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John L. Bailey Boeing Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2023-10-02
Contents of the Collection The John L. Bailey Boeing Collection contains textual and visual materials that primarily pertain to John L. Bailey's work as an engineer at the Boeing Company in Seattle, Washington. Most materials date from 1948 to 1982. The collection has been divided into two series: Military materials and Professional materials. Military materials is the first and smallest series. It touches upon Bailey's United States Air Force service during World War II. His...
Dates: 1939-1982

Julius A. Barr Clippings

 Collection
Identifier: 2018-00-00-3
Abstract

Julius A. Barr (1905-1939) was born in Normal, Illinois and spent time as a personal pilot to Chinese military figures in the mid-1930s as well as worked as a Boeing test pilot from 1938-1939. The collection contains four clippings related to Barr's time at Boeing and his death.

Dates: 1938-1939

Boeing Company Employee Strike Posters

 Collection
Identifier: 2020-00-00-19
Content Description The Boeing Company Employee Strike Posters Collection is a small collection consisting of six posters used by workers striking at the Boeing Company in Seattle, Washington, in September 2005 and September 2024. Two posters from 2005 read: "Aerospace Machinists on Strike, Lodge 751 AFL-CIO, At Boeing." The other two posters from 2005 read: "Machinists Union On Strike Against Boeing, ULP!, Unfair Labor Practices!, IAM&AW District Lodge 751, AFL-CIO." The 2024 posters read: "Machinists...
Dates: 2005 September, 2024 September

The Boeing Company Posters Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2019-00-00-131
Abstract

The Boeing Company Posters Collection is an artificial collection comprised of visual materials produced by The Boeing Company that showcase its aircraft, corporate history, facilities, and other subjects related to the company, ranging from approximately 1930s-2010s.

Dates: circa 1930s to 2010s

Boeing MB-3A Final Assembly Blueprints

 Collection — oversize: folder 1
Identifier: 1984-00-16-A
Contents of the Collection

The Boeing MB-3A Final Assembly Blueprints is a small collection consisting of a final assembly (three-view) drawing of the Boeing (Thomas-Morse) MB-3A dated July 14, 1922.

Dates: 1922 July 14

Boeing SST Research and Development Team photograph

 Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: 2020-08-23
Content Description

This small collection consists of a single item: an 8x10" black-and-white photographic group portrait of the Boeing SST research and development team. The print is dated both 1962 and 1963 in various handwritten notations. There are 122 people featured in the photograph and in the image they are seated in an auditorium. The names of the individuals are printed on the back of the photograph.

Dates: circa 1962-1963

Abraham L. Brearcliffe Jr. Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 1984-08-30-B
Abstract

Abraham Lincoln Brearcliffe, Jr. (1899-1984) was born in Washington state and worked for Boeing from 1930-1945. The collection features photographs, clippings and newsletters, foreman's materials, labor union membership books, and assorted ephemera from Brearcliffe's time at Boeing, most of which are almost exclusively from the war years (1941-1945).

Dates: 1921-1945, 1967-1970 ; Majority of material found within 1941-1945

John O. Bull Boeing Escape Systems Collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2024-05-10
Content Description The John O. Bull Boeing Escape Systems Collection is a small collection consisting of visual and audiovisual materials related to Boeing Escape Systems, collected by John Bull during his career at the Boeing Company in the 1960s-1970s.Two 16mm films depict seat testing: "No. 601-6-F Tough Sledding" and "Selected Portions of an Assortment of Tests involving the Boeing-Wichita Staff." There are also six photographic prints related to ejection seat testing. Additionally, there is...
Dates: circa 1960s

William Hough "Bill" Cook Jr. Papers

 Collection
Identifier: 2017-10-26
Abstract

The William Hough “Bill” Cook, Jr. Papers are comprised of documents, photographs, newspaper clippings, and memorabilia pertaining to the life and work of Bill Cook, Jr. A significant portion of this collection is made up of correspondence, both personal and professional. Major topics include the Boeing high speed wind tunnel, the B-29, B-47, and B-17 bombers, the development of the YC-14 short takeoff and landing (STOL) aircraft, and research on supersonic transport.

Dates: 1925-2012; Majority of material found within 1938-1974

David L. Davidson Jr. Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2022-07-11
Abstract David L. Davidson was an electrical engineer at The Boeing Company and worked on the Saturn V Rocket and the Lunar Rover projects. He served in the U.S. Marines from 1942-1946 and in the U.S. Army Reserves Engineer Corps from 1957-1962. This collection, which dates from 1941 to his retirement from Boeing in 1988, consists of textual materials, photographs, and one digital audio recording. It includes administrative records, notes, Boeing managerial training materials, photographs that depict...
Dates: circa 1937-1988

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Boeing B-29 Superfortress 9
Airplanes -- Design and construction 8
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World War, 1939-1945 8
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memorandums 8
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printed ephemera 8
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posters 7
scrapbooks 7
technical reports 7
Boeing Model 707 Family 6
negatives (photographs) 6
slides (photographs) 6
Air pilots 5
Boeing B-17F Flying Fortress 5
Boeing B-52 Stratofortress Family (Model 464) 5
Boeing Model 2707 SST 5
Boeing XB-29 Superfortress 5
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Seattle (Wash.) 5
Women in aeronautics 5
blueprints (reprographic copies) 5
booklets 5
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personnel records 5
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Airplanes, Military 4
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Boeing B-17 Model 299 Flying Fortress ("XB-17") 4
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Boeing Model 367-80 (707 Prototype) 4
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Washington (State) 4
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awards 4
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Boeing B & W (Boeing & Westervelt) (Model 1) 3
Boeing Model 247 3
Boeing Model 307 Stratoliner Family 3
Boeing Model 377 Stratocruiser Family 3
Boeing Model 757 Family 3
Boeing Model 767 Family 3
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Manned space flight--United States 3
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conceptual drawings 3
decals 3
first flight covers 3
manuscripts (documents) 3
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military records 3
photograph albums 3
postcards 3
presentations (communicative events) 3
press kits 3
press releases 3
receipts (financial records) 3
sound recordings 3
8mm (photographic film size) 2
Aerodynamics 2
Aeronautical engineers 2
Aeronautics, Commercial 2
Aerospace engineering 2
Air pilots, Military 2
Air pilots--Licenses 2
Airlines 2
Airplanes -- Air refueling 2
Airplanes -- Painting 2
Anniversaries 2
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Boeing 9
United States. Air Force 6
United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration 6
United States. Navy 6
Allen, Edmund Turney, 1896-1943 4
Boeing Company. Wichita Division 4
Lunar Orbiter (Artificial satellite) 4
Merrill, A. Elliott (Albert), 1901-1992 4
Project Apollo (U.S.) 4
Showalter, N.D. (Noah David), 1925-2012 4
Fornasero, John B., 1904-1967 3
Lamson, Robert T., 1914-2011 3
Osler, Edward Scott, 1918-1949 3
Pan American World Airways, Inc. 3
Robbins, Robert M. 3
Townsend, Guy M., 1920-2011 3
United Airlines 3
Allen, William M., 1900-1985 2
Beall, Wellwood Edmeston, 1906-1978 2
Boeing, William Edward, 1881-1956 2
Century 21 Exposition (1962 : Seattle, Wash.) 2
Fraser, James A. 2
Hennings, Tandy Cook 2
International Association of Machinists 2
John F. Kennedy Space Center 2
Johnson, Philip G. (Philip Gustav), 1894-1944 2
Johnston, A.M. (Alvin M.) 2
King County International Airport 2
Levin, Ellis, 1922-2006 2
North American 2
Quiet Birdmen 2
Reed, A.C. 2
Snohomish County Airport 2
Stoner, George H., -1971 2
United States. Army Air Forces 2
Wells, Edward C., 1910-1986 2
West, Harry 2
Wilson, T. A. (Thornton Arnold), 1921-1999 2
AFL-CIO 1
Aer Lingus 1
Aerojet Rocketdyne 1
Aerojet-General Corporation 1
Aeroméxico 1
Aircraft Industries 1
Aldrin, Buzz 1
American Airlines 1
Antietam (Aircraft carrier) 1
Apollo 1 (Spacecraft) 1
Apollo 10 (Spacecraft) 1
Apollo 11 (Spacecraft) 1
Apollo 12 (Spacecraft) 1
Apollo 13 (Spacecraft) 1
Apollo 14 (Spacecraft) 1
Apollo 15 (Spacecraft) 1
Apollo 16 (Spacecraft) 1
Apollo 17 (Spacecraft) 1
Apollo 6 (Spacecraft) 1
Apollo Soyuz Test Project 1
Argentina. Armada 1
Armstrong, John H. 1
Bailey, John L., 1919-2019 1
Barr, Julius A., 1905-1939 1
Bennett, C. 1
Boeing Air Transport 1
Boeing Airplane Company 1
Boeing Flying Fortress School 1
Boeing, Bertha Marie (Potter Paschall), 1891-1977 1
Boeing-Vertol 1
Bohrer, Walt 1
Bowers, Peter M., 1918-2003 1
Brackin, Harl V. 1
Brazil. Fôrça Aérea Brasileira 1
Brearcliffe, Abraham Lincoln, 1899-1984 1
Broome, G. Calvin 1
Brummer, E.A. 1
Bull, John O., 1924-2014 1
Bundick, W.T. 1
Burcham, Milo, 1903-1944 1
Butler Aircraft Company 1
Butler National Corporation 1
Butler, Sherwood 1
Calle, Paul, 1928-2010 1
Classic Aircraft Ltd. 1
Cochran, Jacqueline, 1906-1980 1
Convair 1
Cook, Priscilla Osler 1
Cook, William Hough, Jr., 1913-2012 1
Cooper, Gordon, 1927-2004 1
Cuba. Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias 1
Davidson, David L., Jr., 1922-2008 1
Delta Air Lines 1
Denver International Airport 1
Deutsche Lufthansa (1953- ) 1
Donlan, Charles J. 1
Doolittle, James Harold, 1896-1993 1
Edmonds, Tom, 1928-2018 1
Eimer, Manfred 1
Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969 1
Elder, Theodore H. 1

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