autobiographies (documents)
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Literary works that are biographies of individuals written by themselves. For the overall genre, use "autobiography (genre)."
Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:
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
Found in:
The Museum of Flight Archives
David L. Davidson Jr. Collection
Collection
Identifier: 2022-07-11
Abstract
David L. Davidson was an electrical engineer at The Boeing Company and worked on the Saturn V Rocket and the Lunar Rover projects. He served in the U.S. Marines from 1942-1946 and in the U.S. Army Reserves Engineer Corps from 1957-1962. This collection, which dates from 1941 to his retirement from Boeing in 1988, consists of textual materials, photographs, and one digital audio recording. It includes administrative records, notes, Boeing managerial training materials, photographs that depict...
Dates:
circa 1937-1988
Found in:
The Museum of Flight Archives
Leroy F. Johnson Collection
Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: 2009-12-03
Contents of the Collection
The Leroy F. Johnson Collection is a small collection comprised of materials relating to John "Scarsdale Jack" Newkirk and sixteen (16) black-and-white avation photographs that appear to be unrelated to Newkirk. The materials related to John Newkirk include two (2) digital reprints of 1940s-era portraits of Newkirk in uniform as well as an eight-page typed biography, "The Life of Jack Newkirk - Known as "Scarsdale Jack," by Janet Newkirk (his sister), copyright 1942. ...
Dates:
1918-1942
Found in:
The Museum of Flight Archives
Joyce Parker World War II Personal History
Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: 2024-01-19
Content Description
The Joyce Parker World War II Personal History is a small collection consisting of an autobiographical narrative by Joyce Parker who worked as a "Rosie the Riveter" at the Boeing Company during World War II, as well as two photographic portraits. The story, which is four handwritten pages in a spiral-bound notebook, explains how teenage girls and women were recruited to work toward the war effort. Parker initially worked as a messenger for the Office of Civilian Defense. Then,...
Dates:
circa 1940s, 2005
Found in:
The Museum of Flight Archives
Series VI. Henri Coanda Archives, 1914-1965
Series
Scope and Contents
The last and smallest series in the Stine Collection is the Henri Coanda Archives. Included are documents, photographs, and an autobiography, including a translation. While there is material on Coanda in Series IV Subseries D., that material was created and collected by Stine in relation to their research, while this series consists of works originated by Coanda himself.
Dates:
1914-1965
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