The Descriptive Finding Guide for the Consolidator Periodical Collection SDASM.SC.10174
AR
San Diego Air and Space Museum Library and Archives
9/2016
2001 Pan American Plaza, Balboa Park
San Diego 92101
Language of Material:
English
Contributing Institution:
San Diego Air and Space Museum Library and Archives
Title: Consolidator Periodical Collection
Identifier/Call Number: SDASM.SC.10174
Physical Description:
.5 Cubic Feet
This is a one box collection with dimensions 12 ¼ x 10 x 7 inches. The collection contains 67 Consolidator magazine newsletters.
The entire collection is magazine newsletters. It is organized by date, starting from October 1936 and ending in April 1942.
Date (bulk): bulk
Abstract: The entire collection is Consolidator magazine newsletters. It is organized by date, starting from October 1936 and ending
in April 1942.
Biographical / Historical
In September 1939, the inaugural edition of CONSOLIDATOR was unnamed. Two days after the first issue was released, the Consolidated
Aircraft Corporation company picnic was held at Mission Beach with over 5600 people in attendance. It was there that the winners
of the naming contest were announced. H. Miller of the wing department, W.H. Wellman of sheet metal, A.D. Kligman of engineering,
and telephone operator Blanche Davis, submitted the winning name of “Consolidator” out of the one thousand and fifty-one entrants.
In the first issue, Major Reuben H. Fleet commented on the trend of industrial institutions publishing in-house magazines
for the purpose of keeping in touch and creating a closer relationship with their employees. The magazine was published on
a monthly basis by and for employees of Consolidated Aircraft Corporation until April 1942 when it went to quarterly publication.
In addition to the quarterly CONSOLIDATOR, a weekly newsletter, “The Consolidated News,” was issued to publicize plant news.
Scope and Contents
Description: This is a one box collection with dimensions 12 ¼ x 10 x 7 inches. The collection contains 67 Consolidator magazine
newsletters.
Content notes: The entire collection is magazine newsletters. It is organized by date, starting from October 1936 and ending
in April 1942.
Related Materials
The Consolidators have been digitized and can be found online:
https://archive.org/details/sandiegoairspacemuseum
Consolidated newsletter collection
Pescador, Katrina, and Mark Aldrich. Consolidated Aircraft Corporation. Charleston SC: Arcadia, 2008. Print.
Aerocat (EOS) search “Consolidated” http://s92006.eos-intl.net/S92006/OPAC/Search/SimpleSearch.aspx
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open to research by appointment.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Consolidated PBY-5 Catalina
Consolidated B-24 Liberator Family
Consolidated PB2Y Coronado
San Diego (California)
San Diego International Airport
Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corporation
Consolidated Aircraft (Firm)
Folder 1 – Consolidator October 1936 – December 1936
Folder 2 – Consolidator January 1938 – December 1938
Folder 3 – Consolidator January 1939 – December 1939
Folder 4 – Consolidator January 1940 – June 1940
Folder 5 – Consolidator July 1940 – December 1940
Folder 6 – Consolidator January 1941 – July 1941
Folder 7 – Consolidator August 1941 – December 1941
Folder 8 – Consolidator January 1942 – April 1942
