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certificates

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Documents giving authoritative recognition of a fact, qualification, or promise.

Found in 97 Collections and/or Records:

Jack Northcott photograph album

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: 2013-07-15
Contents of the Collection The Jack Northcott photograph album contains black-and-white photographs and assorted printed ephemera related to Northcott's United States Navy service during the 1950s. The album was likely collected and put together by Northcott or a close friend or family member. The front cover of the green leather[?] album has two (2) personalizations. On the top left side is a circular seal edged in red with a blue dragon over a ship [possibly a submarine]. Along the seal on the top reads...
Dates: circa 1950s

John P. Oberto Pilot Collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2024-05-17
Contents of the Collection The John P. Oberto Pilot Collection is a small collection that holds textual and visual materials primarily related to Oberto's World War II service as a naval aviator. The collection includes three logbooks, 1942-1954, and multiple service certificates, including Naval Aviator, VRF-1 Squadron, Satisfactory Service, and his 1961 Honorable Discharge. Also included are notes and twelve modern digital prints and reprints of Oberto as he visited aircraft he had flown during his...
Dates: 1942-circa 2010s

Remi Charles O’Connor Naval Aviation Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2019-03-19
Contents of the Collection The Remi Charles O'Connor Naval Aviation Collection primarily relates to the 1941-1956 military service of O'Connor, a Naval Aviator in World War II and the Korean War. The collection is comprised of textual materials such as logs, correspondence, and clippings, as well as 10 photographic prints and one 8mm film reel.The bulk of the collection consists of O'Connor's flight logs, including two from his student pilot training in 1941 and five that cover his flying career from...
Dates: 1941-1999; Majority of material found within 1941-1956

Norah O'Neill Pilot Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2006-03-03
Abstract

Norah Ellen O'Neill (1949-2017), from Seattle, Washington, was a commercial pilot and an aviation pioneer. The collection contains a scrapbook, book reviews, newsletters and serials, photographs, pilot log books, and correspondence related to her flight career and personal life.

Dates: 1973-2017

Clyde Pangborn Pilot Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2005-12-27
Abstract

Clyde Edward Pangborn (circa 1890s-1958) was born in Bridgeport, Washington and was a military pilot and barnstormer. The collection contains photographs and illustrations, correspondence, advertisements, newspaper clippings, a date book, military service records, and ephemera related to the Pangborn's personal life, military service, and barnstorming career from approximately 1912 to 1981.

Dates: 1912-1981

Earl H. M. Phillips RAF Glider Pilot Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2016-01-28
Content Description The Earl H. M. Phillips RAF Glider Pilot Collection contains textual materials, 18 photographic prints, and 1 DVD related to the 1944-1946 World War II military service of Royal Air Force (RAF) glider pilot Earl H.M. Phillips. The collection has been arranged as three series: World War II-era materials, Post-war and commemorative materials, and personal materials. The bulk of the collection is Series I: World War II-era materials, 1944-1947 and is...
Dates: 1937-1992; Majority of material found within 1944-1946

James Pinger Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2000-01-20
Abstract

The collection contains a signed black-and-white portrait of World War I pilot and ace Eddie Rickenbacker and a certificate celebrating the 50th anniversary of United Airlines.

Dates: circa 1917-1919, 1976; 1976

Pomer Family Scrapbook

 Collection — Box Scrapbook Box 42
Identifier: 2007-05-11-A
Contents of the Collection

The collection is comprised of a scrapbook with primarily black-and-white photographs featuring women and men in Navy uniforms, aircraft in flight, and military personnel and civilians in both casual and posed settings, circa 1930s-1950s. Most of the images are military-related with some depicting members of the Pomer family. The scrapbook also has a certificate of membership for the Institute of Aeronautical Sciences and three Pomer family children's report cards.

Dates: circa 1930s-1950s

William Dummer Powell World War II Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2008-05-30
Abstract

William Dummer Powell was born in about 1906 in Canada, became a United States citizen in 1935 and served in the Army Air Force 449th Bomb Group as a Staff Sergeant during World War II. The collection consists of a small amount of military documents, personal documents, and twenty-five (25) photographs primarily related to Powell's World War II service in the Army Air Force.

Dates: circa 1939-1980s

Seymour Rutberg World War II Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2022-06-16
Abstract

Seymour Rutberg (1919-2009) was a Jewish American World War II pilot. The collection documents Seymour Rutberg's World War II service as a pilot as well as his post-war service and veteran activities. A smaller amount of material is personal in nature. Most items are dated 1941-1952 and types of material include military records, flying logs, clippings, correspondence, reports and photographs.

Dates: 1929-2009; Majority of material found within 1941-1952

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