Series I: Airline Corporations 1936-1990
Subseries A: Northrop Airline Incorporated Papers 1944-1990
Annual Report 1944-1945 October 17, 1945
Annual Report 1945-1946, Fiscal Year to July 31, 1946 1945-1946
Pamphlet containing descriptions of Northrop airplane models entitled "Northrop Airplanes" circa 1945
Article from Reader's Digest entitled "Jack Northrop and His Flying Wing" by Frank J. Taylor February 1947
Address by John K. Northrop before the Royal Aeronautical Society in London, England entitled "The Development of All-Wing Aircraft" May 1947
Report to the President's Air Policy Commission entitled "The Remoteness of Unconvential Equipment" September 30, 1947
Annual Report 1947-1948, Fiscal Year Ending July 31, 1948 1947-1948
Celestial Navigation of Guided Missiles, AAF Project MX 775, Report No. G.M. 510-511 April 1947, January 1948
Pamphlet containing descriptions of Northrop airplane models entitled "Northrop Airplanes" circa 1947
Full text of a lecture by John K. Northrop entitled "Aviation History- 1903-1960". Press Release No. 521 from the Library of Congress National Air Council Lecture Series November 3, 1948
Catalogs of the Northrop Aeronautical Institute 1948; 1953
Souvenir issue of the Northrop News commemorating the 10th anniversary of the founding of Northrop Aircraft Inc. October 5, 1949
Annual Report, Fiscal Year Ending July 31, 1949 1949
Eight issues of Northrop News 1949, 1951-1953
Brochure No. 20 entitled "USAF C-125 Raider" 1950
Prospectus August 8, 1951
Annual Report. Fiscal Year Ending July 31, 1951 1951
Informational packet regarding Northrop Aircraft, Inc. Includes information on the USAF-Northrop Scorpion- F-89, and acquisition of Radioplane Company circa 1952
Annual Report: 1952 for the Fiscal Year Ending July 31, 1952 1952
Annual Report, 1953 for the Fiscal Year Ending July 31, 1953 1953
Los Angeles Times article entitled "John Northrop Presented Award for Brotherhood" June 25, 1954
Report to Shareholders for the Six Months Ended January 31, 1954 1954
Annual Report for the Fiscal Year Ended July 31, 1954 1954
Report to Shareholders for the Six Months Ended April 31, 1954 1954
Report to Shareholders for the Six Months Ended January 31, 1955 1955
Transcript of oral history interview conducted by John B. Rae of the Oral History Research Office with Richard Millar at Claremont Graduate School entitled "Richard Millar- A Career in Aircraft" 1963
Northrop Institute of Technology Alumni Journal, entitled "A Gathering of Giants" April 1968
Brochure featuring descriptions and photographs of Northrop aircrafts entitled "Flying Through the Years" 1971
"The Flying Wings of Northrop" by Leo J. Kohn 1974
Northrop News, Development, and Photos circa 1974
Annual Report, 1976 1976
Northrop Corporation Annual Report 1977 1977
"Aerophile" Vol. 1, Number 4 issue featuring an article entitled "Northrop's Flying Wing Bombers" (two copies) 1978
Photocopy of an article from "Airline Quarterly" entitled "The Northrop" 1978
Northrop Corporation Annual Report 1979
"Northrop News: Aircraft Edition" April 1979
"Talon Service News", Vol. 28 No. 2 Summer Quarter 1979
Reprint from the "Daily Breeze" contain two articles regarding Northrop Corporation September 30, 1979
Correspondence to Ward Dennis from J.W. McGuyrt regarding ejection seat projects January 24, 1980
"Northrop Update" Vol. 5, Number 8 March 7, 1980
Program from the John K. Northrop testimonial dinner September 23, 1980
Clippings from the Los Angeles Times regarding Northrop Corporation December 8, 1980
Northrop Corporation calendar 1980
Special commemorative Issue of "Nuance: A Shade of Difference" regarding John K. Northrop Winter 1981
Los Angeles Times issue featuring an obituary entitled "Aircraft Pioneer Jack Northrop Dies at Age 85" February 20, 1981
Second and third quarter reports 1982-1983
Los Angeles Times obituary regarding the death of Richard Millar June 4, 1990
Anniversary story for "Die Welt" entitled the "Legacy of Apollo by Dr. Thomas O. Paine"
Brochure entitled "Facts About Flying Wings, A Primer on All-Wing Aircraft". Two Copies.
Brochure entitled "The Northrop Pioneer"
Brochure entitled "The USAF C-125 Raider Assault and Arctic Rescue Transport"
Brochure entitled "Northrop"
Leaflet entitled "John Knudsen Northrop, 1895-1981: A Giant of the Golden Age of Aviation"
Subseries B: Consolidated Aircraft, Vultee Aircraft, and Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corporation Papers 1936-1947
Consolidated Aircraft Corporation Prospectus June 15, 1936
Application for listing on the New York Stock Exchange entitled "Consolidated Aircraft Corporation, Form A-10905" April 30, 1937
10 photographs of airplanes- Consolidated Aircraft Corporation 1940-1941
Consolidated Aircraft Corporation-"Annual Report to the Stockholders, 1940" 1940-1941
Vultee Aircraft Inc.- Report entitled "Brief Specification No. 537 Vultee model VII-GB. Attack-Bomber Airplane" September 1, 1938
Proxy statement to the stockholders of Vultee Aircraft Inc. 1941
Vultee Aircraft Inc.- Second Annual Report for the fiscal year ended November 30, 1941 1941
Securities and Exchange Commission for Vultee Aircraft Inc.- "Registration statement under Securities Act of 1933" December 1941
Notice of special meeting of stockholders of Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corporation; Borrowers agreement with Chase National Bank 1941, 1947
Handbook of policies, standards of conduct, practice and procedures for employees of Vultee Aircraft Inc. entitled Get 'Em Into the Blue Revised March 1942
Vultee Aircraft Inc.- Engineering and Development Department's Report No. 260-38 entitled "Analysis of the Messerschmitt ME-110 Airplane" 1942
Pamphlet entitled "Air Raid" prepared by the Plant Protection Department, Vultee Field Division
Copy of the testimony before the House of Naval Affairs Committee by Francis A. Callery, Vice President in charge of finance, Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corp. entitled "Contract Renegotiation in the Aircraft Industry" June 22, 1943
Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corporation- Report to the Stockholders for the fiscal year ended November 30, 1944 1944-1945
Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corporation- Annual Report to the Stockholders for the fiscal year ended November 30, 1945 November 30, 1945
Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corporation- Annual Report to the Stockholders for the fiscal year ended November 30, 1946 November 1946
Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corporation- Annual Report 1947 1947-1948
Subseries C: Douglas Aircraft Corporation Incorporated Papers 1937-1983
United's New Fleet of Mainliners built by Douglas- schedules for United bicoastal flight service effective January 1, 1937 circa 1937
Press release regarding the Douglas DC-6 airliners March 1948
Annual report, fiscal year 1948 1948-1949
Program for 25th anniversary 'Silver Jubilee' event honoring the achievement of U.S. Army Airmen who first circled the earth by air in Douglas aircrafts 1949
1950 Annual Report 1950
Reprint of an article published in Aero Digest Magazine entitled "Douglas Skyraider" November 1951
two press releases regarding the Douglas C-118A and RB-66 aircrafts August 1952
Pamphlet entitled "Douglas Through the Years" 1920-1952
press release regarding the Douglas DC-7 May 18, 1953
press release containing biographical information about Donald Wills Douglas June 1, 1953
"Aero Digest: The Douglas Skynight Story" circa 1950s
Program for Donald Wills Douglas' birthday celebration entitled "Around the World in 80 Years: An Evening with Donald Wills Douglas" 1972
Newsletter from the Donald Douglas Museum and Library Spring 1983
Poster featuring different Douglas aircraft models entitled "Douglas Through the Years"
Report entitled "Design Features of the Douglas C-124 Transport by C.W. Davies, C-124 Project Engineer"
Leaflet regarding Douglas Co. aircrafts entitled "Transportation: 'Miracles' Don't Just Happen"
Press release regarding the Douglas R6D Liftmaster transport entering service for the Navy
Brochure regarding the Douglas Dolphin twin engine Amphibion airplane
Paper entitled "Biographical Facts- Edward H. Heinemann, Chief Engineer, Douglas Aircraft Company Inc."
Report entitled "Development of the Douglas Transport"
Illustrations and descriptions of different Douglas aircraft models
Subseries D: Garrett Corporation Papers 1953-1955
Annual Report, 1953 1953
Magazine entitled "New Frontiers, 50th Anniversary of Powered Flight" Autumn 1953
Garrett Corporation magazine entitled "New Frontiers" Fall 1954
Garrett Corporation newsletter entitled "AiReporter" July 1953-April 1954
Garrett Corporation newsletter entitled "AiReporter" May 1954-March 1955
Press releases June 1953-July 1954
Press releases July 1954-May 1955
Annual Report to Stockholders 1941
Annual Report 1942
Revised Annual Report 1942 July 27, 1943
Annual Report 1943 1943-1944
Annual Report 1944 1944-1945
Annual Report 1945 1945-1946
Annual Report 1946 1946-1947
Annual Report 1947 1947
Annual Report 1948 1947-1948
Annual Report 1949 1948-1949
Report entitled "The North American Aviation Supersonic Wind Tunnel" by O.W. Boden. Includes photographs March 7, 1949
Annual Report 1950 1949-1950
Brochure distributed to visitors who viewed North American Aviation Inc.during the Open House observance of Armed Forces Day entitled "This is….North American Aviation" 1950
24th Annual Report 1951 1951
25th Annual Report 1952 1952
An address by J.H. Kindelberger, Chairman of the Board North American Aviation, Inc. before the Economic Club of Detroit entitled The Race for Air Supremacy May 12, 1952
Brochure entitled "Aviation Center of the West" circa 1952
Brochure entitled "Engineering Opportunities"
Brochure entitled "Our Part in the War" March 1, 1942
Pictorial Report 1949
Pictorial Report 1950
Magazine entitled "The Bee-Hive" featuring articles on the Wright Brothers January 1953
Twentieth Annual Report to Stockholders, December 31, 1953 1953
Pictorial Report entitled "The Growing Boom in Air Freight" 1965
Subseries G: Other Airline Corporation Papers 1953-1976
American Airlines Inc.- Comic entitled "Flight" regarding the growth and progress of the aviation industry during the first fifty years of its existence March 17, 1953
The Aviation Corporation and Associated Companies- Annual Report 1942
"Canon on Wings" How Airacobras Are Built" by O.L. Woodson. Reprinted from "American Machinist", November 12, 1941. Written by O.L. Woodson Vice President and Assistant General Manager, Bell Aircraft Corporation November 12, 1941
Bell Aircraft Corporation- Annual Report 1948 1948-1949
China National Aviation Corporation Newsletter entitled Cannon Ball August 1, 1980
Fairchild Engine and Airplane Corporation brochure reprinted from Pegasus entitled "Prelude to Kitty Hawk" by Walter T. Bonney 1953
Fairchild Engine and Airplane Corporation brochure reprinted from "Pegasus" entitled "The Airborne Story". Two copies. July, August, 1954
Lockheed Aircraft Corporation- Tenth Annual Report of the President December 31, 1941
Lockheed Aircraft Corporation- Brochure entitled "The Lockheed Story: Aviation's Golden Years" December 1953
Marquardt Aircraft Company- Press Releases and Announcements May 1954-May 1955
Pan American Airways System- routes of the flying clipper ships circa 1936
Pan American World Airways- Newsletter entitled "Pan American World Airways Teacher", Vol. 10, No. 2 November 1953
Republic Aviation Corporation- Annual Report for 1948 1948-1949
Trans World Airlines- "TWA Ambassador, The Trans World Magazine", Vol. 9, No. 7 featuring an article entitled "The Odyssey of NC11Y". Two copies. July 1976
Trans World Airlines- advertisement for transcontinental flights
Western Air Lines- Annual Report 1949 1949-1950
Western Air Lines- Annual Report 1950 1950-1951
Series II: Magazine Articles, Clippings, and Reprints Regarding Aviation 1804-1983
Excerpts from "Philosophical Magazine", Vol. 19, No. 76 and Vol. 20, No. 77 regarding aerial navigation September-October 1804
Articled entitled "Art of Flying" from "Mechanics' Magazine", Vol. VII, No. 184 March 3, 1827
Reprint entitled "New System of Areostation" from "Mechanics' Magazine", Vol. XI, No. 298 1829
Article from the "New York Mirror" entitled "Aerial Voyagers" edited by George P. Morris, Theodore S. Fay, and Nathaniel P. Willis September 5, 1835
Article from "American Annual Cyclopaedia" entitled "Ballooning" regarding aerial voyage by balloon 1862
Article from "Chambers Journal" entitled "Ballooning, As It Hoped to Be" October 13, 1886
Article from Encyclopedia Britannica entitled "Aeronautics" regarding an abridged account of aeronautics from early attempts of the Greek and Romans 1875
Part one of "Frank Reade Library", Vol. II, No. 44 entitled "Frank Reade Jr., and His Queen Clipper of the Clouds" October 5, 1892
Excerpt from "Cosmopolitan Magazine" regarding aerial navigation with an emphasis on ballooning entitled "The Aeroplane" by Hiram S. Maxim 1892
Article from Century Magazine entitled "My First and Last Balloon Ascension" by Robert V.V. Sewell April 1894
Excerpt from Cosmopolitan Magazine regarding air travel with an emphasis on flying apparatus entitled "The Coming Race" by John Brisben Walker July 1896
"Miscellaneous Contributions to the Smithsonian Institute Report for 1900". Includes articles entitled "Progress of Aeronautics" by J. Janssen, "Lord Rayleigh on Flight", "The Langley Aerodrome", "The Zeppelin Air Ship", and "The Use of Kites to Obtain Meteorological Observations" 1900
"Smithsonian Institute Report" article entitled "Santos-Dumont Circling the Eiffel Tower in an Air Ship" regarding air ship travel along the Longchamp Racecourse in Paris, France. Reprinted from "Everybody's Magazine", Philadelphia, November 1901. 1901
Brief excerpt from "Chambers' Journal" entitled "Flying-machines regarding aeronautics with an emphasis on ballooning" 1902
"Chambers' Journal" article entitled "The Problem of Flight" regarding aeronautics and flying machines in relation to birds 1902
"Smithsonian Institute Report" article entitled "Experiments with the Langley Aerodrome" by S.P. Langley regarding experiments conducted by the Smithsonian Institution involving an aerodrome. Report also includes an article entitled "Relation of Wing Surface to Weight" by R. Von Lendenfeld. November 20, 1904
"Appleton's Booklovers Magazine" article entitled "Navigating the Air: A Review of Recent Aeronautic Progress" by Frank H. Taylor February 1905
"Appleton's Booklovers Magazine" article entitled "he Unsolved Problem of Mechanical Flight" by George Calvert. 1906
"Chamber's Journal" article entitled "A Balloonist's Records" containing information regarding a book entitled "Five Thousand Miles in a Balloon" by Mr. R. Hedges Butler 1907
"Chamber's Journal" article entitled "A Balloon Trip from the Crystal Palace" 1907
"Chamber's Journal" article about the Wright brothers and their experimentations involving a duplex aeroplane entitled "The Birth of the Flying-Machine" 1907
"Military Ballooning". Descriptions of different types of vessels used for air-travel with a focus on definitions and fundamental principles within aeronautics from "Signal Corps Bulletin", No. 9. April 22, 1908
Aviation Number Issue of "Out West Magazine" January 1910
Smithsonian Institute Report entitled "Recent Progress in Aviation" by Octave Chanute. Reprinted from the "Journal of the Western Society of Engineers". Includes a chronology of memorable flights in modern aeroplanes. April 1910
"The Navy" Vol. V, No. 1 featuring an article entitled "Instruction in Aviation for Naval Officers". Contains recommendation of Capt. Chambers on development of aircrafts for naval purposes January 1911
"The Exchange", Vol. XI, No. 12. Contains picture of plane given to Germany and named Ru-ber-oid October 1912
A 36 page excerpt from the "Encyclopaedia of Sport and Games, Sportsman Edition". Includes colored photo plate of Louis Bleriot crossing the English Channel on July 25, 1909 1912
"The Army Review" article entitled "Military Aviation" by Major F.H. Sykes. A Paper read before the Aeronautical Society of Great Britain July 1913
"Scribner's Magazine" article entitled "Aerial Fox and Geese" by James F.J. Archibald regarding a game played by the Austrian balloon corps with automobiles in pursuit November 1914
"Literary Digest" article entitled "Harry Hawker, The Britisher who Took Chances Like a Yank" June 7, 1919
Four articles from The Literary Digest entitled "Over the Atlantic at one Leap", "Speeches from the Air", "New Instruments for Ocean Flight", and "Climbing out of an Airplane" June 28, 1919
Brief summary of an article entitled "Wind Charts for Aviators" by MM. J. Rouch in "Scottish Geographical Magazine" July 1919
"Popular Mechanics" article entitled "Perils Faced in Around -World Flight: Army Fliers to Cross Twenty-Two Countries in Journey that will Cover Thirty-Nine Thousand Miles" [May 1924]
"National Geographic Magazine" Vol. XLVI, No. 1. Contains an article entitled, "The Non-stop Flight Across America" as well as other articles on air travel. Includes photographs of the first transcontinental flight. July 1924
Article entitled "What Good was the World Flight?" In the Literary Digest December 20, 1924
Article from "Scientific American" entitled "The Tragedy of the "Shenandoah": The Wrecking of This Superb and Well-tried Ship by a Furious Thunderstorm" by J. Bernard Walker November 1925
Monthly column in "Scientific American" entitled "Learning to Use Our Wings" conducted by Alexander Klemin. Column includes information regarding the facts and news about airships and airplanes. November 1925
Monthly column in "Scientific American" entitled "Learning to Use Our Wings" conducted by Alexander Klemin. Column includes information regarding the facts and news about airships and airplanes. December 1925
Article from "National Geographic Magazine" Vol. XLIX, No. 1 entitled "On the Trail Of the Air Mail" by J. Parker Van Zandt January 1926
Article from "St. Nicholas" entitled "Cross-Country by Air" by A.M. Jacobs March 1926
Two articles from "Popular Mechanics" entitled "Flyers to Conquer Frozen North", and "Flying Cargoes" April 1926
Article from "World's Work" entitled "America Takes the Lead in Aviation: New Plans Here Will Recapture Our Supremacy" by Howard Mingos April 1926
Article from "The Independent" Vol. 116, No. 3966 entitled "Big Business in the Air" by Burt M. McConnell April 1926
Articles from "National Geographic Magazine" entitled "Flying over Egypt, Sinai, and Palestine" by P.R.C. Groves and J.R. McCrindle, "The first Flight to the North Pole" by R.E. Byrd, and "Commander Byrd receives the Hubbard gold Medal" June 5, 1926
Monthly column in "Scientific American" entitled "Learning to Use Our Wings" conducted by Alexander Klemin. Column includes information regarding the facts and news about airships and airplanes. December 1926
Article from the "Living Age" entitled "Shot Down by the British: A Zeppelin Officer's Story" by Otto Mieth. Article describing the last operational flight of L-48. 1926
Article from "Popular Mechanics" entitled "Racing Death in Icy Clouds" [February 1927]
Article from "Saturday Evening Post" entitled "And Then I Jumped by Charles A. Lindbergh" July 23, 1927
Article from "The World's Work" entitled "What Aviation Needs" August 1927
Article from "The World's Work" entitled "The perils of Flying the Night Air Mail: The Story of the Heroic School That Trained Lindbergh" by Howard Mingos August 1927
Article from "The World's Work" entitled "Roald Amundsen's "Inside Story" of the Rows Aboard the Norge: The Explorer Complains that Nobile Nearly Wrecked the Airship over the Arctic, but Tried to Seize the Honors" August 1927
Article from "The World's Work" entitled "The Making of an Air Pilot: The Unforgettable Thrills of the First Solo Flight" by Charles A. Lindbergh [September 1927]
"Lindbergh tells future of Aviation", and other articles regarding aviation from "Popular Mechanics" Vol. 49, No. 1 November 1927
Article from "The Saturday Evening Post" entitled "Air-Traveled Germany" November 19, 1927
Article from "National Geographic" entitled "President Coolidge Bestows Lindbergh Award" January 1928
"Dummy Flyers Help Make Air Safe", and other articles regarding aviation from "Popular Mechanics" Vol. 49, No. 1 January 1928
Article from "National Geographic", Vol. LIII, No. 1 entitled "Seeing America With Lindbergh: The Record of a Tour of More Than 20,000 Miles by Airplane Through Forty-eight States on Schedule Time" by Lieutenant Donald E. Keyhoe January 1928
two articles regarding aviation taken from the 'leading articles' section of an unknown publication [March 1928]
Article from "National Geographic", Vol. LIII, No. 5 entitled "To Bogota and Back by Air: The Narrative of a 9,500 Mile Flight from Washington, Over Thirteen Latin-American Countries and Return, in the Single-Seater Airplane "Spirit of St. Louis" by Col. Charles A. Lindbergh May 1928
Excerpt from "Popular Science Monthly" Vol. 114, No.1 featuring an article about Wilbur and Orville Wright entitled, "The Real Fathers of Flight" by John R. McMahon January 1929
Excerpt from "Popular Science Monthly" Vol. 114 No. 3 featuring an article entitled "I Am Learning to Be a Flyer" by Larry Brent March 1929
"Building the First Winged Dirigible- Autogiros for America- New Devices for Speed and Safety" and other short articles about aviation from the May 1929 issue of "Popular Science Monthly" May 1929
Articles from a featured section in "Popular Science Monthly" entitled "What is Ahead in Aviation" June 1929
Article in "Popular Science Monthly" entitled "American Aviation Doubles in a Year- Catapults for Airports- Great Flights and New Inventions" June 1929
Article in "Popular Science Monthly" entitled "Longest Airway Links Americas" by Alden Armagnac June 1929
"Air Commerce Bulletin", Vol. 1, No.1 and Vol. 2, No. 5 July 1929; September 1930
Article entitled "Aeronautics of Bird Flight" by Sterling Bunnell from the Vol. XXXII, No. 6 issue of "The Condor", a bi-monthly magazine of Western Ornithology published by The Cooper Ornithological Club. November-December 1930
"National Geographic Magazine" Vol. LXIII, No. 5 featuring an article entitled "Flying" by Gilbert Grosvenor May 1933
"Geographical Journal" article entitled "The Mackay Aerial Survey Expedition, Central Australia, May-June 1930 by Donald MacKay. Includes a map of Australia detailing the work of the Mackay Aerial Survey Expedition of 1930, and the Terry Expeditions of 1932 and 1933" December 1934
"Arming in the Air"- excerpts from articles in the Daily Mail 1933-1936 regarding aerial re-arming. August 19, 1936
"Flying Manual No. 6", Fawcett Publications. circa 1936
"Punch or the London Charivari", Special Flying Number, Vol. CXCVIII, No. 5158 February 7, 1940
Page from "Western Flying" magazine dedicated to airline news entitled "Western Flying's News of the Airlines" February 1940
"Supplement to Fortune Magazine" entitled "The War Industries Board, 1917-18" by James L. Tyson September 1940
"National Geographic Magazine" Vol.LXXXII, No. 1 featuring an article entitled "The New Queen of the Seas" by Melville Bell Grosvenor July 1942
Bulletin entitled "Financial Position of the Aircraft Industry" Vol. XXX, No. 3. Business Research Studies Number 28 by Lynn Bollinger and Tom Lilley. Harvard University Graduate School of Business Administration October 1943
"U.S. Air Services Magazine- feature aeronautical magazine commercial and military", devoted to the Development of Aeronautics, Civil and Military in the United States December 1943
Article from "Harper's Magazine", Vol. 188. No. 1124 entitled "The Future of International Airways" by Blair Bolles January 1944
"Hospital Corps Quarterly", Aviation Medicine Number, Vol. 18, No. 5. Supplement to the "U.S. Naval Medical Bulletin". May 1945
"Preserving American Air Power" by Lynn L. Bollinger, Tom Lilley, and Albert E. Lombard Jr. Reprinted from "Harvard Business Review" Spring 1945
Article from "Scientific American" entitled "Since Man took Wings" by Alexander Klemin June 1945
Article from "U.S. News" entitled "Air Power and the Future: General Arnold's Views on Our Security Needs" November 30, 1945
Article from "Popular Mechanics" entitled "What happened to the Shenandoah? Navy Still Believes in Usefulness of Lighter- Than- Air- Craft and will Continue Experiments to Develop Them" [November 1945]
"The American Mercury" issue featuring an article entitled "Navies are Finished" by Major Alexander P. de Seversky February 1946
"National Geographic Magazine" Vol. LXXXIX, No. 2 featuring an article entitled, "Air Power for Peace" by General of the Army H.H. Arnold February 1946 February 1946
Special Supplement of the "Continental Daily Mail" entitled "France's First Post-War Air Show" November 20, 1946
"When the Aeroplane First Saluted Liberty". Reproduction from "Esquire magazine" of an illustration by Harper Goff depicting Wilbur Wright's flight around the Statue of Liberty on Sept. 29, 1909 1946
"World Aviation Statistics" by Stuart A. Rice and C. Darwin Stolzenbach. Reprinted from "Air Affairs, An International Journal", Vol. 1, No. 3 March 1947
Article from "New York Herald Tribune" entitled "Lindbergh 1927 Hop Compared with an Ocean Flight of 1947" by Robert L. Moora May 18, 1947
"Air Industrial Preparedness" by H.H. Rosenheim. Reprinted from "Plane Facts, the Technical Magazine of Military Aviation" June 1947
Issue of "Daily News" featuring an article entitled, "Jet Monster Flies, Escort Crashes regarding Nothrop's P-61 bomber's maiden voyage in Hawthorne, CA." October 21, 1947
Two brief articles from "Popular Mechanics" entitled, "Three Hundred Miles an Hour Planes Carry Ballast", and "Airplane to Fly Straight Up Third of a Mile a Minute" January 1948
Article from March 1948 issue of "Fortune Magazine" entitled "The Wildest Blue Yonder Yet". Folder includes correspondence from Bart Hydorn, Advertising Director at Fortune Magazine to Mr. Millar March 1948
Articles regarding aviation from "Collier's" December 25, 1948
Clippings regarding the B-36, YB-35, and YB-49 aircrafts 1949
"Flying Magazine" featuring an article entitled "The True Story of Pearl Harbor" January 1949
"U.S. News and World Report" Vol. 27, No. 1 featuring an article entitled "B-36: Superplane or 'Sitting Duck'" July 1, 1949
"Panorama of Flight, Aviation History in Paintings" by Charles Hubbell 1953
"Westways" Vol. 53, Number 10 featuring an article entitled "His Head Was in the Clouds" October 1961
"Los Angeles Times" obituary entitled "Jean Piccard Stratosphere Pioneer, Dies" January 29, 1963
17th annual Air Force almanac entitled "Air Force and Space Digest" September 1967
Phi Kappa Psi Fraternity publication, "The Shield", Vol. 88, No. 1 Fall 1967
American Fighter Pilots Association publication, "The Rendezvous" featuring a brief article on the Heinkel HE-162A World War II Volksjaeger aircraft June 1971
Hughes Aircraft Company publication, "Vectors", Vol. XIV Fall 1972
"Aviation Publications News", Vol. XIV, No. 1 Summer 1975
Article from "Los Angeles Times" entitled "Centinela South Bay", B Part VII featuring photographs of a model of Northrop's B-35 bomber July 29, 1979
"Aerospace Historian", Vol. 23 No. 4 Winter/December 1976
"Case and Comment" Vol. 82, No. 4 featuring an article entitled "From Roosevelt Field to Tenerife" by Stuart M. Speiser July-August 1977
November 1978 issue of "Life Magazine" featuring an article entitled "75 Years of Flight: Planes, Pilots and Drama in The Air" November 1978
Issue of "OMNI" featuring an article entitled "Wings: The Ecstasy of Flight" December 1978
Article from "Scientific American" entitled "The Origins of the First Powered, Man-carrying Airplane" by F.E.C. Culick July 1979
"National Geographic Magazine" article entitled "Winged Victory of 'Gossamer Albatross'". Folder includes a flyer regarding a lecture about first man powered flight across the English Channel November 1979
Article from the "Los Angeles Times" entitled "Reginald Denny's Drone: Actor Played Important Role in Defense Work" by Charles Hillinger (photocopy) November 26, 1979
Two articles: "Planes of Future More Wing Than Prayer"; untitled- part of an article from "Aviation Week & Space Technology" June 16, 1980; undated
The Air Museum publication entitled "Tam News: Planes of Fame", Vol. 5, No. 3. Two copies. Fall 1980
Article from "In Times Past" entitled "'Aeroplane' Delivers Times, 1911 Flight Took Newspapers 'All the Way' to San Bernardino" circa 1981
"Smithsonian Institution Research Reports", No. 40 featuring an article entitled "Clean Design of the Flying Wing Captures Futuristic Imaginations" by Rita Cipalla Autumn 1983
"Avions" edited by Rene Kieffer. Contains photographs of airplanes. (in French)
Advertisement from a magazine featuring an illustration of a Wright Brothers aircraft
Magazine clipping featuring a portrait of the Wright Brothers
Clippings and promotional material regarding Calbraith Parry Rogers' transcontinental airplane flight across the United States in 1911 from the Garrett Corporation 1911, 1912, 1949, 1955, 1964, 1978,undated
Reproductions of photographs regarding Calbraith Parry Rogers' transcontinental airplane flight across the United States in 1911 featuring Rogers' plane, Vin Fiz 1978, undated
Series III: Brochures, Pamphlets, and Promotional Material 1913-1980
The Aerospace Corporation- Brochure entitled "The Aerospace Corporation 1960-1980" March 1980
Airology, William P. Willetts, Prop.- Brochure entitled "Airology Teaches Weather Through Vision" 1948
Allison Division, General Motor Corporation- "Memo for the personal attention of Richard W. Millar". Four pamphlets regarding some of General Motors' latest products February 1949, March, April, July-August 1950
California Aeronautics Commission- "News from the California Aeronuautics Commission", Vol. 1, No. 5 June 18, 1953
Curtiss-Wright Corporation- Booklet entitled "First in Flight" 1949
Curtiss-Wright Technical Institute of Aeroautics- Prospectus and handbook. 1933-1934
Promotional pamphlet providing information regarding a book entitled "Fokker-The Man and the Aircraft" circa 1960
"Five Patents Relating to Aviation"- Notes on five patents granted to James Means regarding aviation. Notes entitled "Signaling Apparatus for Aerial Machines" focuses on Patent No. 922, 709. Notes entitled "Aeroplane Launchers" focus on patent No. 922,710; 922,711; 922, 712; and 922, 713. May 25, 1909
Pamphlet regarding the James Means Control Machine entitled "The James Means Control for Flying Machines: Based Upon the Principle of Mental Automatism" January-February 1913
LearAvia Corp.- Brochure regarding the Lear Fan aircraft 1977-1978
Naval History Division , Washington D.C.- Brochure entitled "Aviation in the United States Navy" 1965
The New York Air Brake Company- booklet entitled "Stratopower in Aviation" February 14, 1949
Pacific Northwest Aviation Historical Foundation- Brochure entitled "Dreamboat- Wellwood Beall and the Boeing Clipper" 1979
Southern California Air Force Academy Committee- Brochure entitled "The Future Chief"
Vose Memorial Library- Brochure entitled "A Story of High Altitude"
"Super-fighter: The Mustang"- Brochure from the editors of "Air News" 1945
Reproduction of a telegram with Orville's name misspelled as "Orevelle" regarding successful air-travel flights
Christmas Greetings from Amelia Earhart and Palmer Putnam [card]
"Prayer Pour Les Aviateurs". Includes a translation in English.
Reproduction of a photograph of the moon landing from the Apollo XI Crew signed to Richard Millar
Program for a patriotic rally in Mitcham, London organized by the Women's League of Service and the Local war Savings Committee May 18, 1918
Official program for the 1928 National Air Races and Aeronautical Exposition Los Angeles, Sept. 8-16 1928
Program for an exhibition entitled "Conquest of the Air" created for the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Pacific Division at the Huntington Library and Art Gallery, San Marino, California June 16, 1941
"Commemorating Michelson Laboratory Dedication, May Seventh and Eighth Nineteen Forty-Eight"- Booklet regarding the first anniversary of the dedication of Michelson Laboratory, hub of the U.S. Naval Ordnance Test Station at China Lake, California May 1949
Program for the memorial dedication of the Portal of the Folded Wings in tribute to the honored dead of American aviation December 17, 1953
"Around the World in 80 Years: An Evening with Donald Wills Douglas"- Program for Donald Wills Douglas' birthday celebration. August 1978
Program for the international A.E.R.O. national air races exhibition at University of Southern California's Doheny Memorial Library
Series V: Catalogs and Bibliographies 1923-1989
Subseries A: Bibliographies 1923-1989
National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics- "Bibliography of Aeronautics, 1917-1919" by Paul Brockett 1923
St. Louis Public Library Monthly Bulletin, New Ser. Vol. 26, No. 6- "Library School Number Including a List of Books and Articles on Aeronautics Compiled by students of the St. Louis Library School" June 1928
National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics- Bibliography of Aeronautics, 1929 by Paul Brockett 1930
Part of a bibliography featuring material regarding aeronautics. Arranged by publication date and includes prices. Title page missing. circa 1930
inventory regarding material Theodore C. Coleman donated to an aviation collection January 12, 1989
National Air and Space Museum Smithsonian Institution- "A Directory of Sources for Air and Space History: Primary Historical Collections in United States Repositories, a Preliminary Edition" 1989
Suberies B: Catalogs 1935-1989
Gumuchian & Co.- "Early Books on Aeronautics" April 1935
Maggs Bros. Ltd-" Aerostation: A Catalogue of Books & Engravings Illustrating the Evolution of the Airship & the Aeroplane from the year 1638-1938" (catalogue 685) 1940
Morgan Aviation Books- "Catalogue Number One" November 1960
Francois Chamonal- "Aerostation" [in French] [December 1960]
E.L. Sterne ABBA- "Flight in All Its Forms and Fancies" November 1961
E.L. Sterne ABBA- "Flight in All Its Forms and Fancies" 1961
World War I Aero Bookshop- Catalog No. 8 October 6, 1961
World War I Aero Bookshop- Catalog No. 8 1961
Flightbooks [catalogue of aviation books and periodicals] March 23, 1962
World War I Aero Bookshop- April 4, 1962
Hampton Books- "Catalog AV-61, Aerospace" [June 18, 1962]
Flightbooks [catalog of new and used aviation books] Summer 1963
J.S. Conner & Co., Inc.- "Aeronautics: A Descriptive Catalogue, Catalogue 479, Series II" 1967
Zenith Aviation Books- Catalogue, Number 12 July 1977
Aero Publishers- 1977-78 Book Catalog 1977-1978
Historic Aviation- Catalogue January 1980
Aviation Publications [catalogue of reprints of aircraft manuals]
Ludwig Rosenthal's Antiquariaat- Catalogue 198, Miscellanea including a large section of Americana Voyages and Travels
Otto H. Ranschburg- Aeronautics: A Collection of Books, Manuscripts and Engravings on the Practice and History of Flight
"Aerial Observation for Artillery". Based on the French edition of December 29, 1917 ; supersedes Instructions for the employment of aerial observation in liaison with the artillery, G.H.Q. A.E.F., 1917. May 1918
The Air Corps Primary Flying School. Brooks Field, San Antonio, Texas- "Pistol and Traps" March 1927
The Air Corps Advanced Flying School Kelly Field, Texas- "Combined Air Tactics" 1927
The Air Corps Advanced Flying School Kelly Field, Texas- "Pursuit Aviation" 1927
The Air Corps Advanced Flying School Kelly Field, Texas-"Signal Communications" 1927
Fletcher Aircraft Training System- "Standard Aircraft Workers' Manual", 5th ed. [Richard Millar's copy] 1940
Series VII: Reports 1918-1979
U.S. Army Air Service Mechanics School- The Propeller, Vol.1, No. 28 1918-1919
Aeronautical Chamber of Commerce of America, Inc.- Air Commerce Act of 1926 Passed by Congress and Approved by the President May 20, 1926 [reprint] June 1926
National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics- Tests on Thrust Augmentors for Jet Propulsion by Eastman N. Jacobs and James M. Shoemaker. [Technical note No. 431] September 1932
National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics- Jet Propulsion with Special Reference to Thrust Augmentors by G.B. Schubauer [Technical Note No. 442] January 1933
Board of Supervisors of Los Angeles County- Aviation Progress in Los Angeles County April 1939
Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce, Department of Meteorology Aeronautics, Vol. 21, No. 5 May 1939
Board of Supervisors of Los Angeles County- Aviation Progress in Los Angeles County May 1939
Board of Supervisors of Los Angeles County- Aviation Progress in Los Angeles County June 1939
Board of Supervisors of Los Angeles County- Aviation Progress in Los Angeles County August 1939
Board of Supervisors of Los Angeles County- Aviation Progress in Los Angeles County September-December 1939
Board of Supervisors of Los Angeles County- Aviation Progress in Los Angeles County January-February 1940
Merrill Lynch, E.A. Pierce and Cassatt- Air Transportation, A Growth Industry It's Present and Future Prospects July 23, 1941
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner and Beane- Air Transportation, A Growth Industry 1942
British Air Ministry- British Report, Royal Aircraft Establishment, South Farnborough, Hants October 1941, May 15, 1942
Select issues of Los Angeles County Aviation Progress, compiled by the Aviation Department of the Los Angeles County Chamber of Commerce May 1942-March 1950
Aircraft War Production Council Inc.- Employee Services in West Coast Aircraft Plants January 1944
War Department Bureau of Public Relations- Report of the Commanding General of the Army Air Forces to the Secretary of War [advance copy] January 3-4, 1944
Report on War and Post-War Adjustment Policies Bernard M. Baruch, and John M. Hancock February 15, 1944
United States Navy at War, Second Official Report to the Secretary of the Navy by Fleet Admiral Ernest J. King March 1, 1944- March 1, 1945
Investigation of the National Defense Program- Additional Report of the Special Committee Investigating the National Defense Program, 3rd Annual Report March 4, 1944
United States Department of Labor, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics- Wartime Development of the Aircraft Industry, Bulletin No. 800 November 1944
The Chicago Association of Commerce- Aircraft Industry in Chicago: A classified directory of aviation trades in the Chicago region January 1945
Annual Report, Fiscal Year 1944 of Secretary of the Navy James Forrestal to the President of the United States February 1945
Second Report of the Commanding General of the Army Air Forces to the Secretary of War February 27, 1945
United States Navy at War, Final Official Report to the Secretary of the Navy by Fleet Admiral Ernest J. King March 1, 1945-October 1, 1945
Bankers Trust Company- April 1945
The United States Strategic Bombing Survey, Over-all Report (European War) September 30, 1945
Biennial Report of the Chief of Staff of the United States Army Gen. George C. Marshall (July 1, 1943 to June 30, 1945) to The Secretary of War October 10, 1945
Report by the Supreme Commander to the Combined Chiefs of Staff on the Operations in Europe of the Allied Expeditionary Force, 6 June 1944 - 8 May 1945 circa 1945
Battle for Production. 5th Report to the President, The Senate and the House of Representatives by John W. Snyder, Director of War Mobilization and Reconversion January 1, 1946
National Policy for Aviation: A Special Committee Report, Planning Pamphlets Nos 51-52 March 1946
At the Crossroads. 7th Report to the President, The Senate and the House of Representatives by John W. Snyder, Director of War Mobilization and Reconversion July 1, 1946
One World Or None: A Report to the Public on the Full Meaning of the Atomic Bomb 1946
The Air Force Aid Society- Annual Report 1947
Annual Report of the Secretary of the Air Force, for the Fiscal Year 1948 1947-1848
Report of the Air Coordinating Committee, 1947 February 9, 1948
Report of the Chief of Staff, United States Air Force to the Secretary of the Air Force June 30, 1948
National Aviation Policy, Report of the Congressional Aviation Policy Board, Congress of the United States 1948
Memo and report from Aircraft Industries Association to Aircraft Manufacturers Council regarding the financial situation of the airframe manufacturing industry, 1937-1947 September 23, 1948
Investment Bankers Association of America- Report of Aviation Securities Committee December 5, 1948
Diagram. Comparative Cost, Experimental Night Fighters in 1942 and 1948 1948
National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics- Ames Aeronautical Laboratory….1948 Inspection 1948
"Flying Cargo Wing"- information regarding specifications of fuel cost per ton-mile for a flying wing versus conventional aircraft, C-5A and 747 freighter 1979
National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics- The Organization- Research Activities and Facilities of the NACA
Report entitled Subsonic and Supersonic Missile Data
Series VIII: Speeches, Addresses, and Essays 1941-1961
Subseries A: Speeches and Addresses 1941-1949
"A Survey of LP Gas as Fuel for Internal Combustion Engines" by C.L. Parkhill- A paper presented before the 2nd annual convention, Pacific Coast Section, Liquefied Petroleum Gas Association, Inc. June 9, 1941
"The Paradox of the Airlines" by LaMotte T. Cohu. Reprinted from "Journal of Air Law and Commerce" Vol. 15, No. 3, based on an address before the Society of Automotive Engineers, April 15, 1948 Summer 1948
"The Real Answers to Some Questions about the Airlines". An address by W.A. Patterson, President United Air Lines before the Iowa Bankers Association, Des Moines, Iowa, October 27, 1948 October 27, 1948
"The Time Factor in Developing Air Power" by H.M. Horner. Address delivered before a meeting of the Dallas Chamber of Commerce, October 27, 1948, on the occasion of the official welcome of Chance Vought Aircraft Division of United Aircraft Corporation to Dallas October 27, 1948
"Some Aspects and Problems of the Aircraft Industry". An address by J.L. Atwood, President, North American Aviation, Inc. at the eighth Stanford Business Conference, Stanford University July 28, 1949
Subseries B: Essays 1941-1961
"First Flight Over the Hump, India-China" by Arthur N. Young November 30, 1941
"Army Air Service Participation in the Pulitzer Trophy air Races and Its Influence on American Pursuit Design in the 1920s" by Jim Treanor May 22, 1961