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The Julius A. Barr Clippings

 Collection
Identifier: 2018-00-00-3
Abstract

Julius A. Barr (1905-1939) was born in Normal, Illinois and spent time as a personal pilot to Chinese military figures in the mid-1930s as well as worked as a Boeing test pilot from 1938-1939. The collection contains four clippings related to Barr's time at Boeing and his death.

Dates: 1938-1939

Julius A. Barr Correspondence and Clippings

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2021-08-26-A
Content Description The Julius A. Barr Correspondence and Clippings is a small collection consisting primarily of textual materials documenting Barr's professional and personal life from the late 1920s until his death in 1939. The bulk of the collection consists of letters written by Barr, as well as a few written by his wife Hortense, to his parents residing in Pittsburg, Kansas, from 1926 until 1939. The letters shed light on his military training; his work importing and demonstrating aircraft for...
Dates: 1926-1939, 1941

The Julius A. Barr Photograph Album

 Collection
Identifier: 2018-00-00-6
Abstract

Julius A. Barr (1905-1939) was born in Normal, Illinois and spent time as a personal pilot to Chinese military figures Zhang Xueliang (also known as the "Young Marshal" and "Peter Chang") and General Chiang Kai-shek in the mid-1930s. The collection contains a photograph album with three hundred and thirty-nine (339) black-and-white photographs, most likely taken by Barr, covering his time in China.

Dates: 1934-1937

Julius A. Barr Photograph Albums and Films

 Collection
Identifier: 2019-10-24
Abstract

Julius A. Barr had a varied flight career in the 1920s and 1930s, notably spending time as a personal pilot to Chinese military figures and later working as a Boeing test pilot. The collection includes 5 albums with more than 1,600 photographs and 11 films that document his personal life and career.

Dates: 1926-1939

James S. and Judith A. Barrowman Report

 Collection — Box: One
Identifier: 2017-04-08
Content Description The James S. and Judith A. Barrowman Report is a small collection consisting of a research and development report on center of pressure prediction in rocketry written by James S. and Judith A. Barrowman. The report was presented at at the National Association of Rocketry's NARAM-8 on August 18, 1966. The title of the report is "The Theoretical Prediction of the Center of Pressure" and examines how the stability of a rocket is affected by its center of gravity and center of...
Dates: 1966 August

Maud T. Bartles Jim Lovell Scrapbook

 Collection — Box: Scrapbook box 37, Folder: 1-2
Identifier: 2022-10-28
Content Description The Maud T. Bartles Jim Lovell Scrapbook is a collection consisting of a single item: an album documenting a visit by astronaut Jim Lovell to Poughkeepsie, New York in 1973 for a Veteran's Day event. The scrapbook includes clippings, ephemera, photographs and philatelic items collected by Maud T. Bartles, a resident of the area who attended the event during Lovell's visit. The album is a "magnetic" style photograph album with a green cover with "Capt. J. Lovell" written on the...
Dates: 1969-1973, 2016

Raphael and Bette Barto U.S. Air Force Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2019-04-27
Content Description The Raphael and Bette Barto U.S. Air Force Collection documents the Bartos' service in the U.S. Air Force in the 1940s through 1960s with a variety of textual and visual materials. Raphael Barto's military service as a fighter pilot is documented with flight records and logbooks, certificates and diplomas, documentation related to his Air Medal, and photographs. The logbook primarily covers his time in training at Randolph Field, Texas, but his individual flight records provide...
Dates: 1942-1966, 2019

Philip W. Barttels Apollo 13 Recovery Photographs Collection

 Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: 2007-08-09
Content Description The Philip W. Barttels Apollo 13 Recovery Photographs Collection is a small collection consisting of images of the recovery of the Apollo 13 Command Module from the Pacific Ocean in 1970. The collection includes ten black-and-white photomechanical prints, one black-and-white photographic print, and five color photographic prints. The images depict the Command Module splashing down, recovery of the Apollo 13 crew and Command Module by U.S. Navy Sikorsky SH-3D Sea King helicopters of HS-4...
Dates: 1970

Robert L. Baseler Fighter Ace Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2009-08-26
Overview

This collection relates to Rober L. Baseler's career as a Fighter Ace, with a focus on his service during World War II.

Dates: 1939-1996; Majority of material found within 1939-1944

Brian Baum Emirates Collection

 Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: 2021-05-21
Content Description

The Brian Baum Emirates Collection is a small collection consisting of material received by the donor at a gala dinner to mark the start of Emirates' non-stop service between Seattle, Washington and Dubai, United Arab Emirates held at the Washington State Convention Center on March 2, 2012. The collection includes a 10-page commemorative /invitation, the event menu, and Tom Jones' set list taken from teh stage after the event.

Dates: 2012 March 02

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photographic prints 394
World War, 1939-1945 171
clippings (information artifacts) 164
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Air pilots, Military 101
certificates 91
logs (records) 91
World War, 1914-1918 73
Airplanes, Military 64
military records 63
Airlines 61
photocopies 61
booklets 60
Air pilots 59
negatives (photographs) 55
scrapbooks 54
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photograph albums 52
aerial photographs 51
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postcards 50
identity cards 48
Aircraft accidents 47
Boeing Company -- Employees 46
brochures 46
Washington (State) 43
Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress Family 39
Seattle (Wash.) 38
Women in aeronautics 38
orders (military records) 36
slides (photographs) 36
France 35
maps (documents) 35
menus 34
decals 32
memorandums 32
notes (documents) 32
newsletters 31
Fighter pilots 30
World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Pacific Area 30
lithographs 29
programs (documents) 28
Airships 27
Alaska 27
articles 27
business cards 27
technical drawings 27
Airplanes -- Design and construction 26
Northwest, Pacific 26
photographic postcards 26
Boeing Model 747 Family 25
Japan 25
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posters 24
Germany 23
Seaplanes 23
Flight training 22
Women air pilots 22
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signatures (names) 22
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California 20
Consolidated B-24 Liberator Family 20
Bombing, Aerial 19
China 19
Curtiss JN-4D Jenny 18
manuals (instructional materials) 18
transportation timetables 18
Boeing B-29 Superfortress 17
England 17
TMOF Aircraft 17
audiocassettes 17
diplomas 17
instructional materials 17
personnel records 17
16mm (photographic film size) 16
Aces (Fighter pilots) 16
Air mail service 16
Boeing B-29 Superfortress Family (Model 345) 16
blueprints (reprographic copies) 16
de Havilland (Airco) D.H.4 16
stationery 16
Armed Forces -- Officers 15
Astronauts 15
Boeing B-17 Model 299 Flying Fortress ("XB-17") 15
Boeing B-52 Stratofortress Family (Model 464) 15
Douglas C-47 Skytrain Family 15
Douglas DC-3 Family 15
Hawaii 15
Lockheed P-38 Lightning Family 15
Military education 15
airline maps 15
Air shows 14
Airplanes -- Flight testing 14
DVDs 14
manuscripts (documents) 14
navigation charts 14
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United States. Navy 68
United States. Air Force 57
Boeing 54
United States. Army Air Forces 52
Pan American World Airways, Inc 40
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Boeing Company 37
United Airlines 36
United States. Army. Air Corps 25
United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration 23
United States. Army. American Expeditionary Forces 21
Northwest Airlines Corporation 19
United States. Army. Air Service 19
Trans World Airlines 18
Western Airlines 16
United States. Army 15
King County International Airport 14
Project Apollo (U.S.) 14
United States. Marine Corps 13
Great Britain. Royal Air Force 11
Lindbergh, Charles A. (Charles Augustus), 1902-1974 11
American Airlines 10
Boeing, William Edward, 1881-1956 10
Douglas 10
Northwest Airlines, Inc. 10
North American Aviation 9
United States. Army Air Forces. Air Force, 8th 9
United States. Civil Aeronautics Administration 9
United States. Naval Reserve 8
Women Airforce Service Pilots (U.S.) 8
Alaska Airlines 7
Apollo 11 (Spacecraft) 7
Braniff Airways 7
Canada. Royal Canadian Air Force 7
Curtiss 7
Curtiss, Glenn Hammond, 1878-1930 7
Douglas Aircraft Company 7
Lockheed 7
Rickenbacker, Eddie, 1890-1973 7
Slayton, Donald K., 1924-1993 7
Wright, Orville, 1871-1948 7
Wright, Wilbur, 1867-1912 7
American Fighter Aces Association 6
Boeing School of Aeronautics (Oakland, Calif.) 6
Chiang, Kai-shek, 1887-1975 6
Earhart, Amelia, 1897-1937 6
Eastern Air Lines 6
National Championship Air Races 6
United States. Army. European Theater of Operations 6
Air Line Pilots Association 5
Apollo 13 (Spacecraft) 5
Boeing Air Transport 5
British Airways 5
Consolidated Aircraft Corp 5
Delta Air Lines 5
Douglas World Cruiser (DWC) "Boston" (#3) 5
Douglas World Cruiser (DWC) "Chicago" (#2) 5
Douglas World Cruiser (DWC) "New Orleans" (#4) 5
Douglas World Cruiser (DWC) "Seattle" (#1) 5
Flying Tiger Line 5
Great Britain. Royal Flying Corps 5
Hughes Airwest 5
John F. Kennedy Space Center 5
Kelly Field (Tex.) 5
Lunar Orbiter (Artificial satellite) 5
Merrill, A. Elliott (Albert), 1901-1992 5
Northrop 5
Pearson Field (Vancouver, Wash.) 5
Post, Wiley, 1898-1935 5
Ryan NYP "Spirit of St Louis" 5
Showalter, N.D. (Noah David), 1925-2012 5
United States. Army. Air Service. Aero Squadron, 95th 5
United States. Army. American Expeditionary Forces. Services of Supply 5
United States. Army. Forces in China-Burma-India Theater 5
Allen, Edmund Turney, 1896-1943 4
Apollo Soyuz Test Project 4
Armstrong, Neil, 1930-2012 4
Barr, Julius A., 1905-1939 4
Beall, Wellwood Edmeston, 1906-1978 4
Boeing Company. Wichita Division 4
Boeing, Bertha Marie (Potter Paschall), 1891-1977 4
Chennault, Claire Lee, 1893-1958 4
China. Kong jun. American Volunteer Group 4
Continental Airlines 4
Doolittle, James Harold, 1896-1993 4
Douglas, Donald Wills, Sr., 1892-1981 4
Fornasero, John B., 1904-1967 4
Germany. Luftwaffe 4
Graf Zeppelin (Airship) 4
Haise, Fred, 1933- 4
Horizon Air 4
KLM (Airline) 4
Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963 4
Langley Field (Va.) 4
Lovell, Jim 4
McDonnell Douglas Corporation 4
Museum of Flight (Seattle, Wash.) 4
Pacific Alaska Airways 4
Pacific Northern Airlines 4
Pershing, John J. (John Joseph), 1860-1948 4
Republic Airlines 4
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