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National Air and Space Museum Archives
Peter W. Westburg Drawings
Summary
- Collection ID:
- NASM.1987.0001
- Creators:
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Westburg, Peter W., 1914-1984
- Dates:
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1970-1981
- Languages:
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English.
- Physical Description:
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2.2 Cubic feet(1 map case drawer)
- Repository:
Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of Westburg's original drawings. The material consists of 105 ink-on-mylar detail drawings of 37 aircraft from the 1920s and 1930s. Westburg executed all these drawings between April 1970 and February 1981.
Biographical / Historical
Biographical / Historical
Peter W. Westburg (1914-1984) was raised in Michigan City, Indiana, and relocated to Santa Monica, California, just before World War II to work for Douglas Aircraft Company. As a lifelong aeronautical engineer for Douglas he held several patents, including a flap mechanism for the DC-8. Westburg is perhaps best known for his superbly accurate and detailed scale view drawings of many military and civil aircraft from the 1930s. Working closely with Westburg, MODEL BUILDER magazine published all of his drawings, each accompanied by photographs and brief histories of the aircraft. After Westburg's death in 1984 the National Air and Space Museum authorized Paul L. Smith, an associate of Westburg's, to undertake a fundraising effort to purchase the Westburg drawings for the archives.
Administration
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Madeline Westburg, Purchase, 1986, 1987-0001, Madeline Westburg until her death; then NASM
Using the Collection
Conditions Governing Access
No restrictions on access
Conditions Governing Use
Material is subject to Smithsonian Terms of Use. Should you wish to use NASM material in any medium, please submit an Application for Permission to Reproduce NASM Material, available at Permissions Requests
More Information
General
General
NASMrev
Keywords
| Keyword Terms | Keyword Types | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Century illustrated monthly magazine | Title | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Airplanes -- Design and construction | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Airplanes | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Aeronautics | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Airplanes -- Models | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Drawings | Genre Form | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Works of art | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Westburg, Peter W., 1914-1984 | Personal Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
National Air and Space Museum Archives
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