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Box 12

 Container

Contains 7 Collections and/or Records:

Announcement and program for the Fiftieth Laura Taber Barbour Award for flight safety for which Johnson was the recipient, 2005

 File — Box: 12, Folder: 2
Identifier: MSA 25, Series 1, Sub-Series 6, File 137
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: The papers are from throughout Johnson's career. Some are aviation related articles collected by him, some are authored by Johnson. Key correspondence is also included.

Highlights of the papers are Johnson's reports on "The National Army Air Maneuvers of 1931;" "Exposure – The Key to Flight Safety," which includes Johnson's designs; all weather and landing techniques; ice accumulation studies/de-ice issues; and papers authored by Johnson and published in Air Transport.
Dates: 2005

Menu from Ralph's 100th birthday party, Saturday , June 24, 2006

 File — Box: 12, Folder: 5
Identifier: MSA 25, Series 1, Sub-Series 6, File 140
Scope and Contents (Features two photographs of Johnson.)
Dates: June 24, 2006

Program and Invitation - Arizona Aviation Hall of Fame, Eighteenth Annual Induction Ceremony/Dinner, Saturday, April 8, 2006 and April 7, 2007

 File — Box: 12, Folder: 6
Identifier: MSA 25, Series 1, Sub-Series 6, File 141
Scope and Contents (Johnson inducted in 2006.)
Dates: April 8, 2006 and April 7, 2007

Personal cards given to Ralph and Ruth, 69th anniversary, congratulations on induction into Arizona Hall of Fame and 100th birthday, 2006

 File — Box: 12, Folder: 7
Identifier: MSA 25, Series 1, Sub-Series 6, File 142
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: The papers are from throughout Johnson's career. Some are aviation related articles collected by him, some are authored by Johnson. Key correspondence is also included.

Highlights of the papers are Johnson's reports on "The National Army Air Maneuvers of 1931;" "Exposure – The Key to Flight Safety," which includes Johnson's designs; all weather and landing techniques; ice accumulation studies/de-ice issues; and papers authored by Johnson and published in Air Transport.
Dates: 2006

Calendars with notations, 2008 - 2009

 File — Box: 12, Folder: 8
Identifier: MSA 25, Series 1, Sub-Series 6, File 143
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: The papers are from throughout Johnson's career. Some are aviation related articles collected by him, some are authored by Johnson. Key correspondence is also included.

Highlights of the papers are Johnson's reports on "The National Army Air Maneuvers of 1931;" "Exposure – The Key to Flight Safety," which includes Johnson's designs; all weather and landing techniques; ice accumulation studies/de-ice issues; and papers authored by Johnson and published in Air Transport.
Dates: 2008 - 2009

Certificate in folder, "Ralph S. Johnson, In Recognition of Your 103rd Birthday, June 26, 1906-June 26, 2009", 2009

 File — Box: 12, Folder: 10
Identifier: MSA 25, Series 1, Sub-Series 6, File 145
Scope and Contents (Signed by Dave Freudenthal, Governor, State of Wyoming.)
Dates: 2009

Ralph S. Johnson papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSA 25
Scope and Contents The Ralph S. Johnson papers document the pioneering aviation career of Ralph S. Johnson. Included among the papers are aeronautical engineering drawings done by Johnson, along with articles and papers authored by him. The newspaper clippings, awards, and honorary Doctorate of Engineering from Purdue University focus on the latter part of his career, as he was being recognized as an aviation pioneer. The biographical information was often collected and written by the authors, as a...
Dates: 1924 - 2010; Majority of material found within 1930 - 1947