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Philip G. Johnson scrapbooks and other material, 1913-1960
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Johnson, Philip G. (Philip Gustav), 1894-1944
- Title
- Philip G. Johnson scrapbooks and other material
- Dates
- 1913-1960 (inclusive)19131960
1925-1945 (bulk)19251945 - Quantity
- 9 linear feet, (23 boxes and 3 packages)
- Collection Number
- 1982.82, 2007.3.2
- Summary
- Scrapbooks, papers and photographs of Philip G. Johnson, a pioneer of the aviation industry in the United States and Canada, and president of Boeing companies in the 1920s-1940s.
- Repository
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Museum of History & Industry, Sophie Frye Bass Library
P.O. Box 80816
Seattle, WA
98108
Telephone: 2063241126 x102
library@mohai.org - Access Restrictions
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The collection is open to the public by appointment.
- Languages
- English.
- Sponsor
- Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Biographical NoteReturn to Top
Philip Gustav Johnson was a pioneer in the manufacturing of airplanes and in the organization of commercial airlines in the United States and Canada. Born in Seattle on November 5, 1894, Johnson was the son of Swedish immigrants Charles S. and Hanna (Gustavson) Johnson. He attended Seattle grade schools and graduated from Broadway High School on Capitol Hill.
Johnson was a mechanical engineering student in the University of Washington College of Engineering when the Boeing engineering department recruited him in 1917. He held successive positions in the Engineering Department (1917-1918), the Production Department (1918-1919), as Superintendent (1919-1922), as Vice-president, and as General Manager (1922-1926), becoming president of the company in 1926. He was president of four companies that preceded United Airlines--Boeing Air Transport , Pacific Air Transport, National Air Transport and Varney Air Lines--and in 1933, of United Aircraft and Transport Company, the parent company merging Boeing, Pratt & Whitney, and other companies.
In 1934, as a result of the scandal surrounding the assignment of air mail contracts, Johnson resigned his position as president. Among the conditions allowing airlines to bid for new air mail contracts was the requirement that the company not employ any executives present at the 1930 “spoils conference” with Postmaster General Brown, where lucrative air mail contracts had been allotted. Johnson resigned his position with Boeing, leaving for Canada in 1937 to assume the post of Vice-President in charge of operations for Trans-Canada Air Lines. Simultaneously, he was president of Kenworth Motor Truck Company, a position he held until his death in 1944.
In 1939, the legislation that had driven Johnson out of Boeing was rescinded. With the company losing money and with an increased demand for aircraft in wartime, Johnson returned to Seattle and resumed the presidency of Boeing, supervising the production of the B-17 Flying Fortress bombers and putting Boeing back on its feet financially.
Johnson also served on the Board of Directors for the Pacific National Bank, Puget Sound Power and Light, and Puget Sound Navigation Company; he was also named the “First Citizen” of Seattle in 1943.
Johnson married Catherine Foley in 1925; the Johnson’s had two children, Esther (b. 1926) and Philip G. Jr.(b. 1930). Phil Johnson died of a cerebral hemorrhage in Wichita, Kansas, on September 14, 1944, while on business for Boeing.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
Scrapbooks, correspondence, government documents, photographs, publications and ephemera, 1913-1960 (bulk 1925-1945).
The 25 scrapbooks of clippings and ephemera document the development of the aviation industry and Boeing companies, and the career of Philip G. Johnson. The personal and professional papers include extensive documentation of the construction of Johnson’s Tudor style home at Woodway Park, biographical and memorial materials about Johnson’s life and work, papers related to Johnson’s other professional activities, as well as some family papers. Subject files consist largely of correspondence, transcripts and government documents related to the 1934 Senate investigation headed by Hugo Black into the assignment of air mail contracts. The photographs depict many individuals in the aviation industry in the United States and Canada, including executives, pilots and military officers, as well as men in related industries.
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Restrictions on Use
The Museum of History & Industry is the owner of the materials in the Sophie Frye Bass Library and makes available reproductions for research, publication, and other uses. Written permission must be obtained from MOHAI before any reproduction use. The museum does not necessarily hold copyright to all of the materials in the collections. In some cases, permission for use may require seeking additional authorization from the copyright owners.
Preferred Citation
Philip G. Johnson scrapbooks and other material, Museum of History & Industry, Seattle
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Arrangement
Arranged in 6 series:
- Scrapbooks, 1925-1945
- Personal and professional papers, 1917-1959
- Subject files, 1929-1942
- Photographs, 1916-1940s
- Publications, 1913-1934, undated
- Ephemera, circa 1930-1960
Location of Collection
13b.3.4-8Location of Collection
Map drawer VII.b.6 (architectural drawings)Acquisition Information
Gift of Philip G. Johnson, Jr., 1982 (Accession No.1982.82). Scrapbook comprising Accession No. 2007.3.2 was found in the museum collection.
Processing Note
Materials were numbered upon accessioning. Materials were rearranged intellectually during creation of the finding aid, though the numbering and physical arrangement were retained.
Photographs were removed from albums and sleeved or foldered for preservation purposes. A selection of Christmas cards was removed from the Christmas card scrapbooks and placed in folders; the rest were discarded.
Separated Materials
The volume American Furniture: Queen Anne and Chippendale Periods by Joseph Downs (New York: Macmillan, 1952) was relocated to the library reference collection.
The donation included three plaques. These artifacts are cataloged and stored separately by MOHAI’s Collections Department.
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in the collection.
Scrapbooks, 1925-1945Return to Top
Set of black scrapbooks embossed with the year and Johnson’s name; one red scrapbook is embossed with a title and year.
These scrapbooks, consisting largely of newspaper clippings, document developments in the aviation industry in general (such as aircraft development, landmark flights, aviation records, crashes, lives and deaths of aviators, and development of commercial, passenger and air mail service), and in Boeing companies in particular (creation of companies, various mergers, samples of Boeing advertisements, aircraft development, and labor relations). The scrapbooks also document the career of Johnson, including the period when he left Boeing to work for Trans-Canada Air Lines. The clippings document aviation related news, with extensive coverage given to the cancellation of air mail contracts in 1934, and related investigations and court proceedings; The scrapbooks also contain occasional items of a social nature, such as wedding announcements. The albums contain ephemera such as copies of Boeing News and Aviation News, first day covers from air mail routes, advertising samples for Boeing, Kenworth and other companies, plane schedules, and flight related memorabilia.
Other notable content for each album is indicated in the inventory below.
Container(s) | Description | Dates |
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Box | ||
1 | 82.82.4: 1925-1927 110 pages
Documents the early Boeing Navy FB-3 pursuit plane; air races at
Sand Point; Boeing’s first air mail flight from Chicago to San Francisco; and
the beginning of passenger flights.
|
1925-1927 |
2 | 82.82.5: 1928 168 pages
Documents the growth of commercial aviation; Boeing’s purchase
of a large interest in Pacific Air Transport; George Williams’s flight over the
North Pole; the dedication of Boeing Field; the beginning of the Boeing
Airplane and Transport Company; the first Aeronautical Exposition in Chicago;
the formation of United Aircraft and Transport Corporation; the death of pilot
Ed Hubbard. Also includes the 1928 Boeing catalog and a 15-page log of Mrs.
Boeing’s flight on a 12-passenger plane.
|
1928 |
1 | 82.82.6: 1929-1 102 pages
|
1929 |
3 | 82.82.7: 1929-2 110 pages
Includes an article by Johnson, “Recent Developments in Air
Transport,” and a booklet for the Boeing School of Aeronautics.
|
1929 |
3 | 82.82.8: 1930-1 84 pages
Includes clippings about Johnson’s plans to build a residence at
Woodway Park for $350,000; about production of Army planes; the Air Mail Act of
1930; the dedication of the Daniel Guggenheim Hall of Aeronautics at the
University of Washington; 29-hour service from Seattle to Chicago; and the
launching of the William Boeing’s motor yacht Taconite.
|
1930 |
4 | 82.82.9: 1930-2 88 pages
Includes an article about Amelia Earhart’s visit to Seattle, and
articles about the “recent and popular innovation” of replacing male couriers
on planes with female stewardesses.
|
1930 |
4 | 82.82.10: 1931-1 86 pages
Includes clippings about the merger of National Transport,
Boeing, Pacific Air Transport and Varney under United Aircraft Corporation,
with Johnson as President; the beginnings of air traffic control using radios
and magnetic maps; the death of Thomas D. Stimson in his private plane; the
development of the dirigible; female aviator Ruth Nichols.
|
1931 |
5 | 82.82.11: 1931-2 86 pages
Includes an article about Wiley Post and Harold Gatty’s progress
on a trans-global flight. Also includes a United Air Lines schedule.
|
1931 |
5 | 82.82.12: 1932-1 80 pages
Includes clippings on the inauguration of night flying; the use
of “lighthouse keepers” and radios; and a 31 hour coast-to-coast flight.
|
1932 |
6 | 82.82.13: 1932-2 72 pages
Includes articles about navigation instruments and the
increasing adoption of passenger air travel.
|
1932 |
6 | 82.82.14: 1933-1 106 pages
Includes articles about Eleanor Roosevelt flying on United Air
Lines, with original letters signed by Mrs. Roosevelt; about feeding air
passengers; and the introduction of automatic pilot, the “airobot.”
|
1933 |
16 | 82.82.15: 1933-2 106 pages
Includes a program for a testimonial dinner for Postmaster
General James A. Farley.
|
1933 |
7 | 82.82.16: 1934-1 194 pages
The three 1934 albums extensively document events surrounding
the Air Mail Scandal of 1934.
This first album includes articles about allegations that
Postmaster General Walter Brown awarded contracts to a few large companies
without competitive bidding and the apparent burning of Brown’s files on air
mail contracts after he left office; and about the Senate investigative
committee, chaired by then Senator Hugo Black. Includes articles about the
millions made by air line executives at a time when companies were receiving
government subsidies; the arrest of Assistant Secretary William P. MacCracken
for his refusal to hand over his records; Roosevelt’s cancellation of air mail
contracts and his decision to use of the Army Air Corps for delivery of air
mail; and Charles Lindbergh’s rebukes of Roosevelt for cancellation of
contracts. Also documents the first of several fatal crashes of army planes
carrying airmail.
|
1934 January-February |
8 | 82.82.17: 1934-2 178 pages
Documents the suspension of army air mail flights after
continued crashes and pilot deaths; the beginnings of conditional return of air
mail to private companies; and the ban of some airline executives (including
Johnson) from the industry. Documents United Air Lines personal suit against
Postmaster General James Farley for deprivation of due process. Also includes
United Aircraft & Transport Corporation 1933 annual report and a page of
handwritten notes on air mail bids.
|
1934 March-April |
9 | 82.82.18: 1934-1935 162 pages
Includes articles about William Boeing selling his interest in
UATC after the passage of the Air Mail Act of 1934; and Lindbergh’s defense of
“black listed” air operators. This album contains no documentation of Johnson’s
activities during this period.
|
1934-1935 |
10 | 82.82.19: 1937-1938 108 pages
Documents Johnson’s appointment as Vice-President of operations
for Trans-Canada Air Lines, and as President of Kenworth Motor Truck Company.
Consists largely of articles about Johnson, and includes Johnson’s original
notes from his survey trip of Trans-Canada in February 1937.
|
1937 June-1938 July |
10 | 82.82.20: 1938 106 pages
Largely concerning Trans-Canada Air Lines. Includes a 1938
annual report.
|
1938 September-December |
11 | 82.82.21: 1939 128 pages
Largely articles about Trans-Canada Air Lines. Also includes
ephemera from the Johnson’s attendance at the January 1939 opening of Canadian
Parliament, attended by King George VI and Queen Elizabeth. Includes an article
about the crash of a Boeing Stratoliner during a test flight, killing 10.
|
1939 January-March |
12 | 82.82.22: 1939 102 pages
Includes Trans-Canada and Boeing news and the announcement of
Johnson’s resignation, in September, at Trans-Canada and his resumption of
duties as President at Boeing.
|
1939 April-December |
13 | 82.82.23: 1940 88 pages
Documents union activity at Boeing, including a work stoppage at
the Boeing plant for a mass union meeting of 5000 workers, and accusations of
Communism against union leaders. Also includes articles about the need to
expand the Boeing plant to accommodate the building of bombers for the Allies.
|
1940 |
14 | 82.82.24: 1941 98 pages
Includes continued documentation of labor union activities and
accusations of Communism; also articles about the U.S. Army order of 1,000
Boeing B-17 Flying Fortresses.
|
1941 |
package | ||
1 | 82.82.25: 1942 122 pages
This album includes an article by Johnson about his trip to
England to survey aviation plants and see Boeing’s Flying Fortresses in action.
Also includes articles about women working at Boeing plants, and Boeing’s
receipt of Army-Navy “E” awards for excellence.
|
1942 August-December |
3 | 82.82.32: "Aircraft Mission to
England--October 1942" 47 pages
This album documents Johnson's trip to England to tour aircraft
production factories. Consists largely of a series of 28 photographs, most
captioned "British Official Photograph-- U.S. Aircraft Production Chiefs at
British Factory--A return mission of U.S. Aircraft Production leaders is
visiting Great Britain under the auspices of the Ministry of Aircraft
Production." Scrapbook also includes a souvenir photo album containing 10
images depicting Johnson on his factory tours, embossed on cover "29th October
1942." Ephemera consists mostly of menus and clippings related to Johnson's
trip. Also includes two confidential reports on Johnson's trip. Includes a
drawing of Johnson, and two loose photographs, one from 1927.
|
1942 October |
Box | ||
15 | 82.82.26: 1943 134 pages
Includes further documentation of union conflicts; articles
about Boeing’s contributions to the war; and about the crash of a Boeing plane
on a test flight into the Frye Packing Co. plant, killing pioneer test flight
pilot Eddie Allen and 10 others. Also includes clippings about Johnson being
named as Seattle’s “First Citizen” for 1943.
|
1943 |
package | ||
2 | 82.82.27: 1944 128 pages
Includes articles about the production of B-29 Super Fortress to
replace the B-17 Flying Fortress and articles about the first B-29s in action
in Japan. Also documents the “Five Grand,” the 5,000th Flying Fortress, covered
completely with the names of the Boeing workers who built it. Also includes the
text of the Republican National platform.
This album documents the death of Phil Johnson on September 12
in Wichita, Kansas.
|
1944 |
Box | ||
16 | 82.82.28: 1945 84 pages
Includes articles on the death of Johnson’s mother, and on a
Bellevue forum on the return of the Nisei.
|
1944 |
Personal and professional papers, 1917-1959Return to Top
- Biographical materials
- Woodway Park residence records
- Financial and legal records
- Other interests and activities
- Miscellaneous correspondence
- Family papers
- Memorial materials
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
---|---|---|---|
Biographical
materials |
|||
Box | |||
21 | 82.82.70: Biographical
materials
Essays, resumes and clippings. Also includes materials about
his father Charles Johnson and daughter Esther Johnson.
|
undated | |
22 | 82.82.137: Scrapbook of
clippings
Includes note from a nun at Rosary Heights to Philip Jr., upon
sending him the scrapbook of clippings about his father in 1962.
|
1933 | |
23 | 82.82.139: “Philip G. Johnson, First
Citizen”
Book commemorating Johnson’s award of Seattle First Citizen
award, including text of addresses, photographs and letters of
congratulation.
|
1945 | |
23 | 82.82.147: University of Washington
diploma for Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering |
1917 | |
Woodway Park residence
records
Extensive documentation of the construction of Johnson’s
residence at Woodway Park, including decorator blueprints, materials schedules,
specifications and receipts for a variety of construction costs. Also includes
photographs of furnishings, probably taken at the time of the house’s sale.
|
|||
Box | |||
21 | 82.82.33.1: Photographs of
furnishings
49 photographs with notes on verso regarding object, location
in house, and/or price.
|
undated | |
map-drawer | |||
21 | VII.b.6 | 82.82.33.2: Decorator’s
drawings
Set of 9 drawings by Lenygon & Morant Inc., decorators
from New York, N.Y. Also includes several drawings of pieces of furniture.
|
undated |
21 | 82.82.34-45: Receipts
Receipts for surveying, plumbing and heating, architect,
construction of tennis court, windows and doors, road survey, electrical work,
cord wood, window glass, terrazzo floors, and paving of driveway.
|
1929-1934 | |
21 | 82.82.46: Schedules of materials and
finishes
Includes a blueprint by architect David J. Myers containing
listings of materials and finishes for each surface of each room. Also includes
a booklet by Myers “Specifications for General Work for Residence and Garage,
etc. on Tract 15, Woodway Park for Mr. Philip G. Johnson.”
|
1930 | |
21 | 82.82.47: Work progress 140 pages
Includes “Reports of Progress” from architect David Myers;
correspondence between Myers and Johnson regarding construction; and other
correspondence regarding work done at the Woodway Park residence. Also includes
miscellaneous receipts.
|
1930-1933 | |
21 | 82.82.48: Garden costs 60 pages
|
1932 | |
21 | 82.82.49: Receipt for earnest
money |
1929 | |
21 | 82.82.50: Telegrams to Johnson regarding
construction |
1930 | |
21 | 82.82.51: Receipts for interior
decorating 180 pages
Mostly from Lenygon & Morant, New York City
|
1930-1934 | |
21 | 82.82.52: Electrical wiring
specifications |
undated | |
21 | 82.82.63: Heating and plumbing
specifications |
undated | |
21 | 82.82.64: Painting
specifications |
undated | |
21 | 82.82.53: Receipt for
painting |
1953 | |
21 | 82.82.54: Cost of water
maintenance |
1935-1936 | |
21 | 82.82.56: Interior decoration receipts
and correspondence 45 pages
|
1930-1934 | |
21 | 82.82.57: Miscellaneous
receipts |
1935-1936 | |
21 | 82.82.58: Certificate of vacation from
Snohomish County Board of Commissioners
Also includes correspondence regarding vacating of road near
Johnson’s property
|
1930 | |
21 | 82.82.72: Inventories of
furnishings
Furnishings of Johnson residence at Woodway Park (1944) and
W.S. Ross apartment at Michigan Avenue North (1931)
|
1931, 1944 | |
21 | 82.82.76: Woodway Park
Corporation 35 pages
Correspondence regarding possible purchase of nearby
Corporation owned tidelands by Woodway Park property owners; regarding
subdivision restriction limits and water maintenance costs.
|
1937-1944 | |
21 | 82.82.143: “Woodway Park” -- promotional
booklet |
early 1930s | |
Financial and legal
records |
|||
Box | |||
21 | 82.82.55, .59-.62, .64, .74, .77-.79: Personal financial records
|
1930s-1940s | |
21 | 82.82.80: Correspondence about children’s
trust accounts
Mostly incoming correspondence from Pacific National Bank of
Seattle. Also includes a tentative outline of Catherine and Philip Johnson’s
wills.
|
1935-1947 | |
21 | 82.82.81: Ledger pages with stock, bonds,
and securities records |
1930-1946 | |
21 | 82.82.89: Real estate titles and
mortgages |
1925-1940s | |
21 | 82.82.145a: Promotional booklet for W.G.
and E.A. John Service (insurance) |
1933 | |
21 | 82.82.84: Ledger pages showing receipts
and expenditures |
1954-1959 | |
21 | 82.82.66-.69: Lakewood Avenue residence --
tax statements, leases to tenants, receipts for repairs |
1930-1935 | |
21 | 82.82.82: Securities records |
1935-1945 | |
21 | 82.82.83: List of stocks |
1934-1935 | |
Other interests and
activities |
|||
Box | |||
21 | 82.82.71: Exploration Syndicate
Correspondence between Johnson and Alfred Frank, mining
engineer of Salt Lake City, Utah, regarding subscription in mining venture in
New Mexico.
|
1935-1942 | |
21 | 82.82.73: Puget Sound Navigation
Company--correspondence
Johnson was a member of the Board of Directors.
|
1940-1943 | |
21 | 82.82.75: Puget Sound Power & Light
Company
Correspondence regarding stock and Johnson’s nomination for
Board of Directors.
|
1943-1944 | |
21 | 82.82.90: Correspondence
Regarding Johnson’s interests in Cascade Mountain farm
property (includes 5 photographs of property); and Johnson’s election to
membership in the Wings Club (includes a copy of the
Wings Club Bulletin, July 1944).
|
1942, 1944 | |
Box | |||
21 | 82.82.86: Miscellaneous
correspondence approximately 100 pages
Notable items include:
|
1939-1941 | |
Family papers |
|||
Box | |||
21 | 82.82.85a: School papers of Philip
Johnson, Jr.
Includes school records, yearbooks and 30 letters written to
his mother from school.
|
1938-1945 | |
21 | 82.82.85b:
Ireland to Iowa: A History of the Foley
and Clark Families
Philip Johnson, Jr.’s copy of a booklet about his mother’s
family. Photographs pasted in pages at back of book depict Catherine Foley
Johnson and her children Esther and Philip, Jr.; Catherine’s mother Mary Clarke
Foley and father, Matthew James Foley; Catherine’s grandparents (?) Hugh G.
Clarke and Ellen Burke Clarke, Michael Foley and Ellen Burke Foley; Philip
Johnson and paintings of Johnson’s parents.
|
1932 December | |
Memorial materials |
|||
Box | |||
23 | 82.82.141: Memorial resolution, Puget
Sound Power & Light Company
Resolution in burgundy leather folder. Includes letter to Mrs.
Johnson. Johnson was a member of the Board of Directors
|
1944 September 15 | |
23 | 82.82.142: Memorial resolution from Boeing
Airplane Company
Brown leather volume in slipcase.
|
1944 September 20 | |
23 | 82.82.144: “Memorial letters: Philip G.
Johnson”
Black trifold embossed folder containing letters. Also
includes a photograph of Philip Johnson Jr., being inducted into the Army
(1952)
|
1944-1953 | |
23 | 82.82.148: Memorial resolution from United
Air Lines |
1944 September 25 |
Subject files, 1929-1942Return to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates |
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Black Investigation
The Black Investigation files include papers and government
documents relevant to the investigation of preference in the assigning of air
mail contracts to commercial carriers by Postmaster General Walter Brown, the
cancellation of commercial airline contracts by the federal government in 1934,
and the subsequent lawsuits.
|
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Correspondence and other
papers |
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Box | ||
22 | 82.82.132: Miscellaneous
papers approximately 180 pages
Includes:
|
1937-1939 |
22 | 82.82.133: Questionnaire and other
papers approximately 120 pages
Black investigation questionnaire and correspondence about
its submission (1933); transcript of Col. Paul Henderson’s formal statement on
the Kelly bill; request for information about company stock bought by Johnson
(November 1933). Also includes four Post Office Department Air Mail route maps.
|
1933-1934 |
22 | 82.82.134: Correspondence with Bill
Boeing
Regarding Johnson’s employment records, expense accounts and
records of stock ownership. Also includes reports of operating revenue and
expenses for Boeing Air Transport, Pacific Air Transport, Varney Air Lines and
National Air Transport routes.
|
1933-1934 |
22 | 82.82.135: Air mail route maps
Also includes completed questionnaires about air mail routes
and list of Order of Expiration of Air Mail contracts.
|
1933, undated |
22 | 82.82.136: United Air Transport Company
materials
Includes Johnson’s UATC stock details; copies of documents
taken by the Black Committee, such as minutes of stockholder meetings;
statement on United bonus system; UATC annual report (1932); correspondence
with Fred Rentschler and between William Boeing and Rentschler.
|
1929-1934 |
Government
documents |
||
Box | ||
22 | 82.82.114: Post Office Appropriations
Bill, 1935. Hearings before the Subcommittee of House Committee on
Appropriations |
1934 |
22 | 82.82.107: Hearing before the
Subcommittee on Aeronautics making an investigation into certain phases of the
manufacture of aircraft and aeronautical accessories as they refer to the Navy
department |
February 2, 1934 |
22 | 82.82.95: Court of Appeals, District of
Columbia: Boeing Air Transport, Inc., National Air Transport, Pacific Air Lines
and Varney Air Lines versus John A. Farley. Brief on Behalf of Appellant.
|
1934 April |
22 | 82.82.100: Court of Appeals, District of
Columbia: Boeing Air Transport, Inc., National Air Transport, Pacific Air Lines
and Varney Air Lines versus John A. Farley. Opinion of Court |
1934 April |
22 | 82.82.110: United States Post Office
Department. In the Matter of the Order of the Postmaster General, dated
February 9, 1934, Directing the Annulment of Air Mail Contracts and Route
Certificates. Brief for Boeing Air Transport, Inc., National Air Transport,
Inc., Pacific Air Transport and Varney Air Lines, Inc. |
1934 April |
22 | 82.82.116: United States Court of
Appeals for the District of Columbia. Boeing Air Transport, Inc., National Air
Transport, Inc., Pacific Air Transport and Varney Air Lines, Inc. versus James
A. Farley. Oral argument. |
1934 April |
22 | 82.82.112-113: Final report of the War
Department Special Committee on Army Air Corps (2 copies) |
1934 July 18 |
22 | 82.82.111: Supreme Court of the United
States. Pacific Air Transport versus James A. Farley. Petition for a writ of
certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia
and supporting brief. |
1934 October |
22 | 82.82.96: Before the Interstate
Commerce Commission: Air Mail Compensation. Brief of the respondent, United Air
Lines (Air mail docket No. 1) |
1934 November 24 |
22 | 82.82.93: Report to the Federal
Aviation Commission 2 copies |
1935 January |
22 | 82.82.115: Before the Interstate
Commerce Commission. Air Mail Compensation. Exception of United Air Lines, Inc.
to the Report Proposed by the Bureau of Air Mail |
1935 February 2 |
22 | 82.82.94: Court of Claims of the United
States: Boeing Air Transport versus United States of America (Docket No. 43031)
|
1935 June 4 |
22 | 82.82.97: Court of Claims of the United
States: United Air Transport Corporation versus the United States of America
(Docket No. 43033). Petition |
1935 June 4 |
22 | 82.82.98: Court of Claims of the United
States: Boeing Air Transport versus United States of America (Docket No.
43030). Petition. |
1935 June 4 |
22 | 82.82.99: Court of Claims of the United
States: United Air Transport Corporation versus the United States of America
(Docket No. 43032). Petition |
1935 June 4 |
22 | 82.82.121: United Air Lines
specification for transport plane and request for bid Addressed to C.L. Egvedt,
President Boeing Airport Company |
1935 July 1 |
22 | 82.82.122-.123: Court of Claims, Docket No.
43029-43033. Testimony for Plaintiffs. Volumes II and III. |
1938 April 27-28 |
22 | 82.82.109: Court of Claims of the United
States. Pacific Air Transport versus the United States of America (Docket No.
43029). Petition |
1939 June 4 |
22 | 82.82.102: Fourth Plan on Government
Reorganization. Hearing before the Select Committee on Government Organization
of the United States Senate. S. Con. Res. 43, a resolution disapproving
reorganization plan numbered IV |
1940 May |
22 | 82.82.103: Court of Claims of the United
States. Report of the Commissioner on Docket Nos. 43030-43033. |
1941 July |
22 | 82.82.105: Court of Claims of the United
States. Brief of Pacific Air Transport, Boeing Air Transport, Inc. and United
Air Lines Transport Corporation (Dockets 43029-43033) |
1941 November 15 |
22 | 82.82.106: Court of Claims of the United
States. Reply brief Pacific Air Transport, Boeing Air Transport, Inc. and
United Air Lines Transport Corporation (Dockets 43029-43033) |
1942 April 2 |
22 | 82.82.101 : Supreme Court of the
District of Columbia, holding and Equity Court. Boeing Air Transport (Chicago),
Inc. against James A. Farley. Bill of complaint |
undated |
22 | 82.82.108 : Supreme Court of the
District of Columbia. Holding and Equity Court. Boeing Air Transport, National
Air Transport, Inc, Pacific Air Transport, Varney Air Lines and Boeing Air
Transport against James A. Farley. Plaintiff’s memorandum of Points and
Authorities in Opposition to Motion to Dismiss. |
undated |
22 | 82.82.117 : Supreme Court of the
District of Columbia. Holding and Equity Court. National Air Transport, Inc.
against James A. Farley. Bill of complaint. |
undated |
22 | 82.82.118 : Supreme Court of the
District of Columbia. Holding and Equity Court. Pacific Air Transport, Inc.
against James A. Farley. Bill of complaint. |
undated |
22 | 82.82.119 : Supreme Court of the
District of Columbia. Holding and Equity Court. Varney Air Lines and Boeing Air
Transport, Inc. against James A. Farley. Bill of complaint. |
undated |
22 | 82.82.120 : United States Circuit Court
of Appeals for the Second Circuit. Transcontinental & Western Air, Inc.
against James A. Farley. Brief of Boeing Air Transport, Inc., National Air
Transport, Inc., Pacific Air Transport and Varney Air Lines, amici curiae.
|
undated |
Boeing companies
materials |
||
Box | ||
23 | 82.82.153 : United Aircraft &
Transport Corporation, 1st Annual Report |
1929 |
23 | 82.82.140a-b : Blueprints
“Performance Estimate,” “Weights and Balances” and “General
Arrangement” for Boeing Airplane Company Models 238 and 239.
|
1931 July |
23 | 82.82.149 : Papers
Correspondence from Johnson to bank regarding payment of
Boeing debt; transcript of phone conversation about price dispute over purchase
of wings.
|
1932 |
23 | 82.82.140a.2 : Merger agreement Among United
Air Transport, United Air Lines, Varney Air Lines and National Air Transport
|
1934 November 19 |
22 | 82.82.124-.131 : Boeing Airplane Company and
Subsidiaries - Financial Statements 8 monthly statements
|
1936 March 31-November 30 |
23 | 82.82.138a : Trip to England approximately 160 pages
Telegrams, correspondence and other papers regarding Johnson’s
“Inspection Trip” to England.
|
1942 |
23 | 82.82.138b : “Report on Personal
Observations During Inspection Trip of U.S. Aircraft Production Mission to
England (October 14 to November 11, 1942)” 4 copies
|
1942 |
PhotographsReturn to Top
Series also contains a few drawings that were in albums or portfolios with the photographs.
Container(s) | Description | Dates |
---|---|---|
Photographs removed from album
82.82.31
These photographs are inscribed on the back, probably by
Johnson’s wife, Kate Johnson, after his death; some of these inscriptions are
noted in quotation marks after the item description. Many of the photographs
are signed, with inscriptions to Johnson.
|
||
Box | ||
18 | 82.82.31.1 : Print of drawing of William
Boeing |
1939 |
18 | 82.82.31.2 : C.D. Howe
Fayer Camera
Portraits,
London
(photographer)
“Minister of Transportation of the Canadian
Government-Ottawa, 1937-1940. American born - became Canadian citizen”
|
circa 1930s-1940s |
18 | 82.82.31.3 : Samuel J. Hungerford
“Mr. Hungerford was president of Canadian National Ry. - and
Trans Canada Air Lines was an affiliated government airline”
|
circa 1939 |
18 | 82.82.31.4 : Lawrence Arnold
“Ch[airman} of Board, Seattle First National Bank - personal
friend of P.G. Johnson”
|
circa 1930s-1940s |
18 | 82.82.31.5 : P. Gelzenlichter (?)
|
1943 |
18 | 82.82.31.6 : Clairmont L.
Egvedt
“Head of engineering at Boeing airplane factory - until he
became president in 1934 when Philip Johnson resigned at Mr. Roosevelt’s order
on account of litigation between airlines and Post Office Dept. When Philip
Johnson returned from Canada in 1939 - he again took over the presidency of
Boeing - and C.L. Egvedt became Chairman - an advisory position only.”
|
circa 1930s-1940s |
18 | 82.82.31.7 : Erik H. Nelson
“Erik H. Nelson became a general at time of 2nd World War.
Flies around the world in Army flight of 1924.”
|
1928 |
18 | 82.82.31.8 : George T. Overholt
Blank & Stoller Corp.
(photographer)
“Personal friend, business connection - Pipe Company. Pal of
Erik Nelson - early day auto racer, flyer - grandson of Overholt Rye family,
Pottsdam, Penn.”
|
circa 1930s-1940s |
18 | 82.82.31.9 : Harry Bowen
“Puget Sound Sheet Metal Co., Seattle”
|
early 1930s |
18 | 82.82.31.10 : Reed Chambers
Margaret Bourke-White
(photographer)
“An insurance executive in New York. Handled much of early
aviation insurance.”
|
circa 1930s-1940s |
18 | 82.82.31.11 : Croil Hunter
Gene
Garrett
(photographer)
“Croil Hunter - was at this time 1940 - president of Northwest
Airlines”
|
circa 1940 |
18 | 82.82.31.12 : Harry Kent
Ray
Hart
(photographer)
“President of Kenworth Motor Truck Co. - also neighbor in
Woodway Park - lived next to David Whitcomb. After his death Philip Johnson
took over Kenworth Motor Truck Co. and operated it until death (1944) when it
was sold to Paul Pigott.”
|
1936 |
18 | 82.82.31.13 : John Hansel
Fabian
Bachrach
(photographer)
“N.Y. - Adv. Executive for firm handling Boeing Airplane Co.-
early 40s and until Phil’s death.”
|
circa 1930s-1940s |
18 | 82.82.31.14 : Al Frank
Kaiden
Kazanjian
(photographer)
“Salt Lake City (airline interests, goldmine interests).
Personal friend - gave us an Irish Setter from a fine kennel in Salt Lake.”
|
1937 |
18 | 82.82.31.15 : C.P. Edwards
Blank & Stoller,
Montreal
(photographer)
“C.P. Edwards - lived in Ottawa - connected with Canadian Post
Office. Became personal friend at time of Trans Canada Airline
establishment.”
|
circa 1939 |
18 | 82.82.31.16 : Maynard Metcalf
“...was in Canadian National office at Montreal - personal
friend.”
|
1941 |
18 | 82.82.31.17 : John Henry Tudhope
A. Doyle
(photographer)
“Ex-Canadian airman - connected with Reed Chambers Insurance
firm in New York -had an office in Montreal and handled much of Trans Canada’s
Insurance [...] personal friend - by birth was from British South Africa.”
|
1940 |
18 | 82.82.31.18 : George Herring
“Ottawa, Canada - connected with Canadian Post Office”
|
circa 1930s-1940s |
18 | 82.82.31.19 : Man
“Name? - Connected with Canadian Post Office, Ottawa -
1937-1940 approx. time”
|
circa 1938 |
18 | 82.82.31.20 : Joseph P. Ripley
“With Nat. City Bank N.Y. at time Boeing Air Transport was
organized - later in his own firm - Harriman. Personal friend.”
|
circa 1930s-1940s |
18 | 82.82.31.21 : Guy Gilchrist
Gabriel Moulin,
San Francisco
(photographer)
|
circa 1930s-1940s |
18 | 82.82.31.22 : 3 men with fishing rods and
caught fish |
undated |
18 | 82.82.31.23 : Italian cruiser Emanuele
Filiberto |
1935 |
Photographs removed from album
82.82.151
Many of the photographs are inscribed to Johnson or both Philip
and Kate Johnson. These are largely studio portraits. Includes one newspaper
article about aviator Slim Lewis.
|
||
Box | ||
23 | 82.82.151.1 : Phil Johnson near fountain,
Dungeness |
undated |
23 | 82.82.151.2 : Johnson, D.B. Colyer and
Canadian assistants near plane |
1930 |
23 | 82.82.151.3 : Portrait of man |
undated |
23 | 82.82.151.4 : Edgar N. Gott
Gott was President of Boeing before Johnson.
|
1942 |
23 | 82.82.151.5 : Robert Baillargeon with fish
and rod |
1937 April |
23 | 82.82.151.6 : Johnson and other men on steps
of Pratt & Whitney Aircraft Company building |
undated |
23 | 82.82.151.7 : Raymond Frazier |
undated |
23 | 82.82.151.8 : Henry H. “Hap” Arnold in Air
Force uniform |
circa 1930s-1940s |
23 | 82.82.151.9 : Aaron E. Jones in Air Force
Uniform |
1943 |
23 | 82.82.151.10 : Portrait of man |
undated |
23 | 82.82.151.11 : John Collyer |
circa 1940s |
23 | 82.82.151.12 : Man in Air Force uniform
(“K.B”) |
1942 August |
23 | 82.82.151.13 : Man in Air Force uniform
(__Bennett?) |
circa 1940s |
23 | 82.82.151.14 : G.W. Vaughan |
circa 1930s-1940s |
23 | 82.82.151.15 : Two men (“Alan” and “Erik”)
with caught salmon |
circa 1930s-1940s |
23 | 82.82.151.16 : Man in straw boater hat
|
circa 1930s-1940s |
23 | 82.82.151.17 : Man in Air Force uniform
|
circa 1930s-1940s |
23 | 82.82.151.18 : Man with glasses in fedora
|
circa 1930s-1940s |
23 | 82.82.151.19 : Thorpe Hiscock Head of two-way
radio development at Boeing |
circa 1930 |
23 | 82.82.151.20 : Charles Knickerbocker
Friend of William Boeing from Chicago
|
circa 1930 |
23 | 82.82.151.21 : Johnson and five men in front
of Boeing Air Transport Model 80 |
circa 1930 |
23 | 82.82.151.22 : Plane on inaugural
Trans-Canada Air Lines flight |
1939 April 1 |
23 | 82.82.151.23-26 : Mrs. Johnson (?) christening
the United Jet Mainliner Philip G. Johnson |
circa 1950s |
23 | 82.82.151.27 : Article- “Slim Lewis, Flying
Frontiersman” by Bernard Kelly
Published in the
Denver Post.
|
1966 February 20 |
Photographs removed from album
82.82.152
Many of the photographs are inscribed to Johnson or both Philip
and Kate Johnson.
|
||
Box | ||
23 | 82.82.152.1 : Plane in air Clyde Pangborn
and Roscoe Turner flying in London - Australia race |
1934 September 10 |
23 | 82.82.152.2 : Man in car photographer: Frank
H. Nowell |
undated |
23 | 82.82.152.3 : Johnson receiving plaque from
two men |
circa 1930s |
23 | 82.82.152.4 : Johnson with Mr. Raynaud in
office in Montreal |
circa 1930s |
23 | 82.82.152.5 : Air force and navy officers in
front of navy plane |
circa 1930s-1940s |
23 | 82.82.152.6 : Henry H. “Hap” Arnold and two
men in front of plane |
circa 1930s-1940s |
23 | 82.82.152.7 : Man “Lil” in air force uniform
|
circa 1930s-1940s |
23 | 82.82.152.8 : Royal Canadian Air Force
commander in dress uniform |
circa 1930s-1940s |
23 | 82.82.152.9 : Jim Murray |
circa 1930s-1940s |
23 | 82.82.152.10 : Portrait of man in suit
|
circa 1930s-1940s |
23 | 82.82.152.11 : Jim Pedler |
circa 1930s-1940s |
23 | 82.82.152.12 : Portrait of man in suit
|
circa 1930s-1940s |
23 | 82.82.152.13 : U.S. Air Force Major General
Oliver P. Echols in uniform |
circa 1930s-1940s |
23 | 82.82.152.14 : Man “Ralph” in air force
uniform |
circa 1930s-1940s |
23 | 82.82.152.15 : Drawing of Major John D.
Corkille by John Hix, signed by Corkille |
circa 1930s-1940s |
23 | 82.82.152.16 : Yacht Taconite
Signed by Bertha and William Boeing, Erik Nelson and Mary and
John Ryan, dated September 4-23, 1931
|
circa 1931 |
23 | 82.82.152.17 : J.E. Schaefer
Head of Boeing plant in Wichita
|
1941 February |
23 | 82.82.152.18 : Man connected with Trans
Canada Air Lines |
late 1930s |
23 | 82.82.152.19 : Johnson and man with gun and
pheasants |
circa 1930s-1940s |
Photographs removed from
portfolio |
||
Box | ||
19 | 82.82.155.1 : Portrait of
Johnson
Marvin Tripp
(photographer)
|
circa 1930s-1940s |
20 | 82.82.155.2-3 : Johnson and others in front of
plane |
circa 1930s-1940s |
20 | 82.82.155.4 : Group of men in suits in front
of building |
1942 October 15 |
20 | 82.82.155.5 : Men in suits and air force
uniforms in office |
circa 1930s-1940s |
20 | 82.82.155.6 : Johnson with two men at desk
|
circa 1930s-1940s |
20 | 82.82.155.7 : View of clouds from an
airplane |
circa 1930s-1940s |
20 | 82.82.155.8: Pen and ink drawing “Seems
like yesterday” by C. Kessler
Caption: “Philip G. Johnson, builder of Boeing bombers, was a
boy wonder when it came to anything mechanical"
|
1930 March |
Other photographs |
||
Box | ||
19 | 2007.3.2.2 : Portrait of man in
fedora
Frank Jacobs,
Seattle
(photographer)
|
undated |
21 | 82.82.88a : Group of men in front of
building (possibly University of Washington building) |
February 1916 |
21 | 82.82.88b : Group of men (students?)
seated at long dining table, women standing at rear |
circa 1916 |
21 | 82.82.88c : Print of drawing of William
Boeing |
1939 |
PublicationsReturn to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates |
---|---|---|
Box | ||
20 | 82.82.91 :
Here are the Steinways and How They Grew
|
undated |
22 | 82.82.92 :
Problems in Dimension Drawing by
Charles W. Harris, Assistant Professor of Engineering at UW Johnson’s copy,
probably a school book 1913 |
|
23 | 82.82.145b : “The equipment of Air Forces:
France” by John Jay Ide
Reprinted from
Aviation magazine.
|
1933 April |
23 | 82.82.154 : Booklet -
The Coming American Boom by L.L.B.
Angas |
1934 |
EphemeraReturn to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates |
---|---|---|
Box | ||
20 | 82.82.156 : Invitation to Johnson to join
Tribe of Soyp (Socks Outside Your Pants) |
1935 January 18 |
17 | 82.82.29-.30 : Selection of Christmas cards
removed from scrapbooks
Includes cards with aviation motifs, from various aviation
companies or with images referring to contemporary events.
|
circa 1930s-1940s |
19 | 2007.29.1 : “Another Fall Round-up”
Page removed from Christmas card scrapbook. Pencil drawing of a
woman lassoing a man, with a branding iron “hubby” in a fire.
|
undated |
19 | 82.82.30.1 : Photos and clippings of Mr. and
Mrs. Charles Johnson’s golden wedding anniversary |
1938 November |
19 | 82.82.30.2-.3 : Drawings by Jacob A. Elshin
Four pencil sketches, one pen and ink drawing and one postcard
reproduction. Portraits and caricatures of: Florence Heiman, Bill Bowman, Mario
Scacheri, Bob Heustis, Phyllis Richards and Kate Foley Johnson (Johnson’s
wife).
|
circa late 1920s-1930s |
19 | 82.82.30.4 : Aviation themed Christmas cards
|
circa 1930s |
19 | 2007.3.2 : Album--Kenworth Motor Truck
Company: Advertising, Public Relations, Employee Relations
Scrapbook of promotional materials.
|
1943 |
21 | 82.82.87 : Clippings about Herb Munter
|
1960 |
23 | 82.82.140c : United Airlines binder
Embossed on cover: “Weather Manual--United Airlines.” “P.G.
Johnson” embossed inside.
|
undated |
23 | 82.82.146 : Binder of mechanical engineering
notes and tables |
undated |
23 | 82.82.150 : Address book |
undated |
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Air mail service -- United States -- 1930-1940
- Aircraft industry--Washington (State)--Seattle
- Airplanes
- B-17 bomber
Personal Names
- Boeing, William Edward, 1881-1956.
- Johnson, Philip G. (Philip Gustav), 1894-1944--Archives
Corporate Names
- Boeing Airplane Company
- United Aircraft & Transport Corporation
- United Air Lines
Geographical Names
- Seattle (Washington)
Form or Genre Terms
- Photographic prints
- Scrapbooks