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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)Date of CollectionDate of Collection
- 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 InformationThe researcher assumes full responsibility for observing all copyright, property, and libel laws as they apply.
Preferred Citation
Preferred CitationItem Description, Box Number, Folder Number, Collection Name, Collection Number, American Heritage Center, University of Wyoming.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Related Materials
Related MaterialsThere 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 InformationThis material was received from Roger Q. Williams, Ann Williams, and Verne Shrewsbury, 1968-1977.
Processing Note
Processing InformationThe 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 |
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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 |
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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 |
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
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.