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Aeronautics -- History -- Archival resources

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 11 Collections and/or Records:

Aviation clippings scrapbook

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: 6034
Abstract The Aviation clippings scrapbook contains clippings, primarily from the the Los Angeles Times and the Los Angeles Examiner, 1924-1929, that document the development of aviation in the United States during that same period, including the aviation industry, aviation and the military, government policies, airplane design, airports, and aviation funding. Clippings from some other newspapers are also included (New York Times, Christian Science Monitor, other California newspapers). The...
Dates: 1924 - 1929

Robert J. Clark collection on aeronautical history

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 7027
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).

Dates: Majority of material found within 1940s-1990s

Mary Isabel Hill and John Lawler Costello collection on the USC College of Aeronautics

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31275058595142]
Identifier: 5372
Abstract A collection of yearbooks, photographs, student rosters, and other material collected and/or created by Mary Isabel Hill and John Lawler Costello during their time as students at the University of Southern California College of Aeronautics at Hancock Field in Santa Maria, California. Prior to their time at the College of Aeronautics, both Mary and John served in the United States military during World War II -- Mary in the United States Naval Reserve (Women's Reserve), better known as the...
Dates: 1947 - 1950

Tung-Sheng Liu collection

 Collection
Identifier: 3339
Abstract

This collection consists of Chinese opera, music, and historical dramas on various media including DVDs, VHS, CDs, audiocassettes, and vinyl records.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1960s-2000s

Arthur Ronnie collection of Los Angeles aviation photographs

 Collection
Identifier: 7088
Abstract A collection of 264 early Los Angeles aviation photographs, including several of Amelia Earhart, Charles Lindbergh, and other pioneering pilots at the first National Air Races held in Los Angeles in September of 1928 at Mines Field (now the location of the Los Angeles International Airport). Arthur Ronnie--former Los Angeles Herald Examiner reporter and studio publicist--initially collected and identified the material in this collection. Also included are...
Dates: 1920 - 1972; Majority of material found within 1928 September 8 - 1928 September 16

Theodore F. Schreier photograph album

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: 7049
Abstract

Photograph album created by Capt. Theodore F. Schreier. Photographs depict aviation training at the Hancock College of Aeronautics in Santa Maria, CA, day to day activities of the soldiers, and views of the training grounds.

Dates: circa 1940s

University of Southern California Library of Aeronautical History collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 0050
Abstract

This collection consists of the University of Southern California Library of Aeronautical History collections including photographs, newspapers, ephemera, scrapbooks, and other information related to aeronautical history.

Dates: 1918 - 1971

University of Southern California Library of Aeronautical History George T. Cussen collection on aviation

 Collection
Identifier: 0053
Abstract The collection consists of Cussen's personal scrapbook pages, books and photographs pertaining to the commercial aeronautic industry from the 1930s to the 1950s, and a collection of World War I and World War II war effort posters and maps. George Cussen worked the Santa Fe Railway for eight years before a brief stint at Maddux Air Lines in 1929. From 1932 to 1940, he worked for Transcontinental and Western Airlines as a traffic manager, alternating between Los Angeles and San Francisco...
Dates: 1918 - 1963

USC Library of Aeronautical History Earl X. Brown collection on aviation

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 0064
Abstract

This collection consists of scrapbooks and clippings chronicling the early innovations of manned flight compiled by Earl X. Brown.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1911 - 1945; 1966

USC Library of Aeronautical History Early Aviation scrapbook

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31275056490148]
Identifier: 6218
Scope and Contents

Scrapbook from 1911 with clippings about the early years of aviation and early aviators.

Dates: 1911