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Richard Peterson Pan American World Airways Collection

 Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: 1984-10-11-B
Contents of the Collection

This small collection contains a Pan American Airways flight packet souvenir given to passengers traveling to the South Pacific, circa 1956. Contents of packet include a drink menu, brochures with information for traveling in Manila, Guam, Wake Island, and Hong Kong, as well as postcards of fishermen in Guam and aerial views of Wake Island.

Dates: Circa 1956

Robert Short Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 1991-01-07
Abstract

Robert McCawley Short (1904-1932) was born in Steilacoom, Washington and worked in China as chief instructor at China's School for Military Air Tactics from 1931-1932. The collection contains licenses, financial documents, correspondence, photographs, ephemera, biographical materials, and clippings related to Short's brief time in China. Additionally, the collection has photographs, ephemera, and correspondence related to the identification and preservation of his memorial.

Dates: 1932-1987

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

Walt Sobol Photographs and Negatives

 Collection
Identifier: 2018-10-02
Content Description The Walt Sobol Photographs and Negatives is a collection comprised of 2,169 black-and-white photographic prints and 1,193 photographic negatives taken by Sobol during his career in aircraft manufacturing in China, Burma, India and the U.S. from the late 1920s through 1950s. The photographs are a mix of personal images, scenes of daily life in the various places he traveled, and documentation of the aircraft manufacturing industry in Missouri, China and India.The photographs are...
Dates: 1926-1959

James C. Stewart Fighter Ace Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2002-02-13-1098
Abstract

Lt. Col. James C. Stewart (1919-2004) was born in Corona, California. He joined the Army Air Force, graduated from flying school in August 1940, and was assigned to the 56th Fighter Group which was stationed in England during World War II. The collection primarily covers Lt. Col. Stewart's 1943-1966 military service with military records, personal documents, photographs, clippings, assorted ephemera, and films.

Dates: 1919-1989; Majority of material found within 1940-1960

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photographic prints 23
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Hong Kong (China) 8
Japan 8
military records 8
negatives (photographs) 8
Air pilots, Military 7
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photocopies 7
Air pilots 6
World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Pacific Area 6
certificates 6
photograph albums 6
postcards 6
scrapbooks 6
Airplanes, Military 5
California 5
Fighter pilots 5
Hawaii 5
aerial photographs 5
logs (records) 5
maps (documents) 5
16mm (photographic film size) 4
Aces (Fighter pilots) 4
Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress Family 4
Hankou (Wuhan, China) 4
Nanjing (Jiangsu Sheng, China) 4
Okinawa Island (Japan) 4
Ships 4
Sino-Japanese Conflict, 1931-1933 4
Tokyo (Japan) 4
booklets 4
business cards 4
compact discs 4
orders (military records) 4
Airplanes -- Design and construction 3
Boeing B-29 Superfortress Family (Model 345) 3
Boeing Model 247D 3
Bombing, Aerial 3
Buildings -- War damage 3
Burma Road (China and Burma) 3
Curtiss C-46 Commando Family 3
Douglas B-18 Family 3
Douglas C-47 Skytrain Family 3
England 3
Hangzhou (China) 3
India 3
Junks 3
Korea 3
Korean War, 1950-1953 3
Manila (Philippines) 3
Philippines 3
Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1945 3
Soldiers 3
V-J Day, 1945 3
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 3
Wuchang Qu (Wuhan Shi, China) 3
Yangtze River (China) 3
identity cards 3
manuscripts (documents) 3
8mm (photographic film size) 2
Air shows 2
Aircraft carriers 2
Airlines 2
Airplanes -- Cockpits 2
Airports 2
Airships 2
Australia 2
Autogiros 2
Boeing B-17F Flying Fortress 2
Boeing Model 307 Stratoliner Family 2
Brooks Air Force Base (Tex.) 2
Chengdu (China) 2
Consolidated B-24 Liberator Family 2
Consolidated PBY Catalina Family 2
Curtiss P-36 Hawk 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 DC-4 Family 2
Douglas Dolphin Family 2
Flight attendants 2
Germany 2
Guam 2
Guling (China) 2
Junkers Ju 52/3m (Three Engine) Family 2
Kunming Shi (China) 2
Lanzhou Shi (China) 2
Laos 2
Los Angeles (Calif.) 2
Martin (Glenn L.) B-26 Marauder Family 2
Military cadets 2
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United States. Air Force 9
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Chiang, Kai-shek, 1887-1975 6
United States. Army Air Forces 5
Chennault, Claire Lee, 1893-1958 4
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Barr, Effie Hortense, 1904-1985 3
Barr, Gene Edward, 1933- 3
Barr, JoAnn, 1930- 3
Barr, Julius A., 1905-1939 3
Boeing 3
China. Kong jun. American Volunteer Group 3
United States. Army. Air Corps 3
United States. Army. Forces in China-Burma-India Theater 3
American Fighter Aces Association 2
Beall, Wellwood Edmeston, 1906-1978 2
Chiang, May-ling Soong, 1897-2003 2
Comstock, Harold E. 2
Conger, Paul A. 2
Neale, Robert H., 1914-1994 2
North American 2
Pan American World Airways, Inc 2
Republic of China Air Force 2
Spaatz, Carl, 1891-1974 2
United States. Air Force. Air Force, 14th 2
United States. Marine Corps 2
Zemke, Hub, 1914- 2
Zhang, Xueliang, 1901-2001 2
14th Air Force Association (U.S.). Flying Tigers 1
Adair, Claude Bryant, 1909-1992 1
Aero Industries Corporation 1
Airservices Company Ltd. 1
Alaska Airlines 1
Alison, John R. (John Richardson), 1912-2011 1
Allied Engineering Corporation 1
Allied International Company 1
American Eagle Aircraft Corp. 1
Anderson, William Y. 1
Augarten, Rudolph 1
Auton, Jesse D. 1
Baird, Robert 1
Balch, Donald L. 1
Barber, Rex T., 1917- 1
Barling 1
Bechtel, Paul S. 1
Beebe, Marshall Ulrich 1
Bellanca 1
Blair, William Knox 1
Bogart, Humphrey, 1899-1957 1
Bong, Richard Ira, 1920-1945 1
Bristol Aeronautics Corporation 1
Browning, Frank D., 1922-2016 1
Bryan, Donald S. 1
Buck, George T. 1
Byrd, Richard Evelyn, 1888-1957 1
Callaway, Raymond L. 1
Canada. Royal Canadian Air Force 1
Carl, Marion E., 1915- 1
Carroll, John D. 1
Central Aircraft Manufacturing Company 1
Champion, Henry K. 1
Chandler, George T. 1
Chenoweth, Oscar I. 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
Cole, Blanche Kathleen (Stensland), 1926-2018 1
Cole, Clarke C., 1925-1971 1
Cole, Frank 1
Collinsworth, Jerry D. 1
Conger, Jack E. 1
Consolidated Aircraft Corp 1
Consolidated Trading Company, Limited 1
Cormier, Richard L. 1
Crim, Harry C. 1
Croft, John S. 1
Crookshanks, Jesse R., 1918-1991 1
Crosby, John T. 1
Cruz, Joe 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
Donald, William Henry, 1875-1946 1
Donaldson, E. M. (Edward Mortlock), 1912-1992 1
Donalson, I. B. Jack 1
Doolittle, James Harold, 1896-1993 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
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