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Peter M. Bowers Photograph Collection and Papers

 Collection
Identifier: 2008-03-31
Overview

Peter M. Bowers (1918-2003) was an aeronautical engineer at The Boeing Company for 36 years but was more noted as an aviation historian who wrote several dozen books and close to 900 articles on aircraft. This collection is notable for the approximately 150,000 photographic images he amassed during his career, as well as his writing and research files. The materials span the early 1900s to 2003.

Dates: circa 1900s-2003

Minnie M. Boyd Collection on The Ninety-Nines

 Collection
Identifier: 2017-03-28
Abstract

Minnie M. Boyd (1910-1998) was born in Four Lakes, Washington and was an avid aviator. This collection contains correspondence, organizational records, membership directories, photographs, clippings, printed materials, and ephemera related to the Ninety-Nines, Inc.,and gathered by Minnie M. Boyd during her time as a member.

Dates: circa 1920s-1998; Majority of material found within 1950s-1990s

Abraham L. Brearcliffe Jr. Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 1984-08-30-B
Abstract

Abraham Lincoln Brearcliffe, Jr. (1899-1984) was born in Washington state and worked for Boeing from 1930-1945. The collection features photographs, clippings and newsletters, foreman's materials, labor union membership books, and assorted ephemera from Brearcliffe's time at Boeing, most of which are almost exclusively from the war years (1941-1945).

Dates: 1921-1945, 1967-1970 ; Majority of material found within 1941-1945

James O. Brewer World War II Collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2012-06-04
Contents of the Collection The James O. Brewer World War II Collection documents Brewer’s service as a pilot in the Pacific Theater during World War II. The collection consists of both photographic and textual material, primarily dating from 1942-1949.Photographs are in color and black-and-white and appear to show military personnel, reunions, and personal candids, though most of the photographs are not dated or annotated. A significant number of photographs were taken in Australia and prominently feature...
Dates: 1943-1997

Frank D. Browning World War II Collection

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 2021-05-04
Contents of the Collection The Frank D. Browning World War II Collection pertains to Browning's service as a navigator and bombardier with the 490th Bomb Squadron in the China India Burma Theater during World War II. Most of the items are dated 1942-1947, with some later dates. Materials include military records, including Browning's military business cards and a conduct guidelines sheet; a partially filled notebook, maps of China and select United States cities, photocopies of clippings and printed ephemera likely...
Dates: 1942-1947, 1952-1953, 1983, 1994-1999

Robert Bryant Collection

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 2019-06-17
Content Description The Robert Bryant Collection is a small collection consisting of textual and visual materials related to Bryant's career working for Boeing, Northrop, Lear Fan and other aviation companies. The materials are organized by company and format. Related to Boeing, the collection includes a request for proposal on systems and equipment for the Supersonic Transport Program, a 700-series decal, and a handbook on advanced composites. Materials related to Lear Fan include administrative...
Dates: 1946-1995

Martha L. (Smith) Bullock Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2003-09-08
Scope and Contents The Martha L. (Smith) Bullock Collection is a small collection of items associated with Bullock's time as a Women Air Service Pilot (WASP) during World War II. The collection includes one folder of photographs and one folder of textual materials. The photographs, all black-and-white, are comprised of four (4) portraits of Bullock with planes and one image of a B-26 in flight over Dodge City, Kansas. The textual items include clippings documenting her flying career after World War II,...
Dates: 1944-1984

Arthur Wayne Byron Airline Pilot Collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2009-06-05
Contents of the Collection The Arthur Wayne Byron Airline Pilot Collection is comprised of primarily textual materials with some photographs that document Byron's commercial pilot career with Western Airlines and Delta Airlines. Materials date from mid-1940s through the 1980s.Textual materials include pilot logs dating from 1955-1987; organizational records for Western Airlines, including documents related to the merger of Western Airlines and Pacific Northern Airlines in 1967, as well as the merger of...
Dates: circa 1940s-1980s

Mary "Pat" (Hiller) Call WASP Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2020-11-15
Content Description The Mary "Pat" (Hiller) Call WASP Collection consists of materials relating to Call’s service as a Women Airforce Service Pilot (WASP) from 1942-1944. Materials are arranged alphabetically and span from 1939-2019 (bulk 1943-1980). The collection consists of about 0.6 cubic feet of material, including military records, licenses and membership cards, flight records and logbooks, correspondence, photographs, ephemera, and clippings. Correspondence in the collection includes...
Dates: 1939-2019

Emile Chourré and Chourré Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: 2015-06-17
Abstract

The Emile Chourré and Chourré Family Papers is comprised of documents and scrapbooks, photographic prints and photograph albums, and assorted ephemera primarily pertaining to the life and military career of Lieutenant Commander Emile Chourré (1894-1938). Major topics include Chourré's military service, especially while stationed in Coco Solo, Panama; his service as a U.S. Naval announcer for the 1929-1931 and 1933-1934 National Air Races; and family (immediate and extended) photographs.

Dates: 1889-1988; Majority of material found within 1920s-1950s

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photographic prints 155
correspondence 89
printed ephemera 81
World War, 1939-1945 60
certificates 46
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photocopies 45
logs (records) 44
scrapbooks 44
Air pilots, Military 40
military records 38
negatives (photographs) 35
booklets 31
Air pilots 26
photograph albums 26
identity cards 25
Aircraft accidents 24
Flight attendants 22
World War, 1914-1918 22
aerial photographs 22
brochures 22
Washington (State) 21
Women in aeronautics 21
maps (documents) 21
newsletters 21
postcards 21
articles 19
programs (documents) 19
slides (photographs) 19
Airlines 17
Boeing Company -- Employees 17
orders (military records) 17
Soldiers 16
memorandums 16
photographic postcards 16
Airplanes, Military 15
Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress Family 15
Fighter pilots 15
Northwest, Pacific 15
Seattle (Wash.) 15
Women air pilots 14
business cards 14
decals 14
lithographs 14
notes (documents) 14
digital prints 13
World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Pacific Area 12
menus 12
16mm (photographic film size) 11
Airplanes -- Design and construction 11
California 11
China 11
Curtiss JN-4D Jenny 11
manuscripts (documents) 11
Alaska 10
audiocassettes 10
notebooks 10
personnel records 10
technical reports 10
Aces (Fighter pilots) 9
Boeing B-17 Model 299 Flying Fortress ("XB-17") 9
Flight training 9
France 9
diplomas 9
instructional materials 9
8mm (photographic film size) 8
Air pilots -- Licenses -- United States 8
Barnstorming 8
Boeing B-29 Superfortress 8
Consolidated B-24 Liberator Family 8
Hawaii 8
Japan 8
Test pilots 8
business records 8
drawings (visual works) 8
obituaries 8
press releases 8
signatures (names) 8
technical drawings 8
videocassettes 8
Air mail service 7
Airplane racing 7
Airplanes -- Flight testing 7
Armed Forces -- Officers 7
Boeing Model 747 Family 7
DVDs 7
Douglas C-47 Skytrain Family 7
England 7
Oregon 7
Stunt flying 7
airline maps 7
compact discs 7
greeting cards 7
manuals (instructional materials) 7
newspapers 7
panoramic photographs 7
poetry 7
posters 7
press kits 7
receipts (financial records) 7
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Language
English 173
French 7
Chinese 5
German 5
Russian 4
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United States. Air Force 24
United States. Navy 24
United States. Army Air Forces 22
Boeing Company 17
Boeing 13
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Pan American World Airways, Inc 11
United Airlines 11
United States. Army. Air Corps 10
United States. Army. Air Service 8
United States. Army. American Expeditionary Forces 8
United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration 7
Western Airlines 7
King County International Airport 6
Trans World Airlines 6
United States. Army 6
United States. Civil Aeronautics Administration 6
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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