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correspondence

 Subject

Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus

Scope Note: Any forms of addressed and written communication sent and received, including letters, postcards, memorandums, notes, telegrams, or cables.

Found in 188 Collections and/or Records:

Guide to the MacDonald (Jerry) Boeing Correspondence Collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 1987-08-25
Contents of the Collection The Jerry MacDonald Boeing Correspondence Collection consists holiday greeting cards and letters sent by the Boeing family to the MacDonald family in the early 20th century. The collection includes 14 custom-designed greeting cards for Christmas and New Year's ranging from 1929-1931 as well as some undated cards; three handwritten letters and one typed letter from 1925-1930; 1 empty envelope, undated; one undated map of Washington State and southern Britsh Columbia; one 1906 photograph of...
Dates: 1906, 1925-1939, undated
Found in Notes:  The Jerry MacDonald Boeing Correspondence Collection consists holiday greeting cards and letters
Found in Subjects:  correspondence
Found in Finding Aid Title:  Guide to the Jerry MacDonald Boeing Correspondence Collection

Velda King Mapelli Air Racing Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2010-06-11
Contents of the Collection The Velda King Mapelli Air Racing Collection is comprised of hundreds of photographs and a small amount of negatives; textual materials suchs as brochures, certificates, ID cards, licenses, assorted ephemera, and correspondence; and race booklets from assorted races. The materials were collected by Velda King Mapelli, as well as her daughter Stephanie and husband Gene, during the course of her flying years, approximately 1969-1989. The photographs, which are both in color and...
Dates: 1969-1989
Found in Notes:  ephemera, and correspondence; and race booklets from assorted races. The materials were collected by Velda
Found in Subjects:  correspondence

Mary (Finley) North Northwest Airlines Flight Attendant Collection

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: 2008-02-26
Contents of the Collection The Mary (Finley) North Northwest Airlines Flight Attendant Collection is comprised of textual materials and photographs. The material was collected by North during her career as a Northwest Airlines (NWA) flight attendant, circa 1940s-1950s. There are five (5) log books, ranging from 1946-1950, that include details on North's flights, such as locations and dates; NWA materials, such as pay check stubs, ticket holders, business correspondence, and complimentary letters; and...
Dates: circa 1940s-1950s
Found in Notes:  , ticket holders, business correspondence, and complimentary letters; and assorted ephemera, such as
Found in Subjects:  correspondence

Bruce R. McCaw Aviation Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2014-01-15
Abstract

The Bruce R. McCaw Aviation Collection contains textual materials related to McCaw's work with Horizon Air during the early development of the regional airline carrier from 1980 through 1987, as well as assorted material from 1970 to 1997 from McCaw’s professional and personal experience as a pilot.

Dates: 1978-1999
Found in Notes:  , contains planning documents, manuals, contracts, correspondence, and trade and marketing publications
Found in Subjects:  correspondence

Philip McEleney Jimmie Allen Flying Club Collection

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 004758]
Identifier: 2019-08-30
Content Description The Philip McEleney Jimmie Allen Flying Club Collection is a small collection consisting of materials from the Jimmie Allen Flying Club collected by McEleney as a child in the 1930s. The collection includes instructions for the Jimmie Allen Flying Club Non-Flying Scale Model Airplane Building Contest; a membership card signed by McEleney; correspondence from the Jimmie Allen Club and a blank sheet of Richfield Eagle letterhead; flight chart blueprints; and 28 issues of 'The Jimmie Allen Club...
Dates: Majority of material found within circa 1930s
Found in Notes:  membership card signed by McEleney; correspondence from the Jimmie Allen Club and a blank sheet of Richfield
Found in Subjects:  correspondence

Florence McEvoy Photographs of Charles Lindbergh

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 004761]
Identifier: 2019-09-21
Contents of the Collection The Florence McEvoy Photographs of Charles Lindbergh is a small collection comprised of seven black-and-white photographs taken at Roosevelt Field just prior to the start of Charles Lindbergh's 1927 transatlantic flight. Six of the photographs were taken by Florence McEvoy, who lived in Rockville Centre, Long Island, and saw the aircraft, at nearby Roosevelt Airfield. Three of the prints depict Lindbergh's Ryan NYP aircraft, The Spirit of St. Louis. It is...
Dates: 1927 May 19
Found in Subjects:  correspondence

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 Notes:  correspondence between McWhorter and Western Airlines about the restoration of the Stearman C-3B, including paint
Found in Subjects:  correspondence

Iva and Homer Metz Space Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2019-11-01
Overview

The Iva and Homer Metz Space Collection documents the careers of both Iva and Homer in aviation and the space industry. It follows their time with the U.S. Navy, the Boeing Company, North American Aviation, and at Cape Canaveral during the Apollo and Skylab programs.

Dates: 1928-2003
Found in Subjects:  correspondence

Desiree "Jerry" Clifford Michaud and Thelma Irene McGraw Papers

 Collection
Identifier: 2016-11-01
Abstract

Jerry Michaud (1924-1982) Michaud served in the United States Navy during World War II as a Naval pilot in the Pacific Theater. Thelma McGraw (1920-1996) She worked as a stewardess with United Airlines (UAL). The collection contains textual materials, black-and-white photographs, and ephemera associated with their 1942-1952 naval and commercial airline careers, respectively.

Dates: 1938-1980; Majority of material found within 1940s
Found in Subjects:  correspondence

John W. Mitchell Fighter Ace Collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2002-02-13-1137
Content s of the Collection The John W. Mitchell Fighter Ace Collection relates to the military career of United States Army Air Force fighter pilot and ace John W. Mitchell, who served during World War II and the Korean War. Materials pertain largely to World War II, although there are some post-war items as well. It includes photographs and a photograph album with images depicting assorted military personnel, including Mitchell; activities, including reunions; and aircraft, including the P-38, P-59, and F-86. Other...
Dates: 1941-1995
Found in Subjects:  correspondence

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