National Air and Space Museum Archives

John Jay Ide Collection

Summary

Collection ID:
NASM.XXXX.0070
Creators:
Ide, John Jay, 1892-1962
Dates:
1911-1962
bulk 1920-1945
Languages:
English
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Physical Description:
10.81 Cubic feet
9 records center boxes, 1 scrapbook
Repository:

Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents
This collection primarily documents Ide's affiliation with the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics. Particularly noteworthy are his correspondence, war notebooks, and intelligence reports. The war notebooks contain technical information on British aircraft and U.S.-built aircraft in service in Britain during World War II. Researchers are advised that much of the information in the intelligence reports is still security classified and might not be available for immediate reference use.

Arrangement

Arrangement
Arrangement: 1) Correspondence, 1911-1962, and undated; 2) war notebooks; 3) intelligence reports, 1921-1940; 4) miscellaneous; 5) pre-1921 materials; 6) financial records; 7) William Knight, 1919-1920; 8) AERONAUTICAL EXPORT DIRECTORY, 1940; 9) duplicate intelligence reports, 1921-1940; 10) scrapbook.

Biographical / Historical

Biographical / Historical
John Jay Ide (1892-1962) graduated from Columbia University with a Certificate of Architecture (1913), then studied at the Ecole des Beuax Arts, Paris, in 1914. He was an architect with H. T. Lindeberg in New York, 1916-1917 and 1920-1921. He then served as a technical assistant for the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics at the American Embassy in Paris, 1921-1940, and again from 1949 until his retirement. During World War II he served active duty in the Bureau of Aeronautics of the Navy Department in Washington, D.C.

Administration

Immediate Source of Acquisition
No donor information, unknown, unknown, XXXX-0070, unknown

Digital Content


Using the Collection

Conditions Governing Access
The intelligence reports contained within the collection contain security classified information.
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

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