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Merle M. Coons Fighter Ace Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2002-02-13-1284
Abstract

Colonel Merle Coons (1921-1997) was a United States Air Force fighter pilot, earning ace status during World War II. The collection is a subset of the American Fighter Aces Collection and includes primarily textual materials, such as military orders and records, flight records and a log book, and a scrapbook, as well as a photograph album and a small amount of loose photographs.

Dates: 1942-1997

David L. Davidson Jr. Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2022-07-11
Abstract David L. Davidson was an electrical engineer at The Boeing Company and worked on the Saturn V Rocket and the Lunar Rover projects. He served in the U.S. Marines from 1942-1946 and in the U.S. Army Reserves Engineer Corps from 1957-1962. This collection, which dates from 1941 to his retirement from Boeing in 1988, consists of textual materials, photographs, and one digital audio recording. It includes administrative records, notes, Boeing managerial training materials, photographs that depict...
Dates: circa 1937-1988

Stanley J. Dec Naval Aviation Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2010-06-02
Abstract

Stanley Joseph Dec (1920-) was born in Raymond, Washington. After attending flight school in Iowa, Dec joined the military and served as a pilot for the U.S. Navy during World War II. The collection contains documents, logs, and publications documenting the training and military career of World War II U. S. Navy Ensign Stanley J. Dec.

Dates: 1942-1953

Marilyn (Chittick) Deel Pan Am Flight Attendant Collection

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 2012-08-02
Contents of the Collection The collection is comprised of materials, including scrapbook pages and loose photographs as well as two clippings, related to Marilyn (Chittick) Deel and her time as a flight attendant and purser for Pan American World Airways (Pan Am), 1959-1961. The bulk of the collection are the scrapbook pages. The pages are black paper and primarily hold photographs using photo corners, tape, and/or glue. It also holds a few pieces of ephemera in the form of correspondence and clippings....
Dates: 1959-1961

Robert R. and Canadette Dickson Museum of Flight Scrapbook

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 2023-00-00-54
Contents of the Collection

The Robert R. and and Canadette Museum of Flight Scrapbook is a single-item collection, created by Robert R. and Canadette Dickson and documents their involvement with The Museum of Flight and related restoration projects from 1978-1987. The scrapbook includes clippings, printed ephemera, and photographs. Topics include the Boeing Model 80A restoration, Pathfinder Awards, and Red Barn. Some pages and materials are quite loose and/or fragile.

Dates: 1978-1987

Lorraine C. (Coccio) Ditsworth Western Airlines Flight Attendant Collection

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 2009-02-20
Contents of the Collection The Lorraine C. (Coccio) Ditsworth Western Airlines Flight Attendant Collection is comprised of texual materials and sixteen (16) photographs. The bulk of the material was collected by Ditsworth during her 1953-1956 service as a Western Airlines (WA) flight attendant, although five (5) of the photographs appear to be unrelated to Ditsworth directly and of a later date (circa 1970s). The textual materials include three (3) logs which contain notes about Ditsworth's flights,...
Dates: 1951-1956

Edward Doelker Northwest Airlines Collection

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 2023-09-19
Contents of the Collection The Edward Doelker Northwest Airlines Collection is comprised of textual materials collected by Edward Doelker during his career in equipment services for Northwest Airlines (NWA), 1961-1997. The bulk of the collection is personnel records, including work-related correspondence, performance appraisals and certificates of commendation, grievance claims and appeals, and Northwest Airline company policies. There is also a small amount of NWA ephemera, including luggage tags, a notepad, and a...
Dates: 1961-1997, undated

The Douglas Aircraft Company Records

 Collection
Identifier: 1995-06-23-15
Abstract

The Douglas Aircraft Company was a pioneer in early aviation and is best known for its DC-3 transport aircraft. The Douglas Aircraft Company Records contain administrative, financial, and legal records relating to the Douglas Aircraft Company from 1921-1945.

Dates: 1921-1945

Hazel M. (Archibald) Draper Scrapbook Page

 Collection — Box: World War I Oversize Box 1, oversize: folder
Identifier: 2021-00-00-37
Content Description The Hazel M. (Archibald) Draper Scrapbook Page is a small collection consisting of one oversize scrapbook page documenting Draper's time serving with the Red Cross and her brother Norman Archibald's military service during World War I.The scrapbook page inludes: a clipping of the masthead from the Seattle Sunday Times from June 14, 1919 promoting an article by Draper; a clipping from the June 29, 1919 Seattle Sunday...
Dates: 1918-1920

Charles W. Drew Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2007-02-17
Abstract

Charles Wallace Drew (1896-1979) served as a pilot with the U.S. Army Air Service during World War I, and later worked as an airport engineer. The collection contains correspondence, photographs, clippings, and other materials relating to Drew's wartime experience.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1902-1979; Majority of material found within 1917-1925

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photographic prints 116
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logs (records) 38
Air pilots, Military 37
military records 32
photocopies 31
negatives (photographs) 30
scrapbooks 30
identity cards 27
Air pilots 21
memorandums 20
World War, 1914-1918 19
booklets 19
brochures 19
newsletters 19
orders (military records) 19
postcards 19
Airplanes, Military 17
Soldiers 17
photograph albums 16
Aircraft accidents 15
programs (documents) 15
Boeing Company -- Employees 14
Flight attendants 14
maps (documents) 14
technical reports 14
Fighter pilots 13
aerial photographs 13
business cards 13
slides (photographs) 13
notes (documents) 12
Airlines 11
China 11
articles 11
decals 11
technical drawings 11
Airplanes -- Design and construction 10
France 10
Seattle (Wash.) 10
Washington (State) 10
Women in aeronautics 10
World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Pacific Area 10
manuscripts (documents) 10
posters 10
California 9
drawings (visual works) 9
instructional materials 9
lithographs 9
notebooks 9
Curtiss JN-4D Jenny 8
Germany 8
Military education 8
diplomas 8
obituaries 8
panoramic photographs 8
personnel records 8
photographic postcards 8
yearbooks 8
Alaska 7
Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress Family 7
Boeing Model 747 Family 7
DVDs 7
Douglas C-47 Skytrain Family 7
Nieuport 28 C1 7
awards 7
blueprints (reprographic copies) 7
business records 7
diaries 7
manuals (instructional materials) 7
menus 7
press releases 7
stationery 7
Aces (Fighter pilots) 6
Airplanes -- Flight testing 6
Armed Forces -- Officers 6
Boeing B-17 Model 299 Flying Fortress ("XB-17") 6
Burma 6
Flight training 6
Military training camps 6
Northwest, Pacific 6
SPAD XIII (S.13) 6
Test pilots 6
Women air pilots 6
airmail covers 6
audiocassettes 6
biographies (literary works) 6
cartoons (humorous images) 6
digital prints 6
greeting cards 6
navigation charts 6
receipts (financial records) 6
16mm (photographic film size) 5
Air mail service 5
Air pilots -- Licenses -- United States 5
Airplanes -- Cockpits 5
Boeing B-29 Superfortress 5
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Language
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United States. Army Air Forces 20
United States. Navy 17
United States. Air Force 14
Boeing 13
Boeing Company 10
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Pan American World Airways, Inc 9
United States. Army. American Expeditionary Forces 9
United States. Civil Aeronautics Administration 6
United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration 6
Western Airlines 6
Earhart, Amelia, 1897-1937 5
United States. Army. Air Corps 5
United States. Army. Air Service 5
United States. Naval Reserve 5
Air Line Pilots Association 4
Boeing, William Edward, 1881-1956 4
Chennault, Claire Lee, 1893-1958 4
Chiang, Kai-shek, 1887-1975 4
Douglas Aircraft Company 4
North American 4
Project Apollo (U.S.) 4
Showalter, N.D. (Noah David), 1925-2012 4
Trans World Airlines 4
United Airlines 4
United States. Army 4
United States. Army. Forces in China-Burma-India Theater 4
Boeing Company. Wichita Division 3
Curtiss, Glenn Hammond, 1878-1930 3
Douglas, Donald Wills, Sr., 1892-1981 3
Flying Tiger Line 3
Great Britain. Royal Air Force 3
Lindbergh, Charles A. (Charles Augustus), 1902-1974 3
Museum of Flight (Seattle, Wash.) 3
Ninety-Nines (Organization) 3
Northwest Airlines Corporation 3
Pangborn, Clyde Edward, approximately 1893-1958 3
Quiet Birdmen 3
Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945 3
Townsend, Guy M., 1920-2011 3
United States. Army Air Forces. Air Force, 5th 3
Wells, Edward C., 1910-1986 3
14th Air Force Association (U.S.). Flying Tigers 2
Aero Club of America 2
Alaska Airlines 2
All-Woman Transcontinental Air Race, Inc. 2
Allen, Edmund Turney, 1896-1943 2
American Fighter Aces Association 2
Apollo 1 (Spacecraft) 2
Apollo 11 (Spacecraft) 2
Apollo 12 (Spacecraft) 2
Apollo 13 (Spacecraft) 2
Apollo 14 (Spacecraft) 2
Apollo 15 (Spacecraft) 2
Apollo 16 (Spacecraft) 2
Apollo 17 (Spacecraft) 2
Archibald, Norman S., 1894-1975 2
Beall, Wellwood Edmeston, 1906-1978 2
Boeing, Bertha Marie (Potter Paschall), 1891-1977 2
Boeing, Bill, Jr., 1922-2015 2
Bong, Richard Ira, 1920-1945 2
Braniff Airways 2
Böing, Wilhelm, 1846–1890 2
Canada. Royal Canadian Air Force 2
Chiang, May-ling Soong, 1897-2003 2
China. Kong jun. American Volunteer Group 2
Cochran, Jacqueline, 1906-1980 2
Curtiss 2
Dallas Love Field 2
Douglas World Cruiser (DWC) "Boston" (#3) 2
Douglas World Cruiser (DWC) "Chicago" (#2) 2
Douglas World Cruiser (DWC) "New Orleans" (#4) 2
Draper, Hazel Archibald, 1891-1973 2
Experimental Aircraft Association 2
Fornasero, John B., 1904-1967 2
Hennings, Tandy Cook 2
Horizon Air 2
Hubbard, Edward, 1889-1928 2
Hughes, Howard, 1905-1976 2
John F. Kennedy Space Center 2
Kelly Field (Tex.) 2
Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963 2
King County International Airport 2
Lockheed 2
Los Angeles International Airport 2
Lunar Orbiter (Artificial satellite) 2
Marsalis, Frances Harrell, d. 1934 2
Moore Field (Tex.) 2
National Aeronautic Association (U.S.) 2
National Championship Air Races 2
Neale, Robert H., 1914-1994 2
Osler, Edward Scott, 1918-1949 2
Pearson Field (Vancouver, Wash.) 2
Powder Puff Derby 2
Rankin School of Flying 2
Rankin, John Gilbert "Tex", 1894-1947 2
Rickenbacker, Eddie, 1890-1973 2
Ryan NYP "Spirit of St Louis" 2
Slayton, Donald K., 1924-1993 2
Stearman (1927) 2
Tibbets, Paul W. (Paul Warfield), 1915-2007 2
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