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Joe Aiken Films

 Collection — Box: Film Box 4, Reel: 1-6
Identifier: 1998-12-28
Contents of the Collection The Joe Aiken Films are comprised of six films shot, produced, or compiled by Joe Aiken of 20th Century Fox Studio, from approximately 1918-1947. The films contain a mix of newsreel footage, documentary footage of aircraft manufacturing, and flight footage. Three of the films contain footage of World War I flying aces, flying squadrons, World War I-era aircraft, and transatlantic flight attempts. One of the films contains newsreel footage of the attack on Pearl Harbor in World War II and the...
Dates: circa 1918-1950s

Elsie Anderson Boeing Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 1997-04-17-A
Abstract

Elsie Anderson worked at Boeing Company as a Public Relations representative, circa 1940s-1950s. The collection includes negatives, films, photographic prints, and a small amount of textual materials related to Boeing aircraft and test flights occurring during the 1940s-1950s.

Dates: circa 1940s-1950s

The Julius A. Barr Clippings

 Collection
Identifier: 2018-00-00-3
Abstract

Julius A. Barr (1905-1939) was born in Normal, Illinois and spent time as a personal pilot to Chinese military figures in the mid-1930s as well as worked as a Boeing test pilot from 1938-1939. The collection contains four clippings related to Barr's time at Boeing and his death.

Dates: 1938-1939

Julius A. Barr Correspondence and Clippings

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2021-08-26-A
Content Description The Julius A. Barr Correspondence and Clippings is a small collection consisting primarily of textual materials documenting Barr's professional and personal life from the late 1920s until his death in 1939. The bulk of the collection consists of letters written by Barr, as well as a few written by his wife Hortense, to his parents residing in Pittsburg, Kansas, from 1926 until 1939. The letters shed light on his military training; his work importing and demonstrating aircraft for...
Dates: 1926-1939, 1941

The Julius A. Barr Photograph Album

 Collection
Identifier: 2018-00-00-6
Abstract

Julius A. Barr (1905-1939) was born in Normal, Illinois and spent time as a personal pilot to Chinese military figures Zhang Xueliang (also known as the "Young Marshal" and "Peter Chang") and General Chiang Kai-shek in the mid-1930s. The collection contains a photograph album with three hundred and thirty-nine (339) black-and-white photographs, most likely taken by Barr, covering his time in China.

Dates: 1934-1937

Julius A. Barr Photograph Albums and Films

 Collection
Identifier: 2019-10-24
Abstract

Julius A. Barr had a varied flight career in the 1920s and 1930s, notably spending time as a personal pilot to Chinese military figures and later working as a Boeing test pilot. The collection includes 5 albums with more than 1,600 photographs and 11 films that document his personal life and career.

Dates: 1926-1939

Cynthia P. Bayne Calbraith Perry Rodgers Vin Fiz Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2023-08-14
Overview

The Cynthia P. Bayne Calbraith Perry Rodgers Vin Fiz Collection is a small collection of visual and textual materials related to the first North American transcontinental flight in 1911 successfully completed by Calbraith Perry Rodgers in his Vin Fiz Flyer.

Dates: 1911-2011

John and Alan Blum Northwest Aviation Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2009-09-04
Abstract

The John and Alan Blum Northwest Aviation Collection consists of visual and textual materials related to the lives and careers of John and Alan Blum. John founded the Northwest Air Service Company and Alan served as President after his brother died in a plane crash in 1931.

Dates: 1921-1945

August G. Blume World War I Eastern Front Research Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2008-07-25
Overview

August G. Blume (1927-1993) was an author and historian focused on the Eastern Theater of World War I. This collection consists of his writing, correspondence but most notably a large number of photographic images of the Eastern Front during World War I that Blume attained during his research. The materials span the early 1900s to 2000.

Dates: 1894-2008

Andrew Braaten World War I Photograph Collection

 Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: 2019-00-00-24
Contents of the Collection The Andrew B. Braaten World War I Photographs is comprised of nine black-and-white vintage photographs, 1917-1918. Three images depict biplanes in flight in Alsace, France. One image depicts an unidentified military serviceman, likely a pilot. Two images are related to parachuting; one features a parachuter leaving an airship and the other shows a parachute solo in the sky. Three images depict aircraft crashes, one of which has a graphic scene of a dead body in Verdun, France. The...
Dates: 1917-1918

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Air shows 2
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Language
English 46
French 2
Burmese 1
Chinese 1
 
Names
United States. Navy 9
United States. Army. Air Corps 8
Boeing 7
United States. Air Force 7
Barr, Julius A., 1905-1939 4
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Chiang, Kai-shek, 1887-1975 4
King County International Airport 4
Barr, Effie Hortense, 1904-1985 3
Barr, Gene Edward, 1933- 3
Barr, JoAnn, 1930- 3
Beall, Wellwood Edmeston, 1906-1978 3
Boeing Company 3
Boeing School of Aeronautics (Oakland, Calif.) 3
Lindbergh, Charles A. (Charles Augustus), 1902-1974 3
Pan American World Airways, Inc 3
Post, Wiley, 1898-1935 3
United States. Army. Air Service 3
Air Line Pilots Association 2
Allen, Edmund Turney, 1896-1943 2
American Airlines 2
Canada. Royal Canadian Air Force 2
Chennault, Claire Lee, 1893-1958 2
China. Kong jun. American Volunteer Group 2
Curtiss, Glenn Hammond, 1878-1930 2
Dallas Love Field 2
Douglas World Cruiser (DWC) "New Orleans" (#4) 2
Fornasero, John B., 1904-1967 2
Great Britain. Royal Flying Corps 2
Guynemer, Georges, 1894-1917 2
Hawks, Frank, 1897-1938 2
Hughes, Howard, 1905-1976 2
Langley Field (Va.) 2
Law, Ruth, 1887-1970 2
Lockheed 2
Munter, Herbert, 1894-1970 2
North American Aviation 2
Rogers, Will, 1879-1935 2
Ryan NYP "Spirit of St Louis" 2
Trans World Airlines 2
United States. Army Air Forces. Air Force, 8th 2
United States. Army Air Forces. Bomb Group, 490th 2
United States. Army. American Expeditionary Forces 2
United States. Army. European Theater of Operations 2
United States. Marine Corps 2
Wells, Edward C., 1910-1986 2
Zhang, Xueliang, 1901-2001 2
Acosta, Bertrand "Bert" Blanchard 1
Aerial Experiment Association 1
Aero Industries Corporation 1
Aiken, Joe, 1900-1969 (filmmaker) 1
Airservices Company Ltd. 1
Akron (Airship) 1
Alaska Airlines 1
Alaska-Washington Airways 1
Allen, William M., 1900-1985 1
Allied Engineering Corporation 1
Allied International Company 1
Althaus, J. K. von 1
American Eagle Aircraft Corp. 1
American Fighter Aces Association 1
American Railway Express Agency 1
Anderson, Elsie 1
Antietam (Aircraft carrier) 1
Argentina. Armada 1
Arlington National Cemetery (Arlington, Va.) 1
Auton, Jesse D. 1
Balchen, Bernt, 1899-1973 1
Barling 1
Beachey, Lincoln J., 1887-1915 1
Bellanca 1
Bellevue Airfield (Wash.) 1
Bennett, Floyd 1
Blaine, Charles E., 1916-1943 1
Blum, Alan L., 1907-1994 1
Blum, Elizabeth 1
Blum, John R., 1905-1931 1
Blume, August G. 1
Boeing Company. Wichita Division 1
Boeing, William Edward, 1881-1956 1
Bogart, Humphrey, 1899-1957 1
Bohrer, Walt 1
Bong, Richard Ira, 1920-1945 1
Bossuet, Charles A. 1
Bow, James 1
Bowman, Marti 1
Braaten, Andrew B. 1
Brackin, Harl V. 1
Brazil. Fôrça Aérea Brasileira 1
Brell, Carl D. 1
Brewer, James Olin, 1917-1996 1
Brewer, Randell J., 1946-2018 1
Bristol Aeronautics Corporation 1
Brock, William S. 1
Brookins, Walter, 1889-1953 1
Bryn Mawr Air Service 1
Burlingame, Donald E., 1919-2007 1
Burnelli, Vincent J. 1
Buroker, Herb, 1895-1973 1
Byrd Antarctic Expedition (1st : 1928-1930) 1
Caniff, Milton, 1907-1988 1
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