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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
Collection
Identifier: MS-82
Abstract
Brown, a native of Springfield, was a local engineer and designer who helped pioneer several inventions in the aviation and automobile industries. His papers consist of engineering notebooks, personal and business correspondence, blueprints, photographs, original stories and poems, clippings, and a collection of printed materials reflecting his various interests and hobbies.
Dates:
1890-1976
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
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-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
Collection
Identifier: MS-361
Abstract
This collection consists of personal correspondence, publications and photographs related to Richard Hoener's work at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. The collection also contains publications related to aviation and memorabilia that he collected over the years.
Dates:
1920-1999; Majority of material found within 1940-1960
Collection
Identifier: MS-321
Abstract
The International Symposium of Aviation Photographers 3rd Annual Meeting (ISAP II) Photograph Collection is a collection of aviation photographs taken by thirteen members of the International Society of Aviation Photographers. The photographs document a variety of subjects including wing walking, World War II aircraft, modern military aircraft, modern commercial aircraft, and missiles.
Dates:
1994-2003; Majority of material found within 2001-2003
Collection
Identifier: MS-513
Abstract
The collection consists of flight manuals, owner’s manuals, handbooks, and pilot training materials for aircraft, many of which Jarvi piloted, including the jet fighter planes he flew during his distinguished career in the United States Air Force. Jarvi served with the 469 Tactical Fighter Squadron (TFS) during the Vietnam War, completing 100 missions, and receiving the Third Oak Leaf Cluster to the Distinguished Flying Cross. Complementing the flight manuals and handbooks are lithographs,...
Dates:
1942-1997; Majority of material found within 1965-1979
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
Collection
Identifier: MS-476
Abstract
Warren Joy was an engineer with General Electric in Cincinnati, Ohio, for 35 years and a veteran of World War II. His collection consists of correspondence, certificates, photographs, maps, scrapbooks, and other documents.
Dates:
1945-1998