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George H. Tweney papers, approximately 1940-1995
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Tweney, George H.
- Title
- George H. Tweney papers
- Dates
- approximately 1940-1995 (inclusive)19401995
- Quantity
- 36.42 cubic feet (37 boxes) including 19 sound cassettes, 10 reel-to-reel sound tapes
- Collection Number
- 4558
- Summary
- Papers of an engineer, Boeing Company, and book collector
- Repository
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University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections
Special Collections
University of Washington Libraries
Box 352900
Seattle, WA
98195-2900
Telephone: 2065431929
Fax: 2065431931
speccoll@uw.edu - Access Restrictions
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Open to all users. Access copies may not be available for all media, contact University of Washington Special Collections for more information.
Material stored offsite; advance notice required for use.
- Languages
- English
Biographical NoteReturn to Top
Tweney's book "The Washington 89" was a selective bibliography listing 89 significant books dealing with the history and development of the Pacific Northwest.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
Writings, correspondence, publications, photographs, reports from his work at the Boeing Company, Seattle, specifically with the Boeing Scientific Research Laboratories, and his research and publishing of "The Washington 89", materials related to his book collecting,
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Restrictions on Use
Creator's literary rights transferred to the University of Washington Libraries.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
Accession No. 4558-001: George H. Tweney papers, 1955-1995Return to Top
5.00 cubic feet (5
boxes)
Scope and Content: Writings, correspondence, photographs, reports from his work at the Boeing Company, Seattle, and his research and publishing of "The Washington 89".
Restrictions on Access: Open to all users
Some material stored offsite; advance notice is required for use.
Restrictions on Use: Creator's literary rights transferred to the University of Washington Libraries.
Acquisition Info: Donated by George H. Tweney, 5/31/1996.
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Accession | ||
| 1 | 4558-001 | Boeing Annual Reports |
1955-1995 |
| 1 | 4558-001 | Boeing Scientific Research Laboratories (BSRL):
Semi-Annual Progress Report
Scope and Content: August 1959 (First Issue) to July 1970 (last issue) complete run
of these semi-annual reports
|
1959-1970 |
| 1 | 4558-001 | Miscellaneous reports
Scope and Content: Informational brochure on BSRL. INTO THE UNKNOWN, Dedication
Symposium at the opening of the BSRL in 1960. Many of the world's outstanding
scientists were represented at this dedication symposium. DEDICATION ADDRESSES,
Weyerhaeuser Technology Center, September 1978. (An organization patterned
after the original RSRL plan.) Boeing PERSONNEL SUBSYSTEM RESEARCH, Harch 1969.
|
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| 2 | 4558-001 | Anti-Submarine Warfare program (ASW): Proposal to
corporate headquarters
Scope and Content: Preliminary studies on various types of ASW systems, etc.
General Notes: "In 1959-1960 the Company began to investigate the military
business possibilities of going into the underseas warfare field, and the
high-speed hydrofoil boat program for the United States Navy. Nothing ever came
of the former proposal, but the latter one later developed into the Company's
rather extensive hydrofoil boat program, both military and commercial. Even
this was never financially successful, and was eventually phased out in the
early 1970's."
|
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| 2 | 4558-001 | Anti-Submarine Warfare program (ASW): Correspondence,
memos, initial reports |
|
| 2 | 4558-001 | Hydrofoil Boats: Proposal to corporate
headquarters |
|
| 2 | 4558-001 | Hydrofoil Boats: Preliminary correspondence, memos,
reports |
|
| 2 | 4558-001 | Hydrofoil Boats: Initial design studies, and
construction of first small experimental hydrofoil
Scope and Content: Called "Little Squirt". Tweney was project engineer on this
project. Boat was tested successfully on Lake Washington.
|
|
| 2 | 4558-001 | Hydrofoil Boats: Later projects
Scope and Content: PCH hydrofoil for the U.S. Navy. High Speed hydrofoil boat
(AGPH) that broke the world's speed record for hydrofoils (over 80 knots), etc.
Commercial hydrofoil boats (ferries, etc.).
|
|
| 2 | 4558-001 | Hydrofoil Boats: Business and Personal Diary of
Tweney
Scope and Content: During trip to Europe in August/September 1961, to survey (and
fly) all hydrofoil boats under construction in Europe at the time.
|
1961 |
| 3 | 4558-001 | First shock tube
Scope and Content: "The Company was very interested in shock tubes as a possible
hypersonic test facility at the time, and had no experience at all with this
type of equipment. With the group I was managing at the time (Pilotless
Aircraft Division Wind Tunnel Test Group) we undertook to design and build the
first operating shock tube the Company ever had. It was quite successful, and
operated for quite a few years"About 1957-1958, the Company embarked on a survey of all
available aerodynamic -test facilities of major importance in the United
States. Specifications, technical reports, costs of operation, and other data
were gathered in detail. This is probably the most comprehensive survey of all
existing aerodynamic test facilities in the United States at the time that has
ever been done. Many of these reports are now of historical interest."
|
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| 3 | 4558-001 | First and Second Annual Shock Tube Symposia
Scope and Content: Held in the United States. Also: copy of technical paper
presented by Tweney before this Symposium
|
|
| 3 | 4558-001 | Specifications and reports of various wind tunnel test
facilities
Scope and Content: California Institute of Technology, Massachusetts Institute of
Technology, National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, University of
Washington (and others)
General Notes: Out of these studies (and others) came the eventual design and
construction of a new high-speed wind tunnel on the Company property at Plant
2
|
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| 4 | 4558-001 | Original research work and correspondence
General Notes: Twenty, George H. "The Washington" 89. Sagebrush Press, Morongo
Valley, CA, 1989. 8vo, pp. 98, folding map frontispiece, illustration, Preface
(by Robert Monroe), Introduction, Appendix A- Bibliographies cited, Appendix B-
Titles mentioned in Text. 890 copies only, including 89 signed and numbered
copies. In 1987-1988, I began researching and writing the above selective
bibliography, dealing with 89 important and significant books dealing with the
history and development of the Pacific Northwest. The book is patterned after
the earlier ZAMORANO 80, a similar bibliography dealing with California that
was published in 1945. Both the signed/limited and the remaining 890 copies
went out-of-print in about a year. In 1990 the book was selected by the ROUNCE
& COFFIN CLUB of Los Angeles as one of the best western books of the
year.
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| 4 | 4558-001 | Suggested titles to be included by others |
|
| 4 | 4558-001 | Rough manuscript notes |
|
| 4 | 4558-001 | Original draft, and final typed manuscript |
|
| 4 | 4558-001 | Hydrofoil Boats: Preliminary correspondence, memos,
reports, |
|
| 4 | 4558-001 | All artwork, illustrations, map, etc. |
|
| 4 | 4558-001 | All miscellaneous correspondence, letters with dealers,
sales, etc. |
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| 4 | 4558-001 | Copy of the completed book |
|
| 5 | 4558-001 | Private files, correspondence, photographs, etc. of
several travels abroad |
1978-1985 |
| 5 | 4558-001 | Incomplete file of Tweney's "Week-at-a-Glance"
diaries |
1969-1977 |
| 5 | 4558-001 | Personal communications and cards |
1970-1985 |
| 5 | 4558-001 | Personal correspondence from the eldest daughter of Mrs.
Marie Peterson MacDonald of Glendive, Montana, and Lompoc, California relating
to her death
Scope and Content: Mrs. Marie Peterson MacDonald passed in 1975 and was a long-time
personal and book friend of Tweney
|
Accession No. 4558-002: George H. Tweney papers, 1942-1995Return to Top
10.00 cubic feet (10
boxes)
Scope and Content: Correspondence and related files from his book collecting and appraisals, and his career at the Boeing Corporation. Also includes letters from his mother (1975-1990).
This accession is comprised of Boxes 6-15 in the donor's numbering sequence.
Restrictions on Access: Open to all users.
Some material stored offsite; advance notice is required for use.
Restrictions on Use: Creator's literary rights transferred to the University of Washington Libraries.
Acquisition Info: Donated by George H. Tweney, 8/3/1999.
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Accession | ||
| 6 | 4558-002 | Recent Book Auctions
Scope and Content: Including Bloedel, Lobb, etcetera. Other miscellaneous
appraisals and auctions
|
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| 7 | 4558-002 | Technical Aviation and Other Important Material During
WWII |
1942-1945 |
| 8 | 4558-002 | Miscellany |
1972 |
| 9 | 4558-002 | Miscellany |
1964 |
| 10 | 4558-002 | Letters
Scope and Content: A few miscellaneous
|
1975-1995 |
| 11 | 4558-002 | Speeches, etcetera |
1966 |
| 12 | 4558-002 | Miscellaneous Rare Book Correspondence |
|
| 12 | 4558-002 | Personal Correspondence from Mary French
General Notes: George Tweney's mother, she died in 1990, at age 104
|
1975-1990 |
| 13 | 4558-002 | Professional Engineering Information |
|
| 14 | 4558-002 | Hydrodynamic Research |
|
| 15 | 4558-002 | Balance of Hydrofoil High Speed
Correspondence
General Notes: Refer to collection of hydrodynamic material in box 14
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Accession No. 4558-003: George H. Tweney Papers papers, circa 1940-1995 (bulk 1959-1990)Return to Top
21.42 cubic feet (22
boxes)
19 sound cassettes
1 reel-to-reel sound tape ; 1.5 mm.
9 reel-to-reel sound tape ; 1 mm.
Scope and Content: Reports, correspondence and publications from his career in aeronautical engineering, specifically with the Boeing Scientific Research Laboratories, 1955-1972. Includes technical studies and reports from his early career and from his predecessors in Boeing Scientific Research Laboratories publications services. Speeches, correspondence and related material from his involvement in the Monday Club, Seattle, and other activities.
Restrictions on Access: Open to all users.
Some material stored offsite; advance notice is required for use.
Restrictions on Use: Creator's literary rights transferred to the University of Washington Libraries.
Acquisition Info: Donated by Maxine Tweney, 5/30/2000.
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Accession | ||
| 1 | 4558-003 | Partial Resume |
|
| 1 | 4558-003 | Boeing Company: Correspondence (Reports) |
1959-1970 |
| 1 | 4558-003 | Boeing Company: Travel Expenses |
1955-1967 |
| 2 | 4558-003 | Travel Expenses |
1968-1970 |
| 2 | 4558-003 | Trinity College Correspondence |
1985-1992 |
| 2 | 4558-003 | Monday Club
Scope and Content: Papers given by Tweney and others, Club records
|
approximately 1966-1996 |
| 2 | 4558-003 | Monday Club |
|
| 3 | 4558-003 | Miscellaneous Speeches
Scope and Content: Cassette and open reel audio recordings
|
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| 4 | 4558-003 | Earthquake and Wind Studies |
approximately 1986 |
| 5 | 4558-003 | Technical Lecture Notes |
1936-1949 |
| 6 | 4558-003 | Technical Lecture Notes |
|
| 6 | 4558-003 | Miscellaneous Reports (Published) |
approximately 1943-1959 |
| 6 | 4558-003 | Boeing Management Information |
1966-1970 |
| 7 | 4558-003 | Miscellaneous Reports, United States Government and
Other Historical Publications about Boeing Card Files: N. A. C. R. Report
Abstracts |
|
| 8 | 4558-003 | Tweney Sabbatical: Dublin College: Correspondence and
Report |
1983-1985 |
| 8 | 4558-003 | Design Documents and Reports: Mainly Boeing |
approximately 1952-1956 |
| 9 | 4558-003 | Technical/Aeronautical Reports |
1941-1944, approximately 1960 |
| 10 | 4558-003 | United States Naval Ordinance Test Station:
Correspondence and Memoranda |
1949 |
| 10 | 4558-003 | Tweney Professional Contracts (Mainly
Correspondence) |
1948-1951 |
| 10 | 4558-003 | Trip Log |
1948 |
| 10 | 4558-003 | Technical Reports, Miscellaneous |
approximately 1950 |
| 10 | 4558-003 | Reprints |
|
| 11 | 4558-003 | Technical Reports (Aeronautical Engineering) |
|
| 12 | 4558-003 | Technical Reports and Specifications (Various) Including
S. S. T. Research |
1948, approximately 1950 |
| 13 | 4558-003 | Technical Reports and Specifications (Various) Including
S. S. T. Research |
1948, approximately 1950 |
| 14 | 4558-003 | Technical Drawings, Specification Reports, Including on
Boeing S. S. T. Research |
|
| 15 | 4558-003 | "Aviation History" |
|
| 15 | 4558-003 | Miscellaneous Technical Reports and
Publications |
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| 15 | 4558-003 | Boeing B. S. R. L. Correspondence; Miscellaneous Boeing
Publications |
|
| 16 | 4558-003 | Boeing B. S. R. L. Records |
|
| 17 | 4558-003 | B. S. R. L. Reports; Card File,
Miscellaneous |
|
| 18 | 4558-003 | Boeing Correspondence and Miscellany
(Tweney) |
1958- |
| 19 | 4558-003 | Boeing Files (Tweney) Miscellaneous |
1964-1971 |
| 19 | 4558-003 | Boeing Publications |
|
| 20 | 4558-003 | Boeing Technical Reports or Studies; Unpublished
Studies |
|
| 21 | 4558-003 | Miscellaneous Reports and Publications, Part
Unpublished |
|
| 22 | 4558-003 | Miscellaneous Publications |
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Personal Papers/Corporate Records (University of Washington)
Personal Names
- Tweney, George H.--Archives
Corporate Names
- Monday Club (Seattle, Wash.)
Other Creators
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Corporate Names
- Boeing Airplane Company
- Boeing Company (creator)
- Boeing Scientific Research Laboratories (creator)
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