Douglas Lester Collection
Scope and Content
This collection contains books and magazines, audio tapes used in training to operate an American Airlines Boeing 707 Aircraft, images, and ephemera.
The collection arrived in poor condition and was initially processed with only a container list as description. Due to a change of the content management system, further description proved to be necessary.
Dates
- Creation: 1939 - 1991
- Creation: Majority of material found within 1967 - 1987
Creator
- Lester, Douglas, Mr. (Collector, Person)
Language of Materials
Collection is in English.
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.
Biographical Sketch
At the time this finding aid was reviewed, no biographical information was available.
Extent
0.2 Linear Feet ((One half-size manuscript box).)
Abstract
This collection contains books and magazines, audio tapes, images, and ephemera.
Series Description
The archivist organized the images by size.
Provenance Statement
The Douglas and Mildred Lester Collection was donated to the History of Aviation Archives, Special Collections and Archives Division, Eugene McDermott Library, The University of Texas at Dallas, by Douglas and Mildred Lester in multiple accessions from 1994 through 1996.
Books/Magazines
Books and magazines were pulled and cataloged to be included into the HAC monograph and magazine collection.
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, series, box, folder, and image numbers. Please use this number when ordering reproductions of images from this collection.
Record Group Code
1 = CAT/Air American Archives
2 = Doolittle Archives
3 = Lighter than Air Archives
4 = George H. Williams, Jr., World War I Aviation Library
5 = History of Aviation Archives
6 = University Archives
7 = HAC Stacks
8 = WPRL Stacks
9 = 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: 5DML-1-1-PB1
5 = History of Aviation Archives
DML= Douglas and Mildred Lester Collection
= Series Number
1 = Box Number
1 = Folder Number
P = Photograph/Postcard
B = Black and White
1 = Image Number
Images archived in plastic image holders may also have a location code in the format: 1/TL. In this example, the number is the sheet number and the letters indicate the top left position on the sheet. Position indicators are T = top, L = left, R = right, M = middle, and B = bottom. Position indicators may be combined to describe the position on the sheet, as shown in this example.
Source
- Lester, Douglas, Mr. (Donor, Person)
Topical
- Aeronautics, Commercial
- Aeronautics, Military
- Air pilots
- Air pilots--Training of--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
- Air pilots--Training of--United States.
- Air pilots--United States.
- Airplanes
- Airplanes, Military.
- Airplanes--Markings
- American Airlines.
- American Airlines.
- Boeing 707 (Jet transports)
- History of Aviation Archives
- Title
- Guide to the Douglas Lester Collection
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Thomas Allen, PhD, CA
- Date
- 2018-06-12
- 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 Thomas Allen, PhD, CA. 2018-06-12. Second revision by Patrizia Nava, CA. 2018-12-20. Third revision by Patrizia Nava, CA. 2020-12-01.
Revision Statements
- 2018-06-12: 1st revision was a migration to ArchivesSpace by Thomas Allen, PhD, CA.
- 2018-12-20: 2nd revision was an integration of the Mildred Lester Collection into the existing Douglas Lester Collection, since both collections stem from the same source, by Patrizia Nava, CA.
- 2020-12-01: 3rd revision was an update of the collection name by Patrizia Nava, CA.
Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections and Archives Division, History of Aviation Archives. Repository
3020 Waterview Pkwy
SP2
Suite 11.206
Richardson Texas 75080 US
972-883-2570
LIBSPCO@utdallas.edu.