Box 18
Container
Contains 11 Collections and/or Records:
Day Planners, Notebooks, Pilot Logs, and Flight Records, 1930 - 1990
Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSA 25, Series 3
Scope and Contents
Included are Johnson's United States Army, Air Corps, pilot's books (1930-1936) which include Johnson's grades from The Air Corps Advanced Flying School and application for extended active duty with a tactical unit of the Air Corps, along with pay and expense vouchers. There
are several notebooks which contain Johnson's engineering designs and notations, along with a 1942 pilot's training log from United Air Lines, and day planners, circa 1960s-1980s.
Dates:
1930 - 1990
Pilot's Book, Air Corps, United States Army , 1930 - 1936
Item — Box: 18, Item: 1
Identifier: MSA 25, Series 3, Item 1
Scope and Contents
(Includes Johnson's grades from The Air Corps Advanced Flying School and application for extended active duty with a tactical unit of the Air Corps.)
Dates:
1930 - 1936
Pilot's Book, Air Corps, United States Army , 1933 - 1936
Item — Box: 18, Item: 2
Identifier: MSA 25, Series 3, Item 2
Scope and Contents
(Includes log of pilot's pay and expense voucher.)
Dates:
1933 - 1936
Branch of the Department of Commerce, Improved Pilot's Log, 1939
Item — Box: 18, Item: 3
Identifier: MSA 25, Series 3, Item 3
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Included are Johnson's United States Army, Air Corps, pilot's books (1930-1936) which include Johnson's grades from The Air Corps Advanced Flying School and application for extended active duty with a tactical unit of the Air Corps, along with pay and expense vouchers. There
are several notebooks which contain Johnson's engineering designs and notations, along with a 1942 pilot's training log from United Air Lines, and day planners, circa 1960s-1980s.
Dates:
1939
Pilot's Training Log from United Airlines, 1942
Item — Box: 18, Item: 4
Identifier: MSA 25, Series 3, Item 4
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Included are Johnson's United States Army, Air Corps, pilot's books (1930-1936) which include Johnson's grades from The Air Corps Advanced Flying School and application for extended active duty with a tactical unit of the Air Corps, along with pay and expense vouchers. There
are several notebooks which contain Johnson's engineering designs and notations, along with a 1942 pilot's training log from United Air Lines, and day planners, circa 1960s-1980s.
Dates:
1942
Pilot Flight Record and Log Book, 1953 - 1954
Item — Box: 18, Item: 5
Identifier: MSA 25, Series 3, Item 5
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Included are Johnson's United States Army, Air Corps, pilot's books (1930-1936) which include Johnson's grades from The Air Corps Advanced Flying School and application for extended active duty with a tactical unit of the Air Corps, along with pay and expense vouchers. There
are several notebooks which contain Johnson's engineering designs and notations, along with a 1942 pilot's training log from United Air Lines, and day planners, circa 1960s-1980s.
Dates:
1953 - 1954
Flight Record, 1960 - 1981
Item — Box: 18, Item: 6
Identifier: MSA 25, Series 3, Item 6
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Included are Johnson's United States Army, Air Corps, pilot's books (1930-1936) which include Johnson's grades from The Air Corps Advanced Flying School and application for extended active duty with a tactical unit of the Air Corps, along with pay and expense vouchers. There
are several notebooks which contain Johnson's engineering designs and notations, along with a 1942 pilot's training log from United Air Lines, and day planners, circa 1960s-1980s.
Dates:
1960 - 1981
Spiral bound notebook, 1939 - 1940
Item — Box: 18, Item: 7
Identifier: MSA 25, Series 3, Item 7
Scope and Contents
(4" x 6 ¼", includes various notations.)
Dates:
1939 - 1940
Bound notebook, 1941 - 1945
Item — Box: 18, Item: 8
Identifier: MSA 25, Series 3, Item 8
Scope and Contents
(5" x 7 ¾", includes engineering designs by Johnson with notations on the design ideas.)
Dates:
1941 - 1945
Bound notebook, 1944 - 1945
Item — Box: 18, Item: 9
Identifier: MSA 25, Series 3, Item 9
Scope and Contents
(4" x 6 ¼, includes reflections by Johnson and various notations.)
Dates:
1944 - 1945
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