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Title: Thomas V. Jones papers
Dates: 1953-1992
Collection Number: mssJones
Creator OR Collector:
Jones, Thomas V., 1920-2014
Extent:
20 boxes
Repository:
The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens.
Manuscripts Department
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, California 91108
Phone: (626) 405-2191
Email: reference@huntington.org
URL: http://www.huntington.org
Abstract: Papers documenting Thomas V. Jones' career with Northrop Corporation.
Language of Material: The material is 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], Thomas V. Jones papers, The Huntington Library, San
Marino, California.
Gift of Peter Jones, March 2014.
The collection is arranged in the following order: Box 1: Awards and Honors; Box 2: Consulting Files; Box 3: Consulting Files,
Interviews and Personal Files; Box 4: Personal Files; Box 5: Personal Files and Photographs; Boxes 6-8: Presentations and
Speeches; and Boxes 9-20: Subject Files.
Thomas V. Jones was an American engineer and businessman who served as Chairman and Executive Chief Officer of Northrop Corporation.
He had a degree in engineering from Stanford University and had previously worked at Douglas Aircraft Company and the RAND
Corporation. He became President of Northrop in 1959, Chairman of the Board in 1963 and retired in 1989. He was married to
Ruth Jones; they had two children: Peter and Ruth. Thomas V. Jones died in Los Angeles in 2014.
Correspondence, awards, clippings, scrapbooks, manuals, reports, and speeches that document Thomas V. Jones' career at Northrop
Corporation from the 1950s to the 1990s. Specifically covered in the collection are: the business of Northrop Corporation;
the Rand Corporation; Jones' work with the Trilateral Commission; working with Prince Bernhard; B-2 bomber; F-5; F-20 and
other fighter planes.
Some material has been removed due to their military classification.
Bernhard, Prince, consort of Juliana, Queen of the Netherlands, 1911-2004
Jones, Thomas V., 1920-2014
Northrop Corporation -- History
Northrop Grumman Corporation -- History
Rand Corporation
Trilateral Commission. Plenary Meeting
Aeronautics -- United States -- History -- 20th century -- Sources
Aerospace engineering -- United States
Aerospace industries -- United States -- History -- 20th century -- Sources
B-2 bomber
Cobra (Jet fighter plane)
F-5 (Jet fighter plane)
F-20 (Jet fighter plane)
Fighter planes
Jet planes, Military
Northrop aircraft
Stealth aircraft
Business records -- United States -- 20th century
Clippings
Letters (correspondence) -- United States -- 20th century
Memorandums -- United States -- 20th century
Newsletters -- United States -- 20th century
Photographs
Scrapbooks