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Oberlin College
Archives
Oberlin, Ohio 44074
(216) 775-8285 Ext. 246

Leonard, Edmund C., 1891-1954.

Diary; 1917-1919; 1 typescript of diary, 107 p.
Diary June 21, 1917-Jan 23, 1919, by an American AEF aerial observer-gunner in World War I and prisoner of war in France. No finding aid available.
Oberlin College
Physics Department
Oberlin, Ohio 44074
(216) 775-8330

Wright Bequest.

Papers, photographs, artifacts; 1900- ; ca. 70 units.
Mounted and framed section of wing fabric of the first Wright plane to fly, December 1903; original wing rib of second plane, 1904, tagged in Orville Wright's handwriting; framed photostatic copies of correspondence of Wright brothers with their father and with Octave Chanute, 1900-1903; framed photographic enlargements, from original plates, of three of first four flights, December 1903; framed photograph of the Wright brothers; 18 books from Orville Wright's library; replicas (ca. 40 pieces) of instruments devised and used by the Wright brothers in 1901 wind tunnel experiments, made in 1949 by Max P. Baker of Inland Manufacturing Division, General Motors Corp, Dayton, Ohio, from originals at the Franklin Institute in Philadelphia. No finding aid available.
Occidental College
Mary Norton Clapp Library
1600 Campus Road
Los Angeles, California 90041
(213) 259-2852 or 2815

Henry, William Mellors, 1890-1970.

Papers; 1911-1970; 12 linear ft.
Journalist for the Los Angeles Times. Includes Henry's correspondence, manuscripts and articles relating to the development of commercial aviation in southern California. No finding aid available.
Ohio Historical Society
Archives/Library Division
1982 Velma Avenue
Columbus, Ohio 43211-2497
(614) 297- 2510

Aircraft Industry Labor Agreements. PA Box 668, 651, 581.

Agreements; 1943-1968; about five agreements.
Includes agreements by North American Aviation, Curtiss-Wright Corp, and J. Leukart Machine Co with several unions. Catalog entries available.

Andrews, Clarence Edward, 1883-1932. MSS 588. MS81-1458.

Papers; 1917-1922; 0.5 cubic foot.
Professor of English. Orders, correspondence, reports, and bulletins issued by Air Service Units, 1st American Army, 1917-1919, and materials on flying. Inventory in repository.

Anonymous. VFM 720.

Letters; 1840-1842; 12 typed transcriptions.
Copies of letters from Sinking Spring and Columbus, Ohio, telling of the ascent of Mr. Clayton in a balloon from Columbus (July 4, 1842).

Brown, Walter Folger, 1869-1961. MIC 140. MS62-4111.

Papers; 1907-1950; 0.75 cubic foot on 1 roll 35mm microfilm.
Lawyer, railroad executive, politician, US Postmaster General, and Assistant Secretary of Commerce. Includes correspondence (1938-1943) with R. E. Eggleton, Paul M. Godehn, and Hainer Hinshaw on the United Air Lines case concerning the award of airmail contracts. Finding aid available in the repository and on film.

Campbell, Charles Delavan, 1847-1938. MSS 239. MS75- 938.

Papers; 1864-1973; 2 cubic feet.
Auditor. Correspondence relating to the US School of Military Aeronautics at Ohio State University (1917-1919) and to World War I. Finding aid available.

Columbus Dispatch. P 245.

Photographs; 1890-1970; 1.25 cubic feet.
About 25 newspaper morgue photos of blimp over Dispatch Building and the wreck of the airship Shenandoah. Also dedication of Port Columbus and the first cargo shipment from the airport, occurring at night. Finding aid available.

Crosser, Robert, 1874-1954. MSS 281.

Papers; 1901- 1954; 44 cubic feet.
Cleveland lawyer and Democratic politician. Papers from his terms in US House of Representatives cover airmail subsidy bills, 1947-1952; and creation of independent Air Safety Board, 1949-1950. Inventory in repository.

Garford, Arthur Lovett, 1853-1933. MSS 6.

Papers; 1877-1933; 32 cubic feet.
Industrialist, politician, and philanthropist. Includes correspondence concerning the Martin Bomber in World War I. Correspondents include Walter F. Brown, John H. Hammond, Myron T. Herrick, Harold Ickes, and James V. Martin. Finding aid available.

Gest, Erasmus, 1820-1908. MSS 35. MS63- 256.

Papers; 1834-1885; 3 cubic feet.
Surveyor, engineer, and Cincinnati railroad magnate. His correspondence includes material on balloon ascensions. Finding aid available.

Glenn, John Herschel, Jr., 1921-? . VFM 1539, VFM 3765.

Papers, painting; 1960s; 1 page typed letter, 4 pages typed manuscript.
Letter, October 16, 1962, by Glenn, and copy of an article, "The Age of Imagination and Inquiry," which was published in Newsweek, October 8, 1962, under the title, "Why Go? Astronaut John Glenn's Answer." Original painting of Glenn and leaflet: VFM 3765.

Goodyear Zeppelin Corporation (Akron, Ohio). OUS 1780.

Drawing; no date; 1 item.
Reproduced (blueline) drawing of the USS Akron (ZRS-4) designed for Goodyear.

Johnson, Harlan W., 1892-1918. MSS 608. MS81-1590.

Papers; 1917-1918, 1976; 0.25 foot.
Second Lieutenant, US Army, 168th Aero Squadron. Collection contains the letters written by Johnson to his family from the time he entered the Army in May 1917 as an officer candidate until his death in France following a plane crash on October 28, 1918. Includes a biographical sketch written by his sister and excerpts of letters from members of his squadron written to his family following Johnson's death. Inventory in repository.

May, James G., ? -? . VFM 1608.

Papers; 1925; 7 items.
Newspaper publisher. Materials relating to the loss of the airship Shenandoah on September 4, 1925. Papers include the airship's "Safety Precautions and Orders for Cars and Keel," two telegrams and a letter about the disaster from May's brother, John B. May, private secretary to the Secretary of the Navy; and a clipping about James G. May.

Meeker, Ezra, 1830-1928. VFM 2237.

Author. Letter; 11 November 1924; 1 page typescript.
Letter to C. B. Galbrath (sic) of Columbus which mentions Meeker's air flight across the US and selling of the story to the Hearst Magazine. Written from Seattle, Washington.

Miscellaneous Small Photograph Collections.

Photographs; 1900s-1980s; ca. 1000 items.
Subjects include aircraft factories, Ohio State University airport, Civil Air Patrol, Wright Brothers, Enola Gay, Port Columbus, airships (Shenandoah, Akron, other Goodyear blimps, etc.), balloons, Amelia Earhart, Neil Armstrong, and airplanes in general.

Moseley, Thomas William Henry Harrison, 1813-1880. MSS 859.

Papers; 1835-1874; 0.25 cubic foot.
Columbus and Cincinnati inventor and public servant. Includes correspondence about ballooning, ca. 1850s. Finding aid available.

Ohio Bank and Savings Company. OVS 3479.

Poster; 1987; 1 item.
Color poster advertising the Hot Air Balloon Celebration, August 29-30, 1987, in Columbus.

Olds, Robert, 1916-? . MSS 94. MS 68-1400.

Papers; 1943-1944; 1 cubic foot.
Author, journalist, and Public Relations Counsel of Ohio. Correspondence, memoranda, and notes relating to Olds' book about a Navy bombing squadron, Helldiver Squadron (1944). Finding aid available.

Rockwell International. North American Aircraft Operations. P 292; T 80; N 80 S.

Photographs; 1940s-1988; 0.75 cubic foot.
Includes photographs, transparencies, and negatives of the Rockwell plant, employees and aircraft; the Columbus plant was closed in 1988. No finding aid available.

Shetler, Richard L., ? -? . VFM 1596.

Manuscript; 15 November 1962; 12 typed pages.
Address entitled "Beyond the Sea of Showers" given November 15, 1962, in Columbus, by R. L. Shetler of General Electric Company, at a testimonial dinner for Colonel John Glenn.

Stork, Ernest Harold, 1894-1971.

Papers; 1929-1969; 1 foot.
Civil engineer of Columbus. Includes scattered records on projects including annual report and pamphlets, regarding Port Columbus Airport. Finding aid available.

Tibbets, Paul Warfield, 1915-? . MSS 775.

Papers, 1974-1976; 0.25 foot.
USAF officer, 1937-1966, and Columbus aviation executive, 1966- . Papers consist of 479 typed transcript pages from interviews with Tibbets by Clair Stebbins and Harry Franken as a basis for the book, The Tibbets Story (1978). Recounts all phases of Tibbets' life and career, especially the atomic bomb mission to Japan. Finding aid available.

Transport Workers Union of America. Local 553. VFM 4585.

Boycott literature; 1989; 2 items.
Issued by the Miami Springs, Florida, flight attendants' local union for the boycott against Continental and Eastern air lines and company president Frank Lorenzo during a strike that began in 1989.

Vorys, John Martin, 1896-1968. MSS 280.

Papers, 1921- 1968; 95 cubic feet.
Columbus lawyer and Republican politician. Includes papers as Ohio's first Director of Aeronautics, 1929-1930 (ca. 2 feet). Finding aid available.

World War I.

Papers; 1917-1920; 34 items. VFM 2997.
Collection of World War I materials including German propaganda leaflets (with English synopses), French flyers concerning peace and patriotism, battle orders for the First Army Air Service AEF (October 8, 1918), list of Air Service stations in Europe.

Wright Brothers. MIC 89.

Scrapbooks; 1876-1970; 2 rolls of microfilm.
Seven volumes consisting mostly of newspaper clippings on the careers of Orville and Wilbur Wright. Also included are memorabilia such as photographs, sheet music, patents, stock certificates, and brochures. Originals at the Dayton and Montgomery County Public Library. Inventory on film and in repository.
Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome, Inc.
Old Rhinebeck Pilots, Inc.
Stone Church Road, Box 89
Rhinebeck, New York 12572 (914) 758- 8610

Cole Palen Collection.

Aircraft, engines, manuals; 1902- 1937; several aircraft and engine manuals.
The collection of the owner and founder, Cole Palen, includes some aircraft and engine manuals, and Palen is collecting replacements for material lost in a fire in 1984, relating to some 50 American and foreign aircraft housed at Rhinebeck, including the unique Pigeon-Fraser pursuit plane of 1916 and the unique US built French plane, the 1908 Voisin Renik. No finding aid available.
Order of Daedalians
PO Box 37367
San Antonio, Texas 78237-0367
(512) 925- 1110

Order's Directory.

Directory; 1914-1918; 1 volume.
A list of World War I veterans who held the aero rating of pilot from 1914 to 1918, names and last known addresses of these veterans, and information on military records and unit histories.
Oregon Department of Transportation
Aeronautics Division
3040 25th Street, S. E.
Salem, Oregon 97310
(503) 378-4880

Department Records.

Records; 1950s- ; 50 file drawers.
Records on state, municipal, and personal use airports in Oregon. Also current records of pilots' registrations. Finding aid available.
Oregon Historical Society
Library
1230 S. W. Park Avenue
Portland, Oregon 97205
(503) 222-1741

Breese Aircraft Corporation, Portland, Oregon.

Records; 1929-1932; 1 folder.
Aircraft manufacturer. Promotional literature and stockholders' literature relating to company operations.

Harris, Patrick, 1954-? .

Papers; 1981; 1 folder.
Papers tracing the history of aviation in Oregon including lists of pilots and other individuals involved in aviation (1889-1930). Also, written excerpts of interviews with Ed Ball (1906- ), Hillsborough, Oregon, and Danny Grecco (1896-1983), aviation pioneers. No finding aid available.

Smith Family Collection. MS 80- 669.

Papers; 1910-1937; 1 box.
Papers of aircraft designers Basil Burton Smith, Percy Barrett Smith, and Dexter R. Smith, joint owners of the Smith Aeroplane Company and the Rankin School of Flying, Portland, Oregon. No finding aid available.

Strode, Victor Wiegand, ? -? .

Papers; 1929-1941; 1 box and 3 volumes; 101 drawings.
Aircraft designer, Portland, OR. Correspondence, patents, designs for an "aerohydrocraft" and an "aeroliner", other papers relating to his work as an aircraft designer, and his biography by Ruth H. Strode. No finding aid available.

Wien, Ada Bering, ? -? . MS 77-1681.

Papers; 1953-1969; 1 folder.
Correspondence, speeches, and photographs relating to early aviation in Alaska and to Noel Wien, the founder of Wien Air Alaska. No finding aid available.
Patent Office
(Crystal City, Arlington, Virginia)
Washington, DC 20231
(703) 557-3811

Patent File.

US Patents; 1790- ; quantity not estimated.
The records for issued or completed patents, i. e., applications, specifications, blueprints, correspondence, etc., are retained for 40 years in the Patent Office (over 2,000,000 currently), and the older patents are transferred to the National Archives. Finding aid available.
Pennsylvania Historical Society: See Historical Society of Pennsylvania.
Pima Air Museum
6000 East Valencia Road
Tucson, Arizona 85706
(602) 574-0462 or 0646

Cassettes and Movie Film.

Oral histories, movies; 1920s- 1960; 1 shelf.
Includes one oral history cassette (and transcript) made by a World War I airman, Colonel Thomas J. Abernethy; one cassette of vintage aircraft engine sounds; and 16mm films of early airshows, both civilian and military.

Logbooks.

Logbooks; 1930s- ; 25 items.
Includes logbooks relating to airplanes (mainly civilian) in the museum's collection.

Military Records and Diaries.

Records; World War II; 1 file drawer.
Includes servicemen's military records and orders; copies of World War II air crewmen's diaries: Leo Laky (B-17) and Michael Powers (B-24).
Pioneer and Hal Krier Museum
430 West Fourth Street
Ashland, Kansas 67831
(316) 635-2227

Krier, Harold, 1921-1971.

Papers, airplanes; 1968-1971; ca. 10 cubic feet.
Aerobatic flyer. Clippings, photographs, medals, trophies, air show placards, a plaque, governor's proclamation, and other items concerning Krier's national championship career, including about 200 airshow brochures and two airplanes. No finding aid available.
Port Authority of New York and New Jersey
Photographic Services
1 World Trade Center (74 N)
New York, New York 10048
(212) 466-3566

Photographic Collection

Photographs; 1947- ; ca. 100 negatives.
Includes views of airport and terminal facilities of the Port Authority. Finding aid available.
Port Washington Public Library
One Library Drive
Port Washington, New York 11050-2794
(516) 883-4400

Port Washington Community Oral History Program. MS 84-1175.

Transcriptions; 1980-1981; 2 interviews.
The aviation project includes interviews with William Masland, navigator of Pan American's first transatlantic flights from Port Washington, and with Joe Gaeta, chief test pilot for Grumman for 25 years, about the early history of aviation.
Princeton University
Seeley G. Mudd Manuscript Library
Princeton, New Jersey 08544
(609) 452-3242

Earle, Edward Mead, 1894-1954. MS 60- 1239.

Papers; 1934-1954; 28 cartons.
History professor at Columbia University and Princeton University, and author. Correspondence and research notes on military aviation. Finding aid available.

Forrestal, James Vincent, 1892-1949.

Papers, photographs; 1940-1949; 139 boxes, 10 cartons.
Secretary of the Navy (1944-1947) and Secretary of Defense (1947- 1949). Personal papers including photographs. These papers are separate and distinct from the Forrestal security classified papers in Washington DC The original diaries have been declassified and are available at Princeton. Finding aid available. Special permission is required for access to personal papers.

Lindbergh, Charles Augustus, 1902-1974.

Papers; 1940s; 1.5 cubic feet.
Consists of manuscripts of his A Letter to Americans and Anne Morrow Lindbergh's The Wave of the Future, a Confession of Faith, 1940, with related correspondence. RLIN ID NJP691- A30.

Pendray, G. Edward, 1901-? .

Papers; 1923-1971; 71 boxes.
Public relations and rocketry pioneer. A collection concerned with aeronautics and astronautics. Includes scrapbooks, photographs, slides, files, and tapes. Finding aid available.

Willauer, Whiting, 1906- 1962. MS 71-403.

Papers; 1927-1961; 27 boxes.
Lawyer, public official and diplomat. Co-founder of and adviser to Claire L. Chennault's "Flying Tigers" and an executive with Civil Air Transport (1946-1954), which Willauer founded with Chennault. Includes materials relating to Willauer's involvement in Chinese aviation. Finding aid available.
Princeton University
Princeton University Library
Department of Rare Books and Special Collections
Princeton, New Jersey 08544
(609) 452- 3184

McCormick, Harold Fowler, 1872-1941.

Papers; 1780-1937; ca. 10 linear feet, 6 photograph albums.
Collector of aeronautica. Correspondence file (1909-1937); early American aviation photographs including those of Wilbur Wright; negatives and prints by the American photographer, Grover Sexton; and important autograph letters in the field of aviation history. Also includes letters of the Montgolfier brothers, Charles Blagden, Andre Garnerin, and others (1780-1900). No finding aid available.
Purdue University Libraries
Special Collections and Archives
West Lafayette, Indiana 47907
(317) 494-2904

Earhart, Amelia Mary, 1897-1937.

Papers, photographs; 1928-1937; 13.5 linear feet.
Aviator. Includes materials relating to Earhart's 1928 Atlantic flight, 1932 solo Atlantic flight, 1935 flight from Honolulu, flights to and from Mexico City, and the 1937 around-the-world flight attempt. World flight material includes approximately 125 maps, landing field and service facility information, weather reports, photographs, etc. Finding aid available.
Quarles, Charles C., 1950-? , collector.
224 Knollwood
Forest City, North Carolina 28043
(704) 286-2962 or 245- 7803

Airline Memorabilia (Private Collection).

Timetables, histories, photographs, 4000 pilot wings and badges, uniforms, etc.; 1920- ; 16 file cabinet drawers, 15 shelves of artifacts, etc.; 48 linear feet airline history books and manuals.
Collection is ca. 90% US carriers and 10% foreign. Includes promotional materials, ticket jackets, postcards, small artifacts, prints and lithographs, airline factory display models. No finding aid available.
Radcliffe College
Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America
10 Garden Street
Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138
(617) 495-8647

Demarest Family.

Papers; 1921-1949; 0.5 linear foot.
Includes correspondence from Robert Demarest on his service as a pilot in World War II. RLIN ID MHVW88-A21. RLIN printout in NASM files.

Earhart, Amelia Mary, 1897-1937.

Papers, photographs; 1835-1978; 5 linear feet.
Aviator. Correspondence, school papers, scrapbooks, photographs, and other materials concerning Earhart's family history, early life, marriage, flying career, and investigations into her disappearance. Published finding aid available. Collection reprocessed April 1990; 4 page finding aid, no. A-129.

Earhart, Amy (Otis), 1869- 1962.

Papers; 1884, 1916-1943, 1987; 3 boxes.
Mother of Amelia Earhart. Includes photographs, family material, and correspondence from and about the flyer. Index available through the Harvard On Line Library Information System. 5 page draft finding aid, no. MC 398.

Federal Bureau of Investigation, Earhart Investigation.

Papers; 1937-1947, 1967; 2 folders.
This collection is the FBI investigation of the disappearance of Amelia Earhart. Unpublished finding aid available. RLIN ID MHVW88-A873.

Flagg, Mildred Buchanan, 1886-? . MS 61- 3459.

Papers; 1900-1955; 4 file boxes (1.75 linear feet).
Writer, lecturer, organizer of Celebrity Breakfasts, and clubwoman, Boston. Includes letters from aviators in the 1930s. Published finding aid available.

Hiller, Catherine Pierce, ? -1985.

Clippings, photograph; 1930-1985; 1 folder.
Newspaper publisher, pilot, flight instructor, manager of Barre-Hiller Airport, Mass. Unpublished finding aid available. RLIN ID MHVW88-A952.

Littledale, Clara Savage, 1891- 1956.

Papers; 1903-1956; 2 linear feet.
Editor, Parents' Magazine, etc. Includes material on aircraft accidents. RLIN ID MHVW85- A283.

Merrill, Kenneth G., ? -? .

Papers; 1918-1919; 1 folder.
Two autograph letters from Earhart to Merrill regarding her influenza and the end of World War I, and two photographs. RLIN ID MHVW88- A796.

Ninety-Nines. New England Chapter.

Records; 1942-1965; 0.25 linear foot.
Includes minutes, membership lists and correspondence. RLIN ID MHVW88-A592.

Warren, Margaret Thomas, 1912-? .

Memoir; 1912-1985; 2 folders.
Aviator. Account of her life as a pilot and wife; and women in aviation.

Williams, Clarence Strong, 1890-19??

Papers; 1907-1971; 13 folders.
Lawyer, Naval Reserve officer, and aerial navigation "wizard". Includes photographs and papers, most of them relating to his assistance to Amelia Earhart, but also other pilots. 2-page draft finding aid available A W722.
Radio Technical Commission for Aeronautics (RTCA)
1 McPherson Square
1425 K Street, N.W., Suite 500
Washington, DC 20005
(202) 682-0266

RTCA Files.

Records, correspondence; 1935- ; 80 linear feet.
Organizational and technical files from 1935 when RTCA was first established as a private non-profit organization for developing performance standards for airborne communications and navigation equipment in the US. Finding aid available.
Redstone Scientific Information Center
US Army Missile Command
Redstone Arsenal, Alabama 35898-5241
(205) 876- 5181

German Rocket and Missile Archives

Papers, motion pictures; 1941-1945; 6,000 originals or 41 linear feet, 71 volumes of copies or 22 linear feet.
These papers were surrendered by Wernher von Braun and co-workers at the end of World War II. The originals of the 71 volumes of copies were returned to West Germany. Subjects include the technical development of rockets and missiles in Germany before and during the War. There are also motion pictures of early rocket and missile tests in the US. Finding aid available.
Rhode Island Department of Transportation
Division of Airports
T. F. Green State Airport
Warwick, Rhode Island 02886
(401) 737-4000

Division Files.

Records; 1932- ; ?
Includes Rhode Island aviation history, correspondence records, technical papers, master plans, photographs, activity data, flight logs, statistics, tenant leases, airline leases, building plans, charts, etc. Finding aid available by file arrangement only.
Rhode Island Historical Society, The
121 Hope Street
Providence, Rhode Island 02906
(401) 331-8575

Gallaudet Aircraft Corporation.

Photographs; 1917-1923; 2 scrapbooks containing ca. 200 images.
Includes images of the operations of the Gallaudet Aircraft Corporation in East Greenwich, Rhode Island; and photographs of aircraft manufacture, test flights, airports, and runways, etc. No finding aid available.

McGee, Jack, ? -? .

Papers, photographs; 1912- 1918; l scrapbook, ca. 100 images.
A scrapbook of clippings and photographs tracing the six-year flying career of the early Rhode Island aviator, Jack McGee. Photographs include his noted
Pusher biplane, air shows and exhibition photographs, long distance flights, and crashes. No finding aid available.

Quonset Point-Davisville Collection. MS 73- 233.

Papers, photographs; 1939-1946; 6 linear feet.
Correspondence, construction records, deeds, maps, photographs, and other materials documenting the growth of the Quonset Point NAS and Davisville Construction Battalion during World War II. No finding aid available.
Rice University
Fondren Library
Woodson Research Center
PO Box 1892
Houston, Texas 77251-1892
(713) 527-8101 Ext. 2586 or 2563

Johnson Space Center (JSC) History Archive.

Papers, photographs, tapes from the early space programs: Mercury, Gemini, Skylab, ASTP; 1952-1980; 950 linear feet.
Collection is being curated for the Johnson Space Center History Office; see also entry for that reposistory. Research material includes meeting minutes, air-to-ground and press conference transcripts, correspondence files, reports, audio and video tapes, photographs, drawings, news clippings, and press releases. Also included are documents from industrial and research corporations; contractor related status reports and systems reports on subjects such as launch vehicles, parachutes, and guidance/navigation systems. Also contains documents generated by various departments within JSC/NASA, such as office reading files, working papers and other inhouse reports, press information, oral history tapes, and photographs. Printed guide and on-line finding aids available.

Movie Newsreels Collection.

Films; 1969-1975; 3 linear feet.
Contains masters of films distributed by Movie Newsreels for NASA, including Apollo 10-17, Gemini, Apollo Soyuz, and Skylab footage. Also includes negatives of many of these masters. Finding aid available.

UPI NASA Related Papers.

Papers, photographs; 1962-1980; 41 linear feet.
Contains press releases, air-to-ground transcripts, mission commentary, photographs and telexes related to the space program. The most heavily covered areas are the Apollo Soyuz Test Project, Skylab, and Apollo 11, 12, 15, 16, and 17. The UPI material has a great deal of information about these flights both in terms of background (reference books, procedures manuals, etc.) and in the actual flights (air-to-ground transcripts, briefings, telexes). The collection also has many 8X10 color and black-and-white photographs of all aspects of the various space flights. Finding aid available.
Richard M. Nixon Presidential Papers Project
8601 Adelphi Road
College Park, Maryland 20740-6001
(301) 713-6950

Nixon Presidential Papers.

Papers, etc.; 1969-1974; ?
The collection contains all White House materials for Nixon's presidential period, including documents, video, audio, still photographs, motion picture film and museum objects. The space related materials cover the White House's involvement in space, civil aviation, international cooperation, the SST, the Apollo program, Skylab, NASA and satellites, currently totalling 67 cubic feet. Finding aids available.
Rockwell International Corporation
Technical Information Center
4300 East Fifth Avenue
Columbus, Ohio 43216
(614) 239-3131

Archives.

Records and films; 1940s; ?
Includes Rockwell annual reports and motion pictures of company-produced aircraft.
Roosevelt, Franklin D.: See Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library.
Roswell Museum and Art Center
100 West 11th Street
Roswell, New Mexico 88201
(505) 624-6744 or 6745

Goddard, Robert Hutchings, 1882-1945.

Papers; 1930-1941; 50 items.
Physicist, rocket expert. Includes shop drawings (graphite on paper), blueprints, shop sketches (graphite), graphs for theoretical power output of rocket motors, etc., "bluebook" notes on formulas of theoretical studies (solar energy, etc.), and photographs of Goddard's rocket research near Roswell (1930-1941). Finding aid available.
San Diego Aero- Space Museum
Paul Whittier Aviation Library
2001 Pan American Plaza
Balboa Park
San Diego, California 92101
(619) 234- 8291

Archives.

Scrapbooks, logbooks, reports, manuals, photographs, correspondence, etc; 1880- ; 125 drawers, 4 boxes, 42 linear feet.
Editor's Note: This repository provided the following description of its filing practices: "Normally, we try to integrate each donation into the subject classifications we have here, so we don't have separate indices to [or descriptions of] each collection. We do believe [these] are unique sources ... and include mostly unpublished materials." The major series are:
Aircraft, US and foreign, heavier- and lighter-than-air: History, plans, descriptions, reports, 15 drawers, 1880s-1930s.
Aircraft builders: Reuben Fleet, 1 drawer, 1918-50, and Claude Ryan, 33 feet, 1920-75.
Airmail pioneers: collected by Edwin Cooper and Willard F. Schmitt, scrapbooks, 3 drawers, 1916-79.
Air cargo: collected by L. R. Hackney, 1940-78, 10 drawers.
Airline labels, album, 1920-1960, 3 feet.
American Volunteer Group, the Flying Tigers Association, 10 drawers, 1941- .
Army Air Forces, 90th Bomb Group Association, World War II, 6 feet.
Aviation in China: E. H. Gibbon and Malcolm Rosholt, 1 drawer.
Aviation in Mexico, collected by Santiago Ruiz, 1910-1980, 1 drawer.
Biographical files for Early Birds (1903-1916), as well as Errold G. Bahl, H. Clyde Balsley, Frank T. Courtney, Glenn Curtiss, Lee F. Duncan, Warren S. Eaton, E. H. Gibbon, Lewis E. Goodier, Lou E. Gordon, George E. A. Hallett, Charles A. Lindbergh, Paul Mantz, Knefler McGinnis, John J. Montgomery, Hugh M. Rockwell, G. E. Ruckstell, Waldo D. Waterman, 15 drawers.
Curtiss A-1 (1911) drawings collected by Ray B. Fife, 3 boxes.
Designers and engineers: T. P. Hall collection on flying cars, 1927-70, 6 drawers; George Hallett, 1910-50, 2 drawers; E. G. Bahl, 1920-25, 1 drawer; and Wilhelm F. Schult collection on flying wings, 1938-71, 1 drawer.
Dole Race and Ford Air Tours, collected by Lesley N. Forden, 1925-30, 2 drawers.
Fokker Aircraft, collected by John Sloan, 1910-1939, 2 drawers.
Gliding and soaring, collected by Wally Wiberg, 1940-1977, 2 drawers.
Jet engines and flights, collected by John W. Burgess, Muroc AFB.
Navy aviation, by Knefler McGinnis, 1917-1945, 1 drawer, and Admiral Marc Mitscher, 1917-1950, 1 drawer.
Navy Helicopter Association, mainly Sikorsky helicopters.
Pacific Southwest Air, collected by Lin Hendrix, 1945-1979, 2 drawers.
Photographs of aircraft, aerospace people, events and places, over 15,000 items, 35 drawers.
Republic Aircraft, collected by Lin Hendrix, 1 box.
Ryan Aircraft, 1925-1960, 10 drawers.
San Diego air history, collected by Ed Leiser, T. C. Macaulay, and Ivar Shogran, 3 drawers.
The 99's collection, 1911- , on women in aviation, 1 drawer.
World War I scrapbooks of H. C. Balsey, H. M. Rockwell, H. E. Tate, 1914-1919, 1 drawer.
San Diego Historical Society
Research Archives
(Casa de Balboa, Balboa Park
San Diego, California 92101)
PO Box 81825
San Diego, California 92138
(619) 232- 6203

Aviation Vertical Files.

Papers; ? -? ; 16 vertical files.
Clipping files on aviation including such topics as aviation pioneers, blimps, dirigibles, gliders, military aviation, aircraft industry, airplanes, and airfields located in San Diego County. Finding aid available.

Kettner, William, 1864-1930.

Papers; 1901-1931; 1 box.
Pertains to Kettner's service as congressman. Includes correspondence and necessary appropriations for the completion of the Naval Training Center in San Diego (1912-1920). Finding aid available.

Moore, Floyd Roscoe, ? -? .

Microfilm; ? -? : ?
Microfilm of thesis on "San Diego Airport Development." Finding aid available.

Oral Interview Program.

Interviews; 1958-1983; 4 tapes and transcripts
Includes oral interviews with:
Waldo D. Waterman (1892- 1982), a pioneer aviator, interview tapes and transcripts, November 1982 (mainly aviation); January 1970 and January 1971 (mainly family and homes).
H. Edwin Morrow (1899-? ), aviator and in aircraft construction, interview tape and transcript, June 2, 1974, dealing with aviation, mostly in the San Diego region.
Evelyn Harper Briggs (1906-? ), woman aviator, Powder Puff Derby, interview tape and transcript, January 2, 1983.
Finding aids available.

Photograph Collection.

Photographs; ? -? ; ?
Images of local aerospace activities and San Diego County aviation. Finding aid available
Santa Clara University
University Archives
Santa Clara, California 95053
(408) 554- 4117

Montgomery, John Joseph, 1858-1911.

Papers, tapes, films, photographs; 1883-1956; 5.5 cubic feet.
Physicist and pioneer in gliders and curved wing surface in California. Includes papers exhibited in Equity Case No. 33852 (Montgomery Family v. US), 1921-1925. Includes papers of other family members: Regina C., Ellen, George, James P., Jane E., Mary C., Richard J., and Zachary Montgomery; also papers of Winsor Josselyn, Richard Campi, M. T. J. Garlinger; and archival and manuscript materials, clippings, published materials, photographs of John Montgomery's work, family, glider reconstructions, posthumous honors, and information on his differences with the Wright Brothers. Correspondents include Octave Chanute, Glenn L. Martin and Victor Loughead. Includes a typewritten copy of his manuscript, Soaring Flight, 1893, typed later by Montgomery's wife. Most of his Evergreen glider is in the National Air and Space Museum. Finding aid available.
School of Aerospace Medicine, USAF
Strughold Aeromedical Library
Brooks AFB, Texas 78235-5301 (512) 536- 3321

Archives.

Research project reports; 1918- ; ?
The library serves as an inquiry point for materials maintained on Base research projects in aviation and space medicine. No finding aid available.
Seattle Historical Society: See Historical Society of Seattle and King County.
Seattle Public Library
Business and Science Department
1000 Fourth Avenue
Seattle, Washington 98104
(206) 625-4974

Archives.

Scrapbooks; 1927- ; 5 linear feet.
Includes scrapbooks of Charles Lindbergh newspaper clippings (1927- 34) and Boeing Aircraft Co newspaper clippings (1940- ). No finding aid available.
Simpson, Albert F., Historical Research Center: See Historical Research Center.
Smith College
Library, Rare Books Room
Northampton, Massachusetts 01063
(413) 584-2700 Ext. 2906

Lindbergh, Anne Morrow, 1906-? . MS 69-485

Papers, photographs; 1935; 3 linear feet.
Author and aviator. The original manuscript of North to the Orient (1935), with various drafts of the text, galley proofs, drawings, photographs, maps, and other related material. No finding aid available. Access restricted.