Women in aeronautics
Subject
Subject Source: Library Of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Narrower terms: Women air pilots; Women aircraft industry employees
Found in 54 Collections and/or Records:
Dorothy Allen and Carol Gounaris Flying Tiger Flight Attendant Collection
Collection
Identifier: 2010-04-14-A
Contents of the Collection
The collection is comprised of primarily textual materials with a small amount of photographs that are related to Dorothy (Jesseman) Allen and Carol (Prentice) Gounaris who worked for the Flying Tiger Line as flight attendants, 1960-1964. The collection has been sorted into two series.Series I, Dorothy Allen materials, is the bulk of the collection. It includes Flying Tiger employee documentation in the form of a 1962 flight attendant seniority list, cholera vaccination...
Dates:
1960-1964
Found in:
The Museum of Flight Archives
Associated Women Pilots of Boeing Field Photographs and Clipping
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2011-00-00-15
Content Description
The Associated Women Pilots of Boeing Field Photographs and Clipping is a small collection of visual and textual materials documenting the the Associated Women Pilots of Boeing Field (AWPBF), circa late 1930s-1940s.The collection includes thirteen black-and-white photographic prints of six discrete images. One image is an informal portrait of a woman pilot in her coveralls, helmet and goggles. The name on her coveralls reads "Penney." One image depicts a department store display...
Dates:
1937-circa 1940s
Found in:
The Museum of Flight Archives
Elaine P. Austin Northwest Orient Airlines Flight Attendant Collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2013-05-07
Contents of the Collection
The Elaine P. Austin Northwest Orient Airlines (NWA) Flight Attendant Collection is relatively small and comprised of primarily textual materials with some photographs. The bulk of the material was collected by Austin during her flight attendant career with Northwest Orient Airlines from 1960-1965.Textual materials include a large amount of stewardess training materials, including instructions for various safety procedures, aircraft layouts, and assorted work sheets from stewardess...
Dates:
1922-1961; Majority of material found within 1959-1961
Found in:
The Museum of Flight Archives
Margaret E. (Wolfe) Berry Collection
Collection
Identifier: 2019-00-00-102
Contents of the Collection
The Margaret E. (Wolfe) Berry Collection largely documents Margaret Berry's volunteer work with three aircraft restoration projects during the 1980s-1990s with visual and textual components. A small amount of material is personal in nature. The collection is arranged into two series: Aircraft Restoration materials and Personal materials.Series I: Aircraft Restoration materials makes up the bulk of the collection and has been further divided into three...
Dates:
1942, 1985-2006; Majority of material found within 1985-2006
Found in:
The Museum of Flight Archives
Minnie M. Boyd Collection on The Ninety-Nines
Collection
Identifier: 2017-03-28
Abstract
Minnie M. Boyd (1910-1998) was born in Four Lakes, Washington and was an avid aviator. This collection contains correspondence, organizational records, membership directories, photographs, clippings, printed materials, and ephemera related to the Ninety-Nines, Inc.,and gathered by Minnie M. Boyd during her time as a member.
Dates:
circa 1920s-1998; Majority of material found within 1950s-1990s
Found in:
The Museum of Flight Archives
Don Brown Early Pacific Northwest Aviation Photograph Collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2023-06-26
Content Description
The Don Brown Early Pacific Northwest Aviation Photograph Collection is a small collection of visual materials collected by Brown that feature various aviation personalities and aviation scenes in the Pacific Northwest region during the early 20th century. The main individuals represented are Vern C. Gorst, as well as two female aviators, Florence Seidell and Ruth Wightman. Aviation scenes includes images of crowds watching planes in flight, planes in flight over water, planes parked in...
Dates:
circa 1910s-1920s
Found in:
The Museum of Flight Archives
Mary "Pat" (Hiller) Call WASP Collection
Collection
Identifier: 2020-11-15
Content Description
The Mary "Pat" (Hiller) Call WASP Collection consists of materials relating to Call’s service as a Women Airforce Service Pilot (WASP) from 1942-1944. Materials are arranged alphabetically and span from 1939-2019 (bulk 1943-1980). The collection consists of about 0.6 cubic feet of material, including military records, licenses and membership cards, flight records and logbooks, correspondence, photographs, ephemera, and clippings. Correspondence in the collection includes...
Dates:
1939-2019
Found in:
The Museum of Flight Archives
Commercial Airlines Collection (Part 1, A)
Collection
Identifier: 2018-00-00-23-1
Abstract
The Commercial Airlines Collection is an artificial collection comprised of textual, visual, and audiovisual materials of commercial airlines from around the world, 1910s-2020s.
Dates:
1910s-2020s; Majority of material found within 1950s-1990s
Found in:
The Museum of Flight Archives
Commercial Airlines Collection (Part 2, B-C)
Collection
Identifier: 2018-00-00-23-2
Abstract
The Commercial Airlines Collection is an artificial collection comprised of textual, visual, and audiovisual materials of commercial airlines from around the world, 1910s-2020s.
Dates:
circa 1910s-2020s; Majority of material found within 1950s-1990s
Found in:
The Museum of Flight Archives
Commercial Airlines Collection (Part 3, D-F)
Collection
Identifier: 2018-00-00-23-3
Abstract
The Commercial Airlines Collection is an artificial collection comprised of textual, visual, and audiovisual materials of commercial airlines from around the world, 1910s-2020s.
Dates:
circa 1910s-2020s; Majority of material found within 1950s-1990s
Found in:
The Museum of Flight Archives