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Robert Short Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 1991-01-07
Abstract

Robert McCawley Short (1904-1932) was born in Steilacoom, Washington and worked in China as chief instructor at China's School for Military Air Tactics from 1931-1932. The collection contains licenses, financial documents, correspondence, photographs, ephemera, biographical materials, and clippings related to Short's brief time in China. Additionally, the collection has photographs, ephemera, and correspondence related to the identification and preservation of his memorial.

Dates: 1932-1987

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

Alden Drew Simonson Military Aviation Collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2021-07-07
Content Description The Alden Drew Simonson Military Aviation Collection is a small collection consisting of textual and visual materials documenting Simonon's military service with the U.S. Navy during World War II and with the North Dakota Air National Guard after the war. The collection includes a "Flying the Weather" training booklet from the U.S. Navy with Alden's annotations; a logbook documenting his flights primarily at Naval Air Station Pensacola; separation records from his service with the U.S. Navy;...
Dates: 1944-1950

Howard E. Smith World War II Photograph Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2020-02-25
Contents of the Collection The Howard E. Smith World War II Photograph Collection is comprised largely of photographic and audiovisual material, including 2,116 prints, 83 negatives, and 5 film reels. The images were taken or collected by Howard E. Smith, a United States Army Air Corps Public Relations Officer and base photographer, primarily while he was stationed at Smoky Hill Army Air Field (SHAAF) in Salina, Kansas. There is also a very small amount of textual documents. Most materials date from 1942-1943, with...
Dates: 1941-1949, 1969, undated

Walter and Flossie Smith Military Aviation Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2010-05-04
Abstract

Walter A. Smith, Jr. served in the United States Air Force for over 30 years and was an active member of the P-47 Pilots Association. The collection contains materials relating to Walter Smith's Air Force career and World War I-era music collected by his wife, Flossie Smith.

Dates: 1917-2007

William L. Smith Aviation Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2025-04-15-2
Contents of the Collection The William L. Smith Aviation Collection holds textual and visual materials related to the 50-year aviation industry career of William "Bill" L. Smith, who worked a variety of positions, including as a radio engineer, in procurement, and as management. Materials were collected or used by Smith with most dated from 1930 to 1970. Due to its small size, materials in the collection have been grouped by format and filed chronologically. The collection includes textual materials,...
Dates: 1935-1970

Walt Sobol Photographs and Negatives

 Collection
Identifier: 2018-10-02
Content Description The Walt Sobol Photographs and Negatives is a collection comprised of 2,169 black-and-white photographic prints and 1,193 photographic negatives taken by Sobol during his career in aircraft manufacturing in China, Burma, India and the U.S. from the late 1920s through 1950s. The photographs are a mix of personal images, scenes of daily life in the various places he traveled, and documentation of the aircraft manufacturing industry in Missouri, China and India.The photographs are...
Dates: 1926-1959

Joseph J. Sofet Air Force One Collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2021-05-17-A
Content Description The Joseph J. Sofet Air Force One Collection is a small collection of materials collected by Col. Joseph J. Sofet, pilot for Air Force One aircraft, VC-137B SAM970 and VC-137C SAM26000. The collection includes clippings about Sofet and his career as a pilot for Air Force One and about SAM970; photocopies of images of Sofet and Air Force one aircraft; matchbook covers branded for Air Force One and the President of the United States; an undated color 8x10" photograph of SAM26000 signed by the...
Dates: circa 1960s-2006

Herman J. Sommerhauser World War I Photograph Album

 Collection
Identifier: 1989-12-12
Abstract

The collection contains a photograph album from the World War I career of Herman J. Sommerhauser (1895-1949), who may have served with the U.S. Army Air Service, 650th Aero Squadron in France.

Dates: 1918-1919

Walter B. Soroe World War II Collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2024-05-29
Contents of the Collection The Walter B. Soroe World War II Collection contains materials primarily related to Soroe's World War II service as a Boeing B-17 co-pilot with the 388th Bomb Group, 562nd Bomb Squadron, 8th Air Force from 1943-1945. There is also a small amount of materials related to his Korean War service, 1951-1953. The collection is mostly comprised of textual materials, the bulk of which are 1943-1945 military documents, including special and general orders, medical evaluations and reports,...
Dates: 1942-1956, 2012

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military records 47
World War, 1914-1918 37
identity cards 37
Women in aeronautics 36
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photograph albums 28
postcards 28
slides (photographs) 28
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Women air pilots 27
scrapbooks 27
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aerial photographs 24
maps (documents) 24
Fighter pilots 22
business cards 22
photographic postcards 22
orders (military records) 21
Flight training 20
brochures 20
lithographs 20
France 19
Flight attendants 18
signatures (names) 18
Washington (State) 17
menus 17
Seattle (Wash.) 16
decals 16
personnel records 16
Airships 15
Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress Family 15
memorandums 15
Aeronautics, Commercial 14
Curtiss JN-4D Jenny 14
Northwest, Pacific 14
Seaplanes 14
World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Pacific Area 14
advertisements 14
posters 14
programs (documents) 14
stationery 14
Aces (Fighter pilots) 13
Air pilots--Licenses 13
Armed Forces -- Officers 13
instructional materials 13
newsletters 13
Boeing Company -- Employees 12
articles 12
16mm (photographic film size) 11
China 11
Stunt flying 11
airline maps 11
drawings (visual works) 11
notes (documents) 11
Air pilots -- Licenses -- United States 10
Airplanes -- Design and construction 10
Biplanes 10
California 10
Douglas C-47 Skytrain Family 10
England 10
Germany 10
SPAD XIII (S.13) 10
Test pilots 10
audiocassettes 10
digital prints 10
transportation timetables 10
Air shows 9
Bombing, Aerial 9
Military education 9
Tourism 9
Travel 9
admission tickets 9
awards 9
baggage claim checks 9
boarding passes 9
de Havilland (Airco) D.H.4 9
luggage tags 9
manuals (instructional materials) 9
membership cards 9
notebooks 9
safety cards 9
Air mail service 8
Airplanes -- Flight testing 8
Airports 8
Alaska 8
Boeing B-29 Superfortress 8
Boeing Model 747 Family 8
Names
United States. Navy 42
United States. Army Air Forces 40
United States. Air Force 27
Lindbergh, Charles A. (Charles Augustus), 1902-1974 16
United States. Army. American Expeditionary Forces 16
United Airlines 15
United States. Army. Air Corps 13
United States. Army. Air Service 11
Women Airforce Service Pilots (U.S.) 11
King County International Airport 9
Air Line Pilots Association 8
Boeing Company 8
Great Britain. Royal Air Force 8
Boeing 7
Quiet Birdmen 7
Rickenbacker, Eddie, 1890-1973 7
United States. Marine Corps 7
United States. Naval Reserve 7
Northwest Airlines, Inc. 6
Ryan NYP "Spirit of St Louis" 6
Trans World Airlines 6
United States. Civil Aeronautics Administration 6
American Airlines 5
Boeing Air Transport 5
Boeing, William Edward, 1881-1956 5
Canada. Royal Canadian Air Force 5
North American 5
Pacific Air Transport 5
Pan American World Airways, Inc. 5
Pearson Field (Vancouver, Wash.) 5
Stenzel, Dorothy (Hester), 1910-1991 5
United States. Army Air Forces. Air Force, 8th 5
Chiang, Kai-shek, 1887-1975 4
Dallas Love Field 4
Doolittle, James Harold, 1896-1993 4
Earhart, Amelia, 1897-1937 4
Flying Tiger Line 4
Fokker 4
Museum of Flight (Seattle, Wash.) 4
National Championship Air Races 4
Rankin, John Gilbert "Tex", 1894-1947 4
Scott, Clayton, 1905-2006 4
Turner, Roscoe, 1895-1970 4
United States. Army 4
United States. Army. Air Service. Aero Squadron, 94th 4
United States. Army. Forces in China-Burma-India Theater 4
United States. Army. Signal Corps 4
United States. Federal Aviation Administration 4
Varney Air Lines 4
Western Airlines 4
Alaska Airlines 3
Associated Women Pilots of Boeing Field 3
Barr, Julius A., 1905-1939 3
Bong, Richard Ira, 1920-1945 3
Braniff Airways 3
Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Corporation 3
Delta Air Lines 3
Douglas 3
Dunnam, Nancy (Nordhoff), 1923-2017 3
Fairchild 3
Germany. Luftwaffe 3
Gorst, Vern C., 1876-1953 3
Great Britain. Royal Flying Corps 3
Hartney, Harold Evans, 1888-1945 3
Johnston, A.M. (Alvin M.) 3
Junkers 3
Kelly Field (Tex.) 3
Knutson, Don 3
Langley Field (Va.) 3
Lockheed 3
Luke, Frank, 1897-1918 3
Moore Field (Tex.) 3
Ninety-Nines (Organization) 3
OX-5 Aviation Pioneers (Organization) 3
Osterud, Joann, 1945-2017 3
Ox-5 Club of America 3
Pacific Alaska Airways 3
Pacific Northern Airlines 3
Pangborn, Clyde Edward, approximately 1893-1958 3
Rankin School of Flying 3
Riddle, Mary, 1902-1981 3
Society of Experimental Test Pilots 3
United States. Army. Air Service. Aero Squadron, 95th 3
United States. Army. American Expeditionary Forces. Services of Supply 3
Wallick, S. L., 1924-2009 3
Wright Company 3
Wright, Orville, 1871-1948 3
Wygle, Brien S., 1924-2020 3
Aer Lingus 2
Aerial Experiment Association 2
Alaska-Washington Airways 2
All-Woman Transcontinental Air Race, Inc. 2
Allen, Edmund Turney, 1896-1943 2
Allen, William M., 1900-1985 2
American Fighter Aces Association 2
Baidukov, G. (Georgii), 1907-1994 2
Barr, Effie Hortense, 1904-1985 2
Barr, Gene Edward, 1933- 2
Barr, JoAnn, 1930- 2
Beall, Wellwood Edmeston, 1906-1978 2

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