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Box 26

 Container

Contains 7 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

Photographs, Negatives, and Interview Audiotape, circa 1930s - 2000s

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSA 25, Series 5, Sub-Series 3
Scope and Contents Sub-series three consists of but is not limited to photographs of colleagues, some with Ralph; a box of negatives relating to "All-Weather Flight Methods," and folder containing photographs and text, along with photos of ice accumulations/tests, circa 1940-1942; photographs of airplane parts, circa 1930s-1960s; photographs of air fields and aerial shots; photographs of airplanes; and Ralph S. Johnson, Aviation History - twenty photos on CD. The last box contains miscellaneous...
Dates: circa 1930s - 2000s

Photographs of airplane parts , circa 1930s - 1960s

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSA 25, Series 5, Sub-Series 3, File 4
Scope and Contents From the File: Sub-series three consists of but is not limited to photographs of colleagues, some with Ralph; a box of negatives relating to "All-Weather Flight Methods," and folder containing photographs and text, along with photos of ice accumulations/tests, circa 1940-1942; photographs of airplane parts, circa 1930s-1960s; photographs of air fields and aerial shots; photographs of airplanes; and Ralph S. Johnson, Aviation History - twenty photos on CD. The last box contains miscellaneous...
Dates: circa 1930s - 1960s

Photographs of air fields and aerial shots, circa 1940s - 1960s

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSA 25, Series 5, Sub-Series 3, File 5
Scope and Contents From the File: Sub-series three consists of but is not limited to photographs of colleagues, some with Ralph; a box of negatives relating to "All-Weather Flight Methods," and folder containing photographs and text, along with photos of ice accumulations/tests, circa 1940-1942; photographs of airplane parts, circa 1930s-1960s; photographs of air fields and aerial shots; photographs of airplanes; and Ralph S. Johnson, Aviation History - twenty photos on CD. The last box contains miscellaneous...
Dates: circa 1940s - 1960s

Photographs of airplanes , circa 1930s - 1990s

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSA 25, Series 5, Sub-Series 3, File 6
Scope and Contents From the File: Sub-series three consists of but is not limited to photographs of colleagues, some with Ralph; a box of negatives relating to "All-Weather Flight Methods," and folder containing photographs and text, along with photos of ice accumulations/tests, circa 1940-1942; photographs of airplane parts, circa 1930s-1960s; photographs of air fields and aerial shots; photographs of airplanes; and Ralph S. Johnson, Aviation History - twenty photos on CD. The last box contains miscellaneous...
Dates: circa 1930s - 1990s

Captain Ralph S. Johnson, Chief Test Pilot, United Airlines , 1935 - 1947

 File — Box: 26, Folder: 6, Item: 1
Identifier: MSA 25, Series 5, Sub-Series 3, File 7

Ralph S. Johnson, Aviation History, circa 1930 - 2005

 File — Box: 26, Folder: 6, Item: 2
Identifier: MSA 25, Series 5, Sub-Series 3, File 8
Scope and Contents Twenty photos on CD, jpegs, 35.3 mb, along with a sheet with notations on the significance of each photograph. Includes: B-18 Loading Up: taken in the mid-1950s Captain Ralph, United Airlines: taken in the late 1930s early 1940 Douglas DC-5: Ralph test flew this aircraft while on loan from United, undated Flight Deck Coordinator: Ralph’s Master Equipment Company manufactured thousands of these scrolling checklist aids for the airlines and military...
Dates: circa 1930 - 2005