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Space Exploration Posters and Lithographs Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2019-00-00-125
Abstract

The Space Exploration Posters and Lithographs Collection is an artifical collection consisting of oversize textual and visual materials relating to aerospace, rocketry, astronauts, and the National Air and Space Administration (NASA), ranging from 1961-2006.

Dates: 1961-2006

Sutherland Family World War II Collection

 Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: 2019-09-02
Content Description The Sutherland Family World War II Collection is a small collection of visual and textual materials related to the U.S. military service of David H., George L. and John R. Sutherland during World War II.David H. Sutherland's service is documented with a spiralbound notebook with handwritten notes likely from flight training; his certificate of service; a separation qualification record (photocopy); a document clearing his accounts from Hendricks Field, Florida; a V-mail letter...
Dates: Majority of material found within 1943-1946

John Wegg Commercial Airlines Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2014-09-12
Overview John Wegg is best known as the founder and editor-in-chief of Airliners and Airways magazines, as well as contributor to other publications and author of 12 books on aviation history, airlines, and aircraft manufacturers. The John Wegg Commercial Airlines Collection consists of about 2.7 cubic feet of material such as printed ephemera, photographs, documents, and other materials pertaining to the Wegg's aviation journalism...
Dates: 1929-2004; Majority of material found within circa 1950s-1990s

G. C. Westervelt letter to P. N. Jansen

 Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: 2014-12-17
Contents of the Collection

The collection contains a single-page typed letter from G. C. Westervelt to P. N. Jansen of the Curtiss Engineering Corporation, dated June 3, 1919. The letter to "My Dear Jansen" expresses gratitude for Jansen's "oversight of the construction of NC Flying boats" and offers congratulations on the "success of the [Curtiss] NC-4." It is signed by G. C. Westervelt, Commander, United States Navy.

Dates: June 3, 1919

Bruce Whitman Aviation Art Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2021-04-16-A
Overview

The Bruce Whitman Aviation Art Collection is a collection of artwork including a drawing, posters, lithographs, photographs, and advertisements primarily related to American military aviation from about 1917 to the early 1950s.

Dates: circa 1917-1953

Robert Withrow Vietnam War Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2008-10-15
Abstract

Robert Withrow (b. 1946) was born in Seattle, Washington and served as a U.S. Navy Fireman (E-3) aboard the USS Kitty Hawk from 1965-1967. The collection contains photographs, patches, and yearbooks related to his service.

Dates: 1965-1967

Fred Woods World War II Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2012-08-22
Contents of the Collection The Fred Woods World War II Collection is comprised of photographic prints, negatives, a photograph album, and a small number of documents that relate to the World War II experience of United States Navy pilot Fred Woods. The collection has been arranged into two series, visual materials and textual materials. Visual materials, which are the bulk of the collection, include 26 loose black-and-white photographic prints and 27 negatives. Sizes vary from 3x5" to 8x10" and...
Dates: 1942-circa 1945

Kenneth Woods Naval Aircraft Photograph Collection

 Collection — Box: Assorted oversize box 26, oversize: folder 1
Identifier: 1986-03-06-A
Contents of the Collection

The Kenneth Woods Naval Aircraft Photographs is a collection of twenty-two black-and-white photographs featuring United States Naval Aircraft, primarily floatplanes and flying boats from 1918-circa 1920s. The photographs are 18x22" and most do not have captions or identifying information. A variety of aircraft are featured, including the Vought OS2U Kingfisher, the Consolidated PBY Catalina, and the Curtiss SOC Seagull. The aircraft are pictured in flight and on the water.

Dates: 1918-1929

Francis M. Young Aerial Survey Photograph Collection

 Collection — Box: Assorted oversize box 26, oversize: folder 1
Identifier: 1987-09-01-A
Contents of the Collection The Francis M. Young Aerial Survey Photograph Collection is comprised of fifteen black-and-white aerial photographs taken during Alaska Survey Expeditions, circa 1930s-1940s. The photographs are 18x22" and only a few have very brief contextual information on the reverse. Identifications include a Douglas R5D (Douglas C-54 Skymaster), Mount Rainier (Washington State), and the Columbia Glacier (Alaska). One photograph depicts an at-sea aircraft carrier with a full deck of aircraft....
Dates: circa 1930s-1940s

George T. Zimmer Ejection Seat Testing Photographs Collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2006-06-15
Contents of the Collection The George T. Zimmer Ejection Seat Testing Photographs Collection consists of 112 photographs from the 1960s or 1970s related to aircraft ejection seat tests.The first folder of photographs includes 30 prints, one 4x5" and the rest 8x10". Twenty-eight are black-and-white prints and two are in color. These photographs depict United States Air Force ejection seat testing experiments, some labeled as taking place at the U.S. Naval Aerospace Recovery Facility in El Centro,...
Dates: circa 1960s-1970s

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Consolidated PBY Catalina Family 3
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National Championship Air Races 5
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Douglas Aircraft Company 3
Germany. Luftwaffe 3
Graf Zeppelin (Airship) 3
King County International Airport 3
Lindbergh, Charles A. (Charles Augustus), 1902-1974 3
Lockheed 3
Shenandoah (Airship) 3
Stenzel, Dorothy (Hester), 1910-1991 3
United States. Army. Air Service 3
United States. Army. Women's Army Corps 3
Akron (Airship) 2
American Airlines 2
American Fighter Aces Association 2
Apollo 13 (Spacecraft) 2
Associated Women Pilots of Boeing Field 2
Bohrer, Walt 2
Canada. Royal Canadian Air Force 2
Chennault, Claire Lee, 1893-1958 2
Chiang, Kai-shek, 1887-1975 2
Coats, Robert Charles, 1918-2011 2
Douglas, Donald Wills, Sr., 1892-1981 2
Earhart, Amelia, 1897-1937 2
Great Britain. Royal Air Force 2
Grumman (Bethpage, NY) 2
Hubbard, Edward, 1889-1928 2
John F. Kennedy Space Center 2
Lexington (Aircraft carrier : 1943-1991) 2
Lunar Orbiter (Artificial satellite) 2
McCook Field (Ohio) 2
Munter, Herbert, 1894-1970 2
Northrop 2
Northwest Airlines Corporation 2
OX-5 Aviation Pioneers (Organization) 2
Project Apollo (U.S.) 2
Pulitzer Air Race 2
Rankin, John Gilbert "Tex", 1894-1947 2
Ryan NYP "Spirit of St Louis" 2
Trans World Airlines 2
United States. Army. Forces in China-Burma-India Theater 2
United States. Civil Aeronautics Administration 2
United States. Coast Guard 2
University of Washington 2
Westervelt, George Conrad, 1879-1956 2
Whitman, Bruce 2
Wien, Noel, 1899-1977 2
Aerial Experiment Association 1
Aero Club of America 1
Aero Industries Corporation 1
Aerojet Rocketdyne 1
Aerojet-General Corporation 1
Aeronautical Chamber of Commerce of America 1
Aiken, Joe, 1900-1969 (filmmaker) 1
Airservices Company Ltd. 1
Alaska Airlines 1
Alaska-Washington Airways 1
Aldrin, Buzz 1
Alison, John R. (John Richardson), 1912-2011 1
Allen, Edmund Turney, 1896-1943 1
Allen, William M., 1900-1985 1
Allied Engineering Corporation 1
Allied International Company 1
Allred, Gene M. 1
American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics 1
Anderson, William Y. 1
Antietam (Aircraft carrier) 1
Apollo 1 (Spacecraft) 1
Apollo 10 (Spacecraft) 1
Apollo 11 (Spacecraft) 1
Apollo 12 (Spacecraft) 1
Apollo 14 (Spacecraft) 1
Apollo 15 (Spacecraft) 1
Apollo 16 (Spacecraft) 1
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Apollo Soyuz Test Project 1
Argentina. Armada 1
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Associated Airways 1
Augarten, Rudolph 1
Baird, Robert 1
Balch, Donald L. 1
Ball, Elmer Allison, 1923-1990 1
Barber, Rex T., 1917- 1
Beachey, Lincoln J., 1887-1915 1
Beall, Wellwood Edmeston, 1906-1978 1
Bechtel, Paul S. 1
Beebe, Marshall Ulrich 1
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