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McCook Field Collection
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Creators:
Boyne, Walter J., 1929-
Dates:
1917-1977
bulk 1918-1930
Size:
1.64 Cubic feet ((2 records center boxes))
Collection ID:
NASM.XXXX.0569
Repository:
National Air and Space Museum Archives

This collection consists of material collected by Walter J. Boyne in preparation for the writing of a series of articles about McCook Field. The collection consists of the following: numerous photographs, a small number of negatives, some technical notes and reports, correspondence, magazine clippings, a decal, publications, and several questionnai...

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Wright/McCook Field Aircraft Project Books
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Creators:
United States. Army. Air Service
Dates:
1917-1926
bulk 1920-1925
Size:
5.45 Cubic feet ((5 records center boxes))
Collection ID:
NASM.XXXX.0058
Repository:
National Air and Space Museum Archives

This collection consists of the project books for aircraft tested by the Experimental Division in the early 1920s. Most project books contain photstats of the specifications and contracts for these aircraft as well as Air Service inspection and test reports. The collection also includes an extensive negative collection documenting the project book ...

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Wright Field Technical Documents Library
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Creators:
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base (Ohio)
Dates:
1915-1955
Size:
464.34 Cubic Feet ((426 records center boxes))
Collection ID:
NASM.XXXX.0428
Repository:
National Air and Space Museum Archives

The collection consists of reports and other documents on a variety of aviation-related topics, including general science (aeronautics, physics, chemistry, etc); military air service personnel, organization, and equipment for both US and foreign air forces; as well as operations, and so on. Information on foreign services and equipment is usually f...

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Wright/McCook Field Still Photograph Collection
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Creators:
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base (Ohio)
Dates:
1918-1971
Size:
899.25 Cubic Feet ((825 records center boxes))
Collection ID:
NASM.XXXX.0172
Repository:
National Air and Space Museum Archives

This collection contains the file of still photographs taken by the Air Force Material Division at McCook Field, Wright Field, and Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. The material consists of over 340,000 black and white and color photographs illustrating the design, development and testing of military aircraft; structural components; and personal, em...

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Wright Field Propeller Test Reports
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Creators:
United States. Army. Air Corps
Dates:
1921-1946
bulk 1935-1943
Size:
2.18 Cubic Feet ((2 records center boxes))
Collection ID:
NASM.XXXX.0417
Repository:
National Air and Space Museum Archives

This collection consists of reports from propeller tests conducted at Wright Field by the Engineiner Division and Material Division.

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de Bothezat Helicopter Album
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Dates:
undated
Size:
0.1 Cubic Feet ((1 flatbox))
Collection ID:
NASM.2002.0035
Repository:
National Air and Space Museum Archives

This album contains eleven photographs of the de Bothezat Helicopter in flight, a photograph of Dr. George de Bothezat, an illustration of the de Bothezat Helicopter, and memorandum from the War Department Air Service Engineering Division from April 28, 1923 concerning the test flights of this helicopter at McCook Field.

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John A. Macready Collection
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Creators:
Macready, John
Dates:
bulk 1920-1968
Size:
1.47 Cubic Feet ((1 flat box))
Collection ID:
NASM.2004.0060
Repository:
National Air and Space Museum Archives

This collection includes the following types of material chronicling John Macready's exceptional aviation career: two 3/4" (U-Matic) video tapes; a VHS tape "Macready and the Mackay"; an August 1957 National Geographic Magazine containing article "History Written in the Skies"; newspaper and magazine articles, photographs, speeches, correspondence ...

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Digitized Content Signal Corps Photographs
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Creators:
United States. Army. Signal Corps
Dates:
1908 to circa 1921; bulk date 1921
Size:
0.05 Cubic Feet (1 folder)
Collection ID:
NASM.1992.0040
Repository:
National Air and Space Museum Archives

This collection contains two groups of photographs. The first group, mounted on pages removed from a photo album, contains views of aircraft and facilities at the United States Army Air Service Fairfield Intermediate Air Depot, Fairfield, Ohio, circa 1921. The second group consists of loose photographs of aircraft, most of which are historic views of early Aerial Experiment Association and Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company aircraft by photographer Harry M. Benner.

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Digitized Content Alfred Victor Verville Papers
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Creators:
Buhl (Buhl-Verville Aircraft Co, Buhl Aircraft Co)
Verville, Alfred V.
Verville Aircraft Company
Dates:
1886-1969
Size:
53.375 Linear feet (102 containers: 89 legal size document boxes, 2 shoeboxes, 10 flatboxes, 1 large format folder)
5 Film reels (1 35mm, two 16mm, and 2 8mm films)
50.008 Cubic feet
Collection ID:
NASM.XXXX.0173
Repository:
National Air and Space Museum Archives

This collection contains Verville's personal papers. The material relates mainly to his various aeronautical concerns as well as his involvement with military aviation. The collection includes a large number of photos tracing the development of Curtiss aircraft and Naval Aviation, and especially documenting the design, construction, and flights of a replica of the Navy's first aircraft, the Curtiss A-1 'Triad', built under Verville's direction by the Bureau of Aeronautics to commemorate the Fiftieth Anniversary of Naval Aviation in 1961. Also included are a large number of blueprints and photos of Verville-designed aircraft, especially those developed by the Verville Aircraft Co. in 1928 - 1931

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Digitized Content Arthur Raymond Brooks Collection
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Creators:
Brooks, Arthur Raymond, 1895-1991
Dates:
1910-1988
Size:
13.72 Cubic feet (31 boxes)
Collection ID:
NASM.1989.0104
Repository:
National Air and Space Museum Archives

This collection consists of the personal papers and memorabilia of Arthur Raymond Brooks. It includes photographs, correspondence, documents, and certificates relating to Brooks' aviation career, as well as personal correspondence, photographs, and diaries (1907-87).

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