Roger Q. Williams papers, 1908-1975 (bulk 1928-1950)

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Williams, Roger Q., 1894-1976
Title
Roger Q. Williams papers
Dates
1908-1975 (bulk 1928-1950) (inclusive)
Quantity
26.00 cubic ft. (29 boxes) + 1 shared box
Collection Number
02714
Summary
Contains materials related to the career of Colonel Roger Q. Williams, a barnstormer and founder of the Roger Q. Williams School of Aeronautics.
Repository
American Heritage Center, University of Wyoming
American Heritage Center
University of Wyoming
1000 E. University Ave.
Dept. 3924
Laramie, WY
82071
Telephone: 3077663756
ahcref@uwyo.edu
Access Restrictions
Access Restrictions

There are no access restrictions on the materials for research purposes, and the collection is open to the public.

Languages
English
Sponsor
The creation of the EAD-version of this finding aid has been made possible through a grant from the National Historic Publications and Records Commission.

Historical NoteReturn to Top

Roger Quincy Williams (1894-1976) served with the U.S. Army Air Corps in World War I and became a barnstormer and stunt flyer during the 1920s. In 1929 he became the second flyer to cross the Atlantic, flying from New York to Rome. During the 1930s Williams was a test pilot, engineer and technical advisor, and established his own flying school, the Roger Q. Williams School of Aeronautics. Williams served in the U.S. Army Air Force from 1942-1946 and in 1949 wrote a history of American aviation Flying to the Moon and Halfway Back.

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

Collection contains materials relating to Williams's aviation career, including blueprints for an Aerocoupe designed by Williams for Yankee Aircraft Corporation; correspondence regarding Williams's flight to Rome, his book Flying to the Moon and Halfway Back, and the Roger Q. Williams School of Aeronautics (1928-1949); newspaper clippings; miscellaneous materials relating to the Roger Q. Williams School of Aeronautics; scrapbooks; stunt flying advertisements; pilot log books; certificates, awards and medals; artifacts; and sketches of Williams and various aircraft. There are also numerous photo files featuring noteworthy aviation persons, places, and things.

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

Restrictions on Use

Copyright Information

The researcher assumes full responsibility for observing all copyright, property, and libel laws as they apply.

Preferred Citation

Preferred Citation

Item Description, Box Number, Folder Number, Collection Name, Collection Number, American Heritage Center, University of Wyoming.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Related Materials

Related Materials

There is a scrapbook of newspaper clippings on Lewis Alonzo Yancey and Roger Q. Williams's 1929 trans-Atlantic flight at the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs.

Acquisition Information

Acquisition Information

This material was received from Roger Q. Williams, Ann Williams, and Verne Shrewsbury, 1968-1977.

Processing Note

Processing Information

The collection was processed by Kathryn Brooks in March 2012.

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

Series I. Manuscripts & publicationsReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box
4
"A Chip Off the Old Block"
undated
4
"Airplanes are Strange People"
1946
4
"Aviation Careers - Unlimited"
undated
4
"Beating the Reds is No Pushover" with a note to the editors
1950 August 7
4
"Bill's Episode"
undated
4
"Bunny Cottontail Turns Hero"
undated
5
Children's stories - "The Magic Twinkle Dell" & "Johnny Flat-tail"
undated
4
"Cooey Pidgeon - the Navigator"
undated
4
"Dixie Robin's Solo Flight"
undated
4
"Don't Ever Fly"
undated
4
"Down Wind Turns (unpublished)"
undated
4
"Ernestine, My Rosebud"
1948
5
"Flying Up to Columbia, S.A." published in Bogotá
undated
5
For article - "Flying Faces"
undated
5
"Fuzzy Woodborer's First Airplane Ride"
1946
5
"General Gaffney Had an Idea"
1945
29
Golden Moments Lest We Forget (spiritual cards written by Williams)
undated
5
"Grandpa Silkworm Tells a Story"
undated
4
Index material for "The Black Eagle"
1933-1934
5
"Jungle Flight"
undated
6
Miscellaneous
undated
1
Morgan Aviation Review - To the Moon and Halfway Back review
1960-1961
5
"Mrs. Jones - Aviation Widow"
undated
5
"Naughty Mousey Longtail"
undated
6
Original typed "Who's the Dumb Animal?"
undated
5
"Picking Up Ice (unpublished)"
undated
5
Poetry - "The Musings of a Birdman"
1943-1944
7
Published articles: "Are Women Psychologically Unsuited for Flying?" in Psychology Digest
1937 March
7
Published articles: "Bronco-bustin' an Airplane"
1932 May
7
Published articles: "Ice Upstairs"
1936 February 15
7
Published articles: "Stability" - The Sportsman Pilot
1936 January 15
7
Published articles: "The Pathfinder Discovers a New Road to Rome" - Aero Mechanics
1929 October
8
Published articles: "Trans-Atlantic air lanes"
1933 July
8
Published articles: "What the Glider Means to National Defense"
1930 September
8
Published articles: "What's Wrong with Aviation" - Southern Flight
1947 October
8
Radio Broadcast excerpt with special announcement for Aviation Scrapbook
1934
5
"Sad Little 'Jumble' Bee"
undated
5
Scenario for motion pictures "Girdling the Globe" in two parts
undated
5
"Stability"
undated
5
"Tailwind Wins a New Home"
undated
4
"The Black Eagle"
1943
4
"The 'But' and I"
1947
4
"The Case Book of Pilot 'Error'" fifteen minute radio program
undated
1
To the Moon and Halfway Back jackets
circa 1946
5
"Today, I am a Foreman"
1949 January 24
12
Up Currents (column by Williams) misc.
1946-1947
6
"Wanted - Aircraft Salesmen"
undated
6
"Well, Spin My Prop"
1957
29
Who's the Dumb Animal? A Dog's Own Tale of Conquest to Charm Folks and Live in Ease
1964
6
"Winging the Way to Columbia, S.A. (unpublished)"
undated
6
"Youth Wings and Conflict"
1943

Series II. Aviation careerReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box
1
Air Force - Active duty material
1942-1943
12
Airline Pilot's Logbook
1938-1941
21
Aviation ephemera
1929-1967, undated
1
Blueprint of Aerocoupe designed by Williams
1936-1937
1
Boedy's Album (Cross Section of Aviation Personnel)
1938
2
Electroplates of R.Q.W. after New York to Rome flight
circa 1929
3
Invention - navigation aid for radio beam
circa 1945
3
Invention - R.Q.W.'s Dial for Aircraft Maintenance
undated
3
Inventions - navigation aids, compass protractor, & range beam projector
circa 1930
12
Logbook 01
1942-1946
12
Logbook MC
1940-1942
12
Logbook Mc1 - Individual flight record
1942-1944
7
Photostat of Pursuit "Pusher" plane designed by R.Q.W.
1937 January
Shared box
Recording from Col. Williams's speech at Oak Chamber of Commerce (audiodisc)
1947 December
Box
8
Roger Q. Williams School of Aeronautics correspondence & misc. material
1936-1941
9
Roger Q. Williams School of Aeronautics literature
1940
9
Roger Q. Williams School of Aeronautics pamphlets, articles, & misc. items
1937-1941
9
Roger Q. Williams School of Aeronautics prospectus
1941 February
1
Scrapbook material
undated
9
Scrapbook supplements: New York to Rome - misc. clippings
1928
3
Wing stall warning invention
1946 November 4

Series III. Printed materialsReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box
29
Arque Aviation Press envelopes
undated
12
Fifty Famous Flyers by Dick Kirschbaum (signed)
1941-1942
8
Misc. printed materials
1929-1941
10
Miscellaneous
1914-1950
7
News releases
undated
7
Newspaper clippings - miscellaneous
circa 1927-1946
8
Newspaper clippings, publications, & articles re: R.Q.W.
1930-1962
7
Publications - miscellaneous
1970-1971
8
Published article by Stookie Allen - "Men of Daring"
1936 September 12
8
Published articles of R.Q.W.
1953, 1967
10
Stunt flying advertisements
undated
10
Taloa Academy of Aeronautics leaflets
1948

Series IV. PersonalReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box
1
Autographed correspondence
1946-1950
20
Certificates & aviation miscellany
circa 1946-1974
12
Certificates
1940-1973
21
Certificates
1929, undated
1
Correspondence - Italo Balboa's mass flight - Rome to Chicago World Fair
1933
1
Correspondence - miscellaneous
1928-1945
3
Correspondence - New York-Bermuda flight June 30, 1930
1930
1
Correspondence - re. 8" x 10" photos autographed for R.Q.W.
1947-1949
1
Correspondence from Stanley Beach
1941 August
1
Correspondence Re: Who's the Dumb Animal (Erik's letters)
1964-1967
12
Mini-scrapbooks
1975, undated
28
Retirement signature sheet
undated
9
Scrapbook - Famous Flyers, news clippings, correspondence, etc.
circa 1920-1928
15
Scrapbook - Reader's Digest National Tour
1934-1951
17
Scrapbook - Yancey-Williams Trans-Atlantic Aerial Flight 1929
1928-1964
21
Scrapbook #2 - aviation memoirs
circa 1929-1959
16
Scrapbook #3 - Quiet Birdmen, for aviation memoirs
1962-1973
18
Scrapbook #4 - aviation memoirs
circa 1944-1974
19
Scrapbook #5 - aviation memoirs
circa 1939-1974
20
Scrapbook #6 (unbound) - aviation memoirs
circa 1975
10
Scrapbook supplement: New York to Rome - misc. clippings
1927-1928
10
Scrapbook supplement: Reader's Digest tour clippings
circa 1927-1940
10
Scrapbook supplement: WWI book with photos
undated
15
Scrapbooks (2) - Weekly column of current events - Up Currents
1946-1950

Series V. ArtifactsReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box
25
Display case - aviation memoirs - medals
undated
24
Display case - inventions by Williams
undated
12
Goggles
undated
3
Jack-Jack-Joe Combo game
undated
23
Plaque - "High Flight" poem by John Gillespie Magee, Jr.
undated
23
Plaque - I.A.I. Standard Proof of Invention Form
1951-1952
12
Plaque - In Recognition of Fifty Years Outstanding Contribution to Aviation from Wright Aircraft Engines
undated
23
Plaque - Mr. OX5 of 1964
1964
20
Plaque honoring Williams
undated
27
Shadow boxes - aviation memoirs
circa 1929-1958
28
Shadow boxes - aviation memoirs
circa 1918-1947
3
WAVA switch
undated
22
Wright Aeronautical R3350 Engine Plaque
1964

Series VI. ImagesReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Sub-series 1. People
Box
14
Acosta, Bert
1927 December 28
14
Akelsen, Ivar
undated
14
Alexander, Hector
undated
14
Arnold, Leslie P.
undated
14
Assoland, Jean
1929 June 11
14
Babcock, Donald
1929 November 23
14
Balbo, Italo
undated
14
Balchen, Bernt
1928-1929
14
Ballough, E.E.
1927-1928
14
Barnaby, Ralph S.
1930 January 31
14
Beard, Charles E.
undated
14
Beckett, William
1929 March 13
14
Bell, Pretto
1929 December 23
14
Bennett, Floyd
1928
14
Berry, Homer
1929 January 9
14
Bertrand, Lloyd
1927 July 25
14
Bertrandias, Victor
1928 November 13
14
Bevins, Martha C.
1928 October 17
14
Boardman, Russell
1932, undated
14
Boedecker, Ken
undated
14
Boeing, W.E.
1919 March 3
14
Boll, Mabel
1927 August 30
14
Bonelli, Peter
1928 September 18
14
Boyd, J. Errol
1933 July 6
14
Brazil, Jack
undated
14
Brock, William S.
1927-1928
14
Bromely, Harold
1930 May 27
14
Brown, Myrtle
1927 December 8
14
Bruno, Harry
1947 October
14
Bryan, Maxwell W.
undated
14
Burke, John H.Q.
undated
14
Byrd, Richard E.
1933
14
Capot, Arthur
1928 April 15
14
Carranza, Capt. Emilio
undated
14
Ceony, J. Carroll
undated
14
Chamberlin, Clarence
1928
14
Chambers, Reed M.
undated
14
Chapline, George
undated
14
Churchill, Lawrence (Maj.)
undated
14
Colby, T.B.
1927-1928
14
Colleau, Jacquelie
undated
14
Costes, Dieudonne (Capt.)
1930, undated
14
Courtney, Frank
1928
14
Cramer, Parker
1928-1929
14
Crawford, Fred
undated
14
Culloch, Bob
1947
14
Curtiss, Glenn
1930 June 1
14
Damon, Ralph S.
undated
14
Davis, Art
1930 January 16
14
Davis, Kent
undated
14
Davis, Ollie
undated
14
de Pinedo, Francesco
1929, undated
14
Dickens, Capt. Charles
1928 September 6
14
Doolittle, Gen. James H.
1931, undated
14
Dougherty, Morris R.
1928 July 24
14
Douglas, David W.
undated
14
Earhart, Amelia
circa 1928-1933
14
Eckener, Dr. Hugo
1928 October 16
14
Edzard, Cornelius
undated
14
Eielson, Carl B.
undated
14
Elder, Ruth
1927
14
Ellman, Lt.
undated
14
Evans, Floyd E.
undated
14
Fahy, Herbert
1930 March 26
14
Farnel, Lonnie
undated
14
Fechet, James
1928
14
Ferguson, Ken
undated
14
Fierro, Col. Roberto
1930
14
Fitzmaurice, Major
1928, undated
14
Fitzmaurice, Mrs. Violet
1928 May 3
14
Fogg, Lt. Robert S.
1928, undated
14
Fonck, René
1928 November 2
14
Futz, Larry
undated
14
Gaffrey, Gen. D.
undated
14
Gale, Dick
undated
14
Gast, Robert
1929 June 28
14
Gillies, Allison
1930 May 24
14
Gilmour, Herbert W.
undated
14
Goebel, Art
circa 1928
14
Goldsborough, Frank
1929 November 24
14
Goodwin, Mrs. Edward H.
1928 March 15
14
Grayson, Frances
1927 October
14
Griffin, Col, Bennett
1933-1947
14
Gussman, Leroy R.
undated
14
Haeberle, Lt. G.S.
1929 November 1
14
Haldeman, George W.
1927-1928, undated
14
Hassell, Bert
1928
14
Hawks, Frank
1929-1930
14
Hegenberger, Albert
1927 June 23
14
Hillig, Otto
1940 July 15
14
Holman, C.W. ("Speed")
1928 September 8
14
Hunter, Croil
undated
14
Irvine, Sam
undated
14
Jensen, Martin
1927, 1929
14
Johnson, Adele
undated
14
Johnson, Amy
1930 May 23
14
Jones, C.S. "Casey"
1947 October
14
Jones, Charlie
undated
14
Jordinoff, Mrs. A.
undated
14
Kartveli, Alexander
undated
14
Keif, Aubrey
undated
14
Keilling, Col. Harry
undated
14
Keillor, Col. Russ
undated
14
Kindelberger, Dutch
undated
14
King, George
undated
14
Klein, Howard J.
undated
14
Knott, Heinrich
1930 January 8
14
Koehl, Captain
1928 May 3
14
Krug, George E.
1947 October 21
14
Lacey, Steve
1927 September 21
14
Le Brix, Joseph
1928, 1931
14
LeBoutillier, Oliver
1928 August 31
14
Lee, Josh
undated
14
Lefèvre, Réne
1929 May 13
14
Lehr, Bert
undated
14
LeMan, William K.
undated
14
Lemen, Clayton
undated
14
Levine, Charles A.
1927-1930
14
Lindbergh, Anne M.
1929 August 4
14
Lindbergh, Charles A.
1927-1930
14
Livingston, John H.
1928 September 9
14
Loewenstein, Alfred
undated
14
Lombardi, Marchelin
undated
14
Loose, Frederick
1927 October 4
14
MacCracken, Wm. P.
1928 March 21
14
Macfadden, Bernarr
undated
14
Magdalena, ?
1928 July 3
14
Mahoney, L.E.
1918
14
Marin, Luis Muñoz
1949 January 2
14
Marriolt, J.S.
undated
14
Martin, Dexter
undated
14
Martin, Glenn L.
undated
14
Mattern, James
1932 July 12
14
McGrady, ?
undated
14
McKinney, Ive
1928 September 7
14
McMillan, Clifford
1930 March 26
14
Mears, John Henry
1928
14
Mendez, Lt. Benny
undated
14
Meredith, Col. Luff
undated
14
Merrill, M.M.
1928, undated
14
Merrill, Mrs. M.M.
1928 August 29
14
Mitchell, Billy
undated
14
Moebus, Lt. Lucien A.
1928 November 23
14
Morrow, Ambassador
undated
14
Mosier, "Red"
undated
14
Nelson, Thomas
1929 November 6
14
Nichols, Ruth R.
1928, undated
14
Northrop, John K.
undated
14
Noyes, Blanche
1948
14
Nungessen, Capt. Charles
undated
14
O'Connor, John P.
1928 August 1
14
Odom, Capt. Bill
1949
14
O'Mara, Jack
1931 February 12
14
Omlie, Phoebe Fairgrave
1928 March 27
14
O'Neil, James F.
1947-1948
14
Page, George Jr.
1947 October
14
Pangborn, Clyde
undated
14
Parker, Billy
undated
14
Parrish, Wayne W.
1944, undated
14
Patterson, N.A.
undated
14
Peterson, "Major Pete"
1919, undated
14
Piper, W.T.
undated
14
Post, Augustus
1947
14
Post, George
undated
14
Post, Wiley
circa 1931-1934
14
Quirino, Elpidio
1947 April 6
14
Rasche, Thea
1927, undated
14
Ray, Jim
1931 December 23
14
Redfern, Paul
1927 August 26
14
Reynolds, Milt
undated
14
Richardson, Dick
undated
14
Roberts, Verne L.
1927 September 18
14
Rocheville, Charles
1930 April 21
14
Rogers, Charlie
undated
14
Ronne, Edwin
1928 August 29
14
Ryan, Claude
undated
14
Scarlett, Vice Air Marshal
1927 October 4
14
Schildauer, Clarence H.
1927 March 14
14
Schiller, C. Duke
1927-1928
14
Schoenhair, Lee
1928
14
Schroeder, R.W.
1947, undated
14
Sidar, Pablo L.
1930 May 14
14
Sikorsky, Igor
1947 October 2
14
Smith, Charles Kingsford
1928, 1930
14
Smith, Elinor
1929 April 25
14
Smith, Ernest L.
1927 July 17
14
Soucek, Apollo
1930 June 11
14
Spaatz, Carl (Tuhey)
undated
14
Stanton, Charles
undated
14
Stone, Fred
1928 November 28
14
Stultz, Wilmer
1928
14
Swan, William G.
1931 June 5
14
Tepew, Dick
undated
14
Thaw, (Major) William
1928 August 31
14
Tunney, Gene
1928 July 26
14
Turner, Roscoe
1933-1939
14
Twining, Gen. N.T.
undated
14
Vance, Clair K.
1928 May 12
14
Vandenberg, Hoyt S.
1949
14
Vest, George
undated
14
Weber, Charles
1928 November 28
14
Wedell, James R.
1933, undated
14
Westover, "Smoky Joe"
undated
14
Whelen, Ben
undated
14
Williams, Al
1925, undated
14
Williams, Roger Q.
circa 1914-1964, undated
14
Wilson, Gill Robb
undated
14
Woolman, C.E.
undated
14
Wright, Ted
1947 October 1
14
Yancey, Lewis A.
1930, undated
14
Young, Clarence
1930, undated
14
Zweng, Charles A.
undated
Sub-series 2. Aviation
Box
21
1929 Flight publicity photos
circa 1929
13
Air mail - planes
1919-1928, undated
13
Aircraft accidents
1927-1946, undated
14
Aircraft carriers
1930, undated
14
Aircraft Maintenance Division
circa 1944-1945
14
Airlines - American
1948, undated
14
Airlines - Colonial
undated
14
Airlines - Intercity
undated
13
Airlines - Pan American
undated
13
Airlines - Transocean
undated
13
Airlines - United
undated
13
Airlines - Wien Alaska
undated
13
Airplane designs - Aerocoupe
undated
13
Airplane designs - Pursuit Plane
undated
13
Airplane designs
circa 1938, undated
13
Airplanes - "Burnelli"
1930 May 8
13
Airplanes - "City of New York"
1928, 1930
13
Airplanes - "Columbia"
circa 1927-1930
13
Airplanes - "Green Flash"
undated
13
Airplanes - "K of New Haven"
1930 May
29
Airplanes - "New York"
1927 July 6
29
Airplanes - "Olympia"
undated
13
Airplanes - "Pathfinder"
1929
13
Airplanes - "Roma"
undated
13
Airplanes - "Southern Cross"
1930 June 11
13
Airplanes - "Spirit of St. Louis"
undated
13
Airplanes - "The Question Mark"
1931, undated
13
Airplanes - "The Yellow Bird"
undated
13
Airplanes - "Uncle Sam"
undated
13
Airplanes - "Wooleroc"
undated
13
Airplanes - "World's Famous Trio"
undated
13
Airplanes - "Yankee Doodle"
1928 August 20
13
Airplanes - Beechcraft
circa 1949-1964
13
Airplanes - Bell P-39 "Aircobra"
1945, undated
13
Airplanes - Bell P-59A (early jet)
undated
13
Airplanes - Bellanca
1911-1939, undated
13
Airplanes - biplanes
1911-1930, undated
13
Airplanes - Boeing
undated
13
Airplanes - Braniff
undated
13
Airplanes - C-47
circa 1944-1945
13
Airplanes - C-54
undated
13
Airplanes - Cessna
1927, undated
13
Airplanes - Christofferson
1914, 1917
13
Airplanes - Columbia "Triad"
undated
13
Airplanes - Curtiss "Condor"
undated
13
Airplanes - Curtiss "Falcon"
1928 August 29
13
Airplanes - Curtiss "Oriole"
undated
13
Airplanes - Curtiss
1929-1930
13
Airplanes - damaged floor stringer
1946 March 20
13
Airplanes - Dornier Do X
undated
13
Airplanes - engines
1946, undated
13
Airplanes - Fairchild
undated
13
Airplanes - Fokker "Old Glory"
1927
13
Airplanes - Fokker
1927-1929
13
Airplanes - Ford Tri-Motor
1928, undated
13
Airplanes - gliders
1930-1931
13
Airplanes - Guggenheim Safe Planes
1929, undated
13
Airplanes - L.W.F.
undated
29
Airplanes - Lockheed
1930, undated
29
Airplanes - monoplanes
1927-1934, undated
29
Airplanes - Northrop "Flying Wing"
undated
13
Airplanes - P-63
undated
13
Airplanes - packing & crating
1946 March 14
13
Airplanes - Police Patrol
1929, undated
13
Airplanes - Russian
1944 December 28
13
Airplanes - Ryan
undated
13
Airplanes - Seaplanes
1927-1929, undated
13
Airplanes - Seversky
circa 1935
13
Airplanes - Stinson
1930, undated
13
Airplanes - tandem-engined
undated
13
Airplanes - Waco #10
1928 September 8
13
Airplanes - Wright Bros.
1908
13
Airplanes - Wright Type B
1910-1911
13
Airplanes
1930-1949, undated
13
Airports - Anchorage, Alaska
undated
13
Airports - Annette
undated
13
Airports - Bethel
undated
13
Airports - Big Delta
undated
13
Airports - Cordova
undated
13
Airports - Cutbank, Alaska
1945 July 2
13
Airports - Grande Prairie
1945 June 14
13
Airports - Juneau, Alaska
undated
13
Airports - Lethbridge
undated
13
Airports - Nome, Alaska
circa 1942-1945
13
Airports - Northway
1942, undated
13
Airports - Tanacross
1942, undated
13
Airports - Toledo, Ohio
undated
13
Bell Aircraft Corporation
undated
13
Crews - "North Star"
1928 June 28
13
Crews - "Pathfinder"
undated
13
Crews - "Roma"
undated
13
Dirigibles
1928-1930, undated
13
Early flying devices
1911-1927, undated
13
Equipment - Safety Kone
undated
15
Equipment - Safety Kone
circa 1941
13
Equipment
1928-1946, undated
13
Fields - American River
undated
13
Fields - Bettles
undated
13
Fields - Birchwood
undated
13
Fields - Calgary
1944-1945, undated
13
Fields - Campbell Creek
undated
13
Fields - Carlstrom
undated
13
Fields - Dow
undated
13
Fields - Edmonton
1943-1945, undated
13
Fields - Elmendorf
1940, undated
13
Fields - Floods
undated
13
Fields - Ft. Meyer
1908
13
Fields - Ft. Nelson
1942, undated
13
Fields - Gakona
undated
13
Fields - Galena
undated
13
Fields - Goose
undated
13
Fields - Great Falls
1943-1945, undated
13
Fields - Greenland
1943
13
Fields - Gulkana
undated
14
Fields - Healy
undated
14
Fields - Hickam
undated
14
Fields - Ladd
1940-1944, undated
14
Fields - Lake Spenard
undated
14
Fields - McGrath
undated
14
Fields - Meeks
1943 August 26
14
Fields - Merrill
undated
14
Fields - Minchumina
undated
14
Fields - Moses Point
1942 June 1
14
Fields - Newfoundland
1943 August 20
14
Fields - Penhold
1945 July 2
14
Fields - Presque Isle
1945 April 17
14
Fields - Scotland
1943 August 28
14
Fields - Souther
undated
14
Fields - St. John
undated
14
Fields - Taliafero
undated
14
Fields - Talkeetna
undated
14
Fields - Valdez
undated
14
Fields - Wasilla
undated
14
Fields - Watson Lake
undated
14
Fields - Wheeler
undated
14
Fields - Whitehorse
undated
14
Fields - Wold-Chamberlin
undated
14
Fields - Wrigley
1944 February 20
14
Fields - Yakutut
undated
13
Fields
1945, undated
14
Flights - New York to Rome
undated
14
Food service
1945, undated
14
General Airplanes Corporation
undated
14
Guided missiles
1949, undated
14
Hangars
1909, undated
29
Helicopters
1930-1947, undated
14
Instruments - Williams's inventions
1946, undated
14
McDonnell Aircraft Corporation
undated
14
Model planes
undated
14
Ocean landing stage
1928 April 12
14
Organization supporters
undated
14
Parachuting
undated
14
Reader's Digest National Tour
circa 1940
14
Rescue and survival
1928-1945, undated
14
Seaplane base construction
undated
14
Stunt flying
undated
29
Courses of Instruction at Taloa Academy
1948
14
Training
1945, undated
14
Veterans
1928 November 10
14
Weather
1943, undated
Sub-series 3. Geographic
Box
29
Alaska
1944, undated
29
Bering Strait
undated
29
Bermuda
undated
29
California
1922-1945, undated
29
Canada
1945, undated
29
Colombia, South America
1933, undated
29
Cuba
undated
29
Egypt
undated
29
Florida
1919, undated
29
Gotland Island
undated
29
Greenland
1943
29
Hawaii
undated
29
Iceland
1943 August 27
29
India
undated
29
Labrador
1943 September 10
29
Maine
1945 April 17
29
Manila
undated
29
McKinley Park
undated
29
Mexico
1948, undated
29
Montana
undated
29
Mountains - glaciers
1943, undated
29
Nassau Harbor
undated
29
New York
1918, 1928
29
Newfoundland
1943 August 20
29
Panama Canal
1922 March 31
29
Paris, France
undated
29
Philippines
undated
29
Scotland
1943 August 28
29
Shanghai
undated
29
South America
1947, undated
29
South Dakota
undated
29
Spain
undated
29
Sweden
undated
29
Texas
undated
29
Virgin Islands
undated
Sub-series 4. General
Box
2
Electroplates for Up Currents (column)
undated
12
Images removed from frames
1969, undated
26
Negatives
1940, undated
2
Original drawings by Art Brewster for Up Currents
circa 1946-1947, undated
11
Original photos for Who's the Dumb Animal?
undated
21
Photo album
1929
11
Photographs
circa 1927-1963, undated
12
Photos - for Col. Wiliams's aviation memoirs
undated
11
Photos autographed to RQW
1947, undated
11
Pictures for Reader's Digest scrapbook
1939-1940
15
Pictures of Aerocoupe designed by Williams
circa 1941
29
Ships
1922-1945, undated
10
U.S. Patent sketches for R.Q.W.'s military airplane
circa 1933
11
WWI pictures
1924, undated
11
WWII Alaska & index to "The Moon + Halfway Back" book
1943-1945, undated

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Subject Terms

  • Aeronautics -- Flights.
  • Aeronautics.
  • Air pilots.
  • Airplanes -- Design and construction.
  • Flight schools.
  • Flight training.
  • Stunt flying.
  • Transatlantic flights.

Form or Genre Terms

  • Advertising fliers.
  • Blueprints.
  • Memorabilia.
  • Scrapbooks.
  • Sketches.