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Contributing Institution:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Title: USC Library of Aeronautical History George T. Cussen collection on aviation
Creator:
Cussen, George T.
Identifier/Call Number: 0053
Identifier/Call Number: 389
Physical Description:
2 Linear Feet
2 boxes
Date (inclusive): circa 1918-1963
Abstract: The collection consists of Cussen's personal scrapbook pages, books and photographs pertaining to the commercial aeronautic
industry from the 1930s to the 1950s, and a collection of World War I & II war effort posters and maps. George Cussen worked
the Santa Fe Railway for eight years before a brief stint at Maddux Air Lines in 1929. From 1932 to 1940, he worked for Transcontinental
& Western Airlines as a traffic manager, alternating between Los Angeles and San Francisco operations. During the 1940s, he
worked for American Airlines, was the operations officer for the 302nd Transportation wing during WWII, and was appointed
the Director of Traffic for TACA Airways' American and Carribbean region in 1946. Throughout the 1950s, he was the vice president
and head sales executive for the Flying Tiger Line.
Language of Material:
English
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After leaving law school in the 1920s, George Cussen worked in the transportation industry for the next several decades. He
worked for the Santa Fe Railway for eight years before a brief stint at Maddux Air Lines in 1929. From 1932 to 1940, he worked
for Transcontinental & Western Airlines as a traffic manager, alternating between Los Angeles and San Francisco operations.
During the 1940s, he worked for American Airlines, was the operations officer for the 302nd Transportation wing during WWII,
and was appointed the Director of Traffic for TACA Airways' American and Carribbean region in 1946. Throughout the 1950s,
he was the vice president and head sales executive for the Flying Tiger Line.
Starting in 1963, Cussen was among the aeronautic industry personnel who supported USC Library's campaign to established a
library of aeronautical history. His donation was one among the large collections of air transport papers the library obtained
through this effort.
The collection consists of Cussen's personal scrapbook pages, books and photographs pertaining to the commercial aeronautic
industry from the 1930s to the 1950s, and a collection of World War I & II war effort posters and maps.
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CONDITIONS GOVERNING USE
All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Manuscripts Librarian.
Permission for publication is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended
to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.
[Box/folder# or item name], USC Library of Aeronautical History George T. Cussen collection on aviation, Collection no. 0053,
Special Collections, USC Libraries, University of Southern California
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Aeronautics -- History -- Archival resources
Aeronautics, Commercial -- Freight -- Archival resources
Aeronautics, Commercial -- United States -- History -- Archival resources
Aeronautics, Military -- Archival resources
Air charter contracts -- Archival resources
Transcontinental flights -- Archival resources
Transportation -- Archival resources
World War, 1914-1918 -- United States -- Archival resources
World War, 1939-1945 -- Archival resources
United States -- History -- Archival resources
Books
Correspondence
Ephemera
Photographs
Posters
Reports
Scrapbooks
Cussen, George T. -- Archives
Flying Tiger Line -- Archives
Los Angeles International Airport -- Archives
Transcontinental & Western Air, Inc -- Archives
Trans World Airlines -- Archives