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Howard Franklin Wehrle Scrapbook

Summary

Collection ID:
NASM.2000.0069
Creators:
Wehrle, Howard Franklin, 1890-1964
Dates:
1923-1931
Languages:
English
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Physical Description:
0.28 Cubic feet
1 flatbox
Repository:
The Howard Franklin Wehrle Scrapbook Collection consists of a scrapbook compiled by Wehrle including newspaper articles on aviation, copies of Wehrle's 1929 column, "Flying – America's Path to Greatness," and articles detailing Wehrle's activities in the aviation industry.

Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents
This collection consists of a scrapbook compiled by Howard Franklin Wehrle, containing newspaper articles on aviation, including a Wehrle's 1929 column, "Flying – America's Path to Greatness", and other articles detailing Wehrle's activities in the aviation industry.

Arrangement

Arrangement
The collection consists of one scrapbook, the pages of which were dismounted at an unknown date. The scrapbook pages have been left in their original order.

Biographical / Historical

Biographical / Historical
Howard Franklin Wehrle was born in Charleston, West Virginia on January 20, 1890. In April 1916, Wehrle entered the Curtiss Aviation School. He made his first solo flight on June 16, 1916. Wehrle served overseas as a pilot in World War I, and returned to the United States in December 1918 as a major. He was secretary of the National Aeronautic Association in 1924, and general manager of the Cessna Aircraft Company in 1929. Wehrle also wrote a newspaper column, "Flying – America's Path to Greatness." Howard Franklin Wehrle died on December 14, 1964, and was buried in Arlington National Cemetery.

Administration

Author
Allan Janus
Immediate Source of Acquisition
John Ross, Gift, 2000, 2000.-0069.
Processing Information
Arranged, described, and encoded by Allan Janus, 2018.

Digital Content

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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
Preferred Citation
Howard Franklin Wehrle Scrapbook, Acc. 2000.0069, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.

Keywords

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Aeronautics, Military Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Aeronautics -- Societies, etc. Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
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World War, 1914-1918 Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
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