The Descriptive Finding Guide for Pan American Airways Collection SDASM.SC.10239

Amber Sykes
San Diego Air and Space Museum Library and Archives
2021
2001 Pan American Plaza, Balboa Park
San Diego 92101


Contributing Institution: San Diego Air and Space Museum Library and Archives
Title: The Descriptive Finding Guide for Pan American Airways Collection
Creator: Rodina, Matthew
Identifier/Call Number: SDASM.SC.10239
Physical Description: 1.2 Cubic Feet The collection contains materials related to the early history of Pan American Airways. The material includes information on the first flights, aircrafts used, airline acquisitions and mergers, correspondence, and personal papers of people related to Pan Am. The collection includes documents, correspondence, manuals, training booklets, corporate literature, books, and news articles and clippings. A large part of this collection is research material gathered by Matthew Rodina, an aviation historian and enthusiast, primarily from the University of Miami's Pan American Archives and consists mostly of photocopies of original documents. This is a two box collection measuring 16.25x12.5x10.5". The collection has been organized into series and within that, chronologically.
Date (bulk): 1927-1991
Abstract: Pan American Airways, one of the largest international airlines in the US, operated from 1927-1991, and pioneered several features of modern air travel. Founded in 1927, when the US post office requested bids on a contract to deliver mail from Florida to Cuba, Pan American won with the highest bid, but didn't have the resources they needed to make the flight. They combined with competing airline, Aviation Corporation of the Americas which owned the landing rights in Havana, and this merger created the Pan American Airlines that would become one of the most famous airlines in history. This collection highlights some of the company's history.
Physical Description: Description: This is a two box collection measuring 16.25x12.5x10.5". The collection has been organized into series and within that, chronologically.
Language of Material: English .

Conditions Governing Use

Some materials may be subject to copyright, please contact the Archivist for details.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

The materials in this collection were donated to the San Diego Air & Space Museum. The collection has been processed and is open for research with no restrictions.

Preferred Citation

The Pan American Airways Collection from the Library & Archives of the San Diego Air & Space Museum.

Biographical / Historical

Pan American Airways, one of the largest international airlines in the US, operated from 1927-1991, and pioneered several features of modern air travel. Founded in 1927, when the US post office requested bids on a contract to deliver mail from Florida to Cuba, Pan American won with the highest bid, but didn't have the resources they needed to make the flight. They combined with competing airline, Aviation Corporation of the Americas which owned the landing rights in Havana, and this merger created the Pan American Airlines that would become one of the most famous airlines in history. An important figure in this merger was Juan Trippe, a World War I naval aviator and entrepreneur, who formed the Aviation Corporation of the Americas, and would go on to be the operational head of Pan American Airways. Beginning as a mail carrier between Key West, Florida and Havana, Cuba, it was not until 1928 that the first passenger service began. By the 1950s, Pan Am offered "around the world" flights, and was known for luxurious and comfortable service. Some key milestones for Pan Am include the inauguration of the first transpacific flights (from San Francisco to Manila) in 1936, with the famous China Clipper; the first transatlantic flights (from New York City to Lisbon) in 1939, with the Yankee Clipper, and the first round-the-world flights (from New York to New York eastbound) in 1947.
At one point, Charles Lindbergh, employed as a pilot for Pan Am, surveyed new routes for the company. Their famous "Clipper" planes, referred to as flying boats, were the first to carry air passengers around the globe, and Pan Am would eventually lead the aircraft industry into the Jet Age by acquiring new jetliners such as the Boeing 707 and Boeing 747.
Through the years Pan Am acquired and absorbed many other airlines and was principal air carrier for much of its career, but by the beginning of January 1991, Pan Am was dealing with bankruptcy and ceased operations Dec. 4 1991.

Scope and Contents

Content notes: The collection contains materials related to the early history of Pan American Airways. The material includes information on the first flights, aircrafts used, airline acquisitions and mergers, correspondence, and personal papers of people related to Pan Am. The collection includes documents, correspondence, manuals, training booklets, corporate literature, books, and news articles and clippings. A large part of this collection is research material gathered by Matthew Rodina, an aviation historian and enthusiast, primarily from the University of Miami's Pan American Archives and consists mostly of photocopies of original documents.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Pan American World Airways, Inc.
Martin 130
Sikorsky S-42
Boeing 314
China Clipper
Atlantic Clipper
Aircraft Corporation of America
Colonial Air Transport
Lindbergh, Charles A. (Charles Augustus)
Trippe, Juan
Priester, Andre A.
Keeler, Ray E.
Boyle, John

 

Box 1 of 2

 

Series I: Documents

 

Folder 1 -- Pan Am Corporate History

 

1. List of Directors and Officers, Nov. 21, 1939

 

2. Correspondence from Paul V. Smith to Juan T. Trippe, May 20, 1941

 

3. "Pan American Ready to Sign for Golden Gate Air Base," Aug. 1, 1938

 

4. "The History of Air Transportation in Florida," Tequesta: The Journal of the Historical Association of Southern Florida, March, 1941

 

5. Memorandum from Vice President and Comptroller of Finance, April 28, 1970 (Corporate Acquisition History as of Dec. 1970)

 

6. Corporate Minutes, June 9, 1972

 

7. Pan American World Airways, Inc certificate of 70 shares of stock to L.F. Rothschild & Co., July 8, 1974

 

Folder 2 -- First Flight - Key West to Havana, Oct. 19, 1927

 

1. Flight report, Oct. 28, 1927

 

2. Correspondence between A.W. French, Huestis I. Wells (Hugh Wells), and Samuel F. Pryor, regarding recognition of Wells as the first Pan Am pilot, 1960

 

3. Letter from American Airmail Society to Mr. Bennet, July 20, 1977 (photocopy)

 

4. "Pan Am's First Flight" by Don Wright, From the Archives (photocopy)

 

5. "The First F.A.M. Routes, 1920-28 (photocopy)

 

6. Photocopy of handwritten notes about flights

 

7. Photocopy of handwritten notes on passenger flights

 

8. "Story of PAA's First Flight," Cy Caldwell's version, Oct. 19, 1927

 

9. "First Pan-American Flight to Cuba Recalled by a Member of the Crew," Pan American Airways Times, Jan. 23, 1938 (photocopy)

 

10. "A World Airline was Launched" by Cy Caldwell, The Pegasus, April, 1943 (photocopy)

 

11. "First Flight" by Don Wright, From the Archives (photocopy)

 

12. Memo from C. Marlin Lundry Public Relations featuring "Story of PAA's First Flight October 19, 1927 from Key West to Havana (including Cy Caldwell's version), April 15, 1944

 

Folder 3 -- Pan Am Airways - Atlantic Division

 

1. Memo from Atlantic Division Manager to Vice President Bixby, Re: Award for Atlantic Suggestion No. 7786 by Joseph Karpchuk for the sound motion picture installation, DC-4 Aircraft, Dec. 5, 1945

 

2. History of Port Washington Property, 1929

 

3. Chronology of Port Washington

 

4. Memo from the Department of State, Assistant Secretary, to the president, Re: Telegram from American Embassy in London in reference to trans-Atlantic air service, May 1, 1936

 

5. Correspondence from Mr. G.E. Woods Humphery to Juan Trippe, Re: differences in memo of Agreement between the parties, Feb. 15, 1936

 

6. Copy of Memorandum of Agreement between Pan American Airways Company and Imperial Airways Limited (Transatlantic Services), 1936

 

Folder 4 -- Pan Am Airways - Pacific Division

 

1. Chronology of Transpacific operations of Pan American Airways, 1940

 

2. Pan American Airways, Inc.: Pacific Division, Staff list

 

3. Pan American Airways System Memorandum, Re: Reorganization Pacific American Airways Company, change of name to Pan American Airways Company, and use of transpacific route, Aug. 30, 1935

 

Folder 5 -- Pan Am Airways - Eastern Division

 

1. List of Small First Aid Kit contents for all Eastern Division Aircraft, Nov. 2, 1939

 

2. List of Eastern Division Aircraft

 

3. Civil Aeronautics Authority, Aircraft inspection Report, Oct. 28, 1939

 

4. Circular Eastern Division, Airplane weight and loading, Oct. 27, 1939

 

5. Circular Eastern Division, Airplane weight and loading, Oct. 27, 1939

 

6. Circular Eastern Division, Ships' Equipment List, Oct. 24, 1940

 

7. Circular Eastern Division, Ships' Equipment List, Oct. 24, 1940 (partial copy)

 

8. Circular Eastern Division, Airplane weight and loading, Sept. 22, 1941

 

Folder 6 -- PAA Fleet List 1927-1934, 1959

 

1. Statement of Airplanes purchased by Pan American Airways System, Feb. 1928-April 10, 1934

 

2. Correspondence from Matt Rodina to Rick Allen, Ron Davies, John M. Davis, Dan Hagedorn, Bill Larkins, Dave Ostrowski, Re: Pan American A/W Fleet List

 

3. Fleet list Jan. 15, 1959 from Barnette, of Operations Control LAD

 

Folder 7 -- Aircraft Comparative Correspondence, 1936

 

1. Letter from A.A. Priester to Charles Lindbergh, July 13, 193

 

2. Letter from Franklin Gledhill to Charles Lindbergh with attached engineering report, June 20, 1936

 

3. Copies of J.S. Woodbridge's early equipment records requested by A.W. French from Pan American comptroller

 

Folder 8 -- Inauguration of Trans-Atlantic Service, 1939

 

1. Chronology - Inauguration of Trans-Atlantic Service by Pan American Airways

 

2. Crew - Press and Broadcasting Representatives, June 17, 1939

 

3. Time Log, First Transatlantic Flight

 

4. Crew- Inaugural Airmail Transatlantic Flight via "northern route," June 24, 1939

 

5. Crew- First Transatlantic Passenger Service via "northern route," July 8, 1939

 

6. Press Release - 1,500,000 Miles of Ocean Flying Qualify Yankee Clipper's Crew for Inaugural Atlantic Airmail Flight

 

7. Yankee Clipper Crew for Inaugural Air Mail Flight, May 20, 1939

 

8. "Yankee Clipper, With 21, on First Flight to Europe," Herald Tribune, March 27, 1939 (photocopy)

 

9. Photocopy image of Yankee Clipper takeoff

 

10. "Coast Clipper Off to Miami," Herald Tribune, July 4, 1941 (photocopy

 

Folder 9 -- Pan American Airways - Africa, 1941-42

 

1. Memo from Assistant Manager to Vice President Bixby regarding Grumman Operations in Liberia, Sept. 3, 1942

 

2. Correspondence from John C. Leslie to William R. Stanley, June 25, 1975

 

3. WWII Summary of Financial Contracts with US Government

 

4. First Flights Africa-Orient Division - Chronologically

 

Folder 10 -- Pan Am Airways - Dispositions of Aircraft 1944, 1957-5

 

1. Disposition List

 

2. Disposition of Seaplanes

 

Folder 11-- Last Boeing Clipper Flight Oct. 29, 1945

 

1. Shannon Airport News Release

 

2. Pan American World Airways, Atlantic Division, Foynes Press Release, Oct. 24

 

Folder 12 -- Pan Am Airways - History of the Transpacific Air Services to and Through Hawaii, 1932-1944

 

1. Transpacific Survey Flight 1939

 

2. Pan American Doubles Service from West Coast to Hawaii Press Release, Oct. 15, 1946

 

3. History of the Transpacific Air Services to and Through Hawaii published by Pan American Airways, Inc. (photocopy)

 

Folder 13 -- Pan Am Airways System Clipper Route Maps, 1936 and 1938

 

1. Map of Routes of the Flying Clipper Ships / Correspondence from H.W. Toomey to E.J. Greer, Airline Inspector, Aug. 31, 1938

 

2. Route maps of North America, South America, and China / Correspondence from A.A. Priester to Robert R. Reining, Dept. of Commerce, March 19, 1936

 

Folder 14 -- Transatlantic Survey, 1937

 

1. Newspaper clippings on B-314 "3 Clipper Planes Converging on City"

 

2. Transatlantic Survey Flight Report June 25, 1937

 

Folder 15 -- New Zealand Survey Flight, 1940

 

1. Honolulu Clipper to New Zealand on Familiarization Flight Report, Nov. 18, 1939

 

2. "New Zealand Service Begins July 12," Clipper News from Treasure Island, June 25, 1940

 

3. "New Zealand Certificate", Clipper News from Treasure Island, June 18, 1940

 

4. Crew for New Zealand Survey press release July, 1940

 

5. Pan American Airways System & Associated Carriers: Pacific Services, issued June 21, 1940, effective July 12, 1940

 

6. "New Zealand Air Service, Clipper News from Treasure Island, July 26, 1940

 

Folder 16 -- Fatal Accidents of Scheduled Airlines 1927-1942

 

1. List from Civil Aeronautics Administration

 

Folder 17 -- Accident Report - NC 15376 S42A "Dominican Clipper" Destroyed San Juan Harbor, Puerto Rico, Feb. 19, 1939

 

1. Air Safety Board Report to the civil Aeronautics Authority as a Result of an Investigation of an Accident Involving Aircraft

 

Folder 18 -- British Safety Report, March 4, 1968

 

Folder 19 -- Congressional Hearing on Aviation Regulatory Reform

 

Folder 20 -- Matthew Rodina Biography

 

Folder 21 -- Matthew Rodina - Correspondence

 

1. Letter and scratch list to Matt Rodina Jr, from John M. Davis, Wichita, Kansas, Aug. 25, 1996

 

2. Letter to Matt Rodina Jr, from Peter Parry, Ayr, Scotland, Aug. 20, 1996

 

3. Letter to Matt Rodina Jr., from Samuel C. Johnson, June 23, 1989

 

4. Letter to Matt Rodina Jr., from Richard S. Allen, May 11, 1994

 

5. Letter to Matt Rodina Jr., from Alan Martin, June 16, 1995, attached "Whatever Happened to the Flying Boat?"

 

6. Letter to Matt Rodina Jr, from Peter Parry, Ayr, Scotland, Nov. 9, 1998

 

7. Letter to Julius from Richard Sanders Allen with Aircraft Research Data Card and photos of NYRBA Sikorsky "Tampa"

 

8. Letter to Matt Rodina Jr., from Carl A. Christie, Winnipeg, MB, Oct. 6, 1997

 

9. Membership welcome letter to Matt Rodina Jr., from SEAFLITE Oceanographic, Richmond, CA, June 10, 1985, with membership card

 

Folder 22 -- Matthew Rodina - University of Miami Research Requests

 

1. Requests for photo duplication from the Pan American Airways Archives March 12, 1997, March 13, 1997, Aug. 25, 1997, Oct. 16, 1997, Jan. 2, 1998, April 3, 1998, June 5, 1998, Sept. 11, 1998, Jan. 15, 1999, March 18, 1999

 

2. Envelope including photocopies requested of an article entitled "Rangers Keep the Baby Clippers Flying" by Charles E. McGee, April 7, 1997

 

Folder 23 -- Andre A. Priester, VP and Chief Engineer of PAA

 

1. Article featuring Andre A. Priester from American Aviation, July 1, 1947

 

Folder 24 -- Capt. Ray E. Keeler Logbook, 1929-1933

 

Folder 25 -- Interview with John Boyle by Ione Wright, Nov. 1973

 

1. Correspondence from John Leslie to Ione S. Wright, Feb. 13, 1974

 

2. Interview with John Boyle by Ione Wright, November 1973

 

Folder 26 -- Aero Limited, Florida, 1920

 

1. Travel by Air in Florida with the Aero Limited - photocopy of pamphlet (partial), 1920

 

Folder 27 -- Colonial Air Transport, 1926

 

1. Correspondence from Edward P. Warner to Juan Trippe, June 10, 1926

 

2. Correspondence from Juan Trippe to Edward P. Warner, June 12, 1926

 

3. Correspondence from Juan Trippe and L.L. Odell to Oscar l. Gubelman, Esq., July 26, 1923

 

4. Correspondence from Juan Trippe to Col. John A. Hambleton, Aug. 9, 1926

 

5. Correspondence from Juan Trippe to Col. John A. Hambleton, June 19, 1926

 

6. Colonial Air Transport General Information

 

7. Memo regarding History Project, Feb. 7, 1972

 

8. Correspondence from Juan Trippe to R.B.C. Noorduyn at Atlantic Aircraft Corp., Dec. 8, 1926

 

Folder 28 -- Philadelphia Rapid Transit Air Service, 1926

 

1. P.R.T. Air Service Report Outline, Sept. 25, 1928

 

2. Correspondence from J.A. Queeney to Harris M. Hanshue at Western Air Express, Inc.

 

3. Photocopy of P.R.T. Air Service Pamphlet "Go by Air"

 

Folder 29 -- Atlantic, Gulf and Caribbean Airlines, 1927

 

1. Corporate History Documentation

 

Folder 30 -- Aircraft Corporation of America, 1927

 

1. Corporate History Documentation

 

2. Chronological list of Incorporations

 

Folder 31 -- West Indian Aerial Express, 1927

 

1. Notes from contracts and minutes of meetings

 

2. West Indian Aerial Express History

 

3. Rules and Regulations for specific landing sites

 

Folder 32 -- Cuba - American Airline / Atlantic Coast Airways, 1927-8

 

1. Corporate History Documentation

 

Folder 33 -- Corporacion Aeronautica de Cuba / Florida State Airways, 1930

 

1. "A Seagull for the Corporacion Aeronautica de Cuba," Dec. 9, 1988

 

2. Correspondence from Gustavo S. de Bustamante to the Chief of the Aeronautic Branch, Dept. of Commerce, Jan. 23, 1930

 

3. Correspondence from Florida State Airways regarding Bustamante Correspondence, March 30, 1931

 

4. Aircraft Registration form for Curtiss Seagull

 

Folder 34 -- China National Aviation Corporation

 

1. Correspondence from W.L. Bond to H.M. Bixby, July 10, 1942, forwarded to Juan Trippe Nov. 28, 1942

 

2. Memo from asst. To Vice President Bixby to Director of Public Relations regarding CNAC's pioneering of the "Over the Hump" Route

 

3. Off the record account of a "Journey Among Warriors"

 

4. Correspondence from Gordon B. Tweedy to H.M. Bixby, April 6, 1946, including pictures after the arrival of the first Constellation at Kiangwan Airfield on March 20th

 

5. Correspondence from Althea Lister to Richard M. Bueschel, June 17, 1964

 

Folder 35 -- American Overseas Airline (AOA) and PAA merger, 1942-51

 

1. American Overseas Airlines Vest Pocket History, up-to-date supplement

 

2. Charles F. Blair Jr., Biographical Sketch

 

Folder 36 -- Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) formation, 1946

 

1. Correspondence between Per A. Nolin and John C. Leslie, including the history of Scandinavian Airlines, October, 8, 1973, Sept. 27, 1973, Sept. 24, 1973

 

Folder 37 -- Eastern Airlines

 

1. Letter to Shareholders, Jan. 8, 1979

 

2. Pamphlet for stockholders of Eastern Air Lines, Inc., April 8, 1977

 

3. Eastern Air Lines, Inc., Annual Report, 1978

 

Folder 38 -- Fokker Tri-Motor, 1927

 

1. Correspondence from Atlantic Aircraft Corporation

 

2. Memorandum of Sales Agreement

 

3. Correspondence from Basil L. Rowe to Mr. Fleming, May 5, 196

 

4. Correspondence from Peter M. Bowers to Althea Lister, June 8, 1966

 

5. Correspondence from Peter M. Bowers to Althea Lister, Dec. 18, 1966

 

6. List of Fokker F.VII Planes and Developments operated by Pan American Airways

 

Folder 39 -- Sikorsky S-38

 

1. Letter from Richard Sanders Allen

 

2. Draft of article submitted to Skyways written by Richard Sanders Allen

 

Folder 40 -- PA Sikorsky S-42 Flying Boat, Aero Digest, April, 1934

 

1. "Pan American Sikorsky S-42 Flying Boat," Aero Digest, April 1934 (photocopy)

 

2. "Basic Design Features of the Sikorsky S-42," Aero Digest, Aug. 1934 (photocopy)

 

3. "Basic Design Features of the Pan American Sikorsky Model

 

4. "Basic Design Features of the Pan American Sikorsky Model S-42 Airplane" (continued from Sept. Issue), Aero Digest, Oct. 1934 (photocopy)

 

Folder 41 -- Martin M-130

 

1. Alameda daily flight reports, Jan-June 1936

 

2. Trans-Atlantic Flight Report for the 7th Annual Greater New York Safety Conference, March 3-5, 1936, by Lessiter C. Milburn, The Glenn L. Martin Co.

 

3. Correspondence from B.C. Boulton of the Glenn L. Martin Company to E.P. Warner, Dec. 9, 1937

 

4. Article from the Washington Post "The China Clipper in Los Angeles After Long Flight, Nov. 11, 1935 (photocopy)

 

5. Article from Aero Digest "Wings for Our Foreign Trade" by Evan E. Young, Nov. 1934

 

6. Summary of service of PAA's 3 Martin-130 26 Ton flying boats NC 14714---Hawaii Clipper. NC14715---Philippine Clipper. NC 14716---China Clipper, Nov. 26, 1957

 

7. Martin Ocean Transport Model 130 diagrams and specifications

 

8. The Bride on the Philippine Clipper by Helen A. Hagerman (photocopy of book)

 

Folder 42 -- Boeing 314 - General

 

1. History Breakdown Boeing 314 Flying Boats NC 18601-NC-12, by M.D. Klass, B-314 Historian

 

2. Airpower magazine featuring The Boeing Clippers, Nov. 1977 (photocopy)

 

3. Boeing 314 Plane List

 

4. Boeing 314 and 314A Plane List

 

5. "New Clipper," clipping from New Horizon, April 1941

 

6. Passenger Deck Plan-Day Arrangement: Pan American Airways System Super-Clippers, Boeing 314

 

7. Personal notes on Boeing 314 with correspondence between Robert B. Maxwell and William B. Welling

 

Folder 43 -- B-314 Images (Xerox copies) University of Miami

 

Folder 44 -- Design Aspects of the Boeing Trans-Atlantic Clipper by Wellwood E. Beall, 1938

 

1. Report to be presented to the Air Transport Meeting of the Institute of Aeronautical Science at Chicago Nov. 18-19, 1938

 

Folder 45 -- Sale of B-314As to British Government, March 28, 1941

 

Folder 46 -- Boeing 314 Camouflage, 1942

 

1. Pan American Airways System Maintenance Dept. Atlantic Division La Guardia Field Report A-21-A, Camouflage - Boeing 314, April 17, 1942, with diagrams (photocopy)

 

2. Photo of Clipper getting painted, with caption "Light and Dark" (photocopy)

 

3. Photo of Clipper of removing camouflage, with caption "Harbinger of Peace" (photocopy)

 

Folder 47 -- Boeing 314 - WWII

 

1. Correspondence between Alvin T. Guthertz and Jeff, April 25, 1987 including photocopies of articles "Baltimore-Built Flying Boat Saves 48 Shipwrecked Men in Rough Sea" April 23, 1944, Baltimore Sun; "...Rescued When Japs Sink U.S. Troop Transport in South Pacific," Los Angeles Times

 

2. Operations and financial Information

 

3. Boeing History - This Contribution to the United States War Effort Made by Government-Owned Boeing Clippers, operated by Pan American Airways

 

4. Letter to Mr. Garfield, Dec. 27, 1944 regarding the consideration of over-ocean transport

 

Folder 48 -- B-314 Special Missions, 1942-44

 

1. Correspondence from John C. Leslie to J.P. Whitney, Feb. 10, 1943 including his report on the President's Clipper Trip to Africa

 

2. Correspondence from M.F. McDonough to A.W. French including a systematic record in chronological order of the inauguration dates of routes flown or special trips completed

 

3. List of charter flights, Jan. 1942, Feb. 20, 1942

 

4. Stops made at Bathurst 1941-1942

 

5. List of Unusual Trips - NC06, NC09, NC11, Oct. 22, 1942

 

6. Memo from Neville Lee ATL Div. Accountant to Comptroller with breakout of flight hours flown, July 3, 1943

 

7. List of Charter Trips and Special Mission Flights

 

8. Special Missions general information (partial photocopy)

 

9. List of Transatlantic Crossings Made by Clippers, Dec. 31, 1942

 

10. Pan American World Airways Atlantic Division La Guardia Field, press release May 25, 1949

 

11. List of Special Missions (U.S. Army Air Corps

 

12. Jidda to State Department telegrams(?) #55 Aug. 29, 1942 and #56 Sept. 1, 1942

 

13. Atlantic Division WWII Special Missions, US Army Air Corp and US Navy, July 10, 1959

 

14. High spots in the history of the Boeings

 

15. Memo from Special Assistant to Division Manager to Manager regarding Winter Schedule performance, Dec. 17, 1942

 

16. Memo from Special Assistant to Division Manager to department heads regarding Special Missions Schedules, Oct. 1, 1942

 

17. Note to Mr. Leslie from Van Law, April 5, 1943 including attachments of a copy of an analysis on maintenance delays occurring on Special Missions during the period from Sept. 1 through Dec. 19th

 

18. Note to Mr. Leslie from J.M. Van Law, a record of SM and LEO trips which have departed North Beach since August 1, to date. Nov. 23, 1942

 

19. Special Mission Flights: In Command of Captain H.E. Gray

 

20. "Force Majeure" Landing - Bathurst - June 3, 1942, memo, June 8, 1942

 

21. "Victory Ahead of Schedule Thanks to Air Transport," American Aviation, Dec. 1, 1944 (photocopy)

 

22. Maps of Contract Services and Special Missions flown by Pan American Airways, Inc, for the U.S. Government, 1941-1944

 

Folder 49 -- NC 18601 Honolulu Clipper

 

1. Information on the Honolulu Clipper sunk at sea on Nov. 8, 1945 including accident report, Nov. 16, 1945, Nov. 15, 1945, Nov. 19, 1945, Nov. 12, 1945, Nov. 6, 1945

 

2. Syllabus of Enclosures for Accident Report on Navy Aircraft Bureau no. 48224, with enclosures

 

3. Memo regarding the report of the NC-02's part in rescue of NC-01, November 4, 1945 (0718 to 1540 GCT)

 

4. Memo with Emergency Log - Trip 82104 - NC 18601 - Capt. Robbins

 

Folder 50 -- NC18602 California Clipper

 

1. Correspondence from Kent S. Freeman to Pan American World Airways, regarding finding more information on his uncle, General Claude Arthur "Sheriff" Larkin, whom he is writing a biography about. Includes photocopies of the flight log book from the "first regular scheduled passenger flight" on Pan Am from San Francisco to Singapore. Also includes photocopies of newspaper clippings regarding this flight.

 

Folder 51 -- NC18603 Yankee Clipper

 

1. Typed article from Herald Tribune, "50,000 see Yankee Clipper Open North Beach Trans-Atlantic Base" April l1, 1940

 

2. Bulletin matter covering the ceremonies for the christening and maiden flight, March 3, of the new Pan American Airways Transoceanic Flagship, the Yankee Clipper

 

3. Photocopies of images of the Yankee Clipper

 

4. Photocopies of the articles "Incoming Clipper in Night Landing" and "Clipper Makes First Take-Off at Night Here" and "Clipper in Night Hop," Sept. 27, 1941

 

5. Crew information for Pan American Airways' Clipper No. 17, Feb. 20, 1939

 

Folder 52 -- NC18605 Dixie Clipper

 

1. "Gray Lady," New Horizons, May 1943 (photocopy)

 

Folder 53 -- NC18609 Pacific Clipper

 

1. "Ingenuity in Africa," New Horizons, Sept. 1942 (photocopy)

 

2. "Glamour Girl," New Horizons, June 1943 (photocopy)

 

3. "First Flying Boat to Span U.S. Lands in N.Y. Waters," Herald Tribune, Sept. 21, 1941 (photocopy)

 

4. "Overland Express," New Horizons, Oct. 1941 (photocopy)

 

Folder 54 -- NC18611 Anzac Clipper

 

1. "05 Home after 'Biggest Overhaul'", The Clipper, Oct. 1, 194? (photocopy)

 

2. "New Plane in Pacific Service," Pan American Airways Times, Aug. 11, 1941

 

3. NC 11 - Anzac Clipper flight list, Jan. 20, 1943- Feb. 27, 1943

 

4. "Fiji Opening," New Horizons, Dec. 1941 (photocopy)

 

5. Photo and caption from New York Times "The Transatlantic Back from Ocean Flight", July 10, 1939

 

6. Newspaper clippings (photocopy) "Flying Boat Just Before Take-Off to Survey New Route," Herald Tribune; "Clipper Lands First Pay Load at Marseilles"

 

7. "Two Air Lines Sign 15-Year Agreement on Overseas Routes," Wall Street Journal, Oct. 15, 1938

 

8. "Trans-Atlantic Air Line: The Story of American Export Airlines"

 

Folder 55 -- NC18612 Capetown Clipper

 

1. "Clipper Leaves in Test Trip on African Route," Herald Tribune, Nov. 11, 1941

 

2. Newsletter vol. VI - No. 18, regarding proving flight of Capetown Clipper transoceanic transport route from the US (New York) to West Africa and the Belgian Congo, Nov. 10, 1941

 

3. Newspaper clipping, "Clipper Opens New Congo Line" (photocopy)

 

4. Pan American Airways System: Atlantic Services, issued Nov. 30, 1941, effective, Dec. 10, 1941

 

5. Extract from the log of the first flight to Leopoldville, Feb. 12, 1957

 

6. Description of the flight of the Capetown Clipper form New York to Calcutta- via Kerachi and its return, Dec. 20, 1941 to Jan. 9, 1942

 

Box 2 of 2

 

Series II: Articles and Periodicals

 

Folder 1 -- Pan American Airways Newsletters 1935/1937/1938/1939

 

1. May/June 1935

 

2. January 1937

 

3. August 1937

 

4. February/March 1938

 

5. September/October 1938

 

6. November/December 1938

 

7. April 1939

 

8. May/June 1939

 

9. November/December 1939

 

10. September/October 1939

 

Folder 2 -- We Need You

 

1. Informational booklet published by AWARE, an organization of Pan Am employees, about legislation affecting employees of Pan Am

 

Folder 3 -- New Horizons 1940-1942 1. January 1942

 

1. January 1942

 

2. September 1942

 

3. October 1940

 

4. November 1940

 

5. December 1940

 

6. January 1941

 

7. February 1941

 

8. March 1941

 

9. April 1941

 

10. May 1941

 

11. June 1941

 

12. July 1941

 

13. September 1941

 

Folder 4 -- Press - Clippings 1974, 1979

 

1. "Pan Am Scraps Area Move"

 

2. An open Letter to the American People from the Employees of the World's Most Experienced Airline, Sept. 19, 1974

 

3. "Why Pan Am is Facing a Crisis, San Francisco Examiner, March 25, 1974

 

4. "How U.S. Airlines are Taken", Airline Pilot, August 1974

 

5. "Air Fare Hike"

 

6. "CAB Denies 3 Carriers an 8% Fare Increase on 2 Caribbean Runs"

 

7. "TWA Softens its Posture Against Merger with Pan Am, insists Subsidy is Needed" Sept. 6, 1974

 

8. "Pan Am's Earnings Fell Sharply in July Due to Fuel Costs", the Wall Street Journal, Aug. 29, 1974

 

9. "CAB is an Enthusiastic Backer of Moves to Trim Airline Service, Increase Fares", Wall Street Journal, Aug. 13, 1974

 

10. "Pan Am Asks Permission to End 3 Key European Routes" Times Wire Service

 

11. "Pan Am Plans to Lease 747s from Makers"

 

12. "CAB Guidelines May Increase Atlantic Charter Fares by 35%" Washington Post, Oct. 22

 

13. "Pan Am Spirals from Upper Strata"

 

14. "Airlines: The Great Route Swap" Newsweek, Oct. 28, 1974

 

15. "Air Subsidy" - Walter Rognlien, President, Cabrillo Travel Systems

 

16. "Pan Am and TWA Sign Route Pact; Benefits Seen Exceeding Early Estimates," Wall Street Journal

 

17. "Pan Am Quits Airlines' Strike Aid Pact; Step Tied to Its Pilots Accepting Pay Cuts"

 

18. "United Airlines and Pilot's Agree On a New Contract"

 

19. "Bumpy Flying: Plagued by Problems, Pan Am Fights Rivals as Well as Internal Ills", Wall Street Journal, Jan. 10, 1979

 

Folder 5 -- Press - Periodicals

 

1. ASU's Between the Lines, April 1978

 

2. Business Week, June 26, 1971

 

3. Business Week, Sept. 5, 1977

 

4. The Miami Herald, Sept 8, 1978

 

5. Forbes, Oct. 16, 1978

 

Series III: Books

 

Folder 6 – Douglas DC-8 (book)

 

Folder 7 – China Clipper (book)

 

Series IV: Manuals and Corporate Literature

 

Folder 8 -- Pan Am Annual Reports

 

1. Annual Meeting Report May 10, 1977

 

2. Annual Meeting Report May 10, 1977

 

3. 50th Annual Meeting Report May 9, 1978

 

4. 48th Annual Meeting Report May 11, 1976, and first quarter 1976 financial statements

 

5. Annual Report 1972

 

6. Annual Report 1975

 

7. Annual Report 1976

 

8. Annual Report 1978

 

Folder 9 -- Pan American Airlines Pilot's Seniority List

 

Folder 10 -- Pan Am National Merger, informational pamphlet

 

Folder 11 -- Pan Am Pilot Agreement Booklet, April 11, 1965

 

Folder 12 -- Public Affairs Report, Oct. 1969

 

Folder 13 -- Pan Am Training Manuals

 

1. Line Maintenance Training: Turnaround Mods, April 1974

 

2. Line Maintenance Training: 747C, April 1975

 

3. Line Maintenance Training: 747-100F, May 1975

 

4. 747SP Differences, March 1976, May Ed.

 

5. 747, Hydraulic Power

 

6. 747, Pneumatic Systems

 

7. 747, Maintenance Training Book 2

 

Folder 14 -- Pan Am Route Manual, 1977

 

Folder 15 -- Pan Am Operating Panel Charts

 

Folder 16 -- Meteorology - Upper Air Weather Review and Study Notes, April 1973

 

Folder 17 -- Fuel Conservation, Jan. 1974

 

1. Flight Operations Engineering Flight Technical Section on Fuel Conservation, Jan. 1974

 

Folder 18 -- Training - Autoflight, May 197

 

Folder 19 -- Pan Am - Misc.

 

1. Postcard - Historic First Flights of Pan American Clippers by artist John T. McCoy6

 

2. Pan American Dinner Menu

 

3. Reserved for Passengers Traveling Together sign

 

4. Reserved Crew Seat sign