Ford A. Carpenter papers, 1935-1944.

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Ford A. Carpenter papers, 1935-1944.

Four photograph albums and one manuscript. The manuscript is a typescript of a lecture on the life of General Billy Mitchell, including Carpenter's service under Mitchell's command. The photograph albums all contain black and white prints. One is titled "Four Voyages to New York from Los Angeles via Panama," and it documents passage through the Panama Canal with shipboard and aerial perspectives. Another is titled "Flying Vancouver's Route of Discovery, " which contains a mixture of aerial and landscape photographs taken on Carpenter's trip from Southern California to Queen Charlotte Sound in 1937. A third album, titled "June Four O'Clock in the Gardens of the Los Angeles University Club, 1943," contains portraits of a women sitting in a garden. The fourth album is made up of photographs of Carpenter's home in Los Angeles and surrounding environs; it is titled "Retreat on Huntley Hill."

1.5 lin. ft (2 archives boxes, 1 shoebox, 4 oversize folders, 1 art bin item)

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Carpenter, Ford A. (Ford Ashman), 1868-

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Meteorologist, aeronaut, author, and photographer. From the description of Ford A. Carpenter papers, 1935-1944. (University of California, San Diego). WorldCat record id: 35083750 Biography Ford Ashman Carpenter was born on March 25, 1868, in Chicago, Illinois. His career as a meteorologist and aeronaut included employment with the U. S. Weather Service (1888-1919), a lectureship at The War College in the War Department (...

Mitchell, William, 1879-1936

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William Lendrum Mitchell (December 29, 1879 – February 19, 1936) was a United States Army general who is regarded as the father of the United States Air Force. Mitchell served in France during World War I and, by the conflict's end, commanded all American air combat units in that country. After the war, he was appointed deputy director of the Air Service and began advocating increased investment in air power, believing that this would prove vital in future wars. He argued particularly for the...