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Hans Dam Aviation Collection
Collection
Identifier: MS-412
Abstract
Hans Dam was a 50-year collector of aviation memorabilia, especially photographs and newspaper and magazine clippings. His primary areas of interest included air races and air shows, early flight, WACO aircraft, and the history of aviation in southwestern Ohio and northern Kentucky. At the time of his death he was working on a book about aviation in southwestern Ohio which is included in the collection. The collection consists of twenty-nine albums containing more than 2500 photographs...
Dates:
1910-2003
Found in:
Special Collections
Ivan R. Gates Collection (MS-646)
Collection
Identifier: MS-646
Abstract
Ivan R. Gates was an Early Bird of Aviation, receiving his pilot’s license in 1911, and is credited with starting the first flying school on the west coast in California. The collection documents Gates’ aviation business enterprises, including the Gates Flying Circus, Gates Flying Service, and the New York-based Gates Aircraft Corporation, which manufactured the Gates Belgian RSV convertible monoplane/biplane. Gates’ wife Hazel was also a pilot. The majority of the collection is contained...
Dates:
1924-1930
Found in:
Special Collections
Frank A. Kiraly Aviation Postcard and Photo Collection
Collection
Identifier: MS-515
Abstract
The collection consists of aviation postcards, primarily of airports throughout the country, and also of photographs of famous aviators from the 1930s.
Dates:
1911-1977
Found in:
Special Collections
Victor Rickard General Aviation Collection (MS-555)
Collection
Identifier: MS-555
Abstract
Victor Rickard was an early pilot in Schenectady, New York, and manager of the city’s airport from 1927-1931. He was also involved in U.S. Naval aviation during World War I and Army Air Services during World War II. The collection contains a photographs, pilot’s licenses and identification cards, newspaper clippings, and video footage.
Dates:
1925-2014; Majority of material found within 1925 - 1940
Found in:
Special Collections
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- Gates, Hazel G. Wilson 1
- Gates, Ivan Rhuele, 1890-1932 1
- Holmes Airport (Jackson Heights, New York) 1
- Kiraly, Frank A., 1914-2000 1
- Lunken Airport (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1
- New Standard Aircraft Company 1
- Pangborn, Clyde Edward, approximately 1893-1958 1
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