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Richard J. McWhorter Stearman Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2010-06-06
Abstract

Richard J. McWhorter (1921-2007) was born in Idaho Falls, Idaho and had a long standing and multi-faceted interest in aviation, including owning and restoring vintage airplanes. The collection includes manuscript materials, ephemera, audio-visual materials, and approximately three hundred (300) photographs documenting the restoration of a Stearman C-3B (#NC7550), on display at The Museum of Flight, as well as a Stearman C-3R (#NC656K).

Dates: 1927-2004 ; Majority of material found within 1960 - 1979

Marilyn Meehan Pan American Flight Attendant Collection

 Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: 2024-01-22
Contents of the Collection The Marilyn Meehan Pan American Flight Attendant Collection holds six color photographs of Marilyn Meehan, a flight attendant with Pan American World Airways from 1973-1980. Two 3x3 inch Polaroid snapshots depict Meehan in her uniform in 1973. Two prints are 5x7 inch photographic portraits that also feature Meehan in her uniform. One of the portraits has a caption on verso: "Marilyn Meehan / 1974 / Pan Am stewardess / 22 years old." The remaining two prints are 4x6 inches and depict Meehan...
Dates: 1973-1974, 2001

Bruce Mennella Vietnam War Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2017-04-07
Abstract

Bruce Mennella (b. 1946) served during the Vietnam War from 1969-1972 as an Air Intelligence Officer for U.S. Navy Fighter Squadron 114 (VF-114). The collection contains photographs and a small amount of ephemera documenting his military service.

Dates: 1968-1972

Dean Mesnard World War II Navigator Chart

 Collection — Box: Assorted oversize box 14, oversize: folder 1
Identifier: 2004-05-24
Contents of the Collection The collection contains a single navigational chart printed October 1944 and used by the United States Army Air Forces, 505th Bombardment Group during World War II. The top of the chart is printed as "AAF Special Plotting Chart, Chart No. S-501, Restricted." There are plotting notations done in pencil with various markings, presumably to aid the navigator. On the front of the chart is also a note that reads "Mission #22, Osaka, Japan, June 1, 1945, Crew 83-10, 505th Bomb Group." The front of...
Dates: 1944

Joan Mettler Early Aviation Collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 1984-04-10-C
Content Description The Joan Mettler Early Aviation Collection is a small collection consisting of two items: a photograph album documenting early Boeing aircraft from 1916-1929 and a report entitled “War Department Air Corps Materiel [sic] Division Dayton, Ohio Report on Aircraft Fire Prevention” from 1927.The photograph album includes 121 7.75x9.75" black-and-white prints picturing aircraft built by the Boeing Company from 1916-1929. The majority of photos show side or 3/4-views of the aircraft...
Dates: 1916-1929

Iva and Homer Metz Space Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2019-11-01
Overview

The Iva and Homer Metz Space Collection documents the careers of both Iva and Homer in aviation and the space industry. It follows their time with the U.S. Navy, the Boeing Company, North American Aviation, and at Cape Canaveral during the Apollo and Skylab programs.

Dates: 1928-2003

Irwin Bryan Meyers Photograph Album

 Collection
Identifier: 1994-10-20
Abstract

The Irwin Bryan Meyers Photograph Album is comprised of a photograph album and accompanying typescript document relating to Meyers' service as an airplane mechanic and the activities of the 88th Aero Squadron during and after World War I.

Dates: circa 1918-1919

Nancy and Klaus Meyn Trans World Airlines Collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 1990-09-24-A
Contents of the Collection This small collection is comprised of Trans World Airlines (TWA) stationery and a magazine advertisement, circa 1950s-1960s. The stationery includes four notecards with small color lithographs of TWA promotional posters featuring motifs representing Philadelphia, Hawaii, and San Francisco, as well as one featuring the Boeing 707 as the "World's Fastest Jetliner." Letterhead on TWA stationery features company images and a route map. Magazine advertisement promotes winter travel on TWA...
Dates: Circa 1950-1960s

Desiree "Jerry" Clifford Michaud and Thelma Irene McGraw Papers

 Collection
Identifier: 2016-11-01
Abstract

Jerry Michaud (1924-1982) Michaud served in the United States Navy during World War II as a Naval pilot in the Pacific Theater. Thelma McGraw (1920-1996) She worked as a stewardess with United Airlines (UAL). The collection contains textual materials, black-and-white photographs, and ephemera associated with their 1942-1952 naval and commercial airline careers, respectively.

Dates: 1938-1980; Majority of material found within 1940s

Larry Michelsen Pacific Northern Airlines textual materials

 Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: 1985-02-20
Contents of the Collection The Larry Michelsen Pacific Northern Airlines (PNA) textual materials is a small collection of assorted newspaper clippings about PNA, circa 1959 and a photocopy of a merger decision for Western-Pacific Northern by the Civil Aeronautics Board, 1967. Many of the clippings are from unidentified newspapers, although some include identifying information. The materials are bound in a booklet with a front label, "Western-Pacific Northern Merger - Art Quinn." It is unknown who collected the...
Dates: 1959-1967

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photographic prints 482
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certificates 121
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Air pilots 94
photocopies 88
Airlines 85
Airplanes, Military 81
World War, 1914-1918 81
military records 80
booklets 79
negatives (photographs) 79
Flight attendants 67
postcards 65
scrapbooks 65
brochures 62
slides (photographs) 62
Boeing Company -- Employees 59
photograph albums 59
Soldiers 58
aerial photographs 56
Aircraft accidents 55
identity cards 54
Women in aeronautics 52
Washington (State) 51
maps (documents) 50
notes (documents) 48
Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress Family 47
Seattle (Wash.) 47
business cards 45
lithographs 45
memorandums 45
menus 44
decals 43
France 42
orders (military records) 41
posters 41
photographic postcards 40
Airplanes -- Design and construction 39
technical drawings 39
World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Pacific Area 38
technical reports 37
articles 36
notebooks 36
digital prints 35
Boeing Model 747 Family 34
newsletters 34
signatures (names) 33
programs (documents) 32
Seaplanes 31
Airships 30
Alaska 30
Fighter pilots 30
Northwest, Pacific 28
personnel records 28
Flight training 27
Japan 27
Women air pilots 27
airline maps 26
drawings (visual works) 26
instructional materials 26
stationery 26
Consolidated B-24 Liberator Family 25
Germany 25
transportation timetables 25
Airplanes -- Flight testing 24
Boeing Model 707 Family 24
California 24
advertisements 24
Aeronautics, Commercial 23
16mm (photographic film size) 22
Air mail service 22
Bombing, Aerial 22
audiocassettes 22
Biplanes 21
Boeing B-29 Superfortress 21
China 21
blueprints (reprographic copies) 21
TMOF Aircraft 20
manuals (instructional materials) 20
Air shows 19
Boeing B-29 Superfortress Family (Model 345) 19
Boeing Model 727 Family 19
Curtiss JN-4D Jenny 19
England 19
Hawaii 19
admission tickets 19
luggage tags 19
manuscripts (documents) 19
Airports 18
Douglas DC-3 Family 18
Test pilots 18
Aces (Fighter pilots) 17
Airplanes 17
Astronauts 17
DVDs 17
Names
United States. Navy 85
United States. Air Force 69
United States. Army Air Forces 60
Boeing 58
Boeing Company 57
United Airlines 48
Pan American World Airways, Inc. 41
United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration 29
United States. Army. Air Corps 28
Northwest Airlines, Inc. 27
Trans World Airlines 24
Lindbergh, Charles A. (Charles Augustus), 1902-1974 21
United States. Army. American Expeditionary Forces 21
United States. Army. Air Service 19
Western Airlines 19
King County International Airport 17
Project Apollo (U.S.) 17
United States. Army 17
United States. Marine Corps 15
North American 14
Great Britain. Royal Air Force 13
American Airlines 12
Boeing, William Edward, 1881-1956 12
Douglas 12
Museum of Flight (Seattle, Wash.) 12
Lockheed 11
United States. Naval Reserve 11
Women Airforce Service Pilots (U.S.) 11
Alaska Airlines 10
Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Corporation 10
United States. Army Air Forces. Air Force, 8th 10
Air Line Pilots Association 9
Braniff Airways 9
Canada. Royal Canadian Air Force 9
Douglas Aircraft Company 9
Eastern Air Lines 9
Rickenbacker, Eddie, 1890-1973 9
United States. Civil Aeronautics Administration 9
Lunar Orbiter (Artificial satellite) 8
Quiet Birdmen 8
Ryan NYP "Spirit of St Louis" 8
Apollo 11 (Spacecraft) 7
Boeing Air Transport 7
Continental Airlines 7
Curtiss, Glenn Hammond, 1878-1930 7
Delta Air Lines 7
Flying Tiger Line 7
Hughes Airwest 7
Northrop 7
Pearson Field (Vancouver, Wash.) 7
Seattle-Tacoma International Airport 7
Slayton, Donald K., 1924-1993 7
Wright, Orville, 1871-1948 7
Boeing Company. Wichita Division 6
Boeing School of Aeronautics (Oakland, Calif.) 6
Boeing, Bertha Marie (Potter Paschall), 1891-1977 6
Chiang, Kai-shek, 1887-1975 6
Consolidated Aircraft Corp 6
Doolittle, James Harold, 1896-1993 6
Earhart, Amelia, 1897-1937 6
Fokker 6
John F. Kennedy Space Center 6
Merrill, A. Elliott (Albert), 1901-1992 6
National Championship Air Races 6
Pacific Air Transport 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
United States. Federal Aviation Administration 6
Varney Air Lines 6
Wright, Wilbur, 1867-1912 6
Allen, Edmund Turney, 1896-1943 5
American Fighter Aces Association 5
Apollo 13 (Spacecraft) 5
Apollo Soyuz Test Project 5
Boeing Airplane Company 5
British Airways 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
Essex (Aircraft carrier) 5
Fairchild 5
Germany. Luftwaffe 5
Great Britain. Royal Flying Corps 5
Johnston, A.M. (Alvin M.) 5
KLM (Airline) 5
Kelly Field (Tex.) 5
Lear, William P. (William Powell), 1902-1978 5
McDonnell Douglas Corp 5
National Airlines 5
Post, Wiley, 1898-1935 5
Scandinavian Airlines System 5
Scott, Clayton, 1905-2006 5
Showalter, N.D. (Noah David), 1925-2012 5
Stearman (1927) 5
Stenzel, Dorothy (Hester), 1910-1991 5
Turner, Roscoe, 1895-1970 5

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