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Marjorie Claire Stinson Papers, 1900-1975, (bulk 1955-1975)

Title: Marjorie Claire Stinson Papers 1900-1975 (bulk 1955-1975)

Aviator. Correspondence, research notes, biographical material, financial papers, printed matter, and miscellany relating principally to Stinson's role and experiences in early aviation.

ArchivalResource: 21,500 items; 59 containers plus 1 oversize; 23.6 linear feet

http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms012116 View

Aeronautics collection, 1901-1969.

Title: Aeronautics collection, 1901-1969.

The Aeronautics collection, assembled by staff of The Henry Ford over time, contains a large collection of material pertaining to early aviation. It is comprised of eighteen series: History of Aviation, Manuscripts, Conferences and Exhibits, Aviation Races, Aviation Instruction and Patent Applications, The Early Bird Collection, Daniel Guggenheim Fund for the Promotion of Aeronautics, Inc., Paul J. Palmer Aeronautical Notes, Horace B. Wild Collection, Aviation Personalities, Publications, Aviation Companies, Photographs, Autogiro and Helicopter and Parachute, Dirgibles and Balloons, Gliders, Newspaper Articles, and Early Aviation Scrapbooks.

ArchivalResource: 71 linear ft. and 1 rolled item.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/747280959 View

Jones, Harry M. (Harry Martin), 1890-1973. Capt. Harry M. Jones scrapbook collection, 1912-1971.

Title: Capt. Harry M. Jones scrapbook collection, 1912-1971.

Personal scrapbooks, created by Jones, containing photographs, postcards, ephemera, newsclippings, maps, and blueprints, reflecting his career as an aviation pioneer. Includes materials relating to Jones's membership in the Early Birds of Aviation, an organization of pioneer aviators.

ArchivalResource: 3 cubic ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/172981756 View

Bud Morriss photographs collection, 1902-1964, 1908-1934

Title: Bud Morriss photographs collection 1902-1964 1908-1934

Aviator Bud Morriss collected photographs of the early years of aviation in the United States, as well as aviation highlights from elsewhere, including France, Mexico, Canada, Australia and Great Britain. The collection emphasizes the accomplishments and personalities of pre-World War I civilian aviation, with members of the Early Birds of Aviation and the Ninety-Nines well represented.

ArchivalResource: 3.16 cubic feet; 898 photographs, 197 lantern slides, and approx. 200 nitrate negatives in 7 boxes and 4 oversize folders

http://nwda.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv51649 View

Levitt Luzern Custer Papers, 1886-1998

Title: Levitt Luzern Custer Papers 1886-1998

Levitt Luzern Custer was a Dayton-area aviator and inventor, and an associate of Orville Wright. During his lifetime he engaged in pioneering balloon experiments, served as an official timer for flight trials, collaborated with Orville Wright on various projects, and invented a wide range of mechanical machines from the statoscope to amusement park rides. The collection documents many of Custer's achievements as well as those of other early aviators, such as the Wright Brothers. Information on early aviators such as the Early Birds who flew before 1916 are also preserved. Patents, blueprints, photographs, and correspondence are also a rich source of research.

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http://rave.ohiolink.edu/archives/ead/ODaWU0155 View

Kimball, Leo B. (Leo Barnum), 1896-1977. Leo Barnum Kimball papers, 1911-1977.

Title: Leo Barnum Kimball papers, 1911-1977.

Kimball genealogy and miscellaneous personal material; "Early Bird" material (national organization of pilots flying in planes or other machines before World War I); materials of Long Island Early Fliers Club, Civil Air Patrol, and other organizations; correspondence, blueprints, and records of Fuel Development Corporation; miscellaneous materials relating to aircraft including records of Kimball Aircraft Corporation and reports of National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics; personal and family photographs, photographs of airplanes and airplane factories; and other records.

ArchivalResource: 4 boxes.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/605066022 View

Bud Morriss photographs collection [graphic], 1905-1964 ; (bulk : 1908-1934).

Title: Bud Morriss photographs collection [graphic], 1905-1964 ; (bulk : 1908-1934).

Photographs, lantern slides, and other materials about the history of aviation in the United States, collected by aviator Percival George Brockhurst ("Bud") Morriss. There are also photographs covering aviation in France, Canada, Mexico, Australia, and Great Britain. The images date from 1902-1964, with the majority dating from 1908-1934. Most of the photographs depict aviators from this period, including members of the Early Birds of Aviation, a group of aviators who had flown solo before World War I, and the Ninety-Nines, an international organization of women pilots. There are also photographs of early aircraft, including balloons and gliders; aircraft crashes; and aviation schools, including Bud Morriss's private flying anf airplane construction schools. Includes clippings, brochures, letters, and scrapbooks.

ArchivalResource: 3.16 cubic feet (898 photographs, 197 lantern slides, and approx. 200 nitrate negatives in 7 boxes and 4 oversize folders)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/56081609 View

H. W. Zurilgen Collection on Roy N. Francis, 1910-1952

Title: H. W. Zurilgen Collection on Roy N. Francis 1910-1952

News clippings, photographs, publications and other materials regarding early Santa Clara County aviator Roy Francis.

ArchivalResource: 0.25 Linear feet; (1/2 manuscript box)

http://www.oac.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/kt7q2nf735 View

Elmo N. Pickerill Papers, 1910-1975

Title: Elmo N. Pickerill Papers 1910-1975

Aviator. Correspondence, printed matter, photographs, and other papers relating to Pickerill's career as an aviator and to early aviation in the United States, particularly Long Island, N.Y.

ArchivalResource: 4,500 items; 15 containers; 6.2 linear feet

http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms011242 View

Michigan Aerospace History Committee. Executive Committee. Michigan Aerospace History Committee Executive Committee collection.

Title: Michigan Aerospace History Committee Executive Committee collection.

This collection comprises the records and reference files of the Michigan Aviation Historical Committee, but in reality, consists of two distinct series of documents. The first is the personal files of William E. Scripps which were compiled as a result of his active membership in the Early Birds, an organization of pioneer flyers. The second is the Michigan Aviation Historical Committee's files directly associated with the Chronology of Michigan Aviation Project. These files include both published and unpublished reference sources which were acquired during the project.

ArchivalResource: 9 mss. boxes 3.9 cu. ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/41323085 View

Latta, Frank Forrest, 1892-. Frank F. Latta Collection: Skyfarming, 1802-1982 (bulk) 1860-1975.

Title: Frank F. Latta Collection: Skyfarming, 1802-1982 (bulk) 1860-1975.

The collection contains Frank F. Latta's research material from his five decades of researching the history of California's San Joaquin Valley and Miller & Lux, in particular dry farming known as skyfarming. Subjects include: agriculture and farming in the San Joaquin Valley, the development of agricultural machinery (combines, plows, reapers, scrapers, threshing machines, tractors and various types of harvesters), livestock, ranches, cattle, and crops, mostly wheat. Also covered are: early aviation, early automobiles, bears, crime, the Dalton Gang, the Donner Party, earthquakes, education and schools in the San Joaquin Valley, floods, freight and steamships on the San Joaquin River, gold mines, irrigation, canals and water rights in San Joaquin Valley, land grants, livestock, lumber, outlaws, pioneers, the Presbyterian Church in California, ranches, rivers, roads, saddlery, sheepherding in California, overland journeys to California and California politics, government and history. Also talked about are women, African Americans, Chileans, Chinese, Mormons, Native Americans and Jews in California. The collection contains roughly 180 oral interviews with people living in the San Joaquin Valley in the 1930s through the 1970s. One of the series contains drafts of the unpublished manuscript zSky Farmers and Mule Skinners with Something about Hay Muckers, Buckaroos, and Bindle Stiffs and a Sheepherder or Two.y Frank F. Latta worked on this manuscript for five decades. Individuals covered or represented in the collection: Grizzly Adams, George S. Berry, San Brannan, Robert Maitland Brereton, J. P. Collyer, John Charles Fremont, James Ben Ali Haggin, William H. Hall, Obed Hussey, Jesse James, Cyrus McCormick, C. Z. Merritt, Rufus R. Moore, Joaquin Murieta, George W. Nickel, J. Leroy Nickel, Harriet Quimby, Lovell Alexander Richards, Frank Day Robinson, Edward Francis Treadwell, Tiburcio Vazquez, Eli Whitney and William M. Wiley. Corporations covered or represented in the collection: Butterfield Overland Stage Line, California Department of Public Works, Caterpillar Tractor Company, Central Valley Project, Death Valley '49ers, Deere & Co., Early Birds of Aviation, H. C. Shaw Company, Holt Manufacturing Company, International Harvester Company, Kern County Land Company, Lux College, McCormick Harvesting Machinery Company, Miller & Lux, Pacific Live Stock Co., San Joaquin and King's River Canal and Irrigation Company, San Joaquin Pioneer & Historical Society, the United States Geological Survey, Bureau of Reclamation, and Department of Agriculture. Latta's research also concerns the development and history of Stanislaus and Kern counties and several California cities including: Bakersfield, Buttonwillow, Crows Landing, Fresno, Grayson, Gustine, Hill's Ferry, Los Banos, Merced, Modesto, Newman, Orestimba, Sacramento, San Francisco, Stockton, Tulare, and Visalia. The collection is made up of articles, Miller & Lux business and financial documents and records, catalogs, brochures, clippings, legal document, oral interviews, correspondence, manuscripts for publication, newspapers, notes, official reports, receipts and research material in general. The collection also contains hundreds of photographs, both color and black and white, slides, panoramas and glass plates. The Huntington Library also has a collection of material relating only to Miller & Lux that also came from the Latta Family Trust: Frank F. Latta Collection: Miller & Lux Papers.

ArchivalResource: Approximately 17,320 items.121 boxes.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/228770256 View