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Contributing Institution:
The Huntington Library
Title: Aerospace oral history project
Identifier/Call Number: mssHM 80611
Physical Description:
0.0313 Gigabytes
(61 digital files)
Date (inclusive): 2005-2020
Abstract: The aerospace oral history project
consists of oral histories in PDF format and provides a range of perspectives related to the
aerospace industry in Southern California.
Language of Material: Materials are in
English.
Open to qualified researchers by prior application through the Reader Services Department.
For more information, contact Reader Services.
The Huntington Library does not require that researchers request permission to quote from
or publish images of this material, nor does it charge fees for such activities. The
responsibility for identifying the copyright holder, if there is one, and obtaining
necessary permissions rests with the researcher.
[Identification of item]. Aerospace oral history project, The Huntington Library, San
Marino, California.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Acquired from interviewees, 2005-2020.
These oral histories were conducted under the Huntington-USC Institute on California and
the West. The project, which started in 2005 and is still ongoing, is documenting the
history of the Southern California aerospace industry.
The aerospace oral history project consists of 61 oral histories in PDF format and
provides a range of perspectives related to the aerospace industry in Southern California.
Interview subjects were selected to provide a range of perspectives on the aerospace
industry, from senior corporate leaders to design engineers, manufacturing engineers, major
airframe manufacturers, think tanks, smaller suppliers, and both military and civilian
programs. Most of the interviews cover the period from World War II and the Cold War up to
the present, although several interviews include memories of the 1920s and 1930s. The
transcripts reflect guided oral histories conducted by professional historians; interviews
have been transcribed for clarity, and reviewed for accuracy by the interviewee before being
entered into the catalog. Some interviewees were interviewed multiple times.
The oral history transcripts are available on the
Link in PDF
format only. The collection is ongoing and new oral histories will be added to the
collection as they are completed. Because some of original audio files included
off-the-record discussions, the original audio files are not accessible to researchers.
Finding aid created by Gina C Giang in February 2019. Maggie Hughes added 12 oral histories in May and October 2020.
Lockheed Marin Oral History Project, 1982-2010. mssLMO
Interviews are listed alphabetically by interviewee last name. The PDFs in the Huntington
Digital Library can be sorted a number of ways.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Oral histories (document genres) -- California
Aeronautical engineers -- California, Southern -- History
Aerospace engineering -- California, Southern -- History
Aerospace engineers -- California, Southern -- History
Aerospace industries -- California, Southern -- History -- 20th
century
Aircraft industry -- California, Southern
Airplanes -- Design and
construction
Airplanes, Military
Fighter planes
Guided missile industries
Jet planes, Military
Reconnaissance aircraft
Stealth aircraft
Supersonic planes
Test pilots
Women air pilots -- United
States
Women aircraft industry
employees
Women in aeronautics
Women in engineering
Axtell, James
Ayres, David
Baker, Andrew
Beall, Donald R.
Brown, Alan
Bullock, Frank E.
Cashen, John
Clauser, Francis
H.
Cleven, Curtis
Cohen, Clarence Budd
Currie, Malcom R.
Davis, Allen V. C. (Allen Van
Cleve)
Duffendack, Jack C.
Dyson, Ken
Friedman, Louis
Gasich, W.E. (Welko E.),
1922-
Gibb, Ron
Gordon, Dale, 1955-
Graham, Lloyd
Harris, Vernon, 1926-
Hicks, Donald A.
Huben, Michael Gerald (Jerry)
Husmann, Richard, 1927-
Janssen, Volker,
(Historian)
Johnson, Betty
Jones, Thomas V., 1920-2014
Jonkey, Les, 1918-
Karafantis, Layne
Katz, Elliott
Keville, Jesse F.
Kibble, Larry
Kinnu, James
Kresa, Kent
Lackman, Les
Loschke, Robert
MacDonald, Forrest
Mitzner, Kenneth
Morgenfeld, Thomas, 1943-
Mullin, Sherman N.
Murphy, Robert
Namba, Wataru, 1927-
Nelson, Donn, 1932-
Nichols, Donald L., 1932-
Noller, Eugene, 1930-
Paulikas, George,
1936-
Pidhayny, Denny, 1919-
Ragsdale, James
W.
Rosen, Harold, 1926-2017
Smith, Steven R., 1928-
Stacey, Alvin
Szep, Joseph
Waaland, Irving
Westwick, Peter
J.
Wilson, E. Milton
Zadorozny, Edward
Zoller, Curt J.,
1920-2014
Aerospace Corporation
California Institute of
Technology
Douglas Aircraft Company
Hughes Aircraft Company
Lockheed Aircraft Corporation
Rand Corporation
Rockwell International