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The Becvar Family Aviation Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 1992-07-24
Abstract

George Becvar (1909-1990) was born in Denver, Colorado and with his brothers Lou (1908-1984) and Chuck (1904-1986) started Kent Flying Service which ran from approximately 1927-1930 in Kent, Washington. The collection consists of the pilot logbook for George Becvar and a scrapbook that primarily covers George Becvar's 1927-1931 flying career.

Dates: 1927-1990

Herman Butler World War I Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 1985-12-27-A
Abstract

Herman Butler, originally of Belleville, Washington, served as a pilot during World War I and after with the U.S.A. School of Aerial Photography at Langley Field. The collection contains materials relating to the Butler's wartime and postwar service.

Dates: circa 1917-1940s; Majority of material found within 1917-1920

Hamilton Coolidge World War I Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2000-10-16-101
Abstract

Hamilton "Ham" Coolidge (1895-1918) was one of many young men from wealthy New England families who enlisted during World War I. The collection contains materials related to Captain Coolidge's service a pilot with the U.S. Army Air Service 94th Aero Squadron. Coolidge achieved Ace status, was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross, and was killed in action.

Dates: circa 1917-1925

Charles W. Drew World War I Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2007-02-17
Abstract

Charles Wallace Drew (1896-1979) served as a pilot with the U.S. Army Air Service during World War I, and later worked as an airport engineer. The collection contains correspondence, photographs, clippings, and other materials relating to Drew's wartime experience.

Dates: 1902-1979; Majority of material found within 1917-1925

Halden H. Emrick Pilot Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 1989-02-16
Abstract

The collection contains materials relating to Halden H. Emrick's personal life and varied aviation career as a pilot's instructor during World War I, chief pilot for Curtiss-Wright and other aircraft companies, and a stunt pilot during the heyday of barnstorming in the 1920s and 1930s.

Dates: circa 1914-1975; Majority of material found within 1920-1949

Harold E. Hartney Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2013-07-03
Abstract Harold E. Hartney (1888-1945) rose through the ranks of the Canadian Army to become the Commander of the U.S. Air Service's 27th Aero Squadron in France during World War I. Credited as an ace and recipient of numerous military awards, after the war Hartney went on to train military pilots, advise on air safety, and serve again in World War II. The collection contains photographs, correspondence, clippings, and paper ephemera relating to Hartney's World War and interwar careers, as well as...
Dates: circa 1914-1980s; Majority of material found within 1914-1945

Norman E. Horn World War I Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2006-03-13
Abstract

The collection contains photographs of Curtiss Jennys at Love Field, Texas flown by Norman E. Horn in his training as a pilot during World War I.

Dates: circa 1917-1919

Colin Hunter Collection of U.S.A. Aerial Photography School Photograph Albums

 Collection
Identifier: 2005-06-08
Abstract

The collection contains visual materials relating primarily to the U.S.A. Aerial Photography School in Rochester, New York during World War I.

Dates: circa 1916-1918

J. V. and Harley Hyde Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 1985-08-15-A
Abstract Jules Verne (J. V.) Hyde (1889-1953) and Harley Hyde (1892-1919) were brothers who served in World War I as flight instructors. The collection contains documents, clippings, and photographs relating to J. V. Hyde's military service during World War I, his post-war work as the first manager of Boeing Field, and later work at Boeing as an inspector. The collection also includes documents, clippings, and photographs about his brother Harley's World War I service and death due to an airplane...
Dates: circa 1910s-1950

Elrey B. Jeppesen Papers

 Collection
Identifier: 1996-11-26
Abstract

The Elrey B. Jeppesen Papers documents the career and personal life of aviator and aerial navigation pioneer Elrey B. Jeppesen. This collection is comprised of textual, visual, and audiovisual materials created and collected by EBJ and his wife and business partner, Nadine Audrey (Liscomb) Jeppesen. The documents date from 1843-1996, with the bulk of the material dating from 1940-1979.

Dates: 1843-1996 ; Majority of material found within 1940-1979

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de Havilland (Airco) D.H.4 8
printed ephemera 7
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SPAD XIII (S.13) 6
logs (records) 6
scrapbooks 6
France 5
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Stunt flying 5
certificates 5
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Flight training 4
Salmson 2 A2 4
World War, 1939-1945 4
manuals (instructional materials) 4
maps (documents) 4
military records 4
Airports 3
Airships 3
Barnstorming 3
Biplanes 3
Fighter pilots 3
Fokker D.VII (V.18) 3
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brochures 3
de Havilland (Airco) D.H.9A 3
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negatives (photographs) 3
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photocopies 3
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Breguet Bre.14 Family 2
European paper money 2
Handley Page O/400 Family 2
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Nieuport 28 C1 2
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advertisements 2
awards 2
catalogs (documents) 2
menus 2
panoramic photographs 2
personnel records 2
poetry 2
postcards 2
telegrams 2
16mm (photographic film size) 1
Aerial Experiment Association Aerodrome No 1 Red Wing 1
Aerial Experiment Association Aerodrome No 2 White Wing 1
Aerial Experiment Association Aerodrome No 3 Loon 1
Aerial Experiment Association Aerodrome No 4 Silver Dart 1
Aerial Experiment Association Cygnet II 1
Aerial reconnaissance 1
Aeronautics -- Antarctica. 1
Aeronautics -- Safety measures 1
Aeronca 15AC Sedan 1
Aeronca L-3 (O-58) Family 1
Aids to air navigation 1
Air mail pioneers 1
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Air pilots--Licenses 1
Airlines 1
Airplane racing 1
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Airplanes -- Design and construction 1
Airplanes -- Flight testing 1
Airports -- Design and construction 1
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Albatros C.III (L10) 1
Albatros D.V (L24) 1
Armstrong Whitworth F.K.8 1
Arrowing A-2 Chummy 1
Atlanta (Ga.) 1
Attack planes 1
Aviation mechanics (Persons) 1
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United States. Army. American Expeditionary Forces 7
United States. Army. Air Service 4
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Hartney, Harold Evans, 1888-1945 2
King County International Airport 2
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Langley Field (Va.) 2
Lindbergh, Charles A. (Charles Augustus), 1902-1974 2
OX-5 Aviation Pioneers (Organization) 2
Ox-5 Club of America 2
Quiet Birdmen 2
Rankin School of Flying 2
Rankin, John Gilbert "Tex", 1894-1947 2
Rickenbacker, Eddie, 1890-1973 2
Turner, Roscoe, 1895-1970 2
United States. Air Force 2
United States. Army Air Corps. U.S.A. School of Aerial Photography 2
United States. Army Air Forces 2
United States. Army. Air Corps 2
United States. Army. Air Service. Aero Squadron, 94th 2
United States. Navy 2
Acosta, Bertrand "Bert" Blanchard 1
Aerial Experiment Association 1
Althaus, J. K. von 1
American Railway Express Agency 1
American Red Cross 1
Arlington National Cemetery (Arlington, Va.) 1
Baker, Newton Diehl, 1871-1937 1
Balchen, Bernt, 1899-1973 1
Beachey, Lincoln J., 1887-1915 1
Becvar, Chuck, Jr., 1904-1986 1
Becvar, George, 1906-1990 1
Becvar, Lou, 1908-1984 1
Becvar, Robert 1
Bellevue Airfield (Wash.) 1
Bennett, Floyd 1
Boeing 1
Boeing Air Transport 1
Boeing Company 1
Bohrer, Walt 1
Bow, James 1
Brock, William S. 1
Burnelli, Vincent J. 1
Butler Aircraft Company 1
Butler National Corporation 1
Butler, Herman, 1899-1924 1
Byrd Antarctic Expedition (1st : 1928-1930) 1
Campbell, Douglas, 1896-1990 1
Canada. Canadian Army. Canadian Expeditionary Force 1
Chambers, Reed M., 1895-1972 1
China. Kong jun. American Volunteer Group 1
Cleveland, Carl M., 1903- 1
Coolidge, Hamilton, 1895-1918 1
Cooper, Helen 1
Couden, Elliott N. (1911-2004) 1
Curtiss Airfield (Hempstead, N.Y.) 1
Curtiss, Glenn Hammond, 1878-1930 1
Denver International Airport 1
Doherty, William E., 1886-1954 1
Doolittle, James Harold, 1896-1993 1
Douglas World Cruiser (DWC) "Boston" (#3) 1
Douglas World Cruiser (DWC) "Chicago" (#2) 1
Douglas World Cruiser (DWC) "New Orleans" (#4) 1
Drew, Charles Wallace, 1896-1979 1
Dunnam family 1
Dunnam, Nancy (Nordhoff), 1923- 1
Emrick, Halden H. 1
Finch, Arthur 1
Floyd Bennett Field (New York, N.Y.) 1
Ford, Gerald R., 1913-2006 1
Ford, Henry, 1863-1947 1
Frank Ambrose Aviation Company, Inc 1
Fuchs, Alice S., 1917-2012 1
Gates Flying Circus 1
Gates, Ivan R. 1
Geraldson, Lloyd 1
Gladish, David 1
Graf Zeppelin (Aircraft carrier) 1
Great Britain. Royal Air Force 1
Great Britain. Royal Air Force. Ferry Command 1
Great Britain. Royal Flying Corps 1
Guggenheim Safe Aircraft Competition (1927) 1
Hartney, Harold E., Jr. 1
Hawks, Frank, 1897-1938 1
Herndon, Hugh, 1904-1952 1
Hickam, Horace 1
Hoorn, Kenneth 1
Horn, Norman E. 1
Hughes, Howard, 1905-1976 1
Hyde, Harley Clifton 1
Hyde, Jules Verne 1
Jenkins, Ab, 1883-1956 1
Jeppesen, Elrey B. (Elrey Borge), 1907-1996 1
Jeppesen, Nadine A. (Liscomb), 1914-1996 1
Keast, Elizabeth S. 1
Kent Flying Service 1
Kirschbaum, Dick 1
Krantz, Aron F., 1896-1974 1
Lambla, Alfred E. 1
Law, Ruth, 1887-1970 1
LeBoutillier, Oliver C. 1
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