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William P. and Moya Olsen Lear Papers

 Collection
Identifier: 2000-06-20
Abstract William P. “Bill” Lear was a prolific inventor with dozens of patents for a variety of machines to his name but is most famous for his work in the aviation field. Moya Marie Olsen Lear was a philanthropist, businesswoman, and the wife of aviation pioneer Bill Lear. The collection documents Bill Lear's inventions and career in the fields of radio navigation, aircraft design, the 8-track player, and his efforts at a steam-powered turbine. Materials are predominantly affiliated with Lear’s many...
Dates: 1838-2001, undated; Majority of material found within 1939-1986

Frank C. Leigh World War II Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2012-02-09
Overview

The collection contains items relating to Frank C. Leigh's time serving with the United States Navy as a signalman, specifically on the USS Chenango during World War II.

Dates: 1942-1946

Elvin L. Lindsay World War II Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2007-09-14
Abstract

Elvin L. Lindsay (1920-1999) was born in Potlach, Idaho and served as a pilot in the U.S. Navy during World War II, earning Ace status in 1944. The collection contains four (4) log books, a scrapbook, a small amount of ephemera, and photographs documenting Lindsay's wartime career.

Dates: 1939-1947; 1978

Ernst H. Linnemann U.S. Air Force Collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2021-06-23
Content Description The Ernst H. Linnemann U.S. Air Force Collection is a small collection of textual and visual materials related to Linneman's service in the U.S. Air Force in the late 1950s and early 1960s, working in communications and navigation, especially with TACAN (tactical air navigation) systems. The collection includes materials collected while Linnemann was stationed at Lackland Air Force Base, Scott Air Force Base, Niagara Falls Air Base, and Ladd Air Force Base including a photo...
Dates: 1957-2018; Majority of material found within 1957-1960

Ralph H. Lyall World War II Collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 1995-01-09
Contents of the Collection The Ralph Lyall World War II Collection relates primarily to the World War II service of pilot Ralph H. Lyall, Jr., who served in the China-Burma-India Theater from 1944-1945. The collection is a mix of loose materials and a scrapbook. Loose materials include a 1917 registration card for Ralph H. Lyall, Sr., military orders, certificates, correspondence, citations and recommendations, and records. Some items are photocopies and not original documents. One document from 1950...
Dates: 1917-1950; Majority of material found within 1944-1945

Velda King Mapelli Air Racing Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2010-06-11
Contents of the Collection The Velda King Mapelli Air Racing Collection is comprised of hundreds of photographs and a small amount of negatives; textual materials suchs as brochures, certificates, ID cards, licenses, assorted ephemera, and correspondence; and race booklets from assorted races. The materials were collected by Velda King Mapelli, as well as her daughter Stephanie and husband Gene, during the course of her flying years, approximately 1969-1989. The photographs, which are both in color and...
Dates: 1969-1989

Henry S. McMurray Logbooks and Military Records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2011-07-28
Contents of the Collection The Henry S. McMurray Logbooks and Military Records contains logbooks, military records, and an autobiographical DVD that document the career of pilot Henry S. McMurray from 1937-2011. The materials cover McMurray's training as an Aviation Cadet, his service in Europe with the Eighth Air Force during World War II, and his careers as a commercial pilot with United Airlines and as a production test pilot with Boeing. The bulk of the collection is comprised of nine logbooks dating...
Dates: 1940s-2011

Richard J. McWhorter Stearman Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2010-06-06
Abstract

Richard J. McWhorter (1921-2007) was born in Idaho Falls, Idaho and had a long standing and multi-faceted interest in aviation, including owning and restoring vintage airplanes. The collection includes manuscript materials, ephemera, audio-visual materials, and approximately three hundred (300) photographs documenting the restoration of a Stearman C-3B (#NC7550), on display at The Museum of Flight, as well as a Stearman C-3R (#NC656K).

Dates: 1927-2004 ; Majority of material found within 1960 - 1979

Iva and Homer Metz Space Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2019-11-01
Overview

The Iva and Homer Metz Space Collection documents the careers of both Iva and Homer in aviation and the space industry. It follows their time with the U.S. Navy, the Boeing Company, North American Aviation, and at Cape Canaveral during the Apollo and Skylab programs.

Dates: 1928-2003

Desiree "Jerry" Clifford Michaud and Thelma Irene McGraw Papers

 Collection
Identifier: 2016-11-01
Abstract

Jerry Michaud (1924-1982) Michaud served in the United States Navy during World War II as a Naval pilot in the Pacific Theater. Thelma McGraw (1920-1996) She worked as a stewardess with United Airlines (UAL). The collection contains textual materials, black-and-white photographs, and ephemera associated with their 1942-1952 naval and commercial airline careers, respectively.

Dates: 1938-1980 (bulk dates 1940s); Majority of material found within 1940 - 1949

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identity cards 24
photocopies 19
orders (military records) 18
scrapbooks 18
booklets 15
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negatives (photographs) 14
brochures 13
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memorandums 11
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postcards 10
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California 9
Flight training 9
World War, 1914-1918 9
slides (photographs) 9
Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress Family 8
Boeing Company -- Employees 8
Boeing Model 747 Family 8
Fighter pilots 8
Soldiers 8
World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Pacific Area 8
business cards 8
diplomas 8
maps (documents) 8
personnel records 8
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Alaska 7
DVDs 7
Women in aeronautics 7
awards 7
decals 7
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technical drawings 6
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Air pilots -- Licenses -- United States 5
Airplanes -- Design and construction 5
Boeing B-29 Superfortress Family (Model 345) 5
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Seattle (Wash.) 5
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drawings (visual works) 5
lithographs 5
manuals (instructional materials) 5
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notebooks 5
panoramic photographs 5
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Boeing Model 727 Family 4
Curtiss JN-4D Jenny 4
Douglas C-47 Skytrain Family 4
England 4
Italy 4
Military education 4
Northwest, Pacific 4
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Women air pilots 4
compact discs 4
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Aircraft carriers 3
Airlift, Military 3
Airlines 3
Airplanes -- Cockpits 3
Airplanes -- Flight testing 3
Aleutian Islands (Alaska) 3
Aviation mechanics (Persons) 3
Boeing B-17 Model 299 Flying Fortress ("XB-17") 3
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United States. Navy 18
United States. Army Air Forces 14
United States. Air Force 13
United States. Army. Air Corps 8
Boeing Company 6
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Boeing 5
United States. Naval Reserve 5
United Airlines 4
United States. Civil Aeronautics Administration 4
American Fighter Aces Association 3
Chennault, Claire Lee, 1893-1958 3
Chiang, Kai-shek, 1887-1975 3
Flying Tiger Line 3
North American Aviation 3
Pan American World Airways, Inc 3
Quiet Birdmen 3
United States. Army 3
United States. Army. American Expeditionary Forces 3
Wilson, T. A. (Thornton Arnold), 1921-1999 3
Air Line Pilots Association 2
Allen, Edmund Turney, 1896-1943 2
American Airlines 2
American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics 2
Beall, Wellwood Edmeston, 1906-1978 2
Canada. Royal Canadian Air Force 2
Challenger (Spacecraft) 2
China. Kong jun. American Volunteer Group 2
Cochran, Jacqueline, 1906-1980 2
Houston, Frank L., -2002 2
Hughes, Howard, 1905-1976 2
Kelly Field (Tex.) 2
Lindbergh, Charles A. (Charles Augustus), 1902-1974 2
Lockheed 2
Museum of Flight (Seattle, Wash.) 2
Neale, Robert H., 1914-1994 2
Ninety-Nines (Organization) 2
Northwest Airlines Corporation 2
Project Apollo (U.S.) 2
Rickenbacker, Eddie, 1890-1973 2
Ryan NYP "Spirit of St Louis" 2
Showalter, N.D. (Noah David), 1925-2012 2
Townsend, Guy M., 1920-2011 2
Trans World Airlines 2
United States. Army Air Forces. Air Force, 5th 2
United States. Army Air Forces. Air Force, 8th 2
United States. Army. Air Corps. Reserves 2
United States. Army. Air Service 2
United States. Army. Air Service. Aero Squadron, 94th 2
United States. Army. Forces in China-Burma-India Theater 2
United States. Marine Corps 2
United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration 2
Wells, Edward C., 1910-1986 2
Women Airforce Service Pilots (U.S.) 2
14th Air Force Association (U.S.). Flying Tigers 1
Acosta, Bertrand "Bert" Blanchard 1
Adair, Claude Bryant, 1909-1992 1
Aero Industries Corporation 1
Airborne Museum "Hartenstein" (Oosterbeek, Netherlands) 1
Airservices Company Ltd. 1
Airtech School of Aviation 1
Akron (Airship) 1
Alaska Central Air 1
Albright, Sydney J. 1
All-Woman Transcontinental Air Race, Inc. 1
Allen, Dorothy (Jesseman), 1939- 1
Allen, William M., 1900-1985 1
Allied Engineering Corporation 1
Allied International Company 1
Amendola, John 1
American Aviation Historical Society 1
American Helicopter Society, Inc. (1943-2018) 1
Antietam (Aircraft carrier) 1
Apollo 1 (Spacecraft) 1
Apollo 10 (Spacecraft) 1
Apollo 11 (Spacecraft) 1
Apollo 12 (Spacecraft) 1
Apollo 13 (Spacecraft) 1
Apollo 14 (Spacecraft) 1
Apollo 15 (Spacecraft) 1
Apollo 16 (Spacecraft) 1
Apollo 17 (Spacecraft) 1
Apollo 6 (Spacecraft) 1
Apollo Soyuz Test Project 1
Argentina. Armada 1
Arkansas (Battleship) 1
Arlington National Cemetery (Arlington, Va.) 1
Army Air Forces Navigation School (San Marcos Army Air Field, Tex.) 1
Artig, Abraham J., 1922-2010 1
Balchen, Bernt, 1899-1973 1
Barns, William Frederick, 1920-1995 1
Barrett Airways 1
Barto, Bette J. (Harris), 1928- 1
Barto, Raphael H., 1921-1997 1
Baseler, Robert L., 1911-1983 1
Becvar, Chuck, Jr., 1904-1986 1
Becvar, George, 1906-1990 1
Becvar, Lou, 1908-1984 1
Becvar, Robert 1
Bellevue Airfield (Wash.) 1
Bellevue College (Bellevue, Wash.) 1
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