Descriptive Finding Guide for Convairiety Newsletters SDASM.SC.10175
Stephania Villar
San Diego Air and Space Museum Library and Archives
June 18, 2014
2001 Pan American Plaza, Balboa Park
San Diego 92101
Language of Material:
English
Contributing Institution:
San Diego Air and Space Museum Library and Archives
Title: Convairiety Periodical Collection
creator:
Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corporation
Identifier/Call Number: SDASM.SC.10175
Physical Description:
0.45 Cubic Feet
Nine (9) boxes, 18.25”x13”x3.25”, each containing a range of newsletters in chronological order.
Date (inclusive): 1948-1961
Abstract: This collection contains the full run of Convairiety, the company newsletter of Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corporation (Convair).
Biographical / Historical
Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corporation (Convair) was formed in March 1943 with the merger of Consolidated Aircraft and Vultee
Aircraft corporations. General Dynamics purchased a majority interest in Convair in 1954 and it continued to produce aircraft
and components until General Dynamics began divesting itself of its aircraft and spacecraft divisions in the mid-nineties.
For half a century, Convair was the largest civilian employer in San Diego. Employment peaked in 1943 at 41,000 employees,
of which forty percent were women. “Nothing short of right is right” was a popular slogan espoused by Consoliated to instill
pride of workmanship in its thousands of employees. Consolidated/Convair was responsible for building some of the most significant
aircraft in aerospace history, including the PBY Catalina, the B-24 Liberator, Convair 880 airliner, F-102 Delta dagger, and
the nation’s most reliable launch vehicle: the Atlas.
Convairiety was the company newsletter, distributed to keep Convair (later General Dynamics) employees at San Diego, Pomona
and Antelope Valley, California, and Daingerfield and Fort Worth, Texas, connected. The first newsletter was published September
1, 1948, and had readers vote on what to name the newsletter. It was founded with the following objectives: “1: To help make
Convair the best aircraft manufacturing company in the business. 2: To help make Convair the best place to work in the business.
3: To help make Convair personnel the best informed in the business.” The newsletter was published every other Wednesday and
chronicled life at Convair, employee profiles, aviation news, local news excerpts, and a variety of other pieces, with different
editions later published for different branches and divisions. September 13, 1961, saw the first issue of GD News, and the
end of that iteration of Convairiety.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The materials in this collection were acquired by the San Diego Air & Space Museum in 1995 and 2013 as part of the Convair
Collection.
Access Information
Materials may have some ITAR (International Traffic in Arms Regulations) and proprietary restrictions. Consult with the library
director for more information.
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open to researchers by appointment. Materials may have some ITAR (International Traffic in Arms Regulations)
and proprietary restrictions. Consult with the library director for more information.
Conditions Governing Use
Some copyright may be reserved. Materials may have some ITAR (International Traffic in Arms Regulations) and proprietary restrictions.
Consult with the library director for more information.
Preferred Citation
[Item], [Filing Unit], [Series Title], [Subgroups], [Record Group Title and Number], [Repository “San Diego Air & Space Museum
Library & Archives”]
Related Materials
A more detailed finding guide is available at http://www.sandiegoairandspace.org/collections/collection_item.php?id=136
Scope and Contents
Nine (9) boxes, 18.25”x13”x3.25”, each containing a range of newsletters in chronological order.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Cold War
Corporate HIstory
Convair
Industrial relations
Employees
Periodicals
Organization charts
Administration
Aircraft industry -- Employees
Vultee Aircraft, Inc.
Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corporation
Consolidated Aircraft (Firm)
Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corporation
Box 01 – Convairiety September 1, 1948 – December 21, 1949
1948-1949
Box 02 – Convairiety January 4, 1950 – December 20, 1950
1950
Box 03 – Convairiety January 3, 1951 – December 19, 1951
1951
Box 04 – Convairiety January 2, 1952 – December 31, 1952
1952
Box 05 – Convairiety January 14, 1953 – December 30, 1953
1953
Box 06 – Convairiety January 13, 1954 – December 23, 1958
1954-1958
Box 07 – Convairiety January 7, 1959 – December 22, 1959
1959
Box 08 – Convairiety January 6, 1960 – December 21, 1960
1960
Box 09 – Convairiety January 4, 1961 – August 30, 1961
1961
