Alvin D. Niemeyer Collection
Scope and Content
The collection arrived in fair 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
- 1932 - 1942
Creator
- Niemeyer, Alvin D., Mr. (Creator, 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
Alvin D. Niemeyer was born in Denison, Texas. He barnstormed in a Jenny in the eary 1920s, then sold Air Kings between 1927 and 1928. Niemeyer joined Robertson, later Universal in 1929. In the mid-1930s, in Central America, he flew dynamite to mines and ore concentrate out. During the late 1930s and 1940s, Niemeyer served in the Bureau of Air Commerce as Air Carrier Inspector. He joined North Central Airlines and retired in 1966 as Senior Vice President-Operations.
Extent
0.4 Linear Feet ((One manuscript box).)
Abstract
The collection contains photographs, a scrapbook, correspondence, radiograms, log books, Niemeyer's pilot's license, ephemera, patents, clippings, and moving film.
Series Description
The archivist kept the original organization intact without any further arrangement.
Provenance Statement
The Alvin D. Niemeyer Collection was donated to the History of Aviation Archives, Special Collections and Archives Division, Eugene McDermott Library, The University of Texas at Dallas by Florine D. Niemeyer on 1979-12-18.
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: 5ADN-1-1-PC1
5 = History of Aviation Archives
ADN = Alvin D. Niemeyer Collection
= Series Number
1 = Box Number
1 = Folder Number
P = Photograph/Postcard
C = Color
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.
- Air pilots Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Air pilots--United States. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Aircraft accidents Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Aircraft accidents Investigation Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- American Airlines. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Barnstormers (Group of artists) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Curtiss JN-4 (Training plane) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Curtiss aircraft Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Denison (Tex.) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Doolittle, James Harold, 1896-1993 Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Endurance flights Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Ford Three-engined Monoplane (Transport plane) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Halliburton, Erle P. (Erle Palmer), 1892-1957 Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- History of Aviation Archives Subject Source: Local sources
- Humphrey, Hubert H. (Hubert Horatio), 1911-1978 Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Lindbergh, Charles A. (Charles Augustus), 1902-1974 Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Navigation (Aeronautics) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- North Central Airlines Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Rayburn, Sam, 1882-1961 Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Roper, Daniel C. (Daniel Calhoun), 1867-1943 Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Trans World Airlines Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- United States. Federal Aviation Agency Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Title
- Guide to the Alvin D. Niemeyer Collection
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Madeline Hoff
- Date
- 2020-03-25
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Edition statement
- First revision by Madeline Hoff, 2018-08-21.
Revision Statements
- 2018-08-21: 1st revision was a migration to ArchivesSpace by Madeline Hoff.
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.