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Aeronautics -- History -- Archival resources
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 12 Collections and/or Records:
USC Library of Aeronautical History Women's International Association of Aeronautics records
Collection
Identifier: 0055
Abstract
Biographies of early woman aviators, correspondence, photographs, memorabilia, scrapbooks, instructional materials; copies of Aerogram, the WIAA publication; personal archives of Elizabeth L. McQueen (Mrs. Ulysses Grant McQueen, d.1958), founder of WIAA in 1929 and the Women's Aeronautic Association of California, and organizer of the Women's Air Derby ("Powder Puff Derby").
Dates:
1920 - 1958
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Women aviator photographs
Collection — Pamphlet-binder 1: [Barcode: 31275059615535]
Identifier: 6285
Abstract
The Women aviator photographs consist of eleven photographic prints depicting several women who were trailblazers that overcame the various social and economic barriers preventing women from participating in aviation. The collection features a mix of individual portraits and group shots of women aviators standing in front of their crafts or behind the cockpit. Included are photographs of Alicia Patterson, an American aviatrix who, accompanied by Elizabeth Chase of Chicago, flew from Sydney...
Dates:
1920 - 1939; 1950 - 1959
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections