Box 207
Container
Contains 25 Results:
Office files of engineer Charles C. Littell Jr. -- diagrams, sketches, technical data, research materials, notes, employee documentation, memos, correspondence, minutes, negatives, and photographs, 1940-1945, 1957
File — Multiple Containers
Scope and Contents: Series II. Lear Avia Inc.
From the Series:
Series II: Lear Avia Inc. is the second largest series of the collection. It documents the research, development, and manufacture of Lear Avia’s key World War II-era products, notably clutches, screw jacks, motors, and aircraft navigation and radio equipment and parts. In addition, there is documentation of other products which reflect the company’s post-war considerations for manufacture and production. These are not just limited to the field of aeronautics...
Dates:
1940-1945, 1957
SCR-269-D -- diagram, photographs, and specifications, 1940-1942
File — Multiple Containers
Scope and Contents: Series II. Lear Avia Inc.
From the Series:
Series II: Lear Avia Inc. is the second largest series of the collection. It documents the research, development, and manufacture of Lear Avia’s key World War II-era products, notably clutches, screw jacks, motors, and aircraft navigation and radio equipment and parts. In addition, there is documentation of other products which reflect the company’s post-war considerations for manufacture and production. These are not just limited to the field of aeronautics...
Dates:
1940-1942
Product "pitch" letters and price lists, 1940 September - 1941 May
File — Multiple Containers
Scope and Contents: Series II. Lear Avia Inc.
From the Series:
Series II: Lear Avia Inc. is the second largest series of the collection. It documents the research, development, and manufacture of Lear Avia’s key World War II-era products, notably clutches, screw jacks, motors, and aircraft navigation and radio equipment and parts. In addition, there is documentation of other products which reflect the company’s post-war considerations for manufacture and production. These are not just limited to the field of aeronautics...
Dates:
1940 September - 1941 May
"If Test V.T.V.M." and "Landing gear and wing-flap motor" -- diagrams, 1940-1941
File — Multiple Containers
Scope and Contents: Series II. Lear Avia Inc.
From the Series:
Series II: Lear Avia Inc. is the second largest series of the collection. It documents the research, development, and manufacture of Lear Avia’s key World War II-era products, notably clutches, screw jacks, motors, and aircraft navigation and radio equipment and parts. In addition, there is documentation of other products which reflect the company’s post-war considerations for manufacture and production. These are not just limited to the field of aeronautics...
Dates:
1940-1941
"Leartron control system" -- correspondence, diagrams, notes, photographs, and sketches [L-D-101], 1943 February - 1944 February
File — Multiple Containers
Scope and Contents: Series II. Lear Avia Inc.
From the Series:
Series II: Lear Avia Inc. is the second largest series of the collection. It documents the research, development, and manufacture of Lear Avia’s key World War II-era products, notably clutches, screw jacks, motors, and aircraft navigation and radio equipment and parts. In addition, there is documentation of other products which reflect the company’s post-war considerations for manufacture and production. These are not just limited to the field of aeronautics...
Dates:
1943 February - 1944 February
"Learadio streamline loop v. Hefele loop antenna (patent no. 2,062,129)" possible infringement -- correspondence, memo, notes, and patent copies [L-I], 1939 May - 1940 January
File — Multiple Containers
Scope and Contents: Series I: Lear Developments
From the Series:
Series I: Lear Developments provides insight into one of WPL’s earliest companies, Lear Developments, whose main focus was aircraft radio development and production. The company was established in 1931 and continued through 1939, when it changed its name to Lear Avia Inc. The series includes materials from the lifespan of the company as well as collected items dating earlier and some items dated later due to the restructure.The series is broken down...
Dates:
1939 May - 1940 January
Roosevelt Field, Minneola, Long Island map with legend [Location "J" on map is Learadio Laboratories] -- lithograph and photocopy, undated (circa 1931-1939)
File — Multiple Containers
Scope and Contents: Series I: Lear Developments
From the Series:
Series I: Lear Developments provides insight into one of WPL’s earliest companies, Lear Developments, whose main focus was aircraft radio development and production. The company was established in 1931 and continued through 1939, when it changed its name to Lear Avia Inc. The series includes materials from the lifespan of the company as well as collected items dating earlier and some items dated later due to the restructure.The series is broken down...
Dates:
undated (circa 1931-1939)
"Learadio aircraft radio equipment" -- brochure and poster, undated (circa 1931-1939)
File — Multiple Containers
Scope and Contents: Series I: Lear Developments
From the Series:
Series I: Lear Developments provides insight into one of WPL’s earliest companies, Lear Developments, whose main focus was aircraft radio development and production. The company was established in 1931 and continued through 1939, when it changed its name to Lear Avia Inc. The series includes materials from the lifespan of the company as well as collected items dating earlier and some items dated later due to the restructure.The series is broken down...
Dates:
undated (circa 1931-1939)
Steam bus -- specifications, notes, diagram, photographs, illustrations, and photographer proofs, undated (circa 1968-1976)
File — Multiple Containers
Scope and Contents: Lear Motors Corporation
From the Series:
Series XI: Lear Motors Corporation (LMC) primarily documents the efforts of LMC in the development and production of steam-powered vehicles. Although LMC was incorporated in 1968 and sold in 1976, the bulk of materials fall within 1969-1973. Note that because LMC, Leareno Development, LearAvia, and several smaller companies were all started in 1967-1968 there is some overlap between the series within some sections, such as correspondence. The series...
Dates:
undated (circa 1968-1976)
Around-the-world flight of Learjet Model 24 (N427L) -- correspondence, clippings, photographs, flight plan, supply list, roster, notes, permits, and personal report of John Lear, 1966
File — Multiple Containers
Scope and Contents: Lear Jet Corporation
From the Series:
Series V: Lear Jet Corporation (LJC) primarily documents the development, production, and distribution of the Learjet Model 23 and Model 24, small and fast executive transport jets, with a lesser degree of coverage about the Lear Liner Model 40. Additionally there is a relatively small amount of information about LJC’s Stereo 8 Division, which designed, developed, and produced the 8-track audio tape cassette player for home, automobile, and personal use. The...
Dates:
1966