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Career File 1932-2005

Scope and Contents

Contains flight logs, journal, commendations, speech notes, and other materials.
 

Interview notes 1937-1998

box 1, folder 1

Harold Chin, China National Aviation Company (CNAC) Pilot 1937

box 1, folder 2

Frieda Chen, CNAC secretary August 25, 1992

box 1, folder 3

Fred Y. T. Chin, CNAC copilot 1998

box 1, folder 4

Nancy Wright to/from William Longhorne Bond 1988

box 1, folder 5

Moon Chin, CNAC pilot and captain 1991-1992

box 1, folder 6

CNAC Monthly Bulletin 1948 May - September

Scope and Contents

Contains original editions of the bulletin.
box 1, folder 7

Pan American Airways, Inc. 1932-1949

Scope and Contents

Raw notes about involvement with CNAC.
box 1, folder 8

Biography of Wong Tsu (CNAC Chief Engineer 1928-1949) from Museum of Flight in Seattle, Washington 2005

box 1, folder 9

The China Memoirs of Charles S. "Chilie" Vaughn 1930

box 1, folder 10-12

Flying Autobiography of R.C. "Tex" Marshall 1970 June

box 1, folder 13

"Over the Hump: Pioneering China's Air Routes," by Nancy Allison Wright. Aviation History Magazine 1998 November

box 1, folder 14

Aviation articles 1996-2002

Scope and Contents

Contains articles titled, "America's First Coat-to-Coast Mail Run," "Allie's Choice," and "China's Aviation Pioneer, CNAC, Spreading its Wings."
 

Correspondence 1926-2012

box 2, folder 1

History of CNAC and aviation in China undated

Scope and Contents

Consists of nine DVDs.
box 2, folder 3

"On the Trail of the Air Mail," by Lieutenant J. Parker Van Zandt, US Army Air Service. The National Geographic Magazine 1926 January

box 2, folder 4

"Yankee on the Yangtze," by Nancy Allison Wright. Aviation Quarterly 1980

box 2, folder 5

"Adventurous Travellers - First in the Skies of China," 2012

Scope and Contents

Booklet from the Rosamonde Aviation Lounge at The Peninsula Hotel in Shanghai.
box 2, folder 6

Flight In the China Air Space 1910-1950, by Malcolm Rosholt 1984

box 2, folder 7-8

Saga of the US Air Mail Service First Edition, Air Mail Pioneers, Inc. 1962

box 2, folder 9

Correspondence regarding CNAC from Nancy Allison Wright 1998

box 2, folder 10

Interview with Dick Rossi 1992

box 2, folder 11

Research correspondence, Charles Euripideas 1999

box 2, folder 12

Research correspondence, David Feng 1998

box 2, folder 13

Research correspondence, James McDivitt 1948, 1995

 

Books Regarding the History of CNAC 1938

box 3

Wings Over Asia: A Brief History of China National Aviation Corporation undated

box 3

Top Side Ricksha, by Harold M. Bixby 1938

Scope and Contents

Independently written and bound manuscript.
 

Writings, Personal Effects, and Correspondence 1918-1973

box 4, folder 1

Certificates and commendations undated

box 4, folder 2

Pilot's book 1918-1919

box 4, folder 3

Flight log 1939-1944

box 4, folder 4

Speaking notes, "Industrialization of China," 1950

box 4, folder 5

Business and membership cards undated

box 4, folder 6

Personal journal of Ernest Allison 1938

box 4, folder 7

Writings 1931-1938

Scope and Contents

Includes Allison's general account of time spent in China, and a story from 1938 titled, "All Asleep But Me," about a flight from Chungking to Changsha.
box 4, folder 8

"Landing In a Walled City," 1962

box 4, folder 9

Operations Report 1947 - Pan American January 1948

box 4, folder 10

The "All Thru" Flying System of Flying Instruction at Brooks Field, booklet undated

 

Correspondence 1932-1976

box 4, folder 11-13

H. M. Bixby 1934-1970

box 4, folder 14

William Langhorne Bond 1932-1976

box 4, folder 15

H. L. Chen 1941

box 4, folder 16

Claire Lee Chennault 1939-1941

box 4, folder 17

H. H. Kung 1939

box 4, folder 18

Royal Leonard 1939

box 4, folder 19

Loy Locke 1950

box 4, folder 20

Grover Loening 1972-1973

box 4, folder 21

K. I. Nieh 1941

box 4, folder 22

Quentin Roosevelt 1948

box 4, folder 23

T. V. Soong 1939

box 4, folder 24

Hsien-ling Tseng (Ceng Xianling) 1941-1942

box 4, folder 25

H. D. Walsh 1938

box 4, folder 26

"Newsreel" Wong 1941

 

Photographs 1921-1949

box 5, folder 1-2

Allison undated, 1921

box 5, folder 3

Boeing B-20 and B-29 airplanes, Wichita, Kansas 1944

box 5, folder 4

Boeing 40-A 1927

box 5, folder 5

China 1929

box 5, folder 6

China Clipper 1934-1937

box 5, folder 7

CNAC I, Beijing aerial photos, photo of Longhua (Lunghwa) Pagoda 1930

box 5, folder 8

CNAC II undated

box 5, folder 9

CNAC III circa 1948

box 5, folder 10

CNAC, C-46 1947-1948

box 5, folder 11

CNAC, Hong Kong 1947-1949

Scope and Contents

Pictured with William Langhorne Bond, Max Polin, James McDivitt, Hugh Chen, P. Ling, S. T. C. Kao, Q. Rossevelt, Colonel C. Y. Liu, and Colonel C. H. Wang.
box 5, folder 12

CNAC, Sikorsky undated

box 5, folder 13

CNAC in Shanghai, Nanjing, Chengdu 1929-1934

box 5, folder 14

Ernest Allison with Boeing B29 1944

box 5, folder 15

Flossie Allison 1928-1949

box 5, folder 16

Flooding in Wuhan 1934

box 5, folder 17

"Nidaros," 1935

box 5, folder 18

"Newsreel" Wong 1929

box 5, folder 19

Stinson-Detroiter 1949

box 5, folder 20-22

Miscellaneous undated

 

Florence Allison 1935-1949

box 5, folder 23

Notebook

Scope and Contents

Notebook detailing members and associates of the Allison family, and personal information about them.
box 5, folder 24

Diary I 1935, 1947, 1949

box 5, folder 25

Diary II 1936

box 5, folder 26

Diary III 1937-1939

box 5, folder 27

Diary IV 1942

 

Printed Matter and Maps 1933-1937

box 6, folder 1

Sian: A Coup D'Etat, by Mayling Soong Chiang (Madame Chiang Kai-Shek), and A Fortnight in Sian: Extracts from a Diary, by Chiang Kai-Shek. Copy signed by Mayling Soong Chiang. 1937

box 6, folder 2

Journal of the West China Border Research Society, Volume VI 1933-1934

box 6, folder 3

The Climate of China and The Adjoining Seas, by Father E. Gherzi, S.J. Director, Met. Seismic Observatory for CNAC undated

box 6, folder 4

"China's Children: The Season's Greetings", booklet published by the Publicity Committee, United Church of Canada, West China Mission undated

box 6, folder 5

"'Two Kingdoms' (or the Philosophy of Finance): A Fable for Grown Up People," by "Ivangels," 1935

os_folder 2

Maps of Shanghai undated

os_folder 2

Maps of China 1936-2008

box 7

Martini Shaker undated

Scope and Contents

Silver martini shaker with relief of a dragon. Gift to Ernest M. Allison from Generalissimo and Madame Chiang Kai-Shek.
box 8

Oversize Material 1923-1968

  1. Hardbound copy of The Saturday Evening Post, October 30th, 1937.
  2. A 1923 glass plaque commemorating US Air Mail Service Pilots ) from the Detroit Aviation Society.
  3. A 1931 framed photograph of Ernest M. Allison's sailboat, the "Nidaros."
  4. War memorial medal given by China National Air Corporation (CNAC) to Ernest M. Allison.
  5. Plaque commemorating Ernest M. Allison for the 1918 to 1927 Air Mail Service. Awarded in 1968.
 

Digital Materials

Access

Digital materials are not available until processed. If interested in accessing these materials, please contact us for more information.

Scope and Contents

11 optical disks.
box MC36

"Dragon Wings: The Story of the China National Aviation Corporation" and "Saga of CNAC #53" (from CNA Captain Fletcher Hanks) undated

Scope and Contents

Consists of two DVDs regarding CNAC history.
box MC37

CNAC and Chinese Aviation history 2005-2012, undated

Scope and Contents

9 optical disks.
 

Incremental Materials 2018

box 5

Photographs

Scope and Contents

Includes planes and people
box 6

Correspondence 1949

box 9

Aviator cap, hatband, and pin

Scope and Contents

Box 9 may not be used without permission of the Archivist.
box OCM2

Silk banner with signatures

Access

Box OCM2 may not be used without permission of the Archivist.
 

Incremental Materials 2019

Processing Information

These incremental materials were processed to a baseline standard that employs an accession inventory for description. An accession inventory is a basic description of an archival collection with no attempt at intellectual arrangement. The depth of description varies depending on the format of the materials and the amount of pre-existing description received when the materials were acquired.
 

Paper material

box 10

1937-1980s

Scope and Contents

This box includes correspondence, printed material, speeches and writings, office files, financial documents, and legal documents. There are no titled enclosures in this box.
box 11

1934-1990s

Scope and Contents

This box includes correspondence, printed material, and financial documents. The following is a list of original folder titles present in the box: "State Department."
box 12

1930s-1990s

Scope and Contents

This box includes correspondence, printed material, office files, financial documents, speeches and notes, and photographic prints. There are no titled enclosures in this box.
box 13

1930s-1990s

Scope and Contents

This box includes correspondence, printed material, and speeches and writings. The following is a list of original folder titles present in the box: "Misc"; "Duplicate Clippings, Letters, etc."; "Letters, Shanghai"; "Letters Mom to Dad."
box 14

1937-1990s

Scope and Contents

This box includes correspondence, speeches and writings, printed material, financial documents, and photographic prints. The following is a list of original folder titles present in the box: "Lederer, Jerry"; "History, AMP"; "50th Anniversary."
box 15

1930s-2000s

Scope and Contents

This box includes correspondence, speeches and writings, transcriptions of interviews, printed material, office files, photographic media. The following is a list of original folder titles present in the box: "H. H. Kung, Chennault - Bixby"; "US Intelligence 1945"; "Chu-Xiong Zhou Tai Chi"; "Rossi, Dick"; "Interviews I, Bob Pottschmidt DC-2"; "Chen, Hugh, Central Aircraft Mfg"; "Conventions."
box 16

1930s-2000s

Scope and Contents

This box includes correspondence, speeches and writings, and printed material. There are no titled enclosures in this box.
box 17

1970s-2000s

Scope and Contents

This box includes correspondence, speeches and writings, printed material, and photocopies of newspaper articles. There are no titled enclosures in this box.
box 18

1949-2000s

Scope and Contents

This box includes correspondence, speeches and writings, transcriptions of interviews, printed material, photocopies of newspaper articles, and office files. There are no titled enclosures in this box.
box 19

1936-1938

Scope and Contents

This box includes correspondence and newspaper clippings. There are no titled enclosures in this box.
box 20

1936-1995

Scope and Contents

This box includes correspondence and newspaper clippings. There are no titled enclosures in this box.
box 21

1930s-2002

Scope and Contents

This box includes correspondence, magazines, newspaper clippings, and photocopies of newspaper articles. There are no titled enclosures in this box.
box 22

1930s-1960s

Scope and Contents

This box includes newspaper clippings, and photocopies of newspaper articles. There are no titled enclosures in this box.
box 23

1926-1991

Scope and Contents

This box includes newspaper clippings, photocopies of newspaper articles, correspondence, and office files. There are no titled enclosures in this box.
box 24

1928-1941

Scope and Contents

This box includes correspondence, office files, and printed material. There are no titled enclosures in this box.
box 25

1929-1938

Scope and Contents

This box includes correspondence, newspaper clippings, and photocopies of newspaper articles. There are no titled enclosures in this box.
box 26

1934-1938

Scope and Contents

This box includes correspondence, newspaper clippings, and photocopies of newspaper articles. There are no titled enclosures in this box.
box 27

1936-1990s

Scope and Contents

This box includes correspondence, printed material, financial documents, and newspaper clippings. The following is a list of original folder titles present in the box: "Jesse Davidson"; "Letters - Davidson questions"; "Letter - Gould, Randall, Doolittle - Keiha."
box 28

1938-2000s

Scope and Contents

This box includes correspondence, newspapers clippings, printed material, financial documents, and office files. The following is a list of original folder titles present in the box: "Hua, Renjie" ; "Churchill, Edward" ; "Showalter, Noah - Flossie Boeing" ; "Roberts, Ellna" ; "Letter - Liu - Hg. Dire. operations" ; "Lym, Art - Mud hole CNAC."
box 29

1932-2000s

Scope and Contents

This box includes correspondence and newspaper clippings. There are no titled enclosures in this box.
box 30

1934-1935

Scope and Contents

This box includes correspondence, newspaper clippings, photocopies of newspaper articles, and financial documents. There are no titled enclosures in this box.
box 31

1929-2000s

Scope and Contents

This box includes correspondence, newspaper clippings, photocopies of newspaper articles, printed material, and photographic prints. The following is a list of original folder titles present in the box: "Ott letters" ; "Ott" ; "Ray Ott"; "Shanghai Yacht Club, Nidaros" ; "Letters - Pawley" ; "Misc. Route Info Clippings" ; "Ollie articles" ; Misc Flight Instructions" ; "Letters - Showalter - B-29 - Flossie" ; "Letters - Tex Marshal - Allie" ; "Wong, Donald" ; "Dewart, Lewis" ; "Knight, Reed - Me."
box 32

1920s-2008

Scope and Contents

This box includes correspondence, speeches and writings, printed material, newspaper clippings, and photocopies of newspaper articles. The following is a list of original folder titles present in the box: "Boeing Magazines" ; "Doyl - CIA - PAA" ; "Dean, Howard" ; "Kaughlin, Victor" ; "Glenn, Oliver" ; "Green, Morris nee Kuhn" ; "Hassig, Grant" ; "Frondorf - R.O." ; "Colthorpe, Ken" ; "Doolittle - Albert? parachute" ; "Chang, Freda, Bond sec." ; "Chin, Fred Y.T." ; "Clare, Kathleen."
box 33

1920s-1990s

Scope and Contents

This box includes newspaper clippings, photocopies of newspaper articles, printed material, speeches and writings, and correspondence. There are no titled enclosures in this box.
box 34

1920s-1990s

Scope and Contents

This box includes correspondence, printed material, financial documents, and photographic prints. There are no titled enclosures in this box.
box 35

1920s-2000

Scope and Contents

This box includes correspondence, newspaper clippings, and photocopies of newspaper articles. The following is a list of original folder titles present in the box: "Fleet, Reuben" ; Culver, Paul - 1918."
box 36

1920s-2000s

Scope and Contents

This box includes correspondence, financial documents, speeches and writings, photocopies of newspaper articles, and office files. There are no titled enclosures in this box.
box 37

1920s-2000s

Scope and Contents

This box includes correspondence, office files, speeches and writings, photocopies of newspaper articles, and a pilots manual. There are no titled enclosures in this box.
box 45

1937, 1947

Scope and Contents

This box includes a book titled "A Comprehensive Glossary of Definitions and Nomenclature for Aeronautics" and a map of downtown Shanghai. There are no titled enclosures in this box.
 

Photographs

box 38, folder 1

[Untitled file] 1940s

box 38, folder 2

Boeing - B-29 1940s

box 38, folder 3

Airmail DH4 - No. 191 and No. 286 1910s-1920s

box 38, folder 4

Shanghai - Amahs 1940s

box 38, folder 5

Allison, Ernest - Misc. 1920s

box 38, folder 6

Airmail - Martin Field, Cleveland 1920

box 38, folder 7

Tex Marshall 1920s

box 38, folder 8

Airmail - Cleveland Air Mail Field 1920s

box 38, folder 9

Air Mail Service DH-4Bx 1910s-1920s

box 38, folder 10

AMP photos - Wyoming 1920s

box 38, folder 11

CNAC - Hong Kong 1947-1949

box 38, folder 12

AMP photos - Meetings 1950s

box 38, folder 13

Brooks Field - EMA 1910s

box 38, folder 14

E. Hamilton Lee, U.S. Air Mail Service 1918-1927

box 38, folder 15

Airmail - Belleforte Field 1910s-1920s

box 38, folder 16

Airmail - Jack Knight 1910s-1920s

box 39, folder 1

Air Mail Service - AMP 1950s-1970s

box 39, folder 2-3

Air Mail Service - AMP--Washington D.C. [Folders 1-2 of 2] 1968 May

box 39, folder 4

Air Mail Service - AMP--[Untitled file] 1967

box 39, folder 5

Air Mail Service - AMP--[Untitled file] 1964, 1971

box 39, folder 6

Air Mail Service - AMP--[Untitled file] 1975

box 39, folder 7

Air Mail Service - AMP--Miscellaneous AMP 1960s-1970s

box 39, folder 8

Air Mail Service - AMP--Allie and Florence 1950s-1970s

box 39, folder 9

Air Mail Service - AMP--National Air and Space Museum 1973

box 39, folder 10

Air Mail Service - AMP--Omaha Plaque 1975

box 39, folder 11

Air Mail Service - AMP--Nebraska Centennial DH-4 1967

box 40, folder 1-2

Douglas planes [Folders 1-2 of 2] 1930s-1970s

box 40, folder 3

Old 249 1960s

box 40, folder 4

Old 249--D-H-4 249, Santa Paula A.M.P. 1960s

 

Audiovisual material

Scope and Contents

Contains 33 VHS videocassettes, 5 Betacam SP videocassettes, 3 U-matic videocassettes, and 1 Betamax videocassette
 

Oversize material

box 46, folder 1

Photocopies of newspaper articles and diaries 1990s

box 46, folder 2

Map of proposed airlines routes in Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona 1947

box 46, folder 3

Crew lists of Sailing Yacht Nidaros 1931

box 46, folder 4

Certificate of Registry for Nidaros 1931

box 46, folder 5

China National Aviation Corporation, Monthly Report of Operations 1931

box 46, folder 5

China National Aviation Corporation, Monthly Report of Operations 1929-1930

box 46, folder 5

China National Aviation Corporation, Monthly Report of Operations 1932

box 46, folder 6

Organization Chart 1941

box 46, folder 7

China National Aviation Corporation, Brief History of Loening 1938

box 46, folder 8

Report on Communist Shanghai article by Robert Doyle 1950

box 46, folder 9

Pictorial, The Japanese Occupation of Jehol 1933

box 46, folder 10

Civil Airways of the United States map 1938

box 46, folder 11

Pan American Air Ways, Pacific Supplement No. 2 1935

box 46, folder 12

Photograph taken aboard Nidaros 1930s

os_folder 1

Signed correspondence regarding Boeing B-29 press conference 1944 May 6

os_folder 1

Proposed Route: Kansas City Southern Airlines map 1949

os_folder 1

Organization Chart 1949

os_folder 1

Pilot Chart of the North Pacific Ocean 1932 July 22

os_folder 1

Maps of China 1930s-1940s

 

Digital material

Conditions Governing Access

Digital materials are not available until processed. If interested in accessing these materials, please contact us for more information.

Scope and Contents

Contains 3 optical disks and 1 floppy disk
 

Memorabilia

box 47

Air Mail Pioneers Member decals 1950s-1960s

Conditions Governing Access

Box 47 may not be used without permission of the Archivist
box 47

Air Mail Pioneers badges 1956-1962

Conditions Governing Access

Box 47 may not be used without permission of the Archivist