Joseph S. Marriott Papers

Michael P. Palmer
Special Collections, Honnold/Mudd Library
800 North Dartmouth Avenue
Claremont, CA 91711
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Descriptive Summary

Title: Joseph S. Marriott Papers
Dates: 1895-1997 and undated
Collection number: H.Mss.0050
Creator: Marriott, Joseph S., 1895-1984
Extent: 3.6 Linear Feet (1 document box, 1 half-size document box, 2 flat boxes)
Repository: Claremont Colleges. Library. Special Collections, The Claremont Colleges Library, Claremont, CA 91711.
Abstract: Writings and speeches, photographs, correspondence, and printed matter, relating to Joseph S. Marriott's career in the Civil Aeronautics Administration and its predecessor, the Bureau of Air Commerce, with special reference to the states of California, Hawaii, Arizona, and Utah.
Physical Location: Please consult repository.
Language of Material: Languages represented in the collection: English.

Administrative Information

Access

Collection open for research.

Publication Rights

All requests for permission to reproduce or to publish must be submitted in writing to Special Collections.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Joseph S. Marriott Papers (H.Mss.0050). Special Collections, The Claremont Colleges Library, The Claremont Colleges Services, Claremont, California.

Provenance/Source of Acquisition

Gift by Joseph S. Marriott's widow to Harvey Mudd College, 1984.

Accruals

No additions to the collection are anticipated.

Processing Information

Collection processed by Michael P. Palmer, June 2004; revised by Michael P. Palmer, May 2010 and April 2023.

Biography / Administrative History

Joseph Sylvester Marriott was born on a farm near Waterford, Stanislaus County, California, on July 5, 1895. He graduated from Stanford University in 1917, with a B.A. in Analytical Chemistry. After attending Aviation Ground School at the University of California, Berkeley, and receiving his flight training at Rockwell Field, San Diego, he was commissioned a first lieutenant in the aviation section of the Army Signal Corps in December 1917. He served as a flight instructor at Park Field, Millington, Tennessee. For a brief time after the war, he flew barnstorming exhibitions with the Memphis Aerial Company. At the end of 1920, he returned to California, received a teaching credential, and taught high school chemistry and physics for five years in Marin County. During this period, he retained his affiliation with the Army Reserve. In 1927, he obtained a position with the newly established Aeronautics Branch of the Department of Commerce. The Aeronautics Branch developed into the Bureau of Air Commerce and became the Civil Aeronautics Administration (CAA) in 1938, and the Federal Aviation Agency (FAA) in 1958. Except for service as the War Department member on the Inter-Departmental Air Traffic Control Board during World War II, Marriott remained with the Commerce Department until his retirement in 1956. During the 1930s he served as Assistant Chief, then Chief of Inspection Service, for the Bureau of Air Commerce. Upon leaving active military service in 1946, he became CAA regional manager for the five southwestern states; when the CAA was reorganized several years later his authority was extended to cover the 11 western states. A lieutenant colonel by 1936, he was promoted to colonel in 1943, and to brigadier general between 1952 and 1954. From 1966 to November 18, 1978, Joseph Marriott was Chairman of the Bates Foundation, that funded the Bates Aeronautics Program at Harvey Mudd College. He died in Vista, California, in March 1984.
Source: Joseph S. Marriott. Safety Regulations and Air Traffic Control. Interview with John B. Rae, December 27, 1962. Claremont, CA: Oral History Program, Claremont Graduate School, 1962.

Scope and Contents of the Collection

The collection consists of writings and speeches, photographs, correspondence, and printed matter, relating to Joseph S. Marriott's career in the Civil Aeronautics Administration and its predecessor, the Bureau of Air Commerce, with special reference to the states of California, Hawaii, Arizona, and Utah. The collection also includes awards and memorials, biographical materials, consulting project materials, newspaper clippings, postal covers, publications, and scrapbooks.
Award and memorial materails relate to and include Marriott's receipt of the Legion of Merit in 1946; a proposal for the Colonel Joseph S. Marriott Unit Achievement Award, to be presented by the Air Reserve Association, 1955; a resolution by the Harvey Mudd College Board of Trustees, 1978; and the induction of Marriott into the International Forest of Friendship, Atchison, Kansas, in 1997. Biographical materials include Marriott's autobiography, covering the years 1895-1945. The consulting project materials relate to a project Marriott undertook with Pertamina (Indonesia National Energy Company), Djkarta, under the auspices of International Executive Service Corps, New York. The correspondence consists of a carbon copy of a humorous letter from 1947, signed by A. O. Oeland, purportedly relating to his experiences as a student pilot, and an exchange in 1958 between Marriott and Jacqueline Cochran Odlum concerning a proposed visit by Marriott to the Odlum ranch. The newspaper clippings relate primarily to Marriott's career in the Civil Aeronautics Administration, both before and after World War II; they also include some items relating to family matters. The photographs relate to air navigation aids, primarily radio towers and beacons, 1946-1956, in the western states (in particular, California, Hawaii, Arizona, and Utah) that Marriott supervised as CAA Regional Manager. They also include copies of photographs of the 1910 Los Angeles (Dominguez Hills) Air Meet, two aerial photographs of San Diego Bay (1919 and 1951), and a few personal photographs. The postal covers relate to first flights on newly opened commercial airline routes, primarily by Transworld Air Lines in the United States, but including the first Transpacific air mail service from Fiji to the United States in 1941; the first exploratory polar flight by Scandinavian Airline System from Los Angeles to Copenhagen in 1951 (and the first flight of regular service on the same route in 1954); the first flight of the U.S. Air Force over the South Pole, 1956; and the first flight of American Airlines air mail jet service between Los Angeles and New York, 1959. Postal covers from the 1970s and 1980s honor the Skylab 4 launch, 1973; the space shuttle orbiter rollout, 1976; and the launches of space shuttle Columbia STS-1, STS-2, and STS-3), 1981-1982. Publications and printed materials include a photocopy of the first printed Air Commerce Regulations (1927); a copy of the June 1929 issue of Aviation magazine; the Society of Airway Pioneers 1980 Yearbook and Directory, and an undated, unsigned, carbon copy single sheet, "... And God Created Louisiana". The scrapbooks consist of 2 volumes of photocopies of photographs, certificates, newspaper clippings, awards, and other materials relating to Marriott's career (the original materials remain with the Marriott family); approximately half the first volume comprises a photocopy of the official program for the Bendix Trophy Race, held at Union Air Termninal, Burbank, California, in 1934. Marriott's writings and speeches primarily concern government interest in, and regulation of, civil aviation, particularly in the 1920's and 1930's.

Separated Materials

Los Angeles [Dominguez Hills] Aviation Meet. Program dated 12 January 1910. Now James Carruthers Memorial Aviation Collection of the Institute of Aeronautical History, Special Collections, The Claremont Colleges Library, MS H1950.2, Subseries 3.4 (Air Meets, Air Shows, and Historic Flights, 1910-1958), Box 11, Folder 1, No. 1.
Joseph Marriott may also be the source for James Carruthers Memorial Aviation Collection of the Institute of Aeronautical History, Special Collections, The Claremont Colleges Library, MS H1950.2, Series 7, comprising draft maps prepared by the Aeronautics Branch of the U.S. Department of Commerce for publication in its List of airports and landing fields, Aeronautics bulletin, no. 5 (Washington, DC: Government Printing office, 1928-1931) and Descriptions of airports and landing fields in the United States, Airway bulletin, no. 2 (Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1931ff). Marriott was responsible for the creation and collection of the materials relating to the region west of the Mississippi River.

Indexing Terms

The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library’s online public access catalog.

Subject Terms

Aerial photography
Aeronautics
Aeronautics, Commercial
Air traffic control
Airport control towers
Aviation -- California, Southern
Marriott, Joseph S., 1895-1984
Navigation (Aeronautics)
United States. Civil Aeronautics Administration
West (U.S.) -- History -- 1890-1945
West (U.S.) -- History -- 1945-

Genre and Form of Materials

Autobiography
Biography
Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)
Correspondence
Covers (Philately)
Photographs
Publications
Scrapbooks
Speeches, addresses, etc.


Box 2, Folder 14

Air Commerce Regulations (United States of America, Department of Commerce, Aeronautics Branch) 1927

Physical Description: Photocopy. 2 copies.

Note

Effective December 31, 1926. Star (*) indicates sections amended and effective March 22, 1927. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1927. With handwritten note by Iris Cummings Critchell.
Box 2, Folder 3

Autobiography 1895-1945

Physical Description: 65 pages of text, plus photographs. Includes "Biography of Joseph S. Marriott, Aviation Pioneer" (5 pages), probably by his daughter Marion Marriott Swan (note by Iris Cummings Critchell). Typescript. Photocopy.
Box 2, Folder 4

Autobiography - Original typescript 1895-1945

Physical Description: 65 pages.
Box 2, Folder 5

Biographical notes 1976-1994

Physical Description: Memorandum from David Kuhner to Iris Critchell, 1976 December 9; "My Father", by Marion Mariott Swan, 1984; Notes from a conversation with Lois Marriott, by Iris Critchell, 1994 September 25
Box 2, Folder 6

Consulting Project, Pertamina (Indonesia National Energy Company), Djkarta 1969-1970

Physical Description: Photocopies.

Note

Project carried out under the auspices of International Executive Service Corps, New York. Contract and correspondence.
Box 1, Folder 4

Correspondence 1947-1958

Box 1, Folder 4, Item 1

Letter "to whom it may concern" from A. E. Oeland 1947 April 9

Physical Description: Typescript carbon copy.
Box 1, Folder 4, Item 2

Letters of congratulation to J. S. Marriott upon his retirement from the Civil Aeronautics Administration 1955 December 19 - 1956 February 14

Physical Description: 4 letters. Photocopies.
Box 1, Folder 4, Item 3

Correspondence between J. S. Marriott and Jacqueline Cochran Odlum, concerning proposed visit by Marriott to the Odlum Ranch 1958

Box 2, Folder 2

Harvey Mudd College Board of Trustees Resolution 1978 December 5

Physical Description: Certificate. 9 x 12 inches.
Box 3, Folder 1

International Forest of Friendship, Atchison, Kansas, Induction of Joseph S. Marriott 1997 June

Box 3, Folder 1, Item 1

Printed brochure and photographs taken by daughter Marion Marriott Swan

Physical Description: Printed brochure, and color photocopy sheets, 11 x 12 in., reproducing photographs taken by daughter Marion Marriott Swan.
Box 3, Folder 1, Item 2

Newspaper supplements 1997 June 15-18

  1. "Flight of Honor", Advertorial supplement to the St. Joseph (Missouri) News-Press, 1997 June 15
  2. "International Forest of Friendship 1997, Special supplement to the Atchison Daily Globe, 1997 June 18
Box 2, Folder 1

Legion of Merit Citation 1946

Physical Description: Text of citation: 8.5 x 11 in.; with 1 photograph: b&w ; 10 x 8 in., of Lt. Gen. Hoyt S. Vandenberg presenting the Legion of Merit to Col. Joseph S. Marriott (photograph 30363 AC).
Box 2, Folder 7

Newspaper clippings 1941-1956

Box 1, Folder 3

Photographs, Airports and air navigation circa 1955

Box 1, Folder 3, Item 1

Dedication of Pacific Terminal, General Billy Mitchell Skyroad, Los Angeles 1955 December

Physical Description: 1 photograph: black & white; 8 x 10 in., from Warner Brothers.
Box 1, Folder 3, Item 2

Honolulu Airport administration building and tower undated

Physical Description: 1 photograph: black & white; 8 x 10 in.
Box 1, Folder 3, Item 3

Honolulu Airport terminal control tower, Hickam Field to right undated

Physical Description: 1 photograph: black & white; 8 x 10 in.
Box 1, Folder 3, Item 4

Model traffic control tower at Indianapolis undated

Physical Description: 1 photograph: black & white; 10 x 8 in.
Box 1, Folder 3, Item 5

VORTAC radio navigation facility. n.p. undated

Physical Description: 1 photograph: black & white; 8 x 10 in.
Box 1, Folder 3, Item 6

Man and woman at radio controls. n.p. undated

Physical Description: 1 photograph: black & white; 8 x 10 in.
Box 1, Folder 3, Item 7

Hut with radio tower. n.p. undated

Physical Description: 1 photograph: black & white; 10 x 8 in.
Box 1, Folder 3, Item 8

Hut with 5 radio towers. n.p. undated

Physical Description: 1 photograph: black & white; 8 x 10 in.
Box 4, Folder 1

Photographs, Dominguez Hills Air Meet 1910 January 10-20

Physical Description: Reproductions of 13 black & white photographs of the 1910 Dominguez Hills Air Meet on mount 27 x 19 inches.

Note

Given to Joseph Marriott upon his retirement in 1955.
Box 2, Folder 8

Photographs, Personal circa 1945-1956

Physical Description: 3 black & white photographs, 1 in military uniform, 2 in civilian clothing. Photocopies.
Box 4, Folder 2

Photographs, San Diego Bay, Aerial Photographs 1919-1951

Box 4, Folder 2, Item 1

Photographic Map of San Diego and Vicinity 1919 February 1

Physical Description: 1 photograph: black & white; 20 x 16 inches.

Note

"A mosaic of 4500 pictures. Equivalent altitude of 25000 feet. Scale 2 1/2' = 1 mile. Aerial photo. Section no. 51."
Box 4, Folder 2, Item 2

Mosaic Map of San Diego Bay Area 1951 April 26

Physical Description: 1 photograph: black & white; 20 x 24 inches.

Note

U.S. Naval Air Station, NA-11 San Diego, Calif. Official photograph. NA-11 8166L.
Box 1, Folder 2

Photographs, U.S. Department of Commerce, Civil Aeronautics Administration, Air Navigation Aids 1946-1956

Note

Form ACA1330, Serial No. WE-800.
Box 1, Folder 2, Item 1

Gila Bend, Arizona 1946 February

Physical Description: 1 sheet: 8.5 x 11.5 in.; with 2 photographs: black & white; 3.5 x 4.5 in.

Scope and Contents

1. (left) DT. 2. (right) Federal Housing project.
Box 1, Folder 2, Item 2

Gila Bend, Arizona, INSAC 1956 September 4

Physical Description: 1 sheet: 8.5 x 11.5 in.; with 2 photographs: black & white; 3.5 x 5.5 in.; photographer: E. H. Becker, ATDS-3.
Box 1, Folder 2, Item 3

Phoenix, Arizona, SBMRAZ 1956 July 6

Physical Description: 1 sheet: 8.5 x 11.5 in.; with 3 photographs: black & white; 3.5 x 3.5 in.; photographer: E. H. Becker, ATDS-3.
Box 1, Folder 2, Item 4

Burbank, California, SMRLZ undated

Physical Description: 1 sheet: 8.5 x 11.5 in.; with 1 photograph: black & white; 8 x 10 in.
Box 1, Folder 2, Item 5

Burbank, California, SMRLZ undated

Physical Description: 1 sheet: 8.5 x 11.5 in.; with 1 photograph: black & white; 10 x 8 in.
Box 1, Folder 2, Item 6

Madera, California, tower 1946 January

Physical Description: 1 sheet: 8.5 x 11.5 in.; with 2 photographs: black & white; 5 x 3 and 3 x 5 in.
Box 1, Folder 2, Item 7

Pacheco Peak (Site 29-53), California 1956 July 11

Physical Description: 1 sheet: 8.5 x 11.5 in.; with 2 photographs: black & white; 3.5 x 3.5 in.; photographer: E. Mathews, ATDS-7.

Scope and Contents

1. (left) Approach to Site. 2. (right) Forestry Lookout Tower and Tower.
Box 1, Folder 2, Item 8

Santa Barbara, California, Interstate Airway Communications Station and Tower 1948 August 13

Physical Description: 1 sheet: 8.5 x 11.5 in.; with 1 photograph: black & white; 10 x 8 in.
Box 1, Folder 2, Item 9

Verdi Park, California, Beacon 1952 October

Physical Description: 1 sheet: 8.5 x 11.5 in.; with 1 photograph: black & white; 10 x 8 in.; photographer: D. A. Domaskin, Civil Engr.
Box 1, Folder 2, Item 10

Wendover, Utah, SRAZ 1949 November 7

Physical Description: 1 sheet: 8.5 x 11.5 in.; with 3 photographs: black & white; 4.5 x 3.25 in.
Box 2, Folder 9

Postal covers, 1930s 1938 May 19 - 1939 September 21

Box 2, Folder 9, Item 1

Modesto, California 1938 May 19

Physical Description: Addressed to: Mr. & Mrs. J. S. Marriott, Los Angeles, California. Stamped: "Carried on Special Flight Modesto-SF" "Via Air Mail". On reverse: "National Air Mail Week, Modesto, California, May 19-21, 1938. Provision for the first municipal airport in the United States was made in Modesto City Charter on Ajpril 11, 1910".
Box 2, Folder 9, Item 2

Modesto, California 1938 May 19

Physical Description: Addressed to: Mr. Edwin O. Marriott, Los Angeles, Calif. Stamp: "National Air Mail Week, Modesto, California, May 19-21, 1938. Provision for the first municipal airport in the United States was made in Modesto City Charter on Ajpril 11, 1910".
Box 2, Folder 9, Item 3

Los Angeles, California 1939 May 21

Physical Description: Addressed to: Mr. Joe Marriott, Dept. of Commerce, Municipal Air Port, Inglewood, Calif. Stamp: "Celebrating Air Mail Week. From - P. G. B. (Bud) Morris - First to use radio to and from an airplane in flight Palm Beach, Fla., February 1911".
Box 2, Folder 9, Item 4

Manila, Philippines 1939 January 26

Physical Description: From: Philippine-American Commerce, Inc., Manila. Addressed to: Leslie E. August, Jr., Los Angeles, Calif. Counterstamped Honolulu, Hawaii, 1939 January 19 and Los Angeles, Calif., 1939 February 1.
Box 2, Folder 9, Item 5

Quito, Ecuador 1939 September 21

Physical Description: From: J. M. Menefee, Fairchild Aeroial surveys Inc., The Shell Company of Ecuador, Quito, Ecuador. Addressed to: Civil Aeronautics Authority, Santa Monica, California.
Box 2, Folder 10

Postal covers, 1940s 1941 June 27 - 1949 December 19

Box 2, Folder 10, Item 1

First Flight, Douglas B-19, Santa Monica, California 1941 June 27

Physical Description: From: Philip T. Hill, Postmaster, Santa Monica, Calif. Addressed to: Mr. J. S. Marriott, Regional Manager, Civil Aeronautics Administration, Santa Monica, California. First flight envelope with printed cachet: "B-19, Initial Flight of World's Largest Airplane, the Douglas B-19 Super-Bomber for United States Army Air Corps, Clover Field, Santa Monica, California, to March Field, Riverside, California".
Box 2, Folder 10, Item 2

First Transpacific Air Mail, Suva, Fiji, to the United States, 1941 November 14

Physical Description: Addressed to: Mr. J. S. Marriott, Regional Manager, Sixth Region, Civil Aeronautics Administration, Santa Monica, California. Stamp: "First transpacific air mail, Suva, Fiji, to U.S.A.". Includes note, dated 1941 November 9, from M. H. Griffith.
Box 2, Folder 10, Item 3

Continental Air Lines, Extension of Air Mail Route 29, San Antonio, Texas 1944 May 1

Physical Description: Addressed to: Lt. Colonel Joseph S. Marriott, Room 1402, Army Air Forces Annex No. 1, Gravelley Point, Virginia, D.C. Envelope with stamped cachet: "Inaugural Air Mail Service. Continental Air Lines, Route 29, Midland-Odessa - Big Spring - San Angelo - San Antonio". With letter dated 1944 April 39, from ... Duff, Continental Air Lines.
Box 2, Folder 10, Item 4

First Flight Helicopter Air Mail, Van Nuys, California 1946 July 8

Physical Description: Addressed to: Mr. J. S. Marriott, Regional Administrator, Civil Aeronautics Admin., Santa Monica, Calif. Envelope with printed cachet: "Hello friends! This is a first flight air mail letter direct from Van Nuys, the capital of the great San Fernando Valley". With note dated 1946 July 5 from Bill Phelan.
Box 2, Folder 10, Item 5

First Flight, Southwest Airways, Air Mail Route 76, Southern Division, between Los Angeles and San Francisco, California 1946 December 2

Physical Description: Addressed to: J. S. Marriott, Regional Administrator, Civil Aeronautics Administration, Santa Monica, Calif. Envelope with stamped cachet. With printed insert.
Box 2, Folder 10, Item 6

First Flight, Southwest Airways, Air Mail Route 76, San Francisco-Redding, California 1947 January 15

Physical Description: Addressed to: J. S. Marriott, Regional Administrator, Civil Aeronautics Administration, Santa Monica, California. Envelope with 2 stamped cachets.
Box 2, Folder 10, Item 7

First Flight, Southwest Airways, Air Mail Route 76, North Coast Division, between San Francisco and Eureka, California 1947 February 17

Physical Description: Addressed to: J. S. Marriott, Regional Administrator, Civil Aeronautics Administration, Santa Monica, California. Envelope with stamped cachet. With printed insert.
Box 2, Folder 10, Item 8

Inaugural Flight, Helicopter Airmail, Los Angeles Airways, A.M. 84 1947 October 16

Physical Description: Sheet: 8.5 x 14 inches. Addressed to: Mr. J. S. Mariott, Regional Administrator, Civil Aeronautics Administration, Los Angeles, California. First flight stamp.
Box 2, Folder 10, Item 9

First Flight, Trans World Airline, Buckeye-Hoosier Flight Service, Cleveland, Ohio 1947 November 1

Physical Description: Addressed to: Mr. J. S. Marriott, Regiona Administrator C.A.C. Los Angeles, California. Commemorating the inauguration of flight service to Cleveland, Ohio; Mansfield, Ohio; richmond, Indiana' and Zensville, Ohio. Envelope with printed cachet. With printed insert.
Box 2, Folder 10, Item 10

First Flight, Trans World Airline, Wilmington, Delaware, Flight Service 1947 November 19

Physical Description: Addressed to: Mr. J. S. Marriott, Regional Administrator C.A.C., Los Angeles, California. Envelope with printed cachet. With printed insert.
Box 2, Folder 10, Item 11

First Flight, Trans World Airline, Allentown-Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, Flight Service 1947 November 29

Physical Description: Addressed to: Mr. J. S. Marriott, Regional Administrator, C.A.C., Los Angeles, California. Envelope with printed cachet. With printed insert.
Box 2, Folder 10, Item 12

First Flight, Trans World Airline, Santa Fe, New Mexico, Flight Service 1948 April 25

Physical Description: Addressed to: Mr. J. S. Marriott, Regional Administrator C.A.C., Los Angeles, California. Envelope with printed cachet. With printed insert.
Box 2, Folder 10, Item 13

First Flight, Trans World Airline, Johnstown, Pennsylvania, Flight Service 1948 September 26

Physical Description: Addressed to: Mr. J. S. Marriott, Regional Administrator C.A.C., Los Angeles, Calif. Envelope with printed cachet. With printed insert.
Box 2, Folder 10, Item 14

Aerovias Guest, S.A., Mexico, D.F., Mexico 1948 December 19

Physical Description: From: Aerovias Guest, S.A., Mexico, D.F. Addressed to: Mr. Joseph S. Marriott, Civil Aeronautics Administration, Wasington, D.C.
Box 2, Folder 10, Item 15

First Flight, Trans World Airline, Chicago, Illinois, to Zurich, Switzerland 1949 April 2

Physical Description: Addressed to: Mr. J. S Marriot, Regional Administrator C.A.C., Los Angeles, Calif. Envelope with stamped cachet. With printed insert.
Box 2, Folder 10, Item 16

First Flight, Trans World Airline, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, Flight Service 1949 April 24

Physical Description: Addressed to: Mr. J. S. Marriott, Regional Administrator C.A.C., Los Angeles, California. Envelope with printed cachet. With printed insert.
Box 2, Folder 10, Item 17

First Flight, Bonanza Airlines, Air Mail Route 105, Between Reno, Nevada, and Phoenix, Arizona 1949 December 19

Physical Description: Addressed to: Mr. J. S. Marriott, c/o Civil Aeronautics Administration, Los Angeles, Calif. Envelope with printed cachet. With printed insert and printed Inaugural Flight Program, 1949 December 15-16.
Box 2, Folder 11

Postal covers, 1950s 1950 February 2 - 1959 January 25

Box 2, Folder 11, Item 1

First Flight, TWA, Flight Service from New York, New York, to Milan, Italy 1950 February 2

Physical Description: Addressed to: Mr. J. S. Marriott, Regional Administrator C.A.C., Los Angeles, Calif. Envelope with stamped cachet. With printed insert.
Box 2, Folder 11, Item 2

First Flight, A.M. 93, Segment 3, Nogales, Arizona 1950 June 1

Physical Description: Addressed to: Mr. Joe Marriott, Civil Aeronautics Adm., Inglewood, Calif. Envelope with stamped cachet.
Box 2, Folder 11, Item 3

Souvenir Cover, Trans World Airlines, First-Day Issue Stamps Commemorating the Kansas City, Missouri, Centennial 1950 June 3

Physical Description: Sheet: 8.5 x 11 inches. Addressed to: Mr. J. S. Marriott, Regional Administrator C.A.C., Los Angeles, Calif. Reverse side: letter from E. O. Cocke, Vice President-Sales.
Box 2, Folder 11, Item 4

First Flight, Trans World Airlines, Flight Service to Marion, Ohio 1950 September 1

Physical Description: Addressed to Mr. J. S. Marriott, Regional Administrator CAC, Los Angeles, Calif. Envelope with stamped cachet. With printed insert.
Box 2, Folder 11, Item 5

First Flight, United Air Lines, F.A.M. 30, Los Angeles, Calif., to Honolulu, Hawaii 1950 October 9

Physical Description: Addressed to Mr. J. S. Marriott, c/o C.A.A., Inglewood, Calif. Envelope with stamped cachet. With printed insert.
Box 2, Folder 11, Item 6

First Flight, Trans World Airlines, Flight Service from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to London, England, and Frankfurt, Germany 1950 November 1

Physical Description: Addressed to: Mr. J. S. Marriott, Los Angeles, Calif. Envelope with stamped cachet. With printed insert.
Box 2, Folder 11, Item 7

25th Anniversary, United Air Lines, Elko, Nevada 1951 April 6

Physical Description: From: Trippet, Newcomer, Yoakum & Thomas, Lawyers, Los Angeles. Addressed to: Mr. J. S. Marriott, Civil Aeronautics Administration, Los Angeles, Californa. Envelope with stamped cachet. With undated note from Oscar A. Trippet.
Box 2, Folder 11, Item 8

First Flight, Trans World Airlines, Flight Service to Broome County Airport (Binghampton - Endicott - Johnson City), New York 1951 September 30

Physical Description: Addressed to: Mr. J. S. Marriott, Regional Administrator C.A.C, Los Angeles, Calif. Envelope with printed cachet. With printed insert.
Box 2, Folder 11, Item 9

First Flight, Trans World Airlines, Super Constellation Ambassador Flight Service Coast-to-Coast, New York - Chicago - Los Angeles 1952 September 10

Physical Description: Addressed to: Mr. J. S. Marriott, C.A.C., Los Angeles, Calif. Envelope with printed cachet. With printed insert.
Box 2, Folder 11, Item 10

First Flight, Trans World Airlines, Super Constellation Ambassador Flight Service Coast-to-Coast, New York - Chicago - Los Angeles 1952 September 10

Physical Description: Addressed to Mr. J. S. Marriott, C.A.C., Los Angeles, Calif. Envelope with printed cachet. With printed insert.
Box 2, Folder 11, Item 11

First Flight, Port of New York Authority, Inauguration of Helicopter Service, New Jersey - New York Metropolitan Area, Newark, New Jersey 1952 October 15

Note: Addressed to: Mr. J. S. Marriott, Los Angeles, Calif. Envelope with stamped cachet. With letter signed by Herbert O. Fisher, Chief, Aviation Development Division.
Box 2, Folder 11, Item 12

Scandinavian Airlines System, First Exploratory Polar Flight, Los Angeles, California, to Copenhagen, Denmark 1952 November 19

Physical Description: Envelope with stamped cachet. With printed insert.
Box 2, Folder 11, Item 13

First Flight, Trans World Airlines, Flight Service from New York, New York, to Colombo, Ceylon 1953 February 3

Physical Description: Addressed to Mr. J. S. Marriott, Regional Administrator, C.A.C., Los Angeles, Calif. Envelope with stamped cachet. With letter from E. O. Cocke, Vice-President-Sales.
Box 2, Folder 11, Item 14

Inaugural Flight, Trans World Airlines and Chicago & Southern Air Lines, Thru Plane Service, New York, New York 1953 April 1

Physical Description: Addressed to: Mr. J. S. Marriott, Regional Administrator C.A.C. Envelope with printed cachet. With letter from E. O. Cocke, Vice President-Sales.
Box 2, Folder 11, Item 15

Aero Club of Washington, Special Helicopter Air Mail Flight Commemorating the First Scheduled U.S. Air Mail Service, May 15, 1918 Washington, D.C., 1953 May 15

Physical Description: Addressed to: Jr. Joe Marriott, Los Angeles, Calif. Envelope with stamped cachet.
Box 2, Folder 11, Item 16

First Flight, Trans World Airlines, Super Constellation Non-Stop Scheduled Service Coast-to-Coast, Los Angeles to New York 1953 October 19

Physical Description: Addressed to Mr. J. S. Marriott, Regional Administrator C.A.C., Los Angeles, Calif. Envelope with stamped cachet. With printed insert.
Box 2, Folder 11, Item 17

First Day Cover, Celebrating the 100th Anniversary of the Gadsen Purchase, Tucson, Arizona 1953 December 30

Physical Description: Addressed to: Col J. Sylvester Marriott, Los Angeles, California. Envelope with printed cachet and first day issue stamp. With letter from the Tucson Airport Authority.
Box 2, Folder 11, Item 18

First Flight, United States Air Force Lockheed XF-104, Edwards Air Force Base, Edwards, California 1954 March 1

Physical Description: Addressed to: Mr. J. S. Marriott, Civil Aeronautics Administration, Los Angeles, California. Envelope with printed cachet. With printed insert. Counter stamped: Edwards Air Force Base, Edwards, Calif., 1954 March 5. Posted: Burbank, Calif., 1954 June 5.
Box 2, Folder 11, Item 19

First Flight, Trans World Airlines, Daily Non-stop Service from San Francisco, California, to New York, New York 1954 June 18

Physical Description: Addressed to: Mr. J. S. Marriott, Regional Administrator C.A.A., Los Angeles, Calif. Envelope with printed cachet. With printed insert.
Box 2, Folder 11, Item 20

First Flight, Trans World Airlines, Daily Non-stop Service from New York to Los Angeles, California 1954 June 19

Physical Description: Addressed to: Mr. J. S. Marriott, Regional Administrator C.A.A., Los Angeles, Calif. Envelope with stamped cachet. With printed insert.
Box 2, Folder 11, Item 21

First Flight, United States Air Force Lockheed C-130,Edwards, California 1954 August 24

Note: Addressed to: Mr. J. S. Marriott, Civil Aeronautics Administration, Los Angeles, California. Envelope with printed cachet. With printed insert.
Box 2, Folder 11, Item 22

First Flight, Scandinavian Airlines System, Trans-Polar Service, Los Angeles, California, to Copenhagen, Denmark 1954 November 14

Physical Description: Addressed to: Mr. J. S. Marriott, Civil Aeronautics Administration, Los Angeles. Envelope with stamped cachet. With printed insert.
Box 2, Folder 11, Item 23

Admission Card to Breakfast Honoring Norman R. Abrams, Assistant Postmaster General, on the Occasion of the Inauguration and First Flight of Regular Three-cent Mail by Air on the Pacific Coast, Los Angeles, California 1954 November 22

Physical Description: Card: 4 x 3 inches.
Box 2, Folder 11, Item 24

First Flight, Trans World Airlines and Braniff Airways, Thru Plane Service from San Francisco, California, to Houston, Texas 1955 January 14

Physical Description: Addressed to: Mr. J. S. Marriott, Regional Administrator C.A.C., Los Angeles, Calif. Envelope with printed cache. With letter from E. O. Cocke.
Box 2, Folder 11, Item 25

First Flight, United States Air Force, Over the South Pole South Pole, 1956 October 26

Physical Description: Addressed to: Brig. Gen. Joseph S. Marriott, USAF (Ret), Riverside, California. Envelope with stamped cachet: "Mailed from a C-124 Globemaster of the 63rd Carrier Wing, TAC/S 18th Air Force, on the first USAF flight over the South Pole". Posted: Greenville, S.C., 1956 December 6.
Box 2, Folder 11, Item 26

First Flight, American Airlines, Jet Air Mail Service Across the U.S.A., AM 4, Los Angeles - New York 1959 January 25

Physical Description: Addressed to: Mr. J. S. Marriott, Hemet, Calif. Envelope with stamped cachet. With letter from C. R. Smith, Fleet Admiral.
Box 3, Folder 2

Postal covers, 1950s (oversize) 1954-1955

Box 3, Folder 2, Item 1

Postal Souvenir: (1) First Day Issue, United States Postage 8-cent Statue of Liberty stamp; (2) Marian Year First Day Cover, Trans World Airlines 1954 April 9 - May 29

Physical Description: Sheet: 13 x 10.25 inches, folded in half to form sheet 6.25 x 10.25 inches, then folded into three panels. Top panel: printed cachet: "Washington, D.C., First Day Issue", stamped: Washington, D.C. 1954 April 9; addressed to: Mr. J. S. Marriott, c/o Trans World Airlines, Rome, Italy. Middle panel: printed image of Constellation airliner over St. Peter's Square, Vatican City. Bottom panel: printed cachet: "Marian Year, First Day Cover, 1954"; Vatican City postage stamps; stamped: 1954 May 19; addressed to: Mr. J. S. Marriott, Regional Administrator, C.A.C., Los Angeles, Calif. Right side of sheet: letter from E. O. Cocke, Vice President, Trans World Airlines.
Box 3, Folder 2, Item 2

Postal Souvenir, Trans World Airlines, Commemorating 30 Years of Service 1955 July 13-18

Physical Description: Sheet: 13 x 10.25 inches, folded in half to form sheet 6.25 x 10.25 inches, then folded into three panels. Top panel: printed cachet: "Thirtieth Year Anniversary, Asia, 1925-1955"; from Trans World Airlines, Grand Oriental Hotel, York Street, Colombo, Ceylon; addressed to: Mr. J. S. Marriott, c/o Trans World Airlines, San Francisco, California. Center panel: printed cachet of two Trans World Airlines airplanes. Bottom panel: printed cachet: "Thirtieth Year Anniversary, North America, 1925-1955"; from Trans World Airlines, San Francisco, Calif.; addressed to Mr. J. S. Marriott, Regional Administrator C.A.C., Los Angeles California. Right side of sheet: letter from R. S. Damon, President, Trans World Airlines. Reverse side: copies of Post Office cancellations representing the inaugural dates of Trans World Airlines service to these localities.
Box 2, Folder 12

Postal covers, 1970s - 1980s 1973 July 24 - 1982 March 22

Box 2, Folder 12, Item 1

Official 99 Commemorative Cover, Amelia Earhart Memorial Scholarship Fund, Atchison, Kansas 1973 July 24

Physical Description: Envelope with printed cachet. "Tenth Anniversary Fly-Away of the Amelia Earhart First Day Air Mail Covers, July 24, 1963 - July 24, 1973".
Box 2, Folder 12, Item 2

Commemorative Cover, Skylab 4 Launch, Kennedy Space Center, Florida 1973 November 16

Physical Description: Envelope with printed cachet. Addressed to: J. S. Marriott, Escondido, Calif. With 2-sided printed insert.
Box 2, Folder 12, Item 3

First Day of Issue Cover, United States 10-cent Skylab postage stamp, Houston, Texas 1974 May 14

Physical Description: Envelope with printed cachet. With 2-sided printed insert.
Box 2, Folder 12, Item 4

Commemorative Cover, 50th Anniversary, 1st Round the World Flight, San Diego, California 1974 September 22

Physical Description: Envelope with printed cachet. With 2-sided printed insert.
Box 2, Folder 12, Item 5

First Day of Issue Cover, United States 10-cent Apollo Soyuz Test Project stamps (2), Kennedy Space Center, Florida 1975 July 15

Physical Description: Envelope with printed cachet. Addressed to: J. S. Marriott, Escondido, Calif. With 2-sided printed insert.
Box 2, Folder 12, Item 6

Commemorative Cover, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Space Shuttle Orbiter Rollout, Palmdale, California 1976 September 17

Physical Description: Envelope with printed cachet. Addressed to Gen. & Mrs. Jas. Marriott, Escondido, Calif. With 2-sided printed insert.
Box 2, Folder 12, Item 7-9

Commemorative Cover, 2nd International Air Meet-1910, Dominguez Hills, California, Dominguez Hills Station, Carson, California 1977 January 16

Physical Description: 3 envelopes with stamped cachet.
Box 2, Folder 12, Item 10

Postcard of Monument at John F. Kennedy Space Center Honoring the Seven Original Astronauts, Dominguez Hills Station, Carson, California 1977 January 16

Physical Description: Postcard: color; 5.5 x 3.5 inches. With stamped cachet honoring the 2nd International Air Meet-1910, Dominguez Hills, California.
Box 2, Folder 12, Item 11

Commemorative Cover, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Space Shuttle Orbiter Overland Move, Edwards, California 1977 January 31

Physical Description: Envelope with printed cachet. Addressed to: Gen. [&] Mrs. Joseph Marriott, Escondido, California. With 2-sided printed insert.
Box 2, Folder 12, Item 12

Commemorative Cover, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Space Shuttle Orbiter Manned Captive, Edwards, California 1977 June 18

Physical Description: Envelope with printed cachet. Addressed to: Gen./Mrs. Joseph Marriott, Escondido, California. With 2-sided printed insert.
Box 2, Folder 12, Item 13

Commemorative Cover, Space Shuttle "Enterprise", Dryden Flight Research Center (DFRC) to Johnson Space Center (JSC) to Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) 1978 March 10-13

Physical Description: Envelope with printed cachet. With 2-sided printed insert. Edwards, CA, 1978 March 10 / Marshall Space Flight Center, AL, 1978 March 13.
Box 2, Folder 12, Item 14

Commemorative Cover, Space Shuttle Columbia (STS-1) Launch, Downey Space Station, Downey, California 1981 April 12

Physical Description: Envelope with printed cachet. With 2-sided printed insert.
Box 2, Folder 12, Item 15

Commemorative Cover, Space Shuttle Columbia (STS-2) Launch, Kennedy Space Center, Florida 1981 November 12

Physical Description: Envelope with printed cachet. With 2-sided printed insert.
Box 2, Folder 12, Item 16

Commemorative Cover, Space Shuttle Columbia (STS-3) Launch, Kennedy Space Center, Florida 1982 March 22

Physical Description: Envelope with printed cachet. With 2-sided printed insert.
Box 2, Folder 13

Postal covers undated

Physical Description: Circa 1952. From: Rev. Edward Adams, Presbyterian Church, U.S.A., Pusan, Korea. Addressed to: J. S. Marriott, Los Angeles, California. Postmark illegible; franked with Korea air mail stamp issued October 15, 1952.
Box 1, Folder 5

Printed matter 1955 and undated

Box 1, Folder 5, Item 1

"...And God Created Louisiana" undated

Note

Typescript; carbon copy.
Box 1, Folder 5, Item 2

Proposed Colonel Joseph S. Marriott Unit Achievement Award 1955 May 7

Box 1, Folder 6

Publications 1929-1980 and undated

Box 1, Folder 6, Item 1

Aviation 1929 June 1

Note

"The Oldest American Aeronautical Magazine." A McGraw-Hill Publication. Special Features: High Temperature Liquid Cooling; The Fifth Annual National Air Tour; Ford Motor Company and American Aeronautic Development.
Box 1, Folder 6, Item 2

Know Your Freedoms (The National Management Association Free Enterprise Program) 1960

Note

Booklet.
Box 1, Folder 6, Item 3

The Airway Pioneer, Year Book and Directory (Society of Airway Pioneers) 1980

Box 1, Folder 6, Item 4

Manned Spaceflight undated

Note

Booklet.
Box 3, Item 1

Scrapbook, Volume 1 circa 1920-1955

Physical Description: Scrapbook measures 14.5 x 18 x 1.5 inches. Photocopies.

Existence and Location of Originals

Original documents retained by the Marriott family.

Scope and Contents

Scrapbook containing photocopies of photographs, certificates, newspaper clippings, certificates, awards, and other materials relating to the career of Joseph Marriott. Volume 1 covers the years 1920 to approximately 1955; approximately half its contents comprises a photocopy of the official program for the Bendix Trophy Race, held at Union Air Termninal, Burbank, California, September 2, 1934.
Box 3, Item 2

Scrapbook, Volume 2 circa 1946-1970

Physical Description: Scrapbook measures 14.5 x 18 x 1.5 inches. Photocopies.

Scope and Contents

Scrapbook containing photocopies of photographs, certificates, newspaper clippings, certificates, awards, and other materials relating to the career of Joseph Marriott. Volume 2 covers the years 1946 to approximately 1970.

Existence and Location of Originals

Original documents retained by the Marriott family.
Box 1, Folder 1

Writings and speeches 1933-1965 and undated

Box 1, Folder 1, Item 1

"The Act known as the Air Commerce Act of 1926..." 1933

Box 1, Folder 1, Item 2

"The Government's Interest in Commercial Aviation" undated

Box 1, Folder 1, Item 3

"The Forward March of Civil Aviation" 1936

Box 1, Folder 1, Item 4

"We know that mail was carried by air in the United States as early as 1911," Speech before the California Federation of Women's Clubs 1936 April 16

Box 1, Folder 1, Item 5

"Use of the Radio Range Beacon Service" undated

Box 1, Folder 1, Item 6

"Our National Three Legged Steel" 1942

Box 1, Folder 1, Item 7

Column, Aero-Antics, Civilair Association (C.A.A., Sixth Region, Santa Monica, Calif.) 1942 October

Physical Description: Photocopy.
Box 1, Folder 1, Item 8

Regional Administrator's Column 1955 July 1

Physical Description: Photocopy.
Box 1, Folder 1, Item 9

"You Can Get Your Due by What You Do," Graduation Speech at the Fifteenth Air Force Noncommissioned Officer Academy, March Air Force Base, California 1963 November 1

Note

Includes correspondence.
Box 1, Folder 1, Item 10

"Federal Relationships to Airports" circa 1965