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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

Robert H. Neale Flying Tigers Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2008-08-29
Contents of the Collection The Robert H. Neale Flying Tigers Collection primarily relates to Robert H. Neale's 1941-1942 service as an ace fighter pilot with the American Volunteer Group (AVG), also known as the Flying Tigers, in Burma during World War II. The collection is comprised of visual and textual materials, including approximately 470 photographic prints and 61 negatives, military orders and documents, personal documents, and assorted clippings and ephemera. It also includes a significant amount of post-war...
Dates: 1937-2004; Majority of material found within 1941-1943

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

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Hankou (Wuhan, China) 3
Nanjing (Jiangsu Sheng, China) 3
Shanghai (China) 3
photograph albums 3
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Air pilots 2
Airplanes, Military 2
Autogiros 2
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Guling (China) 2
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Junkers Ju 52/3m (Three Engine) Family 2
Lanzhou Shi (China) 2
Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1945 2
World War, 1939-1945 2
Wuchang Qu (Wuhan Shi, China) 2
Yangtze River (China) 2
aerial photographs 2
clippings (information artifacts) 2
correspondence 2
military records 2
negatives (photographs) 2
postcards 2
printed ephemera 2
8mm (photographic film size) 1
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Aeromarine (Martin) NBS-1 1
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Airplane engines 1
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Anqing Shi (China) 1
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Australia 1
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Beech 17R Staggerwing 1
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Beijing (China) 1
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Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress Family 1
Boeing Model 100 1
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Brewster Buffalo I (339E, UK) 1
Bristol Blenheim Family 1
Brooks Air Force Base (Tex.) 1
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Comper C.L.A.7 Swift 1
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Curtiss P-40 Warhawk Family 1
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Fighter pilots 1
Fiji 1
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Flight training 1
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Ford 4-AT - 14-AT Tri-Motor Family 1
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GAC Model 102 Aristocrat 1
Gansu Sheng (China) 1
Great Wall of China (China) 1
Guiyang (Guizhou Sheng, China) 1
Hangars 1
Hangzhou (China) 1
Hawker Hurricane Family 1
Indonesia 1
Jiddah (Saudi Arabia) 1
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Junks 1
Kunming Shi (China) 1
Kunyang (China) 1
Lockheed A-29 Hudson Family 1
Luoyang Shi (China) 1
Mexico 1
Military cadets 1
Military training camps 1
Mohawk Model M-1-C New Pinto 1
Nakajima Ki-43 Hayabusa (Peregrine Falcon) Oscar (Jim) (Type 1 Fighter) Family 1
Nanhui Xian (China) 1
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Language
Chinese 2
Arabic 1
German 1
Spanish; Castilian 1
 
Names
Barr, Effie Hortense, 1904-1985 2
Barr, Gene Edward, 1933- 2
Barr, JoAnn, 1930- 2
Barr, Julius A., 1905-1939 2
Beall, Wellwood Edmeston, 1906-1978 2
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Chennault, Claire Lee, 1893-1958 2
Zhang, Xueliang, 1901-2001 2
Aero Industries Corporation 1
Airservices Company Ltd. 1
Allied Engineering Corporation 1
Allied International Company 1
Boeing 1
Bogart, Humphrey, 1899-1957 1
Bristol Aeronautics Corporation 1
Chiang, May-ling Soong, 1897-2003 1
China Airmotive Company Fed. Inc. 1
China National Aviation Corporation 1
China. Kong jun. American Volunteer Group 1
Cole, Frank 1
Consolidated Aircraft Corp 1
Consolidated Trading Company, Limited 1
Donald, William Henry, 1875-1946 1
Earhart, Amelia, 1897-1937 1
Elder, James C. 1
Eurasia Aviation Corporation 1
Fiji Airways 1
General Airplanes Corporation 1
Great Britain. Royal Flying Corps 1
Guo min ge ming jun 1
Hughes, Howard, 1905-1976 1
Java (Cruiser) 1
Jensen, Al H. 1
Jensen, Irene 1
Jones, Thomas A. 1
Krainukov, George 1
Lee, Don 1
Leonard, Royal 1
Li-tzu, Shao 1
Long, Chuck 1
Ma, Hongbin, 1884-1960 1
Nan-Hu Field (Wuchang, China) 1
Neale, Frances (Cole), 1916-1996 1
Neale, Robert H., 1914-1994 1
Neale, Robert H., Jr., 1943-2006 1
Nehru, Jawaharlal, 1889-1964 1
North American 1
Northampton (Cruiser) 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
Salt Lake City (Light cruiser) 1
Saud, Faisal bin Salman 1
Seversky 1
Sirikit, Queen, consort of Bhumibol Adulyadej, King of Thailand, 1932- 1
Smith, Ted A. 1
Texaco, Inc. 1
United Aircraft Corporation 1
United States. Air Force 1
United States. Army. Air Corps 1
United States. Army. Air Service 1
United States. Navy 1
Waco Aircraft Company 1
Waterhouse, W. J. 1
Yang, Hucheng, 1893-1949 1
Yunnan Airfield (China) 1
Zhou, Xiangxian 1
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