James S. and Hannah Rodebaugh papers, ca. 1916 - ca. 1946 [bulk].

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James S. and Hannah Rodebaugh papers, ca. 1916 - ca. 1946 [bulk].

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This collection is about Fairbanks aviation history and includes a photograph album filled with images of airplanes, bush pilots, plane hangars and airplane wrecks. James Rodebaugh and his wife, Johannah Rodebaugh, wrote the captions on the back of the photographs identifying people and locations. Included are pictures of the Rodebaughs, Noel and Ralph Wien, A.A. Bennett, Ed Hudson and Fred Mueller. There are also images of the various planes flown in Alaska during this era of newfound commercial aviation and notable images include the "Anchorage" plane that Noel Wien flew non-stop from Anchorage to Fairbanks and the first plane James Rodebaugh purchased for his first airline company Alaska Aerial Transport Company in Fairbanks, Alaska. There are also photographs from planes, pilots and flight crews from the Bennett-Rodebaugh Company and Pan American Airways. Images of the Rodebaugh's home in Chena, Alaska, their Fairbanks home on Illinois Street, and the trail at Chatanika Way are also contained in this collection. In addition, the Rodebaugh Papers contain a letter written by Mrs. Rodebaugh in 1961 about her husband's experience with his airline companies in Fairbanks, Alaska, letterhead for the Fairbanks Airplane Corporation, a flight rate chart for the Bennett-Rodebaugh Company and captions for select photographs from this collection that Robert Williams Stevens wrote in 1987 and used in his book Alaskan Aviation History.

0.25 cu. ft.

University of Alaska Fairbanks, Elmer E. Rasmuson Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7956395

University of Alaska Fairbanks, Elmer E. Rasmuson Library

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Stevens, Robert W. (Robert William), 1918-2003

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Robert W. "Bob" Stevens (1918-2003) was born and raised in Minnesota. Following service in the U.S. Army Air Corps, he became a commercial airline pilot and spent most of his 34-year career flying all around Alaska. After retirement, he devoted his time to exploring, photographing, and writing about Alaska's people, culture, wildlife, and natural beauty. In 1990 he published the two-volume "Alaskan Aviation History, 1897-1930." (From obituary, Anchorage Daily News, 29 July 2003, p. B7.) ...

Rodebaugh, James S.

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James S. "Jimmy" Rodebaugh, born ca. 1887 in Ohio, brought his wife Johanna "Hannah" Rodebaugh to Alaska where he worked as a conductor for the Alaska Railroad. Rodebaugh saw the potential of commercial aviation in Alaska and, in 1924, established the Alaska Aerial Transportation Company. When Rodebaugh's company merged with the Farthest-North Airplane Company to become the Fairbanks Airplane Corporation Company in 1925-1925, he left the company with pilot A.A. Bennett to form the Bennett-Rodeba...

Rodebaugh, Hannah.

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