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McGrath, Dorn
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bulk 1971-1997
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0.36 Cubic feet ((1 box))
- Collection ID:
- NASM.2013.0002
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection consists of 738 color slides of the following airports and their environs taken or collected by Dorn McGrath: Andrews Air Force Base (Camp Springs, MD); Atlanta Hartsfield - Jackson International Airport (Atlanta, GA); Bradley International Airport (Hartford, CT); General Edward Lawrence Logan International Airport (Boston, MA); Buf...
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Knauer, Fred C.
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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.
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Works Progress Administration (WPA) Airport Inspection Scrapbook
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United States. Works Progress Administration
- Dates:
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1937
- Size:
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0.18 Cubic feet (1 flat box)
- Collection ID:
- NASM.XXXX.0288
- Repository:
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
In 1937, the Works Progress Administration's (WPA) Airways and Airports Division organized an airport inspection trip to review work undertaken at various airports under the WPA's auspices, to determine what work still needed done to develop the nation's aviation infrastructure, and to evaluate which of those future projects could be undertaken by the WPA. This collection consists of a scrapbook documenting the inspection trip.
This collection is in English.
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circa 1970 to 1981
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0.01 Cubic feet (1 folder, 54 photographs)
- Collection ID:
- NASM.XXXX.1223
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection consists of 54 photographs made by an unknown photographer between approximately 1970 and 1981, predominantly in a small 3.5 x 3.5 inch color print "snapshot" format. Most of the images are of airliners and are believed to have been taken from an observation deck at Manchester (Ringway) Airport, England (UK). Most images are soft-focus and have suffered yellowing and serious magenta-shift color fading overall.
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Federal Aviation Administration
- Dates:
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1962
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0.08 Cubic feet (One 16mm film.)
- Collection ID:
- NASM.2020.0017
- Repository:
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
One 16mm film, Dulles Report - Part II, relating to the construction of Washington Dulles International Airport.
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September 9, 1967
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0.24 Cubic feet (1 flat box)
- Collection ID:
- NASM.XXXX.0268
- Repository:
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
Frank Purdy Lahm (1877--1963) was the first balloon pilot, the first airship pilot, and the first airplane pilot in the US Army. Lahm was born in Mansfield, Ohio and on September 9, 1967, the airport there was renamed in his honor and dedicated as the Mansfield Lahm Airport. This collection consists of a scrapbook documenting the dedication ceremony for Mansfield Lahm Airport held on September 9, 1967.
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Posey, Carl A.
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1945-1966
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1.35 Cubic feet (3 legal document boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NASM.2000.0023
- Repository:
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection consists of airport reports and plans, mostly written by Posey, for the following countries: Costa Rica, Venezuela, Panama, Uruguay, Paraguay, Chile, Bolivia, El Salvador, Colombia, Honduras, Haiti, Trinidad, British Guiana, Spain, Lebanon and Afghanistan.
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Snow, Crocker
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[ca. 1920s-1990s]
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41.4 Cubic feet ((37 records center boxes) (1 flatbox))
- Collection ID:
- NASM.2001.0059
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection consists of approximately 40 cubic feet of material documenting the varied aviation career of Crocker Snow. These materials include the following types of media: photographs, published materials, audio and videotapes, manuscripts, reports, surveys, propaganda leaflets, correspondence, and scrapbooks. There is quite a bit of material...
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Scerra, Joseph.
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bulk 1983
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0.05 Cubic feet ((1 folder))
- Collection ID:
- NASM.2004.0002
- Repository:
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection consists of six images taken, by the donor, of the Space Shuttle Enterprise upon its visit to Washington Dulles Airport in June of 1983. The images include five prints with corresponding negatives and one print with a corresponding digital image scanned by NASM. Also included in the donation is a program (with copies) of the Nationa...
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Smith, Walter Sumpter, 1897-1943
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1918-1939
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4.76 Cubic feet (4 records center boxes, 1 flatbox)
- Collection ID:
- NASM.XXXX.0023
- Repository:
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
The majority of the collection was compiled by Mrs. W. Sumpter Smith and consists of newspaper clippings and photos. The clippings come primarily from newspapers in and about the Birmingham, AL region and deal with general aviation news from the time period 1918-1935. There are clippings dealing with Sumpter and his activities throughout the collec...
