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Digitized Content K. S. "Slim" Lindsay Collection
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Creators:
Lindsay, Kester S. "Slim,", 1902-1979
Dates:
1912-1953
bulk 1929-1937
Size:
0.45 Cubic feet ((1 legal document box))
Collection ID:
NASM.1990.0074
Repository:
National Air and Space Museum Archives

This collection consists of 277 images taken by or acquired by Slim Lindsay during his stints as manager of the Curtiss Wright and Roosevelt Fields, and during his travels for the B.G. Corporation.

Digitized Content National Air Transport Collection [Hutchinson]
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Creators:
National Air Transport
Dates:
1927-1937
Size:
0.75 Cubic feet ((1 flatbox and one cassette tape box))
Collection ID:
NASM.1991.0024
Repository:
National Air and Space Museum Archives

This collection consists of a scrapbook, photographs, correspondence, interviews, and newspaper articles relating to National Air Transport (NAT).

Digitized Content J. C. B. Tinling/Power Jets, Inc. Collection
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Creators:
Power Jets, Ltd.
Dates:
1930-1987
bulk [ca. 1930s-1940s]
Size:
0.9 Cubic feet ((2 legal document boxes) (1 flatbox))
Collection ID:
NASM.1991.0032
Repository:
National Air and Space Museum Archives

This collection consists of corporate records, magazine articles, photographs and a scrapbook containing newspaper clippings on Power Jets, Ltd. Most of the material in the collection also relates to Frank Whittle and his accomplishments. Included are some of Whittle's writings and the agreements he signed for Power Jets.

Digitized Content Bowman Family Papers
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Creators:
Bowman, Les (Leslie)
Bowman, Martie (Marguerite)
Bowman, Larnie
Dates:
1923-1987
bulk 1923-1950
Size:
1.28 Cubic feet (1 records center box)
Collection ID:
NASM.1991.0042
Repository:
National Air and Space Museum Archives

The Bowman Family Papers contain 1.28 cubic feet of material related to the aviation careers of Leslie (Les), Marguerite (Martie), and Larnie Bowman.

Digitized Content Airline Ephemera Collection [Pullman]
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Creators:
Pullman, Henry W.
Dates:
1928-1956
bulk [ca. 1930s-1940s]
Size:
0.23 Cubic feet ((1 slim legal document box))
Collection ID:
NASM.1993.0018
Repository:
National Air and Space Museum Archives

This collection consists of the following ephemeral items documenting Pullman's travels: photographs and postcards, including three images of Wolfgang von Gronau's Dornier Wal; certificates - one "Jupiter Rex," for crossing the equator and one "Clipper Club," for flying around the world; and a red 10x13" scrapbook containing baggage labels, postcards, menus, guest lists, hotel and travel literature, decals, and tickets and napkins which were souvenirs from events and places he visited during his travels. A technical manual for Air-Ground Communication, December 2, 1941, was also donated as was a souvenir edition of "Plane News: Air Service Paper of the A.E.F.", January 25, 1919; a roster and photograph of the Ordnance Detachment, A.F. in G., Metternich, Germany, distributed on the occasion of a Thanksgiving Dinner, November 25, 1925; five July, 1938 images relating to Pan Am Philippine Clipper trip number 222; four World War I era images and one portrait of a young pilot in parachute harness.

Digitized Content Elbert W. Proctor Collection
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Creators:
Proctor, Elbert W.
Dates:
1920-1963
bulk [ca.1920s]
Size:
1.09 Cubic feet ((1 records center box))
Collection ID:
NASM.1993.0038
Repository:
National Air and Space Museum Archives

This collection contains documentation on TAT (Transcontinental Air Transport) and NAT (National Air Transport) as well as radio communication and general aviation themes. The following types of material are included: house newspapers/newsletters for both airlines; newspaper and magazine articles relating to Proctor, the airlines or aviation; photographs of both NAT and TAT, specifically dealing with radio; correspondence; and memorabilia relating to TAT and NAT.

Digitized Content Captain Ann H. Patrie Operation Desert Storm Collection
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Creators:
Patrie, Ann H., Captain
Dates:
1987-1991
bulk 1990-1991
Size:
0.05 Cubic feet ((1 folder))
Collection ID:
NASM.1993.0053
Repository:
National Air and Space Museum Archives

This collection consists of the following: eight letters between Captain Patrie and her husband Chris; twenty color photographs of Patrie during Operation Desert Storm; copies of Patrie's military orders; and an 'Aviation Procedure Handbook.'

Digitized Content Black Wings Exhibit and Book Collection
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Creators:
National Air and Space Museum (U.S.)
Hardesty, Von, 1939-
Dates:
1917-2000
bulk 1981-1986
Size:
13.38 Cubic feet (11 legal document boxes, 1 shoe box (5 x 8 inches), 6 records center boxes )
Collection ID:
NASM.1993.0060
Repository:
National Air and Space Museum Archives

This collection consists of background material collected in support of the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum (NASM) exhibit "Black Wings: The American Black in Aviation" (opened in 1982) and its companion book (published 1983) by curators Von Hardesty and Dominick Pisano, a related symposium, educational materials, and a travelling version of the exhibit. The collection contains photographs and textual materials used in the exhibit and book, internal correspondence and memoranda, and a large amount of material gathered for research purposes but not used in any "Black Wings" production.

Digitized Content Charles F. Blair, Jr., Collection
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Creators:
Blair, Charles F., Jr., 1909-1978
Dates:
[ca. 1950s]
Size:
1.74 Cubic feet ((1 shoebox) (1 23.5x19x4 flatbox) (1 16x13.5x3 flatbox))
Collection ID:
NASM.1999.0042
Repository:
National Air and Space Museum Archives

This collection consists of two large scrapbooks, 15 glass slides and a print and copy negative film of Blair on his historic polar flight.

Digitized Content Paul E. Garber Collection
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Creators:
Garber, Paul Edward, 1899-1992
Dates:
1824-1992
Size:
241.95 Cubic feet (488 boxes plus flat files)
Collection ID:
NASM.1991.0063
Repository:
National Air and Space Museum Archives

The Paul E. Garber Collection documents Paul Edward Garber's life, both personal and professional, prior to and during his 72-year tenure at the National Air and Space Museum.

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