Finding aid for the Robert J. Clark collection on aeronautical history 7027

Marissa Chavez for History Associates Incorporated
USC Libraries Special Collections
2022 March
Doheny Memorial Library 206
3550 Trousdale Parkway
Los Angeles, California 90089-0189
specol@usc.edu


Contributing Institution: USC Libraries Special Collections
Title: Robert J. Clark collection on aeronautical history
Creator: Clark, Robert
Identifier/Call Number: 7027
Physical Description: 60.479 Linear Feet 51 boxes
Date (bulk): 1940s-1990s
Abstract: This collection consists of a scrapbooks containing photographs, articles, and clippings about aircraft and flying machines from around the world. These materials were collected by aircraft designer Robert J. Clark (1919-2009).
Language of Material: English.
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Biographical / Historical

Robert J. Clark (1919-2009) was an American aircraft designer at North American Aviation (NAA) and Northrop. Clark was the lead designer of the XAJ Bomber and named a delegate to NATO.

Scope and Contents

This collection consists of a scrapbook containing photographs, articles, and clippings about aircraft and flying machines from around the world. It includes binders of aircraft pictures and drawings, aircraft from major United States aircraft companies, as well as smaller builders and foreign builders, early aviation (pre-1914), famous flights, World War I, military aircraft development, postcards, a set of "Profile Publications," color prints, calendars, photographs, and posters. These materials were collected by aircraft designer Robert J. Clark (1919-2009).

Conditions Governing Access

Advance notice required for access.

Rights Statement for Archival Description

Finding aid description and metadata are licensed under an Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license.

Conditions Governing Use

All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Department of Special Collections at specol@usc.edu. Permission for publication is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gift of Marjorie A. Clark, 2009.

Preferred Citation

[Box/folder no. or item name], Robert J. Clark collection on aeronautical history, Collection no. 7027, Regional History Collection, Special Collections, USC Libraries, University of Southern California.

Processing Information

This collection is unprocessed.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Aircraft -- Archival resources
Aircraft industry -- Photographs
Aeronautics -- History -- Archival resources
Scrapbooks
Clippings (information artifacts)
Photographs
Drawings
Postcards
Calendars
Posters
Clark, Robert -- Archives