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Julius A. Barr Correspondence and Clippings

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2021-08-26-A
Content Description The Julius A. Barr Correspondence and Clippings is a small collection consisting primarily of textual materials documenting Barr's professional and personal life from the late 1920s until his death in 1939. The bulk of the collection consists of letters written by Barr, as well as a few written by his wife Hortense, to his parents residing in Pittsburg, Kansas, from 1926 until 1939. The letters shed light on his military training; his work importing and demonstrating aircraft for...
Dates: 1926-1939, 1941

Maud T. Bartles Jim Lovell Scrapbook

 Collection — Box: Scrapbook box 37, Folder: 1-2
Identifier: 2022-10-28
Content Description The Maud T. Bartles Jim Lovell Scrapbook is a collection consisting of a single item: an album documenting a visit by astronaut Jim Lovell to Poughkeepsie, New York in 1973 for a Veteran's Day event. The scrapbook includes clippings, ephemera, photographs and philatelic items collected by Maud T. Bartles, a resident of the area who attended the event during Lovell's visit. The album is a "magnetic" style photograph album with a green cover with "Capt. J. Lovell" written on the...
Dates: 1969-1973, 2016

Raphael and Bette Barto U.S. Air Force Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2019-04-27
Content Description The Raphael and Bette Barto U.S. Air Force Collection documents the Bartos' service in the U.S. Air Force in the 1940s through 1960s with a variety of textual and visual materials. Raphael Barto's military service as a fighter pilot is documented with flight records and logbooks, certificates and diplomas, documentation related to his Air Medal, and photographs. The logbook primarily covers his time in training at Randolph Field, Texas, but his individual flight records provide...
Dates: 1942-1966, 2019

Cynthia P. Bayne Calbraith Perry Rodgers Vin Fiz Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2023-08-14
Overview

The Cynthia P. Bayne Calbraith Perry Rodgers Vin Fiz Collection is a small collection of visual and textual materials related to the first North American transcontinental flight in 1911 successfully completed by Calbraith Perry Rodgers in his Vin Fiz Flyer.

Dates: 1911-2011

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

Margaret E. (Wolfe) Berry Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2019-00-00-102
Contents of the Collection The Margaret E. (Wolfe) Berry Collection largely documents Margaret Berry's volunteer work with three aircraft restoration projects during the 1980s-1990s with visual and textual components. A small amount of material is personal in nature. The collection is arranged into two series: Aircraft Restoration materials and Personal materials.Series I: Aircraft Restoration materials makes up the bulk of the collection and has been further divided into three...
Dates: 1942, 1985-2006; Majority of material found within 1985-2006

John and Alan Blum Northwest Aviation Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2009-09-04
Abstract

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.

Dates: 1921-1945

William E. Boeing Sr. Papers

 Collection
Identifier: 2005-10-06-B
Abstract

William E. Boeing, Sr. (1881-1956) was an aviation pioneer and founded The Boeing Company in 1916. The collection holds textual materials, such as correspondence, philately, business-related materials, clippings, and ephemera, as well as photographs and illustrations related to his personal and business life, circa 1783-2008. Major areas of interest include family photographs and extensive personal and business-related correspondence.

Dates: circa 1783-2008; Majority of material found within 1900s-1930s

Clarence A. Borley U.S. Naval Aviation Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2022-07-20
Abstract

Clarence A. Borley (1924-2019) was a U.S. Navy fighter pilot and ace. The collection documents Borley's 36-year military career as a pilot and fighter ace in the U.S. Navy and consists of textual, visual and audiovisual materials and primarily dates from 1942 to 1968, with some later dates and a small amount of personal materials.

Dates: 1942-1999, 2015; Majority of material found within 1942-1968

Lewis Paul Bowers World War II Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2019-08-09
Contents of the Collection The Lewis Paul Bowers World War II Collection is comprised of photographs and various textual materials, including military records, orrders, certificates, and correspondence, primarily related to the World War II experience of Lewis Paul Bowers, a flight navigator on a Consolidated B-24 Liberator ("Rude Nude") of the 307th Bombardment Group, 13th Air Force. There are also some items related to post-war activities as well as personal and family materials. The bulk of the collection...
Dates: 1932-2012; Majority of material found within 1942-1946

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United States. Army 6
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Women Airforce Service Pilots (U.S.) 6
Earhart, Amelia, 1897-1937 5
Project Apollo (U.S.) 5
Air Line Pilots Association 4
American Fighter Aces Association 4
Boeing, William Edward, 1881-1956 4
Curtiss 4
Douglas Aircraft Company 4
Douglas World Cruiser (DWC) "New Orleans" (#4) 4
Lear, William P. (William Powell), 1902-1978 4
Lindbergh, Charles A. (Charles Augustus), 1902-1974 4
Merrill, A. Elliott (Albert), 1901-1992 4
Northwest Airlines Corporation 4
Pearson Field (Vancouver, Wash.) 4
Rankin, John Gilbert "Tex", 1894-1947 4
Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945 4
Showalter, N.D. (Noah David), 1925-2012 4
Stenzel, Dorothy (Hester), 1910-1991 4
Turner, Roscoe, 1895-1970 4
United States. Army. Forces in China-Burma-India Theater 4
Alaska Airlines 3
Allen, Edmund Turney, 1896-1943 3
Canada. Royal Canadian Air Force 3
Chennault, Claire Lee, 1893-1958 3
Chiang, Kai-shek, 1887-1975 3
Cochran, Jacqueline, 1906-1980 3
Douglas World Cruiser (DWC) "Boston" (#3) 3
Douglas World Cruiser (DWC) "Chicago" (#2) 3
Flying Tiger Line 3
Fornasero, John B., 1904-1967 3
Great Britain. Royal Air Force 3
Hubbard, Edward, 1889-1928 3
Hughes, Howard, 1905-1976 3
Kelly Field (Tex.) 3
Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963 3
Lear, Moya Olsen, 1915-2001 3
Lockheed 3
National Championship Air Races 3
Ninety-Nines (Organization) 3
North American 3
OX-5 Aviation Pioneers (Organization) 3
Quiet Birdmen 3
Rankin School of Flying 3
Scott, Clayton, 1905-2006 3
Shepard, Alan B. (Alan Bartlett), 1923-1998 3
Townsend, Guy M., 1920-2011 3
United States. Marine Corps 3
United States. Naval Reserve 3
Western Air Express Corporation 3
Aero Club of America 2
All-Woman Transcontinental Air Race, Inc. 2
Apollo 11 (Spacecraft) 2
Apollo Soyuz Test Project 2
Archibald, Norman S., 1894-1975 2
Arlington National Cemetery (Arlington, Va.) 2
Associated Women Pilots of Boeing Field 2
Baidukov, G. (Georgii), 1907-1994 2
Barr, Julius A., 1905-1939 2
Beall, Wellwood Edmeston, 1906-1978 2
Boeing Air Transport 2
Bohrer, Walt 2
Bong, Richard Ira, 1920-1945 2
Brand, Vance 2
Canada. Canadian Army. Canadian Expeditionary Force 2
Chiang, May-ling Soong, 1897-2003 2
Chkalov, Valerii Pavlovich, 1904-1938 2
Continental Airlines 2
Couden, Elliott N. (1911-2004) 2
Dallas Love Field 2
Danilin, Sergei 2
Delta Air Lines 2
Doolittle, James Harold, 1896-1993 2
Douglas, Donald Wills, Sr., 1892-1981 2
Draper, Hazel Archibald, 1891-1973 2
Dunnam, Nancy (Nordhoff), 1923- 2
Experimental Aircraft Association 2
Felts Field (Spokane, Wash.) 2
Foltz, Edith, 1902-1956 2
Gates Learjet Corporation (1969-1987) 2
Germany. Luftwaffe 2
Graf Zeppelin (Airship) 2
Great Britain. Royal Flying Corps 2
Gromov, M. (Mikhail), 1899-1985 2
Grumman (Bethpage, NY) 2
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