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SERIES I: Photographs

Physical Description: Many of these aircraft photographs are official issues, from both manufacturers and government agencies. The photographs date from the 1920s, perhaps earlier, providing photographic documentation of early aircraft, aviators, both men and women, as well as pilot training.

Box 1 of 5

Folder 1 – Franklin Delano Roosevelt Airplane Interior (2 photographs)

Folder 2 -- Global Illustrations (5 photographs)

Folder 3 -- Douglas Aircraft (21 photographs, including two of Donald Douglas)

Folder 4 – NASA-Aero – Post War (2 photographs)

Folder 5 – Military, 1920s to 1930s (27 photographs)

Folder 6 -- USAF Historical Series (12 photographs)

Folder 7 – Civilian, 1920s to 1930s (32 photographs, including several of Wiley Post)

Folder 8 – Commercial, 1920s to 1930s (37 photographs)

Folder 9 -- Boeing, 1920s to 1930s (2 photographs)

Folder 10 -- Randolph Field, Texas (27 photographs)

Folder 11 -- General Aviation, 1920s to 1930s (4 photographs)

Folder 12 -- Helicopters (31 photographs)

Folder 13 -- Bell Helicopters (29 photographs)

Folder 14 -- Post-War Military (Folder #1 of 2) (68 photographs, includes written background information on many)

Folder 15 – Post-war Military (Folder #2 of 2) (56 photographs, includes written background information on many)

Folder 16 -- Blue Angels (5 photographs)

Box 2 of 5

Folder 1 -- Post War Carriers (3 photographs)

Folder 2 -- Post War- Military - General (2 photographs)

Folder 3 -- Post War EDO (10 photographs)

Folder 4 -- Goodyear (5 photographs, with printed material)

Folder 5 -- Post War -- General Aviation – Aerocommander & Gulfstream (30 photographs)

Folder 6 -- Post War – Lockheed (28 photographs, with printed material)

Folder 7 -- Post War-- General Aviation (3 photographs)

Folder 8 -- Post War – General Aviation -- Cessna (7 photographs)

Folder 9 -- Post War – McDonnell Douglas (51 photographs)

Folder 10 -- Post War – Boeing (1 photographs)

Folder 11 – Project ORBIS (8 photographs)

Folder 12 -- Houston (3 photographs)

Folder 13 -- Berlin Airlift (7 photographs)

Folder 14 -- General Aviation – Fairchild (11 photographs)

Folder 15 -- Beechcraft (30 photographs)

Folder 16 -- Helicopters (8 photographs)

Folder 17 -- Delta Airlines (12 photographs)

Folder 18 -- Piper Aircraft (2 photographs)

Folder 19 -- Edward P. Warner Award (3 photographs)

Folder 20 -- NASA Aircraft (3 photographs)

Folder 21 -- United Airlines Flight Lab (No original photographs – printed report on flying laboratory)

Folder 22 -- Historic United Airlines Stewardess Photographs (11 photographs)

Folder 23 -- Stills from Motion Picture "Wings" (19 photographs)

Folder 24 -- Miscellaneous Aircraft Photos (51 photographs, many historic photographs)

Box 3 of 5

Folder 1 -- Texas Aviation (10 photographs)

Folder 2 -- Pan American Airlines (5 photographs)

Folder 3 -- Air Lift Aircraft (6 photographs)

Folder 4 -- Twayne Collection (5 original photographs, copies of photographs, printed material, brochures)

Folder 5 -- World War II Aircraft and Personnel (61 photographs)

Folder 6 -- American Airlines, 1920s to 1930s (13 photographs)

Folder 7 -- American Aircraft / Aerospace Industry (18 photographs)

Folder 8 -- Aircraft Industry (24 photographs)

Folder 9 -- Boeing Aircraft (6 photographs)

Folder 10 -- Aviation Social History (46 photographs, includes a number of early women in aviation photographs)

Folder 11 -- American Airlines History (15 photographs)

Folder 12 -- Post War Commercial (78 photographs)

Folder 13 -- Post War Civil Aviation (51 photographs)

Folder 14 -- Post War Airlines – TWA (5 photographs, plus brochure)

Folder 15 -- Flight in America - Miscellaneous (16 photographs)

Folder 16 -- Time – Distance (3 photographs)

Folder 17 -- Commercial, 1920 to 1930s (10 photographs)

Box 4 of 5

Folder 1 -- Guppy History (95 photographs)

Folder 2 -- Miscellaneous (78 photographs)

SERIES II: Documents

Box 4 of 5 (Cont.)

Folder 3 -- CONOCO -- Post War General Aviation: Article on aircraft history.

Folder 4 -- Post War General Aviation - Mooney Aircraft: Brochures and documents on Mooney Aviation history.

Folder 5 -- Federal Express: Press releases and documents on Federal Express' history.

Folder 6 -- Interview with Ralph Harmon

Folder 7 -- Documents - Aviation History (Folder #1 of 7

Physical Description: "The Blimp Base," John W. Mecom; "The Learstar," Matthew E. Rodina, Jr., 1996; Interview with Arthur E. Raymond, Engineer of the DC Series, 1964; "Ellington Field: a Short History, 1917-1963," Erik Carlson, NASA/CR-1999-208921, February 1999; "Commuting in the Modern Manner: The Grumman "Goose" Amphibian," May 23, 1989; "Biographical Sketch of Carl Squier, Lockheed Aircraft Company," John B. Rae, Oral History Program, Claremont Graduate School, 1962.

Folder 8 -- Documents - Aviation History (Folder #2 of 7):

Physical Description: "The Story of North American Aviation, Inc.," John L. Atwood, Oral History Program, Claremont Graduate School, 1964; "History of Aviation and Cosmonautics, Vol. I," N. D. Anoshehenko, NASA, November 1967; "An Appreciation of the Social, Economic and Political Issues of General Aviation, Frank Kingston Smith, FAA, GA-300-133, June 1977; "Soviet Aeronautical Engineering," author unknown, Air Force Systems Command, FTD-HT-23-21-71, 1971.

Folder 9 -- Documents - Aviation History (Folder #3 of 7):

Physical Description: "Operation Ball: USAAF Operations in Sweden, 1944-45," Air Enthusiast 12, 1980; "BOAC Flying Boats at War," Air Enthusiast 43, 1991; (first words of title missing) “... by 'Scrutator' to Sweden," Air Enthusiast 5, 1976; "Air Traffic Control," IBM Federal Systems Center; "Aerospace Bibliography 7th Edition," NASA, 1982; "Civil Aviation Statistics of the World 1988," International Civil Aviation Organization, #9180/14.

Folder 10 -- Documents - Aviation History (Folder #4 of 7):

Physical Description: "History of Coast Guard Aviation," Dr. Robert L. Scheina, Commandant's Bulletin 21-86, 1985; "Turbine-Engined Fleets of the World's Airlines, 1995 Survey," Exxon; "Turbine-Engined Fleets of the World's Airlines, 1996 Survey," Exxon; United States Women in Aviation, 1930-1939," Claudia M. Oakes, Smithsonian Studies in Air & Space #6, 1985.

Box 5 of 5

Folder 1 -- Documents - Aviation History (Folder #5 of 7): Rolls Royce Public Relations Kit, includes handwritten notes.

Folder 2 -- Documents - Aviation History (Folder #6 of 7):

Physical Description: "American Aviation Technology: An International Heritage," Roger E. Bilstein (2 copies); "Airlift and Airborne Operations in World War II," Roger E. Bilstein, Air Force History and Museums Programs, 1998 (signed copy); "Internal Combustion Engines and Their Fuel: a Preliminary Exploration of Technological Interplay," William David Compton, reprint from History of Technology, 1982; "It's Easy to Fly," Standard Oil of New York, 1929; "F-16: Sale of the Century," David Boulton, WGBH TV, 1979.

Folder 3 -- Documents - Aviation History (Folder #7 of 7):

Physical Description: "The Wright Brothers," C. H. Gibbs-Smith, Science Museum London, 1963; "The Wright Brothers and Their Development of the Airplane," Barbara Craig, 1963; "Wright Brothers National Memorial North Carolina," Omega G. East, 1963; "Early Flight: from Dream to Reality," National Air and Space Museum Gallery Guide, 1980; "The Magnificent Distances: Early Aviation in British Columbia 1910-1940."

Folder 4 -- Book: A book in a foreign language; appears to be a training manual of some sort.

Folder 5 -- Book: The Boeing Logbook, 1916-1991.

Folder 6 -- Audio Cassette Tapes: Michael Collins Interview, undated; Ralph Harmon Interview, undated; Nathaniel Warner Interview, 1971; Werner von Braun Interview, 1971 (Tapes A and B).

Collection Contents

SERIES I: Photographs

Box 1 of 5

Box 2 of 5

Box 3 of 5

Box 4 of 5

SERIES II: Documents

Box 4 of 5 (Cont.)