National Air and Space Museum Archives

United Air Lines Flight Attendant Memorabilia [Marcelline Amelia Garvis]

Summary

Collection ID:
NASM.2018.0035
Creators:
Garvis, Marcelline Amelia, 1910-2001
Dates:
bulk 1928-1998
Languages:
English
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Physical Description:
0.38 Cubic feet
2 boxes
Repository:
Marcelline Amelia Garvis (1910--2001) was a registered nurse and an early flight attendant for United Air Lines. This collection consists of a scrapbook and other mementos kept by Garvis from her time as a United Air Lines flight attendant, as well as a few items from later in her life.

Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents
This collection consists of a scrapbook and other mementos kept by Marcelline Garvis from her time as a United Air Lines flight attendant, as well as a few items from later in her life. The types of material include photographs; news clippings; items related to her nursing training; airline ephemera; correspondence; and business cards and other keepsakes she collected from passengers. The scrapbook pages also have extensive handwritten captions.

Arrangement

Arrangement
Collection is arranged by type of material.

Biographical / Historical

Biographical / Historical
Marcelline Amelia Garvis (1910--2001) was a registered nurse and an early flight attendant for United Air Lines. Garvis graduated from Cook County School of Nursing in Chicago, Illinois in 1933 and was selected as a flight attendant for United Air Lines in 1934. During her time with United, Ms. Garvis was frequently selected for public appearances and promotional work including being interviewed and/or photographed for numerous news pieces. Garvis also frequently did speaking engagements, including serving along with other flight attendants as featured speakers at the closing banquet of the First National Aircraft Production meeting (held in Los Angeles in 1936 by the Society of Automotive Engineers along with the Aeronautical Chamber of Commerce and the Air Transport Association of America). Garvis also presented at a symposium on employer-employee relations sponsored by the Business and Professional Women's Club in Alameda, California in 1938 and staffed a booth at the 1939--40 Golden Gate International Exposition, a World's Fair celebration held in San Francisco, California. Garvis left United Air Lines in 1940 to marry.

Administration

Author
Jessamyn Lloyd
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Sean Dowling, Gift, 2018, NASM.2018.0035
Processing Information
Arranged, described, and encoded by Jessamyn Lloyd, 2018. Updated by Jessamyn Lloyd, 2022.

Using the Collection

Conditions Governing Access
No restrictions on access.
Preferred Citation
United Air Lines Flight Attendant Memorabilia [Marcelline Amelia Garvis], NASM.2018.0035, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
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

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Keyword Terms Keyword Types
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Aeronautics, Commercial Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Flight attendants Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Scrapbooks Genre Form Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
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Diplomas Genre Form Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid

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