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Northrop Millar Aviation Collection
SPC.2016.007
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Description
The Northrop Millar Aviation Collection contains 14 boxes and 5.8 linear feet of material regarding aviation collected by
Richard Millar, a former chairman of Northrop Corporation. This collection consists of articles, clippings, reprints, brochures,
programs, manuals, reports, catalogs, newsletters, photographs and other materials relating to aviation and the airline industry.
Background
Richard Millar (1899-1990) was born in Denver, Colorado in 1899. At the age of eight, his family relocated to Long Beach California.
It was in Long Beach, that he initially became interested in aviation after attending the first aviation meet at Dominguez
Field in 1910, as well as due to his work assisting Earl Daughtery, a local pilot, with building and maintaining airplanes.
Extent
14 boxes
Restrictions
All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Director of Archives
and Special Collections. Permission for publication is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical
materials and not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.
Availability
There are no access restrictions on this collection.