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Army Air Corps Photographs

 Collection
Identifier: 1993-12-02
Abstract

The Army Air Corps Photographs is comprised of fifty-nine black-and-white photographs primarily depicting the 1923 Pulitzer Air Race and Mitchell Trophy Race with ten snapshots featuring the Sacramento Air Depot in 1940.

Dates: 1923, 1940

Clarence A. Borley U.S. Naval Aviation Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2022-07-20
Abstract

Clarence A. Borley (1924-2019) was a U.S. Navy fighter pilot and ace. The collection documents Borley's 36-year military career as a pilot and fighter ace in the U.S. Navy and consists of textual, visual and audiovisual materials and primarily dates from 1942 to 1968, with some later dates and a small amount of personal materials.

Dates: 1942-1999, 2015; Majority of material found within 1942-1968

Emile Chourré and Chourré Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: 2015-06-17
Abstract

The Emile Chourré and Chourré Family Papers is comprised of documents and scrapbooks, photographic prints and photograph albums, and assorted ephemera primarily pertaining to the life and military career of Lieutenant Commander Emile Chourré (1894-1938). Major topics include Chourré's military service, especially while stationed in Coco Solo, Panama; his service as a U.S. Naval announcer for the 1929-1931 and 1933-1934 National Air Races; and family (immediate and extended) photographs.

Dates: 1889-1988; Majority of material found within 1920s-1950s

James D. Griffin Photograph Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2015-08-25
Abstract

James D. Griffin was an engineer for McDonnell Douglas Corporation. The collection contains five hundred and ninety-six (596) photographs, likely collected and notated by Griffin, featuring primarily Douglas Aircraft Company airplanes manufactured during the 1910s-1970s but also, to a lesser extent, other manufacturer models; including Aero Spacelines, Boeing, Consolidated, and Northrop. There is also a small amount of clippings, newsletters, and articles.

Dates: circa 1910s-1970s; Majority of material found within ( dates 1920s-1950s)

Desiree "Jerry" Clifford Michaud and Thelma Irene McGraw Papers

 Collection
Identifier: 2016-11-01
Abstract

Jerry Michaud (1924-1982) Michaud served in the United States Navy during World War II as a Naval pilot in the Pacific Theater. Thelma McGraw (1920-1996) She worked as a stewardess with United Airlines (UAL). The collection contains textual materials, black-and-white photographs, and ephemera associated with their 1942-1952 naval and commercial airline careers, respectively.

Dates: 1938-1980; Majority of material found within 1940s

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

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clippings (information artifacts) 5
Air pilots, Military 4
military records 4
printed ephemera 4
Hawaii 3
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Los Angeles (Calif.) 3
Shanghai (China) 3
World War, 1939-1945 3
aerial photographs 3
certificates 3
correspondence 3
logs (records) 3
Airplane racing 2
Airplanes -- Design and construction 2
Airships 2
Boeing B-17F Flying Fortress 2
China 2
Douglas B-18 Family 2
Douglas DC-2 Family 2
Douglas DC-3 Family 2
Douglas DC-4 Experimental (DC-4E) 2
Douglas DT-5 2
Douglas Dolphin Family 2
Japan 2
Northrop A-17 (8A) Nomad 2
Okinawa Island (Japan) 2
Parachuting 2
San Diego (Calif.) 2
Seaplanes 2
Women in aeronautics 2
World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Pacific Area 2
diplomas 2
drawings (visual works) 2
identity cards 2
negatives (photographs) 2
photocopies 2
scrapbooks 2
short snorter 2
8mm (photographic film size) 1
Aces (Fighter pilots) 1
Aero Spacelines Super Guppy 1
Aeronautics, Commercial 1
Aichi B7A Ryusei (Shooting Star) Grace (Navy Exp. 16-Shi Carrier Attack Bomber) 1
Air pilots 1
Air shows 1
Aircraft accidents 1
Aircraft cabins 1
Airlines 1
Airplane occupants 1
Airplanes -- Cockpits 1
Airplanes -- Flight testing 1
Airplanes -- Formation flying 1
Airplanes, Military 1
Airports 1
Alaska 1
Annapolis (Md.) 1
Australia 1
Aviation ground crews 1
Azores 1
Berliner-Joyce OJ-2 1
Biplanes 1
Boats and boating 1
Boeing (Thomas-Morse) MB-3A 1
Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress Family 1
Boeing B-29 Superfortress 1
Boeing B-29 Superfortress Family (Model 345) 1
Boeing B-47 Stratojet Family (Model 450) 1
Boeing F4B-3 (Model 235) 1
Boeing F4B-4 (Model 235) 1
Boeing Model 247D 1
Boeing Model 377 Stratocruiser Family 1
Boeing XB-15 (Model 294, XBLR-1) 1
Boeing Y1B-17 Flying Fortress (Model 299B, YB-17, B-17) 1
Bowlus (Hawley) XCG-7 1
Bush flying 1
Bush pilots 1
Canal Zone 1
Chagres River (Panama) 1
Chicago (Ill.) 1
Cleveland (Ohio) 1
Coco Solo (Panama) 1
Commuter aircraft 1
Consolidated B-24 Liberator Family 1
Consolidated P2Y Ranger Family 1
Consolidated PBY Catalina Family 1
Consolidated PBY-1 Catalina 1
Consolidated PBY-5 Catalina 1
Cuba 1
Cuna Indians 1
Curtiss 18-T Wasp (Curtiss-Kirkham) 1
Curtiss C-46 Commando Family 1
Curtiss Model H-16 1
Curtiss N-9 1
Curtiss NBS-1 (Martin MB-2) 1
Curtiss P-36 Hawk Family 1
Curtiss R-6 (Model 2A) 1
Curtiss R2C-1 Racer 1
Curtiss R3C-1 Racer 1
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National Championship Air Races 3
United States. Marine Corps 3
Shenandoah (Airship) 2
United States. Air Force 2
United States. Army 2
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Akron (Airship) 1
Arkansas (Battleship) 1
Boeing 1
Chourre (ARV-1) 1
Chourré, Catherine (Davis), 1894-1985 1
Chourré, Ceci 1
Chourré, Clinton Emile, 1963- 1
Chourré, Emile, 1894-1938 1
Chourré, Jack Mausegne, 1930-2014 1
Chourré, Jeanne Louise, 1921-2013 1
Chourré, Karen Jean (Condon) 1
Corkille, John D., 1890-1943 1
Davis, Carrie (Cornell), 1866-1958 1
Davis, David R., -1972 1
Davis, Jefferson Lee, 1862-1939 1
Douglas Aircraft Company 1
Douglas World Cruiser (DWC) "New Orleans" (#4) 1
Douglas, Donald Wills, Sr., 1892-1981 1
Douglas, Donald, Jr. 1
Douglas, William 1
Graf Zeppelin (Airship) 1
Griffin, James D. 1
Hawks, Frank, 1897-1938 1
Hinneman, Earl 1
Howard, Benjamin Odell 1
KLM (Airline) 1
Kittleson, James P. 1
Lindbergh, Charles A. (Charles Augustus), 1902-1974 1
McCook Field (Ohio) 1
McDonnell Douglas Corp 1
Michaud, Desiree "Jerry" Clifford, 1924-1982 1
Michaud, Thelma Irene (McGraw), 1920-1996 1
Naval Postgraduate School (U.S.) 1
North American 1
Northrop 1
Northrop, John Knudsen, 1895-1981 1
Northwest Airlines Corporation 1
Patrick, Mason M. (Mason Mathews), 1863-1942 1
Pearson, Alexander, Jr., 1895-1924 1
Pulitzer Air Race 1
Sacramento Air Logistics Center 1
Sanderson, Lawson (Lawson Harry McPherson), 1895-1979 1
Simons, Robert L., 1905-1973 1
Skeel, Burt E., 1894-1924 1
Springer, Eric 1
Trans World Airlines 1
United Airlines 1
United States. Army Air Forces 1
United States. Army Air Forces. Air Force, 20th 1
United States. Naval Reserve 1
United States. Navy. Fighter Squadron 11 1
United States. Navy. Fighter Squadron, 1st 1
United States. Navy. Fighter Squadron, 3rd 1
United States. Navy. Fighting Squadron 6 1
Western Air Express Corporation 1
Williams, Alford J. 1
Wilmington-Catalina Airlines 1
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