William Littlewood papers, [1917-1967?].
Collection Number: 2820
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library
DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY
Title:
William Littlewood papers, [1917-1967?].
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Collection Number:
2820
Creator:
Littlewood, William, 1898-1967.
Quanitities:
25 cubic feet.
Material base and configuration--Tapes and phonograph records included.
Includes correspondence and other personal papers; business correspondence, mostly
regarding aviation and automotive engineering; speeches and talks (including sound
recordings); Cornell University course books, Trustee papers, and other material;
scrapbooks of clippings, letters, and photographs; photgraphs of people, airplanes,
and engines; mimeographs and printed material from the Committee of the SST-Sonic
Boom of the National Academy of Sciences; pamphlets and other data on various airlines,
aircraft, resorts, clubs, etc.; miscellaneous notes, mimeographs, and books; numerous
medals, citations, awards, etc.; glass slides; and memorabilia, Monsanto Aviation
Saftey Award statue.
INFORMATION FOR USERS
William Littlewood. Papers, #2820. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell
University Library.
William Littlewood graduated from Cornell University (Class of 1920) with a degree
in mechanical engineering. He taught physics, mechanics, and machine design at Cornell,
was awarded the Sibley Prize for engineering scholarship for two years, and was president
of the Cornell Society of Engineers. He was an honorary fellow of the Royal Aeronautical
Society of the United Kingdom, of the Canadian Aviation and Space Institute, and of
the American Insitute of Aeronautics and Astronautics. He was president of the American
Institute of Aeronautical Sciences, a member of the Cornell Engineering Council, and
president of the Society of Automotive Engineers. He received an honorary doctor of
engineering from the University of Maryland, the Flight Safety Foundation Medal, the
Daniel Guggenheim Medal, and the Wright Brothers Medal. He helped to develop the DC-3,
DC-4, DC-6, DC-7, Boeing 707, and Convair 990. In 1944, President Franklin D. Roosevelt
named him to the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics. He later became chairman
of NASA's Research Advisory on Aircraft Operating Problems. He was elected a Cornell
alumni trustee in 1955, and at the time of his death was vice chairman of the executive
committee of the Board of Trustees of Cornell University.
Names:
American Institute of Aeronautical Sciences
American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Canadian Aviation and Space Institute
Cornell Engineering Council
Cornell Society of Engineers
Cornell University. Board of Trustees
National Academy of Sciences. Committee of the SST-Sonic Boom
Royal Aeronautical Society of the United Kingdom
Society of Automotive Engineers
United States. National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics
United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Research Advisory Committee
on Aircraft Operating Problems
Subjects:
Aeronautics.
Air lines.
Automobiles -- Design and construction.
Daniel Guggenheim Medal.
Engineering.
Mechanics.
Physics.
Sibley Prize.
Wright Brothers Medal.
Engineers.
Form and Genre Terms:
Photographs.
Lantern slides.
CONTAINER LIST
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Container
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Description
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Date
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Series I. Personal Files
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| Box 1 |
Correspondence
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1934-1935 | |
| Box 1 |
Correspondence
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1936 | |
| Box 1 |
Correspondence
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1937 | |
| Box 1 |
Correspondence
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1938 | |
| Box 1 |
Correspondence
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1939 | |
| Box 1 |
Correspondence
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1941-1950 | |
| Box 1 |
Letter from Wright Aeronautical Corporation
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1929-09-16 | |
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Scope and Contents
regarding parts for V-145
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| Box 1 |
Folder regarding purchase of property in Garden City
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1930-1950 | |
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Scope and Contents
from Margaret M. Carroll
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| Box 1 |
Folder certifying that Littlewood completed "apprenticeship"
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1927-1952 | |
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Series II. Correspondence
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| Box 2 |
AAL Public Relations correspondence
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1941-1964 | |
| Box 2 |
AAL Safety Correspondence
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1963-1964 | |
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Scope and Contents
Beard
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| Box 2 |
AAL Correspondence
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1960-1963 | |
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Scope and Contents
Sadler
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| Box 2 |
AAL Correspondence
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1951-1961 | |
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Scope and Contents
C.R. Smith
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| Box 2 |
Air Cargo
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1958-1961 | |
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Scope and Contents
Airfreight-General
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| Box 2 |
Air Traffic Control Problems
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1957-1962 | |
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Scope and Contents
Sam Saint
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| Box 2 |
American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (formerly IAS)
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1963-1964 | |
| Box 2 |
AIAA
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1963-1964 | |
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Scope and Contents
Committee on Aircraft Operations, Membership list and correspondence
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| Box 2 |
Report on Air Transport Lines
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1929 | |
| Box 2 |
American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
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1958-1964 | |
| Box 2 |
Armstrong-Siddeley
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1929 | |
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Scope and Contents
General
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| Box 2 |
Boeing 707
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1954-1959 | |
| Box 2 |
Canadian Aeronautics & Space Institution
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1954-1963 | |
| Box 2 |
Cargo Airplane, SOR 182
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1961 | |
| Box 2 |
Cargo Airplane, DC-7F Conversion
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1957-1959 | |
| Box 2 |
Department of Commerce
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1962 | |
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Scope and Contents
Panel on Transportation Research and Development
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| Box 2 |
Compact Jet
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1961-1962 | |
| Box 2 |
Cornell Aeronautical Laboratory
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1952 | |
| Box 2 |
Cornell University
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1964 | |
| Box 2 |
Cornell Centennial Planning Committee
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1961 | |
| Box 2 |
Cornell University
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1962-1964 | |
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Scope and Contents
(I&LR)
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| Box 2 |
Cornell University
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1963-1964 | |
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Scope and Contents
(Buildings and Properties Comm.)
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| Box 2 |
Convair
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1952-1956 | |
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Scope and Contents
Miscellaneous (240's. 340's)
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| Box 2 |
Convair
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1958-1961 | |
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Scope and Contents
600 or 990
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| Box 2 |
Douglas "Caravelle"
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1960 | |
| Box 2 |
DC-6
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1952-1956 | |
| Box 2 |
DC-7
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1951-1955 | |
| Box 2 |
DC-8
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1955-1961 | |
| Box 2 |
DC-9
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1957-1959 | |
| Box 2 |
Defense Science Board
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1963 | |
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Scope and Contents
Unclassified
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| Box 2 |
Electra
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1955 | |
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Scope and Contents
Personal
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| Box 2 |
Electra
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1959-1961 | |
| Box 2 |
Electra II
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1961 | |
| Box 2 |
Electra
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1960 | |
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Scope and Contents
Testimony before House Committee
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| Box 2 |
Engineers' Council for Professional Development
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1961-1962 | |
| Box 2 |
Engineers' Joint Council
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1959-1960 | |
| Box 2 |
European Trip Report
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1928-1948 | |
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Scope and Contents
England and France 1928, Germany 1948
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| Box 2 |
Farnborough (England) show
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1961-1962 | |
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Scope and Contents
newspapers
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| Box 2 |
Federal Aviation Agency
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1961 | |
| Box 2 |
Flight Safety Foundation
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1960-1962 | |
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Scope and Contents
Industry Advisory Committee
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| Box 2 |
Flight Safety Foundation
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1957-1958 | |
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Scope and Contents
Awards
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| Box 2 |
Flight Safety Foundation
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1963-1964 | |
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Scope and Contents
Awards
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| Box 2 |
Flight Safety Foundation
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1959-1963 | |
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Scope and Contents
Awards
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| Box 3 |
General Electric
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1954-1961 | |
| Box 3 |
Guggenheim Board of Award
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1959-1964 | |
| Box 3 |
Helicopters/VTOL
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1956-1961 | |
| Box 3 |
Hoover Medal Board of Award
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1964 | |
| Box 3 |
Hospitalization (AAL)
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1962-1964 | |
| Box 3 |
IAS
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1958-1962 | |
| Box 3 |
Kurtz, Howard
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1952-1962 | |
| Box 3 |
Littlewood
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1960-1962 | |
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Scope and Contents
Expense Accounts
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| Box 3 |
Littlewood
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1963 | |
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Scope and Contents
Expense Accounts
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| Box 3 |
Littlewood
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1958 | |
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Scope and Contents
Noise Paper
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| Box 3 |
Lockheed
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1953 | |
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Scope and Contents
General
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| Box 3 |
Maryland, University of
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1956-1959 | |
| Box 3 |
Massachusetts Institute Of Technology
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1959-1963 | |
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Scope and Contents
Committee
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| Box 3 |
Miscellaneous correspondence
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1953-1964 | |
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Scope and Contents
4 folders
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| Box 3 |
NASA- RACAOP
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1952-1964 | |
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Scope and Contents
2 folders
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| Box 3 |
NASA- "Campaign on Aeronautics Emphasis"
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1963 | |
| Box 3 |
NASA- Jet Turbulence
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1963-1964 | |
| Box 3 |
National Research Council/National Academy of Sciences
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1956-1960 | |
| Box 3 |
Noise
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1952-1961 | |
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Scope and Contents
Miscellaneous
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| Box 3 |
Project Beacon
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1961 | |
| Box 3 |
Project Horizon
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1961 | |
| Box 4 |
Pratt & Whitney
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1957-1961 | |
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Scope and Contents
Engines
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| Box 4 |
Princeton University
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1959-1962 | |
| Box 4 |
Proximity Warning Indicator/Collision Avoidance System
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1957-1963 | |
| Box 4 |
Rolls-Royce
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1954-1956 | |
| Box 4 |
Royal Aeronautical Society
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1963-1965 | |
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Scope and Contents
Man Powered Aircraft Group
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| Box 4 |
Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) Correspondence
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1960-1962 | |
| Box 4 |
Sperry Board Award
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1959-1962 | |
| Box 4 |
Supersonic Transport
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1962-1963 | |
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Scope and Contents
American Airlines
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| Box 4 |
Unsorted Correspondence
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1950-1967 | |
| Box 4 |
Case against American Airlines
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1961 | |
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Scope and Contents
envelope containing some correspondence and official mimeo. report on case brought
against American Airlines and dismissed by Delaware Supreme Court
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| Box 4 |
"20 Years of Commercial Aviation Data Collected by John McLaughlin
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Scope and Contents
2 large folders
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| Box 4 |
"Survey of Commercial Operations"
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1929 | |
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Scope and Contents
typescript, and data sheets. and other miscellanea pertaining to Transport Aircraft
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Series III. Materials on Various Airlines
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| Box 13 |
Fairchild
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Undated | |
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Scope and Contents
including correspondence, little pamphlets and other data
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| Box 13 |
Douglas
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Undated | |
| Box 13 |
Boeing
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Undated | |
| Box 13 |
United Aircraft
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Undated | |
| Box 13 |
North American Aviation, Inc.
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Undated | |
| Box 13 |
Lockheed Aircraft Corporation
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Undated | |
| Box 13 |
General Electric
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Undated | |
| Box 13 |
Northrup Corporation
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Undated | |
| Box 13 |
Hopkins-Campbell, Inc.
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Undated | |
| Box 13 |
Curtiss-Wright
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Undated | |
| Box 13 |
Convair Eight-Eighty
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Undated | |
| Box 13 |
The Flight Safety Foundation- ''What others Think of F.S.F."
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Undated | |
| Box 13 |
A Chronicle of the Aviation Industry in America, 1903-1947
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Undated | |
| Box 13 |
A Manual of Aircraft Gas Turbine Operation
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Undated | |
| Box 13 |
Progress in Air Transportation" - Lockheed Project L-193
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Undated | |
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Series IV. Museum Items
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| Box 17 |
Flight Safety Foundation Award
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1956 | |
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Scope and Contents
Wooden plaque
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| Box 17 |
S.A.E.
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1957 | |
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Scope and Contents
Wooden plaque
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| Box 17 |
Federal Aviation Agency for Distinguished Public Service
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1961-1965 | |
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Scope and Contents
Wooden plaque
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| Box 17 |
A.I.A.&A.
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1964-1966 | |
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Scope and Contents
Wooden plaque
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| Box 17 |
National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics
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1944-1953 | |
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Scope and Contents
Wooden plaque
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| Box 17 |
S.A.E. (Society of Automotive Engineers)- Certificate of Appreciation
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1955 | |
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Scope and Contents
Laminated on board
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| Box 17 |
S.A.E.-25 years active membership
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1960 | |
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Scope and Contents
Laminated on board
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| Box 17 |
Printing blocks
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Date Unknown | |
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Scope and Contents
11 total- 10 Christmas card, 1 of W.L.
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| Box 17 |
Metal gear cover (?) Caminez Engine
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Undated | |
| Box 17 |
Dedication of North American Aviation, Inc., Science Center. James Howard Kindelberger
Memorial Laboratories
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1964-08-27 | |
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Scope and Contents
3" diameter bronze medal
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| Box 17 |
Victory Medal
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Date Unknown | |
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Scope and Contents
First World War
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| Box 17 |
Perspex paperweight
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1920-1960 | |
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Scope and Contents
Donald W. Douglass, 40th Anniversary
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| Box 17 |
MSS. Black notebook
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Date Unknown | |
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Scope and Contents
calculations and other data
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| Box 17 |
10 glass slides
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Date Unknown | |
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Scope and Contents
airplane engines, etc.
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| Box 17 |
Paper outlines of airplanes
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Date Unknown | |
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Scope and Contents
for layout purposes
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| Box 17 |
Orville Wright and Wilbur Wright Flying Machines
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1906 | |
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Scope and Contents
Copy of patent
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Series V. Citations (deframed)
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| Box 18 |
Institute of the Aeronautical Sciences- Certificate of Membership
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1932 | |
| Box 18 |
Institute of the Aeronautical Sciences- Honorary Fellow
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1932 | |
| Mapcase Folder 2 |
Wright Brothers Medal
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1935 | |
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Scope and Contents
certificate
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| Mapcase Folder 2 |
Society of Automotive Engineers- Member
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1936 | |
| Box 18 |
Institute of the Aeronautical Sciences- Fellow
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1939 | |
| Box 18 |
Ordnance Distinguished Service Award
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1944 | |
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Scope and Contents
(presented to Coordinating Research Council)
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| Box 18 |
United States Navy- Certificate of Achievement
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1945 | |
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Scope and Contents
(awarded to Coordinating Research Council)
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| Box 18 |
Society of Automotive Engineers- as Vice-President
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1945 | |
| Mapcase Folder 1 |
Membership of National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics for five years
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1944-02-10 | |
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Scope and Contents
signed by Franklin D. Roosevelt
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| Mapcase Folder 1 |
Membership of National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics for five years
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1948-12-01 | |
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Scope and Contents
signed by Harry Truman
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| Box 18 |
American Airlines-twenty-five years' service
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1952 | |
| Box 18 |
Framed cover of AMERICAN AVIATION
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1952 | |
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Scope and Contents
Interview with W. L ., Vice-Pres. American Airlines
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| Mapcase Folder 2 |
American Airlines -- Best Wishes for 25th Anniversary
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1952 | |
| Box 18 |
S.A.E. Technical Board- Certificate of Appreciation
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1954 | |
| Box 18 |
Society of Automotive Engineers- as Past President is an Honorary Member
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1954 | |
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Scope and Contents
laminated
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| Mapcase Folder 2 |
Greetings from Society of Automotive Engineers
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1954 | |
| Mapcase Folder 2 |
Awarded Guggenheim Medal
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1958 | |
| Mapcase Folder 3 |
University of Maryland- Doctor of Engineering
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1959 | |
| Box 18 |
The Royal Aeronautical Society -- Fellow of the Society
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1961 | |
| Box 18 |
The National Secretaries Association -- Guest speaker at 10th Annual Boss Night
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1962 | |
| Mapcase Folder 3 |
Monsanto Aviation Safety Award
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1962 | |
| Box 18 |
The Royal Aeronautical Society- Honorary Fellow (F.R.Ae.S.)
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1963 | |
| Box 18 |
Distinguished Service Award for Merit - American Airlines
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1963 | |
| Box 18 |
Distinguished Service Award for Merit - American Airlines
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1963 | |
| Box 18 |
Canadian Aeronautics and Space Institute -- Fellow
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1964 | |
| Box 18 |
Wings Club- Third Wings Club Sight lecture
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1966 | |
| Box 18 |
Piece of original fabric from Kitty Hawk "Wright Flyer" with photograph and write-up
recalling successful flight in 1903
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Undated | |
| Box 18 |
Probably membership of a fraternity, "Nayati," founded 1907, C. U.
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Undated | |
| Mapcase Folder 2 |
Hand colored sketch and signatures from "Friends of Douglas"
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Undated | |
| Mapcase Folder 1 |
Douglas Aircraft (?) in flight, signed Donald ? Douglas
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1938 | |
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Scope and Contents
Photograph
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| Mapcase Folder 1 |
National Safety Council Trophy awarded to American Airlines
|
1941 | |
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Scope and Contents
Photograph
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| Box 18 |
Plant maintenance gang
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1941-01-15 | |
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Scope and Contents
Photograph
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| Mapcase Folder 1 |
Embroidered tablecloth made by Mrs. Jo (James H.) Doolittle
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Undated | |
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Scope and Contents
embroidered signatures, photograph
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| Mapcase Folder 3 |
American Airlines flagship over New York City
|
Undated | |
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Scope and Contents
Photograph
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| Box 18 |
Autographed photograph of James Doolittle
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Undated | |
| Mapcase Folder 3 |
Republic P-47 Thunderbolts in flight
|
Undated | |
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Scope and Contents
Photograph
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| Mapcase Folder 3 |
American Airlines plane in flight
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Undated | |
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Scope and Contents
Photograph
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| Mapcase Folder 2 |
Murphy's Roaring Birdman certificate
|
1939 | |
| Box 18 |
National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics - Chairman of the Committee on Operating
Problems and member of the Industry Consulting Committee
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1954 | |
| Box 18 |
Military Air Transport Service- Recognition of flight in turbine powered transport
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1955 | |
| Mapcase Folder 2 |
Society of Automotive Engineers, Inc.- Life Member
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1957 | |
| Box 18 |
Charter membership of 10-mile-a-minute Club
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1960 | |
| Box 18 |
Air Scooter Pilot ("flown at altitude of 5" without oxygen")
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1960 | |
| Box 18 |
The American Society of Mechanical Engineers- as lecturer before sections of the Society
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1959-1960 | |
| Box 18 |
Institute of the Aeronautical Science- testimonial
|
1960 | |
| Box 18 |
The Newcomen Society in North America -- Membership
|
1961 | |
| Box 18 |
The Wings Club, Inc.- Non-resident member
|
1961 | |
| Box 18 |
National Aviation Club -Full membership
|
1963 | |
| Mapcase Folder 3 |
American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics- Honorary Fellow
|
1963 | |
| Box 18 |
Rotary Club of St. Michaels, Maryland, Certificate of Appreciation
|
1967 | |
| Box 18 |
Institute of the Aerospace Sciences- Member of Aerospace Technology Panel
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Undated | |
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Series VI. Miscellaneous
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| Box 5 |
Speeches and talks
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1952-1964 | |
| Box 6 |
Speeches on tapes and phonograph records of talks
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Undated | |
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Scope and Contents
Also printed copies of 1st. 2nd. 3rd and 4th WINGS CLUB "SIGHT" lectures. 3rd by W.
L. (4 copies)
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| Box 7 |
Cornell University course books
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1917-1920 | |
| Box 8 |
Cornell University material
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Undated | |
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Scope and Contents
(Trustee. I .L.R., Buildings & Properties Committee. Alumni, fund-raising, etc.)
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| Box 9 |
Scrapbooks
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Scope and Contents
containing clippings, special letters and photographs
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| Box 10 |
Photographs
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Scope and Contents
very miscellaneous, people, engines, etc.
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| Box 11 |
Material relating to National Sonic Boom Study
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Scope and Contents
Research, etc., by Federal Aviation Agency
National Academy of Sciences -- National Research Council
Aeronautical Research Council
National Aeronautical and Space Administration
This is mostly mimeo.. offset and printed material.
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| Box 12 |
Marquardt Corporation
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| Box 14 |
Miscellaneous printed and mimeo. pamphlets
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Scope and Contents
(many topics including aircraft, resorts, clubs, etc.)
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| Box 15 |
Miscellaneous printed and mimeo. pamphlets
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Scope and Contents
(many topics including aircraft, resorts, clubs, etc.)
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| Box 16 |
Miscellaneous correspondence, notes, mimeo. and printed matter
|
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Scope and Contents
including two Instructor's books (arithmetic, trigonometry, algebra, mechanics), Rutgers
University; also MSS. notes. "Suggested Improvements for New Airplanes."
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