Aircraft Manufacturer's Collection
Scope and Content
This collection contains photographs, negatives, brochures, advertisements, press kits, and some manufacturer’s records. The range spans from aircraft built in the United States, Europe, and Asia and cover both military and civilian airplanes. The Aircraft Manufacturer's Collection is housed in seventy-two boxes of various size totaling 72.8 linear ft.
Dates
- 1903 - 2006
Language of Materials
Collection is in English, French, Russian, and German.
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
72.8 Linear Feet (Sixty-eight record center boxes, three photo album boxes (18.0x13.0x5.0), and one non-standard box (22.5x15.0x2.5).)
Abstract
This collection contains materials related to aircraft built in the United States, Europe, and Asia.
Series Description
The archivist kept the original organization intact without any further arrangement.
The Aircraft Manufacturer's Collection is organized alphabetically by manufacturer's name.
Provenance Statement
The Aircraft Manufacturer's Collection is an artificial collection composed of materials that were pulled from various collections and orphan collections. Most materials removed from the collections has notations stating from which collection they were removed.
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: 05AMC-01-01-PB001
05 = History of Aviation Archives (HAC)
AMC = Aircraft Manufacturer's Collection
01 = Box Number
01 = Folder Number
P = Photograph/Postcard
C = Color
001 = 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.
Note to the Researcher
Photographs are either housed on polypropylene sleeves or are interleaved with acid-free paper.
- Aeronautical instruments Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Aeronautics History 20th century. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Aeronautics in forest fire control Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Aeronautics, Commercial Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Aeronautics, Military Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Aeronautics. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Aerospace engineering. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Aerospatiale (Firm) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Airbus Helicopters (Firm) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Airbus Industrie Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Airbus aircraft Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Aircraft Industries Association of America Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Airplanes Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Airplanes Assisted takeoff Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Airplanes Recognition Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Airplanes Turbojet engines Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Airplanes Turbojet engines Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Airplanes, Company Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Airplanes, Military Decoration. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Airplanes, Military Prototypes Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Airplanes, Military Prototypes Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Airplanes, Military. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Airplanes--Design and construction. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Airplanes--Design and construction. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Airplanes--Markings Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Airplanes--Markings Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Airplanes--Parts Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Airplanes--Turbine-propeller engines Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Amphibian planes Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Antiaircraft missiles. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Attack planes. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Autogiros Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Avionics. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Ballooning Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Balloons, Kite. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Beech Aircraft Corporation Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Beechcraft (Airplanes) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Bell Aircraft Corporation Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Bell Helicopter Textron Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Bell helicopters. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Bellanca Aircraft Corporation Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Bendix Corporation Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Biplanes Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Black Hawk (Military transport helicopter) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Boeing Aerospace Company Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Boeing Airplane Company Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Boeing Helicopters Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Boeing airplanes Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Boeing bombers Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Bristol airplanes Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Caproni airplanes Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Cessna Aircraft Company Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Cessna aircraft Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corporation Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Curtiss aircraft Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- De Havilland Aircraft Company, ltd. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Detroit aircraft corporation Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Douglas Aircraft Company Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Douglas transport planes Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Engineer Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Escort fighter planes Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Eurocopter (Firm) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Fighter planes Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Flying automobiles Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Fokker airplanes Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Gates Learjet Corporation Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- General Dynamics Corporation. Convair Division Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Gliders (Aeronautics) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Gliders (Aeronautics)--Design and construction. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Goodyear-Zeppelin Corporation Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Gotha bombers Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Graf Zeppelin (Airship) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Grumman airplanes Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Gulfstream airplanes Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Handley Page (Firm) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Handley Page airplanes Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Heinkel airplanes Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Helicopter industry Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Helicopter industry--United States. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Helicopters Parts Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Higgins Industries Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Hiller Aircraft Company Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- History of Aviation Archives Subject Source: Local sources
- Hughes Helicopters (Firm) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Hydroplanes Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Iliu͡shin airplanes Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Instrument flying Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- International Plastic Modellers Society Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Jeppesen (Firm) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Jeppesen and Company Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Jet engines Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Jet planes Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Junkers airplanes Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- LTV Corporation 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
- Lifting bodies (Aeronautics) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Lockheed Aircraft Corporation Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Lockheed aircraft Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Messerschmitt AG (Firm) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Messerschmitt airplanes Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Messerschmitt-Bölkow-Blohm Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Mignet aircraft Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Military helicopters Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Mitchell (Bomber) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Mitsubishi airplanes Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Mooney Aircraft Corporation Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Mooney airplanes Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Mooney airplanes--History. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Pilatus Flugzeugwerke (Stans, Switzerland) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Piper Cubs (Airplanes) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Piper airplanes Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Pratt & Whitney Company Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Private flying Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Propeller-driven aircraft Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Propellers, Aerial Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Propellers, Aerial--Testing. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Pusher aircraft Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Radar air traffic control systems Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Radar in navigation Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Radar. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Radio operators Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Radio operators United States Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Reconnaissance aircraft Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Recreational aviation Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Republic Aviation Corporation Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Research aircraft Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Rocket planes Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Rotary combustion engines Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Rotors (Autogiros) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Rumpler aircraft Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- SPAD aircraft Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Seaplanes Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Search and rescue aircraft Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Short take-off and landing aircraft Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Sikorsky Aviation Corporation Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Sikorsky helicopters. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Société nationale de constructions aéronautiques du Sud-Ouest (France) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Sopwith airplanes Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Southwest Airmotive Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Stuka (Dive bomber) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Supersonic bombers Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Supersonic fighter planes Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Supersonic planes Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Supersonic transport planes Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Taube airplanes Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Technical manuals Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Tilt rotor aircraft Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Transport planes Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Turboprop transports Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Ultralight aircraft Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Vertically rising aircraft Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Vickers (Firm : Great Britain) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Vought aircraft Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Vultee airplanes Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Waco airplanes Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- de Havilland aircraft Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Title
- Guide to the Aircraft Manufacturer's Collection
- Status
- Under Revision
- Author
- Paul A. Oelkrug, CA, 1 July 2006. Arranged and processed by John Luckadoo and George Smith.
- Date
- 2006-07-01
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- English (eng)
- Edition statement
- 1st Revision by Patrizia Nava, CA. 2009-12-07. 2nd Revision by Patrizia Nava, CA. 2014-08-26. 3rd Revision by Patrizia Nava, CA. 2014-10-10. 4th Revision by Patrizia Nava, CA. 2018-12-10. 5th Revision by Bob Curry. 2020-02-11.
Revision Statements
- 2018-12-10: 4th revision was a migration to ArchivesSpace by Patrizia Nava, CA.
- 2020-02-11: 5th revision was an update of the container list by Bob Curry.
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.