Content Description The Richard A. Arensberg Photograph Collection is a small collection consisting of two unrelated photographs. One photograph depicts a Gilmore gas station, circa 1930s-1940s. The photograph is black-and-white and measures 10x14 inches. It is not a vintage print but was printed circa 1990s-2000s. The image shows one man filling his car with gas while another man looks on. The license plate on the car is for Washington, indicating that the gas station was probably located somewhere in Washington....

Contents of the Collection The Velda King Mapelli Air Racing Collection is comprised of hundreds of photographs and a small amount of negatives; textual materials suchs as brochures, certificates, ID cards, licenses, assorted ephemera, and correspondence; and race booklets from assorted races. The materials were collected by Velda King Mapelli, as well as her daughter Stephanie and husband Gene, during the course of her flying years, approximately 1969-1989. The photographs, which are both in color and...

Contents of the Collection The Captain Charles B. D. Collyer Collection is a small collection of portraits and correspondence related to Captain Charles B. D. Collyer. The bulk of the collection is comprised of correspondence between Collyer's former fiancée Eleanor Waddell, A. Lee Moore, Arizona Senator Carl Hayden, and Secretary of War Harry L. Stimson. The correspondence focuses on Waddell's attempt to have an air field in Arizona named in honor of Collyer. Note that the initial letter from Waddell to Senator Hayden...

Scope and Contents of the Collection The James D. Griffin Photograph Collection documents Douglas Aircraft Company (DAC) aircraft manufactured during the 1910s-1970s. The collection contains five hundred and ninety-six (596) photographs, likely collected and notated by Griffin, featuring primarily DAC aircraft models but also, to a lesser extent, other manufacturer aircraft models: Aero Spacelines, Boeing, Consolidated, and Northrop. Aircraft are shown in flight and on the ground, as well as in production at DAC plants....

Scope and Contents of the Collection The James D. Griffin Photograph Collection documents Douglas Aircraft Company (DAC) aircraft manufactured during the 1910s-1970s. The collection contains five hundred and ninety-six (596) photographs, likely collected and notated by Griffin, featuring primarily DAC aircraft models but also, to a lesser extent, other manufacturer aircraft models: Aero Spacelines, Boeing, Consolidated, and Northrop. Aircraft are shown in flight and on the ground, as well as in production at DAC plants....

Contents of the Collection The Roy T. Church Vietnam War Collection is primarily comprised of slides and photographs related to the 1965-1969 military service of Roy T. Church, a bombardier and navigator for the United States (U.S.) Marines during the Vietnam War. The majority of the photographs, which are informal snapshots, depict military life in Vietnam and military aircraft during the war. Some of the photographs were taken by Church.The collection contains 63 color slides that feature military personnel,...

Contents of the Collection The Julius A. Barr Clippings relate to Barr's test pilot career at Boeing from 1938-1939. The collection consists of four (4) clippings from unidentified publication. The clippings are glued to a scrapbook page and were possibly curated by a member of Barr's family. Two (2) clippings are articles with accompanying images:"Stratoliner in 1st Test Flight" briefly describes the very first test flight of the Boeing C-75 Stratoliner (Model 307) that lasted forty-two minutes,...

Contents of the Collection The collection is comprised of two items; a cartoon drawing of a jet airplane and a black-and-white photograph of floatplane.The drawing is done in colored pencil and depicts a cartoon jet, with eyes and a tongue hanging from one its engines. It is signed by the artist, Brian Beausoleil, 1991. The photograph was removed from its original frame for preservation reasons, but remains affixed to the matboard. It depicts a floatplane stationary at a water dock, undated. No...

Contents of the Collection The Elaine P. Austin Northwest Orient Airlines (NWA) Flight Attendant Collection is relatively small and comprised of primarily textual materials with some photographs. The bulk of the material was collected by Austin during her flight attendant career with Northwest Orient Airlines from 1960-1965.Textual materials include a large amount of stewardess training materials, including instructions for various safety procedures, aircraft layouts, and assorted work sheets from stewardess...

Contents of the Collection The John L. Schell World War II Collection contains primarily textual materials related to the World War II military service of United States Navy pilot and fighter ace John L. Schell. Materials include military certificates and citations, pilot's logs, clippings, and additional printed ephemera, including a typed history of the "Fighting 3 (VF-3)." There is also a small amount of photographs, depicting military personnel and activities.