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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

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

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

Neil A. Armstrong papers, addition 13

 Unprocessed — Box 1
Identifier: 20181211

Paul Rafford Jr. papers on Amelia Earhart

 Unprocessed — Box 1
Identifier: 20190315

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

Purdue University Airport records

 Unprocessed — Box 01
Identifier: 20171221.1