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Box 24

 Container

Contains 11 Collections and/or Records:

Photo Albums, Photographs, and Scrapbooks, 1924 - 2008

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSA 25, Series 5
Scope and Contents The photo albums include an album featuring family, Purdue, and Post-Purdue events and memorabilia. One album titled, "Pictures and story of my trip to and eight months training as a flying cadet, at March Field, Riverside, California, June 22, 1930 – June 22, 1931," which includes descriptive text by Johnson. Another album, "Graduating at March Field," Riverside, California, 1931, includes certificate of graduation and program from graduation exercises, aerial shots taken over major cities...
Dates: 1924 - 2008

Photo Albums, Clippings and Certificates, circa 1924 - 1960s

 Sub-Series — Box: 24
Identifier: MSA 25, Series 5, Sub-Series 2
Scope and Contents Key items in sub-series two are family, Purdue and Post-Purdue album, whcih includes various Purdue photographs, dance and event memorabilia; photographs and story from Johnson's eight months training as a flying cadet, at March Field, Riverside, California; Album containing certificate of commissioning as 2nd Lieutenant in the United States Air Corps; photo album containing impressive aerial shots taken during Johnson's Air Corp training; photo album, "Graduating at March Field," Riverside,...
Dates: circa 1924 - 1960s

Family, Purdue and Post-Purdue Album , 1924 - circa 1930s

 Item — Box: 24, Item: 1
Identifier: MSA 25, Series 5, Sub-Series 2, Item 1
Scope and Contents (Includes various Purdue photographs, dance and event memorabilia.)
Dates: 1924 - circa 1930s

"Pictures and story of my trip to and eight months training as a flying cadet, at March Field, Riverside, California", June 22, 1930 - June 22, 1931

 Item — Box: 24, Item: 2
Identifier: MSA 25, Series 5, Sub-Series 2, Item 2
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: Key items in sub-series two are family, Purdue and Post-Purdue album, whcih includes various Purdue photographs, dance and event memorabilia; photographs and story from Johnson's eight months training as a flying cadet, at March Field, Riverside, California; Album containing certificate of commissioning as 2nd Lieutenant in the United States Air Corps; photo album containing impressive aerial shots taken during Johnson's Air Corp training; photo album, "Graduating at March Field," Riverside,...
Dates: June 22, 1930 - June 22, 1931

Album containing certificate of commissioning as 2nd Lieutenant in the United States Air Corps, June 26, 1931; enlistment record, June 16, 1930; honorable discharge, post training, June 30, 1931; letters of recommendation, since there was not a position for Johnson in the military after completion of training; aerial shots of different military fields in early 1930s, 1930 - 1931

 Item — Box: 24, Item: 3
Identifier: MSA 25, Series 5, Sub-Series 2, Item 3
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: Key items in sub-series two are family, Purdue and Post-Purdue album, whcih includes various Purdue photographs, dance and event memorabilia; photographs and story from Johnson's eight months training as a flying cadet, at March Field, Riverside, California; Album containing certificate of commissioning as 2nd Lieutenant in the United States Air Corps; photo album containing impressive aerial shots taken during Johnson's Air Corp training; photo album, "Graduating at March Field," Riverside,...
Dates: 1930 - 1931

Photo album containing impressive aerial shots taken during Johnson's Air Corp training, circa 1930s

 Item — Box: 24, Item: 4
Identifier: MSA 25, Series 5, Sub-Series 2, Item 4
Scope and Contents Includes aerial shot over Chicago's Soldier Field during construction, clippings about Muncie Airport's Sikorsky amphibian on passenger service between Lake Wawasee and Chicago World's Fair, where Johnson was employed, post Air Corps training, circa 1930s.
Dates: circa 1930s

Photo album, "Graduating at March Field," Riverside, California , 1931

 Item — Box: 24, Item: 5
Identifier: MSA 25, Series 5, Sub-Series 2, Item 5
Scope and Contents (Includes certificate of graduation and program from graduation exercises, includes aerial shots taken over major cities and air fields during training and bomber formation shots, program from visiting United States Air Corps, commemorating the dedication of the New York City Municipal Airport, Floyd Bennett Field, May 27, 1931.)
Dates: 1931

Scrapbook containing photographs and clippings from Johnson's early career, circa late 1930s - 1940s

 Item — Box: 24, Item: 6
Identifier: MSA 25, Series 5, Sub-Series 2, Item 5
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: Key items in sub-series two are family, Purdue and Post-Purdue album, whcih includes various Purdue photographs, dance and event memorabilia; photographs and story from Johnson's eight months training as a flying cadet, at March Field, Riverside, California; Album containing certificate of commissioning as 2nd Lieutenant in the United States Air Corps; photo album containing impressive aerial shots taken during Johnson's Air Corp training; photo album, "Graduating at March Field," Riverside,...
Dates: circa late 1930s - 1940s

Album, United Air Lines - Pacific Operations, WWII , circa 1940’s

 Item — Box: 24, Item: 7
Identifier: MSA 25, Series 5, Sub-Series 2, Item 6
Scope and Contents (Gift from Johnson's colleague, not original photographs.)
Dates: circa 1940’s

Photographs of converted cargo planes, Master Equipment Company, Cheyenne, Wyoming (where Johnson was an employee) and clippings dealing with aerial grasshopper spraying, fire ants and forest fire extermination, for which Johnson played a big role, circa 1950s - 1960s

 Item — Box: 24, Item: 8
Identifier: MSA 25, Series 5, Sub-Series 2, Item 7
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: Key items in sub-series two are family, Purdue and Post-Purdue album, whcih includes various Purdue photographs, dance and event memorabilia; photographs and story from Johnson's eight months training as a flying cadet, at March Field, Riverside, California; Album containing certificate of commissioning as 2nd Lieutenant in the United States Air Corps; photo album containing impressive aerial shots taken during Johnson's Air Corp training; photo album, "Graduating at March Field," Riverside,...
Dates: circa 1950s - 1960s

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