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Box 3

 Container

Contains 1 Collection or Record:

National Air races autograph book, 1932 - 1936

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 308, Series 3
Scope and Contents Series three is comprised of two autograph albums which contain notes and signatures penned by some of the most prominent American aviation personalities of its day. Among the hundreds of entries are notes signed by race sponsors Charles Thompson, and Vincent Bendrix, signatures of aviators Amelia Earhart, Jimmy Doolittle, and Roscoe Turner, and an autograph of radio announcer Graham McNamee. The second album includes signatures of such Hollywood greats as Jack Benny, Eddie Cantor, Gary...
Dates: 1932 - 1936
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections / MSP 308, Clifford W. Henderson Collection on the National Air Races