A compendium of manuscripts on the history and products of the Pratt & Whitney Company / by Leroy Roberts.

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A compendium of manuscripts on the history and products of the Pratt & Whitney Company / by Leroy Roberts.

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Inventory of Roberts' collection of Pratt & Whitney items that he gave to the University of Connecticut at Storrs, Conn. Mentions that cartoons by J.R. Williams are in "Backgrounds Magazine" published by Pratt & Whitney during World War II.

1 folder ; 24 x 38 cm.

Connecticut Historical Society

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Pratt & Whitney Company.

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Roberts, Leroy F.

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Williams, James Robert, 1888-1957

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Syndicated cartoonist whose cartoons appeared in Rocky Mountain News for over thirty years. Spent time as a cowboy and used those experiences for characters. From the description of Out our way : Clipping file. (Denver Public Library). WorldCat record id: 39033819 Cartoonist, soldier, machinist, mule-skinner and cowboy; Williams lived at Walnut Creek, Arizona for many years. He had many comic strips beginning in the 1920s including "Born Years Too Soon," "Why Mothers Get Gre...