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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 190 Collections and/or Records:

Gary Teeter Braniff Airways Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2018-11-30
Contents of the Collection The Gary Teeter Braniff Airways Collection is a small collection that primarily contains textual materials collected and used by Second Officer (Flight Engineer) Gary Teeter during his 1979-1980 employment with Braniff Airways. The bulk of the collection is employee records, including crew logs, an employee handbook, crew time and pay sheets and insurance booklets. There are also instrumentation training diagrams that depict "overhead panel," "pilots' instrument panel - left, right, center,"...
Dates: 1976-1984
Found in Notes:  with the Air Line Pilots Association labor union and include correspondence, a 1976 labor agreement
Found in Subjects:  correspondence

Walton B. Ten Eyck World War I Collection

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 004787]
Identifier: 2021-06-09
Content Description The Walton B. Ten Eyck World War I Collection is a small collection primarily documenting the military service of Ten Eyck. Materials include a 1917 Christmas Dinner menu from Camp Taliaferro Field No. 3; two letters from Ten Eyck to his future wife Barbara Braid dated October 21, 1917 and December 15, 1918; 96th Aero Squadron stationery; four photographs (informal and formal portraits) of Ten Eyck in military uniform from his World War I service; and an undated clipping about his being...
Dates: 1917-1918, 1944
Found in Subjects:  correspondence

Raymond J. Thompson World War I Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2025-12-17-2
Contents of the Collection The Raymond J. Thompson World War I Collection is a small collection of textual and visual materials that primarily pertain to the World War I service of Raymond J. Thompson, a private in the 314th Butchery Company, Quartermaster Corps of the American Expeditionary Forces. The collection also includes a number of personal materials. The collection has been divided into two series: World War I service and Personal materials. Each series is in chronological order. Most materials are dated from...
Dates: 1918-1944, 1970
Found in Subjects:  correspondence

Roy and Margaret Thrush Commercial Airlines Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2019-09-10
Contents of the Collection The Roy and Margaret Thrush Commercial Aviation Collection is a small collection that focuses mainly on Roy Thrush's 20-year career as a commercial pilot for TWA with a much smaller focus on his brief time at Lufthansa. The bulk of the collection is textual documents, including pilot logs; employee documents, including correspondence, memos, and schedules; membership cards; and a partial TWA pilot's manual. There are also 16 photographs, most of which depict aircraft. Identified aircraft...
Dates: 1937-1970; Majority of material found within 1940s-1950s
Found in Notes:  documents, including correspondence, memos, and schedules; membership cards; and a partial TWA pilot's
Found in Subjects:  correspondence

Donald D. Viele Lunar Orbiter Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2017-11-06
Abstract

Donald Viele was a Systems Engingeer with Boeing who worked with NASA on the Lunar Orbiter Program (1964-1967). This collection contains documents and photographs collected and authored by Viele during his time on the Lunar Orbiter team.

There is also some documentation relating to Viele's work with the Minuteman Missile program.

Dates: 1950-2016; Majority of material found within 1960-1970
Found in Subjects:  correspondence

Kenneth D. Wallace World War II Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2012-03-29
Overview

The Kenneth D. Wallace World War II Collection is comprised of textual and photographic materials primarily relating to Kenneth D. Wallace's military career as a pilot during World War II circa 1940s.

Dates: circa 1940-1945, 2010
Found in Subjects:  correspondence

Samuel Lewis "Lew" Wallick Boeing Test Pilot Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2024-05-08
Overview The Samuel Lewis "Lew" Wallick Boeing Test Pilot Collection documents the career and personal life of test pilot Lew Wallick. The collection contains both visual and textual materials that date from 1928 to 2018, with the bulk from 1954 to 1984. These documents bring to light Wallick’s work testing and demonstrating aircraft for the Boeing Company, with an emphasis on his contributions to Boeing's Model 700 commercial jetliner series. Also present are records on his involvement in the P-12...
Dates: 1928-2018
Found in Notes:  sheets, hand-written notes, memorandums, reports, news releases, correspondence, membership cards
Found in Subjects:  correspondence

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 Notes:  , photographs, scrapbooks, correspondence, pamphlets, personal and educational records and clippings, among
Found in Subjects:  correspondence

Raymond E. Weber Military Aviation Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2025-06-12
Contents of the Collection The Raymond E. Weber Military Aviation Collection holds textual, visual, and audiovisual materials related to Weber's military service as a pilot from World War II until his retirement in 1970. Materials have been arranged chronologically. The bulk of the collection is textual items and are primarily military orders that cover the span of his military aviation career. The majority are grouped together, but some are grouped by Weber's assignment, such as "B-47 related" and "B-58...
Dates: 1942-1970, 2010
Found in Notes:  retirement orders, certificates, officer effectiveness reports, pay section forms, correspondence, a copy of
Found in Subjects:  correspondence

Joseph F. Wehner Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2000-10-16-431
Abstract

The collection contains photographs and documents related to the life and World War I service of German-American Joseph Fritz Wehner (1895-1918). Wehner achieved Ace status and received the Distinguished Service Cross for his service in the 27th Aero Squadron before being killed in action.

Dates: circa 1913-1979
Found in Notes:  the life and World War I military service of Joseph Wehner.

The collection includes correspondence
Found in Subjects:  correspondence

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