Sourdough Air Transport records, 1947-1962.

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Sourdough Air Transport records, 1947-1962.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/233542047

The Sourdough Air Transport Records document the operations of a non-scheduled air transport company based in Seattle, Washington, which provided passenger and freight service in Alaska, 1947-1962. The collection includes correspondence, financial records, insurance and legal papers, passenger and cargo manifests, freight bills, flight logs, and company operations manuals.

4.30 cu. ft.

University of Alaska Fairbanks, Elmer E. Rasmuson Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7108046

University of Alaska Fairbanks, Elmer E. Rasmuson Library

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Sourdough Air Transport.

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Sourdough Air Transport, a partnership between Anton R. and Dorothy V. Johansen, was a non-scheduled air carrier with passenger and freight operations in Alaska from 1947 to 1962. Its main base of operations was Boeing Field, Seattle, Washington. The company was forced out of business in 1962 when the Civil Aeronautics Board declined to renew its registration. From the description of Sourdough Air Transport records, 1947-1962. (University of Alaska, Fairbanks). WorldCat record id: 23...

United States. Civil Aeronautics Board

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On November 3, 1958 the six airlines filed an agreement with the Civil Aeronautics Board which provided for certain mutual assistance in the event of a strike against one of them. The carriers still operating would make monthly payments of the increased revenues (less added direct expense) to the carrier which was shut down. Formal objections to the agreement were filed by the International Association of Machinists, the Brotherhood of Hallway and Steamship Clerks, Freight Handlers, Express and ...