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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

Anne and Dottie Simpson Collection

 Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: 2016-08-24
Content Description This small collection consists of materials related to Dorothy "Dottie" Lewis Simpson's flying career and some commercial airline ephemera. It is unclear if Dottie or her daughter Anne collected the ephemera. Material documenting Dottie Simpson includes her U.S. Army Air Corps wallet with her private pilot's license, medical certificate, and CAA identity card. Her pilot's flight log is also included and primarily covers 1944-1946 but has notations dating as late as 1997. The commercial...
Dates: 1944-1997

Judy Evans Sowell United Airlines Flight Attendant Collection

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 2008-11-19
Contents of the Collection The Judy Evans Sowell United Airlines Flight Attendant Collection is comprised of textual materials collected by Sowell during her 1965-1993 career with United Airlines (UAL) as a flight attendant. The collection includes assorted UAL materials, including airline maps, decals, menus, employee documentation, such as pay stubs and recognition letters; instructional materials for stewardesses (1965); and a June 23, 1990 letter from UAL celebrating Sowell's 25th anniversary with the...
Dates: 1965-1990

Francis States Pan American Airways Collection

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 2012-10-12
Content Description The Francis States Pan American Airways Collection is a collection of visual and textual materials collected by States during his career as Supervisor of Commisary/Food Service for Planes at Pan Am in the mid-to-late twentieth century. The collection includes some employee documents; brochures and maps for Hawaii and Alaska; route maps; brochures for Clipper service; menus, including a series from 1958 with images of Hong Kong, Japan, Scotland, Hawaii, and England, an undated...
Dates: 1951-1994

Patricia Steele-Emerson United Airlines Flight Attendant Collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2008-05-08
Contents of the Collection The Patricia Steele-Emerson United Airlines Flight Attendant Collection is comprised of materials relating to Steele-Emerson's thirty-three year career as a flight attendant with United Airlines (UAL), 1970-2003. The bulk of the collection is textual materials with a small amount of photographs, four videocassettes and one audiocassette. The collection contains assorted UAL documents, including employee records for Steele-Emerson; instructional, informational, and policy booklets,...
Dates: 1969-2003

G. Harry Stine Space History and Model Rocketry Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2013-09-17
Overview

The G. Harry Stine Space History and Model Rocketry Collection encompasses the professional work of G. Harry Stine, the founder of model rocketry in the United States. The collection includes material related to his work in the National Association of Rocketry, drafts of his writings, rocket designs, materials affiliated with model rocketry corporations, his aeronautical research files, and his work in commercial space flight.

Dates: 1874-2008; Majority of material found within 1956-1997

Roy and Margaret Thrush Commercial Airlines Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2019-09-10
Contents of the Collection The Roy and Margaret Thrush Commercial Aviation Collection is a small collection that focuses mainly on Roy Thrush's 20-year career as a commercial pilot for TWA with a much smaller focus on his brief time at Lufthansa. The bulk of the collection is textual documents, including pilot logs; employee documents, including correspondence, memos, and schedules; membership cards; and a partial TWA pilot's manual. There are also 16 photographs, most of which depict aircraft. Identified aircraft...
Dates: 1937-1970; Majority of material found within 1940s-1950s

Douglas I. Tilden Lunar Roving Vehicle Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 1998-08-10
Abstract

Douglas I. Tilden worked on the restoration of the Museum of Flight's Lunar Roving Vehicle. A crew of 18 volunteers worked on the restoration project from about 1993-1995. The materials in the collections were used for that restoration project.

Dates: circa 1970-1990s; Majority of material found within 1970-1971

Donald D. Viele Lunar Orbiter Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2017-11-06
Abstract

Donald Viele was a Systems Engingeer with Boeing who worked with NASA on the Lunar Orbiter Program (1964-1967). This collection contains documents and photographs collected and authored by Viele during his time on the Lunar Orbiter team.

There is also some documentation relating to Viele's work with the Minuteman Missile program.

Dates: 1950-2016; Majority of material found within 1960-1970

Lindell and Dianne Vinson Commercial Airline Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2018-09-20
Abstract Lindell Ray Vinson (1938-2005) was a United States Naval aviator and a commercial airline pilot. Dianne (Shannon) Vinson (1940-2006) worked for Braniff Airways, likely as a flight attendant. The collection primarily contains textual materials, six (6) photographs, and one (1) videocassette related to the specific airlines that the Vinsons worked for over their careers, including US Airways, Piedmont Airlines, and Braniff Airways. The bulk of the material is from 1984-1998, though...
Dates: circa 1960-1998; Majority of material found within 1984-1998

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Flight attendants -- Labor unions 5
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16mm (photographic film size) 2
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Alaska 2
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United States. Air Force 4
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Lear, William P. (William Powell), 1902-1978 3
Quiet Birdmen 3
Turner, Roscoe, 1895-1970 3
United States. Navy 3
Air France 2
Air Line Pilots Association 2
Allen, Edmund Turney, 1896-1943 2
Aloha Airlines, Inc. 2
American Airlines 2
Aspen Airways 2
Beall, Wellwood Edmeston, 1906-1978 2
Boeing Air Transport 2
British Commonwealth Pacific Airlines 2
Capital Airlines 2
Cascade Airways 2
Deutsche Lufthansa (1953- ) 2
Emirates (Airline) 2
Frontier Airlines (1994-) 2
Hawaiian Airlines, Inc 2
Horizon Air 2
Hughes, Howard, 1905-1976 2
KLM (Airline) 2
Lear, Moya Olsen, 1915-2001 2
National Airlines 2
Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994 2
OX-5 Aviation Pioneers (Organization) 2
Olympiakē Aeroporeia 2
Ox-5 Club of America 2
Pacific Air Transport 2
Patterson, William A. (William Allan), 1899-1980 2
Piedmont Airlines 2
Rankin School of Flying 2
Rankin, John Gilbert "Tex", 1894-1947 2
Reno Air 2
Scandinavian Airlines System 2
Showalter, N.D. (Noah David), 1925-2012 2
Southwest Airlines Co. 2
Townsend, Guy M., 1920-2011 2
United States. Army Air Forces 2
United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration 2
Varney Air Lines 2
Wells, Edward C., 1910-1986 2
Wien Alaska Airlines 2
Wilson, T. A. (Thornton Arnold), 1921-1999 2
'Ālyah 1
AccessAir 1
Acosta, Bertrand "Bert" Blanchard 1
Aer Lingus 1
Aero Virgin Islands 1
AeroSun International Airlines 1
Aerolíneas Argentinas 1
Aeromech Airlines (1951-1983) 1
Aeroméxico 1
Aeroperú (1973-1999) 1
Aerotransport, Aktiebolaget 1
Aerovias Centrale S.A. 1
Aerovías Nacionales de Colombia 1
Air 1 1
Air Afrique 1
Air Algérie 1
Air Atlanta 1
Air BC 1
Air California 1
Air Canada 1
Air Central 1
Air Chaparral 1
Air Congo 1
Air Florida 1
Air Great Lakes 1
Air Hawaii (1978-1981) 1
Air Illinois 1
Air Jamaica 1
Air Line Stewards and Stewardesses Association 1
Air Mauritius 1
Air Midwest 1
Air Missouri 1
Air Nevada 1
Air New England 1
Air New Orleans 1
Air New Zealand 1
Air North 1
Air Nova 1
Air Oregon 1
Air Orient 1
Air South (Alabama) 1
Air South (Florida) 1
Air Tanzania 1
Air Texana 1
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