Box 207
Container
Contains 25 Results:
"DX-100" series -- parts list and sketches, 1946 July - October
File — Multiple Containers
Scope and Contents: Lear, Incorporated
From the Series:
Series III: Lear, Incorporated documents the company business primarily focused on the years 1930-1966, although there are both earlier and later dates represented. This section reflects the company’s focus on navigational instruments for aircraft, as well as innovations in home recording and radio. Also well-represented is WPL’s re-design of the Lockheed Lodestar into his desired vision for executive air transport, the Learstar. Less well-represented is the...
Dates:
1946 July - October
"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)
"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)
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
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
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)
Assorted clippings and news releases [RM files], 1941-1945, undated
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:
1941-1945, undated
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