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Ralph A. Newcomb Early California Aviation Photograph Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2023-08-30
Overview

Ralph A. Newcomb worked as an aviator and mechanic in the early 1900s, during the pioneering days of aviation in California. The collection dates from 1910 to 2006 and is predominantly comprised of photographic materials and a small number of textual documents collected by Newcomb during his time in the field of aviation.

Dates: 1910-1919, 2005-2006; Majority of material found within 1911-1919

Opray Family Military Aviation Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 1999-09-25
Abstract Joseph E. Opray (1919-1992) was born in Oregon and served in World War II with the United States Army 635th Tank Battalion. The collection contains primarily World War II era materials including a scrapbook, several issues of the Stars and Stripes newspaper and assorted ephemera, including a poem, "A Hitch in Hell" by Joe Opray. There are also issues of the 1919 newsletterThe Dirigible from the...
Dates: 1919-1945

Sidney Van Wyck Peters Scrapbook

 Collection
Identifier: 2011-02-10
Abstract

Sidney Van Wyck Peters of Seattle, Washington served with the U.S. Army Air Service, 24th Aero Squadron during World War I. The collection contains a scrapbook album containing photographs and paper ephemera related to his service overseas.

Dates: circa 1917-1918

Seymour Rutberg World War II Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2022-06-16
Abstract

Seymour Rutberg (1919-2009) was a Jewish American World War II pilot. The collection documents Seymour Rutberg's World War II service as a pilot as well as his post-war service and veteran activities. A smaller amount of material is personal in nature. Most items are dated 1941-1952 and types of material include military records, flying logs, clippings, correspondence, reports and photographs.

Dates: 1929-2009; Majority of material found within 1941-1952

John Hess Shuman Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2015-02-03
Abstract

The collection contains the World War I diary of John Hess Shuman (1896-1972), who served as a member of the ground crew for the U.S. Army Air Service.

Dates: circa 1917-1919

Herman J. Sommerhauser World War I Photograph Album

 Collection
Identifier: 1989-12-12
Abstract

The collection contains a photograph album from the World War I career of Herman J. Sommerhauser (1895-1949), who may have served with the U.S. Army Air Service, 650th Aero Squadron in France.

Dates: 1918-1919

Walter B. Soroe World War II Collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2024-05-29
Contents of the Collection The Walter B. Soroe World War II Collection contains materials primarily related to Soroe's World War II service as a Boeing B-17 co-pilot with the 388th Bomb Group, 562nd Bomb Squadron, 8th Air Force from 1943-1945. There is also a small amount of materials related to his Korean War service, 1951-1953. The collection is mostly comprised of textual materials, the bulk of which are 1943-1945 military documents, including special and general orders, medical evaluations and reports,...
Dates: 1942-1956, 2012

Edward I. Sproull Photograph Album

 Collection
Identifier: 2011-03-07
Abstract

The collection contains a World War I era scrapbook photograph album assembled by Edward I. Sproull (1897-1956) while in training at Ohio State University and subsequently serving as a pilot with the A.E.F. and the American Squadron of the French Military Air Force in France.

Dates: circa 1915-1919

Frederick Staples World War I Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2015-07-06
Abstract

Frederick Staples (1893-1958) was born in Leighwood, Devon County, England. Staples served with the United States (U.S.) Army American Expeditionary Forces (AEF), 34th Aero Squadron, in France during World War I. The collection is comprised of a photograph album and a small amount of textual materials collected by Staples during his 1917-1919 service.

Dates: 1917-1919

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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Nieuport 28 C1 6
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Royal Aircraft Factory S.E.5 4
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Great Britain 3
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Le Mans (France) 3
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Hannover CL.III 2
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Hunaudières Racecourse (Le Mans, France) 2
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Korea 2
LePère 11 (C-11, C II) 2
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Royal Aircraft Factory F.E.2b 2
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SPAD VII (S.7) 2
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United States. Army. American Expeditionary Forces 13
United States. Army Air Forces 6
Rickenbacker, Eddie, 1890-1973 4
United States. Army. Air Service 4
Wright, Orville, 1871-1948 4
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Wright, Wilbur, 1867-1912 4
Great Britain. Royal Air Force 3
Langley Field (Va.) 3
Pershing, John J. (John Joseph), 1860-1948 3
United States. Army. Air Service. Aero Squadron, 94th 3
United States. Army. Air Service. Aero Squadron, 95th 3
United States. Army. American Expeditionary Forces. Services of Supply 3
United States. Navy 3
Wright Company 3
American Fighter Aces Association 2
Comstock, Harold E. 2
Conger, Paul A. 2
France. Armée de l'air 2
Gorin, Manuel 2
Great Britain. Women's Auxiliary Air Force 2
Kelly Field (Tex.) 2
Keystone View Company 2
Lindbergh, Charles A. (Charles Augustus), 1902-1974 2
Luke, Frank, 1897-1918 2
United States. Air Force 2
United States. Army. Air Service. Aero Squadron, 12th 2
Wright Brothers 2
Zemke, Hub, 1914- 2
Adams, Bruce A. 1
Adams, George E., Sr., 1899-1963 1
Adams, George Earl, Jr., 1923-1996 1
Alfonso, King of Spain, XIII, 1886-1941 1
Alison, John R. (John Richardson), 1912-2011 1
American Airlines 1
American Red Cross 1
Anderson, William Y. 1
Archibald, Norman S., 1894-1975 1
Army Air Forces School of Applied Tactics (Orlando, Fla.) 1
Augarten, Rudolph 1
Auton, Jesse D. 1
Aviation Instruction Center, 2nd (France) 1
Baird, Robert 1
Baker, Newton Diehl, 1871-1937 1
Balch, Donald L. 1
Barber, Rex T., 1917- 1
Bechtel, Paul S. 1
Beebe, Marshall Ulrich 1
Blackburn, William Henry Joseph, 1895-1965 1
Blair, William Knox 1
Bollée, Léon, 1870-1913 1
Bossi, Joseph A., Sr. 1
Braaten, Andrew B. 1
Breguet 1
British Airways 1
Brookins, Walter, 1889-1953 1
Bryan, Donald S. 1
Buck, George T. 1
Butler, Herman, 1899-1924 1
Callaway, Raymond L. 1
Campbell, Douglas, 1896-1990 1
Canada. Canadian Army. Canadian Expeditionary Force 1
Carl, Marion E., 1915- 1
Chambers, Reed M., 1895-1972 1
Champion, Henry K. 1
Chandler, George T. 1
Chenoweth, Oscar I. 1
Chick, Louis William, Jr. 1
Christianson, Dean E., 1920-1966 1
Clarke, Walter E. 1
Clemenceau, Georges, 1841-1929 1
Coats, Robert Charles, 1918-2011 1
Collinsworth, Jerry D. 1
Conger, Jack E. 1
Coolidge, Hamilton, 1895-1918 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
D'Annunzio, Gabriele, 1863-1938 1
Daniel, William A. "Bill", 1913-1998 1
Davis, Leonard K. 1
Daymond, Gregory A. 1
DeHaven, Robert M., 1922-2008 1
DeLong, Phillip C. 1
Denman, Anthony J. 1
Derby, Ethel Roosevelt 1
Donaldson, E. M. (Edward Mortlock), 1912-1992 1
Donalson, I. B. Jack 1
Doolittle, James Harold, 1896-1993 1
Drake, Charles W. 1
Draper, Eben Sumner, Jr. (1893-1959) 1
Draper, Hazel Archibald, 1891-1973 1
Drury, Paul E. 1
Duncan, George C., 1917-1995 1
Dungan, Fred L. 1
Edmonds-South Snohomish County Historical Society 1
Espy, John E. 1
Everton, Loren D. 1
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