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Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: ARTIFICIAL-BIO
Abstract
The Biographical Files are an artificial collection with textual and photographic files on more than 1600 prominent people and groups in the space and aviation industries.
Dates:
20th Century
Collection
Identifier: 2008-08-29
Contents of the Collection
The Robert H. Neale Flying Tigers Collection primarily relates to Robert H. Neale's 1941-1942 service as an ace fighter pilot with the American Volunteer Group (AVG), also known as the Flying Tigers, in Burma during World War II. The collection is comprised of visual and textual materials, including approximately 470 photographic prints and 61 negatives, military orders and documents, personal documents, and assorted clippings and ephemera. It also includes a significant amount of post-war...
Dates:
1937-2004; Majority of material found within 1941-1943
Collection
Identifier: 2012-12-23
Abstract
The Russian Transpolar Flight Collection primarily documents the June 1937 transpolar flight by Russian aviators Valery Chkalov, Georgii Baidukov, and V. Belydakov with photographs, clippings, audio-visual materials, and various textual materials. It also features a small amount of material about the July 1937 transpolar flight by Russian aviators M. Gromov, Sergei Danilin, and Andrei Yumashev, as well as general Russia-related research materials.
Dates:
1937-2012
Collection
Identifier: 1993-10-05-B
Abstract
The collection contains booklets, books, correspondence, a newspaper, and a packing list of the contents of the Resurs 500 Space Capsule which was launched in 1992.
Dates:
1988-1992
Collection
Identifier: 2010-05-04
Abstract
Walter A. Smith, Jr. served in the United States Air Force for over 30 years and was an active member of the P-47 Pilots Association. The collection contains materials relating to Walter Smith's Air Force career and World War I-era music collected by his wife, Flossie Smith.
Dates:
1917-2007
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2021-05-17-A
Content Description
The Joseph J. Sofet Air Force One Collection is a small collection of materials collected by Col. Joseph J. Sofet, pilot for Air Force One aircraft, VC-137B SAM970 and VC-137C SAM26000. The collection includes clippings about Sofet and his career as a pilot for Air Force One and about SAM970; photocopies of images of Sofet and Air Force one aircraft; matchbook covers branded for Air Force One and the President of the United States; an undated color 8x10" photograph of SAM26000 signed by the...
Dates:
circa 1960s-2006
Collection
Identifier: 2010-06-24
Contents of the Collection
The Wayne Wiesner Helicopter Collection primarily contains materials related to Wiesner's 1960-1990 engineering career with the Boeing Company. It contains textual and visual materials mostly focused on Wiesner's work with helicopters, although a small amount of photographs are representative of his time in Boeing Vertol's wind turbine program. Due to its small size, it has been arranged alphabetically by subject. The collection includes documents related to Wiesner's membership...
Dates:
1940-1991; Majority of material found within 1980-1985
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
Collection
Identifier: 2013-11-27
Contents of the Collection
The Jeanette R. (Rogowski) Witzkowski World War II Collection relates to the World War II-era experience of Jeanette Witzkowski, who served as a pilot and air traffic controller during World War II. It includes primarily textual materials and a small amount of photographic prints, with the bulk of the material falling within 1935-1947. Textual materials include Civial Aeronuatics Administration (CAA) air traffic control instructional documents and aircraft clearance forms and...
Dates:
1935-1948,1983; Majority of material found within 1935-1948
