Collapse [ ]
Expand
- Creators:
-
Weick, Fred E., 1899-1993
- Dates:
-
bulk 1940s-1990s
- Size:
-
49 Cubic Feet ((47 boxes))
- Collection ID:
- NASM.2016.0016
- Repository:
-
National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection consists of over 45 cubic feet of material created or collected by Fred Weick, which chronicle his distinguished aeronautical engineering career from the 1920s to the 1990s. The collection consists of the following types of material: log books, patents, proceedings and lectures, lawsuits, brochures and publications, photographs, cor...
Found In
Collapse [ ]
Expand
- Creators:
-
Weick, Fred E., 1899-1993
- Dates:
-
1899-1984
bulk 1949-1957
- Size:
-
0.3 Cubic feet (1 legal document box)
- Collection ID:
- NASM.XXXX.0425
- Repository:
-
National Air and Space Museum Archives
Aeronautical engineer Fred E. Weick (1899-1993) had a profound effect on light aircraft development. He was responsible for the development of NACA's low-drag cowling for radial engines, introduced the concept of "fifty foot obstacle clearance" as a measure of aircraft take-off performance, and was instrumental in the development of several aircraft, including the Piper Pawnee and Piper Cherokee.
Found In
Tri-Rotor Spray & Chemical Photography Collection
Collapse [ ]
Expand
- Creators:
-
Smith, Larry
- Dates:
-
bulk 1970s-2003
- Size:
-
0.18 Cubic Feet ((1 slim letter box))
- Collection ID:
- NASM.2004.0023
- Repository:
-
National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection consists of 82 scanned photographs and four DVDs relating to Tri-Rotor Spray & Chemical's aircraft and operations.
Found In
Collapse [ ]
Expand
- Creators:
-
Groenhoff, Hans
- Dates:
-
1933-1975
- Size:
-
5.27 Cubic feet (41 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NASM.XXXX.0359
- Repository:
-
National Air and Space Museum Archives
Hans Groenhoff (1906-1985) was a celebrated American aviation photographer from the 1930s through the 1960s, also working as a pilot, journalist, editor, correspondent, and—in his retirement years—as an aviation tourism publicist for the Bahamas. This collection of 25,550 images consists of Groenhoff's collection of negatives and transparencies, spanning his career from 1933 to 1975.
Found In
Collapse [ ]
Expand
- Creators:
-
Revista Aérea Latinoamericana
- Dates:
-
1937-2003
- Size:
-
61.8 Cubic Feet
158 boxes
- Collection ID:
- NASM.2003.0028
- Repository:
-
National Air and Space Museum Archives
The subject reference files of Revista Aérea Latinoamericana regarding aviation in Latin America during 1937-2003.
Found In
Collapse [ ]
Expand
- Creators:
-
National Air and Space Museum. Archives Division.
- Dates:
-
Ongoing
- Size:
-
240 Cubic feet
- Collection ID:
- NASM.XXXX.1183.A
- Repository:
-
National Air and Space Museum Archives
The Technical Reference Files comprise an artificial collection that currently contains 1,900 cubic feet of aviation and space related materials, organized in 22 subject series. File materials include photographs, press releases, clippings, correspondence, reports, and brochures, on individuals, organizations, events, and objects.
Found In
Collapse [ ]
Expand
- Creators:
-
Sturtevant, William C.
- Dates:
-
1952-2007
- Size:
-
220 Linear feet (The total extent of the collection is 191.41 linear feet (consisting of 473 document boxes and 2 record boxes) plus 254 sound recordings, 94 computer disks, 42 card file boxes, 85 oversize folders, 9 rolled items, 18 binder boxes, and 3 oversize boxes. Of the total extent, 4.79 linear feet (14 boxes) are restricted.)
- Collection ID:
- NAA.2008-24
- Repository:
-
National Anthropological Archives
This collection contains the professional papers of William Curtis Sturtevant and documents his activities as Curator of North American Ethnology at the National Museum of Natural History, his work as the editor-in-chief of the Handbook of North American Indians, his research among the Seminole and Iroquois people, and other professional activities. The collection is comprised of books, sound recordings, research and field notes, realia, artifacts, clippings, microfilm, negatives, slides, photographs, manuscripts, correspondence, memorandums, card files, exhibition catalogs, articles, and bibliographies.
Found In
Collapse [ ]
Expand
- Creators:
-
Asch, Moses
Distler, Marian, 1919-1964
Folkways Records
- Dates:
-
1926-1986
bulk 1948-1986
- Size:
-
841 Cubic feet
- Collection ID:
- CFCH.ASCH
- Repository:
-
Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections
This collection, which dates from 1926-1986, documents the output of Moses Asch through the various record labels he founded and co-founded, and includes some of his personal papers. The Asch collection includes published recordings, master tapes, outtakes, business records, correspondence, photographs, and film.
Found In
Collapse [ ]
Expand
- Creators:
-
Fairchild Aircraft Corp
- Dates:
-
1919-1980
- Size:
-
277.95 Cubic feet (255 records center boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NASM.1989.0060
- Repository:
-
National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection consists of historical files on FI, its predecessors, and subsidiaries. The material consists primarily of historical/public relations material, including photographs and brochures, but also includes significant amounts of business records for FEAC, Kreider-Reisner, Hiller, Republic, Ranger, Stratos, and Swearingen. The collection also documents Fairchild's joint ventures with Fokker, Pilatus, and other aircraft manufacturers. The material also includes an extensive negative collection as well as film and videotape libraries.