Guide to the Anne Hunt Collection
MS 281
Finding aid prepared by Alison Hennessey
Collection processed as part of grant project supported by the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) with generous
funding from The Andrew Mellon Foundation.
San Diego History Center Document Collection
1649 El Prado, Suite 3
San Diego, CA, 92101
619-232-6203
May 2, 2012
Title: Anne Hunt Collection
Identifier/Call Number: MS 281
Contributing Institution:
San Diego History Center Document Collection
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
3.0 Linear feet
(3 boxes)
Date (inclusive): 1958-1996
Language of Materials: Collection materials are in English, Russian, and French.
Abstract: The collection contains materials collected by Anne Hunt related to the operations of the San Diego and Coronado Ferry Company
and the creation of the organization Air/Space America and the planning of their air shows.
creator:
Hunt, Anne
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
The San Diego History Center (SDHC) holds the copyright to any unpublished materials. SDHC Library regulations do apply.
Processing Information
Collection processed by Alison Hennessey on May 2, 2012.
Collection processed as part of grant project supported by the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) with generous
funding from The Andrew Mellon Foundation.
Preferred Citation
Anne Hunt Collection, MS 281, San Diego History Center Document Collection, San Diego, CA.
Scope and Content
The collection contains materials collected by Anne Hunt while employed at the San Diego and Coronado Ferry Company and Air/Space
America. San Diego and Coronado Ferry Company materials include employee bulletins, memorandums, and notices, as well as passenger
tabulations and San Diego-Coronado Bay Bridge commemoration materials from August 2, 1969. The bulk of the collection relates
to the formation of the organization Air/Space America and the planning of two air shows. The collection includes organization
overview presentations, Board of Directors meeting minutes and biographies, and research conducted on the Pacific Rim. Materials
relating to Air/Space 88 also include correspondence and planning for opening day activities, such as participation of Vice
President George Bush, San Diego Mayor Maureen O’Conner, and other politicians. Exhibitor materials include invoices, applications
to exhibit, finances, and correspondence. Air/Space 90, the planned but not executed air show, includes correspondence, participation,
and press. Additionally, press and correspondence related to Congressman Bob Wilson, one of the Air/Space America founders,
are also contained in the collection.
Arrangement
Collection is arranged into five series:
Series I: San Diego and Coronado Ferry Company
Series II: Air/Space America
Series III: Air/Space America 88 (air show)
Series IV: Air/Space America 90 (air show)
Series V: Miscellanea
Items within each series are arranged by subject.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Accession number 2002.103.
Biographical / Historical Notes
Little is known about Anne Hunt, except that she had a connection with and collected materials from both the San Diego and
Coronado Ferry Company and Air/Space America.
The San Diego and Coronado Ferry Company moved all modes of transportation, from horse drawn buggies to cars, from downtown
San Diego to Coronado Island beginning April 15, 1886. The need for ferry service ended with the opening of the San Diego-Coronado
Bay Bridge, August 2, 1969.
Anne Hunt held the positions of Exhibitions Coordinator, Marketing Assistant, and Marketing and Exhibit Coordinator with Air/Space
America. Air/Space America was a San Diego-based non-profit organization founded in 1985 to put on an international air show
that would compete with the most well-known air shows in Paris, France and Farnborough, England. Air/Space America organized
and conducted an air show, May 13-22, 1988, at Brown Field in Otay Mesa. The next air show planned for May 4-13, 1990 was
abruptly cancelled in late April 1990 and the organization declared bankruptcy shortly thereafter. At the time of its bankruptcy,
it owed 300 creditors between $2.5 million and $4.5 million. The creditors included the City of San Diego, which wanted the
organization to pay $150,000 for damages to Brown Field incurred after the 1988 air show.
Few of the major airframe manufacturers, like Boeing, Lockheed or McDonnell Douglas attended the 1988 show, instead favoring
the aerospace industry’s already established shows.
Air/Space America officials blamed the City of San Diego for the demise of the aerospace shows. They claimed that by postponing
approval of the 1990 air show, City officials hampered fund-raising activities planned by the organization to erase debt incurred
from the 1988 show. Air/Space America officials said the City would not provide the organization with a multiyear commitment
for Brown Field, which caused a group of investors, who were ready to put up nearly $3 million, to change their mind.
The City of San Diego blamed Air/Space America for its own destruction, citing mismanagement and an adversarial relationship
with City staff. Council member Bob Filner also blamed Air/Space America for being poorly managed and for not having a sound
financial plan. No creditor ever received all the money they were owed. At the time of its bankruptcy Air/Space America only
had about $24,000 in assets. Four former Air/Space America employees approached The City of San Diego with plans for another
1990 air show called The U.S Airshow, but the plans never came to fruition.
Separated Materials
Air/Space America 90 promotional VHS videotape previously separated to Videotape Collection, VT 205.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Air/Space America.
Burgener, Claire W.
Hatfield, Guy E.
Hunt, Anne
Kerch, Charles G.
Klein, Herbert G. (Herbert George), 1918-2009
Lee Company, The.
Parma, Leon
San Diego (Calif.). City Council.
San Diego and Coronado Ferry Company.
TacTech, Inc..
Tech Pubs Hal, Inc..
Technofan, Inc..
Teledyne, Inc..
Tennant Company.
Texstar, Inc..
Thermal Equipment Corporation.
Thermal Structures, Inc..
Thermo Electron Corporation.
Tiernay Metals.
Tiodize Company, Inc..
Tracor Flight Systems.
Tri-Models, Inc..
Trimble Navigation Ltd..
Trontech, Inc..
TRW Space and Defense.
U. S. Air Tool Company, Inc..
U. S. Paint.
U. S. Welding Corporation.
United Engineering Steels Ltd..
United Instruments, Inc..
United Parcel Service.
United States. Air Force.
United States. Immigration Border Patrol.
Universal Alloy Corporation.
University of North Dakota.
USA Information Systems, Inc..
V Band Corporation.
Valcor Engineering Corporation.
Van Deerlin, Lionel
Vantage.
Vard Newport.
Vector Aeromotive Corporation and Vehicle Design Force.
Walsh, William A.
Wilson, Bob, 1916-
Wilson, David F. (Bud)
Aeronautics -- Exhibitions
Air shows
Aircraft industry
Coronado (Calif.)
Ferries
San Diego (Calif.)
San Diego-Coronado Bridge
Series I:
San Diego and Coronado Ferry Company
Box-folder 1:1
Operations,
1958 March 10–1969 February 25 and undated
Includes:
Internal bulletins and memorandums
Passenger tabulations by vessel
Box-folder 1:2
San Diego-Coronado Bay Bridge,
1969 August-September
Includes
"Commutation Ticket Book" (empty)
"Certificate" issued by Walker Scott Company of San Diego, commemorating the opening of the San Diego-Coronado Bay Bridge,
August 2, 1969
Box-folder 1:3
Miscellanea,
1959 August 21 and undated
Includes:
Ferry ticket book
Commemorative book produced by Home Federal Savings and Loan Association of San Diego, honoring the San Diego and Coronado
Ferry Company
“Notice to Mariners” issued by the U.S. Coast Guard
Series II:
Air/Space America
Box-folder 1:4
Planning and development,
1987 January 28–1988 November 30 and undated
Includes:
IRS letter in response to application for tax-exempt status as a 501(c)(3) organization
Letter containing legal advice on creating memberships for Air/Space America
Box-folder 3:1
Planning and development,
Includes:
Presentation proposing creation of Air/Space America and air shows (copy in Box 1, Folder 4).
Box-folder 1:5
Governance and organizational structure,
1988 September 26 and undated
Includes:
Descriptions for positions held by the Board of Directors and staff
Box-folder 1:6
Board of Directors biographies,
undated
Includes:
Biographies of Claire W. Burgener, Guy E. Hatfield, Charles G. Kerch, Herbert G. Klein, Leon Parma, Lionel Van Deerlin, William
A. Walsh, Bob Wilson, David F. Wilson (Bud).
Box-folder 1:7
Board of Directors meeting minutes and memo,
1989
Box-folder 1:8
Pacific Rim Research,
1985 February 21–1988 September and undated
Includes:
Profile on the Society of Japanese Aerospace Companies, Inc.
Information sheet and pamphlet on the University of Southern California Pacific Rim Management Programs
“Focus on Japan,” newsletter
Articles on the Pacific Rim from the U.S. State Department
Box-folder 3:2
Pacific Rim Research,
1986 May 4
Includes:
Articles on Pacific Rim aviation, San Diego Union (Opinion section), May 4, 1986
Box-folder 1:9
Articles,
1987 July 13–1989 July 10 and undated
Box-folder 1:10
Miscellanea,
1986 August 1–1989 April 18 and undated
Includes:
Photograph of unidentified people in front of airplane
Telegram and articles from the Department of Commerce regarding USFCS Munich
International calling instructions
Memo from The U.S. Air Show regarding the formation of a new organization to take over the 1990 air show in San Diego, April
18, 1989
Independent Insurance Agents Association of California Biographical Questionnaire for David F. Wilson (Bud), August 1, 1986
“Air and Ground Operations Checklists” from the International Council for Air Shows News, First Quarter, 1989
“Information Manual” for Air/Space America, compiled by National University
Series III:
Air/Space America 88 (air show)
Box-folder 1:11
Planning presentations,
1987 October 5–1988 March 24
Scope and Content
“Proposal to Produce High-Exposure Program for Air/Space America” prepared by Gordon Publications, October 5, 1987
Box-folder 1:12
Planning photographs,
undated
Box-folder 1:13
Opening Day planning,
1988 April 29 and undated
Includes:
Schedules, participants, announcer scripts, and reports for opening day activities
Box-folder 1:14
General correspondence,
1986 December 12–1988 May 10 and undated
Box-folder 1:15
Opening Day correspondence,
1988 April 1–June 13
Box-folder 1:16
Soviet participation (some in Russian),
1987 November 19–1988 May 6 and undated
Includes:
Pamphlets and specifications on Soviet aircraft
Correspondence
"Soviet Aerospace" (newsletter)
Box-folder 1:17
Exhibitor: The Lee Company,
1988 February 15 – April 28
Box-folder 1:18
Exhibitor: Ministry of Aviation Industry of the U.S.S.R,
1988 March 23-April 25
Box-folder 1:19
Exhibitor: TacTech, Inc.,
1988 March 8–August 5 and undated
Box-folder 1:20
Exhibitor: Technofan, Inc.,
1988 January 8–August 19 and undated
Box-folder 1:21
Exhibitor: Tech Pubs Hal, Inc.,
1987 November 23–1988 May 13 and undated
Box-folder 1:22
Exhibitor: Teledyne, Inc.,
1987 December 11-1988 November 1 and undated
Box-folder 1:23
Exhibitor: Tennant Company,
1988 August 5
Box-folder 1:24
Exhibitor: Texstar, Inc.,
1988 February 22–May 5
Box-folder 1:25
Exhibitor: Thermal Equipment, Corp.,
1987 December 22–1989 March 10
Box-folder 1:26
Exhibitor: Thermal Structures, Inc.,
1988 March 23–August 5
Box-folder 1:27
Exhibitor: Thermo Electron, Corp.,
1987 December 14-1988 April 18
Box-folder 1:28
Exhibitor: Tiernay Metals,
1988 March 16–April 19
Box-folder 1:29
Exhibitor: Tijuana Tourism & Conventions Bureau,
1988 May 11
Box-folder 1:30
Exhibitor: The Times Company, San Diego County Division,
1988 May 19–August 5
Box-folder 1:31
Exhibitor: Tiodize Company, Inc.,
1987 December 11–1988 August 5
Box-folder 1:32
Exhibitor: Tracor Flight Systems,
1988 April 27–May 5
Box-folder 1:33
Exhibitor: Trimble Navigation Ltd.,
1987 September 14–1988 April 27
Box-folder 2:1
Exhibitor: Tri-Models, Inc.,
1988 February 9–August 5
Box-folder 2:2
Exhibitor: Trontech, Inc.,
1988 February 17–May 10
Box-folder 2:3
Exhibitor: TRW Space & Defense,
1987 December 17–1988 August 5
Box-folder 2:4
Exhibitor: United Engineering Steels, Ltd.,
1987 November 6–1988 May 9
Box-folder 2:5
Exhibitor: United Instruments, Inc.,
1987 September 17–1988 April 28
Box-folder 2:6
Exhibitor: United Parcel Service,
1988 May 5
Box-folder 2:7
Exhibitor: Universal Alloy Corp.,
1988 March 4–May 6
Box-folder 2:8
Exhibitor: University of North Dakota,
1988 April 28-30
Box-folder 2:9
Exhibitor: U.S.A. Information Systems, Inc.,
1988 April 14–May 10
Box-folder 2:10
Exhibitor: U.S. Air Force Recruiting,
1988 May 11
Box-folder 2:11
Exhibitor: U.S. Air Force Reserve,
undated
Box-folder 2:12
Exhibitor: U.S. Air Tool Company, Inc.,
1987 September 14–1988 May 4 and undated
Box-folder 2:13
Exhibitor: U.S. Border Patrol,
1988 May 11
Box-folder 2:14
Exhibitor: U.S. Paint,
1988 April 26–June 30
Box-folder 2:15
Exhibitor: U.S. Welding Corp.,
1988 May 9-12
Box-folder 2:16
Exhibitor: Valcor Engineering,
1987 July 15–1988 May 5 and undated
Box-folder 2:17
Exhibitor: Vantage,
1987 September 4–1988 June 27 and undated
Box-folder 2:18
Exhibitor: Vard Newport,
1988 March 10–April 28
Box-folder 2:19
Exhibitor: V Band, Corp.,
1987 August 14–1988 August 15 and undated
Box-folder 2:20
Exhibitor: Vector Aeromotive Corp. & Vehicle Design Force,
1988 May 11–August 5
Box-folder 2:21
Exhibitor exit interviews,
1988 May 21-28
Box-folder 2:22
Report on Educational Component,
1988 June 18
Box-folder 2:23
Directory, Program, and Brochures (some in French),
1988
Series IV:
Air/Space America 90 (air show)
Box-folder 2:26
“Profile of a Major Aerospace Trade Expo” and business plan,
1987-1988 and undated
Box-folder 2:27
Finances,
1989 December 31–1990 March 31
Includes:
Expense, revenue and exhibit sales projections
Balance sheet; account statements; checks
Box-folder 2:28
Internal office communication,
1989 January 3–1990 April 21
Includes:
Memo to staff regarding “difficulties with the city over site preparation and permits at Brown Field,” April 17, 1990.
Letter dated April 20, 1990, to all staff from William H. Patterson, President of Air/Space America, explaining that with
the cancellation of the air show, the organization must let go of all staff.
Box-folder 2:29
External planning correspondence,
1989 January 18–1990 April 12
Includes:
Letter from Congressmen Bob Dornan, Duncan Hunter, Bill Lowery, and Ron Packard to Vice President Dan Quayle requesting his
presence at the 1990 air show.
Requests for information regarding the 1990 air show from the Embassy of the Republic of Iraq, Israel Aircraft Industries,
Ltd., and Hitachi Denshi, Ltd. (Canada).
Box-folder 2:30
San Diego City Council,
1985–1990
Includes:
“A Chronology of Air/Space America” documents the relationship between Air/Space America and the San Diego City Council, August
1985 to February 1989
“Minutes of the Council of the City of San Diego for the Regular Meeting of Tuesday, April 25, 1989,” describes the “council
action” to authorize $300,000 expenditure for the 1990 air show
Box-folder 2:31
Soviet participation (some in Russian),
1988 December 19–1990 April 11 and undated
Includes:
Correspondence and notes
Box-folder 2:32
Brochures,
1990
Includes:
Air/Space America 90 air show brochure
Exhibitor information brochure
Box-folder 2:33
News releases,
1989 July 18 and undated
Box-folder 2:34
Newsletter proposal,
undated
Box-folder 2:35
Articles,
1988–1990 and undated
Box-folder 2:36
Miscellanea,
1989-1990
Includes:
Copy of a California Legislature Resolution to declare May 1990 as Air/Space America 90 month in the State of California
Box-folder 2:37
Bob Wilson papers,
1960–1996 and undated
Includes:
Letter from Congressman Bob Wilson to Mrs. Charles M. Ackert regarding Wilson’s campaign, August 17, 1960.
“Chowder and Marching Club Roster,” May 1996.
San Diego Union article, “Rep. Wilson Disputes ITT About Memo.”
Blank notepaper with “House of Representatives” and “Bob Wilson” inscription.
