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Robert J. Clark collection on aeronautical history

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 7027

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

  • Majority of material found within 1940s-1990s

Creator

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

Additional Description

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.

Subjects

Finding Aid & Administrative Information

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.

Physical Storage Information

Repository Details

Repository Details

Part of the USC Libraries Special Collections Repository

http://libraries.usc.edu/locations/special-collections
Contact:
Doheny Memorial Library 206
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Los Angeles California 90089-0189 United States

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Finding aid description and metadata are licensed under an Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license.