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Seattle (Wash.)

 Subject
Subject Source: Naf
Scope Note: Geographic location

Found in 45 Collections and/or Records:

Franklin W. Minert Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2008-11-23
Overview

Franklin Minert was a test pilot and boom operator at the Boeing Company from 1943-1970. The collection contains photographic, textual and audiovisual materials relating to his career.

Dates: circa 1930s-1993; Majority of material found within circa 1940s-1950s

Norah O'Neill Papers

 Collection
Identifier: 2006-03-03
Abstract

Norah Ellen O'Neill (1949-2017), from Seattle, Washington, was a commercial pilot and an aviation pioneer. The collection contains a scrapbook, book reviews, newsletters and serials, photographs, pilot log books, and correspondence related to her flight career and personal life.

Dates: 1973-2017

Arnold C. Pearson Collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2023-10-03
Contents of the Collection The Arnold C. Pearson Collection consists of textual and visual materials created by Pearson during his education at the Aeronautical College in Chicago, Illinois and career as an aeronautical engineer and draftsman for the Boeing Company from the 1930s to the 1970s. Within the collection is a photograph album containing approximately 160 black-and-white photographs depicting Pearson’s friends and family, as well as his travels. The images are all from the 1930s and include...
Dates: 1930-1975

William V. Sipple Boeing Flying Fortress School certificate

 Collection — Box Small Collections Oversize Materials 1980-1999, oversize: folder
Identifier: 1992-11-02
Contents of the Collection

This small collection consists of a circa 1939-1945 Boeing Flying Fortress School certificate for William V. Sipple, Jr. The color lithograph features a Boeing Flying Fortress in flight. The caption printed on the front reads: "William V. Sipple, Jr., Honor Student, Boeing Flying Fortress School, Seattle, Washington." There is a printed caption on the verso which provides background information on the Boeing B-17F Flying Fortress.

Dates: 1939-1945

James H. Smith Aviation Photograph Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2023-06-20
Overview

James Hamilton Smith (1913-2002) attended the Boeing School of Aeronautics and worked in the field of aviation as a government contractor for the Boeing Company, as well as the Defense Contract Administration Services. This small collection consists primarily of black-and-white photographs that were either taken or collected by Smith during his time at the Boeing School, as well as throughout his career in aviation, which spanned from the early 1930s to the late 1960s.

Dates: 1928-1965

Lyle Speelman Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association Collection

 Collection — Box One
Identifier: 2006-10-18
Content Description

The Lyle Speelman Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA) Collection is a small collection comprised of correspondence, newsletters, minutes, bulletins, and related materials of the AOPA Seattle Unit, dated 1956-1957.

Original order, as recieved by donor, has been maintained.

Dates: 1956-1957

Peter M. Wood Boeing Family Film Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2004-07-28
Overview

William E. Boeing was an aviation pioneer who founded The Boeing Company in 1916. The Peter M. Wood Boeing Family Film Collection contains six films, primarily home movies of Boeing family members, from about 1930-1940.

Dates: circa 1930s-1940s

World War II Air Raid Warden Materials

 Collection
Identifier: 2014-00-00-20
Contents of the Collection The World War II Air Raid Warden Materials is a small collection of textual materials, including documents and booklets, meant to prepare and guide civilians acting as air raid wardens during World War II. Most of the items are specific to the Seattle, Washington area. Some items are undated, but most fall within 1940-1943. It is unknown who collected these materials.Materials include documents regarding the transmittal of color signals for emergencies, dim-out regulations for...
Dates: 1940-1943

Harold W. Zipp Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 1992-11-12
Abstract

Harold W. Zipp was an engineer at the Boeing Company for forty years. The collection documents his career, particularly his tenure in Wichita, Kansas, with diaries, photographs and other documents.

Dates: circa 1930-1971; Majority of material found within 1930-1951

Jackson, Jim -- oral history interview, 2014 September 23

 File
Interview Summary Aviation mechanic James “Jim” Hawthorne Jackson is interviewed about his life and military service. Particular focus is given to Jackson’s time with the U.S. Army Air Forces during World War II, when he worked as a B-29 mechanic in the United States and Guam. Afterwards, Jackson discusses his involvement with The Museum of Flight’s Restoration Center and his work restoring various aircraft, including the Museum’s B-29 Superfortress and Lockheed YO-3A Quiet Star.Introduction and...
Dates: 2014 September 23

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