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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)

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

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

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Airplanes, Military 3
China 3
World War, 1939-1945 3
military records 3
printed ephemera 3
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8mm (photographic film size) 2
Air pilots, Military 2
Aircraft accidents 2
California 2
Consolidated B-24 Liberator Family 2
Douglas B-18 Family 2
Douglas C-54 Skymaster 2
Douglas DC-2 Family 2
Douglas DC-3 Family 2
Douglas DC-4 Experimental (DC-4E) 2
Douglas Dolphin Family 2
Hong Kong (China) 2
Northrop A-17 (8A) Nomad 2
correspondence 2
16mm (photographic film size) 1
Aero Spacelines Super Guppy 1
Aeronautics, Commercial 1
Air pilots 1
Air shows 1
Aircraft cabins 1
Airdrop 1
Airlines 1
Airplane engines 1
Airplane occupants 1
Airplane racing 1
Airplanes -- Cockpits 1
Airplanes -- Design and construction 1
Airplanes -- Flight testing 1
Airplanes -- Formation flying 1
Airports 1
Airships 1
Alaska 1
Aviation ground crews 1
Bangkok (Thailand) 1
Barnstorming 1
Beech 17R Staggerwing 1
Boats and boating 1
Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress Family 1
Boeing B-17F Flying Fortress 1
Boeing B-29 Superfortress 1
Boeing B-47 Stratojet Family (Model 450) 1
Boeing Model 247D 1
Boeing XB-15 (Model 294, XBLR-1) 1
Boeing Y1B-17 Flying Fortress (Model 299B, YB-17, B-17) 1
Bowlus (Hawley) XCG-7 1
Buildings -- War damage 1
Burma 1
Bush flying 1
Bush pilots 1
Calcutta (India) 1
Casablanca (Morocco) 1
Cemeteries 1
Commuter aircraft 1
Curtiss C-46 Commando Family 1
Curtiss P-36 Hawk Family 1
Denali, Mount (Alaska) 1
Douglas 7B 1
Douglas A-20 Havoc 1
Douglas A-20A Havoc 1
Douglas A2D-1 Skyshark 1
Douglas A3D-1 (A-3A) Skywarrior 1
Douglas A4D-1 (A-4A) Skyhawk 1
Douglas AD (A-1, BT2D) Skyraider Family 1
Douglas B-23 Dragon 1
Douglas BT-1 (Modified O-2K) 1
Douglas BT-2B 1
Douglas BTD-1 Destroyer 1
Douglas C-124 Globemaster II Family 1
Douglas C-133 Cargomaster Family 1
Douglas C-133A Cargomaster 1
Douglas C-1C 1
Douglas C-47 Skytrain Family 1
Douglas C-74 Globemaster I 1
Douglas Cloudster I 1
Douglas Cloudster II 1
Douglas Commuter 1
Douglas D-558-1 Skystreak 1
Douglas D-558-2 Skyrocket 1
Douglas DA-1 Ambassador 1
Douglas DB-1 1
Douglas DB-7 1
Douglas DC-1 1
Douglas DC-4 Family 1
Douglas DC-5 1
Douglas DC-6 Family 1
Douglas DC-6B 1
Douglas DC-7 Family 1
Douglas DC-7C Seven Seas 1
Douglas DC-8 Family 1
Douglas DC-8 Series 50 1
Douglas DC-8-61 (Super DC-8) 1
Douglas DC-9 Family 1
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Language
Arabic 1
Chinese 1
German 1
Spanish; Castilian 1
 
Names
Chennault, Claire Lee, 1893-1958 2
Chiang, Kai-shek, 1887-1975 2
North American 2
Aero Industries Corporation 1
Airservices Company Ltd. 1
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Allied Engineering Corporation 1
Allied International Company 1
Boeing 1
Bristol Aeronautics Corporation 1
Chiang, May-ling Soong, 1897-2003 1
China Airmotive Company Fed. Inc. 1
China National Aviation Corporation 1
Consolidated Aircraft Corp 1
Consolidated Trading Company, Limited 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
Earhart, Amelia, 1897-1937 1
Eurasia Aviation Corporation 1
Fiji Airways 1
General Airplanes Corporation 1
Graf Zeppelin (Airship) 1
Great Britain. Royal Flying Corps 1
Griffin, James D. 1
Hawks, Frank, 1897-1938 1
Hinneman, Earl 1
Howard, Benjamin Odell 1
Hughes, Howard, 1905-1976 1
KLM (Airline) 1
McDonnell Douglas Corp 1
Mukden (Prisoner of war camp) 1
National Championship Air Races 1
Nehru, Jawaharlal, 1889-1964 1
Northrop 1
Northrop, John Knudsen, 1895-1981 1
Northwest Airlines Corporation 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
Saud, Faisal bin Salman 1
Seversky 1
Shamshuipo (Concentration camp) 1
Simons, Robert L., 1905-1973 1
Sirikit, Queen, consort of Bhumibol Adulyadej, King of Thailand, 1932- 1
Spaatz, Carl, 1891-1974 1
Springer, Eric 1
Stratemeyer, George E., 1890-1969 1
Thorne, Henry G. (Henry Garfield), 1913- 1
Trans World Airlines 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
United States. Marine Corps 1
Waco Aircraft Company 1
Waterhouse, W. J. 1
Western Air Express Corporation 1
Wilmington-Catalina Airlines 1
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