Doug Nelson aerospace collection, 1927-1980

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Summary

Abstract:
Items owned by Doug Nelson, founder and former curator of the Air Force Flight Test Museum, including drafting drawings of aircraft, original patent documents from Douglas Aircraft Company, Air Force Flight Manuals, and copies of Douglas Airview and Flying magazines.
Extent:
7.12 Linear Feet (4 boxes, 2 oversize rolls)
Language:
Materials are in English.
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item]. Doug Nelson aerospace collection, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.

Background

Scope and content:

Collection includes original patent documents from Douglas Aircraft Company; issues of industry magazines Douglas Airview and Flying; and Air Force flight manuals for the Lockheed F-104 A/B Starfighter (1964), Fairchild-Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II (1975), Boeing YC-14 (1977), McDonnell F-4C Phantom II (1979), General Dynamics F-16A/B (1979), and Rockwell B-1A (1980). There are also original drafting drawings of an F86D (undated), and F100-A (1972) aircraft, and a Pratt & Whitney J57 jet engine with afterburner (1951).

Biographical / historical:

Doug Nelson was founder and curator of the Air Force Flight Test Museum, located on Edwards Air Force Base in the Antelope Valley area of Southern California. After a career in the Air Force from 1964 to 1986, Nelson established the museum in the early 1990s. He remained involved until his retirement in 2007, and died in late 2020.

Acquisition information:
Gift of Mike Machat, September 2021.
Processing information:

Processed at the time of accessioning by Kelly Kress in October 2021.

Arrangement:

Collection is arranged chronologically within subject.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information.

Terms of access:

The Huntington Library does not require that researchers request permission to quote from or publish images of this material, nor does it charge fees for such activities. The responsibility for identifying the copyright holder, if there is one, and obtaining necessary permissions rests with the researcher.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item]. Doug Nelson aerospace collection, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.

Location of this collection:
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108, US
Contact:
(626) 405-2191
reference@huntington.org
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