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Julius A. Barr Correspondence and Clippings

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2021-08-26-A
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...
Dates: 1926-1939, 1941

Julius A. Barr Photograph Albums and Films

 Collection
Identifier: 2019-10-24
Abstract

Julius A. Barr had a varied flight career in the 1920s and 1930s, notably spending time as a personal pilot to Chinese military figures and later working as a Boeing test pilot. The collection includes 5 albums with more than 1,600 photographs and 11 films that document his personal life and career.

Dates: 1926-1939

Donald E. Burlingame Boeing 307 Stratoliner Crash Photographs

 Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: 2023-05-06
Content Description The Donald E. Burlingame Boeing 307 Stratoliner Crash Photographs is a small collection consisting of six photographs documenting the crash of a Boeing 307 Stratoliner near Alder, Washington on March 18, 1939. The plane, which was a prototype under registration number NX19901, crashed during a demonstration flight. The Civil Aeronautics Authority, Air Safety Board eventually concluded that the accident had been caused by structural failure of the wings and horizontal stabilizers...
Dates: 1939 March

James D. Griffin Photograph Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2015-08-25
Abstract

James D. Griffin was an engineer for McDonnell Douglas Corporation. The collection contains five hundred and ninety-six (596) photographs, likely collected and notated by Griffin, featuring primarily Douglas Aircraft Company airplanes manufactured during the 1910s-1970s but also, to a lesser extent, other manufacturer models; including Aero Spacelines, Boeing, Consolidated, and Northrop. There is also a small amount of clippings, newsletters, and articles.

Dates: circa 1910s-1970s; Majority of material found within ( dates 1920s-1950s)

Jerry L. Hart Photograph Collection

 Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: 2017-00-00-1
Contents of the Collection The Jerry L. Hart Photograph Collection is a small collection consisting of ten black-and-white 8x10-inch photographs of Boeing aircraft from circa the 1940s. Five images depict the wreckage of a crashed Alaska Airlines "Starliner" aircraft at Bow Lake airport, now known as Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, in SeaTac, Washington, taken November 30, 1947. One image depicts an American Airlines aircraft with a Boeing mechanic working on it. Two images depict a variety of commercial...
Dates: circa 1940s

J. V. and Harley Hyde Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 1985-08-15-A
Abstract Jules Verne (J. V.) Hyde (1889-1953) and Harley Hyde (1892-1919) were brothers who served in World War I as flight instructors. The collection contains documents, clippings, and photographs relating to J. V. Hyde's military service during World War I, his post-war work as the first manager of Boeing Field, and later work at Boeing as an inspector. The collection also includes documents, clippings, and photographs about his brother Harley's World War I service and death due to an airplane...
Dates: circa 1910s-1950

James H. Smith Aviation Photograph Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2023-06-20
Overview

James Hamilton Smith (1913-2002) attended the Boeing School of Aeronautics and worked in the field of aviation as a government contractor for the Boeing Company, as well as the Defense Contract Administration Services. This small collection consists primarily of black-and-white photographs that were either taken or collected by Smith during his time at the Boeing School, as well as throughout his career in aviation, which spanned from the early 1930s to the late 1960s.

Dates: 1928-1965

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Aero Spacelines Super Guppy 1
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Boeing B-17 Model 299 Flying Fortress ("XB-17") 1
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Names
American Airlines 2
Barr, Effie Hortense, 1904-1985 2
Barr, Gene Edward, 1933- 2
Barr, JoAnn, 1930- 2
Barr, Julius A., 1905-1939 2
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United States. Air Force 2
Akron (Airship) 1
Alaska Airlines 1
Althaus, J. K. von 1
American Railway Express Agency 1
Beall, Wellwood Edmeston, 1906-1978 1
Boeing School of Aeronautics (Oakland, Calif.) 1
Burlingame, Donald E., 1919-2007 1
Chiang, Kai-shek, 1887-1975 1
Curtiss, Glenn Hammond, 1878-1930 1
Dallas Love Field 1
Davis, David R., -1972 1
Douglas Aircraft Company 1
Douglas World Cruiser (DWC) "New Orleans" (#4) 1
Douglas, Donald Wills, Sr., 1892-1981 1
Douglas, Donald, Jr. 1
Douglas, William 1
Graf Zeppelin (Airship) 1
Griffin, James D. 1
Hart, Jerry L. 1
Hawks, Frank, 1897-1938 1
Hinneman, Earl 1
Howard, Benjamin Odell 1
Hyde, Harley Clifton 1
Hyde, Jules Verne 1
KLM (Airline) 1
King County International Airport 1
Law, Ruth, 1887-1970 1
Lindbergh, Anne Morrow, 1906-2001 1
Lindbergh, Charles A. (Charles Augustus), 1902-1974 1
Lockheed 1
Marsalis, Frances Harrell, d. 1934 1
McDonnell Douglas Corp 1
North American 1
Northrop 1
Northrop, John Knudsen, 1895-1981 1
Pan American World Airways, Inc 1
Patterson, Alissia 1
Patterson, Joseph Medill, 1879-1946 1
Post, Wiley, 1898-1935 1
Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945 1
Seattle-Tacoma International Airport 1
Springer, Eric 1
Texaco, Inc. 1
The Austin Company 1
Trans World Airlines 1
United States. Air Force. Military Air Transport Service 1
United States. Army. Air Corps 1
United States. Army. Air Service 1
United States. Army. Signal Corps 1
United States. Marine Corps 1
United States. Navy 1
West Coast Air Transport 1
Western Air Express Corporation 1
Wien Alaska Airlines 1
Williams, Roger Q. 1
Zhang, Xueliang, 1901-2001 1
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