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Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MS-519
Abstract
The collection consists of approximately 700 collectable trade cards and stamps issued by various industries, primarily the “cigarette cards” of tobacco manufacturers. The majority of the card or stamp series feature airplanes, but some series focus on famous aviators. Materials originate from the United States, United Kingdom, and Germany.
Dates:
Circa 1925-1940, 1996; Majority of material found within Circa 1925-1940
Collection
Identifier: MS-678
Abstract
The scrapbook contains approximately 62 original photographs depicting the Lincoln Airplane and Flying School in Lincoln, Nebraska; the Fairchild factory at Hagerstown, Maryland; as well as scenes at Niagara Falls and Dayton, Ohio. Also included are several clippings from The Philadelphia Inquirer's U.S. Warplane Series (Nos. 7-24).
Dates:
1939-1941
Collection
Identifier: MS-295
Abstract
Ann Cooper is a prolific author with over 600 published magazine articles and ten books on aviation notables to her credit. The research collection is an excellent source of information on women aviators such as Jessie Woods, Patty Wagstaff, Edna Gardner Whyte, Dorothy S. Lewis, and Nancy Hopkins Tier, as well as African American aviators including the Tuskegee Airmen.
Dates:
1900-2002
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
Collection
Identifier: MS-389
Abstract
The Randle H. Egbert Aviation Papers consist of journals, news and periodical clippings, and memorabilia related to the Wright Brothers and early aviation.
Dates:
1904-2004
Collection
Identifier: SC-337
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of Garvey’s pilot’s log book, handbook and information about Garvey’s Piper Cherokee 140 aircraft, an aviation drawing by Garvey, handwritten notes, as well as business cards and publications.
Dates:
1946-1997
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
Collection
Identifier: MS-214
Abstract
Harris was a World War I flyer and test pilot at McCook Field in Dayton during the early 1920s. He later became an executive with Pan American Airlines, American Overseas Airlines, and Northwest Airlines, as well as holding the rank of Colonel in the Army Air Transport Command during World War II. His papers consist of extensive correspondence, both personal and business, travel diaries, reports, newspaper clippings, personal logs detailing his activities and movements, speeches,...
Dates:
1886, 1908-1990
Collection
Identifier: MS-167
Abstract
The International Cyclopedia of Aviation Biography (I.C.A.B.) Collection consists of material collected by William L. Hamberger in the late 1920s and early 1930s in preparation to publish his International Cyclopedia of Aviation Biography. The Cyclopedia was never published. Materials in this collection include files on over 3,000 prominent individuals in the field of aviation in the early twentieth century. These files contain a variety of materials including newspaper clippings,...
Dates:
1910-1939
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