Leroy Ponton de Arce papers, 1911-1968.

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Leroy Ponton de Arce papers, 1911-1968.

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Collection contains Leroy Ponton de Arce's personal files (which contain correspondence, notes, and printed material), biographical information, and seven scrapbooks compiled by Ponton de Arce. Collection also contains loose correspondence, a few photographs (of Ponton de Arce himself, his family and colleagues, and aircraft), a photograph album of the 7th Ferrying Group's facilities at Gore Field in Great Falls, Montana, and miscellaneous award and membership certificates. Artwork (including ink drawings of Ponton de Arce by Franklin Collier), government documents, miscellaneous maps of the United States, miscellaneous printed materials, miscellaneous periodicals, posters of aircraft, and a few artifacts are in this collection as well.

8.27 cubic ft. (18 boxes) + 1 folder + 7 scrapbooks.

Univerisity of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.

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SNAC Resource ID: 6922644

Univerisity of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.

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United States. Civil Aeronautics Authority

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United States. Civil Aeronautics Administration

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Ponton de Arce, Leroy.

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Leroy Ponton de Arce was an American aviator, air force officer, and federal air traffic control official during the twentieth century. Ponton de Arce learned to fly in the U.S. Army Signal Corps Aviation Section in 1917 and served in France with the U.S. Army Air Service during World War I. After holding a number of jobs during the 1920s and 1930s, he became a federal air traffic control official in 1937. He went on to a long and distinguished career with the Civil Aeronautics Authority and its...

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