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technical drawings

 Subject

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Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus

Scope Note: The broad class of drawings that are intended for constructional, mechanical, or mapping purposes and that follow precise conventions of scale and projection, including cross-sections, details, diagrams, elevations, perspectives, plans, etc., made for use in a technical context.

Found in 40 Collections and/or Records:

Harry G. Leech Boeing 747 Collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2020-10-08
Content Description

The Harry G. Leech Boeing 747 Collection is comprised of color photographs, diagrams, and notes related to the Boeing 747. Included in the collection are 103 8x10 inch photographs of aircraft cabin interior design and images related to the Saudi Executive Airplane 747-SP. In addition, there are 34 3x5 inch photographs of an emergency landing in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Materials range from circa 1959 to 1986.

Dates: circa 1959 to 1986
Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

Ellis Levin Boeing Papers

 Collection
Identifier: 2023-10-30
Overview

The Ellis Levin Boeing Papers documents Ellis Levin's 54-year career with the Boeing Company through textual documents and photographic materials dating from 1932-2021. The materials in the collection are related to Levin’s engineering career, most notably his work in the Vibration Unit and Physical Research Unit, as well as his position as the Systems Growth Manager on the X-20 Dyna-Soar Program, and then as the Systems Engineering Manager for the Lunar Orbiter Program.

Dates: 1937-1983
Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

Ralph B. McCormick Boeing Collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2024-02-08-A
Content Description Ralph B. McCormick Boeing Collection is a small collection of materials relating to McCormick’s career as an aeronautical engineer with the Boeing Company from 1951 to 1989. The collection dates from 1944 to 1989 and is comprised of personnel records, reports, program schedules, technical diagrams, hand-drawn preliminary designs with accompanying hand-written notes, clippings, as well as lantern slides of a professional presentation. In addition to the materials noted above, there are...
Dates: 1944-1989
Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

Richard J. McWhorter Stearman Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2010-06-06
Abstract

Richard J. McWhorter (1921-2007) was born in Idaho Falls, Idaho and had a long standing and multi-faceted interest in aviation, including owning and restoring vintage airplanes. The collection includes manuscript materials, ephemera, audio-visual materials, and approximately three hundred (300) photographs documenting the restoration of a Stearman C-3B (#NC7550), on display at The Museum of Flight, as well as a Stearman C-3R (#NC656K).

Dates: 1927-2004 ; Majority of material found within 1960 - 1979
Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

Kazuo Nomi Airport Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2003-04-10
Contents of the Collection The Kazuo Nomi Airport Collection is primarily comprised of site plans (technical drawings) for design, construction, and expansion of various airports, 1972-2002 (bulk dates 1972-1985). The materials were collected and used by Nomi, who was Assistant to the Administrative General Manager, Transportation Services for Japan Air Lines. The materials have been grouped by airport and are listed alphabetically by their anglicized name. Materials within each airport series are ordered...
Dates: 1972 to 2002 (bulk dates 1970s-1980s)
Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

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
Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

Eric G. Peter Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2010-10-18
Abstract

The collection consists of photographs, military personnel documents, and wartime ephemera related to the Royal Air Force career of Eric G. Peter during and after World War I.

Dates: circa 1912-1962; Majority of material found within 1918-1919
Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

Lee and Betty Piester Centuri Model Rocketry Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2016-05-06
Content Description The Lee and Betty Piester Centuri Model Rocketry Collection documents the early model rockets designed and sold by Centuri Engineering Company with visual and textual materials primarily from the late 1960s and early 1970s. The Collection has been divided into three series: I. Lee Piester, II. Centuri Engineering Company, and III. Model Rocketry.Series I. Lee Piester is a small series with a few items pertaining personally to Piester. Textual...
Dates: circa 1950s-1980s
Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

Meindert Pillie Boeing Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2025-11-11-A
Contents of the Collection The Meindert Pillie Boeing Collection is comprised of textual and visual materials collected and used by Meindert Pillie over the course of his 40-year career as a Mechanic and Hydraulic Mockup Technician with the Boeing Company. The collection has been divided into two series: Professional materials and Aircraft documentation. Both series have been arranged chronologically. The first series, ...
Dates: 1934-1972
Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

Charles Radke Boeing Design Collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2019-11-20
Content Description The Charles Radke Boeing Design Collection is a small collection consisting of some of the files of Charles Radke, an artist who worked on aircraft interiors for Boeing in the 1960s and 1970s. The collection primarily documents interior concepts and layouts for the Boeing 747 and Boeing 707, but also includes some materials relating to 727s and 767s. Folders have been kept intact and original folder titles are indicated with quotes: 707 "Design Detail"; 747 "Elevator Concept"; "747 Overhead...
Dates: circa 1960s-1970s
Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

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