Tony LeVier papers
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Descriptive Summary
Title: Tony LeVier papers
Dates: 1935-2000
Collection Call Number: mssLeVier papers
Creator:
LeVier, Tony, 1913-1998
Extent:
2 boxes
Repository:
The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens.
Manuscripts Department
The Huntington Library
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, California 91108
Phone: (626) 405-2203
Fax: (626) 449-5720
Email: reference@huntington.org
URL: http://www.huntington.org
Abstract: Chiefly correspondence written to test-pilot Tony LeVier from fans, fellow pilots, and retired pilots.
Language of Material: The records are in English.
Administration Information
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Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Tony LeVier papers, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.
Acquisition Information
The collection was a gift of Toni LeVier-Almaz, May 2013 and October 2017.
Biography
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.
Scope and Content
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.
Indexing Terms
Personal Names
Goldwater, Barry, 1938-
Johnson, Clarence L.
LeVier, Tony, 1913-1998
Corporate Names
Lockheed Aircraft Corporation
National Air and Space Museum
United States. Federal Aviation Administration
Subjects
Air pilots -- United States
Test pilots
Genre
Letters (correspondence) -- United States -- 20th century
Clippings
Folder 1
Correspondence - A
(1995, Nov. 9)
Folder 2
Correspondence - B
(1941-1996)
Folder 3
Correspondence - C
(1986-1993)
Folder 4
Correspondence - D
(1944-1996)
Folder 5
Correspondence - E
(1984-1992)
Folder 6
Correspondence - F
(1985-1996)
Folder 7
Correspondence - G
(1954-1995)
Folder 8
Correspondence - H
(1980-1997)
Folder 9
Correspondence - J
(1974-1993)
Folder 10
Correspondence - K
(1974-1985)
Folder 11
Correspondence - L
(1954-1997)
Folder 12
Correspondence - Tony LeVier
(1935-1954)
Previously fastened to folder
Folder 13
Correspondence - Tony LeVier
(1941-1942)
Previously fastened to folder
5201 (P-38E) No. 4 P-38E Engine Tests
Folder 14
Correspondence - Tony LeVier
(1935-1954)
Folder 15
Correspondence - M
(1954-1998)
Folder 16
Correspondence - N
(1959-1985)
Folder 17
Correspondence - P
(1989-1997)
Folder 18
Correspondence - R
(1984-1993)
Folder 19
Correspondence - S
(1948-1994)
Folder 20
Correspondence - T
(1952-1993)
Folder 21
Correspondence - V
(1992, July 5)
Folder 22
Correspondence - W
(1992)
Folder 1
Ground Test #4 Pilot's Comments
(1995, Aug. 1)
Folder 2
Guides and reports - United States. Federal Aviation Administration
(1979-1991)
Folder 3
Lockheed Aircraft Corporation
(1944-2000)
Folder 4
Miscellaneous Items
(1954-1996)
Folder 5
Obituary for Tony LeVier
(1998)
Folder 6
Personnel records re: Tony LeVier
(1955-1958)
Folder 8
Press Releases re: Tony LeVier
(1947-1986)
Folder 9
Printed Material
(1970-1996)
Folder 11
Radio Clippings and Scripts
(1945)
Folder 12
S.A.F.E. Memos
(1987-1993)
Folder 13
Talks by Tony LeVier
(1960)
Folder 14
Talks by Tony LeVier
(1977-1991)
Folder 15
Testimonies for S.A.F.E.
[undated]
Folder 16
Testimony before House Subcommittee on Investigation and Oversight by Tony LeVier
[1980]
