Papers of Sheldon B. Simmons, 1929-1996.

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Papers of Sheldon B. Simmons, 1929-1996.

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Includes pilot log books, 1929-1958, correspondence sent and received, an examiner's report including a list of applications by air carriers, membership and other certificates, passports, commercial licenses, brochures, and business records for Alaska Air Transport, Inc., Marine Airways, and Alaska Coastal-Ellis Airlines which later became Alaska Coastal Airways; business records include minutes, notices of meetings, articles of incorporation to stockholders, merger dockets and exhibits, memos and correspondence. The collection also includes flight maps, articles on pilots and airplanes, air industry memorabilia, scrapbooks of mostly newspaper clippings, 1930s to 1980s, and items from reunions, testimonials, and an exhibit at the Juneau International Airport.

2.66 linear ft. (3 boxes)

Alaska State Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7486983

Alaska State Library

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