United States Army Around the World Trip (Leslie Arnold) Collection
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Arnold, Leslie P.
- Dates:
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1924
- Size:
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1.32 Cubic feet (2 legal document boxes and 1 flatbox)
- Collection ID:
- NASM.XXXX.0518
- Repository:
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
In 1924, as a lieutenant in the Army Air Service, Leslie P. Arnold was a crew member in one of the three Army planes that flew 27,000 miles around the world in 175 days. This collection consists of Leslie Arnold's handwritten diary and annotated navigational charts of the journey as well as a scrapbook with images of the trip including the aircraft, gasoline tanks, pilot crew, and air-to air shots.
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Doolittle, James Harold, 1896-1993
- Dates:
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1903-1969
bulk 1920-1950
- Size:
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10 Cubic feet (10 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NASM.XXXX.0501
- Repository:
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection includes twelve photograph albums and loose photographs covering Doolittle's varied aviation career.
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Bech, George N., Jr.
- Dates:
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1940-1945
- Size:
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0.05 Cubic feet ((1 folder))
- Collection ID:
- NASM.XXXX.0474
- Repository:
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection consists of George Bech's diary, detailing his life and missions from December 11, 1943 to July 1, 1944, as well as original photographs and copy prints of the Bonnie B, George Bech, and the 303rd Bomb Group. There is also a memorandum of special orders from Headquarters, Air Transport Command, 3/16/1944.
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Seymour, Lester D., 1892-
- Dates:
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1928-1934
- Size:
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1.13 Cubic feet ((1 slim legal document box) (2 legal document boxes))
- Collection ID:
- NASM.XXXX.0455
- Repository:
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
Major Lester D. Seymour (1892-1976) was involved in both the military and commercial sides of aviation. After service in World War I, Seymour served as Chief Engineer of National Air Transport, and later become NAT's Vice President and General Manager. From 1933-1934 Seymour was appointed President of American Airlines. The collection includes airline newsletters, annual reports, photographs, and manuals.
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Ninety-Nines (Organization)
- Dates:
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1929-1981
- Size:
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8.73 Cubic feet (23 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NASM.XXXX.0470
- Repository:
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
The Ninety-Nines, Inc. History Books Collection consists of scrapbooks (yearbooks) complied by the officers of the Ninety-Nines to document the organization. Included in the yearbooks are the following: photographs of the members and officers; news clippings of the organization, individual chapters and sections, and about individual members; programs from air races, including Air Race Classic, Angel Derby, and the Powder Puff Derby; minutes from the annual meetings; and newsletters of the organization, The 99news, Ninety-Nine News, and Ninety-niner.
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United States. Air Force
- Dates:
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circa 1910-1953
- Size:
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1.69 Cubic feet (128 microfilm boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NASM.XXXX.0461
- Repository:
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection consists of duplicate microfilm of individual aircraft records for the United States Air Force (USAF). The microfilm covers aircraft owned by the US Army Air Service, Army Air Corps, Army Air Forces, USAF, and the National Guard starting in July of 1923 and including those dropped from the active inventory before June 30, 1955. (Master films are held by the Air Force Historical Research Center, Maxwell AFB, AL.) Each record card consists of a complete record of aircraft transfers (duty locations) from acceptance until retirement. Duty locations do not include unit, only theater/air base.
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United States. Army. Ordnance Department. Ordnance Research and Development Translation Center
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bulk 1938-1945
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3.4 Cubic feet (17 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NASM.XXXX.0468
- Repository:
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection consists of microfilm copies of documents relating to research and development work conducted by the Ordnance Office of the German Army at the research station at Peenemünde, as well as document listings and indexes of those documents prepared by United States Army's Ordnance Research and Development Translation Center at Fort Eustis, VA.
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- Dates:
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1917-1918
- Size:
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0.46 Cubic feet ((2 flatboxes))
- Collection ID:
- NASM.XXXX.0342
- Repository:
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
The Ellington Field Albums Collection consists of scrapbooks of photographs taken in and around Ellington Field, Texas, during World War I. The photographs document troop training, equipment, and facilities at the field. The scrapbooks also include photographs taken at ceremonies commemorating the death of the French ace Georges Guynemer in 1917.
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Parker, Evan Jenkins, 1885-1966
- Dates:
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1908-1966
- Size:
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328 Cubic feet (1 flatbox)
- Collection ID:
- NASM.XXXX.0348
- Repository:
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection consists of a red scrapbook, with the following title: "Pioneer Dirigible Flights 1908, 1910, 1911." The scrapbook contains photographs, newspaper articles and programs documenting Evan Jenkins Parker's dirigible career and his involvement in the Early Birds.
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Cathcart, Donald Guthrie, 1889-
- Dates:
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1932-1965
bulk 1932-1951
- Size:
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0.45 Cubic feet ((1 legal document box))
- Collection ID:
- NASM.XXXX.0344
- Repository:
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection consists of the following: photographs of Donald Cathcart during training at the Army Balloon schools at Arcadia, California (Ross Field) and at Ft. Omaha, Nebraska; miscellaneous material on the National Association of American Balloon Corps Veterans (NAABCV) including copies of "Haul Down & Ease Off", the official publication of the NAABCV, membership lists; and several copies of the "Wingfoot Lighter than Air Society Bulletin".
