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American Society of Aviation Artists Collection
Collection
Identifier: MS-279
Abstract
The American Society of Aviation Artists collection consists of nearly 300 separate pieces of aviation art, including posters, paintings, drawings, photographs and aviation magazine covers.The ASAA collection also includes articles, sketches, newspaper clippings, correspondence, photographs, negatives and slides. Most of the material is about individual artists. A few materials are about ASAA events.
Dates:
1940-2004; Majority of material found within 1980-2000
Found in:
Special Collections
Walter Matthews Jefferies Aviation Collection (MS-344)
Collection
Identifier: MS-344
Abstract
The Walter Matthews Jefferies Aviation Collection consists of more than 15,000 photographs and over 1100 books, pamphlets, and journals. The bulk of the photographs pertain to aviation from the 1930s to the 1960s. Most of the photographs document military aircraft produced by a variety of aircraft manufacturers. However, the collection also contains a significant number of photographs taken by movie studios during the filming of aviation-themed movies. A large amount of technical manuals...
Dates:
1917-2002
Found in:
Special Collections
Jody Sjogren Aviation Art Collection (MS-574)
Collection
Identifier: MS-574
Scope and Contents
This collection of aviation artwork consists of 10 artists’ proof prints of the original water color and Prismacolor pencil renderings. The collection includes works from her series “Metamorphosis” (7 pieces) as well as “Metaphors” (3 pieces), both of which depict aircraft with their namesake creatures or activities. Individual pieces are signed and numbered. In addition to the prints, there is a folder containing information about each of the 10 pieces and some biographical information...
Dates:
1983-2006
Found in:
Special Collections