 Expeditor Family
- Beech GB-1 Traveller
- Douglas C-47 Skytrain Family
- General Motors (Eastern) FM-2 Wildcat
- General Motors (Eastern) TBM Avenger Family
- Germany. Luftwaffe
- Grumman F4F Wildcat Family
- Grumman J4F-2 Widgeon
- Grumman NF6F-5 Hellcat
- Howard (Aircraft) GH-2 Nightingale
- Kawanishi N1K2-J Shiden Kai, George (Navy Interceptor Fighter)
- Lockheed P-38 Lightning Family
- Lockheed PV Ventura/Harpoon Family
- Martin (Glenn L.) PBM Mariner Family
- Messerschmitt Me 262 B-1a Schwalbe (Swallow)
- Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base New Orleans (La.)
- North American B-25 Mitchell Family
- Stinson (Aircraft) L-5 Sentinel Family
- U.S. Naval Air Station (Norman, Okla.)
- United States. Navy
- Vought F4U Corsair Family
- Vought F4U-1 Corsair
- World War, 1939-1945
- Zimmerman, Glenn Ellsworth, 1912-1993
- correspondence
- greeting cards
- identity cards
- menus
- military records
- photographic prints
Creator
- Zimmerman, Glenn Ellsworth, 1912-1993 (Former owner, Person)
- Title
- Guide to the Glenn E. Zimmerman World War II Collection
- Status
- Completed - Level 3
- Author
- L. Zaborowski, J. Parent
- Date
- 2014, 2018
- Description rules
- dacs
- Language of description
- English
- Edition statement
- 2nd Edition
Revision Statements
- November 2018: Finding aid migrated to ArchivesSpace.
Repository Details
Part of the The Museum of Flight Archives Repository
Contact:
9404 East Marginal Way South
Seattle Washington 98108-4097
206-764-7874
curator@museumofflight.org
9404 East Marginal Way South
Seattle Washington 98108-4097
206-764-7874
curator@museumofflight.org