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Wheels to Wings Book Collection
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Box 1 of 3

 

Series I: History

 

Folder 1-- History of Ford Bldg/SDASM, 1935-2011

Physical Description: 1. Citizens Committee Board of Directors. 2. Annual Report, San Diego Aerospace Museum, 1963-64. 3. San Diego Junior Chamber of Commerce Annual Yearbook, 1962-1963. 4. Historic Map of Balbo Park. 5. Historical Map of the Aerospace Museum, 1980. 6. Article, “Ford at San Diego,” by David Lewis, 1974. 7. Statement of Edsel Ford. 8. Article, "Ford at the California-Pacific International Exhibition, San Diego, 1935. 9. Balboa Park History, 1979, notes from Richard Amero. 10. Article, “The On-Again Off-Again History of the Ford Building in Balboa Park.
 

Series II: Research Articles

 

Folder 2 -- Research and Background Articles for Wheels to Wings (folder 1 of 5)

Physical Description: 1. Article, “1935 California Pacific International Exposition,” David Marshal, 2009. 2. Port Talks, San Diego Unified Port District, 1978. 3. Article, “Treasure Island: The Magic City," 1939-1940; the story of the Golden Gate International Exposition, pages 1-136 of 303. 4. Article, “Art: Pacific Pageant,” 1939. 5. Article, “Airways: The history of Commercial Aviation in the United States,” by Henry Ladd Smith, 1965. 6. V-8 Times July/August 1985 edition.
 

Folder 3 -- Research and Background Articles for Wheels to Wings (folder 2 of 5)

Physical Description: 1. Article, “Ford at the Fair: Albert Kahn, Walter Teague & the Ford Motor Company Pavilions of the 1930s,” by Rick Soloway. 2. Article, “The Designers Go to the Fair: Walter Dorwin and the Professionalization of Corporate Industrial Exhibits, 1933-1940,” Roland Marchand. 3. Article, “ ’Streamlining America,’ An Exhibit at the Henry Ford Museum, Dearborn, Michigan,” by Charles K. Hyde. 4. Article, “Streamlining and American Industrial Design,” by Donald J. Bush, 1974. 5. Article, “The Designers Go to the Fair II: Norman Bel Geddes, The General Motors ‘Futurama,’ and the Visit to the Factory Transformed,” by Roland Marchand, 1992. 6. Copy of chapter 15 “The On-Again, Off-Again History of the Ford Building in Balboa Park.” 7. Essay, “San Diego’s 1935-1936 Exposition: A Pictorial Essay,” By David Marshall and Irish Engstrand. 8. Copy of chapter 13, “1935-1936 San Diego Invites the World to Balboa Park a Second Time.”
 

Folder 4 -- Research and Background Articles for Wheels to Wings (folder 3 of 5)

Physical Description: 1. Albert Kahn Papers - photo index from Bentley Historical Library. 2. Walter Dorwin Teague Collection Inventory at Syracuse University. 3. Copies of Henry Ford and Harvey Firestone from Firestone website. 4. “Science and Service to Man.” 5. “Frank Sessions’ Performing Steers,” by Earle H. Bowersock. 6. Dick Whittington Studio Collection of Negatives and Photographs Index at the Huntington Library. 7. Foundation News: News of the Early Ford V-8, March/April 2009 edition. 8. Article, “Museum Lights Are Back and Blue All Over.” 9. Article, “Preservationists Sue City Over Ford Dealership,” by Rodger Showley, 2010.
 

Box 2 of 3

 

Series II: Research Articles (continued)

 

Folder 1 -- Research and Background Articles for Wheels to Wings (folder 4 of 5) 1. “The Ford Shows,” by Lorin Sorensen.

 

Folder 2 -- Research and Background Articles for Wheels to Wings (folder 5 of 5) 1. Biographical Information.

 

Series III: Research Notes

 

Folder 3 -- Research Notes for Wheels to Wings 1. Research Notes compiled for the writing of the history of the Ford Building - Wheels to Wings.

 

Series IV: Drafts -- Wheels to Wings

 

Folder 4 -- Drafts -- Wheels to Wings (folder 1 of 2) 1. Tasks and timeline for book. 2. Draft copies, with edits and notes, of Wheels to Wings: San Diego’s Ford Building.

 

Folder 5 -- Drafts -- Wheels to Wings (folder 2 of 2) 1. Draft copies, with edits and notes, of Wheels to Wings: San Diego's Ford Building.

 

Box 3 of 3

 

Series V: Correspondence

 

Folder 1 -- Correspondence, Contacts, Printing Prices, and Photo Requests for Wheels to Wings (folder 1 of 2).

 

Folder 2 -- Correspondence, Contacts, Printing Prices, and Photo Requests for Wheels to Wings (folder 2 of 2).

 

Series VI: Images

 

Folder 3 -- Images Contact Sheet and Postcard -- Wheels to Wings

 

Series VII: Courtyard Cover

 

Folder 4 -- Courtyard Cover

 

Series VII: Courtyard Cover

 

Folder 5 -- Wheels to Wings Picture Disks

 

Series IX: Finished Book -- Wheels to Wings

Collection Contents
Box 1 of 3
Series I: History
Series II: Research Articles
Box 2 of 3
Series II: Research Articles (continued)
Series III: Research Notes
Series IV: Drafts -- Wheels to Wings
Box 3 of 3
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