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certificates

 Subject

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

Found in 114 Collections and/or Records:

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
Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

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
Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

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
Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

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
Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

Linda Patterson Hughes Airwest Flight Attendant Collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2009-07-14
Contents of the Collection The Linda Patterson Hughes Airwest Flight Attendant Collection is a small collection of primarily textual materials collected and used by Linda Patterson during her flight attendant career from 1968-1981. The materials are from her service with Air West and Hughes Airwest and include certificates of excellence, a paystub, a May 1976 dedication ceremony program for the Hughes Airwest Boeing Model 727 "Spirit of Gamma," and a newspaper advertisement for Hughes Airwest's move to Seattle-Tacoma...
Dates: 1968-1981
Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

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
Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

Meindert Pillie Boeing Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2025-11-11-A
Contents of the Collection The Meindert Pillie Boeing Collection is comprised of textual and visual materials collected and used by Meindert Pillie over the course of his 40-year career as a Mechanic and Hydraulic Mockup Technician with the Boeing Company. The collection has been divided into two series: Professional materials and Aircraft documentation. Both series have been arranged chronologically. The first series, ...
Dates: 1934-1972
Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

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
Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

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
Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

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
Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

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