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National Air and Space Museum, Archives Division United States Women in Aviation through World War I Accession No. XXXX-0424  SI neg no. A-5532
National Air and Space Museum © Smithsonian Institution, 1994 |
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This collection of photographs, written notes, articles, photocopies of news clippings, correspondence, and biographies was used by Claudia M. Oakes to prepare the publication, United States Women in Aviation Through World War I (Smithsonian Institution Press: Washington, D.C., 1978). She donated this collection sometime after the book's completion. The first group of materials contains photographs of the women who participated in the aviation field not only in the United States but throughout the world from 1880 through World War I. Most photographs are identified by subjects (pilot's or aircraft's names), dates, captions, and, whenever possible, by Smithsonian's negative numbers. The second group of materials includes the author's written notes and correspondence. The third group of documents provides valuable biographical information about specific aviatrix. These are arranged in alphabetical order by person. |
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| 1 | 1 | Negative No. - A 43064 B | Subject - BERG, MRS. HART O.; WRIGHT, WILBUR |
Caption - 2 copies. Mrs. Hart O. Berg, the first American woman to fly as a passenger in an airplane, shown here beside Wilbur Wright shortly before their takeoff at Auvers, France. Note her "hobbled" skirt and the security of her hat. |
2 | Negative No. - 77-717 |
Subject - DEMAN, MRS. RALPH VAN |
Caption - Mrs. Ralph Van Deman, a good friend of the Wright brothers' sister Katherine and the first woman to fly as an airplane passenger in America. |
3 | Negative No. - unknown |
Subject - HEADLINE COVERAGE OF A WOMAN FLYING AT THE DETROIT AIR MEET |
Date - June 20, 1911 |
Caption - Includes negative. On the front of The Detroit Free Press. |
Photo - Courtesy of Detroit Public Library. |
4 | Negative No. - unknown |
Subject - WHITNEY, MRS. L.A. |
Caption - Mrs. L.A. Whitney, who, in 1914, was the first woman to fly on a scheduled airline. |
Photo - Courtesy of The St. Petersburg Times. |
5 | Negative No. - A 42804 G |
Subject - WRIGHT, KATHERINE |
Caption - Katherine Wright, who was a staunch supporter for her brothers' work, posing for reporters with her brother Wilbur before embarking on one of their European trips to demonstrate Wright aircraft. |
6 | Negative No. - 77-704 |
Subject - BEACHY, LINCOLN: SPECTATORS CAME TO SEE HIM |
Date - August 1, 1914 |
Caption - Some of the spectators who came to see the famous aerobatic flyer Lincoln Beachy at Dayton, OH; in the foreground (from left), Marjorie Stinson, Mrs. K. Whiting, Orville Wright, Katherine Wright, and Griffith Brewer. |
7 | Negative No. - 77-720 |
Subject - WRIGHT, KATHERINE: WATCHING HER BROTHER'S MACHINE |
8 | Negative No. - 77-2698 |
Subject - MYERS, MARY: HER BALLOON "CARLOTTA" |
Caption - Mary Meyers' balloon "Carlotta" shown being inflated outside the Victorian mansion in Frankfort, New York, where the Meyers opened their "Balloon Farm". |
9 | Negative No. - 77-2699 |
Subject - MYERS, MARY H. |
Caption - The balloonist Mary H. Meyers (billed as "Carlotta, the Lady Aeronaut"), the first woman in the U.S. to pilot her own aircraft. |
10 | Negative No. - 77-7660 |
Subject - TODD, MISS E. LILLIAN: HER FLYING MACHINE |
Date - December 1906 |
Caption - 3 copies. Todd's flying machine displayed at the exhibition of the Aero Club of America in December 1906, the first heavier-than-air craft designed by a U.S. woman. |
11 | Negative No. - unknown |
Subject - TODD MISS E. LILLIAN |
Caption - Miss. E Lillian Todd (who designed an airplane but never learned to fly), posing in an early aircraft. |
Photo - Courtesy of Betman Archives. |
12 | Negative No. - 77-718 |
Subject - SMITH, HILDER:WITH HER HUSBAND FLOYD |
Caption - She worked with him in building an aircraft and in parachuting experiments. |
13 | Negative No. - 75-5216 |
Subject - SCOTT, BLANCHE: HER FIRST SOLO FLIGHT |
Caption - 2 copies. Blanche Scott's first solo flight, which attained an altitude of about 40 feet despite the throttle block Glenn Curtiss had put on her aircraft. |
14 | Negative No. - A 46916 |
Subject - HANDBILL FROM ONE OF BLANCHE SCOTT'S AIRSHOWS |
Caption - Handbill from one of the airshows where, for almost five years, Blanche Scott thrilled spectators throughout the country with her aerial maneuvers. |
15 | Negative No. - A 951 A |
Subject - RAICHE, BESSICA |
Caption - 2 copies. Pursued two careers that were unusual for a woman in her day: being a pilot and (after her retirement from flying) a practicing physician. |
16 | Negative No - 73-2247 |
Subject - THE MOISANT SCHOOL OF AVIATION |
Caption - At Hempstead, New York. Unlike some other early aviation schools, welcomed women as students. |
17 | Negative No. - 77-700 |
Subject - MILLER, BERNETTA |
Caption - A graduate of the Moisant School and the first pilot to demonstrate a monoplane before U.S. government officials (damaged photo). |
18 | Negative No. - 77-710 |
Subject - BRYANT, ALYS McKEY |
Date - c. 1912 |
Caption - The first aviatrix of the west coast, Alys McKey Bryant, who first soloed at The Palms, California, in 1912 |
19 | Negative No. - A 34408 D |
Subject - BRYANT, ALYS McKEY: HER EXHIBITION FLIGHT |
Date - May, 1913 |
Caption - Making the first of her many exhibition flights at North Yakima, Washington, in May 1913. |
20 | Negative No. - 77-701 |
Subject - BRYANT, ALYS McKEY: PREPARES FOR DEEP-SEA DIVING |
Caption - Bryant, equipped for deep-sea diving, one of her interests that was perhaps even more unusual for a woman than flying. |
21 | Negative No. - unknown |
Subject - SNOOK, NETA: WITH HER FAMOUS PUPIL AMELIA EARHART |
Caption - Neta Snook posing with Amelia Earhart, before one of their flying lesson flights. |
Photo - Courtesy of Neta Snook Southern. |
22 | Negative No. - unknown |
Subject - SNOOK, NETA: WITH HER FAMOUS PUPIL AMELIA EARHART |
Caption - Not the same photo as the one before. |
Photo - Courtesy of Neta Snook Southern. |
23 | Negative No. - A 43510 B |
Subject - QUIMBY, HARRIET |
Caption - 2 copies. The first licensed woman pilot in the U.S. and second in the world. |
24 | Negative No. - 77-711 |
Subject - QUIMBY, HARRIET: HER BLERIOT MONOPLANE |
Date - April 16, 1912 |
Caption - Harriet Quimby's Bleriot monoplane held down by spectators while she enters the cockpit for her attempt at crossing the English Channel. |
Negative No. - A 31991 F |
Subject - QUIMBY, HARRIET: PRIOR TO HER ENGLISH CHANNEL FLIGHT |
Date - April 16, 1912 |
Caption - A confidently smiling Harriet Quimby receiving last minute advice and good wishes just prior to her Channel flight. |
25 | Negative No. - A 5532 B |
Subject - QUIMBY, HARRIET: THE BOSTON AVIATION MEET |
Date - 1912 |
Caption - In her characteristic satin flying suit, Harriet Quimby poses prior to the Boston Aviation Meet, 1912; inset, part of the wreckage of her aircraft being examined after her fatal accident. |
26 | Negative No. - A 43515 |
Subject - MOISANT, MATILDE; QUIMBY, HARRIET |
Caption - Moisant and Quimby, close friends and fellow students at the Moisant School of Aviation. |
27 | Negative No. - 73-3564 |
Subject - MOISANT, MATILDE |
Caption - In her heavy tweed flying suit that was credited with saving her life when her airplane caught fire on landing. |
28 | Negative No. - 77-703 |
Subject - MOISANT, MATILDE: PILOT'S LICENSE |
Date - c. 1911 |
Caption - Matilde Moisant's pilot license, issued August 17, 1911; the second one granted to a woman in the United States. |
29 | Negative No. - 77-699 |
Subject - MOISANT, MATILDE: FIERY CRASH |
Caption - The fiery crash that concluded her last flight. |
30 | Negative No. - 77-702 |
Subject - DUTRIEU, HELENE |
Caption - France's leading aviatrix, who flew in several major U.S. air meets in the early 1900's and received the Legion of Honor from the French government for her achievements in aviation. |
31 | Negative No. - 73-4023 |
Subject - DUTRIEU, HELENE: FRANCE'S LEADING AVIATRIX |
Caption - Helene Dutrieu flew in several major U.S. air meets in the early 1900's and received the Legion of Honor from the French government for her achievements in aviation. |
32 | Negative No. - A 43512 F |
Subject - STINSON, KATHERINE |
Caption - The oldest of the four Stinsons, who were all famous in aviation. |
33 | Negative No. - A 5532 A |
Subject - THE STINSON SISTERS: KATHERINE AND MARJORIE |
Date - 1913 |
Caption - Just after a flight in Katherine's airplane. |
34 | Negative No. - A 48410 |
Subject - STINSON, KATHERINE: THE CURTISS JN-4 |
Caption - The Curtiss JN-4 used by Katherine Stinson for her fund-raising tour for the Red Cross during World War I. |
35 | Negative No. - unknown |
Subject - STINSON, KATHERINE: ROLAND ROLPHS GREETS HER |
Caption - Roland Rolphs, chief pilot for the Curtiss Company, greeting Katherine Stinson in California. |
Photo - Courtesy of Rare Birds, Inc. |
36 | Negative No. - unknown |
Subject - STINSON, KATHERINE: AERIAL EXHIBITION ON HER RED CROSS TOUR |
Caption - On her Red Cross tour, Katherine Stinson gave aerial exhibitions at several military bases. |
Photo - Courtesy of Rare Birds, Inc. |
37 | Negative No. - 77-705 |
Subject - THE FLYING CLASS OF THE WRIGHT SCHOOL |
Date - August 1, 1914 |
Caption - The flying class of the Wright School, Dayton, Ohio (left to right): H. Daniels; Howard Rinehart, instructor; Lt. K. Whiting, USN; Marjorie Stinson; Griffith Brewer, England; C. Ando, Japan. |
38 | Negative No. - A 32619 J |
Subject - STINSON, MARJORIE: ARMISTEAD, GEORGE |
Date - May 1915 |
Caption - George Armistead, postmaster of San Antonio, swearing in Marjorie Stinson to carry mail between San Antonia and Seguin, Texas; Emma Stinson, Marjorie's mother, second from right. |
39 | Negative No. - A 309590 |
Subject - STINSON, MARJORIE |
Caption - Marjorie Stinson who trained many men as pilots that later flew for the U.S. and Canada in World War I. |
40 | Negative No. - 77-709 |
Subject - STINSON, MARJORIE: HANDBILL ADVERTISES HER PERFORMANCE |
Caption - Handbill advertising a performance of Marjorie Stinson at the German-speaking community of Seguin, Texas. |
41 | Negative No. - A 5251 |
Subject - LAW, RUTH: WITH HER BROTHER RODMAN |
Caption - Ruth Law with her brother, Rodman, a trick parachutist and daredevil performer. |
42 | Negative No. - A 44433 |
Subject - LAW, RUTH: WRIGHT PLANE |
Caption - Airplanes owned by Ruth Law: top, the Wright plane in which she performed at resorts and air meets throughout the country; bottom, the Curtiss pusher modified with Wright-type controls that she used for her exhibition flights. |
Photo - Courtesy of Rare Birds, Inc. |
43 | Negative No. - 77-706 |
Subject - LAW, RUTH: SPECTACULAR NIGHT-TIME PERFORMANCE |
Caption - One of Ruth Law's spectacular night-time performances when she looped with flares attached to her aircraft; inset, the aviatrix, Ruth Law. |
44 | Negative No. - 77-708 |
Subject - LAW, RUTH: POSES AT THE HOTEL McALPIN |
Date - June 30, 1917 |
Caption - A pose of Ruth Law, the first woman in the U.S. authorized to wear a noncommissioned officer's uniform, photographed at the Hotel McAlpin in New York, during a recruiting drive for the Army and the Navy. |
45 | Negative No. - A 5532 |
Subject - LAW, RUTH |
Caption - The uniform and Curtiss plane, trademarks of Ruth Law's contributions to recruiting and to Red cross and Liberty Loan drives. |
46 | Negative No. - 77-707 |
Subject - STINSON, KATHERINE: ARRIVAL AT CAMP KEARNY |
Caption - YMCA representative pinning the Association's triangle on Stinson's arm on her arrival at Camp Kearny from the North Island Aviation Station, San Diego. |
47 | Negative No. - A 2065 |
Subject - UNKNOWN |
Caption - People meeting (probably in an airplane exhibition.) |
Negative No. - unknown |
Subject - MRS. DIXON: ABOARD CROMWELLS DIXON'S AIRSHIP |
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| Box | Folder | |
| 1 | 48 | Subject - U.S. WOMEN IN AVIATION THROUGH WORLD WAR I | Remarks - Claudia Oakes' draft |
49 | Subject - THE SMITHSONIAN PRESS' HOUSE STYLE |
Remarks - Requirements for publications |
50 | Subject - U.S. WOMEN IN AVIATION THROUGH WORLD WAR I |
Remarks - Claudia Oakes' final draft (includes references) |
51 | Subject - AERO CLUB OF AMERICA |
Remarks - Club's list (632 names, includes references) |
52 | Subject - OAKES' WRITTEN NOTES |
Date - c. 1977 |
Remarks - Includes references and photograph's negative numbers |
53 | Subject - OAKES' LETTERS AND REFERENCES |
Remarks - Includes a written latter regarding the Amelia Earhart Collection |
54 | Subject - U.S. WOMEN IN AVIATION THROUGH WORLD WAR I |
Remarks - Claudia Oakes' written essay |
55 | Subject - GUIDELINES ON THE USE OF THE SI/NASM NAME IN OUTSIDE PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS |
Date - July 5, 1977 |
Remarks - Memorandum written by Michael Collins for the Department and Division Heads |
56 | Subject - PUBLICATION PAPERS |
Date - August 2, 1977 |
Remarks - Memorandum for Mr. Zisfein. Claudia Oakes suggests reviewers for her book |
57 | Subject - LETTERS FOR CLAUDIA M. OAKES |
Remarks - Most of the letters congratulate Claudia Oakes for the publication of her book. One of the letters shows concern with regards to the lack of information on women in libraries. |
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| 2 | 1 | Subject - ACOSTA, MISS ADA | Materials - Photograph (Negative No. A 33043) |
2 | Subject - BROADWICK, TINY |
Materials - An interview by Kenneth Leish, newspaper clippings, articles, and biographies |
3 | Subject - BRYANT, ALYS McKEY |
Materials - The Early Birds' application for membership, biography, newspaper clippings, and articles |
4 | Subject - CLARK, JULIA |
Materials - Articles and biographies |
5 | Subject - DUTRIEU, HELENE (French) |
Materials - Articles, obituary, biography, and letter |
6 | Subject - HARRIS, HELENE HODGE |
Materials - Letter and biographies |
7 | Subject - LAW, RUTH |
Materials - Articles and newspaper clippings |
8 | Subject - MILLER, BERNETTA |
Materials - Article and biography |
9 | Subject - MOISANT, MATILDE |
Materials - Biography and newspaper clippings |
10 | Subject - MYERS, MARY "CARLOTTA" |
Materials - Pamphlet and article |
11 | Subject - QUIMBY, HARRIET |
Materials - Biographies, photographs, articles, and newspaper clippings |
12 | Subject - RAICHE, BESSICA |
Materials - Article |
13 | Subject - BLANCHE, SCOTT |
Materials - Accession worksheet, newspaper clippings, and biographies |
14 | Subject - SHAFFER, GENEVE A. |
Materials - Article, letter, and application for membership |
15 | Subject - SMITH, HILDER |
Materials - Articles and newspaper clippings |
16 | Subject - SNOOK, NETA |
Materials - Photograph, articles, letters, and Oakes' written notes |
17 | Subject - STINSON, KATHERINE |
Materials - Biography, photographs, and newspaper clippings |
18 | Subject - STINSON, MARJORIE |
Materials - Articles, newspaper clippings, and biographies |
19 | Subject - MISCELLANEOUS (PASSENGERS, NON-PILOTS) |
Materials - Articles and newspaper clippings |
20 | Subject - MISCELLANEOUS PILOTS |
Materials - Letters, photographs, and newspaper clippings |