Robert J. Clark collection on aeronautical history
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of a scrapbook containing photographs, articles, and clippings about aircraft and flying machines from around the world. It includes binders of aircraft pictures and drawings, aircraft from major United States aircraft companies, as well as smaller builders and foreign builders, early aviation (pre-1914), famous flights, World War I, military aircraft development, postcards, a set of "Profile Publications," color prints, calendars, photographs, and posters. These materials were collected by aircraft designer Robert J. Clark (1919-2009).
Dates
- Creation: Majority of material found within 1940s-1990s
Creator
- Clark, Robert (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
Advance notice required for access.
Rights Statement for Archival Description
Finding aid description and metadata are licensed under an Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license.
Conditions Governing Use
All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Department of Special Collections at specol@usc.edu. Permission for publication is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.
Biographical / Historical
Robert J. Clark (1919-2009) was an American aircraft designer at North American Aviation (NAA) and Northrop. Clark was the lead designer of the XAJ Bomber and named a delegate to NATO.
Extent
60.479 Linear Feet (51 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
This collection consists of a scrapbooks containing photographs, articles, and clippings about aircraft and flying machines from around the world. These materials were collected by aircraft designer Robert J. Clark (1919-2009).
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Marjorie A. Clark, 2009.
Processing Information
This collection is unprocessed.
Subject
- Clark, Robert -- Archives (Person)
- Title
- Finding aid for the Robert J. Clark collection on aeronautical history
- Status
- Unprocessed
- Author
- Marissa Chavez for History Associates Incorporated
- Date
- 2022 March
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Revision Statements
- 2021 September: Finding aid updated by Bo Doub: Added description and a container instance for material that had been separated from the collection (accrual no. 2021-054) housed in box nos. 50-51.
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Repository Details
Part of the USC Libraries Special Collections Repository
Doheny Memorial Library 206
3550 Trousdale Parkway
Los Angeles California 90089-0189 United States
specol@usc.edu