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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:

Seiler Family Aviation Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2024-03-12
Contents of the Collection The Seiler Family Aviation Collections holds textual, visual, and audiovisual materials from the military and commercial aviation careers of members of the Seiler family. Materials are dated from the 1950s through the 2010s, although the bulk of material fall within the 1980s-1990s. It has been arranged alphabetically by family member with each family member's materials in chronological order. The first series, Gretchen (Seiler) Haskins, is primarily...
Dates: circa 1950s-2010s; Majority of material found within 1980s-1990s
Found in Notes:  , including 2012 correspondence regarding joining the British Guild of Air Pilots and Air Navigators and an
Found in Subjects:  correspondence

Charles E. Selge Pilot Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2021-12-06-A
Overview

The Charles E. Selge Pilot Collection is a small collection of textual and photographic materials dating from 1932-2021. The materials are related to Selge’s pilot career, most notably his time as an early aerobatic pilot with the Art (Arthur) Davis School of Aviation, Lansing, Michigan. In addition, there are a small number of documents illustrating Selge's continued intrest in planes and his aircraft restoration projets.

Dates: 1932-2021
Found in Notes:  documents describe Selge’s career through employment summaries, correspondence, clippings, and articles.

In
Found in Subjects:  correspondence

SHANNON Engineering, Inc. Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 1995-09-07
Content Description The SHANNON Engineering, Inc. Collection is comprised predominantly of textual documents and a small number of visual materials that describe the work of Jack Shannon, the founder of the company, and his business’s engineering designs and aircraft manuals from 1970-1992. The textual materials are made up of company reports, hand-drawn technical designs, aircraft manual drafts, charts, certificates, correspondence, hand-written notes, clippings, and articles. The visual materials consist of...
Dates: 1970-1992
Found in Notes:  , correspondence, hand-written notes, clippings, and articles. The visual materials consist of 14 photographs, 172
Found in Subjects:  correspondence

Lee M. Shelton and George W. French World War II Collection

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: 2003-07-25
Contents of the Collection The collection contains materials related to Lee M. Shelton and George W. French. Both men served during World War II, though in different military branches. Shelton was part of the Army Air Forces and his materials include photographs of military personnel and activities, such as inspections and navigational procedures; correspondence and a graduation announcement for Blythville Army Air Field. French served with the Navy and his materials include photographs of naval ships, including the...
Dates: 1939-1945
Found in Notes:  navigational procedures; correspondence and a graduation announcement for Blythville Army Air Field. French
Found in Subjects:  correspondence

Robert Short Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 1991-01-07
Abstract

Robert McCawley Short (1904-1932) was born in Steilacoom, Washington and worked in China as chief instructor at China's School for Military Air Tactics from 1931-1932. The collection contains licenses, financial documents, correspondence, photographs, ephemera, biographical materials, and clippings related to Short's brief time in China. Additionally, the collection has photographs, ephemera, and correspondence related to the identification and preservation of his memorial.

Dates: 1932-1987
Found in Notes:  , financial documents, correspondence, photographs, ephemera, biographical materials, and clippings related to
Found in Subjects:  correspondence

Noah D. Showalter Collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2021-02-25-A
Content Description The Noah D. Showalter Collection consists of textual, visual and audiovisual materials related to the career of N.D. Showalter, from his military service during World War II, to his time as a Boeing test pilot, and later work in military aircaft development.Showalter's military service as a bomber pilot during World War II is documented with a few military records but primarily with materials related to his involvement with the 483rd Bomb Group Association. Included are letters...
Dates: 1945-2012
Found in Notes:  clippings and some correspondence relate to other Boeing bombers including the B-17, B-29, and B-47. The B
Found in Subjects:  correspondence

Deke Slayton Notebooks and Letter

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2008-04-12-4
Content Description The Deke Slayton Notebooks and Letter is a small collection consisting of planning notebooks used by Slayton ranging in date from 1963 to 1992 and letter that he received in 1959. The notebooks are primarily pocket-sized planners recording Slayton's activities from 1963-1976 and from 1991-1992. There are 181 notebooks in total, most of which cover one month of a year, arranged in small boxes each covering one calendar year with twelve notebooks per box. One notebook, not housed...
Dates: 1959-1976, 1991-1992
Found in Notes:  composition style notebook spanning 1991-1992.

The letter is correspondence to Slayton from T. Keith Glennan
Found in Subjects:  correspondence

Nikolai Smirnov Resurs 500 Space Capsule Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 1993-10-05-B
Abstract

The collection contains booklets, books, correspondence, a newspaper, and a packing list of the contents of the Resurs 500 Space Capsule which was launched in 1992.

Dates: 1988-1992
Found in Notes:  The collection contains booklets, books, correspondence, a newspaper, and a packing list of the
Found in Subjects:  correspondence

William L. Smith Aviation Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2025-04-15-2
Contents of the Collection The William L. Smith Aviation Collection holds textual and visual materials related to the 50-year aviation industry career of William "Bill" L. Smith, who worked a variety of positions, including as a radio engineer, in procurement, and as management. Materials were collected or used by Smith with most dated from 1930 to 1970. Due to its small size, materials in the collection have been grouped by format and filed chronologically. The collection includes textual materials,...
Dates: 1935-1970
Found in Notes:  biographical sketch, correspondence, a 1938 flight cover for Howard Hughes' around-the-world flight, which has
Found in Subjects:  correspondence

Walt Sobol Photographs and Negatives

 Collection
Identifier: 2018-10-02
Content Description The Walt Sobol Photographs and Negatives is a collection comprised of 2,169 black-and-white photographic prints and 1,193 photographic negatives taken by Sobol during his career in aircraft manufacturing in China, Burma, India and the U.S. from the late 1920s through 1950s. The photographs are a mix of personal images, scenes of daily life in the various places he traveled, and documentation of the aircraft manufacturing industry in Missouri, China and India.The photographs are...
Dates: 1926-1959
Found in Notes:  associates; business and personal correspondence; assorted pieces of printed ephemera including menus; and
Found in Subjects:  correspondence

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