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National Air and Space Museum Archives
Colonel Ira F. Fravel Collection
Summary
- Collection ID:
- NASM.1991.0056
- Creators:
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Fravel, Ira F.
- Dates:
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1917-1932
- Languages:
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English.
- Physical Description:
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0.45 Cubic feet(1 legal document box)
- Repository:
Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of the official correspondence of Ira F. Fravel, while commissioned in the infantry, and later in the Army Balloon School, Army Balloon Service and as commander of Ross Field. A significant portion of this correspondence is with Charles DeForest Chandler, aviation pioneer. There is also personal correspondence as well as photographs and newspaper clippings.
Biographical / Historical
Biographical / Historical
Ira F. Fravel was involved in the Army Air Service Balloon Service from the turn of the century to the 1930s. His achievements included, receiving the first wireless messages in a free balloon (May, 1911), graduation from the General Service and Staff College (Ft. Leavenworth, KS, 1904), receiving the first wireless message in a free balloon (May, 1911), service with the Expeditionary Force in France, 1917-1918, and command of the Ross Airfield in Arcadia, CA.
Administration
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Kathie J. Walsh, gift, 1991, 1991-0056
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
Keywords
| Keyword Terms | Keyword Types | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Aeronautics | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Aeronautics, Military | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Balloons | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Correspondence | Genre Form | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Photographs | Genre Form | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Fravel, Ira F. | Personal Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Chandler, Charles deForest, 1878-1939. | Personal Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| United States. Army. Air Service. Army Balloon School -- Ross Field, Cal. | Corporate Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| United States. Army Air Service. Army Balloon Service | Corporate Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
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