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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
Found in:
The Museum of Flight Archives
James Sterling Commercial Airlines Collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 1992-01-21
Contents of the Collection
The James Sterling Commercial Airlines Collection is comprised of commercial airline ephemera printed between 1930 and 1990, such as route maps, flight schedules, postcards, flight kits, decals, catalogs, brochures, air sickness bags and calendars. The materials were items provided to customers by various airlines, predominantly ones with international routes, including: Pan American World Airways, United Airlines, Delta Air Lines, TWA, Northwest Orient Airlines, Mexicana De Aviacion,...
Dates:
circa 1940s to 1980s
Found in:
The Museum of Flight Archives
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
Found in:
The Museum of Flight Archives
Tami Dias Commercial Airlines Collection
Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: 2024-07-05
Contents of the Collection
The Tami Dias Commercial Airlines Collection is a small collection of textual materials primarily related to Sabena and Trans World Airlines (TWA), 1978-1982. It includes a 1978 certificate for Sabena's inaugural flight between Atlanta and Brussels, Sabena instructional documents, "Terms and Definitions Relative to the Jet," and "Station Training for the Boeing 707-131," and a 1982 TWA interoffice correspondence about the first meeting of the Clerical Task Force. Also present is a JFK...
Dates:
1978-1982
Found in:
The Museum of Flight Archives
Alfred G. Thompson World War II Collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2003-12-03
Contents of the Collection
The collection contains textual materials related to the military service of Alfred G. Thompson, who served as a B-25 pilot during World War II. Materials include training documents and worksheets, military orders and ephemera, such as an enlisted men's pass and pay envelope, and aircraft arrival reports. There are a photograph album, miltary personnel files, many loose photographs and correspondences. Also included are pilot logs for Thompson as well as a Pilot Rating Book for Clare Rupert...
Dates:
1941-1944
Found in:
The Museum of Flight Archives
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
Found in:
The Museum of Flight Archives
John Wegg Commercial Airlines Collection
Collection
Identifier: 2014-09-12
Overview
John Wegg is best known as the founder and editor-in-chief of Airliners and Airways magazines, as well as contributor to other publications and author of 12 books on aviation history, airlines, and aircraft manufacturers. The John Wegg Commercial Airlines Collection consists of about 2.7 cubic feet of material such as printed ephemera, photographs, documents, and other materials pertaining to the Wegg's aviation journalism...
Dates:
1929-2004; Majority of material found within circa 1950s-1990s
Found in:
The Museum of Flight Archives
Wiley Williams Space Collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2019-12-18
Content Description
The Wiley Williams Space Collection is a collection of textual and visual materials collected by Williams during his career as an engineer for Grumman and NASA in the 1950s and 1960s.Williams himself is documented with clippings about him, a poster from Grumman acknowledging his work, and photographs of him. The photographs are all 8x10" black-and-white official NASA photos depicting him with colleagues during the course of his work. Related to Gemini missions, there...
Dates:
1965-1971
Found in:
The Museum of Flight Archives