Ralph B. McCormick Boeing Collection

Collection — Multiple Containers

Identifier: 2024-02-08-A

Content Description

Ralph B. McCormick Boeing Collection is a small collection of materials relating to McCormick’s career as an aeronautical engineer with the Boeing Company from 1951 to 1989. The collection dates from 1944 to 1989 and is comprised of personnel records, reports, program schedules, technical diagrams, hand-drawn preliminary designs with accompanying hand-written notes, clippings, as well as lantern slides of a professional presentation. In addition to the materials noted above, there are photographic prints both in color, as well as black-and-white. The images are a mix of personal snapshots taken by McCormick and Boeing official photographs of employees, company aircraft, labs, and facilities related to projects that McCormick worked on during his time with the Boeing Company.

Dates

Creation: 1944-1989

Creator

McCormick, Ralph B. , 1927-2013 (Person)

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.

Biographical Note: Ralph B. McCormick

Ralp B. McCormick was an aeronautical engineer with the Boeing Company from 1951 to 1989.

Ralph Barrett McCormick was born in Seattle, Washington on January 21, 1927, to Lucia and Joseph McCormick. He attended the University of Washington, where he received a degree in Aeronautical Engineering in 1951.

While attending college McCormick began working for the Boeing Company on their Transonic Wind Tunnel project. After graduation he remained with Boeing. During his employment McCormick worked on the wind tunnel project, designed engine turbines, as well as worked on designs for Boeing’s YC-14 airlifter, the 2707 SST "Supersonic Transport" airliner, and the Boeing Model 747 aircraft. He remained with the company until his retirement in 1989.

On December 20, 1947, McCormick married Mary Louise Mondt in Seattle. They remained in the area and had four children together.

Ralph B. McCormich passed away on December 17, 2013, in Seattle.

Extent

1 Cubic Feet (2 5-inch letter size document boxes and 1 rolled oversize bag)

Language

English

Additional Description

Separated Materials

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

Your Boeing Retirement Plan. Seattle, WA: Boeing Company (1955).
Seattle the Nation’s Most Beautiful City. Seattle, WA: Boeing Company (circa 1960s).
National Aeronautics and Space Administration NASA Acoustically Treated Nacelle Program: a conference held at Langley Research Center, Hampton, Virginia, October 15, 1969.
National Aeronautics and Space Administration Conference (1968)
National Aeronautics and Space Administration Conference (1969)
National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics Report (1953).
Civil Aeronautics Manual (1944).
Electronic Propulsion Control System Test Flight Program Handbook (1979 / 747).

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

“Rolls – Royce 535 for the Boeing 757” (1982). -- leaflet
What’s going on…in Boeing Aerodynamics. Boeing Airplane Company (circa 1950s). -- booklet
“Boeing Transonic Wind Tunnel. Edmund T. Allen Memorial Laboratories” (circa 1950s). -- pamphlet
CF6-50 High Performance Turbofan for the Boeing C-14 AMST Advanced Medium Stol Transport. General Electric (circa 1970s-1980s). -- booklet
“Y7-100”. China National Aero-Technology Import and Export Corporation (circa 1970s-1980s). -- brochure
YC-14 AMST Advanced Medium STOL Transport. Boeing Company (circa 1970s-1980s). -- booklet

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