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John and Alan Blum Northwest Aviation Collection
The John and Alan Blum Northwest Aviation Collection consists of visual and textual materials related to the lives and careers of John and Alan Blum. John founded the Northwest Air Service Company and Alan served as President after his brother died in a plane crash in 1931.
Jim McGill Tupolev ANT-25 at Pearson Field Photographs
The Jim McGill ANT-25 at Pearson Field Photographs consist of eight (8) black-and-white prints and eight (8) corresponding negatives documenting the landing of the Soviet Tupolev ANT-25 at Pearson Field in Vancouver, Washington after the first Transpolar Flight in June 1937.
Russian Aviation Collection
The Russian Aviation Collection documents 20th century Soviet and Russian aviators and aviation accomplishments, including the Soviet Transpolar Flight of 1937 as well as the Douglas World Cruisers of 1924, with photographs, clippings, articles, and photographic reproductions of various textual materials.
Russian Transpolar Flight Collection
The Russian Transpolar Flight Collection primarily documents the June 1937 transpolar flight by Russian aviators Valery Chkalov, Georgii Baidukov, and V. Belydakov with photographs, clippings, audio-visual materials, and various textual materials. It also features a small amount of material about the July 1937 transpolar flight by Russian aviators M. Gromov, Sergei Danilin, and Andrei Yumashev, as well as general Russia-related research materials.