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Blueprints and Technical Drawings Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2018-00-00-119

Contents of the Collection

The Blueprints and Technical Drawings Collection is an artificial collection comprised of drawings and diagrams related to assorted aircraft (commercial, personal, and military), including helicopters, rockets, as well as related accessories such as machine guns, engines, other aircraft parts, and some buildings. Materials range from 1878-2000s. These materials document a wide variety of aircraft manufacturers such as Boeing, Curtiss, Douglas, McDonell Douglas Company, Santos-Dumont, and Wright Co.

This collection has heavy representation of Boeing aircraft, including a large number of drawings related to the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress Family and the Boeing B-47 Stratojet. Of particular note is a set of drawings of the Boeing Sea Plane Station. In addition to these, reproduction drawings of the Wright Brothers 1903 Kitty Hawk Aeroplane is also noteworthy. The collection also includes drawings for model airplanes inspired by aircraft from Alexander Aircraft Corp, Douglas, Fokker, and Travel Air Manufacturing Co. among others.

Formats include pencil or pen on paper, whiteline or blueline prints, diazo prints, large format photocopies, and other reprographic prints. Drawings and diagram styles include general arrangements, three-views, cutaways, assembly drawings, section details, and building elevations, among other types of technical drawings.

Dates

  • Creation: 1878 - circa 2000s

Language of Materials

All of the materials are in English.

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is open for research but has not been fully processed. Some materials may need additional processing before researcher use. Please contact us for details.

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

42 Cubic Feet (48 oversize folders; 1 oversize box (20" x 24" x 3"); 2 oversize boxes (24" x 32" x 3"); 12 oversize boxes (24" x 34" x 6"))

Additional Description

Abstract

The Blueprints and Technical Drawings Collection is an artificial collection comprised of drawings related to assorted aircraft (commercial, personal, and military), helicopters, rockets, as well as related engines, accessories, parts and buildings, ranging from 1878-2000s.

Accruals

This collection is expected to grow.

Processing Information

Processing work done prior to 2024 by archives staff included adding some materials to acid-free folders. In 2024, the archives staff began a review to bring the collection up to current best practices and to bring various artificial collections together. Excessive duplicates were removed. Materials were placed in acid-free folders, separated by archival tissue paper as needed, and arranged in order by series. Processing work is ongoing.

Related Names

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Finding Aid & Administrative Information

Title
Blueprints and Technical Drawings Collection
Status
Completed Level 1
Author
Jake Sheets, Carly Stewart, Charise Dinges and Nicole Davis
Date
2024 July
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin
Language of description note
English
Edition statement
1st edition

Repository Details

Repository Details

Part of the The Museum of Flight Archives Repository

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


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