Paul Studenski Collection
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Studenski, Paul, 1887-1961
- Dates:
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1887-1961
- Size:
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1 Cubic foot (1 box and 2 scrapbooks)
- Collection ID:
- NASM.1989.0012
- Repository:
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection contains two scrapbooks and the personal papers of Dr. Paul Studenski, an early aviator who flew from 1910-1913. Born in St. Petersburg, Studenski studied law and medicine before earning the 292nd license from L'Aero Club de France. He immigrated to the United States in 1911 and exercised his prodigious flying skills as instructor, test pilot and exhibition pilot before retiring from flying to distinguish himself in the fields of economics and government service.
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Blumberg, Nathan
- Dates:
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1917-1973
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0.14 Cubic feet ((1 14.5x11x1 flatbox))
- Collection ID:
- NASM.1991.0028
- Repository:
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This scrapbook was compiled by Nathan Blumberg who served with the 27th Aero Squadron. It contains photographs of members of the squadron, pictures of the graves of some of the pilots killed in action, pictures of planes (including Spad XIII, Donrad AR.2, Nieuport 28, and De Havilland DH-4) used in World War I and of France during the war. It also ...
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Craftsmen of Black Wings, Inc.
- Dates:
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1928-1939
bulk 1937-1939
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0.05 Cubic feet (1 folder in a shared box)
- Collection ID:
- NASM.1996.0008
- Repository:
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection consists of 9 copy prints and 14 copy negatives. The bulk of the images were copied from issues of Craftsmen Aero News and relate to the Craftsmen of Black Wings organization, including photographs of William J. Powell, Marie Dickerson, and Myrtle Bishop.
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Andrée, Salomon August, 1854-1897
- Dates:
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1896
- Size:
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0.51 Cubic feet ((2 flatboxes) (1 folder))
- Collection ID:
- NASM.1994.0007
- Repository:
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection consists of material relating to Salomon Andrée's unsuccessful 1896 expedition, including: two oversized prints; a photograph album labeled "Spitsbergen, 1896" which includes images of life on board the ship Virgo and the Örnen balloon; and a scrapbook containing mostly Swedish newspaper article accounts of the journey.
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Cook, Seth
- Dates:
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bulk 1918-1923
- Size:
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0.05 Cubic feet ((1 folder))
- Collection ID:
- NASM.2000.0065
- Repository:
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection consists of twelve photographs (two are two prints of the same image) collected by Seth Cook of the Army Air Corps between 1918-1923. The following aircraft are featured: de Havilland (Airco) D.H.4; Curtiss R-6 Army Racer; and Curtiss JN-4 Jenny. The following aviation personalities are included: James H. "Jimmy" Doolittle; Lester M...
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Powell, William J., 1899-1942
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1917 - 1942
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0.31 Cubic feet (1 shared legal-size box
1 flat box
1 oversize folder)
- Collection ID:
- NASM.1999.0049
- Repository:
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
The William J. Powell Collection consists of materials concerning the career and personal life of African-American entrepreneur and pilot William J. Powell, including his service in the American Expeditionary Forces (AEF) in World War I, his automobile business in Chicago, and his advocacy for African-American aviation as the founder of Craftsmen of Black Wings, Inc., author of Black Wings, and a primary organizer of the Bessie Coleman Aero Club and the "Five Blackbirds" demonstration team. Materials include identification and membership cards, flight logs and officer records, newspaper clippings, advertisements, and photographs.
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1936
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0.05 Cubic feet ((1 folder), 6 gelatin silver print photographs)
- Collection ID:
- NASM.1997.0038
- Repository:
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection consists of six photographs of Charles A. Lindbergh with Frederick (F.G.) and Blossom Miles inspecting Lindbergh's new Miles M.12 Mohawk airplane on the ground at Woodley Aerodrome, near Reading (Berkshire), England, and making a test flight, circa August 1936.
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Wise, John, 1808-1879
- Dates:
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1850-1870
- Size:
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0.35 Cubic feet (1 box)
- Collection ID:
- NASM.2001.0002
- Repository:
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
The John and Charles Wise Ballooning Collection contains material related to American ballooning pioneer John Wise (1808-1870) and his son Charles.
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Berau, Rubye, 1900-1978
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bulk 1931-1977
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0.18 Cubic feet (1 flat box)
- Collection ID:
- NASM.2004.0066
- Repository:
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
The Rubye Berau Collection measures 0.18 cubic feet and dates from 1931-1977. The collection materials document Berau's aviation career.
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- Dates:
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circa 1956
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1 Negative (glass)
7 Negatives (nitrate and acetate)
7 Prints (silver gelatin)
1 Item (1 paper (questionable Mayan codex on book lining))
3 Letters
- Collection ID:
- NAA.PhotoLot.126
- Repository:
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National Anthropological Archives
Photographs and papers relating to alleged Mayan codices. The correspondence between Matthew Williams Stirling and Eric Thompson discusses the authenticity of a possible codex, also in the collection, which was found on a book in Oaxaca by a missionary. Additional photographs in the collection document another possible codex, which was discovered...