Katherine Cheung Collection

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Katherine Cheung Collection

1920s-2000s

https://sova.si.edu/record/NASM.2018.0015

This collection consists of .45 cubic ft of mostly copies of the following types of material documenting the aviation career of Katherine Cheung: correspondence, newspaper articles, magazines, programs, photographs, and biographical information, in both English and Chinese, as well as a DVD copy of the documentary, Aviatrix: The Katherine Sui Fun Cheung Story. This collection also contains a cassette tape of interview of Cheung entitled, "Meet Mrs. Katherine Cheung Young, Pioneer Aviatrix of Los Angeles," conducted by Munson Kwok in 1983.

0.49 Cubic feet

eng, Latn

National Air and Space Museum (U.S.). Archives Division.

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SNAC Resource ID: 11665308

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Cheung, Katherine, 1904-2003

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6g8464q (person)

Katherine Cheung (1904-2003) was born in China but moved to California at age 17 to study music. Her father would take her to Dycer Airport (Los Angeles) to practice driving a car, and during this time she became fascinated with aircraft and flying. After studying piano at University of Southern California for three years, Cheung quit school, married, and had two daughters before beginning aviation classes in 1931. She took flying lessons with the Chinese Aeronautical Association in Los Angeles;...