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Digitized Content Edna Bowler Airline Letter
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Creators:
Bowler, Edna Jones
Dates:
bulk 1945
Size:
0.05 Cubic feet ((1 folder))
Collection ID:
NASM.2018.0027
Repository:
National Air and Space Museum Archives

This October 1945 letter was written by Edna Jones Bowler to her parents, Frank and Edna Jones in Floral Park, New York. Bowler's fifteen page letter recounts her adventures flying via an unnamed airline from New York to San Diego to join her husband who was serving in the United States Navy.

Digitized Content Dwight. S. "Barney" Zimmerley Collection
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Creators:
Zimmerley, Dwight S. "Barney"
Dates:
bulk 1930s
Size:
1.32 Cubic feet ((2 boxes))
Collection ID:
NASM.2004.0047
Repository:
National Air and Space Museum Archives

This collection includes photographs, publications, and ephemera from the career of pioneer aviator Dwight S. "Barney" Zimmerley (1898?-1994).

Digitized Content US Army Air Service Copy Photographs [Relyea]
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Creators:
Relyea, Eleanor
Dates:
bulk 1909-1940
Size:
0.1 Cubic feet ((2 folders))
Collection ID:
NASM.2004.0050
Repository:
National Air and Space Museum Archives

This collection consists of the following items copied from Mrs. Eleanor Relyea's album: eleven black and white 8 by 11 inch copy prints of early Air Service photography, including images of the Wright Military Flyer at Fort Myer, a portrait of Glenn Curtiss, images of air-to-air refueling, and images of General William L. "Billy" Mitchell with Gen...

Digitized Content Robert S. Sanford Collection
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Creators:
Sanford, Robert S., 1897-1981
Dates:
bulk 1917-1970
Size:
0.55 Cubic feet (1 box, 1 folder in oversized box)
Collection ID:
NASM.2004.0063
Repository:
National Air and Space Museum Archives

This collection consists of material relating to both Robert S. Sanford's World War I service and his work in Alaska with the US Bureau of Mines. The material relating to his service with the 139th Aero Squadron includes the following: a series of over 100 letters from Sanford to his family from 1917-1919, chronicling his entry into the military, training stateside, his overseas deployment and service in the Toul sector; nine photographs of Sanford in uniform or of aircraft in France; a May 4, 1918 copy of "Plane News"; and a small brown diary with entries written by Sanford from 1917 to 1918.

Digitized Content Geoffrey N. O'Grady Papers
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Creators:
O'Grady, G. N. (Geoffrey N.)
Dates:
1949-2007
bulk 1957-1998
Size:
Plus 3 oversize boxes, 4 record storage boxes, and 3 map folders
11.8 Linear feet (24 document boxes and 3 card file boxes)
Collection ID:
NAA.2010-30
Repository:
National Anthropological Archives

This collection is comprised of the professional papers of linguistic anthropologist Geoffrey O'Grady. Included are research materials consisting of field notes and notebooks, correspondence, published and unpublished writings, annotated copies of other scholars' work, photographs, and sound recordings. The materials in this collection document ...

Digitized Content Admiral Albert C. Read, USN (Curtiss NC-4) Collection
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Creators:
Read, A. C. (Albert Cushing), 1887-1967
Dates:
1919-1946
bulk May 1919 to June 1919
Size:
1.74 Cubic feet (1 legal document box, three oversized boxes)
Collection ID:
NASM.XXXX.0391
Repository:
National Air and Space Museum Archives

Rear Admiral Albert C. Read (1887-1967) graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1907 and became Naval Aviator #24 in July 1915. In 1919, Read was the commander of the Curtiss NC-4, the first aircraft to fly across the Atlantic. The NC-4 covered 2150 nautical miles, from Nova Scotia to the Azores. The NC-4 was joined in the flight by the Curtiss NC-1 and Curtiss NC-3, but both the NC-1 and NC-3 were forced to land in the open sea. This collection consists of the following: black scrapbook containing photographs with US Navy numbers; newspaper front pages; reports; cable grams; signals and dispatches; the NC-4 log; biography of Read; and correspondence.

Digitized Content Wright 1903 Flyer "Operation Homecoming" Scrapbook
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Creators:
National Air Museum (U.S.)
Dates:
1948-1949
Size:
0.66 Cubic feet (1 flatbox)
Collection ID:
NASM.XXXX.0393
Repository:
National Air and Space Museum Archives

This scrapbook chronicles the return of the Wright 1903 Flyer to the United States, beginning with the early negotiations with England to the reception at the Smithsonian following receipt of the aircraft.

Digitized Content Geraldyn "Jerrie" M. Cobb Collection [Gawey]
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Creators:
Cobb, Geraldyn "Jerrie" Menor
Dates:
1950s - 2000s
Size:
0.2 Cubic feet (One slim letter document case.)
Collection ID:
NASM.2020.0018
Repository:
National Air and Space Museum Archives

This collection consists of .20 cubic feet of archival material documenting the aviation and space careers of Geraldyn M. "Jerrie" Cobb, 1950s - 2000s.

Digitized Content Mary Charles Collection
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Creators:
Charles, Mary
Dates:
1931-1966
bulk 1932-1936
Size:
1.41 Cubic feet (1 letter-size document box; 2 flat boxes)
Collection ID:
NASM.XXXX.0011
Repository:
National Air and Space Museum Archives

The Mary Charles Collection consists of documents, photographs, and scrapbooks collected/assembled by (Sarah) Mary Charles between 1931 and 1966. The collection showcases Charles' activity as a liscensed pilot. The bulk of the collection covers the span between 1931 and 1936.

Digitized Content Charles Arens Scrapbooks
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Creators:
Arens, Charles A., 1895-1967
Dates:
1911-1960
Size:
1.05 Cubic feet (4 flatboxes)
Collection ID:
NASM.XXXX.0016
Repository:
National Air and Space Museum Archives

This collection consists of four albums and some additional material including photographs (many of which appear to be originals); news clippings; catalogues and advertisements; event programs; and other ephemera.

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