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The Julius A. Barr Photograph Album

 Collection
Identifier: 2018-00-00-6
Abstract

Julius A. Barr (1905-1939) was born in Normal, Illinois and spent time as a personal pilot to Chinese military figures Zhang Xueliang (also known as the "Young Marshal" and "Peter Chang") and General Chiang Kai-shek in the mid-1930s. The collection contains a photograph album with three hundred and thirty-nine (339) black-and-white photographs, most likely taken by Barr, covering his time in China.

Dates: 1934-1937

Robert H. Neale Flying Tigers Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2008-08-29
Contents of the Collection The Robert H. Neale Flying Tigers Collection primarily relates to Robert H. Neale's 1941-1942 service as an ace fighter pilot with the American Volunteer Group (AVG), also known as the Flying Tigers, in Burma during World War II. The collection is comprised of visual and textual materials, including approximately 470 photographic prints and 61 negatives, military orders and documents, personal documents, and assorted clippings and ephemera. It also includes a significant amount of post-war...
Dates: 1937-2004; Majority of material found within 1941-1943

William Orthman World War II Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 1991-07-17-A
Abstract

William Orthman (1911-1990) was drafted into the United States Army in 1942. He served in the China-Burma-India Theater as Public Relations Officer. The collection is comprised of 340 photographs and a small amount of textual materials from his 1945-1946 service.

Dates: 1945-1946

Alan Lonsdale Patterson Papers

 Collection
Identifier: 2021-08-03-A
Overview Alan Lonsdale Patterson worked extensively in the field of aviation from the 1920s to the 1980s. Throughout his career he worked as a barnstormer, pilot and established multiple companies that facilitated the sale of aircraft and aeronautical equipment, predominately between companies based in the United States and China. The collection represents both his professional and personal life through correspondence, photographs, business records, clippings and audiovisual materials, as well as...
Dates: 1876-2021; Majority of material found within 1920-1981

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Aircraft accidents 3
Airplanes, Military 3
Hong Kong (China) 3
Shanghai (China) 3
World War, 1939-1945 3
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clippings (information artifacts) 3
correspondence 3
military records 3
printed ephemera 3
Air pilots, Military 2
Buildings -- War damage 2
Burma 2
Douglas C-47 Skytrain Family 2
Hankou (Wuhan, China) 2
Junkers Ju 52/3m (Three Engine) Family 2
Nanjing (Jiangsu Sheng, China) 2
Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1945 2
aerial photographs 2
negatives (photographs) 2
photograph albums 2
postcards 2
16mm (photographic film size) 1
8mm (photographic film size) 1
Aces (Fighter pilots) 1
Air pilots 1
Airdrop 1
Airplane engines 1
Airplanes 1
Airplanes -- Fuselage 1
Airplanes -- Maintenance and repair 1
Airports 1
Anqing Shi (China) 1
Armed Forces -- Officers 1
Autogiros 1
Bangkok (Thailand) 1
Barnstorming 1
Beech 17R Staggerwing 1
Beech M18R 1
Binzhou (Shandong Sheng, China) 1
Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress Family 1
Boeing Model 247D 1
Brewster Buffalo I (339E, UK) 1
Bristol Blenheim Family 1
Calcutta (India) 1
California 1
Casablanca (Morocco) 1
Cemeteries 1
Chengdu (China) 1
Chongqing (China) 1
Comper C.L.A.7 Swift 1
Consolidated B-24 Liberator Family 1
Curtiss C-46 Commando Family 1
Curtiss P-40 Warhawk Family 1
Douglas C-54 Skymaster 1
Fighter pilots 1
Fiji 1
Fleet (Canada) Model 1 1
Flood damage 1
Ford 5-AT Tri-Motor Family 1
GAC Model 102 Aristocrat 1
Gansu Sheng (China) 1
Great Wall of China (China) 1
Guling (China) 1
Hangars 1
Hawker Hurricane Family 1
Jiddah (Saudi Arabia) 1
Junkers Ju 52/3mb 1
Junks 1
Kowloon (China) 1
Kunming Shi (China) 1
Kunyang (China) 1
Lanzhou Shi (China) 1
Lockheed A-29 Hudson Family 1
Mascots 1
Mexico 1
Military training camps 1
Mohawk Model M-1-C New Pinto 1
Nakajima Ki-43 Hayabusa (Peregrine Falcon) Oscar (Jim) (Type 1 Fighter) Family 1
Navigation (Aeronautics) 1
North American P-51 Mustang Family 1
Pagodas 1
Parades 1
Prisoner-of-war camps 1
Prisoners of war 1
Propaganda 1
Quarries and quarrying 1
Radar 1
Rangoon (Burma) 1
Recreation 1
Republic P-47 (F-47) Thunderbolt Family 1
Riyāḍ al-Khabrāʼ (Saudi Arabia) 1
Shashi (Hubei Sheng, China) 1
Ships 1
Sikorsky S-43W Amphibion (Baby Clipper) 1
Sino-Japanese Conflict, 1931-1933 1
Skywriting 1
Soldiers 1
Spartan (OK) C-4 Family 1
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Names
Chennault, Claire Lee, 1893-1958 3
Chiang, May-ling Soong, 1897-2003 2
United States. Air Force 2
United States. Navy 2
Aero Industries Corporation 1
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Airservices Company Ltd. 1
Allied Engineering Corporation 1
Allied International Company 1
Barr, Effie Hortense, 1904-1985 1
Barr, Gene Edward, 1933- 1
Barr, JoAnn, 1930- 1
Barr, Julius A., 1905-1939 1
Beall, Wellwood Edmeston, 1906-1978 1
Bogart, Humphrey, 1899-1957 1
Bristol Aeronautics Corporation 1
China Airmotive Company Fed. Inc. 1
China National Aviation Corporation 1
China. Kong jun. American Volunteer Group 1
Cole, Frank 1
Consolidated Aircraft Corp 1
Consolidated Trading Company, Limited 1
Donald, William Henry, 1875-1946 1
Earhart, Amelia, 1897-1937 1
Elder, James C. 1
Eurasia Aviation Corporation 1
Fiji Airways 1
General Airplanes Corporation 1
Great Britain. Royal Flying Corps 1
Guo min ge ming jun 1
Hughes, Howard, 1905-1976 1
Java (Cruiser) 1
Jensen, Al H. 1
Jensen, Irene 1
Jones, Thomas A. 1
Krainukov, George 1
Lee, Don 1
Leonard, Royal 1
Li-tzu, Shao 1
Long, Chuck 1
Ma, Hongbin, 1884-1960 1
Mukden (Prisoner of war camp) 1
Nan-Hu Field (Wuchang, China) 1
Neale, Frances (Cole), 1916-1996 1
Neale, Robert H., 1914-1994 1
Neale, Robert H., Jr., 1943-2006 1
Nehru, Jawaharlal, 1889-1964 1
North American Aviation 1
Northampton (Cruiser) 1
Orthman, William G., 1911-1990 1
Pan American World Airways, Inc 1
Patterson, Alan Lonsdale, 1900-1991 1
Pius XII, Pope, 1876-1958 1
Red Aerea Mexicana, S.A. 1
Republic of China Air Force 1
Ryan Aeronautical Company 1
Ryan NYP "Spirit of St Louis" 1
Salt Lake City (Light cruiser) 1
Saud, Faisal bin Salman 1
Seversky 1
Shamshuipo (Concentration camp) 1
Sirikit, Queen, consort of Bhumibol Adulyadej, King of Thailand, 1932- 1
Smith, Ted A. 1
Spaatz, Carl, 1891-1974 1
Stratemeyer, George E., 1890-1969 1
Thorne, Henry G. (Henry Garfield), 1913- 1
United Aircraft Corporation 1
United States. Air Force. Air Control Group, 513th 1
United States. Air Force. Air Force, 14th 1
United States. Army Air Forces 1
United States. Army Air Forces. Air Service Group, 381st 1
United States. Army Air Forces. Army Airways Communications System 1
United States. Army Air Forces. Band, 681st 1
United States. Army Air Forces. Replacement Training Unit, 430th 1
United States. Army. Air Corps 1
United States. Army. Air Corps. Air Force, 10th 1
United States. Army. Air Service 1
United States. Army. Forces in China-Burma-India Theater 1
United States. Army. Women's Army Corps 1
Waco Aircraft Company 1
Waterhouse, W. J. 1
Yang, Hucheng, 1893-1949 1
Yunnan Airfield (China) 1
Zhang, Xueliang, 1901-2001 1
Zhou, Xiangxian 1
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