Martin Willard (special collection), 1959-1977

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Summary

Title:
The Personal Collection of Willard Martin-Convair Special Collection
Subtitle:
Convair
Dates:
1959-1977
Extent:
0.4 Linear feet 1 Manuscript box
Language:

Background

Scope and content:

This collection contains the personal collection of Willard Martin, Convair Director of Public Relations. The collection includes photographs and other documents related to Convair operation and company literature, such as newsletters. There are also prints of Convair aircraft, and some of Martin’s personal company awards.

Biographical / historical:

Formed after the merger of Vultee Aircraft and Consolidated Aircraft, Convair was an American aircraft manufacturing company. It later expanded into rockets and other spacecraft. Some of the aircraft manufactured included: Convair B-36 bomber, F-102 Delta Dagger, and Convair Model 48 Charger. The first Atlas rockets were also manufactured for the manned orbital flights as part of Project Mercury. This Atlas design also led to the Atlas-Centaur design. Convair was eventually sold to General Dynamics, and in 1994, to McDonnell Doublas and Lockheed. The dissolution of Convair happened in 1996.

Willard Martin was a management employee of Convair, and served as Director of Public Relations in the 1970’s.

Acquisition information:
The collection was donated by Frank A. Lueke, Willard Martin’s step-son, on December 21, 2011.
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
Finding aid prepared by Cindy Chen
Date Prepared:
1/3/2012
Date Encoded:
This finding aid was produced using the Archivists' Toolkit 2012-01-26T15:24-0800

Access and use

Location of this collection:
2001 Pan American Plaza, Balboa Park
San Diego, CA 92101, US
Contact:
(619) 234-8291
archives@sdasm.org
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