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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

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

Seymour Dunham Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS-294
Abstract

The Seymour Dunham Collection contains personal correspondence of Mr. Dunham, information on aviation organizations to which he belonged, aircraft and missile research, work-related research from his time at Wright-Patterson AFB, and an extensive collection of articles, newspaper clippings and photographs concerning the Wright Brothers and other aspects of aviation history.

Dates: 1889-1993

Charles Hubbell Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS-203
Abstract

The Charles Hubbell collection consists of prints of Charles Hubbell's original paintings of airplanes.

Dates: 1941-1961

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

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

Peter B. Kline Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS-165
Abstract The Peter B. Kline Papers is a large collection of files and information on a wide variety of aviation subjects. Kline was an Aeronautical Engineer at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base and a collector of aviation materials. The collection contains clippings, journal articles, photographs, mechanical specifications, illustrations, and miscellaneous information about particular aircraft. The papers also includes technical manuals, correspondence with other aviation collectors and book dealers,...
Dates: 1822 - 1986

Leach "Heritage of the Air" Aviation Prints and Harold R. Harris Photograph (SC-314)

 Collection
Identifier: SC-314
Content Description The collection consists primarily of 28 aviation prints from Leach International’s advertising art series “Heritage of the Air,” commemorating WWI era planes, pilots, and events. The full series included 45 images, all painted by Merv Corning. One of the included prints, “The First Bail-Out,” depicts the first use of a parachute to save the pilot’s life, that of Harold R. Harris in 1922; the print is autographed by Harris. Also included is a 1981 snapshot of Harris standing near the Old...
Dates: 1959-1968, 1981

Zola Marie MacDonald Aviation Scrapbook

 Collection
Identifier: MS-291
Abstract

Scrapbook containing articles and information on aviation crashes, women in aviation (including the search for Amelia Earhart), and aviation fiction, dating between 1935 and early 1940s.

Dates: 1935-1945

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Curtiss, Glenn Hammond, 1878-1930 1
Dick, Pauline 1
Dick, Ron, 1931-2008 1
Dunham, Seymour, 1910-1996 1
Dunkelberg, Albert G., 1922-2003 1
Earhart, Amelia, 1897-1937 1
Foulois, Benjamin D., 1879-1967 1
Gallaher Limited 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
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
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Lindbergh, Charles A. (Charles Augustus), 1902-1974 1
MacDonald, Zola Marie 1
Miller, Roger Lee, 1933- 1
Murray Sons & Co. Ltd. 1
National Air and Space Museum 1
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Rinehart, Howard 1
Rodgers, Calbraith Perry 1
Royal Air Force College (Cranwell, England) 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
United States. Army--Procurement 1
United States. Department of the Air Force 1
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Wedekind, George, Jr., 1923-2003 1
Whittle, Frank, 1907-1996 1
Wings Cigarettes 1
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Wright, Lorin, 1862-1939 1
Wright, Milton, 1828-1917 1
Wright, Reuchlin, 1861-1920 1
Wright, Stephen 1
Yeager, William F., 1915-1990 1
Zilliox, Andrew 1
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