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Curtiss-Wright Corporation
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bulk 1931-1940
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0.01 Cubic Feet ((1 microfilm box))
- Collection ID:
- NASM.2006.0043
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection consists of one reel of 35 mm microfilm of a book, entitled, "Airplane Billing," which belonged to Louis Kessler of the Curtiss Wright Corporation, Curtiss Aeroplane Division, Buffalo, New York. The information includes invoice data for Curtiss aircraft sold from January 1, 1931, until December 31, 1940, and includes the following t...
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Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company
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1906-1947
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9 Cubic Feet (18 document boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NASM.1987.0029
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
The years before World War I were spent in patent litigation for aviation pioneers Glenn Curtiss and Orville and Wilbur Wright.
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Curtiss-Wright Corporation Records
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Curtiss-Wright Corporation
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1868-1972
bulk 1925-1949
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146 Cubic feet (228 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NASM.XXXX.0067
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection consists of the corporate records of the Curtiss-Wright Corporation. Included in the collection are technical and engineering reports of Curtiss-Wright Airplane Division's operations in St. Louis (Robertson), MO (1935-1945) and Buffalo, NY, (1932-1945), as well as AAS Material Division and AAF Air Technical Services Command memorandum reports collected by Curtiss-Wright's St. Louis and Buffalo technical reference libraries. The collection also contains the files of Curtiss-Wright's Patent Department, which hold records of patents filed by Curtiss-Wright and patent-infringement cases involving Curtiss-Wright. Also included in the collection are specifications issued by and photos commissioned by the Keystone Aircraft Corporation (Huff-Daland Airplanes, Inc. until March 1927), which had been acquired by Wright in 1928 along with Loening Aeronautical Engineering Corp., and formed the Keystone Division of Curtiss-Wright until 1932 when Keystone's Bristol, PA factory closed its doors. The collection also contains financial records of the Curtiss-Wright Airports Corporation, which was liquidated in 1936, as well as an extensive negative collection featuring Curtiss-Wright aircraft from the 1930s and 1940s, concentrated especially on the war years.
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Curtiss-Wright Corporation
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1944-1970
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0.25 Cubic Feet ((25 microfilm boxes))
- Collection ID:
- NASM.2002.0028
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection consists of historical material from Curtiss-Wright Flight Systems, Inc. There are twenty-five rolls of microfilm pertaining to the Wright Aeronautical Division (which was responsible for the construction of aeronautical engines) and Air Materiel Command. In addition this collection contains various operating instructions for the Wr...
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Dean, Francis H.
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bulk 1950-1999
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5.83 Cubic Feet ((16 boxes))
- Collection ID:
- NASM.2005.0044
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection consists of five cubic feet of photographs, negatives, books, and documents collected or produced by Francis Dean. Included are approximately 10,000 - 11,000 2 x 3 and 4 x 5 inch black and white negatives, from a variety of sources; 8 x 10, 4 x 5, and 2 x 3 inch mostly black and white prints, with a few color prints; color slides of...
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Johnson, Robert E., 1903-
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1939-1958
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4.95 Cubic Feet ((1 flatbox) (4 records center boxes))
- Collection ID:
- NASM.XXXX.0054
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection contains Johnson's profession papers during his tenure as Chief Field Engineer at Wright Aeronautical. It consists of correspondence relating to flight and engine testing, engine production, and civil aviation.
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Tucker, Cecil
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[ca. 1930s-1940s]
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0.25 Cubic feet ((5 folders))
- Collection ID:
- NASM.2000.0033
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection consists of 125 black and white photographs that Tucker collected during his tenure at Curtiss-Wright. The photographs include the following Curtiss-Wright aircraft: the Curtiss-Wright Robin, including "Wrong-Way" Corrigan's aircraft; the Curtiss-Wright Kingbird, built for the Marine Corps; the Curtiss-Wright Condor, including image...
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Lawrance Aero-Engine Corporation
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[ca. 1910s-1920s]
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0.45 Cubic Feet ((1 legal document box))
- Collection ID:
- NASM.XXXX.0579
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection contains the following: documentation pertaining to the production and endurance test results of the J-1 Engine; engineering data for the Model Z-5 and the Model B engine; five engineering drawings for various parts; photographs;correspondence; price listings; lists of engines by serial number; service notes; calculations; and an ob...
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Bleecker, Maitland B., 1903-
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1926-1937
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0.65 Cubic Feet ((1 legal document box) (1 oversized scrapbook))
0.42 Linear Feet
- Collection ID:
- NASM.1991.0029
- Repository:
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection includes a scrapbook of newspaper clippings on the helicopter, before the trials; drawings of the helicopter; and prints of paintings of pioneering flights. It also includes reports written by Bleecker, "A Proposal for the Construction of an Experimental Helicopter" (1926); "A Study of Assisted Take-off" (1937); three mimeographed p...
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Scheaffer, Daniel
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1928-1952
bulk 1928-1943
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1.09 Cubic Feet ((1 records center box))
- Collection ID:
- NASM.XXXX.0267
- Repository:
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection includes material that Sheaffer collected about TAT, including: tickets, advertisements, brochures, route maps, schedules, TAT business documents, TAT Air Mail documents, photographs, correspondence, and a scrapbook detailing Transcontinental Air Transport. There is also some material pertaining to Curtiss-Wright Corporation. The ph...