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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

Aviation Trading Cards Collection

 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

Vic Bilek Aviation Research Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS-514
Abstract

The collection contains research notes, including newspaper and journal articles, handwritten notes, drawings, and photographs. The photos and notebook are predominantly Curtiss aircraft.

Dates: 1920-1950

William Butler Aircraft Maintenance Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS-395
Abstract The collection includes a variety of aircraft maintenance materials including manuals, handbooks, pilot's guides, troubleshooting guides, educational materials and study guides. The collection also includes a run of Aerospace American aviation journal from 1987-1988, as well a few issues of Aircraft Maintenance Technology from 2000. Finally, there are VHS training tapes concerning...
Dates: 1943-2000; Majority of material found within 1983-1990

Robert L. Cavanagh Aviation Collection (MS-353)

 Collection
Identifier: MS-353
Abstract

The Robert L. Cavanagh Aviation Collection contains extensive research on a variety of aircraft, including detailed information on the Boeing P-12. The collection also contains a wide variety of aircraft photographs, along with negatives, slides, correspondence, newspaper clippings, and photograph albums.

Dates: 1917-1999

Louis P. Christman, 1903 Wright Flyer Drawings

 Collection
Identifier: MS-477
Abstract Orville and Wilbur Wright never constructed a complete set of drawings for any of their flyers or gliders. In the mid-1940s, friend of the Wright's, Edward Deeds, commissioned Louis P. Christman, to complete, not only a set of drawings for the famous 1903 Flyer, but also the 1900, 1901, and 1902 Gliders, and the 1903 and 1904 Flyers. This collection contains Christman's original drawings of the 1903 Flyer's Engine Support Rails and Wing Ribs. In addition, the collection also consists of 23...
Dates: 1947-1951

Ann Cooper Collection

 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

Curtiss-Wright Aeronautical Engine Drawing Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS-356
Abstract The Curtiss-Wright Aeronautical Engine Drawing Collection is a collection of over 50,000 aircraft engine part and power system drawings produced by the Curtiss-Wright Corporation. The collection consists of approximately 1324 rolls of microfilm containing thousands of engine part drawings, more than a thousand engine drawings, an index to the engine parts that were microfilmed, cards documenting tools used to make the engine parts, and a number of aircraft engine manuals. The collection...
Dates: 1920-1969

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

Air Vice-Marshall Ron Dick Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS-494
Abstract The Air Vice-Marshal Ron Dick Collection follows the life and career of Air Vice-Marshal Ronald Dick. He served in the Royal Air Force, which included two appointments to the British Embassy in Washington, D.C., first as Air Attaché and then as Defense Attaché. During and after his military career, he was a prolific writer and lecturer on the history of aviation and took any opportunity he could to fly. The materials in this collection include material concerning his military career,...
Dates: 1938-2008

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Wright, Orville, 1871-1948 6
Wright, Wilbur, 1867-1912 6
Wright Company 3
American Society of Aviation Artists 2
Cooper, Ann L. (Ann Lewis), 1934- 2
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Whittle, Frank, 1907-1996 2
Wright Flying School 2
Adams, Wade 1
Advance Aircraft Company 1
Aerospace Medical Research Laboratories (U.S.) 1
Aerospace Research Laboratories (U.S.) 1
Air University (U.S.) 1
American Helicopter Society 1
Arnold, Henry Harley, 1886-1950 1
Bilek, Victor H., 1918- 1
Boeing Aerospace Company 1
Borden Company 1
Brandly, Raymond H. 1
Butler, William 1
Carreras Ltd. 1
Cavanagh, Robert L. 1
Cessna Aircraft Company 1
Chappell, Dorothy F. 1
Christman, Louis P., 1893-1972 1
Commonwealth Shoe and Leather Co. (Whitman, Mass.) 1
Corning, Merv, 1926-2006 1
Curtiss, Glenn Hammond, 1878-1930 1
Curtiss-Wright Corporaton 1
Dam, John J. 1
Dick, Pauline 1
Dick, Ron, 1931-2008 1
Douglas Aircraft Company 1
Dunham, Seymour, 1910-1996 1
Dunkelberg, Albert G., 1922-2003 1
Earhart, Amelia, 1897-1937 1
Ferris, Keith 1
Foulois, Benjamin D., 1879-1967 1
Gallaher Limited 1
Graceland College (Lamoni, Iowa) 1
Grahame-White, Claude, 1879- 1
Great Britain. Royal Air Force 1
H. J. Heinz Company 1
Harris, Harold R., 1897-1989 1
Haskell, Katharine Wright, 1874-1929 1
Herring-Curtiss Company 1
Hoy, Walt 1
Hubbell, Charles H., 1898- 1
Jarvi, Dennis W. 1
Jefferies, Walter M. (Walter Matthews), 1921-2003 1
Jennings, W.N. 1
John Player & Sons 1
Kiraly, Frank A., 1914-2000 1
Kline, Peter B., 1918-1986 1
Lahm, Frank Purdy, 1877-1963 1
Lahusen’s 1
Laufer, William F., 1933-2002 1
Leach International 1
Lindbergh, Charles A. (Charles Augustus), 1902-1974 1
Lund, Freddie 1
Lunken Airport (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1
MacDonald, Zola Marie 1
Metamorphosis Studios, Inc. 1
Miller, Roger Lee, 1933- 1
Murphy, Mike 1
Murray Sons & Co. Ltd. 1
National Air and Space Museum 1
National Cash Register Company 1
Ohain, Hans von, 1911-1998 1
Paulhan, Louis 1
Pittman, Karen L., 1938-2022 1
Pittman, Wayne C., Jr., 1937-2015 1
Richmond, Laurence Palmer, 1900-1988 1
Rinehart, Howard 1
Ritchie Inc. (Dayton, Ohio) 1
Ritchie, Malcolm L., 1920- 1
Rodgers, Calbraith Perry 1
Roetman, Donald, 1928-2008 1
Royal Air Force College (Cranwell, England) 1
Sjogren, Jody Fulks 1
Skelly Oil Company 1
Thompson Products, inc. 1
Tide Water Associated Oil Company 1
Toulmin, Harry A. (Harry Aubrey), 1858-1942 1
Tuckett Limited 1
USAF School of Aerospace Medicine 1
United States. Army Air Forces. Fighter Group, 332nd 1
United States. Army--Procurement 1
United States. Army. Air Corps. Materiel Division 1
United States. Department of the Air Force 1
United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration 1
W.D. & H.O. Wills (Firm) 1
Waco Aircraft Company 1
Wagstaff, Patty 1
Wedekind, George, Jr., 1923-2003 1
Whyte, Edna Gardner 1
Wings Cigarettes 1
Woods, Jessie, 1909- 1
Wright Aeronautical Corporation 1
Wright Air Development Center 1
Wright family 1
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