Contents of the Collection
The Harold A. McGinnis Collection relates to World War I and World War II era aircraft and military personnel. The collection contains five pilot log books belonging to McGinnis which pertain to World War I as well as photographs and five photograph collages consisting of 79 individual photographs that feature portraits and World War I and pre-World War II era military aircraft.
Dates
- Creation: 1914-1930s
Creator
- McGinnis, Harold A. (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.
Biographical Note: Harold A. McGinnis
Harold A. McGinnis was born November 26, 1893 in Murrayville, Illinois. In 1917 McGinnis enlisted and served during World War I as a pilot in the Signal Corps, Aviation Section. He remained in the military until 1948, retiring as USAF Brigadier General. McGinnis died February 20, 1986 in Bremerton, Washington.
Source:
Biography derived from collection materials.
Extent
3.5 Cubic Feet (1 full-width letter-size document box and 1 oversized folder )
Abstract
Harold A. McGinnis (1893-1986) served in the U.S. Army Signal Corps, Aviation Section as a pilot during World War I and remained in the military until his retirement in 1948. The collection contains pilot log books relating to World War I and photographs relating to World War I and pre-World War II era military aircraft.
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 of this collection and are kept in the library:
- General Kenney Reports, A Personal History of the Pacific War by George C. Kenney, 1949.
- Victory Through Air Power by Major Alexander P. De Seversky, 1942.
Subject
- Baker, Newton Diehl, 1871-1937 (Person)
- Chambers, Reed M., 1895-1972 (Person)
- Gladish, David (Person)
- Hartney, Harold Evans, 1888-1945 (Person)
- Hickam, Horace (Person)
- Langley Field (Va.) (Organization)
- Luke, Frank, 1897-1918 (Person)
- McGinnis, Harold A. (Person)
- Meissner, James A. (Person)
- Mitchell, William (Billy) (Person)
- Pershing, John J. (John Joseph), 1860-1948 (Person)
- Rickenbacker, Eddie, 1890-1973 (Person)
- Taylor, Edgar (Person)
- United States. Army Air Forces (Organization)
- United States. Army. Air Service. Aero Squadron, 94th (Organization)
Genre / Form
Geographic
Topical
- Air pilots
- Airplanes, Military
- Armed Forces -- Officers
- Attack planes
- Caproni Ca.58
- Christmas Bullet (1918)
- Curtiss JN-4D Jenny
- Curtiss P-6 Hawk Family
- Handley Page O/400 Family
- Junkers F 13
- LePère 11 (C-11, C II)
- Nieuport 24bis
- SPAD XIII (S.13)
- Soldiers
- Sopwith Camel Family
- Sopwith Snipe (7.F.1)
- Standard (NJ) J-1
- Stunt flying
- Thomas-Morse S-4 Family
- World War, 1914-1918
- de Havilland (Airco) D.H.4
- Title
- Guide to the Harold A. McGinnis Collection
- Status
- Completed Level 4
- Author
- J. Parent
- Date
- 2017
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- English
- Sponsor
- Processing, cataloging and digitization of this collection was made possible by a Council on Libraries and Information Resources (CLIR) "Digitizing Hidden Special Collections and Archives" grant.
- Edition statement
- 1st Edition
Repository Details
Part of the The Museum of Flight Archives Repository
9404 East Marginal Way South
Seattle Washington 98108-4097
206-764-7874
curator@museumofflight.org