Legal documents; 1932-1933; 10 items.
A general
aviation business based at Wold-Chamberlain Field,
Minneapolis.
Northwest Airlines, Inc. Accession Nos. 12,974, 13,484,
13,695.
Records; ca. 1920s-1980s; 24 cubic feet.
Financial records,
photographs, and other records of a Minnesota-based airline including audits,
annual reports, operating statistics, aircraft purchase agreements, and union
contracts. The photographs include views of the airline's operations,
aircraft, structures, and personnel; and promotional photos of areas served in
the continental US, Alaska, Japan and the Philippines. Also included are
subject files that document accidents (1950s-1960s), highjackings (1968-1980),
strikes (1960s), directors' meetings (1959-1965), service inaugurations (1958-
1968), and miscellaneous matters of historical interest (1920s-1970s).
Preliminary finding aid available.
OX5 Club of Minnesota.
2452.
Papers; 1959; 2 items.
Constitution and letterhead of an
organization formed to commemorate airmen who flew airplanes equipped with OX5
engines before 1941 and to foster aviation safety and the increased use of
aircraft.
Republic Airlines.
Records; 1940-1986; 58.5 linear
feet.
Includes corporate records and subject files related to Republic
Airlines (1979-1986) and its predecessor and acquired lines, North Central
Airlines (1952-1979) and its predecessor, Wisconsin Central Airlines (1940s-
1952); Southern Airways (1940s-1979); and Air West / Hughes Airwest (1968-
1980) and its predecessors, Bonanza Air lines (1940s-1968), Southwest Airways
(1940s-1958), Pacific Air Lines (1958-1968), and West Coast Airlines (1940s-
1968). Republic was purchased by Northwest Airlines. The corporate records
include historical background materials, annual reports, route maps, flight
schedules, and mergers and acquisitions. The subject files include local and
regional air service (1949-1976), advertising material, information on
aircraft, Civil Aeronautics Board documents, employee labor agreement, manuals
and photographs.
Rydholm, Reuben, ? -? . 2552.
Papers;
1927-1939; 23 items.
Letters and circulars sent to Rydholm, an early
aviator, by friends giving information about their planes and flying
experiences, and by firms and individuals supplying airplanes and parts. The
letters contain data on the construction and prices of airplanes and their
engines.
St. Paul Aviation Club. 12773.
Records; 1929-1940; 1
box, 5 inches.
Includes correspondence, membership and financial records.
In 1936 the Club became a member of the National Aeronautic Association of the
USA.
Schuneman's, Inc., St. Paul. 2601.
Records; 1927-1947; l
folder.
The larger collection contains one folder of original material
compiled by Carl T. Schuneman, including the granting of a license in 1927 to
Pan American Airways, Inc., to operate from Key West, Florida, to Havana,
Cuba. No finding aid available.
Stenstrom, Andrew Manuel, 1880-1953.
2672.
Diary; 1942-1946; 1 roll microfilm.
A Minnesota primitive
painter and lumber camp evangelist. Includes references to his work in an
aircraft factory in California in World War II.
Superior National
Forest, Minnesota. 2504. MS74-467.
Records; 1903-1969; 17 rolls
microfilm.
Aircraft were banned in 1952 from its roadless areas. Includes
legal briefs relating to aircraft trespass (quantity undetermined). Inventory
and index available.
Thye, Edward John, 1896-1969. 2702. MS82-
1310.
Papers; 1939-1958; 81 feet.
US senator from Minnesota (1947-
1958). Includes about 2 feet on airport facilities and air services.
Inventory available.
Wier, Roy William, 1888-1963.
2812.
Papers; 1920-1963; 2.5 feet.
US representative from Minnesota
(1949-1961). Includes a small file on Minnesota airport controversies (1952-
1959).
Winzen, Otto C., 1918- . 2826.
Papers; 1918-1972;
15 items.
Articles by Winzen and others on the development and construction
of plastic stratosphere balloons, their use in upper atmosphere research
projects, the manned balloon capsule as a prototype for the manned space
cabin, and the role of Winzen Research, Inc., Minneapolis, in balloon
research.
Wold, Ernest Groves, 1896-1918.
Papers; 1917-1918; 7
items.
A first lieutenant in the First Aero Squadron, killed during the
battle of Chateau-Thierry. One letter describes his death; one citation is
signed by General John J. Pershing.
Youngdahl, Kent Benjamin, 1929-
1964. MS70-275.
Papers; 1929-1965; 10 inches.
Alderman,
administrator. Includes clippings on his term on the Minneapolis-St. Paul
Metropolitan Airports Commission, 1957-1959, and the restaurant lease to the
Union News Company. Inventory available.
Zeppelin, Ferdinand, Graf
von, 1838-1917. 2837.
Letters; 1863; 51 items, typed and
photocopies.
Airship designer. Includes 37 letters written by Zeppelin to
his parents in Germany while on a visit to the US during the Civil War. They
contain descriptions of balloon ascensions in St. Paul in August 1863 by
itinerant balloonist John H. Steiner. In German (translations
available).
Minnesota Historical Society
Minnesota State
Archives
1500 Mississippi Street
St. Paul, Minnesota 55101
(612) 296-
6980Aeronautics Department Collection.
Papers, etc.; 1933-
1978; ca. 50 cubic feet.
The files are organized as follows:
Accident
Reports; 1941-1959.
Annual and Biennial Reports; 1934-1974; 0.5 cubic
foot.
Civil Aeronautics Board Case Files; 1950-1969; 10 cubic
feet.
Closed Commercial Operations, 1944-1972; 14 cubic feet.
Closed
Private Landing Fields; 1943-1972; 10 cubic feet.
Commissioners'
Correspondence; 1933-1938, 1943-1958; 2.4 cubic feet.
Commissioners'
Orders, 1943-1958; 0.3 cubic foot.
Flight School Subject Files; 1945-1960;
0.5 cubic foot.
Flying Schools and Flight Training Programs Files; 1940s-
1970s; 2 cubic feet.
General Files; 1941-1955; 1 cubic foot.
Gliding,
Soaring and Aeronautics Education Division, Correspondence; 1941-1945; 1 cubic
foot.
Minutes; 1933-1942; 1 folder.
Miscellaneous Records; 1940s-1957;
0.5 cubic foot.
Municipal Airports; 194l-1953; 6 cubic
feet.
Photographs; 1929-1971.
Publications: Airport Master Plans; 1974-
1978; 2 boxes.
Rules and Regulations; 1946-1969; 0.4 cubic foot.
Subject
Files; 1933-1973; 1.6 cubic feet.
WPA Airport Projects; 1933-
1943.
Metropolitan Airports Commission.
Records; 1943-1975;
1.2 cubic feet.
Includes minutes, resume of activities and materials
relating to the siting of the Wold-Chamberlain Airport. Finding aid
available.
Mississippi Department of Archives and History
P.O.
Box 571
Jackson, Mississippi 39205-0571
(601) 359-1424Jackson
Civil Air Patrol Club. MS60-857.
Records; 1943-1946; 72
items.
Correspondence, bulletins, pictures, publicity material, and minutes
of the Jackson Civil Air Patrol Club, a private group organized in connection
with the Civil Air Patrol during World War II. The minutes cover the period
of 17 February 1943 to 15 March 1944. Finding aid available.
McLeod,
James H., ? -? . MS 60-1916. MS 70-290.
Correspondence; 1943-
1945; 114 items.
US Army officer. Letters of his brother, Roy E. McLeod,
addressed to Ellen Satterfield, a high school English teacher. The letters
cover McLeod's period of service from induction as an aviation cadet to
discharge as an aviator with the rank of captain, and his service with the
1260th AAF Base Unit in North Africa and Italy. Finding aid
available.
Mississippi State University
Department of Aerospace
Engineering
Drawer "A"
Mississippi State, Mississippi 39762
(601)
325-3623Research Reports.
Reports; 1950- ; ca. 50
items.
Unpublished research reports from the faculty and staff of the
department. No finding aid available.
Missouri Historical
Society
Archives
Jefferson Memorial Building/Forest Park
St. Louis,
Missouri 63112-1099
(314) 746-4510Aeronautics
Collection.
Papers; 1830-1979; 0.5 linear foot.
Correspondence,
reports, programs, bulletins, and clippings pertaining to St. Louis aviation
history including papers relating to the Pioneer Aeroplane and Exhibition
Company, 1911, and the St. Louis Aeronautic Corporation, formed to hold the
International Air Races in St. Louis, 1-2 October 1923. Includes an 1830 (May
31) description (in French) of an invention for propelling flying balloons or
boats by Dr. Claude George Brun; also a description of the balloon ascensions
of John Wise in 1859 and 1879. Finding aid available.
Arnold, Nason
H., ? -? .
Papers; 1908-1941; 0.5 linear foot.
Chief pilot for
Collegiate Balloon School, Rockville, Connecticut. Collection contains record
of free balloon flights by Arnold's pupils in 1917, his reports as chief pilot
of the school for 9 January to 25 February 1918, and correspondence relating
to aeronautics from 1908-41. Finding aid available.
Clarke, Powhatan
H., Jr., 1893-1920. MS64-319.
Notebook; 1917; 1 item.
First
lieutenant, pilot, lawyer. He filled the notebook at the Cadet School of
Military Aviation, University of Illinois; served in
France.
Engelhardt, Lloyd, 1905-1973.
Papers; ca. 1940-1970;
75 linear feet.
Aeronautical engineer for Curtiss-Wright and McDonnell-
Douglas. Includes Engelhardt's engineering papers. No finding aid
available.
Lambert, Albert Bond, 1876-1946.
Papers; 1936-1946;
1 linear foot.
Missouri industrialist, World War I aviator, amateur
aeronaut, and one of the financial backers of Charles A. Lindbergh's
transatlantic flight from New York to Paris. Collection includes
correspondence and allied papers concerning Lambert St. Louis Municipal
Airport, airport studies, aeronautical societies, and airlines. Finding aid
available.
Lindbergh, Charles Augustus, Jr., 1902-
1974.
Papers; 1827-1969; 49 linear feet.
Aviator, scientist, writer,
conservationist and winner of the $25,000 Raymond Orteig prize for making the
first non-stop flight from New York to Paris, 20-21 May 1927. Collection
includes correspondence, journals, logbooks, literary productions, maps,
printed material, sheet music, stamps, and scrapbooks relating to Lindbergh's
New York-Paris flight and subsequent good will tours and survey flights.
Additional material pertains to Lindbergh's involvement in the development of
commercial aviation while serving as technical director for Transcontinental
Air Transport and Pan American Airways. Logbooks include those for the
Spirit of St. Louis and chronological logs for all flights made by
Lindbergh between 1922-1929 and 1936-1944. Special permission must be
obtained for access. Finding aid available.
Postal Service
Papers.
Papers; 1911-1948; 0.5 linear foot.
Correspondence,
circulars, timetables, maps, stickers and promotional material pertaining to
air mail service in St. Louis and the US from 1920 to 1948. Also, microfilmed
documents from the files of the St. Louis Post Office relating to air mail
service in St. Louis from 1918 to 1939 including a record book of flights made
over C.A.M. #2 (the route flown by Charles A. Lindbergh) from 8 September 1926
to 30 October 1928. Also includes the postal cancellation used 3-5 October
1911 by Aeroplane Station No. 1, St. Louis Aviation Field, for the air mail
carried from Kinloch, Missouri, to the Fairgrounds Park. Finding aid
available.
Robertson, William B., 1893-1943.
Papers; 1923-
1964; 2 linear feet.
Pioneer in aviation industry, founder and president of
Robertson Aircraft Company, and one of the financial backers of Charles A.
Lindbergh's transatlantic flight from New York to Paris. Collection includes
correspondence, clippings, scrapbooks, and photographs pertaining to St. Louis
aviation history, Lindbergh's New York-Paris flight, the 1929 endurance flight
of the St. Louis Robin, Robertson's role in the development of airways
for the governments of China and Turkey, government investigations of airmail
contracts in 1934, and the 1943 Robertson glider crash in which Robertson and
others were killed. Finding aid available.
Missouri Historical
Society
Pictorial History Collection.
Jefferson Memorial Building/Forest
Park
St. Louis, Missouri 63112-1099
(314) 746-4511Aviation
Photographs.
Photographs and albums; 1870-1980; 8 boxes and
albums.
Includes free ballooning in the St. Louis area 1860-1977; aviation
meets of 1904 and 1910; St. Louis-Lambert Airport development; early air
races, training schools, commercial aviation; and these manufacturers: Tom
Benoist and early seaplanes, Curtiss-Wright Airplane Division; Robertson
Aviation; Universal Aviation; McDonnell-Douglas. Card catalog
available.
Mobil Corporation
Public Relations Department
150
East 42nd Street
New York, New York 10017
(212) 883-2155Mobil
Historical File.
Papers; 1910- ; 6 linear feet.
Unpublished
background materials and some photographs of Mobil products in famous early
flights (1910- ), as well as notes and photographs on Mobil's own airfleet (1930-
). No finding aid available.
Montana Aeronautics
Division
P.O. Box 5178
Helena, Montana 59601
(406) 444-
2506Archives.
Papers, motion pictures; 1940s- ; 30 linear
feet and 120 films.
Materials relating to the history of the Aeronautics
Division of the State of Montana, as well as films on a variety of aerospace
subjects available for instate distribution. Finding aid
available.
Montana Historical Society
Library
225 North
Roberts Street
Helena, Montana 59601.
(406) 444-2694Montana
Aeronautics Commission.
Records, photographs; 1945-1967; 17 linear
feet.
A collection of photographs and data to support the compilation of
Frank W. Wiley's Montana and the Sky (Helena: Montana Aeronautics
Commission, 1966) focusing on pioneer aviation in Montana. The collection
also includes correspondence and minutes, reports and subject files for the
Commission and its directors. Finding aid available.
Vance, Esther
Combes, ? -? .
Papers; 1904-1977; 1 linear foot.
Pilot and
business manager for Vance Flying Service, Sydney, Montana. Correspondence,
diaries, and scrapbooks relating to Vance's flying career, the Ninety-Nine
Club, and her husband, civilian and military pilot Earl Vance. She was
licensed in 1928 as the first woman pilot in Montana. Finding aid
available.
Morris County Free Library
30 East Hanover
Avenue
Whippany, New Jersey 07981
(201) 829-0360Jersey Jetport
Site Association.
Notebooks; 1959-1961; 5 volumes.
Various papers of
the Jersey Jetport Site Association of Morristown, New Jersey, including
letters, special reports, newsletters, newspaper clippings, and other items
relating to the opposition to a proposed jet airport in Morris County, New
Jersey. Finding aid available.
Museum of Flight
9404 East
Marginal Way South
Seattle, Washington 98108
(206) 764-
5705Aviation Collection.
Photographs, video tapes, artifacts,
etc.; 1910- ; over 87,000 items.
Includes 116 linear feet of aircraft
and engine manuals and parts lists; 42,000 negatives; 84 reels of films; 216
video tapes; 176 oral history tapes; 45 photo albums; 36 file drawers on
aircraft manufacturers; 2 drawers and 11 boxes on airlines; 4 drawers on
personalities; and 4,000 artifacts. Partial finding aid available on local
computer.
Williams, Gordon S., ? -? .
Photographic
negatives; 1930s-1985; 27,000 units.
Unpublished finding aid
available.
Museum of Flying
2772 Donald Douglas Loop
North
Santa Monica, California 90405
(310) 392-8822 X208 or
212
Formerly the Donald Douglas Museum.
American Hall of Aviation
History.
Motion pictures, photographs, videotapes, models, memorabilia;
1900- ; 51,000 units.
Materials relate to all aspects of aviation history
including the history of Northrop Corporation and other aviation corporations.
No finding aid available. This collection, formerly at the Alumni Library of
Northrop University, Los Angeles, is not currently
accessible.
Museum of History and Industry
2700 24th Avenue
East
Seattle, Washington 98112
(206) 324-1125
See also Historical
Society of Seattle and King County at same address.
Aviation
Photographs.
Photographs; 1910-1972; ca. 1,500 images.
The
collection covers all aspects of aviation in the Seattle area including the
Boeing Company. No finding aid available.
Museum of Science and
Natural History
Library
Oak Knoll Park
St. Louis, Missouri
63105
(314) 726-2888Benoist, Thomas W., 1875-
1917.
Photograph scrapbook; 1907-1917; 1 volume, 99
photographs.
Pioneer aviator and designer who converted an auto supply firm
to an aeronautical supply company in 1907 in St. Louis. A scrapbook of
photographs that belonged to Benoist. Negatives available.
National
Aeronautics and Space Administration
Broadcast and Audio Visual Branch Code
LFD 2
Public Information Division
400 Maryland Avenue, S.
W.
Washington, DC 20546
(202) 755-8366Aerospace
Photographs.
Photographs; 1960s- ; 200,000 items.
Photographs of
space vehicles and astronauts from the Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo missions.
Also includes images of the earth as seen from space, the moon, and the
planets. Finding aid available.
National Aeronautics and Space
Administration
History Office
Room 714, 300 Seventh Street,
S.W.
Washington, DC 20546
(202) 453-8300Historical Documents
Collection.
Records; 1958- ; over 100,000 cubic feet.
Please
refer to the preface of this Guide for a description of the records of
NASA. Published finding aid available.
National Aeronautics and
Space Administration
Office of the General Counsel
400 Maryland Avenue,
S.W.
Washington, DC 20546
(202) 453-2432Legal
Documents.
Papers; 1958-1979; 40 binders and 600 microfiche.
These
documents contain much historical information accessible through the Legal
Information Retrieval System, a computer databank maintained at the Ames
Research Center, Moffett Field, California 94035. Finding aid
available.
National Agricultural Aviation Museum
1150 Lakeland
Drive
Jackson, Mississippi 39216
(Mailing Address: PO 1609, Jackson,
Mississippi 39215-1609)
(601) 354-6113Crop
Dusting.
Records, photographs, airplanes; ca. 1920- ; 70
photographs, 15 artifacts.
Includes a letter from Arthur R. Koch describing
the development of the Grumman Ag-Cat prototype; logs and maintenance records
for a Boeing Stearman and a Piper Pawnee; several hoppers and spreaders; about
60 photographs of the history of agricultural aviation from the earliest
efforts in Troy, Ohio, to date; and photographs of these pioneers, all members
of the National Agricultural Aviation Hall of Fame: Jesse Orville Dockery,
Aubrey Finklea, Jimmy Finklea, Arthur Geiser, Farrell Higbee, John A.
MacReady, William O. Marsh, Phillip Murray, Milton Robertson, Chris Stoltzfus,
Hugh Wheeless, Sr., and Collett Everman Woolman. No finding aid
available.
National Air and Space Museum: See Under Smithsonian
Institution.
National Archives and Records Administration
8601
Adelphi Road
College Park, Maryland 20740-6001
(301) 713-
6800National Archives.
Correspondence, reports, documents,
manuscripts, photographs, microfilms, motion pictures, video records, etc.;
1776-? ; millions of items.
The National Archives contain the largest
amount of aviation and aerospace archival information in the US, because the
Federal Government was so heavily involved in their development from the early
1900s to the present. The materials are organized in Record Groups which
closely reflect the organization of the Government into departments and
agencies and their subdivisions at the time of preparation. Since the
United States Government Manual is similarly organized, it can be used
as the principal guide to the Record Groups. In 1970 the holdings included at
least 85 major collections in Washington and unknown quantities in 11 Field
Branches and 14 Federal Records Centers; there are more now. Principal
agencies and offices documented by the holdings of the National Archives
include: USAAF; National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA); NASA;
US Army; US Navy; US Coast Guard; US Marine Corps; USAF; Bureau of
Aeronautics; Office of the Secretary of War; Civil Aeronautics Board; Federal
Aviation Administration; Strategic Bombing Survey; Office of Civil and Defense
Mobilization; Office of the Secretary of Defense; Allied Operational and
Occupation Headquarters; Office of the Secretary of the Air Force. There are
also military records captured from Axis forces in World War II. All these
records document a number of topics including military aircraft, spacecraft,
aircraft procurement, aerial bombardment, airfields, accidents, airships, air
traffic control, German aviation, Japanese aviation, munitions, military
operations, and unidentified flying objects. For detailed information about
these and other topics documented by the holdings of NARA, contact that agency
at the above address. The National Archives is preparing a guide to the
records of World War II.
National Aviation Club*
1745 Jefferson
Davis Highway, No. 308
Arlington, Virginia 22202
(703) 521-
1991Archives.
Papers, photographs; 1951- ; 2 file
drawers.
Includes an 8 page history by Cole H. Morrow, the Club's
historian. No finding aid available.
National Cartographic
Information Center
507 US Geological Survey National Center
Reston,
Virginia 22092
(703) 648-5950Aerial Photography Summary Record
System (APSRS).
Aerial photographs; 1926- ; 2,500,000 photographs,
435,000 records.
The APSRS system is an automated information system
listing aerial photography available from Federal, state, and local government
agencies and private aerial mapping companies. The summary records identify
the holder of the photographs, when they were taken, the film used, the scale
(ratio of distance on the photograph to distance on the ground), cloud cover,
and so on. Any agency or organization holding film of projects listed in
APSRS makes their photographs available for public purchase. Finding aid
available on local computer file and on microfiche.
National
Climatic Data Center
Federal Building
Asheville, North Carolina
28801
(704) CLIMATE or (704) 765-2342World Weather
Archives.
Records, maps, charts, electronic data; 1735- ; 200,000,000
sheets and 100,000 reels of magnetic tape.
Records gathered by the National
Weather Service, Air Force, Navy and other meteorological services and from
journals and diaries of private citizens, documenting the climate of the US
and its possessions, the oceans, and other land areas in the world. Original
records include surface, upper air, and satellite observations, aircraft in-
flight reports (1942-1955), manuscript weather maps and charts, instruments
charts, and weather station material. Information also available in
microform, magnetic tapes and disks, but not yet by online searching. 12
meteorologists accessible by telephone reference.
National Defense
University Library
Special Collections
Fort Lesley J. McNair
4th and
P Streets, S.W.
Washington, DC 20319
(202) 475-1187Individual
Research Papers.
Papers; 1946-1972; 35 linear ft.
This collection
contains 854 papers by Air Force graduates of the National War College.
Finding aid available in card catalog.
Student Theses.
Theses;
1920s-1980s; ca. 200 items.
These theses include studies on the management
of air force resources during the period when the library was part of the
Industrial College of the Armed Forces. Finding aid available by
author.
National Guard Association of the United States
Edward
Martin Library
1 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W.
Washington, DC
20001
(202) 789-0031Air National Guard.
Photographs,
drawings; 1909- ; 3.5 linear ft.
Portrays the history of the ANG and
Militia from its inception in 1909 to the present. No finding aid
available.
National Library of Medicine
Historical Audiovisuals
Collection.
8600 Rockville Pike
Bethesda, Maryland 20894
(301) 496-
8949Flight Audiovisuals.
Films; 1930-1970; 11 16mm
films.
These films deal with: plane crash victims; aerial spraying of
insects for disease control; air transport of patients during World War II;
changes in the human musculoskeletal system during space flight; air
movements, wind tunnels and aircraft; heart disease and flying; shots of the
Flying Fortress; flight phobia; and high altitude pulmonary edema. Accessible
through the NLM Audiovisuals Catalog, on the online cumulative file,
AVLINE.
National Library of Medicine
Manuscript
Collections.
8600 Rockville Pike
Bethesda, Maryland 20894
(301) 496-
5963Gell, Charles Frederic, 1907-? .
Biographical data,
correspondence, papers, talks and technical data; 1938-1973; 8
boxes.
Physician, administrator and educator. Dr. Gell's chief
contributions to aviation medicine dealt with the hazards of cosmic rays in
space flight and the problems of acceleration stress in flight. Finding aid
available.
Lamport, Harold, 1908-1975. MS82-1333.
Papers;
1939-1975; 14 boxes.
Physician at Yale and Mt. Sinai Schools of Medicine.
Correspondence, research notes, and subject files reflecting the wide range of
Dr. Lamport's research interests, including aviation medicine. During World
War II he developed an improved type of antigravity suit. Finding aid
available.
McFarland, Ross A., 1901-1976.
Papers, photographs;
1849-1980; unknown number of microfiche from 397 boxes.
Psychologist,
specialist in aviation medicine and human factors engineering. The original
materials are in the Fordham Health Sciences Library, Wright State University
School of Medicine, which see infra. Included are original research data,
unpublished reports and presentations, correspondence, lectures, newspaper
clippings, pocket appointment books, annotated desk calendars and photographs.
Correspondents include Amelia Earhart, James H. Doolittle and Howard Rusk.
Organizations represented include the Fatigue Laboratory and the Aviation
Health and Safety Program, both at Harvard University, Pan American Airways,
the Aerospace Medical Association, and the Flight Safety Foundation. Subjects
include his early studies of oxygen deficiency at high altitudes, the High
Altitude Expedition to Chile, and the Pensacola Study of Naval Aviators.
Published finding aid available: Fordham Library Publication
#3.
Robinson, Victor, 1886-1947. MS66-
1491.
Papers; 1913-1946; 7 boxes.
Physician and Professor of History
of Medicine, Temple University, Philadelphia. Correspondence, original
typescripts, unpublished monographs, articles, notes, and biographical data
including a manuscript history of aviation medicine in 10 folders or
approximately 100 pages.
National Library of Medicine
Prints and
Photographs Collection.
8600 Rockville Pike
Bethesda, Maryland
20894
(301) 496-5961.Aviation Medicine.
Photographs; ? -
? ; ?
Subjects covered include aviation medicine. There is a large
photographic collection of Air Force doctors and surgeons and 58 photographs
(shelf listed) of the School of Aviation Medicine from 1932 to 1957 when it
was at Randolph Field, Texas.
National Ocean Service
Physical
Science Service Section
6501 Lafayette Avenue
Riverdale, Maryland
20737
(301) 436-6977US Coastal Photographs.
Aerial
Photographs; ? -? ; ca. 1000 items.
Photographs taken at high
altitudes of all US coastal areas.
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration: See World Data Center A for Solar-Terrestrial
Physics.
National Soaring Museum*
R. D. 3, Harris Hill
Elmira,
New York 14903
(607) 734-3128Barnaby, Ralph, ? -?
.
Papers; ? -? ; ?
Early soaring pilot.
Eaton, Warren,
? -? .
Papers; ? -? ; ?
Early soaring pilot.
Getz,
Wally, ? -? .
Papers; ? -? ; ?
Early soaring
pilot.
Lawrence, Arthur, ? -? .
Papers; ? -? ;
?
Early soaring pilot.
Page, Tom, ? -? .
Papers; ? -?
; ?
Early soaring pilot.
National War College: See National
Defense University.
National Warplane Museum
Route 63 (below SUNY
Geneseo)
PO Box 159
Geneseo, New York 14454
(716) 243-
0690Archives.
Papers and artifacts; 1940- ; ca. 10 boxes
of papers.
This new museum includes 12 flyable World War II airplanes and
is surveying its archival holdings, such as the diary of Louis Conrad Guenther
(1921- ) titled "The Lights and the Beautiful Lady." No finding aid
available.
Naval Academy
Museum
Annapolis, Maryland
21402
(301) 267-2108Byrd, Richard Evelyn, Jr., 1888-
1957.
Papers; 1927; 3 items.
US Navy officer. Includes an
autographed letter concerning the preparations for Byrd's flight to Europe in
the trimotor plane, America (1927). Also a typewritten letter signed
by Byrd (1926) recognizing the services of Alan Porter, and a small 48 star
flag carried on the North Pole flight and autographed by those associated with
the flight.
Naval Academy
Nimitz Library
Special Collections
Department
Annapolis, Maryland 21402-5029
(301) 267-
2220I.Goddard, Robert Hutchings, 1882-1945.
Papers; 1921-
1943; 23 volumes.
Physicist. A typescript copy of Goddard's notebooks
documenting his rocket experiments including photographs of equipment and
experiments. The originals are at Clark University.
Halstead, Jacob
Sterling, 1894-1972.
Papers, photographs; 1917-1972; 1 box.
Lawyer
and early Navy aviator (Naval Aviator No. 160). Enrolled in US Naval Reserve
Force from 3 May 1917 to 1 February 1919 and was part of a group of Americans
sent to Toronto, Canada, to train with the Royal Flying Corps. Collection
contains official orders, photographs and miscellaneous items relating to his
naval service (1917-1919). Also includes material on Early and Pioneer Naval
Aviators Association (1956-1972).
Moffett, William Adger, 1869-
1933.
Papers, photographs; ? -? ; 11 linear feet.
US Navy
officer and first Chief of the Bureau of Aeronautics. Official and personal
correspondence and papers and a few photographs.
Naval Aviation
Photographs
Photographs; 1940-1945; 10 linear feet.
Photographs of
Navy personnel and aircraft relating to the development of Naval aviation,
primarily from the World War II period.
Wilson, Eugene Edward, 1897-
1974.
Papers, photographs; 1908-1974; 20 linear feet.
Aeronautical
innovator, industrialist and author; 1908 graduate of the US Naval Academy,
and early Naval aviator. Collection contains correspondence, photographs,
pamphlets and periodical articles relating to Wilson's career at the Naval
Academy and as a Naval aviator; his service aboard the USS Arkansas;
his work with aircraft engines and other inventions; and his careers as chief
executive of Hamilton Standard Propeller Corp, United Aircraft Corp, Sikorsky
Aviation Corp, Chance Vought Corp, the Aeronautical Chamber of Commerce, and
Aircraft Industries Association of America.
Naval Air Systems
Command
Historian's Office (Crystal City, Arlington,
Virginia)
Washington, DC 20361-0701
(202) 746-3793Aircraft
Characteristics Charts.
Charts; 1930s- ; 10 linear feet.
This
nearly complete collection presents the characteristics of US Naval aircraft,
including details of size, capabilities, armament, electronics, instruments,
and in many cases, a three-view drawing. Finding aid available by aircraft
type and by chronology.
Aircraft Color and Insignia
Instructions.
Documents; 1917-1987; 5 linear feet.
Describes the
changes in the paint schemes and markings and insignias applied to Naval
aircraft. Documents are arranged chronologically.
Aircraft Model
Designation Bulletins.
Documents; World War I- ; four linear feet of
binders.
Describes the designations given to aircraft by the Navy during
the years covered, including some correspondence explaining rationale.
Finding aid by chronological arrangement.
Anacostia Flight Test
Reports.
Test reports; 1927-1939; 25 linear feet of bound
volumes.
These reports (the only complete set) were made by the Bureau of
Aeronautics and by the Navy Board of Inspection and Survey about the tests
conducted on Navy aircraft at Anacostia, DC, then the only place where the
Navy conducted its flight tests. Finding aid is chronological arrangement by
aircraft type.
Burington, Richard Stevens, 1901-1972?
Papers,
reports; 1941-1971; 6 linear feet.
Chief mathematician, Naval Air Systems
Command. Materials on Naval aeronautical and ordnance development. Finding
aid available.
Material Reports, Bureau of
Aeronautics.
Reports; 1919-1939; l5 linear feet of bound
volumes.
This collection (the only complete set) covers the development of
US Naval aircraft from late in World War I to l939, dealing with technical
improvements and problems and their solutions, and such support items as
catapults and arresting gear. Finding aid by chronological
arrangement.
Naval Historical Center
Washington Navy Yard,
Building 57
Washington, DC 20374-0571
(202) 433-3170 or
4355.Operational Archives.
Papers; 1910- ; ca. 1,000 cubic
feet of 12,000 cubic feet relate to aviation.
Includes diaries of Naval
forces and World War II action reports; records relating to the loss of Amelia
Earhart; records relating to the development and operation of airships in the
Navy (1930-65); records of the Aviation History Unit (1943-52)(183 feet), and (1957-
) (200 feet); miscellaneous record files (1939-80); records of the World
War II Battle Evaluation Group (1933-52); and manuscript collections including
those of Ernest J. King, Harry E. Yarnell, and other Naval officers. Finding
aids available include US Naval History Sources in the United States,
ed. by Dean C. Allard, et. al., Washington, 1979, 235 pp.
Naval
Historical Center
Naval Aviation History Branch
Washington Navy Yard
Annex, Building 159E, Room 503
Washington, DC 20374
(202) 433-
4355Naval Aircraft Documentation.
Papers and reports; 1911-
; 66 linear feet and 259 microfilm rolls.
Includes paper documentation of
every type of aircraft in the Navy's inventory; aircraft history cards by
Bureau Number, giving the assignment, date of acceptance and removal (205
rolls, 1911-1987); aircraft accident reports, by date and aircraft type (54
rolls, 1920-1952). Unpublished finding aid available.
Naval Aviation
Biography Collection.
Biographical papers; 1911- ; 32 linear
feet.
Limited collection includes official biographies, press releases,
clippings, etc. No finding aid available.
Naval Aviation Command
Histories.
Reports; 1957- ; 286 linear feet.
The commands submit
annual Command History Reports to the Center; the commands include squadrons,
carriers, aviation shore stations, carrier air wings and upper echelon
aviation commands. No finding aid available.
Naval Aviation
Declassified Reference Publications Collection.
Unique collection; 1917-
; 70 linear feet.
Reports by the Bureau of Aeronautics and the Navy
Board of Inspection and Survey on tests conducted on Navy aircraft: Full
Flight Reports, 1918-1925, Aircraft Flight Test Reports 1919-1931, and
Anacostia Flight Test Reports, 1927-1941 (12').
Operational activities,
with some technical data: CNO Weekly Aviation Bulletins 1917-1922, BuAer
Newsletters (Aviation) 1923-1943, Naval Aviation News magazine 1943-1990
(12').
Technical improvements and developments in naval aviation from 1918-
1945, Aircraft Technical Notes, BuAer Technical Notes, BuAer Technical Orders,
BuAer Letter Reports (12').
Naval Aeronautic Organization documents show
the organization from 1922-1989 (3').
Allowances and Location of Navy
Aircraft, covering 1924-1989 (19')
Flight Activity of Naval Aircraft, 1948-
1986 (9').
Naval Aviation Logistic Activity, 1954-1989 (3').
Unpublished
finding aid available.
Naval Aviation Insignia
Collection.
Correspondence, insignia; 1940- ; 50 linear feet.
The
Naval Aviation History Office (OP-05H) is the final approving authority for
all Navy and Marine Corps aviation insignia. Includes correspondence and
insignia. No finding aid available.
Naval Historical
Foundation
Ninth and M Streets, S. E.
Building 57, Washington Navy
Yard
Washington, DC 20374
(202) 433-2005
Note: The Foundation has
deposited a majority of its manuscript collections in the Manuscripts Division
of the Library of Congress as noted on pages 46-58 of U.S. Naval History
Sources in the United States, edited by Dean C. Allard et al., Washington,
1979. Collections selected from the above book are listed in this Directory
under the Library of Congress. It is probable that additional manuscripts on
naval aviation exist in collections deposited by the Foundation, but they have
not been listed for naval aviation specifically.
Ellyson, Theodore
G., 1885-1928.
Papers; 1912-1920; 1 foot.
US Navy officer.
Materials on the life of this pioneer aviator who was involved in many
experiments with Glenn Curtiss. No finding aid available.
Read,
Albert Cushing, 1887-1967.
Papers; 1919; 7 items.
US Navy officer
and aviator. Press clippings and material on his participation in the
transatlantic flight of 1919. No finding aid available.
Richardson,
Holden Chester, 1878-1960.
Papers; 1911-1946; 2 feet.
US Navy
officer and aviator. Correspondence and official reports (1934 -1944),
photographs, and maps concerning aviation. No finding aid
available.
Naval Support Force Antarctica
(FPO San Francisco,
California 96601)
Box 100
Port Heuneme, California 93043-5016
(805)
982-3273Historical Records.
Papers; 1956- ; 120 linear
feet
This collection of historical documentation on Operation Deep Freeze
includes reports of Navy and Air Force participation in Antarctic exploration.
Chronological finding aid available.
Naval Training Systems
Center
Technical Information Center (TIC)
Building 2068
Orlando,
Florida 32813-7100
(305) 646-5637Archives.
Reports,
microforms, photographs; 1941- ; 15,000 items.
Material produced by the
Naval Training Systems Center including reports, manuals, and handbooks for
training equipment and simulation technology supporting Naval training
programs and training systems for other services. Photographs and drawings
for the above material are maintained by code 414, Support Systems
Information. Access is limited. Finding aid available.
Naval War
College
Naval Historical Collection
Newport, Rhode Island 02841-
5010
(401) 841-2435Faculty and Staff Presentations. RG
14.
Papers; 1892-1970; 39 linear feet.
Contains addresses given at
the Naval War College by military and civilian staff. Lectures on aviation in
general, in naval warfare, and in the fleet, the USAF; aircraft carriers;
aircraft and tactics; the aviation supply system; and aircraft, for the period
1919-46. Finding aid available.
Intelligence and Technical Archives.
RG 8.
Papers; 1886-1950; 112 linear feet.
Contains materials that
deal with military and technical intelligence, 1886-1950. Correspondence,
memoranda, reports, circulars and technical information concerning aeronautics
and naval aviation in the US and other countries are in this record group
under these headings: air attacks, air forces, aircraft carriers, aircraft in
the Navy and on battleships, aeronautics, engines, armaments, balloons, flying
boats, seaplanes, torpedo aircraft, routes, ordnance maneuvers and naval
operations. Finding aid available.
Lectures. RG 15.
Papers;
1885-1971; 16 linear feet.
Lectures given at the Naval War College by guest
speakers. Topics include air warfare, airborne divisions, aircraft carriers,
naval aviation, strategic air warfare, carrier air power in the future, naval
aircraft and their operation, new developments and trends in naval aviation,
fleet aviation logistic supply and advanced base airfields. Finding aid
available.
Mullin, William L., 1906-1966. Ms. Coll. 6. MS82-
733.
Papers; 1943-1947; 8 linear feet.
Naval Reserve officer and an
intelligence specialist in the Pacific theatre of operations during World War
II. Contains correspondence, intelligence reports, service newspapers,
charts, manuals, photographs, and identification manuals for US aircraft.
Finding aid available.
Naval Air Station, Quonset Point, Rhode
Island. Ms. Coll. 27. MS82-734.
Files; 1941-1973; 14 linear
ft.
Consists of historical files of the public affairs office regarding the
activities and events at the Quonset Point Naval Air Station and the
Charlestown (Rhode Island) Naval Air Rework Facility. Correspondence,
memoranda, photographs and printed items form the bulk of the collection.
Includes materials on an Aerospace Workshop along with information on the
closing of the Quonset Point Facility.
Student Theses. RG
13.
Theses; 1894-1976; 140 linear feet.
Theses written by Naval War
College students as part of a graduation requirement include such titles as
"Carrier Strike Air Defense," "Airlift," "The Role of Naval Aviation in a
Limited War," "The Mobile Airbase," "The Attack Seaplane," "Improving Aircraft
Handling in Carrier Operations," and "A Strategic Concept for Nuclear
Propelled Aircraft." Finding aid available.
Wilson, Eugene Edward,
1887-1974. Ms. Coll. 11.
Papers; 1966-1969; 1 box.
Naval aviator
and aircraft manufacturer, Pratt and Whitney Company, East Hartford,
Connecticut. His papers contain several documents which pertain to naval
aviation including a narrative on carrier task force doctrine and an outline
of the development of US aircraft carriers (1911-1942) written for him by
Admiral F. W. Pennoyer for a proposed television series.
Navy
Department Library
Washington Navy Yard, Building 44
Washington, DC
20374
(202) 433-4131Naval Administrative
Histories.
Unpublished histories; 1898-45; 48 volumes of some 300 refer
to aviation.
All aspects of naval aviation are included. Published finding
aid available: Guide to United States Naval Administrative Histories of
World War II, comp. by William C. Heimdahl and Edward J. Marolda, 1976,
219 p.
Nebraska Department of Aeronautics
Box 82088
Lincoln,
Nebraska 68501
(402) 471-2371Nebraska
Aviation.
Photographs, motion pictures; 1936- ; 2 linear feet of
photographs and 40 films.
Photographs of Nebraska aviation activities and
16mm aviation history films. Finding aid available.
Nebraska State
Historical Society
1500 R Street, Box 82554
Lincoln, Nebraska
68501
(402) 471-3270Aeronautics in Nebraska.
MS0331.
Papers; 1927-1929; 6 items.
Deals with aircraft safety rules
and regulations, dedication of a new airfield in Omaha, 1927, airplane
insurance, and plans of a dealer in aircraft, the Omaha Flying Service
Company.
Arrow Aircraft and Motor Corporation.
MS0393.
Papers; 1929-1932; ca. 30 items.
Reports on operations of
the manufacturer of the 50 hp. Arrow Sport Model plane and the LaBlond Powered
Arrows.
Barker, A. M., 1841-? . MS0672.
Pamphlet; 189?; 8
pages.
This pamphlet was written to raise money to build an airship in
Nebraska in the 1890s, titled Solution of an unsolved problem,
Bloomington, Nebraska, Advocate print [189 ].
Baysdorfer Family.
MS0688.
Papers, photographs; 1899-1942; 25 items.
Inventors and
builders of Omaha. They built the first dirigible in Nebraska and flew it in
1907, the first airplane in Nebraska and flew it in 1910. Includes
biographical information, clippings and photographs.
Chambers, Encil,
1895-1979.
Papers; 1919-1939; 1 cubic foot.
Sergeant, aviation
daredevil, aviation manufacturer. Includes correspondence, military documents
and pamphlets, material on Lincoln Standard Aircraft Company, broadsides,
photographs and clippings on his parachute jumps and Page's Aerial Pageant.
Blueprints for the Baby Lincoln and for the Lincoln Sport Plane, and aviation
course study material. Finding aid available.
Day, Stephen Delevan,
1883-1960. MS76-311.
Papers; 1917-1942; 0.5 cubic foot or ca. 200
items.
Aerial observer, aviation promoter. Includes correspondence,
military orders and certificates, roster of 429th Pursuit Squadron, material
on the Omaha Aero Congress, 1921, and the International Air Races, 1928.
Finding aid available.
Gillette, Harold L, 1899-1959. MS81-
281.
Scrapbook; ca. 1919; 1 item.
Balloonist of Unadilla and
Lincoln, Nebraska, who served in the 3d Balloon Company in World War
I.
Hamilton, William Frank, 1900-1969.
Papers; 1928-1967; 0.5
cubic foot.
Parachute jumper and daredevil, 19ll-1941. Includes scrapbook
of photographs of stunts, advertisement posters, clippings and letters.
Finding aid available.
Lincoln Airplane School.
Lesson manual;
ca. 1929; 1 item.
This manual of 40 lessons was apparently used in Lincoln,
Nebraska by a student in 1929. Contents list available.
Miles, Henry
S., ? -? .
Advertisements; ca. 1923; 1 folder.
The
advertisements promote the Heath Airplane Co., an aeronautical supply house,
and Lincoln Standard Aircraft Corporation's aviation education courses. No
finding aid available.
Nebraska Department of
Aeronautics.
Records; 1951-1963; 12 cubic feet.
Records include
correspondence from various state agencies, the Civil Aeronautics Board, the
Civil Air Patrol, and the Nebraska legislature. Additional material focuses
on airports, aviation safety, airlines, and aircraft manufacturers. Finding
aid available.
Page, Ray H., 1882-1933. MS78-449.
Scrapbook;
1924-1973; 1 volume and 1 roll microfilm.
Aviation executive. Scrapbook on
the Lincoln Standard Aircraft Co (formerly Nebraska Aircraft Co) and the
Lincoln Flying School operated by the company. Also materials relating to the
aviation industry in the 1920s and Charles A. Lindbergh's attendance at the
flying school. Finding aid available.
Ralston, Orville Alfred, 1894-
1942.
Papers; 1917-1919; 1925-1942; 1 roll microfilm.
World War I
aviator. Three diaries and a typescript relating to Ralston's experiences in
World War I. Include comments regarding training in the US, Canada, Great
Britain, and France. Finding aid available.
Rickly, Frederick
Augustus, 1890-1958.
Papers; 1911-1958; 300 items, 0.5 cubic
feet.
Postal inspector and US Army officer. Notebooks and printed on the
Signal Corps and balloon training during World War I. Finding aid
available.
Sias, Ernest J., 1877-1955.
Papers; 1933-1955; 600
items, 0.5 cubic feet.
President of the Lincoln Aeronautical Institute.
Papers relate to the Institute and Sias's efforts to establish a training
program for veterans, organize air service in Nebraska, and promote air
transportation. Finding aid available.
Walwrath, Duane Everett,
1893-1968. MS76-599.
Papers; 1917-1918; ca. 200 items.
Farmer.
Letters from Walwrath to his parents; orders, flight plans, relating to his
World War I military service. Includes copies of "Payne Field Zooms,"
newspaper of the US Army Aviation School, Payne Field,
Mississippi.
New England Air Museum. See Connecticut Aeronautical
Historical
Association, Inc.
New England Historic Genealogical
Society
99-101 Newbury Street
Boston, Massachusetts 02116-3087
(617)
536-5740Hanks, Stedman Shumway, 1889-1979. MS83-
1597.
Scrapbooks; ? ; ?
Airport engineer.
New Hampshire
Division of Aeronautics
Concord Airport
Concord, New Hampshire
03301
(603) 271-2551Archives.
Correspondence; 1940- ;
16 current file drawers and 100 non-current file boxes.
A complete file of
official correspondence on aeronautics in New Hampshire. Approximately 100
boxes have been transferred to the State Archives. Finding aid
available.
New Jersey Historical Society
Library, Manuscript
Division
230 Broadway
Newark, New Jersey 07104
(201) 483-
3939Carpender, Arthur Schuyler, 1884-1960. MS85-
884.
Logbook; 1942-1946; 54 items.
US Navy rear admiral. Air
logbook, 1942-1946 kept by Carpender.
Mott, Samuel Dimmick, 1852-
1930. MS85-1089.
Papers; 1857-1927; ca. 185 items.
Inventor.
Papers relate to Mott's work on helicopters (1894), airplane propellers
(1929), and other aeronautical drawings and patents. No finding aid
available.
New Mexico State University
Primate Research
Institute
PO Box 1027
Holloman AFB, New Mexico 88330-1027
(505) 479-
9220
N. B.: This material has been transferred to The Coulston Foundation
at the same address and phone.Chimpanzee Astronauts.
Records,
photographs; 1961; 0.5 linear feet.
Medical records and photographs of two
chimpanzees, Ham (original name Chang, animal no. 33) and Enos (animal no. 81)
who were sent on flights prior to those of astronauts Alan Shepard and John
Glenn. No finding aid available.
New York Public Library
Rare
Books and Manuscripts Division
Room 324
Fifth Avenue and 42nd
Street
New York, New York 10018
(212) 930-0804Hindenburg
Logbook.
Logbook; 1937; 1 volume and a few loose papers.
Log or
notebook, containing aeronautical calculations in German, said to have fallen
from the airship Hindenburg when it burned on landing at Lakehurst
Naval Air Station, New Jersey, May 6, 1937. No finding aid
available.
Karinsky, Nikolai Sergeyevich, ? -? . (Case 45,
Science)
Typescript; 1944-1945; 3 volumes (volume 3 is in 2
fasc.).
Resident of US, 1930s-1940s, and editor of Russian text of The
Story of Aerostation and Aviation in Russia. Other authors include B. P.
Dudorov, V. R. Kachinski, B. V. Sergiyevski, and P. Y.
Stogov.
LaGuardia, Fiorello H., 1882-1947. Box No.
76.
Papers, logbook and notes; 1917-1925; 2 folders.
Major, US Air
Service in World War I, Mayor of New York, Congressman. Contains his
Congressional correspondence on aviation (1919-1925), and his log book as a
student and notes as a combat pilot on the Italian Front, 1917-1919. No
finding aid available.
Post, Augustus, 1873-1952.
Papers;
1913-1947; 4 boxes.
Early aviator, aeronautics lecturer, and singer,
principally in New York City. Includes many notes of appreciation reflecting
his interest in aviation. Also some papers of the Early Birds and the Aero
Club of which Post was secretary. No finding aid
available.
Raschella, Vincent, ? -? .
Papers; ca. 1889-
1898; 30 items.
Airship designer. Original drawings of the Falcon,
a metal lighter-than-air dirigible flown by Raschella, its designer, in 1889.
Also, an original plan for a duplex turbine driven by an explosive; original
drawings of the "aerolite" or aerial bomb; and several letters to Raschella.
No finding aid available.
Sargent, George Henry, 1867-
1931.
Manuscript; 1928; 1 item
Bibliographer, author, and journalist
with the Boston Evening Transcript. A manuscript of one of his
articles entitled "Charting the Upper Air for the Transatlantic Flyers"
(1928). Finding aid available.
Warner, Edward Pearson, 1894-1958.
MS74-574.
Papers; 1923-1927; 4 boxes.
Engineer and professor of
aeronautics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Includes correspondence
with engineers, Senators, manufacturers, Navy officers, relating to
aeronautics. No finding aid available.
New York Times
Company
New York Times Archives
130 Fifth Avenue
New York, New York
10011
(212) 645-3008
Appointments are necessary for
access.
Daniel, Elbert Clifton, Jr., 1912-? .
Papers; 1969;
10 items.
The Times' managing editor, 1964-69. These documents are
memoranda concerning the Times' coverage of the Apollo moon landing.
Card index available.
James, Edwin Leland, 1890-
1951.
Microfilm; ca. 1920-1940; ca. 2.5 reels of 16mm microfilm.
The
Times' managing editor, 1932-51. Documents on experimental/exploratory
flights, the Times' arrangements for coverage of these flights and
syndication of its articles about them, and correspondence with and about the
aviators and with the correspondents covering the flights. Finding aid
available.
Ochs, Adolph S., 1858-1935.
Papers; 1909-ca. 1930;
ca. 50 documents.
Publisher of the Times, 1896-1935. These
documents concern early experimental and exploratory flights, early attempts
at air delivery of the newspaper, and correspondence with and about aviation
pioneers. Finding aid available.
Rosenthal, Abraham Michael, 1922-?
.
Papers; 1967-1986; 100 documents.
Executive editor, New York
Times, 1977-86. Half of these documents deal with Apollo, Space Shuttle
and other space exploration projects, and half with the supersonic transport
project of the 1960s and 1970s, as to coverage by the New York Times.
Unpublished finding aid available.
Sulzberger, Arthur Hays, 1891-
1968.
Papers; ca. 1930-1967; ca. 100 documents in 15
folders.
Publisher of the Times, 1935-63. These documents concern
experimental and exploratory flights, correspondence with the aviators and
about them, the aircraft industry of the 1940s, and air delivery of the
newspaper. There is also correspondence with airline executives and their
representatives of the 1940s and 1950s. Finding aid
available.
Nixon, Richard M.: See Richard M. Nixon Presidential
Papers Project.
North Carolina Division of Archives and
History
109 East Jones Street
Raleigh, North Carolina 27611
(919)
733-3952Archives and History Photograph
Collection.
Photographs; 1850s-1981; ca. 800,000 negatives.
Includes
about 150 photographs depicting Tiny Broadwick, female parachutist who jumped
from balloons and airplanes (ca. 1912-1940s). Finding aid
available.
Audio-Visual Collection.
Military film; World War
I, 1914-1918; 15 minutes.
Includes materials on World War I balloon
observations and the Lafayette Escadrille. Contains original footage of the
Lafayette Escadrille shot by a French cameraman in
1916.
Bluethenthal, Arthur, 1891-1918.
Papers; 1917-1918; 26
items.
Aviator from Wilmington, North Carolina, in the Lafayette
Escadrille. Letters, orders, copies of documents, French citations, tributes
paid to Bluethenthal, a flight book, and Bluethenthal's commission as a French
aviator in the Lafayette Escadrille. No finding aid
available.
Fessenden, Reginald Aubrey, 1866-1932. MS 66-
1230.
Papers; 1887-1935; ca. 38,000 items.
Physicist and inventor.
Includes papers relating to aeronautics, with data on Orville and Wilbur
Wright. Finding aid available.
Higgs, James A., ? -?
.
Papers; 1917-1918; 1,200 items and 10-foot microfilm copy.
Balloon
observer, Seventh Balloon Company. Letters, operational reports with
comments, Higgs's service record, and official correspondence from his service
in France. Includes a typescript of his A Year in the Life of a Balloon
Observer on the American Front. Finding aid available.
Rockwell,
Kiffen Yates, 1892-1916.
Papers, photographs; 1914-1917; ca. 200
items.
Aviator from Buncombe County, NC, in the Lafayette Escadrille.
Diaries, orders, photographs, and memorabilia of his service with the French.
Finding aid available.
North Carolina Museum of Life and
Science
433 Murray Avenue
Durham, North Carolina 27704 (919) 477-
0431Apollo 16, F. G. Hall Microfilm.
Microfilm; 1972; 24" x
16".
A microfilm copy of a 1936 article by Dr. Frank Gregory Hall (1896-
1967), physiologist and high altitude expert, which was carried to the moon
aboard Apollo 16, with accompanying letter and autographed photograph
authenticating the journey to the moon. Finding aid
available.
Apollo 16, North Carolina Flag Document.
Document;
1972; 2 items.
John Young, Ken Mattingly, and Charles Duke signed this
document authenticating flight of the North Carolina flag aboard Apollo 16 to
the moon including flag, photograph, Apollo 16 emblem, and Rene Descartes
quotation. Finding aid available.