Crosson Family Papers, 1920-1980.

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Crosson Family Papers, 1920-1980.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/216889074

This collection primarily covers the activities of Joe Crosson's flying career in Alaska and the Arctic from 1926 until his death in 1949. Photographs, correspondence, and newspaper and magazine articles chronicle the transition in Alaska from ground to air transportation as well as historic flights in Alaska and Antarctica. There are also photographs and newsclippings of his sister Marvel's flying career as well as photographs and papers of his wife Lillian from her time as a student at the Alaska Agricultural College and School of Mines.

7 cubic feet.

University of Alaska Fairbanks, Elmer E. Rasmuson Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7019188

University of Alaska Fairbanks, Elmer E. Rasmuson Library

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