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business records

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Records generated by a commercial or industrial enterprise.

Found in 10 Collections and/or Records:

Arthur Wayne Byron Airline Pilot Collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2009-06-05
Contents of the Collection The Arthur Wayne Byron Airline Pilot Collection is comprised of primarily textual materials with some photographs that document Byron's commercial pilot career with Western Airlines and Delta Airlines. Materials date from mid-1940s through the 1980s.Textual materials include pilot logs dating from 1955-1987; organizational records for Western Airlines, including documents related to the merger of Western Airlines and Pacific Northern Airlines in 1967, as well as the merger of...

David O. Hill Seaboard World Airlines Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2014-12-20
Abstract David O. Hill (1939-) was a pilot for Seaboard World Airlines (SWA). Hill was also SWA's archivist and historian. The collection relates to the company history, personnel, and operations of Seaboard World Airlines (SWA), from its establishment in 1946 to 1980 when it merged with Flying Tigers Line and is comprised primarily of textual materials, the bulk of which are scrapbooks; but also includes photographic materials, including prints, slides, and negatives; and a single DVD.

William P. and Moya Olsen Lear Papers

 Collection
Identifier: 2000-06-20
Abstract William P. “Bill” Lear was a prolific inventor with dozens of patents for a variety of machines to his name but is most famous for his work in the aviation field. Moya Marie Olsen Lear was a philanthropist, businesswoman, and the wife of aviation pioneer Bill Lear. The collection documents Bill Lear's inventions and career in the fields of radio navigation, aircraft design, the 8-track player, and his efforts at a steam-powered turbine. Materials are predominantly affiliated with Lear’s many...

Jean Marie (Granfield) Lyons Northeast Airlines Flight Attendant Collection

 Collection — Box One
Identifier: 2008-08-27
Contents of the Collection The Jean Marie (Granfield) Lyons Northeast Airlines Flight Attendant Collection is comprised of primarily textual materials and a small amount of photographs collected by Lyons during her 1951-1953 flight attendant career with Northeast Airlines. There are ten (10) photographs and nine (9) negatives. The photographs range in size from 3x5" to 8x10 and are mostly black-and-white. Two images have been colorized. Lyons is featured in most of the images, which are a mix of portraits and...

Janet McMullen Pan Am Flight Attendant Collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2008-08-03
Contents of the Collection The Janet McMullen Pan Am Flight Attendant Collection is comprised of primarily textual materials collected by McMullen during and after her Pan American Airways (PAA) flight attendant career, 1960-1992.Materials include two (2) oversize Pan Am wall calendars (1960 and 1992); Pan Am ephemera, such as luggage tags, advertising brochures, and a 1966 timetable; employee documents, such as retirement information (1979), an orientation booklet, scheduling documents, and a vacation...

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...

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.

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...

Peggy Eckert Verger United Airlines Flight Attendant Collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2008-07-30
Contents of the Collection The Peggy Eckert Verger United Airlines Flight Attendant Collection is comprised of photographs and textual materials gathered by Verger during her 36-year flight attendant career with United Airlines (UAL), 1966-2003.The bulk of the collection is textual materials including Verger's UAL service record (1966-1977); financial records, such as paystubs and receipts; employee recognication letters; Association of Flight Attendants (AFA) labor agreements and membership cards; and UAL...

Series VI. Turbo-Lear, Inc., 1968

 Series
Scope and Contents: Turbo-Lear, Inc. Series VI: Turbo-Lear, Inc. is a very small series reflecting its role as a subsidiary company. The series consists of only two folders about business operations: a small batch of correspondence and two packets of “voucher checks.” The March-October 1968 correspondence includes several letters from Richard Marsen, an attorney, to WPL with clippings, as well as a memo from the law offices of Irell & Manella. The voucher checks include payments for payroll and...

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