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Vanderbilt University
Jean & Alexander Heard Library
Nashville, Tennessee 37240-0007
(615) 322-2807

Thompson, Joseph, Jr., 1919-? . MS68-935.

Papers; 1932-1945; ca. 1,500 items, 2 linear feet.
World War II pilot and Nashville insurance executive. Correspondence, photographs, and individual flight and Army records chiefly relating to Thompson's experiences in France and Europe with the USAAF during World War II. Unpublished finding aid available.
Vermont Agency of Transportation.
133 State Street
Montpelier, Vermont 05633-5001
(802) 828-2833

Archives.

Papers; 1916- ; several file drawers.
Includes papers of former Governor James Hartness (1861-1934) relating to Springfield Airport (Vermont's first federally recognized airport) and the early days of Vermont aviation; correspondence of the Aero Club of Vermont (1916) which Hartness helped to organize; clippings from the founding of the Vermont Aeronautics Commission/Board in 1945; material on Vermont aircraft accidents; and the official minutes of the Commission/Board proceedings. No finding aid available.
Vincennes University
Lewis Historical Collections Library
LRC-22 V.U.
Vincennes, Indiana 47591
(812) 885-4330

Vincennes Flying Club. RHC 114.

Papers; 1931-1934; 1 inch.
Includes minutes, financial records, membership lists and other records. No finding aid available.
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Archives of American Aerospace Exploration
Special Collections Department, University Libraries
Blacksburg, Virginia 24061- 0434
(703) 231-9205
Note: Manuscript collections promised for a future date include the papers of George W. Christopher, a test pilot whose career began in the early 1930s; Anthony W. England, astronaut-scientist at the Johnson Space Center since 1967; Laurence K. Loftin, Jr., former Director for Aeronautics at the Langley Research Center; William Hewitt Phillips, former head of the Flight Research Division at NACA-NASA Langley; John P. Reeder, former chief test pilot and former director of flight operations at NASA Langley; David R. Scott, former Gemini and Apollo astronaut and former director of the Dryden Flight Research Center.

Alford, William J., Jr., 192?-? . Ms87-007.

Papers; ca. 1949-1980. 0.4 cu. ft.
Aeronautical engineer, co-designer of the outboard pivot that made variable-sweep wings feasible; at Langley Aeronautical Laboratory, NACA-NASA 1949-80; Head of the Advanced Transport Technology Program (1970-75); Manager, Energy Efficient Transport Office (1976-79); Head, Advanced Military Technology Office (1979-80). Papers include personnel files; correspondence; copies of NACA and NASA reports written by Alford; and engineering drawings.

Becker, John V., 1913-? . Ms90-052.

Papers; 1945-1986; 4.0 cu. ft.
Aerospace engineer, specialist in hypersonic and reentry aerodynamics and a pioneer in the development of hypersonic research aircraft such as the X-15. Research engineer at Langley Aeronautical Laboratory (NACA) 1936-; head of the 16-ft. Wind Tunnel Branch (1943-47), chief of the Compressibility Research Division (1947-57), and chief of the Aero-Physics Research Division (1958-74) at NACA and NASA-Langley; retired in 1974. Papers include correspondence, notes, memoranda and other materials related to NACA and NASA programs, including the X-1, X-15, X-20, and Dyna-Soar programs; research files for his book, The High-Speed Frontier; transcripts of oral history interviews; and copies of his publications and lectures.

Cahill, Edward H., 1886-1974. Ms88- 002.

Papers, photograph; ca. 1920-1982; 0.1 cubic foot.
Engineering firm executive; pioneer in aerial mapping and designer of the first mapping camera used in an airplane in the US (1918). Papers include an original photograph of Cahill standing next to the camera he designed (ca. 1920).

Clark, Evert B., 1925-1988. Ms89-022.

Papers; 1940-1987; 14.5 cu. ft.
Aviation, science, and space journalist for newspapers and journals such as Aviation Week and Space Technology, New York Times, Newsweek, Business Week. Papers include correspondence, memoranda, research notes, drafts, and published copies of articles.

Clark, John D., 1907-1988. Ms88-058.

Papers; ca. 1923-1988; 4.0 cu. ft.
Rocket fuel developer; chief chemist at the Naval Air Rocket Test Station and its successor, the Liquid Propulsion Laboratory at the Picatinny Arsenal, 1949-70. Under his direction, a new family of storable high-energy liquid propellants later used in the Apollo program was developed by Navy civilian scientists in 1959. Author of Ignition, an Informal History of Liquid Rocket Propellants, 1972, and numerous science fiction stories. Papers include correspondence, drafts of scientific and science fiction publications, notes, an unpublished typescript memoir, photographs, diaries (1923-84), and news clippings.

Collins, Michael, 1930-? . Ms89-029.

Papers; ca. 1955-1989; 25.0 cu. ft.
Astronaut for NASA Gemini and Apollo programs (1963-69); National Air and Space Museum Director (1971-78). Pilot for Gemini X (1966) and command module pilot for Apollo XI (1969), the first lunar landing mission. Aerospace consultant and author of Carrying the Fire (1974), Flying to the Moon (1976); and Liftoff (1988). Collection includes training notebooks for Collins' Gemini X and Apollo XI flights; training manuals, documents, and other materials from the two missions; speeches; audio tapes; correspondence; notes and drafts for his books; medals and certificates; and space program artifacts.

Corson, Blake W., Jr., 1908-? . Ms90- 055.

Papers; 1937-1980; 9.0 cu. ft.
Aeronautical engineer. Worked at Langley Aeronautical Laboratory 1935-72; retired as head of the 16 Foot Transonic Tunnel Branch. Papers consist of project files, reports, and correspondence; topics include aerodynamic performance of aircraft propellers and manned aircraft; wind tunnel fans, jet noise suppression, and tunnel calibration.

Duberg, John E., 1917-? . Ms90-056.

Papers; 1940-80; 4.0 cu. ft.
Aeronautical engineer, Langley Aeronautical Laboratory administrator, professor. Papers include copies of his M.S. and Ph.D. theses; drafts of speeches; reports; correspondence; and materials from conferences and workshops attended.

Duce, G. Graham, ? -? . Ms87- 005.

Papers; 1939-1947; 0.1 cubic foot.
President of Duce Aeronautical Research, Baltimore, Maryland. Papers include typescript "Alphabetical Index of Approved Aircraft;" manuscript drafts of articles on pilot safety, paratroop devices, air races, Boeing XB-47 Stratojet, the future of jet pilots; and miscellaneous notes.

Gilruth, Robert R., 1913-? . Ms90-053.

Papers; 1936-1989; 0.4 cu. ft.
Aerospace engineer, NASA administrator, head of Space Task Group (1958-1961) directing Project Mercury, first director of Manned Spacecraft Center in Houston (1961-1972). Papers include Gilruth's M.S. thesis (1936); NACA reports he authored or co-authored; his typescript diary during February and March 1961; a copy of an unpublished memoir, "From Wallops Island to Project Mercury, 1945-1958"; notes and texts of speeches, and copies of oral history transcripts of interviews on the history of the space program.

Gough, Melvin N., 1906-? . Ms87- 057.

Papers; 1926-1962; ca. 20 cubic feet.
Aeronautical engineer and test pilot; chief of flight research at the Langley Aeronautical Laboratory (1926-1958); Director of NASA operations, Cape Canaveral, Florida (1958-1960); Director of the Bureau of Safety, Civil Aeronautics Board (1960-1962). Papers include correspondence, memoranda, test reports on aircraft, notes and calculations.

Herrick, Samuel, 1911-1974. Ms78-002.

Papers, ca. 1931-1972; 60 cubic feet.
Professor of astronomy and engineering at the University of California at Los Angeles (1937-1974) and recognized as the founder of the field of astrodynamics, which applied the disciplines of celestial mechanics and mathematics to the problems of space trajectory research. In 1945 Herrick founded the Institute of Navigation; in 1946 he instituted a course in Rocket Navigation at UCLA, the world's first university-level course on astronautics. Papers include correspondence (Robert H. Goddard was a correspondent), notes, drafts of publications, and files relating to courses and students. His consulting files for private industry and for NASA's Project Mercury and the film The Day the Earth Stood Still are included.

Kelley, Henry J., 1926-1988. Ms88- 021.

Papers; 1948-1988; 15 cu. ft.
Aerospace engineer, authority on flight optimization, with Grumman Aircraft (1948-63), founder of Analytical Mechanics Associates (1963), which worked with NASA on parameterized steering approaches for Apollo mission planning. Professor of Aerospace and Ocean Engineering at Virginia Tech, 1978-88. Papers include correspondence, notes, drafts and offprints of publications and research reports.

Kraft, Christopher Columbus, Jr., 1924-? . Ms85-001.

Papers; 1941-1982; 25 cubic feet.
Aeronautical engineer and NASA administrator; joined the Langley Aeronautical Laboratory in 1945; named an original member of NASA's Space Task Group in 1958; flight director for all the Mercury and many of the Gemini missions; directed the design of Mission Control at the Manned Spacecraft Center in Houston; named Deputy Director of the MSC in 1970 and director in 1972-1982. Papers include correspondence, notes, and limited- circulation NACA and NASA documents. These range from his notes and calculations on the P-47 Thunderbolt aircraft in the 1940s and annotated copies of the "Mission Rules" for space missions in the 1950s and 1960s, to his extensive notes from meetings and conversations in the 1970s and 1980s. Finding aid available.

McLean, F. Edward, 1924-? . Ms90- 054.

Papers; 1950-85; 0.6 cu. ft.
Aerospace engineer, specializing in supersonic aerodynamic design and analysis, and high-speed management, with NACA and NASA 1948-1978, and author of Supersonic Cruise Technology (Washington, DC: NASA, 1985). Papers consist of his writings, news clippings, correspondence, patents, technical reports, photographs, and awards and citations.

Page, Thornton L., 1913-? . Ms83- 002.

Papers, 1955-1983; 1 cubic foot.
Astronomer. His career has included university teaching and government service with the Naval Ordnance Laboratory, Operations Research Office and NASA. Was recruited by the Manned Spacecraft Center in 1968 to teach astronomy to the astronauts and to work on the S201 far ultra-violet camera used in the Apollo and Skylab programs. Papers include typescript copies of speeches and reports; the balance of his papers have been willed to the Virginia Tech Library.

Parker, Otis Jerome, ? -? . Ms87-065.

Papers; 1966-1972; 0.2 cu. ft.
Employed at NASA's Langley Research Center; inventor of "Jet Shoes," an extravehicular space locomotion device. Papers include photocopies of a NASA technical brief, patents for his inventions and reports relating to "Jet Shoes," and various letters of commendation for his work at NASA.

Parker, W. Dale, 1925-? . Ms89-093.

Papers; ca. 1935-1989; ca. 20 cu. ft.
Aerospace scientist and management specialist. Production engineer, personnel and public relations specialist, General Motors Corp (1949-61); manufacturing engineer, General Dynamics/Astronautics (1961-64); aerospace scientist and management specialist in Gemini spacecraft production program, NASA (1964-69). Papers include correspondence; appointment books; patent and copyright files; photographs; scrapbooks; files dealing with civic, humanitarian, and political affairs; manuscripts of publications (books, newspaper columns, articles) on political and space exploration topics; materials relating to Parker's daughter, Jacqueline Susan Parker, the first female USAF test pilot; and an inventory and videotape of Parker's extensive collection of memorabilia and artifacts relating to the US manned spacecraft program.

Parsons, John T., 1913-? . Ms87- 016.

Papers; ca. 1935-1987; ca. 200 cubic feet.
Manufacturer, inventor; father of "numerical control," or the application of computer technology to manufacturing processes. Parsons conceived a machine tool for automatically producing aircraft structural shapes from punch card/tape input (1946). He originated an operation which became the world's largest designer, producer and overhauler of helicopter rotor blades; built the first all- composite airplane for the Office of Naval Research. President and owner of the Parsons Corp and the John T. Parsons Co, both of Traverse City, Michigan. Papers include correspondence, memoranda, financial records, engineering drawings and specifications, reading files, and other materials.

Polhamus, Edward C., 192?-? . Ms90-051.

Papers; 1962-86; 0.4 cu. ft.
Aeronautical engineer, active in aerodynamics research related to the development of high-speed aircraft and variable-sweep wing technology. Joined the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics in 1944 and retired from NASA Langley Research Center in 1981. He is the holder or co-holder of three US patents on variable-sweep wing technology; recognized as the co-inventor of the variable-sweep aircraft configuration concept that led to the USAF F-111 and B-1 aircraft. Papers include reprints of Polhamus' articles and reports, correspondence, notebooks, and photographs relating to his patents on variable wing sweeps, F-111 aircraft and cryogenic wind tunnel development, and vortex lift aerodynamics; Congressional testimony on the TFX contract investigation; and materials relating to his Wright Brothers lectureship in 1983.

Randolph, James Robbins, 1891-1969. Ms71- 001.

Papers; 1927-1969; 1.25 cubic feet.
Physicist and university instructor of physics and mechanical engineering. Randolph was an officer in the US Army Ordnance Department (1931-43). Editor of the Journal of the American Rocket Society (1947-48). Papers include 36 manuscript notebooks containing notes on rocket designs, the use of rockets in warfare, and atomic bombs. Also included is the manuscript of Randolph's unpublished science fiction novel of 1927-1928, "The Neighbor World."

Soule, Hartley A., 1904-1988. Ms87-004.

Papers; 1950-1967; 2 cubic feet.
Aeronautical engineer and NASA administrator. Soule joined the Langley Aeronautical Laboratory in 1927; was head of the Spin Tunnel Section, Chief of the Stability Research Division, and Assistant Director. Was instrumental in establishing the NASA High Speed Flight Research Center at Edwards AFB and the Mercury Ground Tracking and Data Acquisition System. Papers include notes, memoranda, calculations, and drawings on the High-Speed Flight Research Station (1950-54); Research Airplane Program (1953-57); X-15 program (1958- 62); Dyna Soar program (1957-62); Projects Mercury and Gemini (1961-62); and history of the high-speed aircraft program (1963-67).

Townsend, John W. Jr., 1924-? . Ms90-068.

Papers; 1949-1990; 5.0 cu. ft.
Physicist, NASA and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration administrator, corporation executive; director of the Goddard Space Flight Center (1987-1990). Papers include correspondence and memoranda, travel files (1949-1968, 1985-1990); Congressional testimony (ca. 1982-1986); files on the history of the Upper Air Rocket Research Program at the Naval Research Laboratory (ca. 1956-1958); Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching Station Advisory Panel (1966-1968); International Academy of Astronautics (ca. 1981-1987); NASA Advisory Council (1982-1987); National Academy of Engineering (1982-1987); National Research Council Space Applications Board (1983-1987); and the Office of Technology Assessment Advisory Board Panel on International Cooperation and Competition in Civilian Space Activities (1982-1985).

Townsend, Marjorie Rhodes, 1930-? . Ms86- 003.

Papers, 1966-1980; 2 cubic feet.
Aerospace engineer, NASA project manager. Worked at the Naval Research Laboratory (195l-59) and the Goddard Space Flight Center (1959-80). Project manager for Small Astronomy Satellites (1966-75) and for Applications Explorer Missions (1975-76). Papers include correspondence, notes on staff meetings, and drafts of speeches, newspaper and magazine articles.
Wallops Flight Facility, NASA
Wallops Island, Virginia 23337
(804) 824-1540 or 1579

Sounding Rocket Program.

Reports; 1959- ; ?
This collection contains staff and contractor reports on programs which were fundamental to NASA's space program. The Facility is a unit of the Goddard Space Flight Center. No finding aid available.
Walter A. Soplata Collection
11721 Main Street
P.O. Box 65
Newbury, Ohio 44065
(216) 564-5326

Aircraft Manuals.

Manuals; 1940-1970; 75 linear feet.
This collection contains manuals and change notices for fighter, bomber, cargo, and trainer aircraft of the period. Finding aid available.
Washington State University Library
Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections
Pullman, Washington 99164-5610
(509) 335-6691

Dana, Homer Jackson, 1890-1970.

Papers; 1910-1968; 64 linear feet.
Airplane radio research engineer. Includes materials relating to corona static suppression in aircraft (1938-49) and the development of facsimile transmission for aircraft communications systems (1948-54). Indexed register available.

Pangborn, Clyde Edward, 1893-1958. MS 64- 1252.

Papers, 1918-1959; ca. 14 linear feet.
Aviator of Wenatchee, Washington. Includes material on the Gates Flying Circus (1921-1929), Operation Barnstorming Tour (1930), and his transpacific flight with Hugh Herndon (1931), winning the International League of Aviators Trophy. Published and unpublished finding aids available.
Wayne State University
Archives of Labor History and Urban Affairs
Walter P. Reuther Library
Detroit, Michigan 48202
(313) 577-4024

Air Line Pilots Association.

Photographs; 1930s-1970s; 500 items.
Photographs showing the history of the Association. Finding aid available.

Air Line Pilots Association.

Records; 1932-1981; 2,000 linear feet, 1,500 rolls of microfilm.
Contains correspondence, agreements, minutes, grievances, financial records, and newsletters of the Association. Also materials of predecessor organizations affiliated with ALPA. Unpublished finding aid available.

American Federation of Labor. MS77- 1298.

Records; 1938-1952; 1 roll of microfilm.
Includes correspondence between the AFL and the national officers of the Air Line Pilots Association; original are in the AFL-CIO records department. Finding aid available.

Association of Flight Attendants.

Records; 1974-1982; 200 linear feet.
Includes correspondence, agreements, grievances, and minutes of the Association. Unpublished finding aid available.

Benson, Herman W., 1910-? . MS66-1512. MS 77- 1303.

Records; 1944-1974; 12 linear feet.
Labor journalist, active in labor affairs work within the Socialist party. Correspondence is partly with the Air Line Pilots Association; correspondents include A. J. Hayes, John Lindsay, George Meany, and Norman Thomas. Unpublished finding aid available.

Dooley, Roy E., ? -? . MS77-1323.

Papers; 1951-1967; 1.5 linear feet.
Officer, Air Line Pilots Association. Correspondence listings, reports, resolutions, and statements relating to air safety, air crash investigations; Air Line Pilots Association conventions, elections, negotiations; hearings, national defense; an ALPA organizational structure committee which Dooley chaired; pilots' pensions, training and retirement programs; and strikes. Correspondents include David L. Behncke, Leverett Edwards, George Meany, and Clarence N. Sayen. Unpublished finding aid available.

International Union, United Automobile, Aircraft and Agricultural Implement Workers of America. International Office. MS66- 1520.

Records; 1934-1981; a large collection.
Includes records of the International Office of the UAW and its departments, regional offices' records, and office files of many locals. Some materials relate to aerospace matters. Unpublished finding aid available.

International Union, United Automobile, Aircraft and Agricultural Implement Workers of America. Local 887.

Records; 1939-1965; ca. 9 linear feet.
Includes correspondence, National War Labor Board briefs, minutes, and other materials on Local 887, representing workers at the North American Aviation plant in Los Angeles. Topics include an NWLB hearing on the unionization of office and technical employees (1943) and contract negotiations (1940s-1950s). Unpublished finding aid available.

Koch, Lucien, ? -? . MS77- 1344.

Papers; 1938-1965; 4 linear feet.
Educator, labor leader, and government official. Contains correspondence, affidavits, transcripts and other papers, including material on negotiations of the Air Line Pilots Association where Koch worked. Unpublished finding aid available.

Livingston, John William, 1908-? .

Papers; 1949- 1955; 7.5 linear feet.
Vice president, UAW. Collection includes correspondence of William Kircher, International Representative for the National Aircraft Dept, UAW-CIO, and later Livingston's administrative assistant. Unpublished finding aid available.

McGraw, Ashby C., 1903-1965. MS71-643.

Papers; 1935-1965; 12.5 linear feet.
Official of International Association of Machinists. Correspondence deals with his involvement with the unionization of the aircraft industry in California, and other subjects. Unpublished finding aid available.

McNett, Thomas, 1914-1969. MS71-645.

Papers; 1936-1970; 12 linear feet.
Union official. Includes material on aircraft industry labor problems. Unpublished finding aid available.

Michener, Lewis H., 1908-1974.

Papers; 1938-1974; 6.5 linear feet.
Labor leader of Pico Rivera, California. Correspondence, minutes, reports, memoranda, proceedings of United Auto Workers International Board; includes the strike at North American Aviation in 1941. RLIN ID DCLV91-A1599.

Rockwell, Robert N., ? -? . MS73- 281.

Papers; 1956-1966; ca. 13 linear feet.
Officer, Air Line Pilots Association. Contains correspondence, meeting notes and minutes, contract working papers, proposals, agreements, accident investigation reports, notes, charts, and photographs relating to air safety and accident investigations; the Electra (1960) and Miami (1963) accidents; the 1963 air strike; contract negotiations and agreements between Northwest Airlines and the Association (1955-1967), the Local Executive Council, and the Master Executive Council (1957-1967). Correspondents include ALPA officials J. C. Christie, Kay McMurray, Arthur C. Pedersen, Charles H. Ruby, Clarence N. Sayen, and Paul Soderlind, and Northwest Airlines officials Robert A. Ebert, and Donald W. Nyrop. Unpublished finding aid available.

Sayen, Clarence Nicholas, 1919-1964. MS71-658.

Papers, photographs; 1930-1965; 25 linear feet, 21 volumes.
Union official. Correspondence, reports, minutes, studies, tape recordings, and photographs relating to his activities as President of the Air Line Pilots Association and the International Federation of Air Line Pilots. Subjects include pension plans, insurance problems of pilots and stewardesses, airline strikes in the US and abroad, problems of the flight engineer and third man in the cockpit, employment agreements, legal problems and arbitration, international meetings, supersonic transport, safety studies, the International Civil Aviation Organization's Air Navigation Commission, and other aviation subjects. Unpublished finding aid available.

Stephan, Lionel, ? -? . MS77-1366.

Papers; 1931-1932; 0.5 linear foot.
Union official. Correspondence, notes, and bulletins relating to activities as an organizer for the Air Line Pilots Association in Cincinnati, Ohio; correspondents include David Behncke. Unpublished finding aid available.

Thomas, Rolland Jay, 1900- . MS66-1526.

Papers; 1936-1964; ca. 9 linear feet.
Official of the United Automobile Workers. Includes material relating to the organization of the West Coast aircraft industry. Unpublished finding aid available.
West Virginia University
West Virginia and Regional History Collection.
Morgantown, West Virginia 26506
(304) 293-3536

Allen, Carl B., 1896-1971. A&M 2252.

Papers; 1918-1971; 5 linear feet.
Army Air Corps officer, aviator, newspaper writer. Correspondents include Charles Lindbergh and Eddie Rickenbacker. Includes the development of the autogiro, 1930; air mail, 1933- 35; the Howell Inquiry, 1934-37; air safety, 1934-37; Ford Air Tour, 1926-27; Amelia Earhart; Air Safety Board, 1936-40; and the Glenn L. Martin Co. Index available.

Bennett, Louis, Jr., 1894-1918.

Papers; 1900-1926; 3 linear feet.
World War I aviator. Materials relate to his student days at Yale, his pioneer efforts to organize an aviation group in West Virginia, his service in the Royal Air Force and death in World War I, and Sallie Maxwell Bennett's effort to memorialize her son. Finding aid available.

Bennett, Sallie Maxwell, ? -? . MS66- 622.

Papers; 1900-1926; 3 linear feet.
Mother of Louis Bennett, Jr. Materials concern her son's career, his student days at Yale; his aviation efforts in West Virginia, service in the Royal Air Force and death in World War I. Correspondents include Louis Bennett, Sr. and Jr., John W. Davis, and Mason Patrick. Finding aid available.

Bowman, Harvey B., ? -? .

Papers; 1942-1945; 521 items.
USAAF captain. Includes official orders, reports, pictures and miscellany of his World War II career.

Edmiston, Andrew, 1892-1966. MS77-677.

Papers; 1916- 1948; 1 linear foot.
Editor, US Representative (1933-1942). Includes correspondence, military records, newspaper clippings and photographs relating to the Cessna Aircraft Co, World Wars I and II. Finding aid available.

Hatfield, Henry D., 1875-1962.

Papers; 1913-1958; 9 linear feet.
Governor and US Senator. Correspondence pertains to aviation and military affairs in conjunction with his career. Finding aid available.

Kilgore, Harley M., 1893-1956.

Papers; 1937-1955; 24 linear feet.
Judge, US Senator (1940-1952). Includes his relations with the Civil Aeronautics Administration. Finding aid available.

West Virginia University Archives. MS60-276.

World War II records; 1940- 1946; 4 linear feet.
Reminiscences of about 1,500 veterans who attended the University after World War II; lists and biographical sketches of university men and women injured or killed in service; certificates awarded to the university for its Air Crew Training Program. Finding aid available.
Western Historical Manuscript Collection
23 Ellis Library
University of Missouri, Columbia
Columbia, Missouri 65201
(314) 882-6028
Note: The University of Missouri and the State Historical Society of Missouri jointly maintain the Western Historical Manuscript Collection.

Highley, Lyndell Thomasson, 1919- 1958.

Papers; 1941-1944; 7 folders, 1 roll microfilm.
Letters from Highley while he served with the USAAF, 308th Heavy Bomb Group, in China and India during World War II. Also includes a history of the 308th Bomb Group, 375th Bomb Squadron. Finding aid available.

Huber, Robert L., 1922- 1944.

Papers; 1943-1953; 7 folders, 2 volumes.
USAAF bombardier. Correspondence concerning Huber's training and military life. Also includes pamphlets on bombardier schools at Ellington Field and Midland Army Air Field. Finding aid available.

Mitchell, Ewing Young, Jr., 1878- 1954.

Papers; 1840-1949; 99 rolls microfilm.
Lawyer and Assistant Secretary of Commerce (1933-1935). Includes information on the Bureau of Air Commerce which was under Mitchell's supervision. Finding aid available.

Powell, Joseph P., ? -? . MS61-234.

Papers; 1944-1945; 2 folders.
Aircraft worker. Includes letters written to William G. McNeel while Powell worked as a civilian for Douglas Aircraft, Santa Monica, California.

Symington, Stuart, 1901-?

Papers; 1938- 1976; ca. 900 linear feet.
Businessman, government official, and US Senator. Speeches and photographs from Symington's service as first Secretary of the Air Force and committee files from the Senate Special Committee on Space and Astronautics (1958-1959), the Senate Aeronautical and Space Sciences Committee (1959-1976), and the Senate Armed Services Committee (1953-1976) containing background information and research on various aerospace topics. Finding aid available.

USAAF College Training Detachment, University of Missouri. MS60-1923.

Papers; 1943-1944; 105 folders.
Course schedules, outlines, flight and class rolls, grades, and instructions for teachers concerning USAAF policies and teaching methods. Includes correspondence of Rogers Whitmore and Thomas A. Brady. Finding aid available.

World War II Letters. MS61-236.

Letters; 1940- 1946; 3,467 folders.
These letters were collected after a radio appeal for them; they were written by servicemen of all military branches during World War II to friends and relatives throughout the US. Indexes are available by topic and writer names.
Western Kentucky University.
Kentucky Building
Manuscripts and Archives
Bowling Green, Kentucky 42101
(502) 745-6434

Strahm, Victor H., 1897-1957. MS70-2087.

Papers, photographs; 1917-1944; 242 items.
World War I aviator and Air Force officer. Includes personal correspondence describing pilot training and flying during World War I while stationed in France, and his description of the organization of US Ninth Air Force in India and Egypt during World War II with photographs of aircraft and officers. Finding aid available.
Western Michigan University
Archives and Regional History Collection
Kalamazoo, Michigan 49008
(616) 383- 1826

Allgaier, Wendolin J., 1915-1982. A-1598.

Photographs; 1944-1945, 1982; ca. 1,420 items.
Photographer, Thirteenth Air Force, 307th Bombardment Group, Pacific War Theater 1942-1945. Photographs are in categories, but with the majority unidentified.

Bauer, Lawrence James, 1894-1919. MS68-978.

Papers; 1917-1929; 75 items.
US Army aviator. Includes correspondence, two diaries, clippings and photographs relating to his service in World War I with the 11th Aero Squadron in France. No finding aid available.

Breman, William, ? -? . A- 423.

Correspondence; 1918; 15 letters and 6 postcards.
Army airplane mechanic. Correspondence was written in Waco, Texas, and Rantoul, Illinois. No finding aid available.

Hickmott, John T., Sr., ? -? . MS68- 1774,

Papers; 1917-1919; 70 items.
US Army officer. Includes a pilot's book with records of training flights and Army orders for his service with the 103rd Aero Squadron in France during World War I. No finding aid available.

Jenkins, Lawrence, ? -? . A-1482.

Papers; 1944-1947, 1978; ca. 25 pieces.
USAAF airman shot down over Vienna, Austria, July 1944, and ten months a prisoner of war. Includes photocopies of a scrapbook, log, letters, clippings; and a tape interview in August 1978. No finding aid available.

Rowley, Cleo H., ? -? . A- 855.

Letters; 1943-1945; 131 items.
Tail gunner on a B-24 in England May 1944-February 1945. Photocopies of letters include training in Texas and service in England, with notebook of flight times and destinations. No finding aid available.

Rutter, Joseph, ? -? . A- 1324.

Manuscript; 1943-1945; 225 pages.
Pilot in the 312th Bomb Group (L), 389th Squadron at Hollandia, Dutch New Guinea. Photocopy of typescript of his memoirs, "Off We Went."

Squires, Carl, ? -? . A-789.

Letters; 1917; 3 letters.
Army pilot in training at Austin, Texas, and Fort Sill, Oklahoma, and later a pioneer in the Lockheed Aircraft Corporation.

Stolzy, Robert, ? -? . A-1350.

Diary; 1943- 1944; 1 item.
Lieutenant flying P-47s in England with the Eighth Air Force, shot down over France June 19, 1944. Photocopy of his diary starts as he boards the Queen Elizabeth November 23, 1943.

Thompson, Alden W., ? - 1943. A-321.

Papers; 1941-1945; 150 items.
Captain on a B-25 in the South Pacific. Photocopies of material on his service and parents' search for information after receiving missing and death notices.
Western Museum of Flight
Reference Library
12016 Prairie Avenue
Hawthorne, California 90250
(213) 970- 6228

Southern California Aviation Movies.

Films; 1941-1945; 80 films.
The films concern aviation generally and in Southern California
particularly. The films provide information on Hughes, Northrop, Douglas, and Lockheed corporations. Also includes pamphlets and manuals for the aircraft of these corporations. No finding aid available.
Western Reserve Historical Society
10825 East Boulevard
Cleveland, Ohio 44106
(216) 721-5722

Allen, Florence Ellinwood, 1884-1966. MS75-1315.

Papers; 1856-1967; 14 linear feet.
Lawyer and judge. Includes correspondence, speeches, and other material relating to legal questions on the rights to outer space. Finding aid available.

American Expeditionary Forces, Thirty-seventh Division, US Army.

Records; 1917-1920; 2.5 linear feet.
Includes reports, field orders, memos, plans, maps, lists, correspondence and other materials relating to military actions in France during World War I, including those by aeronautical units. No finding aid available.

Aviation History.

Papers, photographs; 1920s-1940s; 8 linear feet.
Vertical file includes photographs, clippings, scrapbooks, programs and brochures relating to aviation personalities and events, particularly to the National Air Races. No finding aid available.

Franklin, Benjamin T., ? -? .

Papers, photographs; ca. 1929-1970; 10 linear feet.
General manager of the National Air Foundation. Includes minutes, ledgers, photographs, and scrapbooks relating to the National Air Races and the National Air Foundation. No finding aid available.

Henderson, Clifford, ? -? .

Papers, photographs; ca. 1929-1970; ca. 20 linear feet.
Director of National Air Races (1929-1930). Includes scrapbooks containing clippings, photographs, and other memorabilia relating to the National Air Races. Also includes a number of photographs of aviation personalities inscribed to Henderson. Finding aid available.

Herrick, Myron Timothy, 1854-1929. MS62- 4689.

Papers; ca. 1880-1935; 20 linear ft.
Humanitarian, financier, industrialist, governor of Ohio, and diplomat. Personal papers include a collection of letters from Charles A. Lindbergh and his family (1927-31). Also letters carried on Lindbergh's transatlantic flight to Paris and correspondence sent and received by Herrick relating to the flight. Finding aid available.

Hunt, William H., ? -? . MS75- 1560.

Papers; 1910; 0.5 linear foot.
Insurance executive. Includes correspondence relating to the International Congress of Aviation held in 1910 as part of the centennial celebration for Cuyahoga County, Ohio, for which Hunt served as chairman of the executive committee. Finding aid available.

TRW, Inc. MS75-1745.

Records; 1900-1969; 84.8 linear ft.
Aerospace industries manufacturing company, formerly known as Thompson Ramo Wooldridge, Inc. Records include material on the National Air Races and the National Aircraft Show in Cleveland, Ohio. Published finding aid available.
Wheaton College
Billy Graham Center Library
510 College Avenue
Wheaton, Illinois 60187
(708) 260-5194

Mission Aviation Fellowship. MS85-407.

Records; 1944-1969; 62 feet.
Service agency flying for evangelical Christian missions, headquartered in Redlands, California; principal areas of work include Brazil, Congo or Zaire, Ecuador, New Guinea (West Irian), Philippines and Venezuela. Includes correspondence and office and personnel files. Finding aid available.
White Sands Missile Range, US Army
Public Affairs Office
White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico 88002
(505) 678-2121

Missiles and Rockets.

Papers, etc.; 1945- ; 50 linear feet.
Includes miscellaneous evaluations of missiles and rockets and their component parts. No finding aid available.
White Sands Test Facility (JSC/WSTF), NASA
P.O. Drawer MM
Las Cruces, New Mexico 88004
(505) 524- 5771

Historical Materials

Papers; 1965- ; ca. 100 linear feet.
The materials cover test activities for the Apollo through the Space Shuttle Programs. No finding aid available.
Whittier College
Department of Geology
13615 Earlham Drive
Whittier, California 90608
(213) 693-0771 Ext. 418

Fairchild Aerial Photography Collection.

Photographs; 1924-1964; 540,000 items.
This collection of vertical aerial photographs, originating from Fairchild Aerial Surveys, includes negatives, prints and photomosaics; coverage is concentrated in California, but also covers parts of 47 other states and 28 countries. Index maps available. [The other part of the collection is at California State University, Northridge.]
Wichita State University Library
Wichita, Kansas 67208
(316) 689-3590

Burnham, Walter Elwood, 1897-1976. MS83-656.

Papers; 1926-1976; ca. 14 feet.
Aviation engineer and executive. Includes material relating to Burnham's collaboration with Herbert Rawdon in the design of Travel Air Company's Mystery Ship, winner of the Thompson trophy at National Air Races, Cleveland, Ohio, 1929. Finding aid available.

Morrissey, Muriel Earhart, 1900-? . MS83-654.

Manuscript; ? ; 1 item.
A rough draft of Courage is the Price, a biography of Amelia Earhart by her sister, with ca. 90 photographs.

Rawdon, Herbert M., 1904-1975. MS83-691.

Papers; 1929-1961; 15 linear feet.
Aviation engineer and executive. Includes some notebooks and drawings of Rawdon and Walter Burnham who were co-designers of the Mystery S airplane, and also worked for Beech, Boeing, Cessna, Travelair and other firms. Also microfilm of Wichita newspapers covering people and events related to Kansas airplane companies. Finding aid available.
William B. Stout Junior High School
18500 Oakwood Street
Dearborn, Michigan 48124
(313) 582-4254

Ford Aviation.

Papers, etc.; 1927, 1963; ?
Includes 20 blueprints (1927), and a motion picture, two minutes of which portrays Island Airlines and a 1963 crash. Also a scale model and a passenger seat of the Ford Motor Company tri- motor airplane. No finding aid available.
William F. Gerdes, III, ? -? .
2131 Aldo Boulevard
Quincy, Illinois 62301
(217) 223-8098 or 222-0555

Gerdes, Clarence L., 1941-1976.

Airline schedules and route maps; 1950-1976; ca. 50 boxes.
Includes material about US Air Trunk Carriers including all system schedules (1950-76), scattered system schedules (1930-50), promotional literature for DC-6s, route maps (1930s), schedules for US regional carriers, DC-3 early flights, coastal operations, foreign airlines (1930-50). No finding aid available.
William F[isk] Harrah Automobile Foundation
PO Box 20039
Reno, Nevada 89515
(702) 355- 3517

Aircraft Exhibit.

Manuals, flight logs; 1918, 1937; 1 cubic foot.
Includes manuals and flight logs, displayed in Reno, for a 1918 Curtiss Jenny, at the Reno Airport, and a 1937 Arrow Sport at the San Francisco Airport.
Wings of Freedom Air and Space Museum. See Delaware Valley Historical Aircraft Association.
Winthrop College.
Ida Jane Dacus Library
810 Oakland Avenue
Rock Hill, South Carolina 29733-00001
(803) 323-2131

Asch, Nathan, 1902-1964. MS83-709.

Papers; 1927-1965; ca. 11,500 items.
Author. Includes papers from his service as a writer for the USAAF, 1942-1945. Finding aid available.

Thomas Family. MS79-1313.

Papers; 1920s-1940s; ca. 8 linear feet.
The papers of a Rock Hill family include training in the USAAF during World War II and the effect of the atomic bombing of Japan. Published finding aid available.
Wisconsin State Historical Society: See State Historical Society of Wisconsin.
World Data Center A for Solar-Terrestrial Physics
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, NOAA E/GC2
325 Broadway
Boulder, Colorado 80303
(303) 497- 6323

Space Data.

Papers, magnetic tapes, microfilm; 1960?-? ; ca. 50 million units.
Includes satellite data of solar observations, solar wind, interplanetary magnetic and electric fields, solar cosmic rays, the ionosphere, the magnetosphere, geomagnetism and auroral imagery; also many types of data from ground stations. There are at least 3,500 magnetic tapes (107,000 megabytes of data), 18,800,000 feet of microfilm and 4,840 cubic feet of papers. Finding aids available.
Wright State University
Archives
University Library
Dayton, Ohio 45435
(513) 873-2092

Aeronautical Ephemera Collection. MS80-2387.

Papers, photographs; 1905-1928; 1 linear foot, or 55 items.
Bulk of the collection, 1909-12, comprises trade brochures and broadside advertisements of aeronautical motor companies, such as Curtiss and the Detroit Airplane Co and the Easton Cordage Co (Pa.), dinner programs, photographs, of airplane engines and certificates to aero clubs. Unpublished finding aid available.

Aeronautical Training Schools.

Records; 1918-1919; 2 linear feet.
Includes lesson booklets, examination papers, correspondence, broadsides, lectures and blueprints from two early correspondence schools: The National Aero Institute and the American School of Aviation.

Brown, Garnet C., ? -? . MS84-1655.

Papers; 1912-1972; 8 linear feet.
Aviation engineer, inventor, and designer of early airplanes, Springfield, Ohio. Includes engineering notebooks, personal and business correspondence, blueprints, photographs, clippings and printed items. Finding aid available.

Bruckner, Clayton J., ? -? .

Papers; 1928-1972; 70 linear feet.
Owner of WACO Aircraft Company, Troy, Ohio. Business records of WACO include minutes, financial records, photographs, administrative files, correspondence, patent case files, instruction manuals and parts lists.

Conquistadores del Cielo. MS80- 2388.

Records; 1940-1975; 6 feet or ca. 600 items.
An organization of aviation executives and famous aviators who meet to celebrate the beginnings of flight; founded 1937. Includes yearbooks, correspondence, contest rules, booklets, broadsides, brochures, and correspondence, 1964-74, of Ray Sparks, barnstormer, racer, and vice president and general manager for Curtiss-Wright in the midwest. Finding aid available.

Cox, James Middleton, 1870-1957. MS84-1656.

Papers; 1908-1957; 21 feet.
US representative and governor of Ohio. Includes correspondence with the Wright brothers. Finding aid available.

Dayton Air Service Committee.

Records; 1922-194?; 1 linear foot.
The Committee, incorporated to establish an aviation experiment station in Dayton, led to the creation of McCook Field and later Wright-Patterson AFB. Includes articles of incorporation, board of trustees minutes, correspondence, financial records and land records.

Dayton Municipal Airport.

Records; 1926- 1936; 2 linear feet.
Includes correspondence and other papers from the files of the Dayton City Manager pertaining to the establishment of the municipally owned airport.

Ford, Frederic Earl, ? -? .

Photographs and papers; 1943-1945; 10 linear feet.
World War II combat photographer, Pacific Theater. Includes photographs and negatives, booklets, motion pictures, and leaflets.

Hamberger, William L., ? - ? .

Biographical records, clippings, correspondence, photographs; 1911-1939; 62 Hollinger boxes, or 26 linear feet.
Compiler of aviation biographies, employee of James T. White Company, publisher of biographies. This is the raw material for a projected but never published International Cyclopedia of Aviation Biography, including 43 boxes on persons and subjects, 1911-1936, and 19 boxes of newspaper clippings, 1928-1939. There are edited manuscripts and proofread Linotype proofs for 1929-1931. Alphabetic and chronologic finding aids available.

Lambert, William Carpenter, 1896- ? . MS80-2389.

Papers; 1917-1939; 3 linear feet, or ca. 500 items.
Pilot and World War I ace. Includes correspondence, ink and chalk drawings of aerial combat in France in World War I, photographs, and the draft and typescript of his book, Combat Report.

Marshall, Fred Franklin, 1891-1974. MS80-2390.

Papers, photographs; 1912-1974; 15 linear feet or ca. 2775 items.
Editor of aviation magazine Slipstream, 1919-28; combat photographer in World War I . Includes general correspondence, scrapbooks, feature story drafts and layouts magazines, newspapers, records, photographs and negatives, pamphlets, address books, yearbooks, and broadsides. Unpublished finding aid available.

Night Fighter Collection.

Records; 1942-1978; 2 linear feet.
Includes records of night fighter squadrons serving in World War II, pilot tests, squadron reports, individual flight records, rosters, unpublished chronologies of the 6th and 417th Night Fighter Squadrons, and photographs.

Stout, Henry, ? -? .

Papers, photographs; 1903-1973; 1 linear foot.
Mayor of Dayton, Ohio. Contains material on the Wright brothers, including pamphlets, broadsides, photographs, postcards, newspaper clippings and correspondence.

Wright Brothers. MS78- 623.

Papers, photographs, etc.; 1853-1973; 134 linear feet.
Pioneer aviators and inventors of the airplane. In part photocopies of original in the Library of Congress. Includes letters from Wilbur Wright to Octave Chanute, 1902-1910; contracts, 1907-1914; financial records, 1900-1948. Also photographs, diaries, scrapbooks, letters, genealogical notes, deeds, school books, medals, awards, calling cards of visitors, and other materials. Published finding aid available.
Wright State University School of Medicine
Fordham Health Sciences Library
PO Box 927
Dayton, Ohio 45401-0927
(513) 873-2395

Aerospace Medical Association.

Archives; 1945-1981; 27 linear feet.
Includes the papers of the editor of Journal of Aviation Medicine, papers from office of Secretary-Treasurer. Contains correspondence, photographs, newspaper clippings, minutes, manuscripts, programs and presentations, rosters, organizational papers. Unpublished finding aid available.

Aerospace Medical Association, Flight Nurses Section.

Papers, photographs; 1943-1984; 3 linear feet.
Includes newspaper clippings, correspondence, annual meeting arrangements, minutes, rosters, photographs and administrative papers. Unpblished finding aid available.

Hasbrook, A. Howard, ? -? .

Papers; 1942-1989; 61 linear feet, and 59 linear feet to come later.
Pioneer in aviation crash investigation and in active restraints for passengers in aircraft and automobiles. The Hasbrook Collection in Aviation Crash Injury Research includes correspondence, technical reports, testimony by Hasbrook in court cases, his memberships and activities in the Society of Automotive Engineers and the Flight Safety Foundation. Finding aid in process.

Hertzberg, Hans Theodore, 1905-? .

Papers; 1948-1974; 12 linear feet.
Physical anthropologist in the Biophysics Branch, Aerospace Medical Research Laboratory, Wright-Patterson AFB; major interest anthropometry; worked with Crash Test Dummy project. Includes correspondence, minutes and notes of professional societies, unpublished reports. Unpublished finding aid available.

Lindbergh, Charles Augustus, Jr., 1902- 1974.

Letter; 1963; 2 pieces.
A letter to Charles I. Barron, Lockheed Aircraft Corp., with electrocardiogram of Lindbergh, January 21, 1963.

McFarland, Ross A., 1901-1976.

Papers, photographs; 1849-1980; 210 linear feet.
Professor, Harvard School of Public Health, author, researcher, pioneer in field of human factors in aviation. Original research data for studies of oxygen deficiency at high altitudes, selection and training of pilots, stress and fatigue in pilots and numerous other studies. Includes unpublished reports and presentations, personal and professional correspondence, photographs, newspaper clippings, minutes and papers of professional and scientific societies, personal and family materials. Finding aid available: The Ross A. McFarland Collection of Aerospace Medicine and Human Factors Engineering. 1. Catalog of the Library. 2. Inventory of the Manuscripts. A microfiche copy is in the National Library of Medicine.
Wyoming State Archives, Museums and Historical Department
Historical Research and Publications Division
Barrett Building
Cheyenne, Wyoming 82002
(307) 777-7518

Cheyenne Airport Board.

Papers, records, logs; 1920-1932; 12.5 linear feet.
Includes materials relating to aviation in Cheyenne. There are also blueprints for Boeing B-40 and B-80 parts, 1927-1932, 600 items; pilot, propellor and flight logs for Boeing Air Transport Company and Inland Transport, 1927-1932, 4 cubic feet. Finding aid available.
Yale University
Sterling Memorial Library
Manuscripts and Archives
New Haven, Connecticut 06520
(203) 432-4694

Baldwin, Hanson W., 1903-? .

Papers; 1929-1977; 74 linear feet.
Military editor, New York Times. Includes personal papers and research materials relating in part to the history of the air force during and after World War II. Finding aid available.

Bingham, Hiram B., III, 1875-1956.

Papers; 1811- 1972; 48 linear feet.
Professor, explorer and US Senator. Family papers include material relating to his service in the Air Service in World War I. Bingham was in charge of all US Schools of Military Aeronautics, served as Chief of Air Personnel, and commanded the Aviation Institute Center, Issoudun, France. As a Senator he was instrumental in promoting air service. Finding aid available.

Davison, Frederick Trubee, 1896-1974.

Papers, photographs; 1882-1961; 10.5 linear feet.
Politician, Assistant Secretary of War (Air) 1926-33. Includes correspondence, financial and legal records, maps, photographs, radio broadcasts (1941) and slides (1966) and other material relating to the Yale Aviation Unit in World War I, and the Aerial Coast Patrol Unit No. 1. Correspondents include Robert E. Byrd, Charles A. Lindbergh, and Eddie Rickenbacker. Finding aid available.

House, Edward M., 1858-1938.

Papers; 1885-1938; 124.25 linear feet.
Personal representative of President Wilson to European nations (1914-1916) and to the Interallied Conference to Coordinate Military Action (1917). Includes various papers on the development of the Air Service in World War I. Finding aid available.

Lindbergh, Anne Morrow, 1906- .

Papers; 1906-1988; 111.5 linear feet.
Flyer, first woman glider pilot in US, author. Includes papers on her flying activities and expeditions. Finding aid available. RLIN ID CTYV84-A84.

Lindbergh, Charles Augustus, 1902-1974.

Charles Augustus Lindbergh gift collection; 1927-74; l0.75 linear feet, 2 boxes.
Includes letters, photographs amd other materials relating to Lindbergh, as donations or acquisitions of discrete items. RLIN ID CTYV85-A1496.

Lindbergh, Charles Augustus, 1902-1974.

Papers; 1830-1987; 534.25 linear feet.
Transatlantic flyer, explorer. Includes materials relating to Army Air Training schools, the development of the USAF, and the selection of the site of the USAF Academy. Finding aid available. RLIN ID CTYV84- A83.

Markle, Eckley Brinton Coxe, ? -1961.

Papers, photographs; 1917-1919; ca. 500 items.
World War I aviator. Personal correspondence and photographs depicting life in the Air Service in France (May 1917-May 1919) when Markle was a pilot in the 1st Aero Squadron. Finding aid available.

Newton, Byron Rufus, 1861-1938. MS72- 1893.

Papers, photographs; 1882-1938; 5 linear feet.
Journalist and politician. Includes correspondence, writings, notes, financial papers, clippings, photographs and memorabilia on the early history of aviation in the US. Correspondents include Newton D. Baker, James Gordon Bennett, and Orville and Wilbur Wright. Unpublished register available.

Sizer, Theodore, 1892-1967. MS65-1077.

Papers; 1930-1954; ca. 350 items.
Professor of art history. Correspondence for his service as a monuments officer during World War II and about the Monuments, Fine Arts, and Archives Section of the USAAF during World War II. Unpublished finding aid available.

Smith, Truman, 1893-? .

Typescript; 1954-1956; 163 pages.
US military attache, Berlin, 1935-1939. His 163 page typescript, prepared September 1954- September 1956, is titled, "Air Intelligence Activities; Office of the Military Attache, American Embassy, Berlin, Germany, August 1935-April 1939: with special reference to the Services of Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh ..." Available as 1 roll of microfilm.

Stimson, Henry L., 1867- 1950.

Papers; 1846-1966; 154.5 linear feet.
Secretary of War (1940- 1945). Contains material relating to his service as Secretary of War, including papers on the USAAF in World War II and diary entries recording the development and use of the atomic bomb. Finding aid available.

Todd, David Peck, 1855-1939.

Papers, photographs; 1862-1939; 45 linear feet.
Astronomer and professor at Amherst College, balloonist and advocate of aerial photography for eclipses. Includes correspondence, writings, records of astronomical expeditions, and photographs. Finding aid available.

Yale University Archives.

Records; 1916-1919; ca. l linear foot.
Includes papers on the history of the Volunteer Coast Patrol Unit (Yale Aero Club) during World War I, which led to the organization by the Navy of the Aerial Coast Patrol Unit No. 1, thereby creating for the first time a Naval Air Service. Finding aid available.