Finding Aid for the George H. Prudden Papers, 1910-1965
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Box 951575
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575
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The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
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Engineering and Technology --Aerospace
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Finding Aid for the George H. Prudden Papers, 1910-1965
Collection number: 907
UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections
Manuscripts Division
Los Angeles, CA
Contact Information
- Manuscripts Division
- UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections
- Room A1713, Charles E. Young Research Library
- Box 951575
- Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575
- Telephone: 310/825-4988 (10:00 a.m. - 4:45 p.m., Pacific
Time)
- Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu
- URL: http://www.library.ucla.edu/libraries/special/scweb/
- Processed by:
- Manuscripts Division staff, 1997
- Encoded by:
- Caroline Cubé
- Online finding aid edited by:
- Josh Fiala, August 2002
© 1997 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
Descriptive Summary
Title: George H. Prudden Papers,
Date (inclusive): 1910-1965
Collection number: 907
Creator:
Prudden, George H., 1896-1964
Extent: 1 box (0.5 linear ft.)
1 oversize box
1 oversize folder
Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections.
Los Angeles, California 90095-1575
Abstract: George H. Prudden (1896-1964) was a pioneer aviator and aircraft designer. He designed and built (with Bill Stout) the all-metal
plane for the U.S. Navy and built the first internally-stressed wing. The collection consists of correspondence, clippings,
and photographs related to Prudden's career in aviation.
Physical location: Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLA Library, Department
of Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
Language:
English.
Administrative Information
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Restrictions on Access
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Advance notice required for access.
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A copy of the original version of this online finding aid is available at the UCLA Department of Special Collections for in-house
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- Public Services Division
- UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections
- Room A1713, Charles E. Young Research Library
- Box 951575
- Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575
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Time)
- Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu
Provenance/Source of Acquisition
Gift of Nancy Prudden, 1965.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], George H. Prudden Papers (Collection 907). Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research
Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
UCLA Catalog Record ID
Biography
Prudden was born in Minnesota in 1896; attended University of Minnesota; designed and built (with Bill Stout) the all-metal
plane for the U.S. Navy; developed his elastic center of inertia formula; built the first internally-stressed wing in the
U.S.; organized the Prudden-San Diego Airplane Company, 1927, which later dissolved; designed and built Candler Field, Atlanta,
Georgia; began work for the Lockheed Company, 1932; member and Vice President, Early Birds organization; died January 27,
1964.
Scope and Content
Collection consists of correspondence, clippings, and photographs related to the career of pioneer aviator and aircraft designer
George H. Prudden.
Organization and Arrangement
Arranged in the following series:
- Arranged by subject.
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Prudden, George H., 1896-1964--Archives.
Airplanes--Design and construction.
Box 1, Folder 1
Flight Magazine. December 31, 1910.
Box 1, Folder 2
Photographs (1920-1956), including Stout Air Sedan, Lockheed.
Box 1, Folder 3
Photographs (1920-1956), including Stout Air Sedan, Lockheed.
Note
Identified by Nancy Prudden.
Box 1, Folder 4
Photograph album (1929-1931).
Scope and Content Note
Early clay & plaster models of planes, Prudden Whitehead Monoplane factory, etc.
Box 1, Folder 5
Prudden Whitehead Monoplane. 1931.
Scope and Content Note
Photographs, specifications, description in
Flight Magazine, 1931.
Box 1, Folder 6
Photograph albums of Prudden All Metal Planes.
Physical Description: 2 vol.
Box 1, Folder 7
Photographs of early aviation, including Stout Air Pullman.
Box 1, Folder 8
Photographs--George Prudden.
Box 1, Folder 9
Photographs--early aviation, Lockheed.
Box 1, Folder 10
Letters of recommendation for George Prudden. 1926.
Physical Description: Original and photostat.
Speeches by George Prudden
Box 1, Folder 11
Plastics in aircraft tooling. 1943.
Box 1, Folder 12
What makes a good airplane. 1949.
Box 1, Folder 15
Adam couldn't fly. 1953 and 1954.
Box 3, Folder 1
Quality control night. 1956.
Box 3, Folder 2
Early days of flying. 1956.
Box 3, Folder 3
Lockheed's fortieth anniversary. n.d.
Box 2
Scrapbook. 1912-1957.
Note
[Box 2 is an oversize flat box]
Box 3, Folder 4
Lockheed--letters and memos.
Box 3, Folder 5
Lockheed--press release
re George Prudden.
Box 3, Folder 6
George Henry Prudden biographical sketch.
Box 3, Folder 7
George Henry Prudden by Nancy Prudden [Mrs. George Henry Prudden].
Box 3, Folder 8
University of Illinois fraternity certificate, Alpha Rho Chi. 1919.
Box 3, Folder 10
Prudden scholarship, University of California, Irvine.
Box 3, Folder 11
Clippings
re George Prudden, Earl Prudden, Lockheed, etc.
Box 3, Folder 11
Tanforan Air Field. 1911, photo by Louis Renand(?).
Physical Description: 16 × 39.5.
