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bulk 2009
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0.05 Cubic feet ((1 folder))
- Collection ID:
- NASM.2010.0038
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection consists of a 8.5 x 11 x 1 inch bound volume Master's thesis entitled "Pioneers of Flight: an Analysis of Gender Issues in United States Civilian (Sport) and Commercial Aviation 1920-1940" by Bieke Gils, in fulfillment of a Master's Degree of Human Kinetics at the University of Windsor, Ontario, Canada.
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McFadden, Mattie F.
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1946-1988
bulk 1946-1951
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0.55 Cubic feet ((1 flatbox) (1 folder))
- Collection ID:
- NASM.1998.0041
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection consists of a scrapbook, compiled by McFadden, relating to the founding and history of the WFA, as well as with McFadden's role with the WFA. The scrapbook includes WFA convention programs, correspondence, newspaper clippings, photographs, patches, and 'The Women Flyer - Official Bulletin of the Women Flyers of America, Inc.' This d...
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Women Flyers of America (WFA)
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1940-1955
bulk 1942-1953
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3.05 Cubic feet ((1 flatbox) (2 records center boxes))
- Collection ID:
- NASM.1987.0050
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection contains items relating to the WFA. The material consists of correspondence, membership applications, organizational newsletters, minutes, bulletins, flyers, by-laws and financial reports, biographical information on some members, and a scrapbook on the organization.
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Mary Billy Cline Quinn Collection
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Quinn, Mary Billy Cline, 1902 (date of birth)
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1929-1963
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0.1 Cubic feet (2 folders)
- Collection ID:
- NASM.2003.0002
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection documents the flying career of Mary Billy Cline Quinn.
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Strock, Mark
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2013
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0.05 Cubic feet ((1 folder))
- Collection ID:
- NASM.2014.0036
- Repository:
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection consists of 33 five by seven inch color photographs taken by Mark Strock of the following aircraft at the 2013 National Championship Air Races in Reno, Nevada: North American AT-6 Texans Big Red and Baby Boomer; North American P-51D Mustangs Ole Yellow, Voodoo, and Miss America; North American P-51 XR Mustang Precious Metal; PZL Mie...
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Gluhareff, Serge Eugene
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bulk 1920 -1986
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0.45 Cubic feet ((3 boxes))
- Collection ID:
- NASM.2015.0050
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection consists of approximately 0.20 cubic feet of material relating to Serge Gluhareff's career with Sikorsky Aircraft including: photographs; news clippings; correspondence; philatelic materials; immigration paperwork; and his pilot's licenses, medical certificates, and ratings. Notable figures who appear in the photographs (in addition...
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Groenhoff, Hans
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1933-1975
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5.27 Cubic feet (41 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NASM.XXXX.0359
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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.
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2016
- Collection ID:
- Accession 17-054
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
Smithsonian Networks is a joint venture between Showtime Networks and the Smithsonian Institution. It was formed to create channels featuring programs largely inspired by the assets of the Smithsonian Institution, the world's largest museum and research complex. Smithsonian Channel features award-winning original documentaries, series and ...
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1755-1963
bulk 1755-1919
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3.28 Cubic feet (7 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NASM.XXXX.0923
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection consists of approximately 3.28 cubic feet of early periodicals, articles, pamphlets, and other publications relating to various aspects of aviation including kites; balloons; events relating to aviation; personalities involved in aviation; aerial navigation; airships; airplanes; aerial combat; models; and aerial photography. The majority of writings in the collection date to the time period from 1755 through 1919, but there some later pieces dating to the 1920s through the 1960s. Most of the items in the collection are in English, but there are also some writings in French, German, Italian, Russian, Spanish, and Portuguese.
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National Air and Space Museum. Department of Aeronautics
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1965-1986
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36.5 cu. ft. (73 document boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 330
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records document the history of the Department of Aeronautics from 1966-1986, a period marked by intensive planning for the new museum, its construction and opening in July 1976, and the emergence of the National Air and Space Museum as a large and important bureau of the Smithsonian and the most visited museum in the world. At the begi...
