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Commercial Airlines Collection (Part 9, T-Z, Assorted)
Collection
Identifier: 2018-00-00-23-9
Abstract
The Commercial Airlines Collection is an artificial collection comprised of textual, visual, and audiovisual materials of commercial airlines from around the world, 1910s-2020s.
Dates:
circa 1910s-2020s; Majority of material found within 1950s-1990s
Found in:
The Museum of Flight Archives
Lester Lee Cruse Commercial Airline Collection
Collection
Identifier: 2024-08-01
Contents of the Collection
The Lester Lee Cruse Commercial Airline Collection is a small collection that holds textual and visual materials relevant to the 1956-1977 career of Lester Lee Cruse, pilot for Japan Airlines, Saudia, Southern Airways, Trans Mediterranean Airways, and Trans World Airlines (TWA). Materials include his flight log books, which start with his flight training in 1949 and continue through his career through 1977. The logs include brief information about type of aircraft, origination...
Dates:
1945-1984
Found in:
The Museum of Flight Archives
Lee R. Embree Collection
Collection
Identifier: 2007-08-08
Abstract
Lee R. Embree (1915-2008) was born in Iowa, enlisted in the Army Air Corps in 1936, and was assigned to the 38th Reconnaisance Squadron as an aerial photographer during World War II. Embree was at Hickam Field, Hawaii during the 1941 Pearl Harbor bombing and took several photographs. The collection contains photographs, textual materials, audiovisual materials, and a scrapbook that relate to Embree's military service and photography as well as his post-war photography activities.
Dates:
1918-2005 (bulk dates 1939-1945)
Found in:
The Museum of Flight Archives
Angela J. (Hughes) Gardner Trans World Airlines Flight Attendant Collection
Collection
Identifier: 2010-04-27
Contents of the Collection
The Angela J. (Hughes) Gardner Trans World Airlines Flight Attendant Collection is comprised of textual, visual,
and audiovisual materials that relate to Gardner's time as a flight attendant for Trans World Airlines
(TWA) from 1962-1987. The bulk of the collection was gathered by Gardner during her employment. Materials have been divided into four series and are arranged chronologically within each series, unless otherwise noted. The first series, Flight...
Dates:
1943, 1961-2001
Found in:
The Museum of Flight Archives
Elizabeth (Boon) Hughey TWA Flight Attendant Collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2010-10-05
Contents of the Collection
The Elizabeth (Boon) Hughey TWA Flight Attendant Collection is a relatively small collection that pertains to Hughey's 1949 appearance on the Ralph Edwards radio program called "This Is Your Life," as well as her stewardess training and service with Trans World Airlines (TWA). Materials are dated from 1949 to 1952. Textual materials in the collection include Hughey's 1949-1950 logbook, salary deduction receipts for her TWA uniform, loose clippings about Hughey, her appearance on...
Dates:
1949-1952
Found in:
The Museum of Flight Archives
Arlene E. Johnsen Trans World Airlines Collection
Collection
Identifier: 2010-08-05
Contents of the Collection
The Arlene E. Johnsen Trans World Airlines Collection consists of textual materials collected by Arlene E. Johnson during her 36-year career as a flight attendant for Trans World Airlines (TWA), from 1960-1996. It also includes a small amount of materials related to the crash that claimed her life, collected by her twin sister, Marlene. Original order has been maintained and the collection is arranged into two series: Series I: Arlene Johnsen TWA materials and Series II: TWA Flight 800...
Dates:
1961-2003
Found in:
The Museum of Flight Archives
Nancy and Klaus Meyn Trans World Airlines Collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 1990-09-24-A
Contents of the Collection
This small collection is comprised of Trans World Airlines (TWA) stationery and a magazine advertisement, circa 1950s-1960s. The stationery includes four notecards with small color lithographs of TWA promotional posters featuring motifs representing Philadelphia, Hawaii, and San Francisco, as well as one featuring the Boeing 707 as the "World's Fastest Jetliner." Letterhead on TWA stationery features company images and a route map. Magazine advertisement promotes winter travel on TWA...
Dates:
Circa 1950-1960s
Found in:
The Museum of Flight Archives
Robert F. Patterson Pilot Collection
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 2024-10-28
Contents of the Collection
The Robert F. Patterson Pilot Collection consists of textual and visual materials primarily relating to the career of Trans World Airlines (TWA) pilot Robert F. Patterson, 1965-1982. The bulk of the collection is textual materials and includes TWA correspondence, memos, and bulletins. It also includes his 1977 pilot license, medical certificates, flight condition reports, customs forms, TWA employee benefit materials, a notebook, and reference materials issued by TWA. There are...
Dates:
1953-1982; Majority of material found within 1965-1982
Found in:
The Museum of Flight Archives
Virginia Randall TWA Flight Attendant Collection
Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: 2008-09-04-B
Contents of the Collection
The Virginia Randall TWA Flight Attendant Collection is a small amount of materials relating to Randall's time as a Trans World Airways (TWA) flight attendant from 1953-1954. The materials were collected by Randall. The collection contains six (6) portraits of Randall in her TWA uniform. Two (2) of these are are black-and-white, four (4) have been colorized, all are 8x10" and all are digital reprints, not vintage photographs. The rest of the materials are textual and include a...
Dates:
1953-1954
Found in:
The Museum of Flight Archives
Nancy W. (Biddle) Seidel Trans World Airlines Flight Attendant Collection
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 2015-04-03
Contents of the Collection
The Nancy W. (Biddle) Seidel Trans World Airlines Flight Attendant Collection consists of textual materials that document Seidel's 1946-1947 service as an air hostess with Trans World Airlines (TWA). The materials were collected by Seidel and include her 1946-1947 flight log, which includes date, flight and airplane numbers, crew names, destination and origin locations, arrival and departure times, and other notes, such as altitude. Not every entry includes the same information....
Dates:
circa 1940-1947
Found in:
The Museum of Flight Archives