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Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 2017-04-08
Content Description
The James S. and Judith A. Barrowman Report is a small collection consisting of a research and development report on center of pressure prediction in rocketry written by James S. and Judith A. Barrowman. The report was presented at at the National Association of Rocketry's NARAM-8 on August 18, 1966. The title of the report is "The Theoretical Prediction of the Center of Pressure" and examines how the stability of a rocket is affected by its center of gravity and center of...
Dates:
1966 August
Collection — Box: Scrapbook box 37, Folder: 1-2
Identifier: 2022-10-28
Content Description
The Maud T. Bartles Jim Lovell Scrapbook is a collection consisting of a single item: an album documenting a visit by astronaut Jim Lovell to Poughkeepsie, New York in 1973 for a Veteran's Day event. The scrapbook includes clippings, ephemera, photographs and philatelic items collected by Maud T. Bartles, a resident of the area who attended the event during Lovell's visit. The album is a "magnetic" style photograph album with a green cover with "Capt. J. Lovell" written on the...
Dates:
1969-1973, 2016
Collection
Identifier: 2019-04-27
Content Description
The Raphael and Bette Barto U.S. Air Force Collection documents the Bartos' service in the U.S. Air Force in the 1940s through 1960s with a variety of textual and visual materials. Raphael Barto's military service as a fighter pilot is documented with flight records and logbooks, certificates and diplomas, documentation related to his Air Medal, and photographs. The logbook primarily covers his time in training at Randolph Field, Texas, but his individual flight records provide...
Dates:
1942-1966, 2019
Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: 2007-08-09
Content Description
The Philip W. Barttels Apollo 13 Recovery Photographs Collection is a small collection consisting of images of the recovery of the Apollo 13 Command Module from the Pacific Ocean in 1970. The collection includes ten black-and-white photomechanical prints, one black-and-white photographic print, and five color photographic prints. The images depict the Command Module splashing down, recovery of the Apollo 13 crew and Command Module by U.S. Navy Sikorsky SH-3D Sea King helicopters of HS-4...
Dates:
1970
Collection
Identifier: 2009-08-26
Overview
This collection relates to Rober L. Baseler's career as a Fighter Ace, with a focus on his service during World War II.
Dates:
1939-1996; Majority of material found within 1939-1944
Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: 2021-05-21
Content Description
The Brian Baum Emirates Collection is a small collection consisting of material received by the donor at a gala dinner to mark the start of Emirates' non-stop service between Seattle, Washington and Dubai, United Arab Emirates held at the Washington State Convention Center on March 2, 2012. The collection includes a 10-page commemorative /invitation, the event menu, and Tom Jones' set list taken from teh stage after the event.
Dates:
2012 March 02
Collection
Identifier: 2023-08-14
Overview
The Cynthia P. Bayne Calbraith Perry Rodgers Vin Fiz Collection is a small collection of visual and textual materials related to the first North American transcontinental flight in 1911 successfully completed by Calbraith Perry Rodgers in his Vin Fiz Flyer.
Dates:
1911-2011
Collection
Identifier: 1992-07-24
Abstract
George Becvar (1909-1990) was born in Denver, Colorado and with his brothers Lou (1908-1984) and Chuck (1904-1986) started Kent Flying Service which ran from approximately 1927-1930 in Kent, Washington. The collection consists of the pilot logbook for George Becvar and a scrapbook that primarily covers George Becvar's 1927-1931 flying career.
Dates:
1927-1990
Collection
Identifier: 2018-10-01-B
Abstract
25 photographs of Alexander Graham Bell and other members of the Aerial Experiment Association along with their aerodrome aircraft; souvenir booklet of the association; 2 photomechanical prints signed by J.A. McCurdy.
Dates:
1908-1909
Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: 2019-00-00-104
Contents of the Collection
This small collection consists of two items: a black-and-white photograph and a printed copy of e-mail correspondence related to the photograph. The 4x5" photograph depicts Bell test pilot Robert Courter wearing the Bell Rocket Belt with a child's doll on the back of it during a tethered test flight inside a hangar, circa late December 1964. It is stamped on the back: "Bell Aerosystems Company." The e-mail, dated October 2019, provides context for the image provided by William P. Suitor,...
Dates:
1964 December; 2019 October
