Carl Spaatz papers, 1910-1981
120,000 items ; 345 containers plus 22 oversize and 1 classified ; 145 linear feet -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Career army and air force officer and first chief of staff of the United States Air Force. Diaries, journals, correspondence, memoranda, cables, reports, charts, maps, studies, research notes, printed matter, photographs, scrapbooks, speeches and writings, military memorabilia, family papers, financial records and other papers relating to Spaatz's military career and to his command during World...
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Ira Eaker papers, 1917-1989
77,300 items ; 218 containers plus 16 oversize and 2 classified ; 89.6 linear feet -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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United States Army air corps officer, aviation pioneer, aircraft industry executive, and newspaper columnist. Part I consists of correspondence, memoranda, diaries, reports, meetings minutes, printed material, and other papers documenting Eaker's military career in the aeronautical section of the United States Army, particularly his experiences in World War II. Part II consists of...
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Noel Francis Parrish papers, 1894-1987
29,500 items ; 58 containers plus 1 oversize and 2 classified ; 29.5 linear feet -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Air force general and university professor. Correspondence, speeches and writings, academic and military files, family papers, photographs and slides, and other papers documenting Parrish's military and academic careers, including as commander of Tuskegee Army Air Field (Ala.) where he was responsible for training the Army Air Force's first African-American pilots during World War II.
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Samuel C. Phillips papers, 1929-1990
67,200 items ; 174 containers plus 1 oversize and 1 classified ; 49.6 linear feet -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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United States Air Force officer, space agency official, intelligence agency director, and defense industry executive. Correspondence, diaries, memoranda, reports, family and personal papers, and photographs documenting Phillips's career in the United States Air Force where he specialized in ballistics and weapons research; as director of Project Apollo (U.S.), the lunar landing program of the...
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George W. Goddard papers, 1889-1984
4,900 items ; 12 containers ; 5.2 linear feet -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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United States Air Force brigadier general, author, and pioneer of modern aerial photographic reconnaissance. Correspondence, memoranda, writings, transcripts, research files, reports, patents, grants, diagrams, newspaper clippings, printed material, and photographs pertaining primarily to Goddard's career in the United States Army Air Corps and United States Air Force.
Muir Stephen Fairchild papers, 1937-1950
1,400 items ; 4 containers plus 1 classified ; 1.6 linear feet -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Army and air force officer. Correspondence, reports, speeches, and articles relating to Fairchild's service as air force vice chief of staff. Includes printed matter prepared by Fairchild for the Air Corps Tactical School.
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Elwood R. Quesada papers, 1927-1960
2,450 items ; 7 containers ; 2.8 linear feet -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Air force officer and public official. Correspondence, memoranda, speeches and statements, reports, drawings, press releases, and other material pertaining primarily to Quesada's career as a United States Air Force officer and as director of the Federal Aviation Administration.
Frank Maxwell Andrews papers, 1920-1943
5,500 items ; 19 containers ; 8 linear feet -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Air force officer. Correspondence, memoranda, speeches, articles, military service and flight records, reports, financial records, and newspaper clippings relating chiefly to Andrews's career in the military and the organization and administration of the air arm of the War Department and operations of the Caribbean Defense Command at the beginning of World War II.
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Bernt Balchen papers, 1917-1998
2,230 items ; 11 containers plus 10 oversize ; 6 linear feet -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Aviator, explorer, and air force officer. Diaries, logbooks, correspondence, research files, and scrapbooks documenting Balchen's aviation career.
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Charles A. Lindbergh Spirit of St. Louis collection, 1927-1969
500 items ; 34 containers and 2 oversize ; 14.6 linear feet -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Aviator and air force officer. Chiefly Burmese, Dutch, English and Swedish editions of The Spirit of St. Louis by Lindbergh. Also condensations of the work in foreign editions of the Reader's Digest as well as biographical material.