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Collection
Identifier: 2022-04-29-2
Overview
John W. Allen was a B-17 navigator during World War II. The collection consists of visual, audiovisual, and textual materials documenting Allen's missions in Europe with the 91st Bomb Group (H), 401st Bomb Squadron.
Dates:
1942-1945, 1976-1978, 1996-2002
Collection — Box: Assorted oversize box 25
Identifier: 2022-00-00-105
Content Description
The Gene M. Allred Air-Navigation Workbook is a small collection consisting of a single item: the Air-navigation workbook: pre-flight--primary training manual used by Allred at the U.S. Navy Pre-Flight School, at St. May's College in California in 1943. The workbook was published by the Aviation Training Division, Deputy Chief of Naval Operations (Air) U.S. Navy and consists of position plotting sheets, sheets of graph paper, logs, and a star finder and...
Dates:
1943
Collection
Identifier: 2002-02-13-1139
Abstract
Collection of approximately one hundred twenty (120) oral histories of Fighter Aces and several non-aces, including relatives of aces, other military pilots, and military historians.
Dates:
circa 1960s-1990s
Collection
Identifier: 1997-04-17-A
Abstract
Elsie Anderson worked at Boeing Company as a Public Relations representative, circa 1940s-1950s. The collection includes negatives, films, photographic prints, and a small amount of textual materials related to Boeing aircraft and test flights occurring during the 1940s-1950s.
Dates:
circa 1940s-1950s
Collection — oversize: folder
Identifier: 2023-12-15
Contents of the Collection
The Nancy Anderson Douglas DC-2 Collection is a small collection comprised of visual materials depicting a Douglas DC-2 in red and silver TWA livery. Three color photographs depict the DC-2 on display at The Museum of Flight in Seattle, Washington. The materials were collected by Nancy Anderson, who co-piloted the Museum's DC-2 on several of its flights, including its final flight to the Museum for display. The three prints depict the DC-2 in flight; including with a Vought Corsair. One of...
Dates:
circa 1980s-1990s
Collection — Box: Assorted rare collections, Box 1, Folder: 1
Identifier: 2013-03-25
Contents of the Collection
The Apollo 11 and 13 checklists is a small collection consisting of a few documents. The collection includes two checklists: a "P30 maneuver data card" from the Apollo 11 mission, 1969, and the "Apollo-13 LM-7 Contingency Checklist," from the Apollo 13 mission, 1970. The pages include handwritten notes by Buzz Aldrin, James Lovell, and Fred Haise. There is also a letter of authenticity accompanying each page, signed by Buzz Aldrin (Apollo 11) and Fred Haise (Apollo 13) respectively. The...
Dates:
1969-1970
Collection — Box: Assorted oversize box 25, oversize: folder
Identifier: 2019-08-08
Content Description
The Apollo 11 Spacecraft Fifty-State Tour Press Kit is a small collection consisting of the press kit and related materials from the promotional tour of the Apollo 11 command module across the United States in 1970-1971. The press kit includes a folder containing seven 8x10" black-and-white prints, a mission report booklet, a press release with tour schedule, a "Log of Apollo 11" color booklet, and a tour map. Twelve 11x14" color lithograph prints reproducing photographs from the moon...
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1970-1971
Collection
Identifier: 2013-08-01
Content Description
The Apollo 12 Flight Plan is a small collection consisting of a single item: a photocopy of the plan for the November 1969 flight of the Apollo 12 mission to the moon. The copy has been signed by command module pilot Richard Gordon on the first page.
Dates:
circa 1969
Collection
Identifier: 1986-10-10-A
Abstract
Norman "Jim" Silas Archibald (1894-1975) of Seattle, Washington served in the U.S. Army Air Service, 95th Aero Squadron during World War I, and later published a bestselling book on his experience. He served again in the Air Force during World War II at home in Seattle. The collection contains correspondence, military documents, photographs, and other materials relating to Archibald's life and military service.
Dates:
1917-1946
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2014-02-06
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...
Dates:
circa 1932, 1954
