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William P. and Moya Olsen Lear Family Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2021-10-29
Abstract The William P. and Moya Olsen Lear Family Collection contains textual materials and photographs primarily related to the personal lives of William "Bill" and Moya Olsen Lear as well as John Sigvard "Ole" Olsen, Moya's father. 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 to Lear family and social life and events....
Dates: 1911-2013

William P. and Moya Olsen Lear Papers

 Collection
Identifier: 2000-06-20
Abstract William P. “Bill” Lear was a prolific inventor with dozens of patents for a variety of machines to his name but is most famous for his work in the aviation field. Moya Marie Olsen Lear was a philanthropist, businesswoman, and the wife of aviation pioneer Bill Lear. The collection documents Bill Lear's inventions and career in the fields of radio navigation, aircraft design, the 8-track player, and his efforts at a steam-powered turbine. Materials are predominantly affiliated with Lear’s many...
Dates: 1838-2001, undated; Majority of material found within 1939-1986

Harry G. Leech Boeing 747 Collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2020-10-08
Content Description

The Harry G. Leech Boeing 747 Collection is comprised of color photographs, diagrams, and notes related to the Boeing 747. Included in the collection are 103 8x10 inch photographs of aircraft cabin interior design and images related to the Saudi Executive Airplane 747-SP. In addition, there are 34 3x5 inch photographs of an emergency landing in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Materials range from circa 1959 to 1986.

Dates: circa 1959 to 1986

Frank C. Leigh World War II Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2012-02-09
Overview

The collection contains items relating to Frank C. Leigh's time serving with the United States Navy as a signalman, specifically on the USS Chenango during World War II.

Dates: 1942-1946

Ellis Levin Boeing Papers

 Collection
Identifier: 2023-10-30
Overview

The Ellis Levin Boeing Papers documents Ellis Levin's 54-year career with the Boeing Company through textual documents and photographic materials dating from 1932-2021. The materials in the collection are related to Levin’s engineering career, most notably his work in the Vibration Unit and Physical Research Unit, as well as his position as the Systems Growth Manager on the X-20 Dyna-Soar Program, and then as the Systems Engineering Manager for the Lunar Orbiter Program.

Dates: 1937-1983

Alda Jane Lewis Flight Attendant Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2012-03-19
Abstract

Alda Jane Lewis (1923-2012) was born in Ohio and worked as a United Airlines flight attendant. The collection contains photographs, manuscripts, reports, maps, personnel records, and brochures collected during her career.

Dates: 1939-1984

Carol (Nicholson) Lewis WASP Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2009-05-07
Abstract

Carol (Nicholson) Lewis (1923-1987) joined the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASPs) in 1943 and was assigned to Moore Air Base (Texas), Class 44-W-7. The collection includes official documents, photographs, correspondence, clippings, and ephemera related to Lewis' 1943-1945 WASP service. A small amount of correspondence and ephemera concerning her marriage is also included in the collection.

Dates: 1941-1946

Karen M. Lewis Collection of KLM Houses

 Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: 2022-03-29
Content Description

The Karen M. Lewis Collection of KLM Houses is a small collection consisting of information related to small ceramic Delft houses given away by KLM airlines to first class and business class passengers in the 2010s. The collection includes a brochure from KLM describing and illustrating the collectible houses; a checklist card; four cards describing real buildings on which some of the ceramic houses are based; and some magazine clippings about the collectible houses.

Dates: 2014-2020, undated

Charles Lindbergh Gala program

 Collection — Box: Assorted rare collections, Box 1, Folder: 1
Identifier: 2011-04-27
Contents of the Collection This small collection is comprised of a program for a gala honoring Charles A. Lindbergh held at the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées in Paris, France, May 27, 1927. The program is in French but has a handwritten inscription from Lindbergh in English: "Cordial greetings to the Aviators of France. Charles A. Lindbergh." The program also includes a tipped-in photograph of Lindbergh. Additionally there are two tickets and a clipping about the event from an unidentified newspaper titled, "Soirs de...
Dates: 1927 May 27

Charles Lindbergh Transatlantic flight celebration menu

 Collection — Box: Assorted rare collections, Box 1, Folder: 1
Identifier: 2004-03-26-A
Contents of the Collection The collection is comprised of a single 6-page booklet related to Charles Lindbergh's stop in Seattle, Washington during his around-the-US tour after his transatlantic flight, September 13, 1926. The cover title is "Business Men's Dinner in Honor of Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh." The event was held at the Spanish Ball Room of the Olympic Hotel in Seattle. The booklet includes the evening's menu and program as well as a list of speaker and attendee names, including then-Mayor Bertha Knight...
Dates: 1926 September 9

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photographic prints 457
clippings (information artifacts) 192
World War, 1939-1945 191
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correspondence 166
certificates 108
Air pilots, Military 106
logs (records) 106
Airlines 82
Air pilots 81
World War, 1914-1918 79
Airplanes, Military 77
booklets 76
photocopies 76
military records 75
negatives (photographs) 74
Flight attendants 67
postcards 62
scrapbooks 61
brochures 59
slides (photographs) 59
Soldiers 56
photograph albums 55
Aircraft accidents 54
Boeing Company -- Employees 53
aerial photographs 53
identity cards 53
Women in aeronautics 51
Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress Family 45
maps (documents) 45
Washington (State) 44
lithographs 44
memorandums 43
business cards 42
decals 42
menus 42
Seattle (Wash.) 40
notes (documents) 40
France 38
posters 38
orders (military records) 37
World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Pacific Area 36
photographic postcards 36
articles 33
notebooks 33
technical reports 33
Airplanes -- Design and construction 32
Boeing Model 747 Family 31
digital prints 31
newsletters 31
technical drawings 31
Fighter pilots 30
programs (documents) 29
Airships 28
Alaska 28
Seaplanes 28
Northwest, Pacific 27
personnel records 27
Flight training 26
Japan 26
Women air pilots 26
airline maps 26
Consolidated B-24 Liberator Family 25
instructional materials 25
stationery 25
transportation timetables 25
signatures (names) 24
Germany 23
drawings (visual works) 23
Aeronautics, Commercial 22
California 22
16mm (photographic film size) 21
Air mail service 21
Boeing Model 707 Family 21
advertisements 21
Biplanes 20
Bombing, Aerial 20
China 20
Airplanes -- Flight testing 19
Boeing B-29 Superfortress 19
Curtiss JN-4D Jenny 19
audiocassettes 19
manuals (instructional materials) 19
Douglas DC-3 Family 18
England 18
TMOF Aircraft 18
admission tickets 18
blueprints (reprographic copies) 18
luggage tags 18
manuscripts (documents) 18
Douglas C-47 Skytrain Family 17
Hawaii 17
Training 17
de Havilland (Airco) D.H.4 17
diplomas 17
Aces (Fighter pilots) 16
Air shows 16
Astronauts 16
Boeing B-29 Superfortress Family (Model 345) 16
Boeing Model 727 Family 16
Names
United States. Navy 79
United States. Air Force 65
Boeing 57
United States. Army Air Forces 57
Boeing Company 50
United Airlines 45
Pan American World Airways, Inc. 41
United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration 28
United States. Army. Air Corps 27
Northwest Airlines, Inc. 24
Trans World Airlines 23
United States. Army. American Expeditionary Forces 21
United States. Army. Air Service 19
Western Airlines 19
Project Apollo (U.S.) 17
United States. Army 17
United States. Marine Corps 15
King County International Airport 14
Great Britain. Royal Air Force 13
North American 13
Douglas 12
Lindbergh, Charles A. (Charles Augustus), 1902-1974 12
American Airlines 11
Women Airforce Service Pilots (U.S.) 11
Boeing, William Edward, 1881-1956 10
Lockheed 10
United States. Army Air Forces. Air Force, 8th 10
United States. Naval Reserve 10
Alaska Airlines 9
Canada. Royal Canadian Air Force 9
Curtiss 9
United States. Civil Aeronautics Administration 9
Air Line Pilots Association 8
Braniff Airways 8
Douglas Aircraft Company 8
Lunar Orbiter (Artificial satellite) 8
Museum of Flight (Seattle, Wash.) 8
Apollo 11 (Spacecraft) 7
Continental Airlines 7
Curtiss, Glenn Hammond, 1878-1930 7
Delta Air Lines 7
Eastern Air Lines 7
Flying Tiger Line 7
Hughes Airwest 7
Rickenbacker, Eddie, 1890-1973 7
Slayton, Donald K., 1924-1993 7
Wright, Orville, 1871-1948 7
Boeing Air Transport 6
Boeing Company. Wichita Division 6
Boeing School of Aeronautics (Oakland, Calif.) 6
Chiang, Kai-shek, 1887-1975 6
Consolidated Aircraft Corp 6
John F. Kennedy Space Center 6
Merrill, A. Elliott (Albert), 1901-1992 6
National Championship Air Races 6
Northrop 6
Quiet Birdmen 6
Seattle-Tacoma International Airport 6
United States. Army. European Theater of Operations 6
United States. Army. Forces in China-Burma-India Theater 6
United States. Army. Signal Corps 6
Varney Air Lines 6
Wright, Wilbur, 1867-1912 6
American Fighter Aces Association 5
Apollo 13 (Spacecraft) 5
Apollo Soyuz Test Project 5
Chennault, Claire Lee, 1893-1958 5
China. Kong jun. American Volunteer Group 5
Douglas World Cruiser (DWC) "Boston" (#3) 5
Douglas World Cruiser (DWC) "Chicago" (#2) 5
Douglas World Cruiser (DWC) "New Orleans" (#4) 5
Douglas World Cruiser (DWC) "Seattle" (#1) 5
Earhart, Amelia, 1897-1937 5
Germany. Luftwaffe 5
Great Britain. Royal Flying Corps 5
Kelly Field (Tex.) 5
Lear, William P. (William Powell), 1902-1978 5
McDonnell Douglas Corp 5
National Airlines 5
Pearson Field (Vancouver, Wash.) 5
Post, Wiley, 1898-1935 5
Scandinavian Airlines System 5
Showalter, N.D. (Noah David), 1925-2012 5
Stearman (1927) 5
Stenzel, Dorothy (Hester), 1910-1991 5
United States. Army. Air Service. Aero Squadron, 95th 5
United States. Army. American Expeditionary Forces. Services of Supply 5
Aerocar, Inc 4
Allen, Edmund Turney, 1896-1943 4
Barr, Julius A., 1905-1939 4
Beall, Wellwood Edmeston, 1906-1978 4
Boeing, Bertha Marie (Potter Paschall), 1891-1977 4
British Airways 4
China National Aviation Corporation 4
Dallas Love Field 4
Doolittle, James Harold, 1896-1993 4
Douglas, Donald Wills, Sr., 1892-1981 4
Fairchild 4
Fokker 4
Fornasero, John B., 1904-1967 4

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