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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

Bea Chun Flight Attendant Collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2024-01-01
Contents of the Collection The Bea Chun Flight Attendant Collection is comprised of textual materials collected by Chun during her tenure as a flight attendant for American Airlines and Braniff Airlines, spanning 1980-2006. The bulk of the material is from American Airlines, 1996-2006, including a 25th anniversary pin and brochure, assorted policy booklets, such as "Uniforms and Appearance Standards," "Polar Flight Operations," and "You are Alert and Alive;" printed ephemera, including crew rest seat...
Dates: circa 1980-2006

Clarke C. Cole Alaska Airlines Pilot Collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2023-10-24
Content Description The Clarke C. Cole Alaska Airlines Pilot Collection is a small collection of materials related to Cole’s personal family life, service in the United States Army Air Forces during World War II, and his career as a pilot with Alaska Airlines from 1947-1971. The materials date from 1903-1966 and are predominantly comprised of photographs, with a small amount of textual materials. The textual component of the collection includes clippings, correspondence from Cole to his wife, Blanche K. Cole,...
Dates: 1903-1966

Commercial Airlines Collection (Part 1, A)

 Collection
Identifier: 2018-00-00-23-1
Abstract

The Commercial Airlines Collection is an artificial collection comprised of textual, visual, and audiovisual materials of commercial airlines from around the world, 1910s-2020s.

Dates: 1910s-2020s

Dave Comstock Collection of Airline Decals

 Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: 1979-10-05
Contents of the Collection The collection is comprised of two (2) color decals of United States west coast-based airlines, circa 1920s - 1930s. Decals include: a red, white, black, yellow and blue oval-shaped 5x3.5" decal by West Coast Air Transport Company that features the names and travel times of four cities at the top, a tri-motored super air pullman at center, and fields for passenger contact information; a red and white wing-shaped 4.75x2.125" decal by Pickwick Latino Americana. with text, "Servicios...
Dates: circa 1920s-1930s

William Hough "Bill" Cook Jr. Papers

 Collection
Identifier: 2017-10-26
Abstract

The William Hough “Bill” Cook, Jr. Papers are comprised of documents, photographs, newspaper clippings, and memorabilia pertaining to the life and work of Bill Cook, Jr. A significant portion of this collection is made up of correspondence, both personal and professional. Major topics include the Boeing high speed wind tunnel, the B-29, B-47, and B-17 bombers, the development of the YC-14 short takeoff and landing (STOL) aircraft, and research on supersonic transport.

Dates: 1925-2012; Majority of material found within 1938-1974

Elliott N. Couden Airmail Collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 1983-11-18-A
Contents of the Collection The Elliott N. Couden Airmail Collection is a relatively small collection that pertains to the early days of airmail via Pacific Air Transport (PAT), United Air Lines (UAL), and Varney Air Lines (VAL). It includes textual and photographic materials, dating from 1929-1944. Textual materials include both original and photocopies of clippings related to airmail pilots of the 1930s-1940s, including some of their crashes and deaths; and airmail service, including news about routes....
Dates: 1926-1948

Jesse R. Crookshanks Flying Tigers Collection

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 2001-05-25
Contents of the Collection

The collection includes photographs and assorted reunion publications, circa 1940s, related to the American Volunteer Group (AVG) "Flying Tigers" collected by AVG member Jesse R. Crookshanks.

Dates: circa 1940s

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photographic prints 114
clippings (information artifacts) 81
correspondence 68
World War, 1939-1945 64
booklets 39
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certificates 39
logs (records) 39
Air pilots, Military 36
scrapbooks 35
brochures 32
military records 32
negatives (photographs) 32
photocopies 32
postcards 32
Flight attendants 30
menus 28
maps (documents) 27
Airlines 26
decals 25
identity cards 21
photograph albums 20
Air pilots 18
newsletters 18
Aircraft accidents 17
memorandums 17
Women in aeronautics 16
aerial photographs 16
orders (military records) 16
business cards 15
photographic postcards 15
slides (photographs) 15
World War, 1914-1918 14
Airplanes, Military 13
airline maps 13
posters 13
Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress Family 12
stationery 12
Air mail service 11
California 11
China 11
Fighter pilots 11
World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Pacific Area 11
luggage tags 11
manuscripts (documents) 11
notebooks 11
poetry 11
transportation timetables 11
Flight attendants -- Labor unions 10
Washington (State) 10
diplomas 10
instructional materials 10
lithographs 10
manuals (instructional materials) 10
notes (documents) 10
programs (documents) 10
Japan 9
Seattle (Wash.) 9
Soldiers 9
admission tickets 9
advertisements 9
articles 9
drawings (visual works) 9
Alaska 8
Consolidated B-24 Liberator Family 8
DVDs 8
business records 8
compact discs 8
employees' manuals 8
receipts (financial records) 8
16mm (photographic film size) 7
Boeing B-29 Superfortress 7
Burma 7
Curtiss JN-4D Jenny 7
Douglas C-47 Skytrain Family 7
Hawaii 7
North American AT-6 Texan Family 7
Northwest, Pacific 7
airmail covers 7
audiocassettes 7
cartoons (humorous images) 7
digital prints 7
greeting cards 7
personnel records 7
technical reports 7
telegrams 7
videocassettes 7
Air pilots -- Licenses -- United States 6
Boeing Company -- Employees 6
Boeing Model 747 Family 6
Flight training 6
France 6
Lockheed P-38 Lightning Family 6
Martin (Glenn L.) B-26 Marauder Family 6
Military education 6
Shanghai (China) 6
Women air pilots 6
boarding passes 6
navigation charts 6
panoramic photographs 6
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Chinese 10
French 8
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United States. Army Air Forces 25
United Airlines 19
Pan American World Airways, Inc 18
United States. Navy 18
United States. Air Force 14
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Northwest Airlines Corporation 12
Boeing 11
Trans World Airlines 9
Boeing Company 7
United States. Army. Air Service 7
United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration 7
Western Airlines 7
United States. Army. Air Corps 6
United States. Army 5
United States. Civil Aeronautics Administration 5
Women Airforce Service Pilots (U.S.) 5
Air Line Pilots Association 4
Chennault, Claire Lee, 1893-1958 4
Chiang, Kai-shek, 1887-1975 4
Earhart, Amelia, 1897-1937 4
Great Britain. Royal Air Force 4
King County International Airport 4
Lindbergh, Charles A. (Charles Augustus), 1902-1974 4
Northwest Airlines, Inc. 4
Turner, Roscoe, 1895-1970 4
United States. Army. American Expeditionary Forces 4
United States. Army. Forces in China-Burma-India Theater 4
United States. Naval Reserve 4
Alaska Airlines 3
Boeing, William Edward, 1881-1956 3
Braniff Airways 3
British Airways 3
China. Kong jun. American Volunteer Group 3
Delta Air Lines 3
Doolittle, James Harold, 1896-1993 3
Douglas Aircraft Company 3
Douglas, Donald Wills, Sr., 1892-1981 3
Graf Zeppelin (Airship) 3
Hughes, Howard, 1905-1976 3
John F. Kennedy Space Center 3
Lear, William P. (William Powell), 1902-1978 3
Moore Field (Tex.) 3
North American 3
Post, Wiley, 1898-1935 3
Project Apollo (U.S.) 3
Rankin, John Gilbert "Tex", 1894-1947 3
Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945 3
Stenzel, Dorothy (Hester), 1910-1991 3
United States. Marine Corps 3
Varney Air Lines 3
Western Air Express Corporation 3
Aero Club of America 2
Air France 2
Air Line Stewards and Stewardesses Association 2
Alaska-Washington Airways 2
Aloha Airlines, Inc. 2
American Airlines 2
American Fighter Aces Association 2
American Red Cross 2
Apollo 11 (Spacecraft) 2
Apollo 13 (Spacecraft) 2
Arlington National Cemetery (Arlington, Va.) 2
Aspen Airways 2
Balchen, Bernt, 1899-1973 2
Bohrer, Walt 2
British Commonwealth Pacific Airlines 2
Byrd, Richard Evelyn, 1888-1957 2
Chiang, May-ling Soong, 1897-2003 2
China National Aviation Corporation 2
Cochran, Jacqueline, 1906-1980 2
Couden, Elliott N. (1911-2004) 2
Curtiss, Glenn Hammond, 1878-1930 2
Dallas Love Field 2
Danilin, Sergei 2
Douglas World Cruiser (DWC) "New Orleans" (#4) 2
Dunnam, Nancy (Nordhoff), 1923- 2
Essex (Aircraft carrier) 2
Flying Tiger Line 2
Foltz, Edith, 1902-1956 2
Great Britain. Royal Flying Corps 2
Great Britain. Women's Auxiliary Air Force 2
Gromov, M. (Mikhail), 1899-1985 2
Hawks, Frank, 1897-1938 2
Hughes Airwest 2
Jeppesen, Elrey B. (Elrey Borge), 1907-1996 2
Kelly Field (Tex.) 2
Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963 2
Langley Field (Va.) 2
Lear, Moya Olsen, 1915-2001 2
Marsalis, Frances Harrell, d. 1934 2
Martin, Glenn L. (Glenn Luther), 1886-1955 2
McDonnell Douglas Corp 2
Munter, Herbert, 1894-1970 2
Museum of Flight (Seattle, Wash.) 2
National Aeronautic Association (U.S.) 2
National Championship Air Races 2
Neale, Robert H., 1914-1994 2
Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994 2
OX-5 Aviation Pioneers (Organization) 2
Olsen, Ole, 1892-1963 2
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