Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- Tony LeVier papers
- Dates:
- 1935-2000
- Creators:
- LeVier, Tony, 1913-1998
- Abstract:
- Chiefly correspondence written to test-pilot Tony LeVier from fans, fellow pilots, and retired pilots.
- Extent:
- 2 boxes
- Language:
- The records are in English.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Tony LeVier papers, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.
Background
- Scope and content:
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The collection is chiefly made up of correspondence written to test-pilot Tony LeVier from fans, fellow pilots, and retired pilots, etc. There are also invitations to give talks, attend events, as well as letters supporting his SAFE endeavor. Some notable authors include: Congressman Barry Goldwater and the National Air and Space Museum. The correspondence does include numerous letters by LeVier. Besides correspondence, the collection includes printed material (most about LeVier and his career), talks given by LeVier, an obituary of LeVier, material about Lockheed, and transcripts of testimony LeVier gave before the House Subcomittee on Investigation and Oversight.
Additional material was received in October 2017 and has been integrated with the original collection received in May 2013.
- Biographical / historical:
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Anthony "Tony" LeVier was born Anthony Puck in 1913 in Minnesota. After the death of his father, his family moved to southern California and his mother later married Oscar LeVier. Tony LeVier dropped out of high school to pursue flying full time. He started air racing in the 1930s and got a job as a mechanic for Douglas Aircraft Company. After several other jobs, he eventually got a position as a pilot and test pilot at Lockheed Corporation. In the 1980s LeVier formed a nonprofit corporation, Safe Action in Flight Emergency Inc (S.A.F.E.), to push for more strigent FAA requirements in civilian pilot training and licensing. He died in 1998 in Los Angeles.
- Acquisition information:
- The collection was a gift of Toni LeVier-Almaz, May 2013 and October 2017.
- Rules or conventions:
- Finding Aid prepared using Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Indexed terms
About this collection guide
- Date Prepared:
- © 2016
- Date Encoded:
- Maching readable finding aid encoded by Brooke M. Black in March 2016 .
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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Collection is open to qualified researchers by prior application through the Reader Services Department. For more information, please go to following web site.
- Terms of access:
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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.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Tony LeVier papers, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.
- Location of this collection:
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1151 Oxford RoadSan Marino, CA 91108, US
- Contact:
- (626) 405-2191