E. D. "Hud" Weeks Collection
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Weeks, E. D. "Hud" (Evert D.)
- Dates:
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1907-1981
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1.09 Cubic Feet (1 records center box)
1.04 Linear Feet
- Collection ID:
- NASM.1985.0004
- Repository:
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
Hud Weeks, pilot and restorer of early aircraft, exchanged correspondence with many early aviators and possessed a strong interest in the career of the exhibition pilot Lincoln Beachey.
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bulk 1944-1945
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0.05 Cubic Feet ((1 folder))
- Collection ID:
- NASM.1985.0018
- Repository:
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection consists of thirteen photographs of Colonel George Kraigher and Lt. General Ira Eaker during World War II, mostly at the Fifteenth Air Force Headquarters in Bari, Italy. Other personalities included in the images: Lt. Col. H. Malcolm Baldrige; Brigadier Fitzroy MacLean; Marshal Tito; and Brigadier General William I. Hall. Also inclu...
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Hook, Thomas S., 1923-
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[ca. 1920s-1960s]
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0.45 Cubic Feet ((1 legal document box))
- Collection ID:
- NASM.1985.0021
- Repository:
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection consists both of photographs that appear in the book as well as additional research materials, including: correspondence, printed materials, photographs, and negatives.
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Joint Photographic Reconnaissance Center
- Dates:
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bulk 1914-1945
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9 Cubic Feet ((10 boxes))
- Collection ID:
- NASM.1986.0005
- Repository:
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection consists of historical information on aerial photographic reconnaissance, compiled by the donor, Samuel Batchelder. The bulk of the material is publications, including "The Illustrated War News" (World War I), '"Evidence in Camera" (British Air Ministry), and "Enemy Defences" (Mediterranean Allied Photographic Reconnaissance Command...
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Archer, Wesley David
- Dates:
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1916-1960
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5.45 Cubic Feet ((5 records center boxes) (1 16x20x3 flatbox))
5.2 Linear Feet
- Collection ID:
- NASM.1986.0008
- Repository:
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection documents the Cockburn-Lange hoax. The material includes the photos used in the book, as well as correspondence and journal articles detailing Grosz and Schneide's unraveling of the hoax. The collection also includes personal correspondence from Archer and various maps.
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Boeing Company
- Dates:
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1952-1985
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6.75 Cubic Feet (15 legal document boxes; 1 flatbox)
- Collection ID:
- NASM.1986.0013
- Repository:
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection consists of documentation for Boeing's postwar commercial aircraft programs.
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Fairchild Camera and Instrument Corporation
- Dates:
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1956-1967
- Size:
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2.18 Cubic Feet ((2 records center boxes))
- Collection ID:
- NASM.1986.0028
- Repository:
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection documents the development and testing of the f/4 achromatic lens system. The material includes test data, photographs, and drawings, as well as correspondence detailing Baker's successful fight to secure a patent on the lens system.
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Barnaby, Ralph S. (Ralph Stanton), 1893-1986
- Dates:
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1915-1986
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3.15 Cubic Feet ((7 legal document boxes))
2.94 Linear Feet
- Collection ID:
- NASM.1986.0048
- Repository:
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection contains newspaper clippings and correspondence documenting Barnaby's gliding career and association with the Early Birds as well as correspondence received late in his life from other aviation pioneers, awards and commendations, and material on numerous aviation celebrations and dedicatory events attended by Barnaby.
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Sellers, Matthew Bacon, II, 1869-1932
- Dates:
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1889-1924
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0.68 Cubic Feet ((2 legal document boxes))
- Collection ID:
- NASM.1986.0050
- Repository:
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This donation includes the following: eighteen diaries of Sellers, 1899-1903 and 1907-1909; his laboratory daybook in which he wrote many of the details of his aeronautical work; Sellers' personal correspondence, 1899-1917; photographs, including images of Sellers quadruplane hang gliders, wind tunnels, and biplane; photographs by Sellers of the Wr...
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Szewczyk, Zdzislaw I.
- Dates:
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1941-1974
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25.42 Cubic Feet ((25 legal document boxes) (13 records center boxes) (3 flatboxes))
24.02 Linear Feet
- Collection ID:
- NASM.1986.0121
- Repository:
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection consists of material documenting the development of airborne radar and related avionics assembled by Zdzislaw I. Szewczyk, an engineer with the General Motors Company. The material consists of a 35-volume catalog of ready reference information on radar hardware, arranged by country and manufacturer. Catalog entries refer to specific...