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certificates of incorporation

 Subject

Staff Only
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Documents issued by the Secretary of State or other state official, establishing a corporation.

Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:

Elrey B. Jeppesen Papers

 Collection
Identifier: 1996-11-26
Abstract

The Elrey B. Jeppesen Papers documents the career and personal life of aviator and aerial navigation pioneer Elrey B. Jeppesen. This collection is comprised of textual, visual, and audiovisual materials created and collected by EBJ and his wife and business partner, Nadine Audrey (Liscomb) Jeppesen. The documents date from 1843-1996, with the bulk of the material dating from 1940-1979.

Dates: 1843-1996 ; Majority of material found within 1940-1979
Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

Series I. Wright Company, 1909-1927

 Series
Scope and Contents Series I. Wright Company includes material dating from 1909-1927 and is divided into three subseries: Administrative, Legal and Financial records.The Administrative records subseries consists of bound volumes of documents. Two bound volumes with documents glued in and one additional file consist of minutes from meetings of the board of directors and executive committee. The minutes reflect such things as the reorganization of leadership in late 1915,...
Dates: 1909-1927
Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives / Curtiss-Wright Corporation Records

Series II. Lear Avia Inc., 1884-1946, 1957, 1975, 1998, undated

 Series
Scope and Contents: Series II. Lear Avia Inc. Series II: Lear Avia Inc. is the second largest series of the collection. It documents the research, development, and manufacture of Lear Avia’s key World War II-era products, notably clutches, screw jacks, motors, and aircraft navigation and radio equipment and parts. In addition, there is documentation of other products which reflect the company’s post-war considerations for manufacture and production. These are not just limited to the field of aeronautics...
Dates: 1884-1946, 1957, 1975, 1998, undated
Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives / William P. and Moya Olsen Lear Papers

Series II. Simplex Automobile Company, 1912-1918

 Series
Scope and Contents Series II. Simplex Automobile Company contains only a small amount of materials. Because of the small size of the series and because the original files, which were kept intact, contain a mix of administrative, financial and legal documents, this series was not divided into subseries. Instead the files were arranged alphabetically by file name. The files in the series are comprised of various documents including: correspondence relating to purchase and transfer of stock; notices for...
Dates: 1912-1918
Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives / Curtiss-Wright Corporation Records

Series IV. Wright-Martin Aircraft Corporation, 1916-1917, 1965

 Series
Scope and Contents

Series IV. Wright-Martin Aircraft Corporation consists entirely of legal documents reflecting the company’s incorporation and merger as successor to the Wright Company. The primary document of incorporation is an oversized sheet covered in tax-stamps accompanied by legal documents detailing shares of stock, signed by stockholders. The certificates of merger record the acquisition of all Wright Company stock by the Wright-Martin Company.

Dates: 1916-1917, 1965
Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives / Curtiss-Wright Corporation Records

Series V. Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company, 1910-1933

 Series
Scope and Contents Series V. Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company is comprised of material dating from 1910 to 1933 and is divided into three subseries: Administrative records, Legal records, and Financial records. The Administrative records subseries includes a bound volume of board meeting minutes which includes related documents such as correspondence and legal files. A few loose pieces of correspondence and assorted documents are also in the subseries. The...
Dates: 1910-1933
Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives / Curtiss-Wright Corporation Records

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