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United States. Army. Air Corps
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bulk 1945
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0.29 Cubic feet ((1 box))
- Collection ID:
- NASM.2013.0012
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection consists of 504 black and white photographs, mostly taken on Tinian Island during World War II. The photographs are snapshots or small reproductions of official Army Air Corps photography taken by 20th Air Force photographers. The photos show daily activities on Tinian, including shots of base facilities, interactions with local peo...
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Black Wings Exhibit and Book Collection
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National Air and Space Museum (U.S.)
Hardesty, Von, 1939-
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1917-2000
bulk 1981-1986
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13.38 Cubic feet (11 legal document boxes, 1 shoe box (5 x 8 inches), 6 records center boxes )
- Collection ID:
- NASM.1993.0060
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection consists of background material collected in support of the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum (NASM) exhibit "Black Wings: The American Black in Aviation" (opened in 1982) and its companion book (published 1983) by curators Von Hardesty and Dominick Pisano, a related symposium, educational materials, and a travelling version of the exhibit. The collection contains photographs and textual materials used in the exhibit and book, internal correspondence and memoranda, and a large amount of material gathered for research purposes but not used in any "Black Wings" production.
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Meyer, John A.
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1942-1943
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0.5 Cubic feet ((3 films) (1 tape))
- Collection ID:
- NASM.1991.0030
- Repository:
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
John A. Meyer was an aerial photographer in the US Army Air Forces. He was stationed in Bangor, Maine and the North Atlantic Air Bases in Newfoundland, 1942-1943.
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Hawkins, Williams B.
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bulk 1940-1949
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0.63 Cubic feet ((2 boxes))
- Collection ID:
- NASM.2006.0023
- Repository:
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection consists of the following four scrapbooks chronicling the aviation career of Colonel William B. Hawkins, especially his service with the 2nd Air Commandos Group during World War II: one 12 by 15 inch cream colored scrapbook, entitled "China 1942-1944" and "RAF 1949," containing newspaper clippings regarding World War II in China and...
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Porter, John C.
Navarre, Jack B., 1925- (merchant seaman)
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1943-2001
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0.5 Cubic feet (3 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0405
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection documents individuals who served in the Merchant Marine's and Navy between 1943 and 1946.
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Butler, Robert
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bulk 1942-1945
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0.2 Cubic feet ((1 box))
- Collection ID:
- NASM.2016.0036
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection consists of the following: fourteen negatives; a folder of calendars and invitations from the French Brigade de Bombardement (31st and 34 Escadres); a few articles written by Robert Butler; a propaganda leaflet in Arabic (probably for Operation Torch); a brochure on Edinburgh, Scotland, for the U.S. Armed Forces; and 138 black and w...
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Davis, Benjamin O., Jr., 1912-
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1928-1990
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75.03 Cubic feet (168 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NASM.1992.0023
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection consists of 72 linear feet of the papers of Benjamin O. Davis. Included are the following types of material: programs, invitations, certificates, correspondence, published material, and photographs.
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National Museum of the American Indian. Community and Constituent Services Department. Professional Outreach
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1971, 1977-1978, 1987-1988, 1995-2007
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6 cu. ft. (6 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 09-243
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records which document the research, planning, and execution of the traveling exhibition, Native Words, Native Warriors, which honors and documents the role of Native American servicemen who used their indigenous languages on behalf of the United States military during World War I and World War II. This travelin...
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1944-1945
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0.05 Cubic feet (Legal Folder (creased at 2nd score))
- Collection ID:
- NASM.1993.0074
- Repository:
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection consists of forty 4 by 5 inch b/w copy negatives relating to the 477th Bombardment Group training activities in the United States, May 1944 to January 1945.
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Rosenau, Fred Simon
- Dates:
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1944-1945
- Size:
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1 Cubic foot (3 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0478
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
This collection contains both the personal papers of Fred Rosenau and examples of air-dropped psychological warfare literature created by the O.W.I. Amongst his personal papers, which constitute the first series, there are information guidebooks and language aids for India and Burma, a large number of Indian newspaper articles, and photographs take...
