Historical materials, 1943 - [1996].

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Historical materials, 1943 - [1996].

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A variety of materials documenting both the history of the Metropolitan Airports Commission [MAC] and Minnesota aviation in general. Included are an undated, calligraphic history of MAC, written by John Lammert, covering the period from 1940 through 1986; anonymous typescripts detailing Minnesota's aviation history up to 1943 and MAC's airports from the 1940s into the 1970s; background subject files; materials documenting the career of Harold W. "Bill" Atkins, No. 1 Senior Pilot for Northwest Airlines and internationally known aviation photographer, most likely gathered to support his 1996 induction into the Minnesota Aviation Hall of Fame (ca. 1996); and "Aviation Around the World," calligraphic copies of articles about aviation events and stories compiled by Lammert from the 1988 and 1989 St. Paul Pioneer Press and affiliated newspaper services.

7.7 cu. ft. (2 boxes and 8 loose volumes).

Minnesota Historical Society, Division of Archives and Manuscripts

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SNAC Resource ID: 7317516

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Lammert, John.

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Minnesota Aviation Hall of Fame.

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Northwest Airlines, inc.

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Northwest Airlines was incorporated in 1926 as Northwest Airways. The company began service on October 1, 1926, as an airmail carrier between the Twin Cities and Chicago. Passenger service was inaugurated in July 1927. Northwest expanded its service through the Dakotas and Montana to Spokane and Seattle, Washington, in 1928-1933. The company was reincorporated as Northwest Airlines, Inc. in 1934. During World War II the company set up and operated a military cargo route ...

Atkins, Harold W., 1919-.

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Minneapolis-Saint Paul Metropolitan Airports Commission

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St. Paul Pioneer Press.

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