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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
Collection
Identifier: 2019-00-00-102
Contents of the Collection
The Margaret E. (Wolfe) Berry Collection largely documents Margaret Berry's volunteer work with three aircraft restoration projects during the 1980s-1990s with visual and textual components. A small amount of material is personal in nature. The collection is arranged into two series: Aircraft Restoration materials and Personal materials.Series I: Aircraft Restoration materials makes up the bulk of the collection and has been further divided into three...
Dates:
1942, 1985-2006; Majority of material found within 1985-2006
Collection
Identifier: 2019-00-00-131
Abstract
The Boeing Company Posters Collection is an artificial collection comprised of visual materials produced by The Boeing Company that showcase its aircraft, corporate history, facilities, and other subjects related to the company, ranging from approximately 1930s-2010s.
Dates:
circa 1930s to 2010s
Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: 2019-03-20
Overview
The Clayton D. Bowyer B-29 bomb door installation notebook is a small spiral notebook with handwritten notes regarding the installation of bomb doors on B-29s during World War II.
Dates:
circa 1939-1945
Collection
Identifier: 1984-08-30-B
Abstract
Abraham Lincoln Brearcliffe, Jr. (1899-1984) was born in Washington state and worked for Boeing from 1930-1945. The collection features photographs, clippings and newsletters, foreman's materials, labor union membership books, and assorted ephemera from Brearcliffe's time at Boeing, most of which are almost exclusively from the war years (1941-1945).
Dates:
1921-1945, 1967-1970 ; Majority of material found within 1941-1945
Collection
Identifier: 2015-11-19
Abstract
Lt. Col. John R. Buschmann compiled this information about the Boeing B-29 Superfortress, known as "T-Square 54," through personal research and interviews with former crew members. In 2015 these materials, including a short history of the plane written by Lt. Col. Buschmann, were donated to the Museum of Flight in an effort to keep the physical plane and its history housed in one location.
Dates:
1944-1991
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2000-09-14
Contents of the Collection
The collection relates to the World War II experience of 1st Lieutenant John D. Carroll, who served as a flight navigator and bombadier. It includes aeronautical charts for Hong Kong and Hungtze, China and Osaka and Choshi, Japan as well as a small amount of newspaper clippings related to World War II. Also present are photographs depicting military operations, such as reconnaissance and aerial bombardment, and aircraft, predominantly the B-29. The B-29 is featured in formation flight,...
Dates:
circa 1940s
Collection
Identifier: 2017-10-26
Abstract
The William Hough “Bill” Cook, Jr. Papers are comprised of documents, photographs, newspaper clippings, and memorabilia pertaining to the life and work of Bill Cook, Jr. A significant portion of this collection is made up of correspondence, both personal and professional. Major topics include the Boeing high speed wind tunnel, the B-29, B-47, and B-17 bombers, the development of the YC-14 short takeoff and landing (STOL) aircraft, and research on supersonic transport.
Dates:
1925-2012; Majority of material found within 1938-1974
Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: 2009-08-13-A
Contents of the Collection
The Thomas Cooper World War II Photograph Collection is comprised of 42 photographs mostly taken by Paul A. Payne, with whom Thomas Cooper served in United States Marine Corps in the Pacific theater of World War II. The photographs were taken on Saipan and Tinian in the Mariana Islands between 1944 and 1945. They feature several American aircraft, such as a Northrop P-61, a Douglas C-47, a Consolidated B-24 Liberator, and several Boeing B-29s. Many of the B-29 photographs were taken on...
Dates:
Circa 1943-1946
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2010-01-20
Contents of the Collection
The Floyd R. Daniel Boeing Collection is comprised of materials relating to Daniel’s 26-year career as photographer and videographer at the Boeing Company. The collection primarily consists of photographic materials and assorted documents relating to Daniel’s career, as well as seven films, all ranging from the late 1920s to early 1960s.The photographs, which are comprised of 95 black-and-white prints, nine color prints, 22 negatives, and three transparencies, consist of official...
Dates:
1920s-1960s
