National Air and Space Museum Archives

Ligue Internationale des Aviateurs Certificates [Roscoe Turner]

Summary

Collection ID:
NASM.XXXX.1134
Creators:
International League of Aviators
Dates:
1938
Languages:
English
,
French
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Physical Description:
0.05 Cubic feet
1 folder
Repository:
This collection consists of two Ligue Internationale des Aviateurs (International League of Aviators) certificates given to Roscoe Turner with his 1938 Harmon Trophy Award.

Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents
This collection consists of two 19.5 by 23 inch Ligue Internationale des Aviateurs certificates given to Roscoe Turner with his 1938 Harmon Trophy Award. The first certificate is signed by the following aviation personalities: Charles Lindbergh, Eddie Rickenbacker, Clayton Knight, Shirley Short, William Thaw, Harold Hartley, John Iseman, George Haldeman, and Gerald McClellan. The second certificate, which is inscribed with "Elects Roscoe Turner as the Champion Aviator of the United States Section for the Year 1938," is autographed by Clayton Knight, Clifford Harmon, Charles Kerwood, J. Errol D. Boyd, and contains two more signatures which are unreadable.

Arrangement

Arrangement
Collection is comprised of two items.

Biographical / Historical

Biographical / Historical
The Ligue Internationale des Aviateurs (International League of Aviators) was an organization founded by Clifford Harmon to serve as "an agent for Peace and National security." Until World War II, the League administered the Harmon Trophy, a set of three international annual trophies that were awarded to the world's outstanding aviator, aviatrix and aeronaut. A fourth trophy was called the National Trophy and was awarded to the most outstanding aviator in each of the twenty-one member countries from 1926 to 1948. Roscoe Turner was awarded the Harmon National Trophy in 1932 and again in 1938.

Administration

Author
Patricia Williams
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Estate of Roscoe Turner, date unknown, NASM.XXXX.1134.
Processing Information
Arranged and described by Patricia Williams, 2011. Updated and encoded by Jessamyn Lloyd, 2024.

Digital Content


Using the Collection

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Conditions Governing Access
No restrictions on access
Preferred Citation
Ligue Internationale des Aviateurs Certificates [Roscoe Turner], NASM.XXXX.1134, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.

Keywords

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