Aviation Personalities Biographies Collection

Collection

Identifier: H070-13

Staff Only

Scope and Content

The collection is in good 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

1909 - 1982

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.

Extent

9.6 Linear Feet (Twenty-four manuscript boxes)

Additional Description

Abstract

This artificial collection contains clippings, licenses, photographs, negatives, brochures, correspondence, press releases, sketches, biographical information, listings, and ephemera of aviation personalities.

Series Description

The archivist kept the original organization intact without any further arrangement.

Provenance Statement

This is an artificial collection. Provenance could not be established.

Additional Sources

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

Clyde E. Brayton Sr. Collection, Kenneth J. Boedecker Collection, James H. Doolittle Papers, Amelia Earhart Commemorative Stamp Campaign Collection, Ed Ferko Collection, Ormer Locklear Collection, and C. V. Glines Papers.

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: 5APB-1-1-PC1

5 = History of Aviation Archives

APB = Aviation Personalities Biographies Collection

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.

Subjects

Armstrong, Neil, 1930-2012 Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Arnold, Henry Harley, 1886-1950 Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Beachey, Lincoln J., 1887-1915 Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Bell, Alexander Graham, 1847-1922 Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Bellanca, Giuseppe Mario, 1886-1960 Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Benoist, Tom Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Blériot, Louis, 1872-1936 Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Byrd, David Harold, 1900-1986 Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Curtiss, Glenn Hammond, 1878-1930 Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Dassault, Marcel, 1892-1986 Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
De Havilland, Geoffrey, 1882-1965 Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Doolittle, James Harold, 1896-1993 Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Earhart, Amelia, 1897-1937 Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Farman, Henri, 1874-1958 Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Foulois, Benjamin D., 1879-1967 Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Gabreski, Francis Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
History of Aviation Archives Subject Source: Local sources
Houdini, Harry, 1874-1926 Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Hughes, Howard, 1905-1976 Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Jaynes, Jack B., 1897- Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Lear, William P. (William Powell), 1902-1978 Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Leonardo, da Vinci, 1452-1519 Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Lilienthal, Otto, 1848-1896 Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Lindbergh, Charles A. (Charles Augustus), 1902-1974 Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Locklear, Ormer Leslie, 1891-1920 Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Magee, John, 1922-1941 Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Martin, Glenn L. (Glenn Luther), 1886-1955 Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Mikoi︠a︡n, Artem Ivanovich, 1905-1970 Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Mooney, Al Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Ninety-Nines (Organization) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Ong, William A. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Post, Augustus, 1873-1952 Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Post, Wiley, 1898-1935 Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Rickenbacker, Eddie, 1890-1973 Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Schirra, Wally Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Sikorsky, Igor Ivan, 1889-1972 Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Smith, C. R. (Cyrus Rowlett), 1899-1990 Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Turner, Roscoe, 1895-1970 Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Von Braun, Wernher, 1912-1977 Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Westmoreland, William C. (William Childs), 1914-2005 Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Whitehead, Gustave, 1874-1927 Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Wright, Orville, 1871-1948. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Wright, Wilbur, 1867-1912 Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Yeager, Chuck, 1923- Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings