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identity cards

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Cards issued by a government or other authority that verifies the identity of those that carry them. These usually have photographs affixed to them and include personal and descriptive information.

Found in 48 Collections and/or Records:

Remi Charles O’Connor Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2019-03-19
Contents of the Collection The Remi Charles O'Connor Collection primarily relates to the 1941-1956 military service of O'Connor, a Naval Aviator in World War II and the Korean War. The collection is comprised of textual materials such as logs, correspondence, and clippings, as well as 10 photographic prints and one 8mm film reel.The bulk of the collection consists of O'Connor's flight logs, including two from his student pilot training in 1941 and five that cover his flying career from 1941-1964. The logs...
Dates: 1941-1999; Majority of material found within 1941-1956

Mary Ann Odenthal United Airlines Flight Attendant Collection

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: 2007-02-15
Contents of the Collection The Mary Ann Odenthal United Airlines Flight Attendant Collection is comprised of a small amount of textual materials and six color photographs. The material was collected by Odenthal during her service as a Horizon Air flight attendant (1988-1991) and United Airlines (UAL) flight attendant (1991-2006).The photographs range in size from 4x5 to 8x10 inches and are a mix of candid snapshots and publicity shots. Three feature airliners, including one from Horizon Air. The remaining...
Dates: 1990s - 2002

Susan "Kelly" Riley United Airlines Flight Attendant Collection

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: 2008-03-06
Contents of the Collection The Susan "Kelly" A. Riley United Airlines Flight Attendant Collection is comprised of textual materials and photographs related to Riley's career as a stewardess during the 1960s. There are two (2) United Airlines (UAL) Mainliner Stewardess diplomas (1961, 1963) for Riley; including the cases they were housed in. With each diploma is also a black-and-white group portrait of newly graduated UAL stewardesses. Both portraits are 8x10" and neither include identifying information,...
Dates: 1961-1963

Michael T. Russo World War II Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2008-08-25
Abstract

Michael T. Russo (1920-2006) was born in Cleveland, Ohio and joined the U. S. Army Air Corps in 1941 as a fighter pilot. Russo attained Ace status while fighting in the European and Mediterranean Theaters of Operation. The collection contains photographs, textual materials and ephemera related to the World War II experience of American Fighter Ace Michael T. Russo.

Dates: 1943-1945

Seymour Rutberg World War II Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2022-06-16
Abstract

Seymour Rutberg (1919-2009) was a Jewish American World War II pilot. The collection documents Seymour Rutberg's World War II service as a pilot as well as his post-war service and veteran activities. A smaller amount of material is personal in nature. Most items are dated 1941-1952 and types of material include military records, flying logs, clippings, correspondence, reports and photographs.

Dates: 1929-2009; Majority of material found within 1941-1952

Floyd W. Shepard Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2008-10-29-C
Abstract

Floyd W. Shepard (approx. 1890-1966) served as a pilot with the U.S. Army Air Service late in World War I and in the postwar occupation. The collection contains materials relating to his training in the United States and his service overseas.

Dates: circa 1917-1919

Charles Ashby Shoop World War II Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2008-04-22
Contents of the Collection The Charles Ashby Shoop World War II Collection contains textual and visual materials related to the World War II and post-war military service of Charles Ashby Shoop, a liaison pilot with the United States Army 104th Infantry Division. The bulk of the textual materials is Shoop’s 1942-1945 World War II and 1946-1960 post-war Reserve military service records, which include orders and assignments, promotion recommendations, memorandums and correspondence, and receipts and shipping...
Dates: 1942-1960

Robert L. Simons Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 1998-05-05-B
Overview

Robert Lewis Simons was a military and commercial pilot in the mid-twentieth century. The Collection is comprised of materials relating to Simons’ career , including log books, military records, photographs, and films.

Dates: 1925-1972; Majority of material found within 1938-1948

Anne and Dottie Simpson Collection

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: 2016-08-24
Content Description This small collection consists of materials related to Dorothy "Dottie" Lewis Simpson's flying career and some commercial airline ephemera. It is unclear if Dottie or her daughter Anne collected the ephemera. Material documenting Dottie Simpson includes her U.S. Army Air Corps wallet with her private pilot's license, medical certificate, and CAA identity card. Her pilot's flight log is also included and primarily covers 1944-1946 but has notations dating as late as 1997. The commercial...
Dates: 1944-1997

Patricia Steele-Emerson United Airlines Flight Attendant Collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2008-05-08
Contents of the Collection The Patricia Steele-Emerson United Airlines Flight Attendant Collection is comprised of materials relating to Steele-Emerson's thirty-three year career as a flight attendant with United Airlines (UAL), 1970-2003. The bulk of the collection is textual materials with a small amount of photographs, four (4) videocassettes and one (1) audiocassette. The collection contains assorted UAL documents, including employee records for Steele-Emerson; instructional, informational, and policy...
Dates: 1969-2003

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