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Civil Air Transport (CAT) and Air America, Inc. Small Collections

 Collection
Identifier: CA-Small Collections

Scope and Content

Each collection in the Civil Air Transport (CAT) and Air America, Inc. Small Collections is unique, but they contain similar types of material. The most common kind of material are photographs of Civil Air Transport and Air America people, aircraft, and locations.

There are many first person accounts of experiences, correspondence, newspaper articles, oral histories, and interviews, and personal documents collected by employees or their relatives and acquaintances.

There are also a number of artifacts ranging from personal mementoes, to official CAT/Air America items and framed art pictures. The collection includes a few reel-to-reel films, VHS-tapes, and Betacam tapes, audio recordings, and several digital photograph collections stored on CD or DVD more specific information on the types of items available, please view the individual entries. The Civil Air Transport (CAT) and Air America, Inc. Small Collections is housed in fifty-eight boxes of various sizes, flat-file folders, and objects totaling 60.07 linear ft.

Dates

  • Creation: 1942 - 2022
  • Creation: Majority of material found within 1962 - 2007

Language of Materials

Collections are in English, French, Swedish, Mandarin, Shanghai dialect, Vietnamese, Lao, and Thai.

Access Restrictions

Materials in this collection are open for research.

Literary Rights Statement

Permission to publish material from this collection in any form, current or future, must be obtained from the Special Collections and Archives Division, Eugene McDermott Library, The University of Texas at Dallas.

Historical Sketch

The Civil Air Transport (CAT) and Air America, Inc. Small Collections is composed of individual collections that are too small to support themselves on their own. Most of these collections are anywhere between one to several folders in size, or consist of a single object. This is an artificial collection, with the individual collection identified by the creator's name and associated collection number.

The collections presented here encompass the full history of Civil Air Transport (CAT) and Air America, Inc. (CAT/Air America) and its subsidary companies from its early days in China to its participation in the evacuation during the Fall of Saigon, South Vietnam in 1975.

The collections were contributed by a number of sources including Civil Air Transport and Air America personnel, United States government employees, Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) operatives and assets, and civilians involved with CAT/Air America or located in the Far East. Many of the collections were donated by the dependents (spouses, relatives, or children) of the subjects.

Where available, each individual collection contains information about the creator or donor, the subjects, as well as a brief biographical or historical sketch outlining the collection subject’s connection to CAT/Air America. Key to compiling these background sketches was the master list of CAT/Air America Employees found in the Jerry Fink Collection, CA167-87. The rest of the information was discovered through internet searches, obituaries, or the contents of the collection itself.

Sources

Source
"Jerry Fink Collection," Air America Roster, Folder 1, Box 32, History of Aviation Archives, Special Collections and Archives Division, Eugene McDermott Library, The University of Texas at Dallas.

Extent

60.07 Linear Feet (Eighteen manuscript boxes, two framed items (24.0x36.0), two framed items (27.5x36.0), one framed item (23.0x19.0x1.0), six flat-file folders (26.0x24.0), three audio/film canisters (14 7/8 x1), two audio/film canisters (7 1/2 x1), two memorabilia boxes (19.0x13.0x2.0), one CD storage box long (5.5x12.5x6.0), two CD storage boxes short (5.0x5.9x5.5), one betacam box (11.0x15.5x6.6), two hat boxes small (11.0x11.0x7.0), one negative Storage Box (5.75x12.0x4.5), one non-standard box (10.25x12.25x3.0), one non-standard box (11.5x15.0x3.0), one non-standard box (17.5x11.5x3.0), one non-standard box (24.5x20.5x1.5), one non-standard box (25.0x21.0x1.5), one non-standard box (26.0x10.0x9.0), two non-standard boxes (9.0x11.5x3.0), three photo album boxes (13.0x18.0x5.0), one photo print box (7.5x12.0x5.5), three video cassette storage boxes (8.5x16.5x5.0).)

Abstract

The Civil Air Transport (CAT) and Air America, Inc. Small Collections is comprised of collections of material that are too small to warrant individual arrangement. It is an artificial collection, which are identified by the collection subject’s name.

Series Description

The Civil Air Transport (CAT) and Air America Small Collections are made up individual collections. Each collection is listed as its own series and is identified by the collection number and collection name:

CA121-86 O. L. Howell Collection 1.5 linear ft. (one oversize folder), undated.

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CA124-86 George W. Carroll Collection on Col. Tong 0.1 linear ft. (one folder), 1986.

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CA129-86 Jack Brennan Papers 0.1 linear ft. (one folder), 1969-1973.

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CA130-86 Leonard Paradise Collection 0.1 linear ft. (three folders), 1965-1986.

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CA132-86 Mick Forrest Collection 0.1 linear ft. (one folder), 1969.

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CA135-86 Robert J. Stensloff Collection 0.1 linear ft. (one folder), 1991.

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CA145-87 Bill Meek Collection 2.1 linear ft. (one folder and one object), Undated.

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CA149-87 Jean D. Landry Collection 0.1 linear ft. (one folder), 1968-1972.

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CA150-87 Fred W. Sass Collection 0.1 linear ft. (one folder), 1961.

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CA151-87 George Verdon Collection 0.1 linear ft. (one folder), 1963-1987.

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CA153-87 Victor R. David Collection 0.1 linear ft. (two folders), 1962-1987.

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CA154-87 Edward C. Staricha Collection 0.1 linear ft. (one folder), 1965-1968.

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156-87 Joseph F. Kerch Collection 0.2 linear ft. (four folders), 1959-1986.

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CA160-87 Clarence N. Driver Collection 0.1 linear ft. (one folder), 1966-1968.

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CA161-87 Carol Hails Collection 0.1 linear ft. (one folder), 1971-1972.

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CA162-87 Shane Tang Collection 0.16 linear ft. (three folders), 1962-1974.

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CA164-87 Frank C. Bonansinga Collection 0.1 linear ft. (two folders), 1991-2001.

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CA165-87 John H. Bolden Collection 0.1 linear ft. (ten objects), 1949-1955.

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CA170-87 Luther P. Wheate Collection 0.5 linear ft. (seven folders), 1942-1990.

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CA171-87 Jeff Jeffrey Collection 0.1 linear ft. (one folder), 1991.

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CA176-88 Homer P. Harrison Collection 0.1 linear ft. (one folder), 1967.

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CA086-89 Charles E. Nickles Collection 0.18 linear ft. (five folders), 1965-1968.

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CA088-89 George W. Dalley Collection 0.1 linear ft. (one folder), 1965.

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CA089-89 James M. MacFarlane Collection 0.1 linear ft. (three folders), 1962-1965.

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CA091-89 Stew Dew Collection 0.1 linear ft. (one folder), 1950-1987.

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CA021-90 Roy Francis Townely Collection 0.1 linear ft. (one folder), 1988-1990.

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CA027-90 James Baker Papers 0.1 linear ft. (two folders), Undated

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CA029-90 David and June Crowell Collection 0.1 linear ft. (one folder and one object), 1973.

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CA032-90 Robert M. Hifler Collection 0.1 linear ft. (one folder), 1972.

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CA033-90 William F. Palmer Collection 0.1 linear ft. (one folder), 191961-1962.

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CA034-90 John Lesnak Collection 0.1 linear ft. (one folder), 1974-1990.

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CA035-90 Ahn Stuart Collection 0.1 linear ft. (one folder), 1975.

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CA036-90 Clyde S. Carter Collection 0.1 linear ft. (one folder), 2005.

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CA037-90 Frank S. George Collection 0.1 linear ft. (one folder), 1969.

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CA026-91 Charles V. Green Collection 0.1 linear ft. (one folder), 1972.

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CA027-91 Eleanor Gaines-Eakin Collection 1.2 linear ft. (six objects), undated.

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CA28-91 Robert D. Hedrix Collection 0.1 linear ft. (one folder and one object), undated.

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CA030-91 Joanne Godwin Collection 0.1 linear ft. (one folder), 1987.

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CA033-91 Henry C. Watters Collection 0.1 linear ft. (four folders), 1966-1973.

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CA031-92 Robert W. Hitchman, Jr. Collection 0.1 linear ft. (one folder), 1992.

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CA032-92 Mike N. Marshall Collection 0.1 linear ft. (one folder), 1963.

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CA034-92 Tom E. Cournoger Collection 0.1 linear ft. (one folder), 1965-1973.

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CA018-93 Frank H. King Collection 0.1 linear ft. (seven folders), 1970-1972.

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CA020-93 Harry E. Mulholland Collection 0.5 linear ft. (four folders), 1945-1966.

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CA041-94 Don L. Kosteff Collection 0.1 linear ft. (two folders), 1971-1973.

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CA049-94 Garry R. Jenkin Collection 0.16 linear ft. (two folders), 1972-1990.

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CA074-94 John E. Lee Collection 0.1 linear ft. (one folder), 1958.

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CA077-94 G. Robert Bessett Collection 0.1 linear ft. (one folder), 1993-1994.

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CA035-95 Mike E. Campbell Collection 0.1 linear ft. (one folder), 1972-1973.

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CA036-95 Joe Hazen Collection 0.1 linear ft. (two objects), Undated.

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CA055-95 Roy C. Farrell Collection 0.1 linear ft. (two folders), Undated.

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CA057-95 S. Hoff Collection 0.1 linear ft. (one folder), 1970-1972.

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CA070-95 Benjamin A. van Etten Collection 0.1 linear ft. (one folder), 1995.

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CA077-95 Jane Mullins Collection 0.1 linear ft. (one folder), 1981-1986.

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CA078-95 Chuck Trimple Papers 0.1 linear ft. (one folder), 1995.

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CA079-95 Robert L. Wofford Collection 0.1 linear ft. (two folders), 1968-1995.

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CA068-96 Warren H. and Julie Olson Collection 0.6 linear ft. (one manuscript box and two folders), 1967-1972.

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CA069-96 Walter L. Ranallo Collection 2.87 linear ft. (one non-standard box, one oversize folder, and three manuscript folders), 1973-1996.

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CA070-96 Arden E. Davis Collection 0.1 linear ft. (one folder), 1967-1968.

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CA071-96 Don Wong Papers 0.1 linear ft. (one folder), 1996.

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CA074-96 Harry C. Aderholt Collection 0.1 linear ft. (three folders), 1957.

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CA076-96 John R. Greenway Collection 0.1 linear ft. (one folder), 1964-1997.

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CA077-96 Richard G. Ford Collection 2.1 linear ft. (one folder and one object), 1996.

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CA078-96 W. R. Vandusen Collection 0.1 linear ft. (one VHS tape), 1960-1964.

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CA079-96 Frank Burmeister Collection 0.1 linear ft. (one folder), 1968-1973.

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CA081-96 Clyde R. and Mary W. Ellis Collection 4.5 linear ft. (two objects), Undated.

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CA082-96 Robert E. Kluber Collection 0.1 linear ft. (one folder), 1953.

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CA083-96 Luke T. Peters Collection 0.1 linear ft. (two folders), 1964-1970.

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CA075-97 Willie J. Parker Papers 0.1 linear ft. (one folder), 1974.

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CA079-97 Jack F. Mathews Papers 0.1 linear ft. (one folder), 1998.

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CA080-97 Blaine W. Jensen Papers 0.1 linear ft. (one folder), 1965-1966.

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CA081-97 Raymond Francis Kearney Collection 2.1 linear ft. (one folder), 1969.

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CA083-97 Ted Matsis Collection 2.6 linear ft. (one manuscript folder and two oversize folders), 1955.

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CA084-97 Yuepheng Xiong Collection 0.1 linear ft. (one folder), Undated.

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CA069-98 Lillian Chu Finnerty Collection 0.1 linear ft. (one folder), 1998.

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CA070-98 Charles Barton Collection 0.1 linear ft. (one audio cassette), 1998.

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CA72-98 Albert J. Kindt Collection 0.1 linear ft. (one folder), 1956.

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CA073-98 Daniel L. Parker Collection 0.2 linear ft. (three VHS tapes), 1997-1998.

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CA076-98 Robert P. Caron Collection 0.1 linear ft. (four folders), 1971-2000.

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CA078-98 Erik Kirzsinger Collection 1.8 linear ft. (two manuscript folders, one oversize folder, one CD), 1951-1998.

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CA045-99 Alex P. Goodkin Collection 0.2 linear ft. (two folders and two VHS tapes), 1966-1972.

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CA046-99 Ted S. Mauldin Papers 0.1 linear ft. (three folders), 1961-1963.

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CA048-99 Jack Neiman, Jr. Collection 2.0 linear ft. (one VHS storage box, one film can, and one folder), 1995-1996.

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CA050-99 Gregory M. Burch Collection 0.1 linear ft. (one VHS tape and one Betacam tape), 1999.

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CA051-99 Bart J. Crotty Collection 0.1 linear ft. (one folder), undated.

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CA052-99 John M. Davis Collection 0.1 linear ft. (one folder), 1998-1999.

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CA054-99 Richard G. Jacobs Collection 0.5 linear ft. (four folders), 1967-1994.

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CA055-99 Ward S. Reimer Collection 0.1 linear ft. (one folder), Undated.

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CA 056-99 Isaias C. Roque Collection 0.1 linear ft. (one folder), 1999.

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CA054-00 James Keck Collection 6.1 linear ft. (two flat-file folders, one VHS tape, and one book), 2001.

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CA076-00 Karl Federer Collection 0.1 linear ft. (one folder), Undated.

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CA081-00 Rob Burk Collection 0.1 linear ft. (one VHS tape), Undated.

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CA083-00 John C. Mc Rainey Collection 0.1 linear ft. (one VHS tape), Undated.

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CA084-00 Judy Porter Collection 0.1 linear ft. (four folders), 1968-2011.

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CA019-01 Derrill deS. Trenholm Collection 0.1 linear ft. (one folder), 1973.

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CA037-01 Roy F. Watts Papers 0.1 linear ft. (one folder), 2001.

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CA047-01 John W. Knotts Papers 0.7 linear ft. (one folder and one photo print box), 2004.

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CA052-01 John J. Shine Collection 0.1 linear ft. (one folder), 1972.

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CA057-01 Earl E. Bruce, Jr. Papers 0.1 linear ft. (one folder), 1945-2001.

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CA091-01 The Vietnam Center and Archive at Texas Tech University Collection 0.4 linear ft. (fourteen CDs), 2001-2005.

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CA109-01 Beatrice Ratglow Collection 1.0 linear ft. (one photo album box), Undated.

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CA110-01 Var M. Green Collection 0.8 linear ft. (two objects), Undated.

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CA111-01 Norman Gardner Collection 0.1 linear ft. (one folder), 2001.

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CA010-02 Bruce A. Bigony Collection 0.1 linear ft. (one folder), 1982.

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CA031-02 Tod W. Yourglich Collection 0.1 linear ft. (one folder), Undated.

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CA050-02 Robert Cornath Collection 0.1 linear ft. (one folder), 1947-1949.

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CA021-03 Donnell Griffin Collection 0.5 linear ft. (one CD-R and one VHS tape), 1966-1967.

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CA027-03 Howard Stahlman Collection 3.0 linear ft. (one flat-file folder), 1972.

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CA049-03 William A. Miller Collection 0.1 linear ft. (four folders), 1965-1972.

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CA063-03 Ross Cafaro Collection 0.1 linear ft. (one folder), 1970.

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CA075-03 Hugh Grundy Collection 2.1 linear ft. (one manuscript folder and one oversize folder), 2003.

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CA035-04 Henry L. Hartwell Collection 0.9 linear ft. (four folders, one CD and two objects), 1947-2004.

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CA037-04 Chauncey Collard Collection 0.1 linear ft. (one folder), 1972.

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CA038-04 James E. Zimmerman Collection 0.9 linear ft. (one folder and one non-standard box), 1968.

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CA040-04 John Thomas MacCormick Collection 0.1 linear ft. (one folder), 1942.

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CA042-04 Glen T. Van Ingen Collection 2.0 linear ft. (one oversize folder), 1942.

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CA043-04 Daniel V. Gamelin Collection 5.0 linear ft. (one manuscript folder, one oversize folder, two objects, and one framed object), 1964-1971.

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CA046-04 Bruce Cooke Collection 4.6 linear ft. (five Betacam tapes and one VHS tape), 2004.

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CA053-04 Cliff Ness Collection 0.1 linear ft. (one folder), 1969-1972.

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CA057-04 Franklin M. Osanka Collection 0.2 linear ft. (one folder and one VHS tape), 1964-2004.

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CA058-04 Tom Montgomery Collection 0.1 linear ft. (one folder), 1968-2004.

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CA076-04 Johnny Chang Collection 0.1 linear ft. (one folder), 1973.

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CA108-04 Kenneth F. Herrington Papers 0.1 linear ft. (one folder), 2004.

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CA114-04 Rafael Muñoz Collection 0.1 linear ft. (one folder), 1968-1972.

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CA003-05 Cornelius L. Rosch Collection 0.9 linear ft. (two folders and one object), Undated.

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CA017-05 Mark Sublette Collection 0.1 linear ft. (one folder), 1977.

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CA040-05 Pierre Guin Collection 0.1 linear ft. (one folder), 2000.

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CA043-05 Robert F. Medwick Collection 0.4 linear ft. (one CD), 2005.

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CA072-05 Val G. Bednekoff Papers 3.0 linear ft. (two manuscript folders and one flat-file folder), 1950-1968.

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CA073-05 Michael D. Seale Collection 0.1 linear ft. (one folder), 1980.

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CA080-05 Art Goddard Papers 0.4 linear ft. (one CD), Undated.

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CA130-05 Frank Moon Collection 0.1 linear ft. (one folder), 2005.

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CA142-05 Alfred B. Gutgesell Collection 0.1 linear ft. (one folder), 2005.

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CA189-05 Roger Warner Collection 0.8 linear ft. (two CD/DVDs), 2005.

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CA190-05 Renee Robertson Collection 0.1 linear ft. (two folders), 1950-2005.

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CA034-06 John L. Tarn Collection 0.5 linear ft. (three folders and one DVD), 1965-2010.

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CA097-06 Milton N. Matheson Collection 0.1 linear ft. (one folder), 2006.

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CA115-06 Emmons B. Hodgkins Collection 0.1 linear ft. (one folder), 1965-1983.

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CA134-06 Richard G. Jacobs Collection 0.5 linear ft. (four folders), 1967-1994.

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CA135-06 Tony (L. A.) da Costa, Jr. Collection 1.6 linear ft. (one oversize folder and one object), 1956.

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CA147-06 Joseph R. Butler Collection 0.1 linear ft. (one folder), 1966-1971.

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CA011-07 William F. Collier Collection 0.4 linear ft. (one DVD), 2009.

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CA028-07 Barry H. Cox Papers 0.1 linear ft. (two folders), 1960-1962.

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CA053-07 Terry C. Turner Collection 0.1 linear ft. (two folders), 1971-1987.

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CA056-07 Paul A. Oelkrug Collection on CAT/Air America 0.2 linear ft. (one folder and one object), 2009-2010.

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CA073-07 Bob L. Charters Collection 0.5 linear ft. (one folder and one DVD), 2007.

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CA013-08 Thomas Moher Collection 0.1 linear ft. (one folder), 1968-1970.

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CA012-09 Glenn R. Woods Collection 0.3 linear ft. (one folder and two objects), 1968.

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CA021-09 Neil G. Hansen Collection 0.5 linear ft. (one folder and one DVD), 2007.

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CA025-09 L. Michael Kandt Collection 0.3 linear ft. (one folder and one CD), 2009-2010.

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CA026-09 Aubry A. Wooten Papers 0.1 linear ft. (one folder), 2004.

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CA029-09 Ruthann Theriault Collection 0.1 linear ft. (one folder), 1972.

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CA010-10 Albert S. Licup Collection 0.1 linear ft. (one folder), 1974-1975.

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CA027-10 Joseph C. Goulden Papers 0.1 linear ft. (one folder), 1961.

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CA029-10 Samuel T. Jordan Collection 0.1 linear ft. (one folder), 1962-1995.

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CA034-10 Charles L. Lane Collection 0.1 linear ft. (one folder), 1974.

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CA036-10 Frank Whisman Papers 0.1 linear ft. (two folders), 1967-1968.

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CA018-11 Chester Chang Papers 0.1 linear ft. (one folder), 2011.

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CA019-11 Wilbur S. Stauffer Collection 0.75 linear ft. (one folder, oversize folder, and four objects), 1963-1987.

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CA021-11 Thomas E. Lee Collection 0.1 linear ft. (two folders), 1967-1968.

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CA026-11 James Ham Collection 2.0 linear ft. (one oversize folder), Undated.

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CA037-11 Etta B. Cummings Papers 4.5 linear ft. (three manuscript folders, one oversize folder, and one flat-file folder), Undated.

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CA011-12 Diana M. Quill Collection 0.1 linear ft. (one folder), 1965.

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CA036-12 Henry A. Melich Collection 0.1 linear ft. (one folder), 1974.

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CA044-12 Robert A. Ziener Collection 0.1 linear ft. (one folder), Undated.

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CA036-13 Antonio C. Calderon Family Papers 0.1 linear ft. (one folder), 2001.

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CA040-13 Frank Boring Collection 0.8 linear ft. (three folders, one VHS tape, and one film reel), 1968-1992.

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CA044-13 William J. Davidson Collection 1.3 linear ft. (one oversize folder), Undated.

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CA046-13 Ed Dearborn Collection 0.8 linear ft. (four VHS tapes and one floppy disk), Undated.

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CA053-13 Bruce H. Fountain Collection 1.5 linear ft. (two manuscript folders and one oversize folder), 1965-1978.

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CA079-13 Bruce B. Blevins Papers 0.1 linear ft. (one folder), 1985.

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CA082-13 Herman E. Jackson Papers 0.1 linear ft. (one folder), 1971-1972.

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CA089-13 Oren "Q. B." Harnage Papers 0.1 linear ft. (one folder), 1993-2002.

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CA091-13 Joe Hagen Collection 0.1 linear ft. (one folder), 1963.

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CA093-13 William J. Gartz Papers 0.1 linear ft. (one folder), 1975.

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CA094-13 Forrest L. Foiles Papers 0.1 linear ft. (one folder), 1968.

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CA095-13 Al R. Reagan Papers 0.1 linear ft. (one folder), 1967-1968.

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CA096-13 Paul H. Quackenbush Collection 0.1 linear ft. (one folder), 1991.

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CA099-13 John W. Mish Collection 0.1 linear ft. (one folder), 1961-1993.

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CA100-13 James B. McGovern Papers 0.1 linear ft. (one folder), 1998.

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CA104-13 Elmer P. Schneider Papers 0.1 linear ft. (one folder), 1981-1983.

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CA105-13 Charles A. Reber Papers 0.1 linear ft. (one folder), 1974.

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CA106-13 Edward H. Moreland Collection 0.1 linear ft. (one folder), 1999.

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CA107-13 Charles T. Tolton Collection 0.1 linear ft. (one folder), 1967.

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CA109-13 James J. Sweeny Collection 0.5 linear ft. (one folder and one audio cassette tape), 1992.

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CA110-13 Emmet R. Sullivan Collection 0.1 linear ft. (one folder), 1992.

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CA111-13 Richard E. Stuart Collection 0.1 linear ft. (one folder), 1971-1973.

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CA115-13 William R. Pruner Collection 0.1 linear ft. (two folders), 1942-1996.

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CA117-13 George A. Doole Collection 0.1 linear ft. (one folder), 1985-1998.

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CA119-13 Lester D. Strouse, Jr. Papers 0.1 linear ft. (one folder), Undated.

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CA120-13 Merill Hulse Collection 0.1 linear ft. (one folder), 1967-1968.

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CA123-13 Larry Martin Collection 0.1 linear ft. (one folder), 1974.

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CA124-13 Tony M. Coalson Collection 0.1 linear ft. (one folder), 1975.

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CA127-13 Gary M. Kraft Collection 0.1 linear ft. (one folder), 1967.

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CA142-13 Bob McLaughlin Papers 0.1 linear ft. (one folder), 1978.

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CA145-13 Albert A. Roberts, Jr. Papers 0.1 linear ft. (one folder), 1965-2013.

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CA148-13 Matthew P. Daddio Collection 0.7 linear ft. (one VHS tape), 1960.

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CA150-13 Kay Merkel Boruff Collection 0.1 linear ft. (two folders), 1985-2001.

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CA052-14 George H. Benolken Collection 0.5 linear ft. (one folder and four mini cassette tapes), 1991-1992.

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CA007-15 Joe Celeski Collection 0.4 linear ft. (one CD), 2015.

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CA001-16 Dan Lawson Papers 0.5 linear ft. (one folder and one USB stick), 1965-2009.

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CA006-16 Farris Rookstool III Model Aircraft Collection 2.1 linear ft. (one object), Undated.

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CA024-17 Jeffry S. Dobbins Collection 1.5 linear ft. (one object), Undated.

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CA001-19 John T. Grover Collection 0.1 linear ft. (one folder), 1972-1975.

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CA003-19 George William LeCount Papers 0.5 linear ft. (five folders and one DVD), 1966-2018.

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CA006-19 Bob Bowie Collection on Dave Hickler 0.1 linear ft. (one folder), 1976-1977.

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CA019-19 Roman A. Olkowski Collection 1.6 linear ft. (two folders and one photo album box), 1968-1969.

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CA026-21 Lloyd A. Nelson Papers 3.2 linear ft. (four folders and one flat-file folder), 1966-1985.

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CA035-21 Bart Brigida Collection 0.2 linear ft. (nine folders), 1966-1969.

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CA010-22 Vernon Clarkson Collection 0.1 linear ft. (two folders), 1971-1974.

Arranged by topic.

CA011-22 William Alexander Colman Papers 0.1 linear ft. (two folders), 1961-1972.

Arranged by topic.

Provenance Statement

The Civil Air Transport (CAT) and Air America, Inc. Small Collections was established in July of 2013, and is composed of collections donated to the archive between 1986 and 2022, and is expected to continue to grow as new materials arrive. Each individual collection is accessioned as a unique collection with its own collection number and has its own record of acquistion. Please consult the individual collection for information on its donors and date of acquistion.

Accruals

Small collections donated in a given year will be added to this finding aid.

Existence and Location of Copies

The betacam tapes in the following collections have been digitized:

CA048-99 Jack Neiman, Jr. Collection, Box 27, Tape 14.

CA050-99 Gregory M. Burch Collection, Box 21, Tape 1.

CA046-04 Bruce Cooke Collection, Box 21, Tape 2-6.

Additional Sources

Additional information can be found in the History of Aviation Archives in the following collections:

CAT/Air America Archives.

The History of Aviation Archives also possesses a number of books and periodicals that discuss Civil Air Transport, Air America, the Far East, the Chinese Civil War, the Korean War, and Vietnam War.

In addition, the collection has electronic sources: Dr. Joe Leeker's The Aircraft of Air America and The History of Air America, the Audio Tapes from the William M. Leary Papers, and other CAT/Air America collections.

Consult Eugene McDermott Libraries Online Catalog for more information: https://library.utdallas.edu/

Books and Magazines

Books and magazines were pulled and catalogued to be included into the HAC monograph and magazine stacks.

Image ID

It is the researcher's responsibility to secure permission from copyright holders of materials to which this institution does not own copyright.

Images in this collection are identified by a unique number that provides information about the format, record group, collection, box, folder, and image numbers. Please use this number when ordering reproductions of images from this collection.

Record Group Code

01 = CAT/Air American Archives

02 = Doolittle Archives

03 = Lighter than Air Archives

04 = George H. Williams, Jr., World War I Aviation Library

05 = History of Aviation Archives

06 = University Archives

07 = HAC Stacks

08 = WPRL Stacks

09 = Cecil H. and Ida M. Green Collection

10 = Belsterling Collection

11 = Closed Stacks

12 = Unidentified

13 = Chance Vought Archives

14 = Twirly Birds Archives

Image Format Code

P = Photograph/Postcard

S = Slide

N = Negative

T = Positive Transparency

B = Black and White

C = Color

Example: 01FWS-B01-F03-PB001

01 = CAT/Air American Archives

FWS = Fred W. Sass Collection

B01 = Box Number

F03 = Folder Number

P = Photograph/Postcard

B = Black and White

001 = Image Number

Note to the Researcher

Some of the collection numbers had to be changed, since earlier accession and donation paperwork was discovered at a later point.

Minimal preservation was applied where needed, such as removing rusted fasteners, housing photographs, negatives, and slides in polypropylene sleeves. Photographs were interleaved with acid-free paper.

The scrapbook in the Luther Wheate Collection, CA170-87, was photocopied onto acid-free paper for preserving original order and captions, after which the content was removed from the pages. The tips of the matches were cut off for safety reasons. The electronic files were saved onto the cloud server.

The scrapbooks in the Mike E. Campbell Collection, CA035-95, were photocopied onto acid-free paper for preserving original order and captions. The electronic files were saved onto the cloud server.

Where necessary, sensitive information was redacted, the original placed in a secure place for staff view only, and the redacted copy printed onto acid-free paper and placed in respective collection.

Material Removed List

Duplicate materials have been de-accessioned from the component collections.

Some of these small collections have been identified as part of larger collections. These materials have been pulled and consolidated with their respective collection. The associated entry was deleted from this collection.

Source

Title
Civil Air Transport (CAT) and Air America, Inc. Small Collections, 1987-2022
Status
Completed
Author
Thomas Allen, PhD
Date
2013-08-05
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin
Language of description note
English (eng)
Edition statement
First revision by Patrizia Nava, CA. 2019-03-01. Second revision by Patrizia Nava, CA. 2021-05-20. Third revision by Patrizia Nava, CA. 2022-07-28.

Revision Statements

  • 2019-03-01: 1st revision was an update of the finding aid, due to reprocessing of other collections by Patrizia Nava, CA.
  • 2021-05-20: 2nd revision was an update of collection numbers, series description and other style elements of the finding aid by Patrizia Nava, CA.
  • 2022-07-28: 3rd revision incorporation of more smaller collections that were discovered after the last revision and update of the finding aid by Patrizia Nava, CA.

Repository Details

Part of the Special Collections and Archives Division, History of Aviation Archives. Repository

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