Elmer Dyer papers

Manuscripts

Production files/Produced

folder 1

ACE OF THE LAW--pressbook Circa 1924--1924

Record ID: 71325779

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folder 2

AIR MAIL--general Circa 1932--1932

Record ID: 71325783

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mock-up pages for insert shots

folder 3

THE ATTACK FOR 1940--script 1939--1939

Record ID: 71325784

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script, July 12, 1939, 16 pages

folder 4

THE ATTACK FOR 1940--production material 1939--1939

Record ID: 71325785

Scope and Content Note

a breakdown of the aerial shots needed; letter from John A. Freese to Walter Bieling, with a strip of film, July 19, 1939; telegrams from John Freese, July 19, 1939, and July 25, 1939; telegram from Walter Bieling to Elmer Dyer, July 26, 1939; copy of an agreement with the Navy Department

folder 5

THE BIG CIRCUS--correspondence 1958--1958

Record ID: 71325786

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copies of letters from the Niagara Falls Park Commissioners, October 31, 1958, and November 5, 1958

folder 6

THE BIG CIRCUS--storyboards Circa 1959--1959

Record ID: 71325787

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five oversized pages with storyboards for the walk over Niagara Falls sequence

folder 7

BOWS AND ARROWS--correspondence 1939--1939

Record ID: 71325788

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copy of the agreement with Columbia for the rights to the film, August 9, 1939; copy of a letter from Columbia, September 7, 1939; letter from Columbia, September 8, 1939; payment receipts

folder 8

THE CEMENT PILLOW [television]--script

Record ID: 71325789

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script by Warren Douglas, undated, 41 pages

folder 9

DARE DEVILS OF THE AIR--publicity

Record ID: 71325790

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folder 10

DIRIGIBLE--program 1931--1931

Record ID: 71325791

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folder 11

DIVE BOMBER--script 1941--1941

Record ID: 71325792

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final screenplay, part 1, by Frank Wead and Robert Buckner, March 11, 1941, 146 pages

folder 12

FLIGHT--program Circa 1929--1929

Record ID: 71325793

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folder 13

THE FLYING DEUCES--script Circa 1939--1939

Record ID: 71325794

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screenplay, 79 pages

folder 14

THE FLYING DEUCES--production material Circa 1939--1939

Record ID: 71325795

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tentative schedule for aerial shots; breakdown of the process shots needed; storyboard drawing

folder 15

GALLANT JOURNEY--script 1946--1946

Record ID: 71325796

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final draft screenplay by Byron Morgan and William A. Wellman, January 18, 1946, 143 pages

folder 16

GLIMPSES IN A NUDIST COLONY--titles

Record ID: 71325797

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list of titles for the film

folder 17

GLIMPSES IN A NUDIST COLONY--publicity

Record ID: 71325798

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folder 18

GOLDEN TRAILS--pressbook

Record ID: 71325799

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folder 19

THE GOOD EARTH--script 1935--1935

Record ID: 71325800

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screenplay by Marc Connolly, August 21, 1935, 119 pages

folder 20

THE GOOD EARTH--production memos 1935--1935

Record ID: 71325801

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instructions for photographing clouds from Mr. Fleming, November 12, 1935; memo from Frank Messinger to John Arnold regarding cloud photos, November 20, 1935, attached to a memo from Frank Messinger to Mr. Basevi with a script extract, November 7, 1935

folder 21

HELL'S ANGELS--general 1929--1929

Record ID: 71325802

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memo announcing the end of shooting, undated

folder 22

I WANTED WINGS--script 1940--1940

Record ID: 71325803

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screenplay, August 16, 1940, 126 pages

folder 23

LIGHTNING STRIKES WEST--script 1940--1940

Record ID: 71325804

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screenplay by Martha Chapin, January 20, 1940, 71 pages

folder 24

THE LOST SQUADRON--script 1931--1931

Record ID: 71325805

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first draft script, September 24, 1931, 124 pages

folder 25

THE LOST SQUADRON--script 1931--1931

Record ID: 71325806

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final script (incomplete) by Dick Grace, October 31, 1931, 23 pages

folder 26

MILE-A-MINUTE-MORGAN--press sheets Circa 1924--1924

Record ID: 71325807

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folder 27

MURDER IN THE CLOUDS--script 1934--1934

Record ID: 71325808

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final screenplay by Dore Schary and Roy Chanslor, August 21, 1934, 114 pages

folder 28

MURDER IN THE CLOUDS--script Circa 1934--1934

Record ID: 71325878

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breakdown pages

folder 29

NIGHT FLIGHT--script 1933--1933

Record ID: 71325809

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screenplay by Oliver H. P. Garrett, March 28, 1933, 101 pages

folder 30

NIGHT FLIGHT--script 1933--1933

Record ID: 71325810

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breakdown of scenes needing aerial photography, March 31, 1933, 8 pages

folder 31

NIGHT FLIGHT--script 1933--1933

Record ID: 71325811

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conference notes dictated by Clarence Brown, April 12, 1933, 8 pages

folder 32

PORT OF SEVEN SEAS--script 1937--1937

Record ID: 71325812

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temporary complete script, "Fanny," August 19, 1937, 106 pages

folder 33

PRIMARY FLIGHT TRAINING FILMS--script 1946--1946

Record ID: 71325813

Scope and Content Note

script number 9B, "Wingovers," revised July 1, 1946, 38 pages [light annotations]; script number 9C, "Slips," revised July 1, 1946, 30 pages [medium annotations]; script number 12, "Fly-Through Aerobatics," revised July 1, 1946, 62 pages [medium annotations]

folder 34

PRIMARY FLIGHT TRAINING FILMS--script 1946--1946

Record ID: 71325814

Scope and Content Note

script number 12, "Fly-Through Aerobatics," revised July 1, 1946, 62 pages (second copy) [medium annotations]; script number 13, "Aerobatics Involving Stalls," script, revised July 1, 1946, 25 pages [light annotations]

folder 35

RANGER BILL--pressbook Circa 1925--1925

Record ID: 71325815

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folder 36

SEPTEMBER MORN--titles

Record ID: 71325816

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list of titles for the film

folder 37

SEPTEMBER MORN--publicity

Record ID: 71325817

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folder 38

SPECIAL AGENT K-7--script Circa 1937--1937

Record ID: 71325818

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screenplay, 193 pages

folder 39

SPECIAL AGENT K-7--publicity Circa 1937--1937

Record ID: 71325819

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folder 40

TAIL SPIN--script 1938--1938

Record ID: 71325820

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final script by Frank Wead, August 20, 1938, 158 pages

folder 41

TAIL SPIN--breakdown 1938--1938

Record ID: 71325821

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breakdown of exterior and interior sequences related to flying, August 23, 1938, 55 pages

folder 42

TIMBER FURY--script Circa 1950--1950

Record ID: 71325822

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screenplay, 62 pages [medium annotations]

folder 43

THE WEB OF THE LAW--pressbook Circa 1923--1923

Record ID: 71325823

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folder 44

WEST POINT OF THE AIR--script 1934--1934

Record ID: 71325824

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screenplay by Philip Dunne, February 21, 1934, 151 pages

folder 45

THE WINNER'S CIRCLE--script Circa 1948--1948

Record ID: 71325825

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third draft screenplay by Howard J. Green, 84 pages (2 copies)

Production files/Unproduced

folder 46

ALL IS CONFUSION--script 1937--1937

Record ID: 71325826

Scope and Content Note

first draft continuity, February 24, 1937, 160 pages [lightly annotated]

folder 47

ALL IS CONFUSION--breakdown

Record ID: 71325828

Scope and Content Note

breakdown of process shots

folder 48

FACES--script

Record ID: 71325829

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treatment, 4 pages

folder 49

FLYING GOLD--script 1950--1950

Record ID: 71325830

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screenplay by Arthur L. Marble, 1950, 105 pages

folder 50

FOUR CARS--script 1936--1936

Record ID: 71325831

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first mimeograph, July 31, 1936, 16 pages

folder 51

GUN NOTCHES--script 1950--1950

Record ID: 71325832

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script for episode number 8, "Alarums and Excursions," by Paul Franklin, April 19, 1950, 25 pages

folder 52

I'M DADDY TO A BIRD--script 1939--1939

Record ID: 71325833

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first rough outline, May 13, 1939, 6 pages

folder 53

I'M DADDY TO A BIRD--breakdown

Record ID: 71325834

Scope and Content Note

breakdown of process shots

folder 54

LANDING AIDS, ARCATA--script 1948--1948

Record ID: 71325835

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modified shooting script, August 6, 1948

folder 55

SHADOW OF THE WING--script

Record ID: 71325836

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screenplay, 154 pages

folder 56

SHADOW OF THE WING--breakdown 1937--1937

Record ID: 71325837

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breakdown of shots needed, May-August 1937; memo from Michael Balcon, May 21, 1937

folder 57

SHADOW OF THE WING--production memos 1937--1937

Record ID: 71325838

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copies of two telegrams from Michael Balcon, June 10, 1937 and June 17, 1937

folder 58

WHAT A DAY--script 1938--1938

Record ID: 71325839

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treatment by Robert F. Lander, 1938, 24 pages

folder 59

WINGS OVER SAN ANTONIO--script

Record ID: 71325840

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screenplay, 127 pages

folder 60

WINGS OVER SAN ANTONIO--breakdown

Record ID: 71325841

Scope and Content Note

breakdown of aerial sequences

Subject files/General

folder 61

Bills and receipts 1920--1937

Record ID: 71325842

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bills and receipts, both personal and business

folder 62

Biographical material 1925--1966

Record ID: 71325845

Scope and Content Note

membership list for the Two Three Three Club, 1927; magazine articles written by, or about, Mr. Dyer, 1928-1966; newspaper clippings, 1925-1965

folder 63

Contracts 1924--1924

Record ID: 71325846

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contract with Independent Comedies, Inc., July 10, 1924; blank contracts with Lichtig & Englander Agency

folder 64

Correspondence 1910--1919

Record ID: 71325847

Scope and Content Note

correspondence from "Rural World Magazine," September 19, 1917; Devil's Gate Children's Camp, October 9, 1918; the Tuberculosis Society, September 17, 1918; numerous letters from Dyer's mother, Mrs. Bina Belle Root, 1915-1918; letters from Dyer's sister, Alice Winkler, July 10, 1917 and April 11, 1918; draft of a letter from Mr. Dyer to Mr. Kelso regarding an auto accident, undated; letter from the draft board with Dyer's classification, January 15, 1918; numerous letters with the following companies regarding the sale of documentary footage photographed by Mr. Dyer: Famous Players-Lasky (1919), Gaumont Co. (1916-1918), Ford Motor Co. (1917), Kinetacartoon Co. (1917-1918), C. L. Chester, Inc. (1916-1918), Keeley-Handy Syndicate (1916-1917), "Popular Mechanics" Magazine (1919), "Popular Science" Magazine (1919), Rothacker Film Mfg. Co. (1916), "Universal Screen Magazine" (1917), and the American Red Cross (1918)

folder 65

Correspondence 1920--1929

Record ID: 71325848

Scope and Content Note

wires from Whitman Bennet Studios, April 19, 1921, together with Dyer's reply, April 19, 1921; letters from Jesse J. Goldburg, October 21, 1921, and November 3, 1921; copies of letters from Dyer to Famous Players-Lasky, January 19, 1920, and August 20, 1921; letter from attorney A. P. Michael Narlion regarding the terms of Dyer's probation, April 11, 1929; receipts from the Prosecuting Attorney's office

folder 66

Correspondence 1930--1939

Record ID: 71325849

Scope and Content Note

Christmas cards; letter from Akeley Camera, December 4, 1930; certificate for writing from the Los Angeles School District for Gloria Dyer, January 29, 1931; fan letter from Ray Ashwell, undated; receipt for negative film from Paramount, September 23, 1932

folder 67

Correspondence 1940--1949

Record ID: 71325850

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a letter from "Durlam," October 21, 1946

folder 68

Correspondence 1950--1959

Record ID: 71325851

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letters of introduction for Dyer from Ray B. Bloker, TWA, July 29, 1955; letter from the U. S. Navy, December 4, 1950

folder 69

Correspondence 1960--1969

Record ID: 71325852

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a copy of a letter from the Spade ‘N' Gun Club, 1960; letter from Tom T. Matsumoto, February 17, 1969

folder 70

Educational footage titles 1916--1919

Record ID: 71325853

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"The Aquatic Farmer of Watts"; "Children's Open Air Health Camp"; "Expert Fly and Bait Casting"; "Feminine Life-Guards"; "Harvesting Kelp"; "How California Harvests Beans"; "The Life of the Bee"; "Making Hair Rope Novelties"; "Mt. Lowe Trip"; "One of the Curiosities of the West"; "Raising Imported Goats"; "Scientific Rose Culture"; "Soldiers Camouflaged Sleeping Bag"; "Spineless Cactus Man Tamed Desert Plant"; "A Tractor Demonstration"; "The Trap Door Spider"; "The Turbine Wind Engine"; "Utilizing the Potato"; "Utilizing the Sea Shell"; "War Dogs"

folder 71

Financial material 1923--1965

Record ID: 71325854

Scope and Content Note

two stock certificates from the Pacific Film Co., May 1923; Los Angeles County tax receipts, 1928-1929; Security Trust & Savings Bank loan notes, March 3, 1928, June 4, 1928, September 20, 1928; letter from the Whittier Building and Loan and Savings Bank, October 1, 1927; copy of Mr. Dyer's 1927 federal tax return; letter from the IRS accepting his 1928 tax return, November 21, 1929; cancelled checks; Allstate insurance policy, September 20, 1965

folder 72

Lab receipts 1953--1956

Record ID: 71325855

Scope and Content Note

receipts for film processing

folder 73

Miscellaneous 1936--1946

Record ID: 71325856

Scope and Content Note

a Royal Air Force Display program, 1937; National Air Races program, 1936; poster with photos of pioneer flyers; names and addresses [loose]; Castle Films Inc. film catalog; Hollywood Film Enterprises catalog, 1942; various sheets of letterhead for Mr. Dyer's companies; 25th Anniversary of the American Society of Cinematographers (ASC) booklet, 1946

folder 74

NuArt--correspondence 1936--1936

Record ID: 71325857

Scope and Content Note

letter from Joseph Halloran threatening a lawsuit, December 18, 1936; letter from Dwain Esper concerning the title SEPTEMBER MORN, January 5, 1936

folder 75

NuArt-orders 1936--1937

Record ID: 71325858

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orders for the 16mm films sold by the company

folder 76

Paramount-Bray Pictographs 1917--1921

Record ID: 71325859

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correspondence relating to the sale of footage photographed by Dyer

folder 77

Photographic catalogues

Record ID: 71325860

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price lists and instruction booklets for various cameras, lenses, paper, and chemicals

folder 78

Photographic catalogues

Record ID: 71325861

Scope and Content Note

Bell & Howell; Eastman Kodak; Western Electric; Akeley Camera; Bausch & Lomb; Zeiss Lenses

folder 79

Receipts 1965--1965

Record ID: 71325862

Scope and Content Note

receipts for the sale of stock footage for the year 1965

folder 80

Receipts 1965--1965

Record ID: 71325863

Scope and Content Note

receipts for the sale of stock footage for the year 1965

folder 81

Record books 1938--1942

Record ID: 71325864

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books with the record of sales of stock shots and negative for the following periods: 1938-1942, and January-October 1954

folder 82

Record books 1961--1964

Record ID: 71325865

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books with the record of sales of stock shots and negative for the following periods: July to December 1961, and January 1963 to July 1964

folder 83

Sketches

Record ID: 71325866

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two drawings of Dopey

folder 84

Whiffle-Giffs 1923--1923

Record ID: 71325867

Scope and Content Note

titles for "Whiffle-Giffs #3" (1923), a series of puppet cartoons made by Dyer

Subject files/Books and periodicals

folder 85

Books 1920--1944

Record ID: 71325868

Scope and Content Note

Eastman Kodak Co. "The Photography of Colored Objects "(4th ed.). Rochester, NY: Eastman Kodak, 1920; Eastman Kodak Co. "Wratten Light Filters" (17th ed.). Rochester, NY: Eastman Kodak, 1944; Dr. Othmar Helwich. "Practical Infra-Red Photography." London: The Fountain Press, undated; Mallinckrodt Chemical Works. "The Chemistry of Photography" (6th ed.). St. Louis: Mallinckrodt Chemical Works, 1940; C. E. K. Mees. "The Fundamentals of Photography." Rochester, NY: Eastman Kodak, 1920; Fred Westerberg. "The Cinematographer's Book of Tables." Hollywood, CA: The International Photographer, 1934. [inscribed to Dyer by Lieut. Don Norwood.]

folder 86

Pamphlets 1920--1926

Record ID: 71325870

Scope and Content Note

Ansco Photoproducts, "Ansco Professional Pointer," 1926 (2 copies); Bausch & Lomb Optical Co., "Sigmar Lenses for Portrait Photography," undated; Eastman Kodak Co., "About Lenses," 1923; Eastman Kodak Co., "About Lenses," 1924; Eastman Kodak Co., "Color Films, Plates and Filters for Commercial Photography," 1924; Eastman Kodak Co., "Color Plates and Filters for Commercial Photography," 1921; Eastman Kodak Co., "Elementary Photographic Chemistry," 1920

folder 87

Pamphlets 1917--1933

Record ID: 71325871

Scope and Content Note

Eastman Kodak Co., "Enlarging," 1917; Eastman Kodak Co., "Lantern Slides," undated; Eastman Kodak Co., "Professional Enlarging," 1925; Eastman Kodak Co., "Reproduction Work with Dry Plates and Films," 1925; E. Leavenworth Elliott, "Artificial Light vs. Natural Light in the Studio," undated; Eastman Kodak Co., "Visual Acuity," undated; Dr. Clyde Fisher, "Carl Akeley and His Work," 1927; Frank R. Frapric, "How to Choose and Use a Lens," 1919; Hammer Dry Plate Co., "Hammer's Little Book," undated; D. R. White, "Photographic Effects Obtained with Infra D Negative," 1933

folder 88

Periodicals

Record ID: 71325872

Scope and Content Note

"American Photography," vol. XX, no. 6, June 1926; "Camera Craft," vol. XLI, no. 4, April 1934; "Evidence in Camera," vol. 6, no. 12, March 20, 1944; "Photographic Digest," vol. 9, no. 7, July 1919

folder 89

Periodicals 1926--1926

Record ID: 71325873

Scope and Content Note

"The British Journal Photographic Almanac," 1926

folder 90

Periodicals 1927--1929

Record ID: 71325874

Scope and Content Note

"The British Journal Photographic Almanac," 1927, 1929

folder 91

Periodicals 1930--1934

Record ID: 71325875

Scope and Content Note

"The British Journal Photographic Almanac," 1930, 1934

Scrapbooks

Scrapbook Circa 1920--1932

Record ID: 71325876

Scope and Content Note

Dyer personal clippings, including biographical material covering the mid-1920s to early 1930s; clippings on stunt pilots and aerial photography; clippings on DIRIGIBLE (Columbia, 1931)