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National Air and Space Museum Archives
William I. Votaw Air Mail Collection
Summary
- Collection ID:
- NASM.2000.0052
- Creators:
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Votaw, William I.
- Dates:
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1921-1983
- Languages:
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English.
- Physical Description:
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0.68 Cubic feet(1 legal document box) (1 slim legal document box)
- Repository:
Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of several manuscripts by William I. Votaw relating to the infancy of the air mail service. Also included are biographical information relating to Jack Knight, Richard Byrd and William McCandless, copies of the Air Mail Pioneers newsletter as well as a large amount of newspaper clippings.
Biographical / Historical
Biographical / Historical
William I. Votaw began his career with the railway mail service and was promoted to the US Sea Post Service where he served until the advent of World War I. He established an American Expeditionary Force Postal Station in New York before entering the air mail service. In 1920 Votaw established the Ak-Sar-Ben air field in Omaha , Nebraska, and served as superintendent of the field, the base for the Chicago-Cheyenne segment of the transcontinental route. In 1921 he was appointed Assistant Director of the International Postal Service and in 1929 became Superintendent of Mails for the new United States Lines.
Administration
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Suzanne W. Todd, Transfer, 2000, 2000-0052, unknown
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 | ||
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Aeronautics, Commercial | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Air mail service | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Aeronautics | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Clippings | Genre Form | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Newsletters | Genre Form | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Biographies | Genre Form | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Manuscripts | Genre Form | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Votaw, William I. | Personal Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Knight, Jack | Personal Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Byrd, Richard Evelyn, 1888-1957 | Personal Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
McCandless, William | Personal Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
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