Flight--History
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 14 Collections and/or Records:
Assorted Aviation History , 1920 - 1991
Sub-Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 323, Series 4, Subseries 4
Scope and Contents
This subseries includes various documents, photographs, and clippings related to airlines, aircrafts and equipment, airmail, and museums in Indiana dedicated to aviation history. Of note are clippings on the start of Airmail in Indiana in the 1930s and a proposal for an aviation history museum on the Purdue University campus from 1990.
Dates:
1920 - 1991
Aviation History of Indiana, 1920 - 1995
Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 323, Series 4
Scope and Contents
This series includes materials on the aviation history of Indiana that Cornish was heavily involved in throughout his extensive career. Materials include clippings, photographs, and correspondence related to early Indiana pilots such as Art Smith and Roscoe Turner, the start of Airmail service in Indiana, early airlines and aircrafts, and Indiana airports such as the Paul Baer Municipal Airport (now the Fort Wayne International Airport) and the now defunct Guy Means Airport in Fort Wayne,...
Dates:
1920 - 1995
Collection of Neil Armstrong and Janet Shearon Armstrong materials
Unprocessed — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 20181201
Dates:
1966-1970
Clarence Frank Cornish papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 323
Scope and Contents
The Clarence Frank Cornish papers consist of letters, correspondence, photographs, awards and certificates, flight logs, aviator textiles and goggles, newspaper clippings, and artifacts documenting Clarence "Cap" Frank Cornish's air training and service during World War One, his service at Army Air Forces Headquarters during World War Two, his work for the Aeronautics Commission of Indiana, his participation in several aeronautical organizations, and his role in the development aeronautics and...
Dates:
1908 - 2018; Majority of material found within 1917 - 1995
Amelia Earhart Press photographs
Collection — Box 1
Identifier: MSP 195
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of two photo albums containing 100 press photographs of Amelia Earhart. Many of the photographs include separate papers with detailed press release information such as places, dates, and individuals' names. Many of the photographs are Associated Press and International Newsreel photographs. There are 48 photographs in album one and 52 photographs in album two.
Dates:
1928 - 1937
Events, 1925 - 1945
Sub-Series — Box 4: Series MSP 323, Series 4; Series MSP 323, Series 5
Identifier: MSP 323, Series 4, Subseries 3
Scope and Contents
This subseries includes numerous clippings and photographs of aviation events Cornish took part in while manager of the Paul Baer Municipal Airport in Fort Wayne, Indiana and other events that occurred throughout Indiana in the early years of aviation in the region.
Dates:
1925 - 1945
First airmail flight commemorative pictorial postmark envelope
Unprocessed — Box Communal Accessions 8
Identifier: 20171221
Dates:
1938
John Norberg collection
Unprocessed — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2022-018
Dates:
Issued: 1899 - 2019
Sandor "Alex" Kvassay papers and collection of Aviation Stamps
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 144
Scope and Contents
The Sandor "Alex" Kvassay papers and collection of Aviation Stamps document the history of aviation and flight through postage stamps, postmarks and envelopes collected from all over the world. The collection spans the 20th century and the beginning of the 21st century but includes examples of 19th century balloon airmail. The stamps are housed in 67 albums and total near 68,000 stamps, envelopes, postmarks and postcards. The collection was assembled over a period of 20 years, with...
Dates:
1870 - 2014; Other: Majority of material found within 1920 - 1990
Malcolm Ross and Lee Lewis balloon launch photograph
Unprocessed — Box Communal Accessions 4
Identifier: 20160706
Dates:
July 26, 1958
Pilot Records and Anniversary Flights, 1918 - 1995
Sub-Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 323, Series 3, Subseries 1
Scope and Contents
This subseries includes pilot licenses, records, and information on anniversary flights Cornish partook in yearly to commemorate his first flight. Materials include photographs, clippings, correspondence, artifacts, and documents. Artifacts include two pilot goggles, a pair of pilot gloves, and a pilot's cap autographed by family, friends, and colleagues of Cornish's. Of note are two pilot logs Cornish used while learning to fly during World War I and up until his last flight a few weeks before...
Dates:
1918 - 1995