Rickenbacker, Eddie, 1890-1973

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Edward Vernon "Eddie" Rickenbacker, also known as "Fast Eddie" or "Rick" (October 8, 1890 – July 23, 1973) was an American fighter ace in World War I and a Medal of Honor recipient. With 26 aerial victories, he was the United States' most successful fighter ace in the war and is considered to have received the most awards for valor by an American during the war. He was also a race car driver and automotive designer, a government consultant in military matters and a pioneer in air transportation, particularly as the long-time head of Eastern Air Lines.
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creatorOf Scripps-Howard Newspaper Alliance Staff Articles, 1949-1967 Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project
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referencedIn Durant Rickenbacker Aerial Transportation Co. Proposal : TS, [not before 1919]. UC Berkeley Libraries
creatorOf Rickenbacker, Eddie, 1890-1973. Papers, 1918-1988. Auburn University.
referencedIn Grover Cleveland Loening Papers, 1900-1975, (bulk 1913-1962) Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
creatorOf Eastern Air Lines, inc. Records, 1930-1966. University of South Carolina, System Library Service, University Libraries
referencedIn Fulton Lewis Jr. Papers, 1920-1968 Syracuse University. Library. Special Collections Research Center
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creatorOf Stettinius, Edward R. (Edward Reilly), 1900-1949. Edward R. Stettinius, Jr. papers [manuscript], 1924, 1949-1950. University of Virginia. Library
creatorOf Rickenbacker, Eddie, 1890-1973. Letters to Ora Delmer Foster. New York, NY. 1943-1947. University of Iowa Libraries
referencedIn Records of U.S. Air Force Commands, Activities, and Organizations. 1900 - 2003. Moving Images Relating to Military Aviation Activities. 1947 - 1984. US MILITARY AVIATION IN THE NEWSREELS OF 1934 National Archives at College Park
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referencedIn Pensacola Navy League Records, 1946-1983 University of West Florida Libraries
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referencedIn Herndon, Booton. Papers of Booton Herndon, 1939-1986. University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn Henry Harley Arnold Papers, 1903-1963, (bulk 1940-1946) Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
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referencedIn Horner, Frederick Cecil, 1887-1974. Papers, 1917-1960 (bulk 1922-1940). Library of Congress
referencedIn Records of U.S. Air Force Commands, Activities, and Organizations. 1900 - 2003. Moving Images Relating to Military Aviation Activities. 1947 - 1984. Secretary of Air Force, Rickenbacker AFB, Ohio National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Records of U.S. Air Force Commands, Activities, and Organizations. 1900 - 2003. Moving Images Relating to Military Aviation Activities. 1947 - 1984. CONVENTION OF WORLD WAR I PILOTS National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Records of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. 1903 - 2006. Biography Files for Committee Members National Archives at College Park
creatorOf Taggart family. Taggart family papers, 1860-1960. Bentley Historical Library
referencedIn Paramount Pictures, Inc., Collection. 1951 - 1951. Motion Picture Newsreel Films. 10/1941 - 3/1957. PARAMOUNT NEWS [MARCH 3] National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Eddie Rickenbacker Papers, 1915-1973 Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
creatorOf Eddie Rickenbacker Papers, 1915-1973 Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
referencedIn Records of U.S. Air Force Commands, Activities, and Organizations. 1900 - 2003. Moving Images Relating to Military Aviation Activities. 1947 - 1984. U.S. Army Air Forces Newsreels National Archives at College Park
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referencedIn John Haynes Holmes Papers, 1899-1983, (bulk 1935-1964) Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
creatorOf Pollard, James E. (James Edward), 1894-1979,. James Pollard autograph collection of American journalists, writers and politicians, 1803-1948. Ohio State University Libraries
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referencedIn Page, Tony, 1910-1988. Tony Page papers, 1911-1981 1950-1980. University of Texas at Dallas. Eugene McDermott Library
creatorOf Malone, Philip R. Autograph albums [manuscript], ca. 1925-1935. University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn Joseph Edward Davies Papers, 1860-1958, (bulk 1912-1958) Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
referencedIn The Railroad hour, radio program [sound recording], 1948-1954 The New York Public Library. Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound.
creatorOf Rickenbacker, Eddie, 1890-1973. Reminiscences of Edward Vernon Rickenbacker : oral history, 1960. Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries
referencedIn Stanley, Linda. Papers, 1900-1970. Auburn University.
referencedIn Paramount Pictures, Inc., Collection. 1951 - 1951. Motion Picture Newsreel Films. 10/1941 - 3/1957. PARAMOUNT NEWS [MAY 9] National Archives at College Park
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referencedIn Purcell, Stuart McLeod, Papers 72-102; 83-228., 1917-1977 Dolph Briscoe Center for American History
referencedIn University of Colorado Medical School Collection. 1918 - 1919. Motion Picture Films. 1918 - 1919. OFFICIAL WAR REVIEW NO. 31 National Archives at College Park
creatorOf Johnson, Louis Arthur, 1891-1966. Papers of Louis Arthur Johnson [manuscript] 1930-64. University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn Records of U.S. Air Force Commands, Activities, and Organizations. 1900 - 2003. Motion Picture Films From the "Air Force News Review" Program Series. 1947 - 1961. EDDIE RICKENBACKER National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Records of U.S. Air Force Commands, Activities, and Organizations. 1900 - 2003. Moving Images Relating to Military Aviation Activities. 1947 - 1984. FILM HIGHLIGHTS OF THE LIFE OF GENERAL H.H. ARNOLD, U.S.A COMANDING GENERAL A.A.F National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Earhart, Amelia, 1897-1937. The George Palmer Putnam Collection of Amelia Earhart Papers, 1785-1948 (inclusive), 1928-1937 (bulk). Purdue University Library
creatorOf Michael, Moina Belle, 1869-1944. Moina Belle Michael Correspondence, 1914-1964 (bulk 1918-1944). Georgia Department of Archives and History Library
referencedIn Paramount Pictures, Inc., Collection. 1951 - 1951. Motion Picture Newsreel Films. 10/1941 - 3/1957. PARAMOUNT NEWS [DEC. 18] National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Records of U.S. Air Force Commands, Activities, and Organizations. 1900 - 2003. Moving Images Relating to Military Aviation Activities. 1947 - 1984. COL RICKENBACKER AND COL HUNTER National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Knight, John Shively, 1894-1981. John S. Knight papers, 1894-1981 bulk (1920-1981). University of Akron, Bierce Library
creatorOf Collins, Lewis Preston, 1896-1952. Papers of Lewis Preston Collins [manuscript], 1862-1952 (bulk 1918-1952). University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn Records of U.S. Air Force Commands, Activities, and Organizations. 1900 - 2003. Moving Images Relating to Military Aviation Activities. 1947 - 1984. MAKE AMERICA FIRST IN THE AIR National Archives at College Park
referencedIn History: Starke County, Indiana, 1986 Indiana University, Bloomington. Center for the Study of History and Memory
referencedIn International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Warehousemen, and Helpers of America. Records, 1904-1952. Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project
referencedIn John Kieran Papers, 1917-1985 Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
referencedIn A collection of early aviation photographs. Wichita State University, Ablah Library
referencedIn Records of the National Park Service. 1785 - 2006. Photographs of Presidents Franklin D. Roosevelt; Harry S. Truman; Dwight D. Eisenhower; John F. Kennedy; Lyndon Baines Johnson; and Vice President Richard M. Nixon National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Rochford, Daniel, 1900-1989. Papers, 1925-1983. Hagley Museum & Library
creatorOf Kinnaird, Clark, 1901-1983. Papers, 1858-1977 (bulk 1919-1977). Univerisity of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.
referencedIn DePalma, John. John DePalma letter, 22 October 1935. Indiana Historical Society Library
referencedIn Paramount Pictures, Inc., Collection. 1951 - 1951. Motion Picture Newsreel Films. 10/1941 - 3/1957. PARAMOUNT NEWS [JAN. 19] National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Rickenbacker, Brian. Collection, 1999. Auburn University.
referencedIn Rayburn, Sam, 1882-1961, Papers, 1822, 1831, 1845, 1903-2007 Dolph Briscoe Center for American History
referencedIn Records of U.S. Air Force Commands, Activities, and Organizations. 1900 - 2003. Moving Images Relating to Military Aviation Activities. 1947 - 1984. WWI REUNION National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Smithers, W. D. Collection 70-38., 1907-1930 Dolph Briscoe Center for American History
referencedIn Paramount Pictures, Inc., Collection. 1951 - 1951. Motion Picture Newsreel Films. 10/1941 - 3/1957. PARAMOUNT NEWS [JUNE 23] National Archives at College Park
creatorOf Rickenbacker, Eddie, 1890-1973. Papers, 1915-1972. Ohio State University Libraries
referencedIn David Goldin Collection. 1932 - 1952. Audio Recordings of Radio Broadcasts of Speeches, Interviews, Combat Reports, Special Events, Public Affairs, and Entertainment for U.S. Troops. 1932 - 1952. INTERVIEW WITH CAPTAIN EDDIE RICKENBACKER National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Roy Dikeman Chapin Papers, 1886-1945, 1910-1936 Bentley Historical Library
referencedIn Walmsley, T. Semmes, 1889-1942. Papers, 1929-1936. New Orleans public library
referencedIn United Aircraft Corporation Collection. 1953 - 1953. Motion Picture Film. 1953 - 1953. WE SAW IT HAPPEN National Archives at College Park
creatorOf Scholter, Kenneth W. Kenneth W. Scholter photographs 1919-1994 1925-1955 [picture]. Historical Society of Western Pennsylvania, Heinz History Center Detre Library and Archives
referencedIn Records of U.S. Air Force Commands, Activities, and Organizations. 1900 - 2003. Moving Images Relating to Military Aviation Activities. 1947 - 1984. AVIATION, HISTORICAL SINCE 1919 National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense. 1921 - 2008. News Photographs National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Paramount Pictures, Inc., Collection. 1951 - 1951. Motion Picture Newsreel Films. 10/1941 - 3/1957. PARAMOUNT NEWS [DEC. 22] National Archives at College Park
creatorOf Davis, Jennie Cook, 1851-1946. Papers of Jennie Cook Davis, 1885-1992 (bulk 1917-1942) Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens
referencedIn Paramount Pictures, Inc., Collection. 1951 - 1951. Motion Picture Newsreel Films. 10/1941 - 3/1957. PARAMOUNT NEWS (MAY 10] National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Records of the Office of War Information. 1926 - 1951. Motion Picture Films from "United News" Newsreels. 1942 - 1945. 514 WEST POINT CADETS GRADUATE INTO U.S. ARMY [ETC.] National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Purcell, Stuart McLeod, 1890-. Purcell, Stuart McLeod,Papers, 1917-1977 University of Texas Libraries
creatorOf Rickenbacker, Eddie, 1890-1973. Reminiscences of Edward Vernon Rickenbacker : oral history, [196-?]. Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries
referencedIn Henry Belin du Pont, Jr., papers, 1920-1970. Hagley Museum & Library
referencedIn Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer. 1860 - 1985. Historical Films. 1914 - 1936. ACTIVITIES OF THE 94TH AERO SQUADRON (FRANCE) [1918] National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Economic History of Indiana in the Twentieth Century, 1976-1980 Indiana University, Bloomington. Center for the Study of History and Memory
referencedIn General Records of the Department of the Navy. 1941 - 2004. Moving Images Relating to Military Activities. 1947 - 1980. CAPT RICKENBACKER AT VP-16 CHANGE OF COMMAND NAS JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA National Archives at College Park
referencedIn John Shirley Wood Papers, 1917-1967 Syracuse University. Library. Special Collections Research Center
referencedIn Smithers, W. D. (Wilfred Dudley), 1895-1981. Smithers, W. D. Collection, 1907-1930 University of Texas Libraries
referencedIn Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc., Collection. 1953 - 1982. Motion Picture Newsreel Films Used for a Documentary Series on World War I. 1908 - 1930. [STOCK NEWSREEL EXCERPTS] National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Flagg, Mildred Buchanan, 1886-1980. Papers, 1876-1955 (inclusive), 1900-1955 (bulk). Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
referencedIn Frederick Cecil Horner Papers, 1917-1960, (bulk 1922-1940) Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
referencedIn Eastern Air Lines, inc. Records, 1930-1966. University of South Carolina, System Library Service, University Libraries
referencedIn Institute of Aerospace Sciences Archives, 1783-1962 Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
referencedIn Paramount Pictures, Inc., Collection. 1951 - 1951. Motion Picture Newsreel Films. 10/1941 - 3/1957. PARAMOUNT NEWS [AUG. 22] National Archives at College Park
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referencedIn Office of the Messrs Rockefeller. General files. 1890-1961. Rockefeller Archive Center

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associatedWith Committee of One Million Against the Admission of Communist China to the United Nations. corporateBody
associatedWith Conservative Party of New York State. corporateBody
associatedWith Cram, Ralph W., 1869-1952. person
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correspondedWith Davies, Joseph Edward. person
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associatedWith DePalma, John. person
associatedWith Dickson, Lewis M. person
associatedWith Du Pont, Henry Belin, 1898-1970. person
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correspondedWith Eaker, Ira, 1896-1987. person
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associatedWith Flagg, Mildred Buchanan, 1886-1980. person
associatedWith Forbes, B. C. (Bertie Charles), 1880-1954 person
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associatedWith International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Warehousemen, and Helpers of America. corporateBody
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Aeronautics
Aeronautics, Commercial
Aeronautics, Military
Airlines
Air pilots
Air Transportation
Automobile drivers
Aviation
Aviators
Commemorative postage stamps
Conservatism
Eastern Air Lines, inc
Executives
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Veterans
World War, 1914-1918
World War, 1914-1918
World War, 1939-1945
Occupation
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Automobile racing drivers
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Birth 1890-10-08

Death 1973-07-23

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