National Air and Space Museum Archives

John E. Parker Collection

Summary

Collection ID:
NASM.1991.0005
Creators:
Parker, John E.
Dates:
1940-1945
Languages:
English
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Physical Description:
3.09 Cubic feet
(1 records center box) (4 flatboxes)
Repository:

Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents
This collection contains four wooden covered scrapbooks designed by John E. Parker which include clippings and photographs of the company during this period. Collection also includes 'General Survey Organization Northwestern Aeronautical Corporation;' 'Postwar Products Survey Northwestern Aeronautical Corporation;' newsclippings on NAC; 'TOW Lines' published by NAC; and other material about the company and John Parker.

Biographical / Historical

Biographical / Historical
John E. Parker was a Naval Academy graduate, and an entrepreneur. Parker was the president of Northwestern Aeronautical Corporation (NAC), which made wooden gliders for the war effort. Allied forces used the unpowered gliders at the Normandy D-Day invasion and at other battles to silently carry troops into enemy territory. The company assembled fifteen gliders a day in a huge plant on Minnehaha Avenue in St. Paul, Minnesota. After the War, Parker also became president of the newly created Engineering Research Associates (ERA), a computer development company.

Administration

Immediate Source of Acquisition
Estate of John E. Parker, Gift, 1990, 1991-0005, 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

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Gliding and soaring Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
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