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Emile Chourré and Chourré Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: 2015-06-17
Abstract

The Emile Chourré and Chourré Family Papers is comprised of documents and scrapbooks, photographic prints and photograph albums, and assorted ephemera primarily pertaining to the life and military career of Lieutenant Commander Emile Chourré (1894-1938). Major topics include Chourré's military service, especially while stationed in Coco Solo, Panama; his service as a U.S. Naval announcer for the 1929-1931 and 1933-1934 National Air Races; and family (immediate and extended) photographs.

Dates: 1889-1988; Majority of material found within 1920s-1950s

Robert L. Simons Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 1998-05-05-B
Overview

Robert Lewis Simons was a military and commercial pilot in the mid-twentieth century. The Collection is comprised of materials relating to Simons’ career , including log books, military records, photographs, and films.

Dates: 1925-1972; Majority of material found within 1938-1948

Dorothy (Hester) Stenzel Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 1992-09-26
Abstract

Dorothy (Hester) Stenzel (1910-1991) was born in Ardenwald, Oregon and learned to fly in the late 1920s. Stenzel then gained fame for stunt flying and broke several records through the mid-1930s. The collection contains seven (7) scrapbooks and assorted textual materials and photographs that document Stenzel's career as one of the first female stunt pilots.

Dates: circa 1928-1991

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  • Names: National Championship Air Races X
  • Subject: clippings (information artifacts) X

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Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress Family 1
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Boeing Model 247D 1
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Atcherley, Richard Llewellyn Roger 1
Attilio Orazio de Bernardi, Mario Bernardo, 1893-1959 1
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Bayles, Lowell Richard 1
Cady, Dorothy 1
Cady, Vernon 1
Chourre (ARV-1) 1
Chourré, Catherine (Davis), 1894-1985 1
Chourré, Ceci 1
Chourré, Clinton Emile, 1963- 1
Chourré, Emile, 1894-1938 1
Chourré, Jack Mausegne, 1930-2014 1
Chourré, Jeanne Louise, 1921-2013 1
Chourré, Karen Jean (Condon) 1
Davis, Carrie (Cornell), 1866-1958 1
Davis, Jefferson Lee, 1862-1939 1
Drummond-Hay, Grace Marguerite 1
Earhart, Amelia, 1897-1937 1
Elder, Ruth, 1902-1977 1
Foltz, Edith, 1902-1956 1
Hester, Helen 1
Hing, Leah, 1907-2001 1
Hofer, Robert D. 1
Jeppesen, Elrey B. (Elrey Borge), 1907-1996 1
Kubita, Alois 1
Lee, Hazel Ah Ying, 1912-1944 1
Lindbergh, Charles A. (Charles Augustus), 1902-1974 1
Marsalis, Frances Harrell, d. 1934 1
Naval Postgraduate School (U.S.) 1
Nichols, Ruth, 1901-1960 1
Northwest Airlines Corporation 1
Orlinski, Boleslaw 1
Pangborn, Clyde Edward, approximately 1893-1958 1
Post, Wiley, 1898-1935 1
Rankin School of Flying 1
Rankin, John Gilbert "Tex", 1894-1947 1
Riddle, Mary, 1902-1981 1
Shenandoah (Airship) 1
Simons, Robert L., 1905-1973 1
Stenzel, Dorothy (Hester), 1910-1991 1
Trans World Airlines 1
Udet, Ernst 1
United States. Air Force 1
United States. Army 1
United States. Civil Aeronautics Administration 1
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United States. Navy. Fighter Squadron 11 1
United States. Navy. Fighter Squadron, 1st 1
United States. Navy. Fighter Squadron, 3rd 1
United States. Navy. Fighting Squadron 6 1
Williams, Alford J. 1
Wilmington-Catalina Airlines 1
Wong, Virginia 1
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