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diplomas

 Subject

Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus

Scope Note: Formal documents conferring some honor, degree, or privilege, especially those bearing record of graduation from or a degree conferred by an educational institution.

Found in 17 Collections and/or Records:

Nordhoff and Dunnam Families Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2018-08-13
Overview

The Nordhoff and Dunnam Families Collection contains items relating to the World War I and II service of the Nordhoff and Dunnam families.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1916-2012
Found in Notes:  uniform at his desk, his flight class yearbook, and diplomas for Army training courses he completed. Also
Found in Subjects:  diplomas

Lyden H. Rien Boeing Flying Fortress School Collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2022-01-31
Content Description The Lyden H. Rien Boeing Flying Fortress School Collection consists of materials related to Rien's military service during World War II as a B-17 mechanic. The bulk of the collection consists of U.S. Army Air Corps Technical School training materials from the Boeing Flying Fortress School, part of the Boeing School of Aeronautics, from when Rien trained as a B-17 mechanic in 1942. The materials include a two-volume training manual that is interspersed with handwritten notes and...
Dates: 1941-1945
Found in Subjects:  diplomas

Susan "Kelly" Riley United Airlines Flight Attendant Collection

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 000568]
Identifier: 2008-03-06
Contents of the Collection The Susan "Kelly" A. Riley United Airlines Flight Attendant Collection is comprised of textual materials and photographs related to Riley's career as a stewardess during the 1960s. There are two (2) United Airlines (UAL) Mainliner Stewardess diplomas (1961, 1963) for Riley; including the cases they were housed in. With each diploma is also a black-and-white group portrait of newly graduated UAL stewardesses. Both portraits are 8x10" and neither include identifying information,...
Dates: 1961-1963
Found in Notes:  The diplomas were originally housed in leatherette certificate cases, but were removed for
Found in Subjects:  diplomas

C. E. Roy U.S. Naval Aviation Photograph Album

 Collection
Identifier: 2009-02-19
Abstract

Carlyle Emerson Roy (b. 1890) served as a photographer at Key West Naval Air Station, Florida, during World War I. The collection contains an album of photographs and ephemera depicting U.S. Naval activities at the station.

Dates: 1890-1950; Majority of material found within 1917-1918
Found in Subjects:  diplomas

Denise Babcock Schmidt Pan American Airways Flight Attendant Collection

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: 2008-10-28
Contents of the Collection The Denise Babcock Schmidt Pan American Airways Flight Attendant Collection is comprised primarily of textual materials and some photographs documenting Schmidt's time as a Pan Am flight attendant from 1973-1985, with some materials dating in the 2000s. The collection contains two Pan Am Stewardess School diplomas with color photographic 8x10" class portraits and accompanying certificate holder, 1973 and 1977. In addition, there are twelve color 3x5" photographs which are...
Dates: 1973-2008
Found in Notes:  Stewardess School diplomas with color photographic 8x10" class portraits and accompanying certificate holder
Found in Subjects:  diplomas

Ralph Wandrey Fighter Ace Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2017-04-18
Abstract

Ralph H. Wandrey (1921-2020) was a World War II American fighter pilot and ace. The Ralph Wandrey Fighter Ace Collection documents fighter pilot and ace Ralph Wandrey's World War II service as well as activities associated to his veteran status, from 1935-2009. A smaller amount of material is personal in nature. Types of material include military records, a pilot's log, photographs, scrapbooks, correspondence, pamphlets, personal and educational records and clippings.

Dates: 1935-2009, undated
Found in Subjects:  diplomas

Charles Zevart World War II Glider Pilot Collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2019-05-16
Content Description

The Charles Zevart World War II Glider Pilot Collection consists of items relating to the life and military career of Charles Zevart, a World War II glider pilot. The collection contains his military records, high school diploma, black-and-white photographs, correspondence with the Air Force, and his Army Flying School yearbook.

Dates: 1942-1955
Found in Subjects:  diplomas

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