USC Library of Aeronautical History Earl X. Brown collection on aviation, 1966, bulk 1911-1945

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Title:
USC Library of Aeronautical History Earl X. Brown collection on aviation
Dates:
1966, bulk 1911-1945
Creators:
Brown, Earl X.
Abstract:
This collection consists of scrapbooks and clippings chronicling the early innovations of manned flight compiled by Earl X. Brown.
Containers:
Box: 1
Box: 2
Extent:
2.25 Linear Feet 2 boxes
Language:
English .
Preferred citation:

[Box/folder# or item name], USC Library of Aeronautical History Earl X. Brown collection on aviation, Collection no. 0064, Special Collections, USC Libraries, University of Southern California

Background

Scope and content:

This collection consists of scrapbooks and clippings chronicling the early innovations of manned flight compiled by Earl X. Brown. Included are two scrapbooks from Brown's service in World War I in the 270th Aero Squadron, and one scrapbook of various photographs of outings with other aviation enthusiasts, plane crashes, stunt shows, and war plans. Also represented in the collection are newspaper clippings related to aviation as well as two Richfield Airplanes pamphlets and a Miterite compound angle calculator tool.

Biographical / historical:

Earl X. Brown was a World War I veteran who built aircraft for Mercury Aircraft Co. and North American Aviation Inc. in 1919. He then worked for the Earl Daugherty School of Aviation in 1921.

Acquisition information:
Gift of Earl X. Brown.
Processing information:

The collection is unprocessed.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
Sarah Jardini for History Associates Incorporated
Date Encoded:
This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2022-11-30 09:46:19 -0800 .

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Preferred citation:

[Box/folder# or item name], USC Library of Aeronautical History Earl X. Brown collection on aviation, Collection no. 0064, Special Collections, USC Libraries, University of Southern California

Location of this collection:
Special Collections
Doheny Memorial Library, Room 209
Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189, US
Contact:
(213) 740-5900
specol@usc.edu
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