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Language of Material:
English
Contributing Institution:
San Diego Air and Space Museum Library and Archives
Title: Manuscript Collection
Identifier/Call Number: SDASM.SC.0193
Physical Description:
2 Cubic Feet
92 Manuscripts
Date (inclusive): 1919-2012
Abstract: The collection contains 92 manuscripts, written/compiled between the early twentieth century and early twenty-first century.
These manuscripts range from television and movie scripts to flight logs, accident report, personal recollections, and biographies/memoirs.
Subjects include (but are not limited to) early flight, World War I, World War II, women avioators, air ships, and flight
testing.
This collection is organized in two series, Manuscripts and Oversized Manuscripts, ordered by catalog number and shelf position.
Oversized items are stored together.
SERIES I: Manuscripts
SERIES II: Oversized Manuscripts.
The collection is open to researchers by appointment.
Some copyright may be reserved. Consult with the library director for more information.
[Item], [Filing Unit], [Series Title], [Subgroups], [Record Group Title and Number], [Repository “San Diego Air & Space Museum
Library & Archives”]
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The materials in this Collection were donated to the San Diego Air and Space Museum.
The materials in this collection were donated to the San Diego Air & Space Museum at various times by different donors.
The collection contains 92 manuscripts in 2 cubic feet, written/compiled between early twentieth century and early 21st century.
These manuscripts range from television and movie scripts to flight logs, accident reports, personal recollections, and memoirs.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Air shows
Airplane racing
Air Mail Service
World War, 1939-1945
World War, 1914-1918
Graf Zeppelin (Airship)
Airships
Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress Family
Aircraft accidents
Flight training
United States. Army. Air Corps
Convair
Aeronautics -- History
Aeronautics, Commercial
Aeronautic -- California -- San Diego -- History
Naval Aviation
North Island Naval Air Station
United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
Outer space -- Exploration
Women air pilots
Test pilots
Vietnam War, 1961-1975
Women Airforce Service Pilots
Ryan Aeronautical Company
Doolittle, James Harold
Beachey, Lincoln
Spirit of St. Louis
Flying Tigers (AVG), Inc.
Curtiss, Glenn Hammond
Lindbergh, Charles A. (Charles Augustus)
von Braum, Wernher