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Eugene L. Vidal papers, 1897-1972 (bulk 1930-1969)
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Vidal, Eugene L. (Eugene Luther), 1895-1969
- Title
- Eugene L. Vidal papers
- Dates
-
1897-1972 (bulk 1930-1969) (inclusive)Date of CollectionDate of Collection
- Quantity
- 23.85 cubic ft. (44 boxes) + 1 shared box
- Collection Number
- 06013
- Summary
- Contains the papers of Eugene Luther Vidal, an aviation pioneer who was the former director of air commerce, director of Northeast Airlines, member of the Army Scientific Advisory Panel, and an Olympic athlete.
- 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
Eugene Luther Vidal (1895-1969), an engineer, graduated from the University of South Dakota in 1916 and from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point in 1918. He served in the Aviation Division of the U.S. Army Signal Corps before entering the commercial aviation business in 1926. At this time he became assistant general manager of Transcontinental Air Transport (later TWA). Vidal was an executive of New York, Philadelphia & Washington Airway Corporation and was executive vice-president of Ludington Airlines, Inc., where one of his associates was Amelia Earhart. Vidal was director of air commerce with the U.S. Department of Commerce from 1933-1937 and a member of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics. In 1937, he established the Vidal Research Corporation which developed the Vidal process for molding veneers of plywood and plastic into a variety of products. He served as aviation advisor to the Army chief of staff from 1955-1965. He also served as a member of the Army Scientific Advisory Panel and the Transportation Corps Advisory Committee. Vidal participated as an athlete and coach in the pentathlon of the 1920 and 1924 Olympic Games. He was the father of novelist Gore Vidal.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
Collection contains business and personal correspondence; reports and financial records of Vidal's various business ventures; reports, background information, and other materials related to military advisory group meetings; memoranda; family and career-related photographs; drawings; newspaper clippings; pamphlets; reports; scrapbooks; notebooks; books; and personal memorabilia. Artifacts include memorabilia of Vidal's athletic and aviation careers. There are foreign stamps, stamp albums, and first flight covers. Collection also contains books by Gore Vidal written under his own name and his pseudonym, Edgar Box.
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 are no known other archival collections created by Eugene L. Vidal at the date of processing.
Acquisition Information
Acquisition InformationThis material was received from Eugene Vidal's second wife, Katharine Vidal Smith, in 1975.
Processing Note
Processing InformationThe collection was processed by Kathryn Brooks in May 2012.
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
Series I. CareerReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Box | ||
| 11 | Addresses, speeches, & statements |
1934-1970 |
| 40 | Advisory Panel |
1965 |
| 11 | Air Mobility & Ground Mobility Advisory Groups |
1962, 1966 |
| 29 | Airplanes |
1934, undated |
| 27 | Army Aircraft Research & Development reports |
undated |
| 24 | Army Scientific Advisory Panel biographical sketches |
circa 1958-1968 |
| 25 | Army Scientific Advisory Panel spring meeting |
1968 May |
| 40 | Biographical information: Richard A. Hartley |
circa 1965 |
| 11 | Business papers |
1934-1968, undated |
| 40 | Combat Developments Command |
circa 1964 |
| 19 | Department of the Army "U.S. Army Aviation Material," |
1962-1966 |
| 19 | Department of the Army |
1961-1968 |
| 40 | Department of the Army |
1955-1967 |
| 40 | Flight Safety Foundation |
circa 1961 |
| 3 | Liberty article galley-proof |
1936 |
| 40 | "The Liftliner: Vertical-Rising Air Bus of Tomorrow" by Hall L.
Hibbard |
1963 May |
| 36 | Lycoming - Status of Research, Development, & Production
Programs prepared for Advisory Panel on Technology |
1965 April |
| 21 | Meetings |
1963-1968 |
| 24 | Memorandum - Background of Events leading to & results from
Contract of October 5, 1936, providing for merger of operations of
National Airways, Inc. into Boston-Maine Airways, Inc. |
1940 May 1 |
| 40 | Miscellaneous |
1921-1965, undated |
| 24 | Mobility Advisory Group materials |
1962-1963 |
| 40 | Mobility Advisory Group |
1964-1966 |
| 29 | Molded plastic canoe |
1965, 1967 |
| 29 | Molded plastics |
undated |
| 39 | The New Building Block - A Report on the Factory-Produced
Dwelling Module |
1968 |
| 22 | News releases |
1930-1970 |
| 34 | Philips Chemical Co. - Marlex |
1960-1961 |
| 29 | Piasecki Aircraft Corp. Airplanes |
undated |
| 35 | Piasecki Aircraft Corporation reports |
1962-1963 |
| 39 | Price lists |
1965-1968 |
| 36 | Printed materials - aircraft |
1960-1966 |
| 26 | Printed materials - Army |
circa 1958-1968 |
| 27 | Printed materials - Army |
circa 1963-1965, undated |
| 26 | Printed materials - aviation |
1932-1968, undated |
| 27 | Printed materials - aviation |
1937-1967 |
| 29 | Printed materials - aviation |
1935-1967 |
| 33 | Printed materials - aviation |
1962-1965 |
| 36 | Printed materials - Connecticut Research Commission |
1968 |
| 33 | Printed materials - helicopters |
1960-1961, undated |
| 34 | Printed materials - Lockheed |
circa 1960s |
| 26 | Printed materials - machinery/engines |
1957-1965 |
| 26 | Printed materials - nautical |
1964-1966, undated |
| 27 | Printed materials - nautical |
1941-1965, undated |
| 36 | Project Dirty Hand Final Report |
1966 October |
| 36 | RC4-90 Proposal for Development of a Rotating Combustion Aircraft
Engine - U.S. Army Aviation & Surface Materiel Command |
1963 June 14 |
| 40 | Reports |
circa 1963-1964 |
| 24 | Sikorsky S-61L Helicopter |
1962 May |
| 29 | Soviet aircraft |
undated |
| 22 | Speeches |
1931-1969 |
| 32 | Summaries |
1937-1968 |
| 32 | Symposia |
1963-1967 |
| 25 | Symposium: "Aviation and the Transportation System - Progress,
Profits and the Public Interest," |
1966 December |
| 25 | Symposium: "The Issues and Challenges of Air Transportation II:
The Impact of New Technology," |
1963 May |
| 25 | U.S. Army Combat Developments Command |
1965 December 10 |
| 21 | U.S. Army Mobility Advisory Group |
1964-1965 |
| 25 | U.S. Army Mobility Command |
1963-1965 |
| 35 | U.S. Army reports |
circa 1960s |
| 35 | U.S. Army Transportation Research Command Summary
data |
1964 |
| 29 | Vidal molded enclosure for jeep bodies |
1945, undated |
| 39 | Vidal Research Corporation bi-monthly & bi-weekly
reports |
1941-1942 |
| 39 | Vidal Research Corporation business papers |
1942-1943 |
| 39 | Vidal Research Corporation financial papers |
1942-1943 |
| 39 | Vidal Research Corporation weekly reports |
1942-1943 |
Series II. Printed materialsReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Box | ||
| 11 | Advertisements |
circa 1964-1967 |
| 18 | American Policy for Peace in the Middle East 1969-1971 by Robert
J. Pranger |
1971 December |
| 34 | Annual Report to the President & the Congress, 1972 -
Educating the Disadvantaged Child: Where We Stand |
1972 |
| 11 | Articles |
1942-1968 |
| 22 | Aviation articles (some in Spanish) |
circa 1934 |
| 20 | Documents |
1963-1971 |
| 11 | Electric Power & the Environment, A Report Sponsored by the
Energy Policy Staff, Office of Science & Technology (with
notes) |
1970 August |
| 26 | International Monetary Problems |
1972 |
| 23 | Magazines |
1942-1950 |
| 28 | Magazines: Assembly, Association of Graduates,
U.S.M.A. |
1958-1968 |
| 28 | Magazines: aviation general |
1936-1969 |
| 19 | Magazines: general |
1936-1969 |
| 28 | Magazines: Interavia
|
1963-1964 |
| 29 | Magazines: TIME
|
1963, 1969 |
| 21 | Newspaper clippings - Eugene Vidal |
1922-1969 |
| 22 | Newspaper clippings - Gore Vidal |
1952-1968 |
| 42 | Newspaper clippings - Katharine Roberts (2) |
1939, undated |
| 22 | Newspaper clippings - miscellaneous |
1928-1968 |
| 10 | Newspapers & clippings |
circa 1910-1967 |
| 28 | Papers |
circa 1933-1970 |
| 9 | Periodicals - Eugene Vidal |
1933-1969 |
| 9 | Periodicals - Gore Vidal |
1960-1969 |
| 9 | Periodicals - misc. |
1936-1965 |
| 6 | Periodicals - misc. |
1945-1967 |
| 10 | Periodicals featuring Eugene Vidal |
1940-1963 |
| 10 | Periodicals featuring Gore Vidal |
1947-1967 |
| 10 | Poster for ASE Detroit Section Technical Meeting featuring Vidal
as speaker |
undated |
| 30 | Poster from The Gridiron Club Fiftieth Anniversary
Dinner |
1935 April 13 |
| 23 | President Wilson propaganda poster |
1917 |
| 20 | Printed materials - federal |
1964, 1969 |
| 22 | Printed materials - Marlex (Phillips 66) |
circa 1957-1961 |
| 27 | Printed materials - miscellaneous |
1959-1972 |
| 29 | Printed materials - miscellaneous |
1947, 1966 |
| 39 | Printed materials - miscellaneous |
1964-1972 |
| 19 | Printed materials - periodicals |
1958-1968, undated |
| 29 | Printed materials - University of South Dakota |
1950-1968 |
| 32 | Programs |
1936-1968 |
| 32 | Reprints |
1943-1972 |
| 23 | Reviews of Gore Vidal's works |
1950-1968 |
| 18 | Schloss Heidegg by Dr. G. Boesch-Ineichen |
1958, undated |
| 6 | Scrapbook - newspaper clippings |
1933-1935 |
| 20 | State - Local Finances: Significant Features & Suggested
Legislation |
1972 |
| 33 | Third Annual Report of the Council on Environmental Quality
(2) |
1972 August |
| 18 | The Thompson Trophy Race |
circa 1937 |
| 4 |
TIME featuring Vidal |
1931 September 28 |
Series III. BooksReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Box | ||
| 18 | A Chronicle of the Aviation Industry in America +
supplement |
1948-1949 |
| 1 |
A Search for the King by Gore Vidal (inscribed by
the author) |
1949-1950 |
| 8 |
A Thirsty Evil by Gore Vidal |
1958 |
| 1 |
According to Hoy by Carl B. Hoy (inscribed by the
author) |
1960 |
| 12 |
After the Lost Generation by John W.
Aldridge |
1951 |
| 15 |
Air Transport Policy and National Security by
Frederick C. Thayer, Jr. |
1965 |
| 14 |
Aircraft U.S.A. by Harriet E.
Huntington |
1951 |
| 12 | The Aircraft Year Book for 1935 |
1935 |
| 12 | The Aircraft Year Book for 1936 |
1936 |
| 12 |
Army vs. Notre Dame - The Big Game 1913-1947 by Jim
Beach and Daniel Moore |
1948 |
| 15 | The Autogiro |
1930 |
| 8 |
The Best Man by Gore Vidal |
1960 |
| 8 |
Best Television Plays edited by Gore
Vidal |
1956 |
| 13 |
Billy Mitchell by Emile Gavreau and Lester
Cohen |
1942 |
| 13 |
The Black Knights of West Point by James S.
Edson |
1954 |
| 15 |
Born at Reveille by Colonel Red Reeder (signed by
the author) |
1966 |
| 1 |
Bringing Up the Brass by Sergeant Marty Maher with
Nardi Reeder Campion (inscribed by the author) |
1951 |
| 7 |
Byen oj Søklen (Danish edition of The City and
the Pillar) by Gore Vidal |
circa 1949 |
| 1 |
The City and the Pillar by Gore Vidal (inscribed by
the author) |
1947-1948 |
| 16 | The Chronicle of the Three Kingdoms, Volume I |
1952 |
| 1 |
Dark Green, Bright Red by Gore Vidal (inscribed by
the author) |
1950 |
| 7 |
Dark Green, Bright Red by Gore Vidal |
1950 |
| 14 |
Das Zeppelinbuch by Friedrich Heiss |
1936 |
| 7 |
Death Before Bedtime by Edgar Box |
1954 |
| 8 |
Death Before Bedtime by Edgar Box |
1953 |
| 7 |
Death in the Fifth Position by Edgar
Box |
1952 |
| 7 |
Death in the Fifth Position by Edgar
Box |
1957 |
| 7 |
Death Likes It Hot by Edgar Box |
1955 |
| 9 |
En Nat i New York by Gore Vidal |
1948 |
| 15 |
Fifty Years of Flight by Welman A.
Shrader |
1953 |
| 15 |
Flight: The Story of Aviation by Agnes Rogers
(signed by the author) |
1935 |
| 13 |
The Fun of It by Amelia Earhart |
1932 |
| 13 |
Gridiron Grenadiers, the Story of West Point
Football by Tim Cohane |
1948 |
| 8 |
High Journey by Carleton Putnam |
1945 |
| 14 |
History of the Wings Club by Clayton
Knight |
1967 |
| 16 | Holy Bible |
1952 |
| 1 |
In a Yellow Wood by Gore Vidal (inscribed by the
author) |
1947 |
| 7 |
The Judgment of Paris by Gore Vidal |
1952 |
| 7 |
Julian by Gore Vidal (inscribed by the
author) |
1964 |
| 13 |
Knute Rockne by Arthur Daley (signed by the
author) |
1960 |
| 8 |
La Città Perversa by Gore Vidal |
1949 |
| 13 |
Last Flight by Amelia Earhart |
1937 |
| 9 |
Livet ar mitt eget by Gore Vidal |
1947 |
| 8 |
Messiah by Gore Vidal (2) |
1954, 1965 |
| 17 | Modern Plastics Encyclopedia 1967, Volume 44. No. 1A |
1966 September |
| 18 | Modern Plastics Encyclopedia 1968, Volume 45. No.
14A |
1968 October |
| 17 | Modern Plastics Encyclopedia 1968, Volume 45. No. 1A |
1967 September |
| 18 | Montagnard Tribal Groups of the Republic of Viet-Nam |
1965 March |
| 8 |
Myra Breckinridge by Gore Vidal |
1968 |
| 34 | National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics Twenty-Third Annual
Report, 1937 |
1938 |
| 15 |
Neither Liberty Nor Safety by General Nathan F.
Twining (signed by the author) |
1966 |
| 8 |
New Directions XII (inscribed by the Gore
Vidal) |
1950 |
| 8 | New World Writing |
1953 |
| 16 | Officers, Members, Charter and By-Laws of the Racquet Club of the
City of Philadelphia Club House |
1944 |
| 40 | Officers, Members, Charter and By-Laws of the Racquet Club of the
City of Philadelphia Club House |
1948 |
| 9 |
Ouragan (Williwaw) by Gore Vidal |
1949 |
| 15 |
"Pat" Patterson by Frank J. Taylor |
1967 |
| 12 |
Presidents Who Have Known Me by George E. Allen
(signed by the author) |
1950 |
| 14 |
Principles of Aerodynamics by Max M. Munk (signed by
the author) |
1933 |
| 16 | Proceedings - The First National Clinic of Domestic Aviation
Planning |
1943 November |
| 8 |
Reflections Upon a Sinking Ship by Gore
Vidal |
1969 |
| 7 |
Rocking the Boat by Gore Vidal (inscribed by the
author) |
1962 |
| 14 |
The Search for Amelia Earhart by Fred
Goerner |
1966 |
| 1 |
The Season of Comfort by Gore Vidal |
1948-1949 |
| 14 |
Selected Speeches of Floyd B. Oldham, 1930 to 1960
(signed by the author) |
1960-1961 |
| 7 |
Sex, Death and Money by Gore Vidal |
1968 |
| 23 |
Ships Aloft by Clayton Knight and Harold
Platt |
1936 |
| 14 |
Sky High by Eric Hodgins and F. Alexander
Magoun |
1935 |
| 15 |
Slide Rule by Nevil Shute |
1954 |
| 13 |
The Stars at Noon by Jacqueline Cochran (inscribed
by the author) |
1954 |
| 16 |
Technical Aerodynamics by Karl D. Wood |
1935 |
| 18 |
Thayer of West Point by Norman Robert Ford (signed
by the author) |
1953 |
| 7 |
Three by Gore Vidal |
1962 |
| 7 |
Three Plays by Gore Vidal |
1962 |
| 8 |
Un garçon près de la rivière by Gore
Vidal |
1949 |
| 1 |
Visit to a Small Planet and Other Television Plays
by Gore Vidal (inscribed by the author) |
1956-1957 |
| 7 |
Washington, D.C. by Gore Vidal (inscribed by the
author) |
1967-1968 |
| 16 | Who's Who in World Aviation |
1955, 1958 |
| 11 |
Why? - Why Has America No Rigid Airships? By P.W.
Litchfield and Hugh Allen |
1945 |
| 1 |
Williwaw by Gore Vidal (inscribed by the
author) |
1946 |
| 38 | The Wings Club |
1964-1969 |
| 13 |
Wings for Peace by Brig. Gen. Bonner Fellers
(inscribed by the author) |
1953 |
| 12 |
You Have to Pay the Price by Earl H. Blaik with Tim
Cohane (inscribed by the author) |
1960 |
| 14 |
Youth Must Fly by E.F. McDonald, Jr. (inscribed by
the author) |
1942 |
Series IV. ImagesReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Box | ||
| 4 | Amelia Earhart |
1934, 1936 |
| 4 | Amy Mollison |
undated |
| 42 | Artist's rendering of Northeast Airlines plane |
undated |
| 4 | Charles A. Lindbergh |
undated |
| 20 | Drawings |
undated |
| 4 | Early airplanes |
undated |
| 4 | Edmund Brown |
1962 |
| 4 | Eugene L. Vidal |
1897-1968, undated |
| 4 | Felix "Pick" Vidal |
undated |
| 4 | Felix L. Vidal |
undated |
| 3 | Framed portrait |
undated |
| 4 | Frank Rewalt |
undated |
| 4 | Franklin D. Roosevelt |
undated |
| 5 | Gore Vidal For Congress poster |
undated |
| 4 | Gore Vidal |
1939-1952, undated |
| 4 | Harllee Branch |
1934 July 25 |
| 4 | Hugo Echener |
undated |
| 4 | Katherine Smith (Vidal) |
undated |
| 5 | Loose oversized photographs |
1934-1968, undated |
| 4 | Lorene Vidal Jones |
undated |
| 4 | Margaret Rewalt Vidal |
undated |
| 4 | Margaret Vidal Sutton |
undated |
| 4 | McClelland Barclay |
undated |
| 29 | Nina Gore |
undated |
| 4 | Orville Wright |
1934 October 18 |
| 42 | Pencil sketch of Eugene Vidal by McClelland Barclay |
1942 |
| 31 | Photo album - Conquistadores del cielo |
1961 June |
| 29 | Photograph - Clarence Belinn |
undated |
| 42 | Photograph - helicopter |
undated |
| 42 | Photograph - Northeast Airlines plane |
undated |
| 23 | Photograph - Twenty-Fourth Annual Meeting, IAS Honors Night
Dinner, Institute of the Aeronautical Sciences |
1956 January 23 |
| 42 | Photograph - U.S. Military Academy from Dick's Folly overlooking
the Hudson River |
1949 |
| 42 | Photograph of Eugene Vidal and other gentlemen in front of
American Airways plane (signed by C.R. Smith) |
1933 October 22 |
| 42 | Photograph of Eugene Vidal, FDR, and Henry Agard
Wallace |
undated |
| 10 | Photographic prints from Montevideo |
undated |
| 3 | Photographs - ancestors |
undated |
| 31 | Photographs - Eugene L. Vidal |
undated |
| 31 | Photographs - Eugene Vidal & others |
1934-1967, undated |
| 31 | Photographs - miscellaneous |
1914-1920, undated |
| 29 | Photographs - miscellaneous |
1934, undated |
| 3 | Photographs - mobility unit |
undated |
| 3 | Photographs - slides, place mats, photographs |
undated |
| 3 | Photographs - Vidal inventions |
undated |
| 31 | Photographs - Visit of Mr. Eugene L. Vidal, Sr. Civ. Aviation
Advisor, to Chief of Staff, U.S. Army, to the Infantry Center, the
Infantry School, Fort Benning, GA |
1957 March |
| 23 | Photographs - Woman and child (Katherine Roberts & Gore
Vidal?) with Jeep |
undated |
| 44 | Photographs (autographed) |
1934-1936, undated |
| 2 | Portrait of Eugene Vidal signed Bruning (framed) |
undated |
| 3 | Sketch of Gore Vidal of his father |
undated |
| 4 | Valerie Vidal |
undated |
| 4 | Vance Vidal |
1952, undated |
| 4 | Will Rogers |
undated |
Series V. ArtifactsReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Box | ||
| 43 | Amon Carter's cowboy hat |
undated |
| 42 | Army medals (11) |
1920-1923 |
| 43 | Association of the U.S. Army plastic zippered bag |
undated |
| 30 | AUSA GM & Electronics Symposium paperweight |
1959 February |
| 43 | Bell Helicopter Corporation paperweight engraved with Vidal's
name |
undated |
| 43 | Bell Helicopter Corporation plastic zippered bag |
undated |
| 30 | Black decorative plate |
undated |
| 30 | Black tie with helicopter print |
undated |
| 30 | Button "Nov. '18," |
undated |
| 30 | Cartier jewelry bag |
undated |
| 43 | Envelope of name tags & ID cards |
circa 1936-1968 |
| 43 | Fairchild F-27 plastic case |
undated |
| 30 | Floyd Odlum's wedding present (cigarette holder) |
undated |
| 43 | Graduation regalia |
undated |
| 30 | Hats (2) |
undated |
| 43 | Horn with plaque: "Honorary membership Longhorn Society of Fort
Worth Texas presented by Amon G. Carter to Eugene Vidal," |
1933 October 18 |
| 30 | Jewelry case designed by McClelland Barclay and given as a
wedding gift |
undated |
| 43 | Leather aviator cap |
undated |
| 42 | Medal for Department of the Army Meritorious Civilian
Service |
undated |
| 30 | Medallion - Union Syndicale des Industries
Aeronautiques |
1958 |
| 42 | Medals - West Point alumni & from King of Belgium, with
proclamation |
1918, 1937 |
| 30 | NBC News sack |
undated |
| 43 | Nov. 18 banner |
undated |
| 42 | Olympic medals (5) |
1919-1924 |
| 4 | Olympic shield worn by competitors in the Olympic Games
(framed) |
undated |
| 30 | Pat-Parachute the Para-trooper doll |
undated |
| 30 | Plaque - "To Eugene L. Vidal 'A Friend of Army Aviation'" from
U.S. Army Aviation Command Systems |
1969 April 9 |
| 30 | Shaving kit from National Air Races, Cleveland, engraved
"E.L.V.," |
undated |
| 42 | Sport medals/charms (11) |
1913-1918 |
| 43 | Tool kit |
undated |
| 30 | Transcontinental Air Transport (T-A-T) pen holder |
undated |
| 30 | Trident letter opener |
undated |
| 30 | U.S. Army belt worn by Gore Vidal |
undated |
| 30 | U.S. Military Academy metal coaster |
undated |
| 42 | Undergraduate medals (10) |
1912-1916 |
| 43 | Vidal Research Corporation wooden name displays |
undated |
| 30 | Wooden goblet |
undated |
| 30 | Wooden paperweight |
undated |
| 42 | Zippo commemorating 21 Years of Vertical Flight Progress at
Piasecki |
undated |
Series VI. PersonalReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Box | ||
| 6 | Appointment certificate of Vidal to the Advisory Committee for
Aeronautics, signed by FDR |
1933 November 29 |
| 3 | Awards & certificates |
1936-1970 |
| 11 | Awards |
1933-1963 |
| 3 | Biographical information - passports |
1954, 1958 |
| 3 | Biographical information |
undated |
| 11 | Biographical information |
circa 1959-1969 |
| 3 | Cards |
circa 1936-1956 |
| 5 | Certificates (8) |
1924-1967 |
| 42 | Certificates |
1933-1967 |
| 19 | Correspondence |
1931-1972, undated |
| 41 | Correspondence |
1931-1969, undated |
| 23 | Electrocardiographic report with x-rays |
1942 August 26 |
| 5 | Envelope - Misc. ephemera |
1933-1937 |
| 3 | Envelope carried by air Honolulu-Ashland January 11-12, 1935
Amelia Earhart |
1935 January |
| 20 | Financial papers |
1921-1952 |
| 3 | First Flight envelopes |
1945-1968 |
| Shared box | General Douglas MacArthur's address upon receiving the Sylvanus
Thayer Medal (recording) |
1963 |
| 40 | Interview (incomplete) |
undated |
| 24 | Interview by Dusen with Vidal on airline experience |
1966 September 1 |
| 3 | Invitations |
1934-1961 |
| 44 | Letters - Charles Lindbergh, Eleanor Roosevelt, William Mitchell,
Eddie Rickenbacker, Douglas MacArthur |
1934-1969 |
| 44 | Letters from Amelia Earhart & John Parker Putnam |
1935-1936 |
| 3 | Los Angeles Airways Heligram (signed) |
1954 March 20 |
| 20 | Memos |
1930-1968 |
| 39 | Misc. |
1916-1968 |
| 3 | Miscellaneous |
undated |
| 38 | The New World Wide Postage Stamp Album |
20th century |
| 11 | Pilot's Log Book |
1938-1939 |
| 42 | Polish certificate (in Polish) |
1938 |
| 29 | Postcards |
1909-1911, undated |
| 3 | Programs |
1936, 1963 |
| 29 | Schloss Heidegg |
undated |
| 5 | Scrapbook (black with silver "A" on cover) - life events
(marriage, athletics, undergraduate career, Olympics) |
circa 1912-1930 |
| 5 | Scrapbook (green cover) - portraits |
undated |
| 5 | Scrapbook (plain black cover) - news clippings of Vidal's career
in aviation |
1934-1937 |
| 5 | Scrapbook (silver and red cover) - commemorating Vidal's visit
with the National Advisory Committee to Buenos Aires |
undated |
| 38 | Stamp albums |
circa 1905-1952 |
| 37 | Stamp collection |
circa 20th century |
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Aeronautics and state--United States.
- Aeronautics, Commercial United States
- Aeronautics, Military--United States.
- Airlines--United States.
- Plastics industry and trade
- Stamp collecting
- Stamp collectors
- Veneers and veneering.
Personal Names
- Earhart, Amelia, 1897-1937.
- Vidal family
Corporate Names
- Northeast Airlines, Inc.
- United States. Bureau of Air Commerce
- United States. National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics.
Form or Genre Terms
- Artifacts.
- Memorabilia.
- Photographs.
- Scrapbooks.
- Stamp albums.
- Technical drawings.
Processed by Kathryn Brooks
2012
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