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American Fighter Aces Association Oral Interviews

 Collection
Identifier: 2002-02-13-1139
Abstract

Collection of approximately one hundred twenty (120) oral histories of Fighter Aces and several non-aces, including relatives of aces, other military pilots, and military historians.

Dates: circa 1960s-1990s

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

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)

Paul J. Madden World War II Photograph Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2023-08-10-A
Contents of the Collection The Paul J. Madden World War II Photograph Collection contains primarily visual materials and a small number of textual documents created or acquired by Madden during his time as a Navy photographer while aboard the USS Essex during World War II. The materials date from the 1930s to 1995, but the bulk of the collection consists of photographs taken by Madden while stationed in the Pacific Theater from 1943-1945. The original organization of materials was...
Dates: 1930s-1950s, 1995; Majority of material found within 1943-1945

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

William Orthman World War II Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 1991-07-17-A
Abstract

William Orthman (1911-1990) was drafted into the United States Army in 1942. He served in the China-Burma-India Theater as Public Relations Officer. The collection is comprised of 340 photographs and a small amount of textual materials from his 1945-1946 service.

Dates: 1945-1946

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

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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World War, 1939-1945 7
clippings (information artifacts) 7
photographic prints 7
printed ephemera 6
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China 5
Shanghai (China) 5
military records 5
California 4
Japan 4
World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Pacific Area 4
correspondence 4
Airplanes, Military 3
Fighter pilots 3
Hawaii 3
Hong Kong (China) 3
Okinawa Island (Japan) 3
negatives (photographs) 3
8mm (photographic film size) 2
Aces (Fighter pilots) 2
Aircraft accidents 2
Boeing B-17F Flying Fortress 2
Consolidated B-24 Liberator Family 2
Curtiss C-46 Commando Family 2
Douglas B-18 Family 2
Douglas C-54 Skymaster 2
Douglas DC-2 Family 2
Douglas DC-3 Family 2
Douglas DC-4 Experimental (DC-4E) 2
Douglas Dolphin Family 2
England 2
Korean War, 1950-1953 2
Los Angeles (Calif.) 2
Northrop A-17 (8A) Nomad 2
Philippines 2
Prisoners of war 2
V-J Day, 1945 2
War photographers 2
Women in aeronautics 2
airline maps 2
audiocassettes 2
certificates 2
compact discs 2
logs (records) 2
photocopies 2
photograph albums 2
short snorter 2
16mm (photographic film size) 1
Aero Spacelines Super Guppy 1
Aeronautics, Commercial 1
Africa, North 1
Aichi B7A Ryusei (Shooting Star) Grace (Navy Exp. 16-Shi Carrier Attack Bomber) 1
Air pilots 1
Air shows 1
Aircraft cabins 1
Aircraft carriers 1
Airdrop 1
Airlines 1
Airplane engines 1
Airplane occupants 1
Airplane racing 1
Airplanes -- Cockpits 1
Airplanes -- Design and construction 1
Airplanes -- Flight testing 1
Airplanes -- Formation flying 1
Airports 1
Airships 1
Alaska 1
Australia 1
Aviation ground crews 1
Azores 1
Back Bay (Boston, Mass.) 1
Bangkok (Thailand) 1
Barnstorming 1
Battleships 1
Beech 17R Staggerwing 1
Boats and boating 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 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
Buildings -- War damage 1
Burma 1
Bush flying 1
Bush pilots 1
Calcutta (India) 1
Casablanca (Morocco) 1
Cemeteries 1
Commuter aircraft 1
Consolidated PBY Catalina Family 1
Consolidated PBY-5 Catalina 1
Curtiss P-36 Hawk Family 1
Curtiss SB2C Helldiver Family 1
Denali, Mount (Alaska) 1
Destroyers (Warships) 1
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Chinese 1
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Names
United States. Air Force 5
United States. Army Air Forces 3
Chennault, Claire Lee, 1893-1958 2
Chiang, Kai-shek, 1887-1975 2
North American 2
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United States. Army. Air Corps 2
United States. Marine Corps 2
Aero Industries Corporation 1
Airservices Company Ltd. 1
Alison, John R. (John Richardson), 1912-2011 1
Allied Engineering Corporation 1
Allied International Company 1
American Fighter Aces Association 1
Anderson, William Y. 1
Augarten, Rudolph 1
Baird, Robert 1
Balch, Donald L. 1
Barber, Rex T., 1917- 1
Bechtel, Paul S. 1
Beebe, Marshall Ulrich 1
Blair, William Knox 1
Boeing 1
Bristol Aeronautics Corporation 1
Bryan, Donald S. 1
Buck, George T. 1
Byrd, Richard Evelyn, 1888-1957 1
Callaway, Raymond L. 1
Carl, Marion E., 1915- 1
Champion, Henry K. 1
Chandler, George T. 1
Chenoweth, Oscar I. 1
Chiang, May-ling Soong, 1897-2003 1
Chick, Louis William, Jr. 1
China Airmotive Company Fed. Inc. 1
China National Aviation Corporation 1
Clarke, Walter E. 1
Coats, Robert Charles, 1918-2011 1
Collinsworth, Jerry D. 1
Comstock, Harold E. 1
Conger, Jack E. 1
Conger, Paul A. 1
Consolidated Aircraft Corp 1
Consolidated Trading Company, Limited 1
Cormier, Richard L. 1
Crim, Harry C. 1
Crosby, John T. 1
Cunningham, Daniel G. 1
Cupp, James N., 1921-2004 1
Curdes, Louis E. 1
Daniel, William A. "Bill", 1913-1998 1
Davis, David R., -1972 1
Davis, Leonard K. 1
Daymond, Gregory A. 1
DeHaven, Robert M., 1922-2008 1
DeLong, Phillip C. 1
Denman, Anthony J. 1
Donaldson, E. M. (Edward Mortlock), 1912-1992 1
Donalson, I. B. Jack 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
Drake, Charles W. 1
Drury, Paul E. 1
Duncan, George C., 1917-1995 1
Dungan, Fred L. 1
Earhart, Amelia, 1897-1937 1
Essex (Aircraft carrier) 1
Eurasia Aviation Corporation 1
Everton, Loren D. 1
Farrell, William 1
Fiji Airways 1
Fontana, Paul J. 1
Foss, Joseph J. 1
Franger, Marvin J. 1
Freeman, William B. 1
French, James B. 1
Gailer, Frank L. 1
Garrison, Vermont 1
General Airplanes Corporation 1
Graf Zeppelin (Airship) 1
Great Britain. Royal Air Force 1
Great Britain. Royal Flying Corps 1
Griffin, James D. 1
Haberman, Roger A. 1
Hadden, Mayo A., Jr. 1
Hammel, Eric M. 1
Hanks, Eugene R. 1
Harris, Thomas S. 1
Hasek, Ivan S. 1
Hawks, Frank, 1897-1938 1
Hayes, Thomas L., Jr. 1
Heller, Edwin L. 1
Hill, David Lee, 1915-2007 1
Hill, Frank A. 1
Hinneman, Earl 1
Holmes, Besby F. 1
Howard, Benjamin Odell 1
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