William R. Waddell collection of Trans World Airlines employee timetables, 1948-1971

William R. Waddell (1924-1990) was an Ohio resident who collected timetables, including those of Trans World Airlines (TWA). TWA was founded as Transcontinental and Western Air in 1930. TWA began all-air coast to coast commercial service in 1930 and was built into an aviation giant by Howard Hughes, who later lost control of the airline in the early 1960s. In 1946, TWA inaugurated international flights between New York City and Paris, quickly expanding by the 1950s to routes through Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and Asia. From 1969 to 1975 it operated transpacific services and was a round-the-world carrier. In 1975 it suspended such services in a route exchange with Pan American World Airways. TWA merged with American Airlines in 2001.