Philip B. Taylor papers, 1906-1976 (bulk 1935-1976)

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Philip B. Taylor papers, 1906-1976 (bulk 1935-1976)

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Collection contains Philip B. Taylor's subject files (concerning his work for Wright Aeronautical Corporation, Pan American World Airways, Sanderson & Porter, the U.S. Air Force, and Thiokol Chemical Corporation), which contain correspondence, blueprints, reports, photographs, and notes. Collection also contains notebooks, correspondence, clippings, reports, and miscellaneous printed materials. Collection also holds a scrapbook concerning Taylor's service as Assistant Secretary for the Air Force, one unidentified photograph album, oversized photographs (mostly of business and U.S. Air Force colleagues), award certificates, and copies of aviation patents.

14.66 cubic ft. (14 boxes)

Univerisity of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.

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SNAC Resource ID: 8335779

Univerisity of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.

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Pan American World Airways, Inc.

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United States. Air Force

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At Harris Neck, Georgia, in the remote northern reaches of McIntosh County, the United States government, in the fall of 1942, confiscated the lands along the South Newport and Barbour Island Rivers. Paved runways were constructed for aircraft, and Harris Neck became an air reconnaissance base for the United States Army Air Force during World War II. A number of support buildings were constructed at the Harris Neck Air Base, such as barracks for personnel, an officers club, and PX, to serve the ...

Taylor, Philip Bates.

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Philip B. Taylor (d. 1978) was an aeronautical engineer, aviation executive, and Assistant Secretary of the Air Force during the twentieth century. A graduate of Yale University, Taylor worked for Wright Aeronautical Corporation from 1923 to 1946, starting out as an engineer and eventually rising to the ranks of vice president and general manager. Between the mid 1940s and late 1950s, Taylor did consulting work for Pan American World Airways and worked for the New York City engineering firm of S...

Wright Aeronautical Corporation

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Thiokol Chemical Corporation

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Thiokol Chemical Corporation was originally founded in 1929, and is engaged primarily in the development and production of solid rockets and propulsion systems. The company has locations in Magna and Promontory, Utah. From the description of Thiokol Chemical Corporation photographs of Western railroads, circa 1860s. (Brigham Young University). WorldCat record id: 229021075 ...