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EAA Aviation Foundation, Inc.
Experimental Aircraft Association Museum
3000 Poberezny Road
Oshkosh, Wisconsin 54901 or
Wittman Air Field
Oshkosh, Wisconsin 54903 (414) 426-4800

EAA Archives.

Papers, artifacts; ? -? ; ?
Three collections were mentioned by phone. No finding aid available.
Earth Resources Observation System (EROS)
EROS Data Center, Customer Services
Federal Building
Sioux Falls, South Dakota 57198
(605) 594- 6151

EROS.

Photographs, digital products; 1945- ; 7,000,000 frames.
Photographs, images, and digital products of the earth's surface acquired by aircraft and spacecraft. The originals were generated by the Department of the Interior, NASA, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and other government agencies, but are distributed by the EROS Data Center. Finding aid available.
East Carolina University
East Carolina Manuscript Collection
Greenville, North Carolina 27834
(919) 757-6671

Armstrong, Frank A., 1902-1969. MS73-488.

Papers; 1928-1967; 416 items, 15 volumes.
USAF officer. Correspondence, speeches, biographical sketches, an unpublished autobiography, a pilot's information file (1929-1945), flight records (1932-1945), World War II Tactical Mission Reports for the European and Pacific Theaters, Air Force publications, manuals, clippings and photographs. Finding aid available.

Ashford, William Henry, 1903-? .

Papers; 1924- 1978; 850 items.
Naval officer and aviator, commandant, Naval Air Test Center, Patuxent, Md., and deputy chief of naval operations. Includes correspondence, logbooks, research papers, photographs and oral history; material on B-52 bombers and carrier strategy and replenishment.

Broadfoot, Mary Bason, ? -? .

Papers, 1941- 1945; 171 items.
Correspondence (1943-1945) of USAAF and US Naval Reserve officers relating to service of bombardiers stationed in England and involved in European missions, flight training of Naval Reserve officers at Glenville, Illinois, Pensacola and Jacksonville, Florida; and a lieutenant's imprisonment in a German P.O.W. camp. Finding aid available.

Clements, William T., ? -? .

Papers, 1917-1918; 2 items.
US Army Air Service officer. Diary and scrapbook (1917-1918) relating to flight training in the US and England, and Lt. Clements' participation in service in France as part of the 17th and 148th American Squadrons. No finding aid available.

Croom, Elizabeth Rudder Fearrington, ? -? .

Papers; 1755-1968; 3,500 items.
Materials relating to military activities in North Carolina and Virginia and the use of observation balloons by Union troops during the Civil War. Finding aid available.

Getsinger Family.

Papers; 1828-1972; 800 items.
Included is correspondence on airplane flight training of John Conrad Getsinger (? -? ) at Gunter Field, Alabama (1941). Finding aid available.

Griffin, Elizabeth Gordan, 1890-1968.

Papers; 1918- 1969; 123 items.
Contains correspondence in 1918 by Ellegood Vaughan Griffin who served with 1102nd and 638th Aero Squadrons, American Expeditionary Force, at St. Maixent, France. Finding aid available.

Hardison-Watts Family. MS83-853.

Papers; 1758- 1953; 372 items.
Correspondence (1942-1944) relating to the training of USAAF sergeant James W. Watts, Jr., (? -? ) at Keesler Field, Mississippi; Laredo Army Air Field, Texas; and Biggs Field, Texas and to his service in Italy as a mechanic-gunner in the Fifteenth Air Force, 724th Bomb Squadron. Finding aid available.

Howell, G. Vince, ? -? .

Papers and oral memoir; 1943-1944; 2 items.
USAAF sergeant. Diary of his flight missions in Europe and daily wartime routine. Oral history interview relates to his imprisonment at Stalag 17B after being shot down over Germany. Finding aid available.

Jeffreys, Raymond John, 1896-1970.

Papers, photographs; 1917-1969; 1,350 items.
US Army enlisted man, World War I. Diaries and photographs reflecting military operations in France and Germany in 1918-1919. The diaries contain commentaries on ground and aerial photography and life in the Army Air Service. The photographic files contain images of American and German airplanes and aerial operations. Finding aid available.

Knox, Dorothy Repiton, 1896-? . MS73- 511.

Papers; 1820-1980; 5,700 items.
Journalist. Correspondence, clippings, photographs, and a scrapbook, reflecting World War I military life. Included are comments on aviation school, the air war in Europe, duty in England and an American lieutenant's opinion of Baron Von Richthofen. Finding aid available.

Lang, John Albert, Jr., 1910-1974.

Papers; 1928-1974; 40,000 items.
Deputy for Reserve and ROTC Affairs in the Office of the Secretary of the Air Force, Administrative Assistant to the Secretary of the Air Force; Major General in the Air Force Reserves. Correspondence and other material (1961-1972) relating to the Air Force ROTC and Reserves, Air Force personnel matters, the Air Force Academy, the Vietnam War, and other matters. Finding aid available.

Ward, Hallet Sydney, 1870-1956. MS73-521.

Papers; 1921-1925; 17,000 items.
US Representative and lawyer. Congressional files relating to air mail service and military academy appointments. Finding aid available.

Woodworth, Douglas R., ? -? .

Diary; 1943-1944; 1 item.
Sergeant in USAAF. Diary of Woodworth's service in a B-24 bomber crew stationed in England and involved in missions over France and Germany, including his Normandy mission on D-Day. Finding aid available.
Eisenhower, Dwight D.: See Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Library.
Eleventh Bombardment Group (H) Association
PO Box 637
Seffner, Florida 33584
(813) 681- 3544

Photograph Collection.

Photographs; 1940-1945; 7,000 pieces.
Photographs of men, airplanes and missions, covering events from Pearl Harbor to Okinawa in World War II. Partial finding aid available.
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
Jack R. Hunt Memorial Library
Regional Airport
Daytona Beach, Florida 32014
(904) 252-556l Ext. 1523

Special Collection.

Manuals, microfiche; 1880- ; under 5,000 pieces.
The special collection was assembled by the Manufacturers' Aircraft Association, a group which served industry and government, facilitating cross-licensing arrangements to prevent patents litigation in the developmental stage of the aircraft industry. Includes flight manuals, a microfiche library on aircraft maintenance, parts and airworthiness information, and a subscription service called Selected Research in Microfiche, which provides a variety of government reports. Finding aid available.
Emory University
Special Collections Department
Robert W. Woodruff Library
540 Asbury Circle, N.E.
Atlanta, Georgia 30322
(404) 727-6887

Hartsfield, William Berry, 1890-1971.

Papers; 1892-1980; 2-3 boxes.
Attorney, politician, long time mayor of Atlanta. Correspondence, reports, and other materials (1924-1970) relating to Hartsfield's interest in aviation and to his efforts to make Atlanta an air travel center, from Candler Field to Hartsfield International Airport. Also correspondence and other material (1924) concerning his efforts to be nominated to the office of Assistant Secretary for Aeronautics in the US Commerce Department. Also correspondence with Edward V. Rickenbacker and Fiorella La Guardia. Finding aid available.

Travis, Robert Jesse, 1877-1963. MS75-497.

Papers; 1930-1950; 1543 items.
US Army and National Guard officer, lawyer, and historian. Includes material on the death of his son, Robert Falligant Travis (1904-1950), and Travis AFB. Finding aid available.
Evans Memorial Library
105 North Long Street
Aberdeen, Mississippi 39730
(60l) 369- 4601

Stinson Collection.

Papers; 1911-1925; 4 to 5 file boxes.
Letters and family information to and from the parents of Edward, John, Marjorie and Katherine Stinson, who were early Wright Brothers' pilots and instructors, on the flying school in San Antonio and the manufacture of Stinson airplanes in Michigan. No finding aid available.
Evergreen Venture Museum
3500 Three Mile Lane
McMinnville, Oregon 97128
(503) 472-9361

Spruce Goose Historical Archives

Photographs, plans, artifacts; 1942- ; ca. 10,000 items.
Includes the Hughes Flying Boat (the Spruce Goose), which was moved from Pier "J", Long Beach, California, by surface transport in 1992; and 7,600 photographs and negatives of it; a full- scale model of the Hughes H-1 Racer; Howard Hughes memorabilia and trophies; Hughes' personal collection of 1,500 photographs; and 50 plans of Hughes Aircraft projects. Finding aid available.
Federal Aviation Administration
2300 East Devon Avenue, ACE115C
Des Plaines, Illinois 60018
(312) 694-7358

Aircraft Certifications

Reports, drawings, microfilm; 1931- ; 1,130.5 cubic feet.
Engineering reports and drawings relating to CAA/FAA type certification of some 187 aircraft types. No finding aid available.

Type Design File.

Reports, microforms; 1938- ; ?
Collection covers aeronautics and related subjects such as engineering, materials, structures, management, regulation, safety, environment, and noise abatement. Includes agency and contract reports from 1938. No finding aid available.
Federal Aviation Administration
Library
Atlantic City, New Jersey 08405
(609) 484- 5772

Archival Collection.

Reports, manuscripts; ? -? ; ?
Materials focus on air traffic control, radar, electronics, navigation, communications, aviation, and aviation facilities. Secondary coverage includes electronic data processing, human engineering, management, and administration including a comprehensive file of FAA technical reports. No finding aid available.
Fighting Air Command [Museum]
Hartlee Field
Denton, Texas 76205
(817) 387-1194

Hartlee Field.

Photographs, replica aircraft; 1914-1918, 1942-1946; l linear foot and aircraft.
Collection includes photographs of personnel, students, facilities, and aircraft at Hartlee Field during World War II for civilian pilot training; also flyable replicas of British and German aircraft of World War I built for the movie, Blue Max; and General Hap Arnold's B-25 command transport plane. No finding aid available.
Florence Air and Missile Museum
Highway 30l N, Airport Entrance
PO Box 1326
Florence, South Carolina 2950l
(803) 665-5118

Aircraft Manuals.

Manuals; 1940s- ; 12 manuals.
These manuals are for Air Force and Navy planes and the Japanese Emily Flying Boat. No finding aid available.

Aviation Photographs.

Photographs; 1920-1930; 50 items.
These photographs of early aviation inventions and early male and female pilots were part of the Underwood and Underwood collection. No finding aid available.
Florida State Library
Florida History Collection
Tallahassee, Florida 32306
(904) 487-2651

McMullen, Alexis Brenier, 1896-1979.

Papers; 1935-1972; l box.
Annual aviation reports and other papers of McMullen, first State Director of Aviation, Florida State Planning Board (1933-1936). No finding aid available.
Foothill Electronics Museum
12345 El Monte Road
Los Altos Hills, California 94022
(415) 960-4383.

Brunetti, Cledo, 1910-1971.

Papers; 1936-1971; 507 items.
Engineer and inventor. Includes material on aeronautical instrumentation and radar systems. Unpublished finding aid available.
FORBES Magazine Collection, The
60 Fifth Avenue
New York, New York 10011
(212) 620- 2200

Lewis, Robert A., 1918-1983. A78119 A B.

Atomic bombing manuscript; 1944-1945; 29 sheets.
Army Air Service pilot; candy manufacturer. The FORBES Magazine Collection of Presidential Papers (private; some 4,000 items) includes "Little Boy Mission #1, First Atomic Bomb, August 6th, 1945," which is Lewis's autograph letter to his parents, written aboard the B-29 Enola Gay on its flight to drop the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan. Captain Lewis was co-pilot. This [3] 8 page manuscript, now declassified from Top Secret, was written at the request of William Leonard Laurence (1888-1977), science writer of the New York Times, and contains corrections made by and attested to by Laurence. The remainder of the manuscript is a "History of 509th GP." dated August 10, 1945, covering events based on Lewis's diary from September 1943 onward, from Alamogordo to Tinian Island, describing the preparations to carry out the bombing run.
Ford, Gerald R.: See Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library.
Ford, Henry, Museum: See Henry Ford Museum.
Fort Morgan Museum
PO Box 184
Fort Morgan, Colorado 80701
(303) 867- 6331

Photograph Collection.

Photographs; 1900-1911; 2 items.
Two photographs of early flight in Fort Morgan, one of a balloon (1900-1910), and one of an early aircraft taken in September 1911, the second airplane to fly in Colorado.
Fort Worth Public Library
Local History Collection
300 Taylor Street
Fort Worth, Texas 76102
(817) 870-7740

Photographic Collection.

Photographs; ? -? ; 5 linear feet.
Historical photographs of Fort Worth and Tarrant County, Texas, including the aviation industry. No finding aid available.
Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine/Boston
Medical Library/Harvard Medical Library
25 Shattuck Street
Boston, Massachusetts 02215
(617) 732-2172

Benford, Robert J., ? -? .

Papers, reports, documents; 1930s-1960s; 10 linear feet.
Air Force flight surgeon and retired general. Scattered correspondence, unpublished reports, documents, photographs, manuals, research reports. No finding aid available.

Drinker, Cecil Kent, 1887-1956. MS62-3633.

Papers; 1940-1946; 4 linear feet.
Professor of medicine. Scattered correspondence and papers on wartime research in aviation medicine, 1940-1946. No finding aid available.
Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library
511 Albany Post Road
Hyde Park, New York 12538
(914) 229- 8114

Berle, Adolf Augustus, 1895-1971.

Papers; 1912-1974; 92 linear feet.
Adviser to Roosevelt. Includes 2 linear feet on the International Conference on Civil Aviation, Chicago, 1944, of which Berle was
president. Finding aid available.

Early American Flying.

Photographs; 1907-1914; l volume.
An album entitled "Early American Flying," containing photographs of F. W. Baldwin, Alexander Graham Bell, Glenn H. Curtiss, Thomas Selfridge, Orville and Wilbur Wright, and early aircraft. No finding aid available.

Hopkins, Harry L., 1890- 1946.

Papers; 1928-1946; 117 linear feet.
Special Assistant to President Roosevelt. Selected subjects covered include air routes, aircraft delivery, USAAF, Air Ministry, the Aircraft Branch of the War Production Board, aircraft production, airlines and private aircraft, air offensives, air conferences, and post-war aviation; about l linear foot. Finding aid available.

Map Room Papers (White House Communications Center during World War II).

Papers; 1941-1945; 81 linear feet overall, 1 linear foot for aviation.
Records and reports covering aircraft trials and performance (1942-1944); aircraft construction, conversion, repair and acquisition (1943- 1945); Japanese and German airplane status and disposition; air operations of the European and Mediterranean Theaters; the Colonel Harry A. Halverson Mission, which was intended to bomb Japan from China in 1942, but never reached China and was diverted and bombed Ploesti, Romania, in June 1942 and became the nucleus of the Eighth Air Force; Chicago Air Conferences; and air routes (1942-1945); and correspondence with Henry H. Arnold. Also includes Richard E. Byrd's report covering the findings of a special mission in 1943 investigating the possibility of establishing air bases and commercial air routes in the Pacific area after the war. Finding aid available.

Moore, Robert Walton, 1859-1941.

Papers, 1922-1941; 13 linear feet.
Includes files relating to international civil aviation (1935-1937) and to the Civil Aeronautics Administration (1938-1939); ca. one linear foot. Finding aid available.

Morgenthau, Henry, Jr., 1891- 1967.

Papers; 1866-1953; 5l0 linear feet.
Adviser to President Roosevelt. Diaries relating to aircraft production and the shipment of airplanes to Great Britain and France; about 1 linear foot. Finding aid available.

Roosevelt, Franklin Delano, 1882-1945.

Papers; 1882-1945; 7 linear feet on aviation.
US President (1933-1945). Includes files on the Chief of Air Corps (1933-1945) and aeronautics and civilian air activity. Correspondents include Henry H. Arnold and Claire L. Chennault. Finding aid available.
Franklin Institute, The
The Franklin Institute Science Museum
20th Street and the Parkway
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103
(215) 448-1200

Wright, Wilbur, 1867-1912. MS61-1702.

Papers of Wilbur and Orville Wright; 1901-1922; ca. 170 items.
Inventors of the airplane. Drawings of the 1903-1905, 1907, and 1910 biplanes, and the 1910 motor, representing the step-by-step record of research and development which led to the brothers' first successful powered flights. Includes notes and other papers relating to wind tunnel tests. Full description is in Ralph H. McClarren's article, Journal of the Franklin Institute 252 No. 2:175-196, August 1951. Finding aid available.
General Electric Company
Space Systems Division Library
PO Box 8555
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19101
(215) 354- 4700

1Aerospace Collection

Microfiche of manuscripts; 1915- ; 1,150,000 items.
One of the largest aerospace collections in the industry. Holdings include captured German documents from World War II on V-2 rockets and the Wasserfall program. Originals were destroyed in 1956. Also includes aerospace spin-offs and technical transfers. Finding aid available.
George C. Marshall Foundation
PO Box 1600
Lexington, Virginia 24450-1600
(703) 463-7103

Harris, Collas Grant, 1906-? .

Papers; 1927-1966; ca. 19 feet.
Government official. Includes material on his service with the USAF, 1942-1948. Unpublished finding aid available.

Marshall, George Catlett, 1880- 1959.

Papers; 1932-1960; 147 linear feet.
US Army officer, Secretary of State, and Secretary of Defense. His official correspondence includes such topics as the conduct of the air war during World War II, especially in corresponding with Frank Andrews and Robert Lovett. The amount cannot be estimated. Published finding aid available.
Georgia Historical Society
501 Whitaker Street
Savannah, Georgia 31499
(912) 651- 2128

Gignilliat, Thomas Heyward, ca. 1863-1911.

Papers; 1890- 1956; 73 items.
Engineer and inventor. Chiefly relating to his 1890- invention of a flying machine, including articles, drawings, blueprints and photographs; record of American Aeronautic Machine Co, Savannah, and his proposal to develop a flying machine for the Venezuelan government. Unpublished finding aid available.
Georgia State University
William Russell Pullen Library
Southern Labor Archives
30 Courtland Street
Atlanta, Georgia 30303
(404) 658- 2476

International Association of Machinists and Aero Space Workers, Georgia State Council. MS77-272.

Records; 1956-1971; 1.25 linear feet.
Correspondence relating to conferences, conventions, and labor education seminars, and minutes describing the council's work with the Machinists Non-partisan Political League and the Georgia State Labor Legislative Committee to promote legislation favorable to workers. Finding aid available.

Styles, Paul Lefeyette, 1907-? .

Papers; ? -? ; 1 linear foot.
Labor arbitrator and chief labor relations officer of NACA (1961-1972). Materials relating to the unique features and problems of labor-management relations in the space program. Finding aid available.
Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library
1000 Beal Avenue
Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-2114
(313) 668-2218Note: A published finding aid of August 1986 is available for all collections.

Cannon, James M., ? -? .

Files; 1974-1977; 35.6 linear feet.
As Assistant to the President for Domestic Affairs and executive director of the Domestic Council, Cannon accumulated extensive materials on aircraft noise control and smaller amounts on airline regulatory reform and general aviation issues.

Ford, Gerald Rudolph, Jr., 1913-? .

Congressional Papers; 1948-1973; 921 cubic feet.
President of the US, 1974-1977. Includes such materials as Ford's speeches, statements and press releases on space and astronautics, and legislative files on the Civil Aeronautics Board, the NASA, and space projects.

Hope, Judith R., ? -? .

Files, 1974-1977; 18.4 linear feet.
Concerning her Domestic Council work on transportation issues, the files include material on the Aviation Act of 1975, airline regulatory reform, international aviation policy, individual airline companies, and attempts to control aircraft noise.

Leach, Paul C., ? -? .

Files; 1974-1976; l6 linear feet.
As a member of the Domestic Council Review Group on Regulatory Reform, Leach accumulated a significant file on airline regulatory reform.

Raoul-Duval, Michael, 1938-? .

Files; 1974-1975; l6.4 linear feet.
Concerning his Domestic Council work on transportation issues, the files include materials on such topics as airline deregulation, Civil Aeronautics Board, international aviation policy, and Pan American Airways financial problems.

Schleede, Glenn R., ? -? .

Files, 1974-1977; 28 linear feet.
In his role as the Domestic Council's Associate Director for Energy and Science, Schleede accumulated files on such topics as NASA budget and personnel matters, the space shuttle, and the annual aeronautics and space report.

Schmults, Edward C., 1931-? .

Files; 1974-1977; l5.6 linear feet.
As Deputy Legal Counsel to the President, Schmults accumulated files on aircraft noise control, Civil Aeronautics Board decisions, international aviation policy, and airline deregulation.

Seidman, Lewis William, 1921-? .

Files, 1974-1977; 128 linear feet.
In his role as Assistant to the President for Economic Affairs, Seidman accumulated files on international aviation, Pan American Airways' financial difficulties, and Iranian investment in Pan American Airways.

White House Central Files.

Subject File; 1974-1977; 970 linear feet.
Categories CA (Civil Aviation) and FG 88 (Civil Aeronautics Board) concern safety regulation, air commerce, air freight, development of aeronautics, control and use of navigable air space, aviation policy, and the operation and decisions of the CAB. Categories OS (Outer Space) and FG 64 (NASA) concern plans, programs, research, exploration and development of outer space and the operation of NASA.
Gerdes, William F., III: See William F. Gerdes, III.
Glendale College
Aviation Department, c/o William Mallory
1500 North Verdugo Road
Glendale, California 91208
(818) 240-1000 Ext. 409

Kern, David, ? -? .

Manuals, publications; 1930- ; ca. 3,000 items.
Overhaul, parts, and flight manuals of many old and new aircraft; complete Pratt and Whitney, Wright, Allison engine manuals; turbojet manuals; and old publications and technical orders. No finding aid available.
Glenn H. Curtiss Museum of Local History
Lake and Main Streets
Hammondsport, New York 14840-0326
(607) 569- 2160

Benner, Harry M., ? -? .

Glass slides and plates; 1905-1946; 1 drawer.

Channer, Bert, ? -? .

Papers; 1918- 1929; 2 boxes.
Includes the NC-4 Project.

Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company.

Blueprints; 1912-1915; 2 drawers.

Curtiss Archives.

Manuals, photographs, other materials, 1890s-1945; 35 linear feet.
Includes Curtiss-Wright directories (1944-1945); Curtiss-Wright and Curtiss Aeroplane & Motor Company manuals; and 168 other manuals; sales brochures; several hundred early photographs (30 linear feet) and scrapbooks; and several oral histories. Access to this material is by appointment only.

Doty, Bert, ? -? .

Papers; 1910-1912; 1 box.

Hallett, George E. A., ? -? .

Papers; 1914-1918; 1 box.
Includes the "America" Project.

Kepperley, James E., ? -? .

Papers; 1916-1919; 2 boxes.
Curtiss Company vice president.

Lindley, Morton D., ? -? .

Memorabilia; 1910- 1914; 1 box.
This memorabilia is on Art Smith.

Merrill, Damon C., ? -? .

Papers; 1907-1919; 2 boxes.

Morehouse, Harold E., ? -? .

Papers; ? -? ; 4 boxes.
Includes original biographical research on an unknown person.

Ostheimer, Charles, ? -? .

Papers; 1920-1939; 2 boxes.
Includes Curtiss aeroplanes.

Ripson, Philip, ? -? .

Papers; 1908-1915; 1 box.

Robinson, George O., ? -? .

Papers; 1908-1915; 1 box.
Includes the "America" and Langley Aerodrome Projects.

Roseberry, C. R., ? -? .

Papers; 1960-1972; 3 boxes.
Author and Curtiss biographer.

Smith, Leon D. "Windy," ? -? .

Papers; 1912-1918; 2 boxes.
Airmail pioneer.
Grinnell College
Burling Library
Grinnell, Iowa 50112
(515) 236-2519

Hall, James Norman, 1887-1951. MS71- 1029.

Papers, 1914-1918; 1 box.
Author. Correspondence with Hall's family during his service in World War I with the British Army and the French Army's Lafayette Escadrille whose members were part of the Lafayette Flying Corps, and as Captain, US Air Service 94th Aero Squadron, in 1918. Finding aid available.
Grumman Corporation
Public Affairs Department
History Center
Bethpage, New York 11714
(516) 575- 2401

Archives.

Photographs, historical documentation; 1930- ; 1,300 linear feet.
Photographs of Grumman's aerospace products dating from 1930. Covers all aircraft programs--fighter, amphibian, airborne early warning, electronic countermeasure and attack. Contains early developmental material on Gulfstream and Ag-Cat. Includes hydrofoil and Space-Orbiting Astronomical Observatory, Lunar Module, Shuttle concepts and current work with Space Station. No finding aid available.
Hagley Museum and Library
Manuscripts and Archives Department
PO Box 3630, Greenville
Wilmington, Delaware 19807
(302) 658-2400
Note: Some of the following collections are described in John B. Riggs, A Guide to the Manuscripts in the Eleutherian Mills Historical Library (Greenville: Eleutherian Mills Historical Library, 1970).

Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association.

Records; 1934-1980; 35 linear feet.
Founded in 1939 to protect the interests of pilots and owners of private aircraft, who feared with the expansion of commercial aviation they would be denied access to the nation's airports. Records include the minutes of the Board of Directors, Executive, and Operating Committees; quarterly reports, correspondence, efforts for technical improvement, research and development and test results; photographs; records of the Avenco Insurance Company. RLIN ID DEHV90-A1.

All American Engineering Company. Nos. 1074 and 1541.

Papers; 1937-1974; 5,000 items, 27 boxes, 24 volumes (10 linear feet).
Minutes, administrative records, financial statements, copies of correspondence, legal files, contracts, company publications, scrapbooks; all relate to activities of All American Engineering Company and its predecessor, All American Aviation, Inc., including the development and manufacture of gliders, cargo, and air mail pick-up equipment and energy absorbing systems for commercial and military uses (including air-sea rescues) and the company's experimental air mail, cargo, and passenger service operations in the late 1930's and during World War II; includes copies of files of Senator Jennings Randolph (West Virginia) concerning air pick-up services and the aviation industry, 1938-1974, and some materials concerning the formation of Allegheny Airlines, Inc. A large collection of photographs and movie films is also included. Inventory available.

Boeing Vertol Division of The Boeing Company (and of predecessor firms). No. 1375.

Papers; 1943-1967; ca. 20,000 items (25 linear feet).
Minutes, reports, and adminstrative/executive correspondence files (including papers of Harry S. Pock, Director, Customer Relations, Boeing Vertol Division); of Piasecki Helicopter Corp, Vertol Aircraft Corp, and Boeing Vertol Division of The Boeing Co. These document the development, testing, manufacture, and sales of helicopters and vertical-takeoff-and-landing (VTOL) aircraft, primarily to the US military (in Korea and Vietnam) and also to foreign governments (France, England, Canada, Japan, Saudi Arabia); also includes minutes, reports and correspondence of various aviation trade associations and societies (e.g., Aircraft Industries Association, American Helicopter Society, National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, Institute of Aeronautical Sciences). The collection also includes some photographs. Inventory available.

Brock/Cahill Papers. No. 1625.

Papers; 1923-1933; 25 items.
Patent applications, legal opinions, and correspondence documenting the development of aerial photographic processes for topographic mapping and surveying, as developed by Arthur Brock, Jr., Norman H. Brock, and Edward H. Cahill; also includes printed address by Harry Tubis, "The Brock Brothers and The Brock Process," 1976. A small group of sample aerial photographs is included. Inventory available.

Dallin, Victor J., 1897-? .

Photographs; ? -? ; ?
World War I aviator and pioneer in aerial mapping; includes Middle Atlantic region photographs many of which are aerial and airport surveys (1940). No finding aid available.

Du Pont, Henry Belin, 1898-1970. No.1608. MS72-89.

Papers; 1919-1970; 145 boxes (28 linear feet).
Personal papers reflecting Du Pont's involvement with, and promotion of, aeronautics and the aeronautical industry, particularly from 1927-1960; major files represented include: Atlantic Aviation, Inc.; Bellanca Air Craft Corp; Du Pont Airport; National Aeronautic Association; North American Aviation (including Eastern Airlines division); Transcontinental & Western Airlines, Inc. (TWA); US Department of Commerce, Aeronautics Branch; Verville Aircraft Co; Waco Aircraft Co; subjects covered include air mail routes, air races, aircraft manufacturing and development, air safety, interest of General Motors Corp in aviation industry, efforts to promote aviation in Mid-Atlantic region. The collection also includes photographs of Du Pont Airport and visiting flyers, including Charles A. Lindbergh (1928). Inventory and index available.

Du Pont, Lammot, Jr., 1909-1964. No. 676.

Papers, Aeronautics collection; 1783-1944; prints and photographs 700 items, manuscripts 7.2 linear feet.
Benefactor of aeronautical research. Miscellaneous papers, drawings, sketches, and photographs relating to balloons, aircraft, and other aspects of aviation. Copies of reports, correspondence, patents, notes, and memoranda, primarily relating to the activities of Philip Drinker as chief of the Chemical Division of the Technical Section, US Army Air Service, and of Edward C. Worden as chairman of the committee on airplane wing coating section of the National Research Council and of the Bureau of Aeronautics; materials relate primarily to research on dope, cellulose acetate recovery, fabrics, clocks, and electrical equipment for aircraft; and aircraft manufacturing processes (including reports of visits to Allied aircraft factories). Inventory and index available. RLIN ID DEHV91-A333.

Raskob, John Jacob, 1879-1950. MS72-118.

Papers; 1900-1956; 2 boxes, ca. 1,000 items.
Business executive and financier. Correspondence and papers of the Delaware Aeronautical Company (set up to provide training for aviators during World War I) and the General Aircraft Corporation. Finding aid available.

Sperry, Elmer Ambrose, 1860-1930. No. 1893.

Papers; 1880-1930; 20 linear feet.
Business executive, electrical engineer and inventor. The papers document the invention and marketing of the gyrocompass, gyroscopic aeroplane and ship stabilizers, high intensity searchlight and automatic pilot for ships and airplanes, and other devices. The archive includes personal, technical, and business correspondence, laboratory notebooks, diaries, patent records, engineering drawings and scrapbooks. Finding aid in preparation.

Westinghouse Electric Corporation. No. 1459.

Aviation Gas Turbine Division
Records; 1941-1958; 15 boxes (5 linear feet).
Reports, correspondence, memoranda (1942-1958) documenting research and development of jet propulsion aircraft engines for the US Navy; reports include data on combustion, high and low speed performance, turbine blades, starting characteristics, heat flow, speed, lubrication, aerodynamics, efficiency, and endurance; also includes files of R. P. Kroon, Director of Research, containing reports, memoranda, and correspondence on turboprop and turbojet engines, and some reports on the development of a nuclear turbine engine aircraft for the Fairchild Corp. A 1943 logbook kept by Kroon records the tests of the first American axial flow jet engine. Inventory available.
Hangar 9, Edward H. White II Memorial Museum
Brooks AFB, Texas 78235-5000
(512) 536-2204

Brooks AFB Historical Files.

Papers, photographs; 1917- ; 52 file drawers.
Oral histories of various personnel; biographical and photographic materials of personnel at Brooks and School of Aerospace Medicine; and artifacts of early aviation and space history. Computerized finding aid available.
Harmon H. Andrews, Jr.
8411 East Market Street
Warren, Ohio 44484
(216) 856-5651

Hall, Ernest Craft, 1890-1972.

Papers; 1908-1972; 7 boxes
Pioneer aviator of Warren, Ohio. This material includes newspaper articles and letters from early aircraft companies, photographs, etc., related to Hall, who logged 63 years as pilot and 55 as a flight instructor. He flew a Wright flying boat on Conneaut Lake, Pennsylvania, in 1915.
Harrah, William F[isk], Automobile Foundation: See William F[isk] Harrah Automobile Foundation.
Harry S Truman Presidential Library
Independence, Missouri 64050
(816) 833- 1400
Note: Finding aids are available for all of these collections.

Truman, Harry S, 1884-1972.

Presidential papers; 1945-1953; 3,212 cubic feet.
President of the US (1945-1953). Papers from the White House Central Files containing official correspondence with government agencies and individuals, including the Civil Aeronautics Administration, the Airport Advisory Committee, the Civil Aeronautics Board, the USAAF, the President's Air Policy Commission, the Congressional Aviation Policy Board, the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, the President's Airport Commission, the Department of the Air Force, and Howard Robard Hughes, 1905-1976. Other subjects covered in the Official Files are the dedication of the Friendship International Airport, air mail, airplane disasters, the Bermuda Civil Aviation Conference, the US Strategic Bombing Survey, and the Special Board of Inquiry on Air Transport Safety. The President's Personal Files contain correspondence and other materials on the President's airplane, the Civil Air Patrol League, the National Aeronautic Association, the National Aircraft Show, the Air Force Association, the National Aircraft War Production Council, and Orville Wright. There are other special files that contain aviation related materials, including two miscellaneous historical documents on presidential aircraft, the Independence and Sacred Cow, when they were presented to the National Air Museum. Other correspondence and materials are contained in the records of Clark M. Clifford, James E. Webb, the National Aircraft War Production Council, the President's Air Policy Commission, and the President's Airport Commission.

Truman, Harry S, 1884-1972.

Senatorial papers; 1933-1945; 109 cubic feet.
Senator and President of the US. Truman's papers as a US Senator and Vice President contain materials on the Committee to Investigate the National Defense Program (1941-1944), including wartime production problems relating to USAAF aircraft engine production.

Adams, Russell Baird, 1910-? .

Papers; 1944-1953; 9 cubic feet.
Director, Bureau of Economics, Civil Aeronautics Board (1945-1948), member, International Civil Aviation Organization Panel (1947-1950) and member, Civil Aeronautics Board (1948-1950). The papers relate to his service.

Alison, John R., 1905-1978. MS72- 889.

Papers; 1947-1949; l cubic foot
Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Aeronautics (1947-1949). Personal correspondence.

Clifford, Clark McAdams, 1906-? .

Papers; 1946-1956; 16 cubic feet.
Special Counsel to the President (1946-1950). Includes materials on the USAF.

Gilpatric, Roswell Leavitt, 1906-? .

Oral history; 1 item.
Assistant Secretary of the Air Force (1951) and Under Secretary of the Air Force (1951-1953). An oral history interview concerning his career.

Hill, James Tomlinson, 1916-? .

Papers; 1944-1953; 6 feet.
Lawyer and government official. Correspondence, diaries, notes, telephone transcripts as Counsel, Bureau of Aeronautics, Navy Dept, 1944-1946, and General Counsel, Department of the Air Force, 1950-1952, and Assistant Secretary of the Air Force 1952-1953.

Holland, Louis Edward, 1878- 1960.

Copies of papers; 1926-1951; less than l cubic foot.
Businessman and civic leader. Materials relate to Holland's interest in aviation and the aviation industry, particularly as an official of the Kansas City Chamber of Commerce (1925-1931).

Keller, Kaufman Thuma, 1885-1966.

Papers; 1946-1953; 349 items.
Director, Office of Guided Missiles, Department of Defense (1950-1953) and president of the Chrysler Corp (1951-1953). Correspondence and records.

Kimball, Dan Able, 1896- 1970. MS72-897.

Papers; 1949-1953; 3 cubic feet.
Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Air (1949), Under Secretary of the Navy (1949-1951), and Secretary of the Navy (1951-1953). Correspondence, speech and trip files, and logs from Kimball's service.

Landry, Robert B., 1909-? .

Papers; 1946-1953; 2 cubic feet.
Air Aide to the President. The materials document Landry's career.

Locke, Edwin Allen, Jr., 1910-? .

Papers; 1941-1953; 10 cubic feet.
President Truman's personal representative to China (1945), Special Assistant to the President (1945- 1946), and War Production Board Coordinator of US technical and economic aid to the Near East (1943). Miscellaneous files relating to the War Production Board; proposed construction of Kaiser-Hughes cargo planes (1941-1947); and correspondence, clippings, diaries and other materials.

Murphy, Charles S., 1909-1983.

Papers; 1947-1973; 38 cubic feet.
Administrative Assistant to the President (1947-1950), Special Counsel to the President (1950-1953) and Chairman of the Civil Aeronautics Board (1965-1968). Professional correspondence and records.

National Aircraft War Production Council. MS65-127.

Records; 1942-1945; 12 linear feet.
Correspondence, reports, memoranda, minutes of meetings, working schedules, and other papers relating to the activities of the Council in coordinating and expediting the work of the American aircraft industry during World War II.

President's Air Policy Commission. MS68- 1632.

Records; 1947-1948; 16 linear feet.
Records of the President's Air Policy Commission and its report to Truman on national aviation problems and policy, entitled "Survival in the Air Age."

President's Airport Commission. MS68-1833.

Records; 1952-1953; 6 cubic feet.
General correspondence and materials relating to airports and airport conditions in specific cities, including maps and photographs; also transcripts of Commission meetings.

Robinson, George S , 1905- 1976.

Papers; 1932-1965; 3 feet.
Lawyer and government official, who served as Deputy Special Assistant for Installations to the US Secretary of the Air Force.

Sullivan, John Lawrence, 1899-1982.

Oral history; 1 item.
Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Air (1945-1946). An oral history interview relating to his career.

Webb, James Edwin, 1906-? . MS65-149. MS82-1121.

Papers; 1928-1968; 235 cubic feet.
Administrator of NASA (1961-1963). Contains records of activities as a member of non-government boards and committees, including Governor of the National Aeronautics Association (1938-1941), and personal correspondence.

Weihmiller, Horace E , 1902- 1976.

Papers; 1933-1953; 3 feet.
Engineer and aerospace consultant. Correspondence, memoranda, reports relating to his work as director, Aircraft Consulting Service, Washington, 1943-1953, a survey of the German aircraft industry for the Joint Chiefs of Staff, 1945, and on the President's Air Policy Commission 1947.

Zuckert, Eugene M., 1911-? .

Oral history; 1 item.
Special Assistant to the Secretary of War for Air (1946- 47) and Assistant Secretary of the Air Force (1947-52). Oral history interview on his career.
Harvard University
Graduate School of Business Administration
Baker Library
Division of Manuscripts and Archives
Boston, Massachusetts 02163
(617) 495-6411

Means, James, 1853-1920. bMS Am 1220.24. MS68-1274.

Papers; 1882-1920; 2 linear feet.
Shoe manufacturer and early aeronautical promoter. Material on the promotion of early aviation, including three letters from Orville and Wilbur Wright, and material relating to the publication of the book by James Howard Means, James Means and the Problem of Manflight During the Period 1882-1920, published in 1964 by the Smithsonian. Also correspondence concerning the diary of John Jeffries, 1745-1819. Finding aid available.

Scudder, Stevens and Clark.

Records, 1934-1938; 3 volumes
Investment banking firm of New York City. Documents and memoranda concerning investment in the aviation industry. Finding aid available.

Suncook Mills, Suncook, New Hampshire.

Records; 1864-1954; 1 case.
Textile manufacturing firm. Company records, including materials relating to the manufacture of Flightex cloth for airplane wings. Finding aid available.

Thompson Products, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio. MS67-96.

Papers; 1933-1964; 33 linear feet.
Air transportation equipment manufacturer. Materials relate to the labor relations of the firm under the presidency of Frederick C. Crawford. Unpublished inventory available.

USAAF Statistical School.

Records; 1942-1945; 2 linear feet.
Records of the School established at Harvard during World War II to train Army statistical officers. Finding aid available.

USAAF War Adjustment Course.

Records; 1944; 0.5 linear ft.
Records of the Course established at Harvard toward the end of World War II to train Army officers in the termination of Army contracts and the disposal of Army property. Finding aid available.
Harvard University
Houghton Library
Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138
(617) 495-2440

Hanks, Stedman Shumway, 1889-1979.

Papers; 1908-1959; 58 v.
Airport engineer. Includes correspondence, addresses, reports, maps, business and military papers, operations of Stedman Hanks & Company, New York City, and service with the Air Force Reserve. Unpublished finding aid available.

Jeffries, John, 1745-1819. MS82-631.

Papers, diaries, page proof; 1784-1785; 170 pieces.
Physician, scientist, balloonist, resident of Boston, Mass., most of his life. Jeffries made two balloon ascensions, first over London, November 30, 1784, second from Dover over the English Channel to Artois, France, January 7, 1785, with Jean Pierre Blanchard (1753-1809), which was the first successful Channel flight. In addition to diaries and journals, the papers include the agreement by the two men, bills and receipts and the list of the equipment used, public announcements of the ascensions, and the second proof of his Narrative published in 1786. He gathered the first scientific data on the atmosphere up to some 9,300 feet for temperature, pressure and humidity. There is also material gathered by Benjamin Joy Jeffries (1833-1915) for the one hundredth anniversary of the flights, and Jeffries' clothing worn on the Channel flight.

Parton, James, 1912-? . bms Am 2028; *84M-15. MS74- 342.

Papers; 1940-1979; 196 regular hollinger boxes and 10 portfolio boxes.
Founder and publisher of American Heritage Publishing Co. Papers include a military service file beginning with World War II when he served as aide-de-camp to Lieutenant General Ira C. Eaker, Commander of the Eighth Air Force (correspondence to home, diaries, photographs and other papers). Also papers relating to publishing of Target Germany and the 1979 publication of Impact, edited and published by Parton. Much correspondence with the Air Force Historical Foundation, Ira Eaker, Air Transport Association, many airlines and also James E. Webb. One letter is from Neil A. Armstrong. Finding aid and index available.

Rotch, Abbott Lawrence, 1861-1912. MS84-1940.

Papers; 1907-1909; 37 pieces.
Meteorologist, professor at Harvard and Director of the Blue Hill Observatory, and a pioneer in aeronautical meteorology. Includes his manuscript and illustrations for his book, Conquest of the Air, 1909, manuscript and notes relating to Benjamin Franklin and ballooning, two letters to and three from Ferdinand, Graf von Zeppelin, and a letter each from the Wright brothers and Alberto Santos-Dumont.

Von Mises, Richard Edler, 1883-1953. MS76-2024. MS84-1974.

Papers; 1893-1953; 20 feet.
Mathematician, physicist, engineer, teacher of aerodynamics. Includes correspondence, drawings, etc., relating to his work in aerodynamics.
Harvard University
University Archives
Pusey Library
Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138
(617) 495-2461

Harvard Aeronautical Society.

Harvard Flying Club
Newspaper clippings and records, 1910-1942; 6 folders.
Notices and reports concerning the Harvard- Boston Aero Meets. Collected by the Society and the Club for reference. No finding aid available.

Lowell, Abbott Lawrence, 1856- 1943.

Papers; 1909-1919; ca. 3 folders
Lawyer, President of Harvard University (1909-1933). Miscellaneous material concerning the Aero Club of America, the Harvard Aeronautical Society, military training in aeronautics during and after World War I, and correspondence with the War Department's Air Division. No finding aid available.
Helicopter Association International
1619 Duke Street
Alexandria, Virginia 22314-3406
(703) 683-4646

Historical Collection.

Records, films, other materials; 1948- ; 8 file drawers.
Association publications and films about the commercial helicopter industry. Covers safety, industry statistics, heliport development, careers in the helicopter field, and applications of the helicopter. Microfiche preservation and indexing project in progress. No finding aid available.
Helicopter Foundation International
1619 Duke Street
Alexandria, Virginia 22314-3406
(703) 683- 4646

Historical Collection.

Documents and other materials; 1948- ; ca. 60 file drawers.
Documents and memorabilia on the history of helicopters, personnel, and the helicopter industry; and the informal Twirly Bird group. Finding aid available.
Henley Transportation Museum
Henley Airport Operations, Inc.
Route l, Box 98V
Athol, Idaho 83801
(208) 683-3189

Antique and Replica Aircraft Manuals

Manuals; 1915-1960; ca. 45 cubic feet.
The museum has 20 aircraft and manuals for most of them. No finding aid available.
Henry E. Huntington Library
Department of Manuscripts
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, California 91108
(818) 405- 2203

Aeronautics Collection.

Papers; 1794-1890; 31 pieces.
31 autograph letters or holograph manuscripts, accompanied by drawings and sketches, which discuss balloon ascensions and various aspects of ballooning. Most of the letters and manuscripts written in French. Finding aid available.

Bowron, Fletcher, 1887-1968. MS77-307.

Papers; 1934-1970; 20,000 pieces.
Lawyer, jurist, politician, and the mayor of Los Angeles, 1938-1953. Within the larger collection are perhaps 100 items, mostly printed, concerning the development of the Los Angeles International Airport and the growth of various aircraft manufacturers in southern California, covering roughly the period 1946-1969. Inventory available.

Hooker, Joseph, 1814-1879.

Papers; 1861-1864; 1 folder among 3,850 pieces.
US Army officer. The larger collection includes about 50 manuscript reports by balloon observers or about balloon ascensions for reconnaissance by the Army of the Potomac, Feb-May 1863, including reports by Thaddeus S. C. Lowe.

Hubble, Edwin Powell, 1889- 1953.

Papers; 1900-1973; 1,084 pieces.
An observational astronomer who proved that galaxies were the framework of the universe. Included in the collection are scientific manuscripts and correspondence, including papers when he was Chief of Ballistics and Director of the Supersonic Wind Tunnels Laboratory at the Aberdeen Proving Ground, 1942-1946. Inventory available.

Nelson, Donald Marr, 1888-1959.

Papers; 1909-1950; 7,000 pieces.
A chemical engineer and executive in Sears, Roebuck and Co until World War II, then selected as chairman of the War Production Board in January 1942. The larger collection includes a number of memoranda and surveys examining the state of American industrial production. Among the reports are 20 or 30 which review aircraft production including a 1942 study by Mordecai Ezekiel and a 1944 analysis by Gen. Henry H. Arnold, commander of the USAAF. Also available are copies of the Strategic Bombing Survey's interviews with Albert Speer. Inventory available.
Henry Ford Museum
Archives and Research Library
Dearborn, Michigan 48121
(313) 271-1620 Ext. 650

Ford Motor Company.

Aviation and Henry Ford Museum Aeronautics Collection
Records, photographs; 1900-1945; 90 linear feet.
Business records and photographs; purchase, sales, and maintenance records; technical reports; photographs, negatives, and historical materials on World War II gliders, jet engines, and B-24 bombers; and oral history reports of Ford employees involved in aircraft production and design. Also material on the Stout Metal Aeroplane Company, the Early Birds and the Wright Brothers. Finding aid available.
Herbert Hoover Presidential Library
West Branch, Iowa 52358
(319) 643-5301

Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964.

Papers; 1921-1933; ?
Secretary of Commerce (1921-1928) and US President (1929-1933). Includes aeronautics-related correspondence with Charles A. Lindbergh, Richard E. Byrd, Daniel and Harry F. Guggenheim, William P. MacCracken, Clarence Young, and others. Finding aid available.

MacCracken, William Patterson, Jr., 1888- 1969.

Papers; 1917-1969; 16 linear feet, 80 photographs.
Attorney; Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Aeronautics, 1926-1929. Includes a logbook of training flights at Rich Field, Waco, Texas (1917-1918); files of drafts, correspondence, and printed material on aviation legislation in the 1920s including start of Aeronautics Branch in 1926; correspondence on international conventions and conferences dealing with aviation (he was head of the US delegation to the International Conference of Air Navigation, Paris, 1929); and correspondence and newspaper clippings on the air mail contracts controversy of 1934; drafts of an aviation history co-authored with John Victory for the National Aeronautics Association; correspondence with many of the airlines MacCracken represented in Washington, DC, during the 1930s, such as Kohler Aviation, Transcontinental and Western Air, and the Goodyear- Zeppelin Corporation involving airship development. Also a 26 page transcript of oral history by his wife. Finding aid available.

Nash, Bradley DeLamater, 1900-? .

Papers; 1925-1968.; 22 feet.
Economist and government official. Includes his work as Deputy Assistant Secretary for Civil Aviation, Department of the Air Force, 1953-1956. Finding aid available.

Smith, Truman, 1893-1970.

Papers; 1917-1970; ca. 3 feet.
Army officer. While military attache in Berlin, 1935-1939, he had a role in arranging Charles A. Lindbergh's visits to inspect German aircraft and preparedness. Finding aid available.

Wood, Robert Elkington, 1879- 1969. MS74-345.

Papers; 1906-1960; 28 linear feet.
US Army officer; Chairman of the Board of Sears, Roebuck and Co; member of the War Resources Board; and logistics consultant for the US Army and USAAF during World War II. Correspondents include Henry Harley Arnold, Louis A. Johnson, Charles A. Lindbergh, Franklin D. Roosevelt. Finding aid available.

Young, Clarence Marshall, 1888?-1973.

Papers; 1929-1933; 1 linear foot.
Papers of Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Aeronautics, 1929-1933, including 26 pages of his oral history transcript. Finding aid available.
Historical Research Center
HQ USAFHRC/HD, Building 1405
Maxwell AFB, Alabama 36112-6678
(205) 293-5723

Air Force Historical Documents.

Historical materials; 1942- ; over 45 million pages (no photographs).
This collection is the central repository for Air Force historical documents, such as unit histories, command and theater of operations records, and personal papers. Request the latest copy of the Center's brochure, Information for Researchers. Refer to Personal Papers in the Albert F. Simpson Historical Research Center, 4th ed., 1980, 74 p.; it contains an index of about 600 personal and subject entries. Searches can be made by computer on the Inferential Retrieval Indexing System (IRIS) at the Center and from some remote terminals. Entries for many collections may be found in the published volumes of the National Union Catalog of Manuscript Collections. Some names of typical collective entries are: AAF Headquarters, War Department, 1907-1965, 1336 feet; Air Force units and stations overseas, 1917-1965, 6630 feet; Asiatic Theater of Operations, 1941-1965, 296 feet; European Theater of Operations, 1943-1965, 2370 feet; German Air Force monographic program collection, 1953-1958, 84 feet; Major Global Services of the USAAF and USAF, 1935-1965, 382 feet; Mediterranean Theater of Operations, 1941-1945, 672 feet; Military Air Transport Service and predecessor commands, ca. 1935-1965, 456 feet; Pacific Theater of Operations, 1916-1965, 1240 feet; USAF Historical Division Studies, 1943-1965, 112 feet; Western Hemisphere Theater of Operations, 1939-1965, 894 feet; Zone of Interior commands and organization, 1926-1965, 3392 feet. There are collections for individuals such as: Elmer E. Adler, 1892-1970, 2 feet; Arthur C. Agan, 1915-19 , 0.5 feet; Orvil A. Anderson, 1895-1965, 5 feet; Henry Harley Arnold, 1886-1950, 1 foot; Earl W. Barnes, 1902-19 , 0.5 feet; Homer Mulhall Berry, 0.5 feet; William H. Blanchard, 1916-1966, 4 feet; Gerald E. Brower, 1 folder; William O. Butler, 1895-19 , 0.25 foot; Charles Pearre Cabell, 1903-1971, 0.25 foot; John K. Cannon, 1892-1955, 4 feet; Giovanni Caproni, conte di Taliedo, 1886-1957, 3 feet; John F. Curry, 1886-19 , 1 foot; Walter Dumaux Edmonds, 1903-19 , 2 feet; Muir Stephen Fairchild, 1894- 1950, 4 feet; Benjamin Delahauf Foulois, 1897-1967, 3 folders; Grandison Gardner, 1892-1973, 3 feet; Alvan Cullom Gillem, 1917- , 1 foot; Stedman Shumway Hanks, 1889- 1979, 0.25 feet; Millard Fillmore Harmon, 1886-1946, 4 feet; Earl S. Hoag, 1895-1968, 1 foot; Bruce K. Holloway, 1912-19 , 6 feet; Watts Sherman Humphrey, 1896-1968, 0.50 feet; Ernest LaRue Jones, 1882-1955, 50 feet; William E. Kepner, 1893-1975, 20 feet; Lawrence Sherman Kuter, 1905- 19 , 1 foot; Frank Purdy Lahm, 1877-1963, 4 feet; Robert M. Lee, 1909-19 , 2 feet; Curtis Emerson LeMay, 1906-19 , 4 feet; James A. Lynch, 1906-19 , 2 folders; George Clement McDonald, 1892-19 , 2 folders; Seth J. McKee, 1916- , 0.5 foot; Glen Webster Martin, 1916- , 11 feet; William Wallace Momyer, 1916- , 2 feet; Aubrey L. Moore, 1901-19 , 4 feet; Richard E. Nugent, 1902-19 , 2 feet; Grover O'Neill, 1890-19 , 0.25 foot; John W. O'Neill, 1918- , 1 reel of microfilm; Earle E. Partridge, 1900-19 , 18 feet; Henry Conger Pratt, 1882-1967, 3 feet; Howard K. Ramey, 1896-1943, 2 folders; Peter S. Rask, 0.25 foot; Dache McClain Reeves, 1894-1971, 8 folders; Clyde K. Rich, 1901-19 , 4 folders; Robert C. Richardson, 1918- , 0.5 foot; Ralph Royce, 1890-19 , 1 foot; Austin J. Russell, 1915- , 1 foot; Gordon P. Saville, 1902-19 , 10 folders; Martin F. Scanlon, 1889-19 , 0.33 foot; David M. Schlatter, 1901-1974, 0.5 foot; Ralph Francis Stearley, 1898-19 , 7 feet; George E. Stratemeyer, 1890-1970, 0.33 foot; Stephen W. Thompson, 1894-19 , 1 foot; Benjamin F. Watson, 19 -19 , 1 foot; Walter Reed Weaver, 1885-1944, 2 feet; Hamilton B. Webb, 1914-19 , 1 foot; Wayne Weishaar, 19 -19 , 8 folders; James F. Whisenand, 1911-1967, 2 feet; Thomas Dresser White, 1901- 1965, 2 feet; Ennis Clement Whitehead, 1895-1964, 9 feet; John F. Whiteley, 1896-19 , 5 feet; John G. Williams, 1896-19 , 2 feet; Walter S. Williams, 18 -19 , 0.5 foot; Frank G. Wilson, 18 -19 , 1 folder; Kenneth B. Wolfe, 1896- 1971, 4 feet; Theodore Paul Wright, 1895-1970, 0.5 foot; Barton Kyle Yount, 1884-1949, 0.25 foot; Don Z. Zimmerman, 1903-19 , 1 folder; Eugene M. Zuckert, 1911-19 , 12 feet. There are 16mm microfilm copies on deposit at the National Archives and Record Service and at the Office of Air Force History, Bolling AFB, both in Washington, DC
Historical Society of Pennsylvania
1300 Locust Street
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19107
(215) 732-6200

Aero Club of Pennsylvania. MS61- 312.

Records; 1908-1953; 8 volumes, 2 boxes.
Minute books, two aviation scrapbooks, a rough draft of the club's history, membership lists (1945-1949), and some correspondence and miscellaneous papers (1929-1948). No finding aid available.

Marine Corps Aviators' Flight Logbooks. MS62- 881.

Logbooks; 1919-1939; 10 volumes.
Ten logbooks kept by US Marine Corps aviators recording the number of hours flown and the type of airplane used. The men were: John T. Harris (1925-1928), Joseph Lyman (1930-1939), Basil A. Martin, Jr. (1935-1939), George W. Martin (1919-1923), Horace S. Mazet (1929-1939), William L. McKillrick (1922-1931), Lyle H. Meyer (1930- 1939), Benjamin Reisweber (1929-1937), Zane Thompson, Jr. (1935-1939), and Cha[r]les G. Wadbrook (1929).

Noyes, Stephen H., 1881- 1932.

Papers; 1916-1925; ca. 300 items.
Aviator. Letters, orders, maps, photographs and instruction books depicting Noyes' life as an aviator in World War I. No finding aid available.
Historical Society of Seattle and King County
Sophie Frye Bass Library
2700 24th Avenue, East
Seattle, Washington 98112
(206) 324-1125
See also Museum of History and Industry at same address.

Boeing Aircraft Company Photographic Collections.

Photographs; 1910-1972; ca. 1,000 items.
Photographs of early airplanes and early operations, and early flights prior to barnstorming. Finding aid available.

Johnson, Philip Gustav, 1894-1944.

Scrapbooks; 1917-1944; 24 volumes.
President of Boeing Aircraft Co, which he joined as draftsman in 1917. Includes clippings, awards, certificates, etc. Finding aid available.
Historical Society of Western Pennsylvania.
4338 Bigelow Boulevard
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213-295
(412) 681- 5533

Rodgers Field.

Papers, etc.; 1923-1924; 2 v.
Legislative acts, clippings and other papers relating to the establishment of Pittsburgh's municipal airport; correspondence of Lt. Earl S. Hoag.
Hoover, Herbert: See Herbert Hoover Presidential Library.
Hoover Institution on War, Revolution and Peace: See Stanford University.
Human Systems Division (formerly Aerospace Medical Division)
US Air Force
Brooks AFB, San Antonio, Texas 78235- 5000
(512) 536-2204

History of AMD (Aerospace Medical Division).

Archives and Histories; 1960-1984; 25 volumes, 65 file drawers.
The collection includes annual, unpublished volumes of AMD histories from 1960, plus an anniversary issue for 1986, 13 file cabinets of archival materials of AMD and Brooks AFB. No finding aid available.
Huntington Library. See Henry E. Huntington Library.
Illinois State Historical Library
Old State Capitol
Springfield, Illinois 62701
(217) 782-4836

Herrick- Reasoner-Milnor-Sparks Family. MS85-694.

Papers; 1860-1967; 6 linear feet of manuscripts and 5 cubic feet of photographs.
Collection includes papers, 1927-1967 (ca. 5.5 cu. ft.) of Curtis J. Herrick, 1909- , regular US Army officer. Includes correspondence, military orders, and memoranda, newspaper clippings, and photographs relating to Herrick's career, including command assignments with the 511th Airborne Infantry Regiment, 187th Airborne Regimental Combat Team, and Eighteenth Airborne Corps. Finding aid available.

Hickey, James T., 1922-? .

Papers; 1942-1945; 5 linear inches of manuscripts, 10 linear inches of photographs.
US Army officer. Papers document Hickey's service with the 3d Photo Mapping Squadron of the Twentieth Air Force. Included are five diaries, service publications, and aerial photographs taken during the bombing of Japan (1945) and the mapping of the Alaskan Highway (ca. 1942). Finding aid available.

Loud, A. Louis, 1886-1940.

Papers; 1906-1912; 1 cubic foot of manuscripts and 1 cubic foot of photographs.
Mechanic. Materials relating to the attempts to reach the North Pole (1906-1909) and to cross the Atlantic by dirigible (1910-1912). Early efforts were sponsored by Walter Wellman (1858-1934) and the America flew 1,000 miles eastward from Atlantic City in 1910. Loud was mechanic and assistant engineer on the flights, while C. Melvin Vaniman (1866-1912) was chief engineer and designer of the airship. Included are Vaniman's patent applications, newspaper and magazine clippings, two scrapbooks, photographs, a set of glass slides illustrating the history of flight, and samples of Vaniman's "wire wound" dirigible cloth. No finding aid available.

US Department of Commerce, Aeronautics Branch, Information Service

Maps; 1927-1931; 36 items.
Printer's cuts showing maps of Illinois flying fields, prepared for publication in Airway Bulletin, 1927-1931.
Illinois State Historical Library
War Records Section
Old State Capitol
Springfield, Illinois 62701
(217) 782-4836

Records Collection.

Papers and photographs; 1914-1923; 28 linear feet of manuscripts and 4 linear feet of photographs.
Included in this collection documenting Illinois' role in World War I are reports, memoranda, typewritten histories, printed material, and photographs concerning the Army Air Service, Scott Field, the US School of Military Aeronautics, and Chanute Field. Finding aid available.
Indiana Division of Aeronautics
Suite 300, 143 West Market Street
Indianapolis, Indiana 46204
(317) 232- 1470

Airport plans and excise records.

50 master plans for airports and heliports, and excise records for 4,500 aircraft. No finding aid available.
Industrial College of the Armed Forces: See National Defense University.
International Museum of Airlines
805 Malta Lane
Silver Spring, Maryland 20901
(301) 593- 2242

Archives

Records, photographs, memorabilia; 1920- ; 32 file drawers.
A personal collection of research portfolios on over 4,000 airlines covering the history of world-wide airlines in all categories: passenger, cargo, airtaxi, commuter, etc.; and 75,000 35mm color slides of commercial aviation; also 500 pilot's wings, 300 airline pennants, baggage labels, playing cards, etc. Finding aid available; files are organized by subject and airline. Access by appointment only with J. Roper Bentley, Curator.
Iowa State Historical Society See: State Historical Society of Iowa
Jimmy Carter Presidential Library
One Copenhill Avenue
Atlanta, Georgia 30307
(404) 331-3942

White House Central Subject File.

Papers, photographs; 1977-1981; 533 linear feet.
The files include materials on such subjects as civil aviation, outer space, business developments and economics of the aerospace industry, satellites, an aviation holiday, labor-management relations in the aerospace industry, airline deregulation, NASA, and national security and defense matters relating to aircraft. Inventory available.
John Crerar Library: See University of Chicago Library.
John Fitzgerald Kennedy Presidential Library
Columbia Point
Boston, Massachusetts 02125
(617) 929-4500

Kennedy, John Fitzgerald, 1918-1963.

Papers; 1947- 1963; 11 rolls of NASA microfilms; 25 boxes of NASA records; 24 boxes of White House Central Files; 2 boxes of President's papers; 8 boxes of James Webb papers.
US President (1961-1963), US Senator (1953-1960), US Representative (1947-1952). Includes papers of James E. Webb, Administrator, NASA (1961- 1963); and Jerome Weisner, Special Assistant to the President, Director of Science and Technology (1961-1963). Records of organizations and government agencies cover the Federal Aviation Administration, NASA, the National Aeronautics and Space Council, the Office of Science and Technology, the President's Boeing Aerospace Board, and the Civil Aeronautics Board. Audiovisual records include photographs, recordings, films; also unpublished literature relating to President Kennedy and the period. Oral history resources include interviews with Senator Clinton Anderson, Chairman, Committee on Aeronautical and Space Sciences; Kurt Debus, Director, Launch Operations Center and Director, John F. Kennedy Space Center; Hugh Dryden, Deputy Administrator, NASA; Robert Gilruth, Director, Manned Spacecraft Center, NASA; John Glenn, Project Mercury astronaut; George Low, Deputy Director, Office of Manned Space Flight, NASA; Robert Seamans, Associate Director, NASA; Alan Shepherd, Project Mercury astronaut; Wernher Von Braun, Director, George C. Marshall Space Flight Center, NASA; Edward C. Welsh, Secretary, National Aeronautics and Space Council; and Eugene M. Zuckert, Secretary of the Air Force (1961-1965). Finding aid available.

President's Boeing Aerospace Board.

Records; 1962- 1964; ca. 1 linear foot.
Board of Inquiry appointed by President Kennedy September 23, 1962, to investigate dispute between Boeing Co and unions. Exhibits to the final report of the board involving Boeing Aerospace Co with International Association of Machinists, United Auto Workers and welders' unions. Includes company and union submissions to the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service. RLIN ID DCLV91-A2656.
Johns Hopkins University
Milton S. Eisenhower Library
Charles and 34th Streets
Baltimore, Maryland 21218
(301) 338-8348

Dryden, Hugh Latimer, 1898-1965. MS76-1020.

Papers; 1908-1965; 144 linear feet.
Physicist and government official. Chiefly speeches and articles on aerospace research, with related correspondence and notes (mainly 1941-1965), pocket notebooks (1954-1965), secretary's notebooks (1958-1965), appointment books (1952-1965), and photographs documenting Dryden's career with the National Bureau of Standards, the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, and NASA. Described in Richard K. Smith, The Hugh L. Dryden Papers, 1898- 1965 (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University, Milton S. Eisenhower Library, 1974). Finding aid available. RLIN ID MDJR147-A.
Johnson, Lyndon Baines: See Lyndon Baines Johnson Presidential Library.
Johnson Space Center
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
History Office, Mail Code BY4
Houston, Texas 77058
(713) 483- 6715

Johnson Space Center Historian's Source Files.

Papers, photographs, other materials; 1952-1986; 1,539 linear feet.
Refer to page vii, section 4, of the Preface of this Directory.
Kansas City Museum
3218 Gladstone Boulevard
Kansas City, Missouri 64123
(816) 483-8300

Holland, Lou E , 1878-1960.

Papers; 1926-1969; 4 feet.
Businessman and government official. Correspondence, chiefly 1927- 1932, with aircraft and airline companies to attract aviation to Kansas City. Unpublished finding aid available.
Kansas City Public Library
311 East 12th Street
Kansas City, Missouri 64106
(816) 221-2685 Ext. 61 or 63

Clipping File.

Newspaper clippings; 1908- ; 2.5 linear feet.
A collection of aviation materials concerning the greater Kansas City area, maintained as part of the Library's local history collection. Finding aid available.
Kansas State Historical Society
120 West Tenth Street
Topeka, Kansas 66612
(913) 296-2624

Billard, Louis Philip, 1891-1918. MS65-171.

Papers; 1911-1918; 2 linear feet
Pioneer aviator. Correspondence concerning his career as an exhibition pilot; flight records (1911-1918); and diaries and letters written in France while he was testing aircraft for the Allied Expeditionary Forces (1917-1918). No finding aid available.

Chanute, Octave, 1832- 1910.

Papers; 1870?-1910; 2 folders.
Aviation pioneer and civil engineer. Photocopies and transcripts of articles, correspondence, and other materials relating to Chanute, whose name was given to the town of Chanute, Kansas, prior to his interest in aeronautics. Finding aid available.

Garver, Karl, 1890-1926.

Manuscript; 1917-1926; 19 pages.
Pioneer aviator, famed for his "Flying Circus" of parachutists and stunt flyers that made numerous appearances in Kansas and neighboring states. Group disbanded in 1926 after a series of accidents claimed the lives of the leaders of the group. The manuscript is entitled "Garver's Fancy Flyers from Attica."

Jacobs, Henry W., ? -? .

Blueprint, etc.; January 10, 1912; several items.
A railroad engineering superintendent. Includes 1 blueprint, photographs and a typed description of the Jacobs Multiplane built at Atchison, Kansas.

Longren, Albin Kaspar, 1882-1950.

Papers; 1911-1934; 1 folder, and microfilm copy.
Airplane builder. Correspondence, photographs, patents, contracts, and other materials concerning Longren and the aircraft industry in Topeka. A microfilm of the collection is available for interlibrary loan.

Pond, Irving M., ? -? .

Papers; 1917-1919; 48 pages.
Telegraph operator, ground support soldier. A history of and papers relating to the 93d Aero Squadron during its overseas service in World War I.

Robbins, Richard Whitfield, 1892-1971.

Papers; 1932-1976; 31 pages.
Kiowa County, Kansas, farmer, aviation developer, and president (1931-1934) of Transcontinental and Western Airlines. He was active in the specifications and development of the DC-1 and successors for air passenger transportation. There is an article on the testing of the DC- 1.
Kennedy, John Fitzgerald: See John Fitzgerald Kennedy Presidential Library.
Kennedy Space Center Library Archives
NWSI- E
Kennedy Space Center, Florida 32899
(305) 867-2407

Historical Documents Collection.

Papers, photographs; 1949- ; 112 cubic feet of papers, 21,000 photographs, 972 Vugraphs.
This collection of nearly 500,000 pages and over 21,000 photographs documents the Center's growth and development, including Skylab, Apollo 1-12 and l7, Apollo-Soyuz Test Project Space Shuttles, Kurt H. Debus personal photograph collection, V-2 rocket work at Peenemunde in World War II, Wernher Von Braun's rocketry predictions of 1945, Project Gemini, Mercury Program, Launch Tower, NOVA, Saturn/Apollo launches, unmanned launches, Vanguard-Martin, status reports, building reports, and speeches. Published finding aid available in History at NASA, p. 41-45, June 1986.
Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives.
Public Records Division.
300 Coffee Tree Road
Frankfort, Kentucky 40602-0537
(502) 875-7000

Aerospace Education Advisory Committee.

Minutes; 1985; 0.1 cubic foot.
The committee tried to formally introduce aerospace technology into Kentucky's educational curriculum; names of members are included. RLIN ID KYSV90- A275.

Aerospace Education Advisory Committee.

Subunit history; 1985-1986; ? .
Charged with advising on the development of educational materials on aerospace and innovations in aviation. Included recommendations for teaching aids, motivational material and lesson guides. RLIN ID KYSV90- A274.
Langley Research Center, NASA
Hampton, Virginia 23665
(804) 865-2000

Historical Documents Collection.

Papers, etc.; 1917- ; size unknown.
The oldest laboratory of NACA and NASA. Includes NACA correspondence files and NACA research authorization files; technical reports, office memoranda, flight and wind tunnel logs, personal papers, transcripts of interviews, photographs, and artifacts. Card catalogs and inventory guides available. See Section 4, of this Preface.
Lawrence D. Bell Aircraft Museum
PO Box 411
Mentone, Indiana 46539
(219) 353-7551

Bell, Lawrence Dale, 1894-1956.

Papers and films; 1894-1956; 300 linear feet on display and 300 linear feet in storage.
Includes photohistory of Bell Aircraft and Martin plants, plans and operational manual for MBZ Bomber, film history of Bell Aircraft (1935-1947), film history of helicopter from Arthur Young's model tests to first civil certification, and film clip of X-1 flight. Inventory list in process.
Legion of Valor
National Adjutant
92 Oak Leaf Lane
Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27516
(919) 933-0989 or (919) 776-7541 Ext. 252

Membership Records.

Papers, photographs, etc.; 1889- ; 15 file drawers.
A nonprofit corporation, organized 1890, whose members hold the Congressional Medal of Honor or the various Service Crosses of the military services of the US. Includes papers, photographs, financial records. Quantity is unknown for aviation and aerospace members. No finding aid available.
Lewis Research Center, NASA
Educational Services Office
21000 Brookpark Road
Cleveland, Ohio 44135
(216) 433-4000

NACA-NASA Historical Documents.

Papers; ca. 1944-1965; approximately 25 boxes uncataloged, and more in prospect.
Miscellaneous administrative records pertaining to jet propulsion, electric propulsion, nuclear propulsion, liquid hydrogen fuels for rockets, the Centaur rocket, and power systems for space stations. Some indexing is available through records transmittal forms in the record clerk's office.
Lewis University
Aviation Department
Romeoville, Illinois 60441
(815) 838-0500 Ext. 434

Archives.

Records; 1932- ; 18 linear feet.
Brief history of the Lewis School of Aeronautics; a news clipping file; student handbooks and brochures of the Aviation Department; and 30 photographs and 400 35mm slides on the history of aviation at Lewis, which served as a Navy pilot training center during World War II. No finding aid available.
Liberty the Second [Speedboat Foundation]
c/o William H. Houghton
PO Box 296
Linesville, Pennsylvania 16424
(814) 683-4440

Liberty V-8 Aircraft Engine.

Engine, articles, videotape, photographs; 1918- ; ca. 25 items.
One of 15 experimental engines built by Buick for World War I airplanes was later used to power the speedboat Liberty the Second, which capsized in a race at Conneaut Lake in 1922. The boat and engine were raised in 1985 and restored to operating condition. The National Air and Space Museum has another engine of this model and the videotape copy of the raising and the restoration activities. Accession No. 1988-0070.