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USC Library of Aeronautical History Earl X. Brown collection on aviation
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  • Biographical / Historical
  • Scope and Contents
  • Conditions Governing Access
  • Rights Statement for Archival Description
  • Conditions Governing Use
  • Immediate Source of Acquisition
  • Preferred Citation
  • Processing Information

  • Contributing Institution: USC Libraries Special Collections
    Title: USC Library of Aeronautical History Earl X. Brown collection on aviation
    Creator: Brown, Earl X.
    Identifier/Call Number: 0064
    Physical Description: 2.25 Linear Feet 2 boxes
    Date (bulk): 1911-1945
    Date: 1966
    Abstract: This collection consists of scrapbooks and clippings chronicling the early innovations of manned flight compiled by Earl X. Brown.
    Language of Material: English.
    Container: 1
    Container: 2

    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.

    Scope and Contents

    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.

    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 Earl X. Brown.

    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

    Processing Information

    The collection is unprocessed.

    Subjects and Indexing Terms

    Aeronautics
    Aeronautics -- History -- Archival resources
    Aeronautics, Military -- Archival resources
    Air pilots -- California -- Photographs
    Air pilots, Military -- California -- 20th century -- Photographs
    Aircraft accidents -- Archival resources
    Aircraft industry -- Photographs
    Clippings
    Photographs
    Realia
    Scrapbooks
    World War, 1914-1918 -- Archival resources
    Brown, Earl X. -- Archives