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United States Boomerang Association
- Dates:
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1983-1987
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1.09 Cubic Feet ((1 records center box))
- Collection ID:
- NASM.1988.0016
- Repository:
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection contains the official records of the USBA. The material consists of correspondence (1983-87), competition information (1984-86), by-laws (1984-86), and financial records (1985/86), as well as USBA informational files (1985-87). It also contains various newsletters, advertisements, and endorsements.
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Springfield Aircraft Co
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1917-1921
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0.25 Cubic Feet ((1 folder))
- Collection ID:
- NASM.1988.0004
- Repository:
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection consists of 57 original photographs. They comprise some of the most detailed views of Curtiss JN-4's built under contract. Also included are rare photographs of the company's factory and a Liberty Bond drive parade.
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Baggett, Blaine.
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bulk 1987
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16.6 Cubic Feet ((166 film cans))
- Collection ID:
- NASM.1987.0159
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This donation consists of 166 film items including thirty magnetic sound tracks and thirty color films. Included in these film items are thirty interviews conducted for 'Spaceflight'.
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Empire Air Lines
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[ca. 1930s-1950s]
bulk [ca. 1940s]
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0.45 Cubic Feet ((1 legal document box))
- Collection ID:
- NASM.1987.0151
- Repository:
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection includes the following: 29 first flight air mail covers; 264 photographs (8 x 10) of Empire employees, aerial and ground photos, internal and external airplane shots and 31 miscellaneous negatives; newspaper clippings and correspondence; and a few photographs of Zimmerly Airlines. The articles discuss flights in Idaho (flight school...
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Leslie, Maxwell Franklin, 1902-1984
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1922-1977
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3.27 Cubic Feet ((3 records center boxes) (1 20x24x3 flatbox))
- Collection ID:
- NASM.1987.0131
- Repository:
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection contains information about Admiral Leslie from the years 1922-1977, covering his Navy career and including the World War II years and his part in the Battle of Midway. The collection contains the following types of material: official Navy documents, letters from researchers who sought information on the Battle of Midway, personal pa...
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Friedman, Robert K.
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1960-1975
bulk 1962-1965
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5.45 Cubic Feet ((5 records center boxes) (1 flatbox))
- Collection ID:
- NASM.1987.0130
- Repository:
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection is the files of Robert K. Friedman (Chief, FAA SST Support Division) on the development of commercial SST capability in the United States. The material consists primarily of technical and research reports, but also press releases, marketing procedures, proposals, assessment and evaluation reports on the entire SST program. The colle...
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Wood, George W., Jr.
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1942-1945
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0.1 Cubic Feet ((1 folder))
- Collection ID:
- NASM.1987.0118
- Repository:
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
The material contained in this accession is on the 475th Fighter Group 'Satan's Angels,' a World War II fighter unit of the Fifth Air Force, Pacific Theater of Operations. George W. Wood Jr. was a radio technician assigned to the group's 433rd Fighter Squadron. Wood documents his war experiences in two personal diaries and a photograph album.
Willa B. Brown Photograph
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bulk 1925-1935
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0.05 Cubic Feet ((1 folder))
- Collection ID:
- NASM.1987.0095
- Repository:
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This full-length studio portrait photograph features early African American pilot Willa B. Brown, posed in her flying suit photograph. The photograph was taken somewhere between 1925 and 1935 in Chicago, Illinois.
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1943-1945
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1.09 Cubic Feet ((1 records center box))
- Collection ID:
- NASM.1987.0089
- Repository:
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection consists of engineering drawings for the V-2. The material consists of a complete set of production blueprints for the V-2 rocket powerplant and directly related accessories. The drawings are identified as 'Engineering Records File Copy' (in English).
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Knauer, Fred C.
- Dates:
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1903-1986
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2.18 Cubic Feet ((2 records center boxes))
- Collection ID:
- NASM.1987.0087
- Repository:
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection documents the history of College Park Airport, the conservation of the airport and the establishment of the museum on the airport grounds. The material includes correspondence, photographs, news clippings, a scrapbook, and other mixed media.