National Air and Space Museum Archives

L. Welch Pogue Papers

Summary

Collection ID:
NASM.2021.0016
Creators:
Pogue, Lloyd Welch, 1899-2003
Dates:
1942-2003
Languages:
English
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Physical Description:
4.83 Cubic feet
Seven boxes.
Repository:
This collection consists of five cubic feet of material that document L. Welch Pogue's work as chairman of the Civil Aeronautics Board as well as his work as an attorney dealing with civil aviation regulation.
This collection is in English.

Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents
This collection consists of five cubic feet of the following types of material that document L. Welch Pogue's work as chairman of the Civil Aeronautics Board as well as his work as an attorney dealing with civil aviation regulation: photographs; correspondence; copies of speeches; drafts of essays and books written by Pogue; programs; reports; manuals; scrapbooks containing memorabilia of dinners, meetings and business trips taken by Pogue; CAB economic studies from the 1940s; International Civil Aviation Organization material; first day covers and stamps; microcassette tapes of Pogue's speeches; Aerial Collision Test film; and videotapes of speeches and Pogue interviews.

Arrangement

Arrangement
Arranged by material type.

Biographical / Historical

Biographical / Historical
Appointed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt, L. Welch Pogue (1899–2003) was the second chairman of the Civil Aeronautics Board (CAB), serving from 1942 until 1946. During his tenure he led the regulation and development of the US airline industry through the Second World War and into the postwar expansion of commercial aviation. Of great significance, Pogue led the US delegation to the Convention on International Civil Aviation --- widely known as the Chicago Convention --- that brought together representatives from fifty-four nations in late 1944 where the rules and regulations of postwar international civil aviation were established under the auspices of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), which is now a part of the United Nations. Pogue played a leading role in developing the standards and procedures for peaceful global navigation, and these agreements are still in effect. As an attorney in private practice, Pogue founded the firm of Pogue and Neal to continue his interest in civil aviation regulation, writing and lecturing widely and representing numerous airlines and other clients. The firm later became Jones, Day, Reavis, and Pogue, one of Washington's preeminent law firms and the fifth largest law firm in the United States. Pogue retired in 1981 but continued pursuing his aviation interests by joining the National Air and Space Museum as a docent for the next two decades. He passed away in 2003 at the age of 103.

Administration

Author
Patti Williams
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Richard W. Pogue, Gift, 2021, NASM.2021.0016
Processing Information
Arranged, described, and encoded by Patti Williams, 2021.

Using the Collection

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.
Conditions Governing Access
No restrictions on access
Preferred Citation
L. Welch Pogue Papers, NASM.2021.0016, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.

Keywords

Keywords table of terms and types.
Keyword Terms Keyword Types
aeronautics, civil Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Aeronautics -- Law and legislation Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Airlines Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Speeches Genre Form Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Reports -- 20th century Genre Form Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Civil Aeronautics Board Corporate Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
International Civil Aviation Organization Corporate Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid

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