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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

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

Edward M. Young Military Aircraft Slides

 Collection
Identifier: 2024-12-05
Contents of the Collection The Edward M. Young Military Aircraft Slides holds approximately 1,642 color slides that depict primarily U.S. and Asian military aircraft and some commercial aircraft. The shots were taken by Edward M. Young from 1974 to 1984 while he was living and working in Asia. The collection has been arranged alphabetically by subject. The bulk of the slides depict United States and Asian military aircraft, often on stationary display at military air bases or aviation museums in various...
Dates: 1974-1984

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photographic prints 24
China 20
World War, 1939-1945 17
printed ephemera 16
clippings (information artifacts) 15
correspondence 14
Aircraft accidents 9
Hong Kong (China) 9
Shanghai (China) 9
negatives (photographs) 9
Japan 8
military records 8
photocopies 8
Air pilots, Military 7
Burma 7
Air pilots 6
Airplanes, Military 6
World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Pacific Area 6
certificates 6
maps (documents) 6
photograph albums 6
postcards 6
scrapbooks 6
Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress Family 5
California 5
Fighter pilots 5
Hawaii 5
Tokyo (Japan) 5
aerial photographs 5
compact discs 5
logs (records) 5
16mm (photographic film size) 4
Aces (Fighter pilots) 4
Burma Road (China and Burma) 4
Hankou (Wuhan, China) 4
Korean War, 1950-1953 4
Manila (Philippines) 4
Nanjing (Jiangsu Sheng, China) 4
Okinawa Island (Japan) 4
Ships 4
Sino-Japanese Conflict, 1931-1933 4
booklets 4
business cards 4
orders (military records) 4
Airlines 3
Airplanes -- Design and construction 3
Boeing B-29 Superfortress Family (Model 345) 3
Boeing Model 247D 3
Bombing, Aerial 3
Buildings -- War damage 3
Curtiss C-46 Commando Family 3
Douglas B-18 Family 3
Douglas C-47 Skytrain Family 3
Douglas DC-3 Family 3
England 3
Hangzhou (China) 3
India 3
Junks 3
Korea 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
audiocassettes 3
identity cards 3
lithographs 3
manuscripts (documents) 3
slides (photographs) 3
8mm (photographic film size) 2
Air shows 2
Aircraft carriers 2
Airplanes -- Cockpits 2
Airports 2
Airships 2
Anchorage (Alaska) 2
Australia 2
Autogiros 2
Boeing B-17F Flying Fortress 2
Boeing Model 247 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
Curtiss P-40 Warhawk Family 2
Douglas C-54 Skymaster 2
Douglas DC-2 Family 2
Douglas DC-4 Experimental (DC-4E) 2
Douglas DC-4 Family 2
Douglas DC-8 Family 2
Douglas Dolphin Family 2
Flight attendants 2
Germany 2
Grumman F6F Hellcat Family 2
Guam 2
Guling (China) 2
Names
United States. Air Force 10
United States. Navy 9
Chiang, Kai-shek, 1887-1975 6
Chennault, Claire Lee, 1893-1958 5
United States. Army Air Forces 5
China. Kong jun. American Volunteer Group 4
Barr, Effie Hortense, 1904-1985 3
Barr, Gene Edward, 1933- 3
Barr, JoAnn, 1930- 3
Barr, Julius A., 1905-1939 3
Boeing 3
United States. Army. Air Corps 3
United States. Army. Forces in China-Burma-India Theater 3
Alison, John R. (John Richardson), 1912-2011 2
American Fighter Aces Association 2
Beall, Wellwood Edmeston, 1906-1978 2
Canada. Royal Canadian Air Force 2
Chiang, May-ling Soong, 1897-2003 2
China National Aviation Corporation 2
Comstock, Harold E. 2
Conger, Paul A. 2
Hill, David Lee, 1915-2007 2
Kitty Hawk (Aircraft carrier) 2
Neale, Robert H., 1914-1994 2
North American 2
Pan American World Airways, Inc. 2
Rector, Edward F. 2
Republic of China Air Force 2
Rossi, John Richard 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
Air France 1
Airservices Company Ltd. 1
Alaska Airlines 1
Alitalia (Airline) 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
Boyington, Gregory, 1912-1988 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
Bō̜risat Kānbin Thai 1
Callaway, Raymond L. 1
Carl, Marion E., 1915- 1
Carroll, John D. 1
Cathay Pacific Airways 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
Christman, Allen Bert, 1915–1942 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
Decai, Han, 1933-2024 1

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