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diaries

 Subject

Staff Only
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Refers to books containing the daily, personal accounts of the writer's own experiences, attitudes, and observations. Use "journals (accounts)" when referring to an individual's or an organization's account of occurrences or transactions.

Found in 11 Collections and/or Records:

Margaret E. (Wolfe) Berry Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2019-00-00-102
Contents of the Collection The Margaret E. (Wolfe) Berry Collection largely documents Margaret Berry's volunteer work with three aircraft restoration projects during the 1980s-1990s with visual and textual components. A small amount of material is personal in nature. The collection is arranged into two series: Aircraft Restoration materials and Personal materials.Series I: Aircraft Restoration materials makes up the bulk of the collection and has been further divided into three...
Dates: 1942, 1985-2006; Majority of material found within 1985-2006
Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

Flying Tigers Association Collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2001-04-27-A
Contents of the Collection

The Flying Tigers Association Collection consists of textual and visual materials related to the First American Volunteer Group (AVG), also known as the "Flying Tigers," from World War II. Materials from various members include logs, correspondence, identity cards, and photographic prints. Most of the material is from dates of active service, 1941-1942, but some items are commemorative, primarily lithographs and reunion materials, circa 1990s.

Dates: circa 1939 to 1945, 1990s
Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

Lionel Cherry Gilmour World War I Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2019-01-30
Abstract

The collection is comprised of a small photograph album, loose photographs, a prisoner of war diary, and assorted research documents pertaining to the World War I service and prisoner of war (POW) experience of Lieutenant Lionel Cherry Gilmour (1891-1973), pilot of the Royal Air Force (RAF) and its predecessor, the Royal Flying Corps (RFC).

Dates: 1915-2008; Majority of material found within 1968-2008
Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

Ray M. and Leonard H. Grimshaw World War I Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2017-01-24
Abstract

Ray (1894-1969) and Leonard (1888-1971) Grimshaw were brothers who served as mechanics during World War I. The collection contains correspondence, military documents, photographs, clippings, newspapers, a diary, and booklets primarily relating to the military service of Ray M. Grimshaw but also includes a small selection of correspondence from his brother, Leonard.

Dates: circa 1917-1969; Majority of material found within 1917-1922
Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

Glenn F. "Red" and Pauline P. (Ballard) Hiersche Collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2023-10-27
Content Description The Glenn F. "Red" and Pauline P. (Ballard) Hiersche Collection is a small collection of materials related to the military service of both Glenn F. "Red" and Pauline P. (Ballard) Hiersche, as well as Pauline Hiersche’s 25-year career with the Boeing Company. The collection consists of both visual and textual materials that date from 1937 to 2002.Glenn F. "Red" Hiersche was a Sergant in the 11th Army Air Corps during World War II. The materials connected to his service are...
Dates: 1937-2002
Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

Wilbur D. Kennedy World War I Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2014-06-04
Abstract

Wilbur D. Kennedy, 1893-1943, was born in Cedar Rapids, Iowa and served as a pilot in the 12th Aero Squadron during World War I. Collection contains photographs, correspondence, military records, and other assorted materials relating to his World War I service.

Dates: circa 1911-1944; Majority of material found within 1911-1925
Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

Alan Lonsdale Patterson Papers

 Collection
Identifier: 2021-08-03-A
Overview Alan Lonsdale Patterson worked extensively in the field of aviation from the 1920s to the 1980s. Throughout his career he worked as a barnstormer, pilot and established multiple companies that facilitated the sale of aircraft and aeronautical equipment, predominately between companies based in the United States and China. The collection represents both his professional and personal life through correspondence, photographs, business records, clippings and audiovisual materials, as well as...
Dates: 1876-2021; Majority of material found within 1920-1981
Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

John Hess Shuman Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2015-02-03
Abstract

The collection contains the World War I diary of John Hess Shuman (1896-1972), who served as a member of the ground crew for the U.S. Army Air Service.

Dates: circa 1917-1919
Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

Russell W. Whitcomb World War II Naval Aviation Collection

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: 2025-04-15
Content Description The Russell W. Whitcomb World War II Naval Aviation Collection is a small collection consisting primarily of textual materials documenting the military service of Russell W. Whitcomb during the second world war. There is also one photographs present.Two logbooks and a typed copy of a diary document and describe Whitcomb's service in the U.S. Navy as an ordnanceman. The logbooks primarily span April 1945 through January 1946, but a few flights from 1948 and 1951 are also listed....
Dates: circa 1920s, 1943-1952
Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

Samuel E. White Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2014-02-15
Abstract

Samuel Elbert White served in various balloon companies of the U.S. Army Air Service during World War I. The collection documents his training in the United States and his service overseas.

Dates: circa 1918-1919
Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

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