The Descriptive Finding Guide for the Bob Kemp Personal Papers SDASM.SC.10208

San Diego Air and Space Museum Library and Archives

2018

2001 Pan American Plaza, Balboa Park

San Diego 92101

URL: http://www.sandiegoairandspace.org/

Language of Material: English

Contributing Institution: San Diego Air and Space Museum Library and Archives

Title: Bob Kemp Personal Papers

Identifier/Call Number: SDASM.SC.10208

Physical Description: 3 Cubic Feet This collection is housed in six 12x10.5x5-inch boxes and two 12x10.5x7-inch boxes. Content notes: The collection contains personal papers as well as working files compiled by Robert C. Kemp, who had worked as an illustrator at General Dynamics Convair in San Diego for 40 years. In addition to published materials, the collection includes a series of folders which contain material used as a basis for his many displays, sketches, illustrations and marketing exhibits, identified by topic, such as “Boeing B-29,” or “Factory Workers.” six 12x10.5x5-inch boxes and two 12x10.5x7-inch boxes.

Date (bulk): bulk

Abstract: Born in San Diego on October 19, 1924, Robert C. “Bob” Kemp was a publications editor and illustrator with General Dynamics in San Diego, as well as a noted artist, specializing in aircraft and sailing ship paintings.

Physical Description: Description: This collection is housed in six 12x10.5x5-inch boxes and two 12x10.5x7-inch boxes. Content notes: The collection contains personal papers as well as working files compiled by Robert C. Kemp, who had worked as an illustrator at General Dynamics Convair in San Diego for 40 years. In addition to published materials, the collection includes a series of folders which contain material used as a basis for his many displays, sketches, illustrations and marketing exhibits, identified by topic, such as “Boeing B-29,” or “Factory Workers.”

Biographical / Historical

Born in San Diego on October 19, 1924, Robert C. “Bob” Kemp was a publications editor and illustrator with General Dynamics in San Diego, as well as a noted artist, specializing in aircraft and sailing ship paintings. A graduate of Herbert Hoover Senior High School in San Diego in 1942, and San Diego State College in 1952, Kemp joined the company in 1952, at that time known as Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corporation.

A member of the Sierra Club and other outdoors and preservation groups, Kemp served with the U.S. Army during World War II, participating in several European campaigns, receiving the Bronze Star for his actions in combat. After his retirement from General Dynamics after 35 years in 1987 he served as a volunteer on the USS Midway Museum. He passed away in San Diego on November 2, 2015.

Arrangement

SERIES I: Photographs or illustrations SERIES II Artist concepts - wall displays SERIES III: Miscellaneous information (magazine articles, posters, diagrams, pamphlets, drawings, cutaways, prints, sketches. SERIES IV: Personal records. SERIES V: Books, journals and magazines.

Conditions Governing Access

The collection is open to research by appointment

Immediate Source of Acquisition

The collection was donated to SDASM.

Separated Materials

Published Books, Journals or Magazines (all documents and publications in Series V have been transferred to the Library & Archive’s general collection)

The Focke-Wulf Fw 190 Dora, Volume Two, Jerry Crandall (autographed by four German pilots), limited edition (227/350), 2008

Yellow 10, The Story of the Ultra-Rare Fw 190 D-13, Jerry Crandall, 2000

The Trophies of the Red Army During the Great Patriotic War, 1941-1945, Volume 1, Yu A. Natzvaladze

Ace of Aces, the Dick Bong Story, Carl Bong/Mike O’Connor, 1985 Into the Dragon’s Jaws, The Fifth Air Force Over Rabaul, Lex McAulay, 1986 (Signed)

I Flew Them First, A Test Pilot’s Story, Don Armstrong, 1994

Winged Samurai, Saburo Sakai and the Zero Fighter Pilots, Henry Sakaida, 1985

Yak-9U, A Peregrine Photo Essay, Steve Muth, 2000

Famous Airplanes of the World, Number 9, The Zero Fighter Model 22-63, 1988

Angels, Bulldogs & Dragons, The 355th Fighter Group in World War II, Bill Marshall, 1984

Skipper, Confessions of a Fighter Squadron Commander, 1943-1944, Captain T. Hugh Winters, 1985

Dog Face, An Artist’s View of World War II, Robert C. Kemp, 2014 (Two Copies)

The Convair 600, October 1958

Convair Traveler

Convair 880-600 Wing Flight Controls, Volume X, Number 8, December 1958 Flap and Slat Systems – Convair 880/880M, Volume XIII, Number 11, March/April 1962 (2) Slush and Braking Tests – 880M, Volume XIV, Number 3, September/October 1962 Access Doors and Panels – 880/880M/990, Volume XIV, No. 4, November/December 1962 (2)

Convair 880, Customer Service Department, Convair, General Dynamics, 1958

Aero Publishers Series, Number 6, Republic P-47 Thunderbolt, 1966

Interceptor, May 1965 (F-102A Article) - Two copies

Interceptor, January 1969 (Century Series Article)

The History of Convair, 1908-1956, General Dynamics, Convair Division, 1966

Electronic Warfare Defense Electronics, October 1978, Volume 10, Number 10 (Military Satellite Technology)

Atlas/Centaur Brochures (Atlas II, General Dynamics Space Systems Division, Advanced Atlas Launch Vehicle Digest, Atlas/Centaur, Atlas/Centaur Commercial, Challenges in Space, Shuttle Centaur)

Air Force Magazine, 1991 USAF Almanac, May 1991

Air Force Magazine, 1993 USAF Almanac, May 1993

Planetary Explorer, Volume 49, Number 4, December 2038 (1988)

Commercial Launch Services, The Atlas Family, General Dynamics, August 1988

Squadron/Signal Publications – Illustrated Aircraft Books - Softcover

No. 19: Focke Wulf FW-190 No. 25: P-38 Lightning No. 26: Curtiss P-40 No. 29: F4U Corsair No. 30: Messerschmitt Bf 110 (2) No. 34: B-25 Mitchell No. 36: F6F Hellcat No. 37: A-26 Invader No. 39: Spitfire No. 43: P-39 Airacobra No. 44: Messerschmitt Bf 109 No. 45: P-51 Mustang No. 46: Albatros No. 50: B-26 Marauder No. 56: A-20 Havoc No. 57: Messerschmitt Bf 109 No. 59: A6M Zero No. 62: PBY Catalina No. 63: B-17 No. 64: SBD Dauntless No. 67: P-47 Thunderbolt No. 72: Hurricane No. 73: Ju 87 Stuka No. 80: B-24 Liberator No. 85: Junkers Ju 88 No. 93: Spad Fighters No. 98: Fokker Dr.1 No. 109: P-38 Lightning No. 113: Junkers Ju 88

Space and Communications, British Aerospace Dynamics Group (undated)

British Aerospace Dynamics Group (History - undated)

Wings, Thunderbolt, Special Edition No. 1, circa 1970s

Wings, Volume 7, Number 5, October 1977

Liberator Club, Briefing, Number 66, Fall 1998

50th Anniversary, Liberator, Special Edition, 1989, San Diego Aerospace Museum

Air Classics, Quarterly Review, Volume 3, Number 4, 1976

Space Research and Space Technology, Federal Republic of Germany, 1982

Space World, National Space Institute, 1985

Von Sputnik zu Saljut, Verlag der Presseagentur Nowaski, 1982

Recognition Journal, Ministry of Defence, Volume 19, No. 11, 1964

Recognition Journal, Ministry of Defence, Volume 30, No. 7, 1975

Historic Aviation, Books for Buffs, Fall 1981

Framework, National Society for Programmed Instruction, San Diego Chapter, November 1963, February 1964, May 1964, September 1964

Newsletter, National Society for Programmed Instruction, First Annual Convention Issue, 1963

Intercom, Newsletter, Society of Technical Writers and Publishers, April 1964, May 1964

NeverWhere, An Illustrated Epic Adventure of Fantasy and Magic, Richard Corben, 1978

Washington Convention Magazine, Navy League of the United States, 1980

Entering the World of Astro, RCA, Astro-Electronics, 1980s

The Coloring Book of Original Aircraft Drawings by Bob Kemp, copyright R. Kemp (undated)

Subjects and Indexing Terms

General Dynamics Astronautics Division

General Dynamics

Aviation Art

Marketing Materials

Kemp, Bob

Box 1 of 8

Series 1: Photos and Illustrations

Folder 1 - Boeing P-12

Folder 2 - Consolidated Employment Office (under camouflage netting) circa 1941-2

Folder 3 - Miramar - 1946

Folder 4 - Unidentified people, circa 1945-1955 (14 photos)

Folder 5 - Aerial Views Consolidated Facility and B-36 Flight Line, circa 1950 (13 photos)

Folder 6 - Aerial Views Consolidated Plant and San Diego, circa 1950 (17 photos)

Folder 7 - Shah of Iran Carrier Tour, circa 1950s

Folder 8 - Convair Photographs - Unidentified Young Women, circa 1950s (22 photos)

Folder 9 - Consolidated B-32 (one photo)

Folder 10 - Consolidated - Various Unidentified Navy Personnel, 1940s-50s (16 photos)

Folder 11 - Convair XP5Y-1/R3Y-1/2 Tradewind, circa 1954 (9 photos)

Folder 12 - Convair Pogo, circa 1954 (1 photo)

Folder 13 - Convair Photo - James Doolittle/Esther Williams (and possibly Ben Gage), 1950s

Folder 14 - Boeing B-29 stored in desert (6 photos)

Folder 15 - Boeing B-52 (24 pictures/photos, including Tomahawk applications)

Folder 16 - Consolidated XPBY-1/PBY (2 photos)

Folder 17 - Rocket Sled – AF Flight Test Center, circa 1950s

Folder 18 - B.F. “Sandy” Coggan (Convair Division Manager) - circa 1950s

Folder 19 - Convair YF-102A/F-102A/TF-102A/F-106A - (42 photos or illustrations)

Folder 20 - Convair 880 Artist Concepts, circa 1960s (16)

Folder 21 - Images from Space – mid 1960s (51)

Folder 22 - Artist Concepts – Facilities (7 illustrations)

Folder 23 - Convair Buoy Program (6 photos)

Folder 24 - Atlas, Atlas/Centaur (36 photos or illustrations)

Folder 25 - Canadair CL-84 Tilt Wing Derivatives - Artist Concepts (5)

Folder 26 - F-111 (3 photos)

Folder 27 - Rockwell B-1B (16 photos or illustrations)

Box 2 of 8

Series 1: Photos and Illustrations

Folder 1 - F-16 - Various Models (40 photos)

Folder 2 - Tomahawk/ACM-109/BGM-109 (17 photos or illustrations)

Folder 3 - Advanced Launch System – Artist Concept (14)

Folder 4 - Helicopters (6 photos)

Folder 5 - P2V (1 photo)

Folder 6 - Space Station (6 photos or illustrations)

Folder 7 - Space Shuttle (9)

Folder 8 - Space/Flight Suits (6 photos or illustrations)

Folder 9 - Grumman F9F Panther

Folder 10 - Advanced Space Systems – Artist Concept (8)

Folder 11 - Missiles (11)

Folder 12 - Satellites (11)

Folder 13 - Proposed Convair VFX Artist Concept

Folder 14 - Moon/Lunar Landing Vehicle (3)

Folder 15 - Convair Factory Operations (14 photos)

Folder 16 - General Dynamics Exhibits – Early 1980s (59 photos)

Folder 17 - General Dynamics Exhibits/Receptions (20 photos plus diagrams)

Folder 18 - Civilian Transports (19 photos or illustrations)

Folder 19 - Clouds (23 photos)

Folder 20 - Proposed General Dynamics Products (14)

Folder 21 - Unidentified Convair Photographs (14)

Folder 22 - Navy Aircraft (three photos)

Folder 23 - Proposed Tomahawk Tie TacFolder 23 - Proposed Tomahawk Tie Tac

Folder 24 - Glider

Folder 25 - Convair MX-774

Folder 26 - Mig 31 Firefox Mockup (3)

Folder 27 - Canadair CL-215

Box 3 of 8

Series II: Artist Concepts-Wall Display Format

Folder 1 - Tomahawk BGM-109 Cruise Missile Sub-Munition Dispersing Variant, circa 1976

Folder 2 - ACM-109 Air Launched Cruise Missile Launched from B-52, circa 1977

Folder 3 - GLCM Transporter Launcher (TEL) and Man Tractor on Road, circa 1981

Folder 4 - GLCM TEL and MAN Tractor Leaving Operating Base Shelter, circa 1981