Leslie A. A. Benson Collection
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- Creators:
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Benson, Leslie A. A.
- Dates:
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1917-1919
- Size:
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0.23 Cubic feet ((1 slim legal document box))
- Collection ID:
- NASM.1997.0047
- Repository:
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection consists mostly of photographs of AEF aircraft and crews on the field, with photos both loose and in a scrapbook. Documents and unit patches are also to be found in these materials. Folder 1: Includes Benson's AEF identity card, a clipping and photo of Benson, seemingly taken from a scrapbook, and various photographs of World War I aircraft such as the DH-4 and Salmson 2, along with crews. Each image in this folder is accompanied by a 4x5" negative. Folder 2: Approximately 50 loose photographs of various sizes of World War I units and their air crews on the field. Folder 3: Documentary materials (approximately 40 pages) including letters of recommendation, an officer's record book, sugar permit, and discharge certificate. Folder 4: Photo album commemorating AEF members (approximately 50 photos). Endpapers have various uniform insignia affixed, both that of the Allied forces and of the Central Powers. Note: Folder 4 includes small 1 3/4x2 3/4" photo of Ruth Law beside wing strut, in uniform.
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Jerwan, Shakir S., 1881-1942
- Dates:
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1911-1919
- Size:
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0.87 Cubic feet (2 boxes; 1 folder)
- Collection ID:
- NASM.XXXX.0231
- Repository:
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
The Shakir S. Jerwan Scrapbooks Collection contains material from the period 1911-1919. During this period, Jerwan was Chief Pilot at the Moisant School of Aviation, Garden City, New York, and Director of Military Aviation for the government of Guatemala.
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Lederer, Jerome, 1902-
- Dates:
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1925-1965
- Size:
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9.72 Cubic feet ((8 records center boxes))
- Collection ID:
- NASM.XXXX.0410
- Repository:
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection consists of FSF material from Lederer's tenure as FSF. The material consists of safety pamphlets, accident investigation reports, correspondence, and memos published or received by FSF, as well as papers, letters, pamphlets, and bulletins addressed to or used by Lederer. The collection also includes CAB Safety Bulletins, National Ad...
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Moody, William
- Dates:
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1911-1912
- Size:
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0.01 Cubic feet ((1 folder))
- Collection ID:
- NASM.1995.0046
- Repository:
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection consists of photographs and documents relating to the Aerial Navigation Company of America, including: Call engine photographs and literature; Call aircraft, including the 1912 Call Monoplane; by-laws and stock certificates for the Company; a photograph of the machine shop; and newspaper clippings regarding William Moody, who was a ...
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Lehman, Milton
- Dates:
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1889-[ca. 1960s]
- Size:
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1.35 Cubic feet ((3 legal document boxes))
- Collection ID:
- NASM.1997.0040
- Repository:
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection consists of copies of material gathered or written by Milton Lehman for his authorized biography of Robert H. Goddard, This High Man, 1963. The collection contains the following: a typed transcript of Goddard's diary, 1898-1930; a typed transcript of Goddard's "Red Idea Notebooks" (1-10) covering the years 1924-1942; Goddard's paten...
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Mock, Geraldine L. "Jerrie"
- Dates:
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1964
- Size:
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0.05 Cubic feet (1 folder)
- Collection ID:
- NASM.XXXX.1011
- Repository:
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
Flying the Spirit of Columbus, Geraldine L. "Jerrie" Mock became the first woman to pilot an aircraft around the world. This collection consists of a partial world map that has Geraldine L. "Jerrie" Mock's around the world flight route marked in red ink.
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bulk 2005-2006
- Size:
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0.25 Cubic feet ((1 box))
- Collection ID:
- NASM.2004.0036
- Repository:
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection consists of photographs and transparencies used in or considered for the publication. Also included are digital image files on compact discs, and paperwork related to publication permission requests.
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- Dates:
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bulk 1975
- Size:
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0.05 Cubic feet ((1 folder))
- Collection ID:
- NASM.XXXX.0843
- Repository:
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection consists of 16 black and white 8 x 10 inch photographs. Six photographs are from the 1975 Salon International de l'Aéronautique et de l'Espace and are captioned on the reverse and include various views of the Salyut spacecraft and its telescopes, the Soyuz spacecraft and its propulsion system. Ten photographs are undated (probably c...
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Wright-Patterson Air Force Base (Ohio)
- Dates:
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1915-1955
- Size:
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464.34 Cubic feet ((426 records center boxes))
- Collection ID:
- NASM.XXXX.0428
- Repository:
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
The collection consists of reports and other documents on a variety of aviation-related topics, including general science (aeronautics, physics, chemistry, etc); military air service personnel, organization, and equipment for both US and foreign air forces; as well as operations, and so on. Information on foreign services and equipment is usually f...
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Arendt, Arthur C.
- Dates:
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bulk 1919-1958
- Size:
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0.15 Cubic feet ((3 folders))
- Collection ID:
- NASM.XXXX.0760
- Repository:
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection includes 49 black and white prints and 19 color snapshots. The color prints are of the Piasecki H-21 and the Boeing-Vertol CH-113 Voyageur. These photographs were taken of the aircraft in 1958 at the Philadelphia Airport before their respective test flights. The black and white photography relate to Arendt and his air mail service. ...
