Scope and Contents of Collection From the Collection: The Herman Butler World War I Collection Collection contains correspondence, photographs, and ephemera relating to the World War I career of Herman Butler. Letters and postcards from Butler to his aunt and uncle along with a collection of black-and-white photographs trace his wartime activities from training in California to travel across the country to New York, shipping out to England, service in France, and finally postwar service in Virginia. Additional materials include military and...

Contents of the Collection The Elliott N. Couden Airmail Collection is a relatively small collection that pertains to the early days of airmail via Pacific Air Transport (PAT), United Air Lines (UAL), and Varney Air Lines (VAL). It includes textual and photographic materials, dating from 1929-1944. Textual materials include both original and photocopies of clippings related to airmail pilots of the 1930s-1940s, including some of their crashes and deaths; and airmail service, including news about routes....

Contents of the Collection From the Collection: The Dorothy (Hester) Stenzel Pilot Collection contains scrapbooks, manuscripts and photographs documenting Stenzel's career as one of the first female stunt pilots. The materials primarily date from 1929-1933, the height of Stenzel's fame.At the beginning of the collection are several assorted textual materials, including maintenance log books for her Great Lakes (1929) Model 2T-1A (NC315Y) and its American Cirrus engine (serial number 3002). The February 1932-December 1932...

Content Description The Julius A. Barr Correspondence and Clippings is a small collection consisting primarily of textual materials documenting Barr's professional and personal life from the late 1920s until his death in 1939. The bulk of the collection consists of letters written by Barr, as well as a few written by his wife Hortense, to his parents residing in Pittsburg, Kansas, from 1926 until 1939. The letters shed light on his military training; his work importing and demonstrating aircraft for...

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The Biographical Files are an artificial collection with textual and photographic files on more than 1600 prominent people and groups in the space and aviation industries.

Scope and Contents From the Series: With more than 229 cubic feet of material, including prints, negatives, transparencies and scrapbooks, the photographic component of the collection makes up the vast majority of the collection and is an incredible resource of documentary images of aircraft. The series is subdivided into five subseries: aircraft files, non-aircraft files, glass plates, scrapbooks and albums, and the Sommerich collection. The aircraft files are then subdivided by format: prints,...

Contents of the Collection From the Collection: The Robert W. Radoll Early Aviation Collection documents the professional and personal life of early aviator and airmail pilot Robert W. Radoll from circa 1920 to 1933. The collection consists of textual material, such as correspondence, clippings, and logbooks, as well as a total of 138 photographs. It is divided into two main series: Professional and Personal.The Professional series has been further divided into subseries: Barnstorming, Northwest...

Contents of the Collection From the Collection: The William P. and Moya Olsen Lear Family Collection contains textual and photographic materials primarily related to the personal lives of William "Bill" and Moya Olsen Lear as well as John Sigvard "Ole" Olsen, Moya's father, dating from 1911-2013. A small amount of material pertains to extended Lear family members, including the Lear children and Lillian (Clem) Olsen, Moya's mother. The bulk and strength of the collection is personal correspondence that provides insight...

Contents of the Collection From the Collection: The William P. and Moya Olsen Lear Family Collection contains textual and photographic materials primarily related to the personal lives of William "Bill" and Moya Olsen Lear as well as John Sigvard "Ole" Olsen, Moya's father, dating from 1911-2013. A small amount of material pertains to extended Lear family members, including the Lear children and Lillian (Clem) Olsen, Moya's mother. The bulk and strength of the collection is personal correspondence that provides insight...