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F. W. Kolk papers, 1937-1976

Overview of the Collection

Creator: Kolk, F. W.
Title: F. W. Kolk papers
Dates: 1937-1976 (inclusive)
19371976
Quantity: 13 cubic ft. (27 document boxes and 1 F24 box)
Collection Number: 09616
Summary: The F. W. Kolk papers focus on his career with American Airlines. The papers include his daily appointments, his correspondence on aviation engineering and administrative matters, and numerous reports on specific engineering subjects. Publicity and research photographs and artifacts collected during his career are also included in the collection.
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 was made possible through a grant from the National Historic Publications and Records Commission.

Historical Note

Franklin W. Kolk devoted most of his career to the advanced design of large commercial airplanes. He graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1941 with a degree in aeronautical engineering. He was a senior aerodynamist with the Martin Company before joining American Airlines in 1943. He served as a flight test engineer, general performance engineer, airworthiness requirements specialist, and as an Assistant Vice President before he became a Vice President of Technical Development for American Airlines in 1968.

He made basic contributions to the development of a number of American Airlines airplanes including the Convair 240, the DC-6, the DC-7, the Lockheed Electra, the Boeing 707, and the Convair 990. He was also a major exponent of the turbofan powerplant for “Astrojets.” He was mainly known, however, for promoting and developing the DC-10 (Engine in the Tail) design. The DC-10 was intentionally developed as an “airbus” commuter aircraft with increased fuel efficiency and less noise.

He was a Fellow of the AIAA and the Royal Aeronautical Society, as well as Chairman of the A-21 Aircraft Exterior Noise Measurement Committee - Society of Automotive Engineers. He was awarded the De Florez Flight Safety Award in 1967.

He was born in Brooklyn, New York (circa 1918) and lived with his wife and three daughters on Long Island at Sea Cliff, New York. He died in 1976 at the age of 57.

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Content Description

The F. W. Kolk papers, 1937-1976, focus on his career working in commercial aviation for American Airlines in various capacities as an engineer and engineering administrator from 1943 until 1976. He was instrumental in the design of various turbo-prop and jet aircraft including the Dash-80 (DC-707) and the DC-10. The papers include his daily appointments, his correspondence on aviation engineering and administrative matters, and numerous reports on specific engineering subjects. Publicity and research photographs and artifacts collected during his career are also included.

The daily chronological and topical engineering reports detail many of the problems involved in developing various important commercial aircraft for production. The collection also details public relations and lobbying efforts connected with the projects.

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Use of the Collection

Restrictions on Use

DC-10 material is not to be used for litigation. The researcher assumes full responsibility for observing all copyright, property, and libel laws as they apply.

Preferred Citation

Item Description, Box Number, Folder Number, F. W. Kolk papers, 1937-1976, Collection Number 09616, American Heritage Center, University of Wyoming.

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Administrative Information

Related Materials

There are no other known archival collections created by F. W. Kolk at the date of processing.

Acquisition Information

Mrs. Kolk (Elizabeth S.) gave her husband Franklin W. Kolk’s papers to the American Heritage Center in three shipments. Nine record boxes arrived in July 1987, and two more small shipments arrived in October and November 1988. The papers were in good condition.

Processing Note

Processing Information

The collection was processed by John Hanks in February 2000. Original folder titles have been maintained.

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Detailed Description of the Collection

Container List

Series I.: Appointment Books,, 1965-1976

(2 document boxes)

Arranged chronologically focusing on engineering and business appointments.
- Description: British Aircraft Corporation,
  
  Dates: 1965-1966
  
  Container: Box 1, Folders 1-2
  
  Location: Series I.: Appointment Books,, 1965-1976
- Description: American Airlines,
  
  Dates: 1967
  
  Container: Box 1, Folder 3
  
  Location: Series I.: Appointment Books,, 1965-1976
- Description: British Aircraft Corporation,
  
  Dates: 1967
  
  Container: Box 1, Folder 4
  
  Location: Series I.: Appointment Books,, 1965-1976
- Description: Bristol Siddeley,
  
  Dates: 1968
  
  Container: Box 1, Folder 5
  
  Location: Series I.: Appointment Books,, 1965-1976
- Description: British Aircraft Corporation,
  
  Dates: 1969-1970
  
  Container: Box 1, Folders 6-7
  
  Location: Series I.: Appointment Books,, 1965-1976
- Description: British Aircraft Corporation,
  
  Dates: 1971-1976
  
  Container: Box 2, Folders 1-6
  
  Location: Series I.: Appointment Books,, 1965-1976
Series II.: Correspondence,, 1964-1976

(6 document boxes)

Arranged chronologically focusing on a broad range of airline matters from engineering to business and politics.
- Dates: 1964-1967
  
  Container: Box 3, Folders 1-5
  
  Location: Series II.: Correspondence,, 1964-1976
- Dates: 1968
  
  Container: Box 4, Folders 1-3
  
  Location: Series II.: Correspondence,, 1964-1976
- Description: Congratulation Letters on Promotion to Vice President, Development Engineering,
  
  Dates: 1968
  
  Container: Box 4, Folder 4
  
  Location: Series II.: Correspondence,, 1964-1976
- Dates: 1969
  
  Container: Box 4, Folder 5
  
  Location: Series II.: Correspondence,, 1964-1976
- Dates: 1969-June 1970
  
  Container: Box 5, Folders 1-4
  
  Location: Series II.: Correspondence,, 1964-1976
- Dates: July 1970-December 1971
  
  Container: Box 6, Folders 1-6
  
  Location: Series II.: Correspondence,, 1964-1976
- Dates: January-December 1972
  
  Container: Box 7, Folders 1-4
  
  Location: Series II.: Correspondence,, 1964-1976
- Description: Personal,
  
  Dates: 1972
  
  Container: Box 7, Folder 5
  
  Location: Series II.: Correspondence,, 1964-1976
- Dates: 1973
  
  Container: Box 7, Folder 6
  
  Location: Series II.: Correspondence,, 1964-1976
- Dates: 1973
  
  Container: Box 8, Folders 1-2
  
  Location: Series II.: Correspondence,, 1964-1976
- Description: Incoming Mail Log,
  
  Dates: 1974
  
  Container: Box 8, Folder 3
  
  Location: Series II.: Correspondence,, 1964-1976
- Dates: 1974
  
  Container: Box 8, Folders 4-5
  
  Location: Series II.: Correspondence,, 1964-1976
- Description: Personal,
  
  Dates: 1974
  
  Container: Box 8, Folder 6
  
  Location: Series II.: Correspondence,, 1964-1976
- Description: Incoming Mail Log,
  
  Dates: 1975
  
  Container: Box 8, Folders 7-8
  
  Location: Series II.: Correspondence,, 1964-1976
- Dates: 1975
  
  Container: Box 9, Folder 1
  
  Location: Series II.: Correspondence,, 1964-1976
- Description: Personal,
  
  Dates: 1975
  
  Container: Box 9, Folder 2
  
  Location: Series II.: Correspondence,, 1964-1976
- Description: Robert Johnson’s Memories of Early Curtiss Aviation,
  
  Dates: May 1975
  
  Container: Box 9, Folder 3
  
  Location: Series II.: Correspondence,, 1964-1976
- Dates: 1976
  
  Container: Box 9, Folder 4
  
  Location: Series II.: Correspondence,, 1964-1976
- Description: Personal,
  
  Dates: 1976
  
  Container: Box 9, Folder 5
  
  Location: Series II.: Correspondence,, 1964-1976
Series III.: Photographs and Slides,, 1953-1972

(2 document boxes)

Negatives, prints, and slides arranged chronologically focusing on airline commemorations, professional social events, research, and publicity.
- Subseries 1.: Negatives,, 1972, undated
  - Description: Aircraft (Commercial-Jet, Publicity),
    Boeing 707 - Last Trip to Air Museum
    
    Dates: 1972
    
    Container: Box 9, Folder 6
    
    Location: Series III.: Photographs and Slides,, 1953-1972 / Subseries 1.: Negatives,, 1972, undated
  - Description: Aircraft (Commercial-Jet),
    Aircraft Research and Development
    
    Dates: undated
    
    Container: Box 9, Folder 7
    
    Location: Series III.: Photographs and Slides,, 1953-1972 / Subseries 1.: Negatives,, 1972, undated
- Subseries 2.: Prints,, 1953-1972
  - Description: Kolk, F.W. (Professional),
    Dinners, Dedications, Promotions, Tests
    
    Dates: 1953-1972
    
    Container: Box 9, Folder 8
    
    Location: Series III.: Photographs and Slides,, 1953-1972 / Subseries 2.: Prints,, 1953-1972
  - Description: Beard, Dan (Professional),
    30th Anniversary Dinner
    
    Dates: 1957
    
    Container: Box 9, Folder 9
    
    Location: Series III.: Photographs and Slides,, 1953-1972 / Subseries 2.: Prints,, 1953-1972
  - Description: Aircraft (Military-Propeller),
    French Atlantic Patrol A/C by Breuget Co.
    
    Dates: 1962
    
    Container: Box 9, Folder 10
    
    Location: Series III.: Photographs and Slides,, 1953-1972 / Subseries 2.: Prints,, 1953-1972
  - Description: Aircraft (Commercial-Jet Publicity),
    DC-10 First Flight (Album)
    
    Dates: 1970
    
    Container: Box 9, Folder 11
    
    Location: Series III.: Photographs and Slides,, 1953-1972 / Subseries 2.: Prints,, 1953-1972
  - Description: Aircraft (Commercial-Jet, Publicity),
    DC-10 First Flight
    
    Dates: 1970
    
    Container: Box 9, Folder 12
    
    Location: Series III.: Photographs and Slides,, 1953-1972 / Subseries 2.: Prints,, 1953-1972
  - Description: Aircraft (Commercial-Jet, Publicity),
    Lockheed TriStar
    
    Dates: 1970
    
    Container: Box 9, Folder 13
    
    Location: Series III.: Photographs and Slides,, 1953-1972 / Subseries 2.: Prints,, 1953-1972
  - Description: 5 15”x20” prints: 1 Astrojet, 3 DC-10’s, 1 meeting,
    
    Dates: circa 1970
    
    Container: Box F-24, Folder 1
    
    Location: Series III.: Photographs and Slides,, 1953-1972 / Subseries 2.: Prints,, 1953-1972
  - Description: Aircraft (Humorous-Publicity),
    Kolk’s “Red Baron,” L-1011
    
    Dates: 1971-1972
    
    Container: Box 9, Folder 14
    
    Location: Series III.: Photographs and Slides,, 1953-1972 / Subseries 2.: Prints,, 1953-1972
  - Description: Aircraft (Commercial-Jet, Publicity),
    Aerospatial Concorde-Mach 2
    
    Dates: 1972
    
    Container: Box 9, Folder 15
    
    Location: Series III.: Photographs and Slides,, 1953-1972 / Subseries 2.: Prints,, 1953-1972
  - Description: Aircraft (Commercial-Jet, Publicity),
    Boeing 707 - Last Trip to Air Museum
    
    Dates: 1972
    
    Container: Box 9, Folder 16
    
    Location: Series III.: Photographs and Slides,, 1953-1972 / Subseries 2.: Prints,, 1953-1972
  - Description: Aircraft (Commercial Jet, Publicity),
    DC-10 Twin Symposium (Album)
    
    Dates: 1972
    
    Container: Box 9, Folder 17
    
    Location: Series III.: Photographs and Slides,, 1953-1972 / Subseries 2.: Prints,, 1953-1972
  - Description: Aircraft (Commercial-Jet, Publicity) – TS-80 Retirement,
    
    Dates: 1972
    
    Container: Box 9, Folder 18
    
    Location: Series III.: Photographs and Slides,, 1953-1972 / Subseries 2.: Prints,, 1953-1972
  - Description: Aircraft (Commercial-Jet, Aircraft Research and Development),
    
    Dates: undated
    
    Container: Box 9, Folder 19
    
    Location: Series III.: Photographs and Slides,, 1953-1972 / Subseries 2.: Prints,, 1953-1972
  - Description: Aircraft (Commercial-Jet, Publicity),
    DC-10, Boeing 727, American Airlines Co.
    
    Dates: undated
    
    Container: Box 10, Folder 1
    
    Location: Series III.: Photographs and Slides,, 1953-1972 / Subseries 2.: Prints,, 1953-1972
  - Description: Aircraft (Commercial-Propeller),
    American Airlines DC-3, DC-6, Etc.
    
    Dates: undated
    
    Container: Box 10, Folder 2
    
    Location: Series III.: Photographs and Slides,, 1953-1972 / Subseries 2.: Prints,, 1953-1972
- Subseries 3.: Slides,, 1953-1971
  - Description: Wings and Jet Engines,
    
    Dates: 1953
    
    Container: Box 10, Folder 3
    
    Location: Series III.: Photographs and Slides,, 1953-1972 / Subseries 3.: Slides,, 1953-1971
  - Description: For SAE Lecture by Kolk (Brown Box),
    
    Dates: 1957
    
    Container: Box 10, Folder 4
    
    Location: Series III.: Photographs and Slides,, 1953-1972 / Subseries 3.: Slides,, 1953-1971
  - Description: Beard, FSF Speeds,
    
    Dates: 1959
    
    Container: Box 10, Folder 5
    
    Location: Series III.: Photographs and Slides,, 1953-1972 / Subseries 3.: Slides,, 1953-1971
  - Description: Training - Ways of Improving Take-Off and Landing,
    
    Dates: 1959
    
    Container: Box 10, Folder 6
    
    Location: Series III.: Photographs and Slides,, 1953-1972 / Subseries 3.: Slides,, 1953-1971
  - Description: For Zurich Paper,
    
    Dates: August 1961
    
    Container: Box 10, Folder 7
    
    Location: Series III.: Photographs and Slides,, 1953-1972 / Subseries 3.: Slides,, 1953-1971
  - Description: Training - American Airlines Flight Training,
    
    Dates: 1971
    
    Container: Box 10, Folder 8
    
    Location: Series III.: Photographs and Slides,, 1953-1972 / Subseries 3.: Slides,, 1953-1971
  - Description: Air Express, DC-10 Meeting,
    
    Dates: undated
    
    Container: Box 10, Folder 9
    
    Location: Series III.: Photographs and Slides,, 1953-1972 / Subseries 3.: Slides,, 1953-1971
  - Description: Airbus DC-10, McDonnell Douglas Slides (Red/Blue Box),
    
    Dates: undated
    
    Container: Box 10, Folder 10
    
    Location: Series III.: Photographs and Slides,, 1953-1972 / Subseries 3.: Slides,, 1953-1971
  - Description: Lantern Slides of Aviation Subjects (3 – Small Kodak Boxes),
    
    Dates: undated
    
    Container: Box 10, Folders 11-13
    
    Location: Series III.: Photographs and Slides,, 1953-1972 / Subseries 3.: Slides,, 1953-1971
Series IV.: Subject Files,, 1937-1976

(14 document boxes)

Arranged chronologically focusing on aircraft engineering, and professional activities.
- Description: Airplane Design Probs. by Frank W. Kolk at Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
  
  Dates: circa 1937
  
  Container: Box 11, Folder 1
  
  Location: Series IV.: Subject Files,, 1937-1976
- Description: Notes: M.I.T. Wind Tunnel 16’61 Elem. Aerodyn. 16 ‘72,
  
  Dates: 1937
  
  Container: Box 11, Folder 2
  
  Location: Series IV.: Subject Files,, 1937-1976
- Description: Notebook: Airplane Design, Performance Propellers,
  
  Dates: 1940
  
  Container: Box 11, Folder 3
  
  Location: Series IV.: Subject Files,, 1937-1976
- Description: Glenn L. Martin Aircraft Co. materials: KT-2R Airplane Notes, 4 Engine Cargo Plane Plans, Martin Star Company Magazine, and Photo of 4 Engine Flying Boat,
  
  Dates: 1942-1943
  
  Container: Box 11, Folder 4
  
  Location: Series IV.: Subject Files,, 1937-1976
- Description: Expenses of the DC-4 and DC-6 Airplanes,
  (American Airlines Engineering Report)
  
  Dates: 1946
  
  Container: Box 11, Folder 5
  
  Location: Series IV.: Subject Files,, 1937-1976
- Description: Development Possibilities of the DC-7,
  (Research and Development #2)
  
  Dates: 1954
  
  Container: Box 11, Folder 6
  
  Location: Series IV.: Subject Files,, 1937-1976
- Description: Preliminary Investigation of the Effects on Economy of Engine Selection and Passenger Capacity,
  (Research and Development #3)
  
  Dates: 1954
  
  Container: Box 11, Folder 7
  
  Location: Series IV.: Subject Files,, 1937-1976
- Description: Vickers Viscount Preliminary Economic and Marketing Information,
  (Research and Development #1)
  
  Dates: 1954
  
  Container: Box 11, Folder 8
  
  Location: Series IV.: Subject Files,, 1937-1976
- Description: Weight Analysis,
  
  Dates: 1954
  
  Container: Box 11, Folder 9
  
  Location: Series IV.: Subject Files,, 1937-1976
- Description: C-130 (Electra),
  
  Dates: 1955
  
  Container: Box 11, Folder 10
  
  Location: Series IV.: Subject Files,, 1937-1976
- Description: Body Length Study 707-123 Stratoliner,
  (Research and Development #4)
  
  Dates: 1956
  
  Container: Box 11, Folder 11
  
  Location: Series IV.: Subject Files,, 1937-1976
- Description: Convair Skylark with J-79 Engine,
  
  Dates: 1956
  
  Container: Box 11, Folder 12
  
  Location: Series IV.: Subject Files,, 1937-1976
- Description: Direct Operating Costs Electra Aircraft,
  (Research and Development #5)
  
  Dates: 1956
  
  Container: Box 11, Folder 13
  
  Location: Series IV.: Subject Files,, 1937-1976
- Description: F.W.K. Spring Meeting Speech Materials,
  
  Dates: 1957
  
  Container: Box 11, Folder 14
  
  Location: Series IV.: Subject Files,, 1937-1976
- Description: Boeing 707 Operation,
  (Pencil notes included.)
  
  Dates: 1957
  
  Container: Box 11, Folder 15
  
  Location: Series IV.: Subject Files,, 1937-1976
- Description: Cargo System Study,
  
  Dates: 1957
  
  Container: Box 11, Folder 16
  
  Location: Series IV.: Subject Files,, 1937-1976
- Description: Boeing 707-023 Performance for 650,
  (Pencil notes included.)
  
  Dates: circa 1957
  
  Container: Box 12, Folder 1
  
  Location: Series IV.: Subject Files,, 1937-1976
- Description: Brief Analytical Comparison of the Convair 880 and Boeing 717,
  (Research and Development #7)
  
  Dates: 1957
  
  Container: Box 12, Folder 2
  
  Location: Series IV.: Subject Files,, 1937-1976
- Description: Evaluation of Convair 880,
  (Research and Development #6)
  
  Dates: 1957
  
  Container: Box 12, Folder 3
  
  Location: Series IV.: Subject Files,, 1937-1976
- Description: Increased Cruise Thrust Study – 707-123,
  
  Dates: 1958
  
  Container: Box 12, Folder 4
  
  Location: Series IV.: Subject Files,, 1937-1976
- Description: SFO-12L Non-Stop Case,
  
  Dates: 1958
  
  Container: Box 12, Folder 5
  
  Location: Series IV.: Subject Files,, 1937-1976
- Description: Study of DC-7 Turboprop Cargo Conversion,
  (Equipment Research #12)
  
  Dates: 1958
  
  Container: Box 12, Folder 6
  
  Location: Series IV.: Subject Files,, 1937-1976
- Description: Boeing Damage Studies,
  
  Dates: 1959
  
  Container: Box 12, Folder 7
  
  Location: Series IV.: Subject Files,, 1937-1976
- Description: Boundary Layer Control System,
  (Pencil notes included.)
  
  Dates: 1959
  
  Container: Box 12, Folder 8
  
  Location: Series IV.: Subject Files,, 1937-1976
- Description: Drag Analysis – 707/DC-8,
  
  Dates: 1959
  
  Container: Box 12, Folder 9
  
  Location: Series IV.: Subject Files,, 1937-1976
- Description: Fan Engine,
  
  Dates: 1959
  
  Container: Box 12, Folder 10
  
  Location: Series IV.: Subject Files,, 1937-1976
- Description: Lockheed Electra Replacement,
  
  Dates: circa 1959
  
  Container: Box 12, Folder 11
  
  Location: Series IV.: Subject Files,, 1937-1976
- Description: Safe Climb Speed,
  
  Dates: 1959
  
  Container: Box 12, Folder 12
  
  Location: Series IV.: Subject Files,, 1937-1976
- Description: Take-Off – B-707,
  
  Dates: 1959
  
  Container: Box 12, Folder 13
  
  Location: Series IV.: Subject Files,, 1937-1976
- Description: Turbo-Prop Analysis,
  
  Dates: 1959
  
  Container: Box 12, Folder 14
  
  Location: Series IV.: Subject Files,, 1937-1976
- Description: Boeing 707-023B Noise at LaGuardia,
  
  Dates: 1959-1960
  
  Container: Box 12, Folder 15
  
  Location: Series IV.: Subject Files,, 1937-1976
- Description: Jet Flap Data,
  
  Dates: circa 1960
  
  Container: Box 12, Folder 16
  
  Location: Series IV.: Subject Files,, 1937-1976
- Description: Jet Landing Distance Calculations,
  
  Dates: 1960
  
  Container: Box 12, Folder 17
  
  Location: Series IV.: Subject Files,, 1937-1976
- Description: Jet Noise,
  
  Dates: circa 1960
  
  Container: Box 12, Folder 18
  
  Location: Series IV.: Subject Files,, 1937-1976
- Description: Light Twin Report II,
  
  Dates: circa 1960
  
  Container: Box 12, Folder 19
  
  Location: Series IV.: Subject Files,, 1937-1976
- Description: Noise Consultants,
  
  Dates: 1960
  
  Container: Box 12, Folder 20
  
  Location: Series IV.: Subject Files,, 1937-1976
- Description: Pratt and Whitney Fan Fix,
  
  Dates: 1960
  
  Container: Box 12, Folder 21
  
  Location: Series IV.: Subject Files,, 1937-1976
- Description: Route Analysis – DC-7D,
  
  Dates: circa 1960
  
  Container: Box 12, Folder 22
  
  Location: Series IV.: Subject Files,, 1937-1976
- Description: Rudder Control B-707,
  
  Dates: circa 1960
  
  Container: Box 12, Folder 23
  
  Location: Series IV.: Subject Files,, 1937-1976
- Description: SAE Paper on Supersonic Transport,
  
  Dates: circa 1960
  
  Container: Box 13, Folder 1
  
  Location: Series IV.: Subject Files,, 1937-1976
- Description: Second International Congress of the Aeronautical Sciences,
  
  Dates: September 1960
  
  Container: Box 13, Folder 2
  
  Location: Series IV.: Subject Files,, 1937-1976
- Description: Turbo-Prop Studies,
  
  Dates: circa 1960
  
  Container: Box 13, Folder 3
  
  Location: Series IV.: Subject Files,, 1937-1976
- Description: Aircraft Noise Presentation at Queensboro Hall,
  
  Dates: October 1961
  
  Container: Box 13, Folder 4
  
  Location: Series IV.: Subject Files,, 1937-1976
- Description: Convair 990 Efficiency Items,
  
  Dates: 1961
  
  Container: Box 13, Folder 5
  
  Location: Series IV.: Subject Files,, 1937-1976
- Description: Development Notes for Boeing 727,
  
  Dates: 1960-1961
  
  Container: Box 13, Folder 6
  
  Location: Series IV.: Subject Files,, 1937-1976
- Description: Fan Noise Data,
  
  Dates: 1961
  
  Container: Box 13, Folder 7
  
  Location: Series IV.: Subject Files,, 1937-1976
- Description: Flight Simulator/Nav. Trainer,
  
  Dates: 1961
  
  Container: Box 13, Folder 8
  
  Location: Series IV.: Subject Files,, 1937-1976
- Description: Ground Effect Machines,
  (Pencil notes included.)
  
  Dates: circa 1961
  
  Container: Box 13, Folder 9
  
  Location: Series IV.: Subject Files,, 1937-1976
- Description: Objective Landing Field Length Requirements,
  (Engineering Research and Development Report #16, American Airlines)
  
  Dates: circa 1961
  
  Container: Box 13, Folder 10
  
  Location: Series IV.: Subject Files,, 1937-1976
- Description: Preliminary Flight Simulator Specification,
  
  Dates: 1961
  
  Container: Box 13, Folder 11
  
  Location: Series IV.: Subject Files,, 1937-1976
- Description: S.A.E. Paper (Society of Automotive Engineers),
  
  Dates: 1960-1961
  
  Container: Box 13, Folder 12
  
  Location: Series IV.: Subject Files,, 1937-1976
- Description: Flight Recorder Readout Information,
  
  Dates: 1962
  
  Container: Box 13, Folder 13
  
  Location: Series IV.: Subject Files,, 1937-1976
- Description: SRT Engine Studies,
  
  Dates: 1962
  
  Container: Box 14, Folder 1
  
  Location: Series IV.: Subject Files,, 1937-1976
- Description: Light Twin Noise,
  
  Dates: 1963
  
  Container: Box 14, Folder 2
  
  Location: Series IV.: Subject Files,, 1937-1976
- Description: Light Twin Report–II, Inside Ref.,
  
  Dates: 1962-1963
  
  Container: Box 14, Folder 3
  
  Location: Series IV.: Subject Files,, 1937-1976
- Description: Notes—Technical/Business,
  
  Dates: 1963
  
  Container: Box 14, Folder 4
  
  Location: Series IV.: Subject Files,, 1937-1976
- Description: Pratt and Whitney Material - February 18, 1963,
  
  Dates: 1962-1963
  
  Container: Box 14, Folders 5-6
  
  Location: Series IV.: Subject Files,, 1937-1976
- Description: SAE Propulsion Reliability Study Committee,
  
  Dates: 1963
  
  Container: Box 14, Folder 7
  
  Location: Series IV.: Subject Files,, 1937-1976
- Description: Deep Stall / T-Tail,
  
  Dates: 1964
  
  Container: Box 14, Folder 8
  
  Location: Series IV.: Subject Files,, 1937-1976
- Description: F.W.K. Personal – Aviation, Notes, Correspondence,
  
  Dates: 1964
  
  Container: Box 14, Folder 9
  
  Location: Series IV.: Subject Files,, 1937-1976
- Description: Determination of Airfreighter Capacity,
  (Developmental Engineering #33)
  
  Dates: 1965
  
  Container: Box 14, Folder 10
  
  Location: Series IV.: Subject Files,, 1937-1976
- Description: EWR Jet Operations,
  
  Dates: 1962-1965
  
  Container: Box 15, Folder 1
  
  Location: Series IV.: Subject Files,, 1937-1976
- Description: F.W.K. Personal – Aviation, Notes, Correspondence,
  
  Dates: 1965
  
  Container: Box 15, Folder 2
  
  Location: Series IV.: Subject Files,, 1937-1976
- Description: Investigation of Potential Limitations of Airplane Utilization…,
  (Developmental Engineering #32)
  
  Dates: 1965
  
  Container: Box 15, Folder 3
  
  Location: Series IV.: Subject Files,, 1937-1976
- Description: JFK Jet Operations,
  
  Dates: 1957-1965
  
  Container: Box 15, Folder 4
  
  Location: Series IV.: Subject Files,, 1937-1976
- Description: White House Sound Panel Reports,
  
  Dates: 1965
  
  Container: Box 15, Folders 5-7
  
  Location: Series IV.: Subject Files,, 1937-1976
- Description: F.W.K. Personal – Aviation, Notes, Correspondence, Fortune Article,
  
  Dates: 1966
  
  Container: Box 15, Folder 8
  
  Location: Series IV.: Subject Files,, 1937-1976
- Description: “How Douglas Got into Trouble,” Fortune,
  
  Dates: December 1966
  
  Container: Box 15, Folder 9
  
  Location: Series IV.: Subject Files,, 1937-1976
- Description: LaGuardia (LGA) Jet Operations,
  
  Dates: 1962-1966
  
  Container: Box 15, Folder 10
  
  Location: Series IV.: Subject Files,, 1937-1976
- Description: Notes – Business/Technical,
  
  Dates: 1965-1966
  
  Container: Box 15, Folder 11
  
  Location: Series IV.: Subject Files,, 1937-1976
- Description: Summary Report –727 Noise, including 727-223 LaGuardia Community Noise Study,
  (Engineering Research and Development Report #40, American Airlines)
  
  Dates: 1966
  
  Container: Box 15, Folder 12
  
  Location: Series IV.: Subject Files,, 1937-1976
- Description: American Airlines, Administrative Association Meeting, Current Status of Twin-Engine Air-Bus,
  
  Dates: July 1967
  
  Container: Box 15, Folder 13
  
  Location: Series IV.: Subject Files,, 1937-1976
- Description: Analysis of the Flight Recorder Readout from BAC 1-11, Flight 2601 Approach Incident at Washington National Airport on August 19, 1967,
  (Development Engineering Report No. 46)
  
  Dates: 1967
  
  Container: Box 15, Folder 14
  
  Location: Series IV.: Subject Files,, 1937-1976
- Description: Boeing 727-223 Operation, ER&D Report 45…Noise Abatement Take Off at La Guardia Runway 22,
  
  Dates: 1967
  
  Container: Box 15, Folder 15
  
  Location: Series IV.: Subject Files,, 1937-1976
- Description: CL-1011 Items,
  
  Dates: 1966-1967
  
  Container: Box 15, Folder 16
  
  Location: Series IV.: Subject Files,, 1937-1976
- Description: Development of a Noise Abatement Takeoff Procedure on LGA Runway 22 for both the BAC 1-11 and the Boeing 727,
  (Engineering Research and Development Report #45)
  
  Dates: 1967
  
  Container: Box 15, Folder 17
  
  Location: Series IV.: Subject Files,, 1937-1976
- Description: Feasibility of Air Turbine Powered Wheels for Docking and Un-Docking Large Aircraft,
  (Engineering Research and Development Report #43, American Airlines
  
  Dates: 1967
  
  Container: Box 15, Folder 18
  
  Location: Series IV.: Subject Files,, 1937-1976
- Description: F. W. Kolk Appointment Calendar,
  
  Dates: 1967
  
  Container: Box 15, Folder 19
  
  Location: Series IV.: Subject Files,, 1937-1976
- Description: Jumbo 3 Engined Passenger Transport (General Requirements),
  
  Dates: 1967
  
  Container: Box 15, Folder 20
  
  Location: Series IV.: Subject Files,, 1937-1976
- Description: La Guardia Size Analysis,
  
  Dates: 1967
  
  Container: Box 15, Folder 21
  
  Location: Series IV.: Subject Files,, 1937-1976
- Description: Policy Material – 747,
  
  Dates: 1967
  
  Container: Box 15, Folder 22
  
  Location: Series IV.: Subject Files,, 1937-1976
- Description: Radio Technical Commission for Aeronautics, Annual Assembly Meeting, Reducing the Noise Problem,
  
  Dates: September 1967
  
  Container: Box 15, Folder 23
  
  Location: Series IV.: Subject Files,, 1937-1976
- Description: 727-223 Washington National Airport Georgetown Noise Study Summary Report,
  (Engineering Research and Development Report #44)
  
  Dates: 1967
  
  Container: Box 16, Folder 1
  
  Location: Series IV.: Subject Files,, 1937-1976
- Description: Tri-Jet Data,
  
  Dates: 1967
  
  Container: Box 16, Folders 2-3
  
  Location: Series IV.: Subject Files,, 1937-1976
- Description: 20th Annual International Air Safety Seminar – Admiral Luis De Florez Flight Safety Award – Williamsburg, Va.,
  
  Dates: December 1967
  
  Container: Box 16, Folder 4
  
  Location: Series IV.: Subject Files,, 1937-1976
- Description: Boeing 727-223 Operation, American Airlines Internal Correspondence,
  
  Dates: 1968
  
  Container: Box 16, Folder 5
  
  Location: Series IV.: Subject Files,, 1937-1976
- Description: Boeing 727-223 Operation, (Notes),
  
  Dates: 1968
  
  Container: Box 16, Folder 6
  
  Location: Series IV.: Subject Files,, 1937-1976
- Description: Boeing 727-223 Operation, Peconic Tests—BB&N Correspondence,
  
  Dates: 1968
  
  Container: Box 16, Folder 7
  
  Location: Series IV.: Subject Files,, 1937-1976
- Description: Boeing 727-223 Operation, Port Authority Correspondence, Etc.,
  
  Dates: 1966-1968
  
  Container: Box 16, Folder 8
  
  Location: Series IV.: Subject Files,, 1937-1976
- Description: “Epic Battle of the Plane Makers,” Fortune,
  
  Dates: June 1, 1968
  
  Container: Box 16, Folder 9
  
  Location: Series IV.: Subject Files,, 1937-1976
- Description: Lockheed L-1011 and McDonnell Douglas DC-10 Proposals Operations Department Technical Evaluation,
  
  Dates: 1968
  
  Container: Box 16, Folder 10
  
  Location: Series IV.: Subject Files,, 1937-1976
- Description: Tri-Jet Data (F. W. Kolk) Vol. I,
  (1 of 2)
  
  Dates: 1968
  
  Container: Box 16, Folder 11
  
  Location: Series IV.: Subject Files,, 1937-1976
- Description: Tri-Jet Data (F. W. Kolk) Vol. I,
  (2 of 2)
  
  Dates: 1968
  
  Container: Box 17, Folder 1
  
  Location: Series IV.: Subject Files,, 1937-1976
- Description: Tri-Jet Data (F. W. Kolk) Vol. II,
  
  Dates: 1968
  
  Container: Box 17, Folder 2
  
  Location: Series IV.: Subject Files,, 1937-1976
- Description: Tri-Jet Engine/Airplane Technical Evaluation,
  (Summary)
  
  Dates: 1968
  
  Container: Box 17, Folder 3
  
  Location: Series IV.: Subject Files,, 1937-1976
- Description: Tri-Jet Engine Evaluation, General Electric CF6, Rolls Royce RB.211 (Operations Department),
  
  Dates: 1968
  
  Container: Box 17, Folder 4
  
  Location: Series IV.: Subject Files,, 1937-1976
- Description: Boeing 747 / DC-10,
  
  Dates: 1968-1969
  
  Container: Box 17, Folder 5
  
  Location: Series IV.: Subject Files,, 1937-1976
- Description: General Requirements for Large Cargo Airplane,
  (R&D Report #61)
  
  Dates: 1969
  
  Container: Box 17, Folder 6
  
  Location: Series IV.: Subject Files,, 1937-1976
- Description: Inter-Metropolitan STOL Evaluation and Evaluation, Plan, And Project Summary -American Airlines and McDonnell Douglas,
  
  Dates: March 10, 1969
  
  Container: Box 17, Folder 7
  
  Location: Series IV.: Subject Files,, 1937-1976
- Description: Long Range Aircraft Evaluation,
  (Report #49 by Development Engineering)
  
  Dates: 1969
  
  Container: Box 17, Folder 8
  
  Location: Series IV.: Subject Files,, 1937-1976
- Description: Requirements / Documents,
  
  Dates: 1969
  
  Container: Box 17, Folder 9
  
  Location: Series IV.: Subject Files,, 1937-1976
- Description: Large Twin Engine Passenger Transport – General Requirements,
  
  Dates: 1969-1970
  
  Container: Box 17, Folder 10
  
  Location: Series IV.: Subject Files,, 1937-1976
- Description: Large Twin-Engined Passenger Transport – General Requirements,
  (Development Engineering Doc. 69-1)
  
  Dates: 1969-1970
  
  Container: Box 18, Folder 1
  
  Location: Series IV.: Subject Files,, 1937-1976
- Description: Floating Interim Manhattan STOLPORT (Report), and Astronautics and Aeronautics, “Toward City-Center Air Service,”
  
  Dates: September, December 1970
  
  Container: Box 18, Folder 2
  
  Location: Series IV.: Subject Files,, 1937-1976
- Description: F.W.K. Personal – Aviation, Notes, Correspondence,
  
  Dates: 1970
  
  Container: Box 18, Folder 3
  
  Location: Series IV.: Subject Files,, 1937-1976
- Description: General Requirements for Large Twin-Engined Passenger Transport,
  (Research and Development Report #59)
  
  Dates: 1970
  
  Container: Box 18, Folder 4
  
  Location: Series IV.: Subject Files,, 1937-1976
- Description: Large Cargo Airplane – General Requirements,
  
  Dates: 1970
  
  Container: Box 18, Folder 5
  
  Location: Series IV.: Subject Files,, 1937-1976
- Description: A Payload Analysis Program Using a “Monte Carlo” Technique,
  (Engineering Research and Development Report #51)
  
  Dates: 1970
  
  Container: Box 18, Folder 6
  
  Location: Series IV.: Subject Files,, 1937-1976
- Description: Aviation and the Environment in the Nineteen Seventies by Peter Masefield sponsored by The National Aviation Club of Washington, D.C., The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics. and The Society of Automotive Engineers – The First William Littlewood Memorial Lecture,
  
  Dates: 1971
  
  Container: Box 18, Folder 7
  
  Location: Series IV.: Subject Files,, 1937-1976
- Description: C. R. Smith - Lecture Notes, Paper, Book, and Photographs (?),
  
  Dates: 1971
  
  Container: Box 18, Folder 8
  
  Location: Series IV.: Subject Files,, 1937-1976
- Description: Data for C. R. Smith Sight Lecture,
  
  Dates: 1971
  
  Container: Box 18, Folders 9-10
  
  Location: Series IV.: Subject Files,, 1937-1976
- Description: DC-10 Commercial Introduction Publicity,
  
  Dates: 1971
  
  Container: Box 19, Folder 1
  
  Location: Series IV.: Subject Files,, 1937-1976
- Description: DC-10 Material, Royal Aeronautical Society Papers,
  
  Dates: 1971
  
  Container: Box 19, Folder 2
  
  Location: Series IV.: Subject Files,, 1937-1976
- Description: DC-10 Publicity, Royal Aeronautical Society – New Zealand,
  
  Dates: 1971
  
  Container: Box 19, Folder 3
  
  Location: Series IV.: Subject Files,, 1937-1976
- Description: Fuel and Fuel Tank Venting,
  
  Dates: 1970-1971
  
  Container: Box 19, Folder 4
  
  Location: Series IV.: Subject Files,, 1937-1976
- Description: F.W.K. Personal – Aviation, Notes, Correspondence,
  
  Dates: 1971
  
  Container: Box 19, Folder 5
  
  Location: Series IV.: Subject Files,, 1937-1976
- Description: Mach 0.85 and 0.82,
  
  Dates: 1971
  
  Container: Box 19, Folder 6
  
  Location: Series IV.: Subject Files,, 1937-1976
- Description: M. I. T. Seminar Invitation, The SST – A Case Study in Public Decision Making,
  
  Dates: 1971
  
  Container: Box 19, Folder 7
  
  Location: Series IV.: Subject Files,, 1937-1976
- Description: Operations Order #80, Special Demonstration Flight – LGB - B727-100…(Leviss Visit),
  
  Dates: 1970-1971
  
  Container: Box 19, Folder 8
  
  Location: Series IV.: Subject Files,, 1937-1976
- Description: Pacific Trip by F. W. Kolk Hosted by Royal Aeronautical Society,
  
  Dates: November 1971
  
  Container: Box 19, Folder 9
  
  Location: Series IV.: Subject Files,, 1937-1976
- Description: Airline View of STOL System Requirements, American Airlines for Dept. of Transportation,
  
  Dates: February 1972
  
  Container: Box 19, Folder 10
  
  Location: Series IV.: Subject Files,, 1937-1976
- Description: DC-10 Clippings and Rollout Booklet – Design, Introduction, and One Year Review,
  
  Dates: 1968-1972
  
  Container: Box 19, Folder 11
  
  Location: Series IV.: Subject Files,, 1937-1976
- Description: Noise Exposure Forecasts (N.E.F.),
  
  Dates: 1972
  
  Container: Box 19, Folder 12
  
  Location: Series IV.: Subject Files,, 1937-1976
- Description: Notes – Technical/Business,
  
  Dates: 1972
  
  Container: Box 19, Folder 13
  
  Location: Series IV.: Subject Files,, 1937-1976
- Description: Quiet Aircraft Symposium, England,
  
  Dates: June-July 1972
  
  Container: Box 20, Folder 1
  
  Location: Series IV.: Subject Files,, 1937-1976
- Description: Short Take-Off and Landing (STOL),
  
  Dates: 1972
  
  Container: Box 20, Folder 2
  
  Location: Series IV.: Subject Files,, 1937-1976
- Description: Washington, D.C. Noise Survey,
  (Engineering Research And Development Report #58)
  
  Dates: 1972
  
  Container: Box 20, Folder 3
  
  Location: Series IV.: Subject Files,, 1937-1976
- Description: Civil Aircraft Fleet Noise (FNL) Data,
  
  Dates: 1973
  
  Container: Box 20, Folder 4
  
  Location: Series IV.: Subject Files,, 1937-1976
- Description: Demand Curves – 73,
  
  Dates: 1973
  
  Container: Box 20, Folder 5
  
  Location: Series IV.: Subject Files,, 1937-1976
- Description: A Method for Assessing the Relative Effectiveness of Various Noise Abatement Strategies,
  (Preliminary Draft)
  
  Dates: 1973
  
  Container: Box 20, Folder 6
  
  Location: Series IV.: Subject Files,, 1937-1976
- Description: Notes – Technical/Business,
  
  Dates: 1973
  
  Container: Box 20, Folder 7
  
  Location: Series IV.: Subject Files,, 1937-1976
- Description: Profit Loops (FILDEM),
  
  Dates: 1973
  
  Container: Box 20, Folder 8
  
  Location: Series IV.: Subject Files,, 1937-1976
- Description: STDEV Data Runs (TURNAWAY),
  
  Dates: 1973
  
  Container: Box 20, Folder 9
  
  Location: Series IV.: Subject Files,, 1937-1976
- Description: Analysis of TANNER-NAFEC Data,
  
  Dates: 1974
  
  Container: Box 20, Folder 10
  
  Location: Series IV.: Subject Files,, 1937-1976
- Description: Clippings,
  
  Dates: 1960-1974
  
  Container: Box 20, Folder 11
  
  Location: Series IV.: Subject Files,, 1937-1976
- Description: Fuel Consumption – DATA and CALCS,
  
  Dates: 1974
  
  Container: Box 20, Folder 12
  
  Location: Series IV.: Subject Files,, 1937-1976
- Description: International Airline Advanced Aircraft Committee Meeting,
  
  Dates: 1974
  
  Container: Box 21, Folder 1
  
  Location: Series IV.: Subject Files,, 1937-1976
- Description: Performance of 727,
  
  Dates: June 1974
  
  Container: Box 21, Folder 2
  
  Location: Series IV.: Subject Files,, 1937-1976
- Description: Q Analysis - 320,
  
  Dates: 1974
  
  Container: Box 21, Folder 3
  
  Location: Series IV.: Subject Files,, 1937-1976
- Description: Q Analysis — 707-123B,
  
  Dates: 1974
  
  Container: Box 21, Folder 4
  
  Location: Series IV.: Subject Files,, 1937-1976
- Description: Q Analysis - 727,
  
  Dates: 1974
  
  Container: Box 21, Folder 5
  
  Location: Series IV.: Subject Files,, 1937-1976
- Description: Q Analysis - 747,
  
  Dates: 1974
  
  Container: Box 21, Folder 6
  
  Location: Series IV.: Subject Files,, 1937-1976
- Description: Q - En Route,
  
  Dates: 1974
  
  Container: Box 21, Folder 7
  
  Location: Series IV.: Subject Files,, 1937-1976
- Description: Superfan DC-9,
  
  Dates: 1974
  
  Container: Box 21, Folder 8
  
  Location: Series IV.: Subject Files,, 1937-1976
- Description: Transcam 727,
  
  Dates: 1974
  
  Container: Box 21, Folder 9
  
  Location: Series IV.: Subject Files,, 1937-1976
- Description: Computer Program for Calculating Specific Annoyance Factor (SAF) for the Boeing 727-100/JT8D-1,
  (Tech. Dev. Report #64)
  
  Dates: 1975
  
  Container: Box 21, Folder 10
  
  Location: Series IV.: Subject Files,, 1937-1976
- Description: International Airline Advanced Aircraft Committee,
  
  Dates: 1973-1975
  
  Container: Box 21, Folder 11
  
  Location: Series IV.: Subject Files,, 1937-1976
- Description: Jumbo Twin,
  
  Dates: 1966-1975
  
  Container: Box 21, Folder 12
  
  Location: Series IV.: Subject Files,, 1937-1976
- Description: Q Analysis—DC-10,
  
  Dates: 1975
  
  Container: Box 21, Folder 13
  
  Location: Series IV.: Subject Files,, 1937-1976
- Description: The Technology and Economics of Air Transport in Its Next Phase by K. G. Wilkinson, Vice Chairman of Rolls-Royce (1971) Limited for the Royal Aeronautical Society,
  
  Dates: 1975
  
  Container: Box 21, Folder 14
  
  Location: Series IV.: Subject Files,, 1937-1976
- Description: Acoustical Society of America,
  
  Dates: 1976
  
  Container: Box 21, Folder 15
  
  Location: Series IV.: Subject Files,, 1937-1976
- Description: Air Pollution,
  
  Dates: 1976
  
  Container: Box 21, Folder 16
  
  Location: Series IV.: Subject Files,, 1937-1976
- Description: Air Transport Association,
  
  Dates: 1976
  
  Container: Box 22, Folder 1
  
  Location: Series IV.: Subject Files,, 1937-1976
- Description: Aircraft,
  
  Dates: 1976
  
  Container: Box 22, Folder 2
  
  Location: Series IV.: Subject Files,, 1937-1976
- Description: Airports,
  
  Dates: 1976
  
  Container: Box 22, Folder 3
  
  Location: Series IV.: Subject Files,, 1937-1976
- Description: American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics including Fellow Nominations and Member Committee Meeting Minutes,
  
  Dates: 1973-1976
  
  Container: Box 22, Folder 4
  
  Location: Series IV.: Subject Files,, 1937-1976
- Description: Budget,
  
  Dates: 1976
  
  Container: Box 22, Folders 5-6
  
  Location: Series IV.: Subject Files,, 1937-1976
- Description: Budget (901/602),
  
  Dates: 1976
  
  Container: Box 22, Folder 7
  
  Location: Series IV.: Subject Files,, 1937-1976
- Description: Budget – Monthly Accounts,
  
  Dates: 1976
  
  Container: Box 23, Folder 1
  
  Location: Series IV.: Subject Files,, 1937-1976
- Description: Business Operations,
  
  Dates: 1976
  
  Container: Box 23, Folder 2
  
  Location: Series IV.: Subject Files,, 1937-1976
- Description: Engines – General Electric, Pratt & Whitney, Rolls Royce, Etc.,
  
  Dates: 1976
  
  Container: Box 23, Folder 3
  
  Location: Series IV.: Subject Files,, 1937-1976
- Description: International Airline Advanced Aircraft Committee Meeting,
  
  Dates: 1976
  
  Container: Box 23, Folders 4-5
  
  Location: Series IV.: Subject Files,, 1937-1976
- Description: International Air Transport Association,
  
  Dates: 1976
  
  Container: Box 23, Folder 6
  
  Location: Series IV.: Subject Files,, 1937-1976
- Description: International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences – 10th Congress,
  
  Dates: 1976
  
  Container: Box 23, Folder 7
  
  Location: Series IV.: Subject Files,, 1937-1976
- Description: Legal (Legislative),
  
  Dates: 1976
  
  Container: Box 23, Folder 8
  
  Location: Series IV.: Subject Files,, 1937-1976
- Description: Meetings – General,
  
  Dates: 1976
  
  Container: Box 24, Folder 1
  
  Location: Series IV.: Subject Files,, 1937-1976
- Description: Miscellaneous Memoranda, Publications, Reports,
  
  Dates: 1976
  
  Container: Box 24, Folder 2
  
  Location: Series IV.: Subject Files,, 1937-1976
- Description: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, NASA,
  
  Dates: 1976
  
  Container: Box 24, Folders 3-4
  
  Location: Series IV.: Subject Files,, 1937-1976
- Description: Research and Technology Advisory Council, NASA, Safety and Operating Systems,
  
  Dates: March 2-3, 1976
  
  Container: Box 24, Folder 5
  
  Location: Series IV.: Subject Files,, 1937-1976
- Description: Research and Technology Advisory Council, NASA – Panel Meeting (Diverse Presentations),
  
  Dates: May 11-13, 1976
  
  Container: Box 24, Folders 6-7
  
  Location: Series IV.: Subject Files,, 1937-1976
- Description: Research and Technology Advisory Council, NASA,
  (Advanced Composite Materials)
  
  Dates: July 15-16, 1976
  
  Container: Box 25, Folder 1
  
  Location: Series IV.: Subject Files,, 1937-1976
- Description: Research and Technology Advisory Council, NASA,
  (General)
  
  Dates: 1976
  
  Container: Box 25, Folders 2-3
  
  Location: Series IV.: Subject Files,, 1937-1976
- Description: Speeches,
  
  Dates: 1946-1976
  
  Container: Box 25, Folders 4-5
  
  Location: Series IV.: Subject Files,, 1937-1976
- Description: Terminal Configured Vehicles Sub Committee, NASA,
  
  Dates: 1976
  
  Container: Box 25, Folder 6
  
  Location: Series IV.: Subject Files,, 1937-1976
- Description: United States Department of Transportation,
  
  Dates: 1976
  
  Container: Box 25, Folder 7
  
  Location: Series IV.: Subject Files,, 1937-1976
- Description: Notes,
  
  Dates: undated
  
  Container: Box 25, Folder 8
  
  Location: Series IV.: Subject Files,, 1937-1976
Series V.: Artifacts,, circa 1950-1976

(1 document box and 1 F24 box)

Arranged alphabetically including souvenirs, airline maps, awards.
- Description: “A New ‘Star’ Is Born – The L1011,”
  (Matted photo of Kolk and R. L. Thoren with initial concept for airplane.)
  
  Dates: circa 1968
  
  Container: Box F-24, Folder 2
  
  Location: Series V.: Artifacts,, circa 1950-1976
- Description: Apron (Backyard Grill), Features Airline Logos,
  
  Dates: undated
  
  Container: Box 26
  
  Location: Series V.: Artifacts,, circa 1950-1976
- Description: Cartoons on Arresting Gear, Noise,
  (Document Folder 3)
  
  Dates: undated
  
  Container: Box 26
  
  Location: Series V.: Artifacts,, circa 1950-1976
- Description: Coaster, American Airlines to Australia and New Zealand,
  
  Dates: undated
  
  Container: Box 26
  
  Location: Series V.: Artifacts,, circa 1950-1976
- Description: “Frank Kolk Makes his First CJ-805-23 Flight!,”
  (Cartoon about jet engine test flight by Ted Grossman.)
  
  Dates: undated
  
  Container: Box F-24, Folder 3
  
  Location: Series V.: Artifacts,, circa 1950-1976
- Description: Maps, American Airlines Routes,
  (Document Folder 3)
  
  Dates: circa 1950s-circa 1970s
  
  Container: Box 26
  
  Location: Series V.: Artifacts,, circa 1950-1976
- Description: Medallion, One Thousandth 727, Boeing Commercial Airplane Company,
  
  Dates: January 1974
  
  Container: Box 26
  
  Location: Series V.: Artifacts,, circa 1950-1976
- Description: Mug, Pewter with Lockheed Electra on the bottom,
  
  Dates: undated
  
  Container: Box 26
  
  Location: Series V.: Artifacts,, circa 1950-1976
- Description: Newsletter (Humorous), Braheian Debater, Defenders of the Geocentric Universe,
  (Document Folder 1)
  
  Dates: Spring 1976
  
  Container: Box 26
  
  Location: Series V.: Artifacts,, circa 1950-1976
- Description: Paperweight, Commemorating 20 Years of Helicopter Use N. Y. Police Dept. (Bell Helicopter),
  
  Dates: 1969
  
  Container: Box 26
  
  Location: Series V.: Artifacts,, circa 1950-1976
- Description: Paperweight, Philatelic Aviation History of Rolls-Royce, 1918-1974,
  
  Dates: 1974
  
  Container: Box 26
  
  Location: Series V.: Artifacts,, circa 1950-1976
- Description: Postcards (Color), DC-6, DC-7, Stratocruiser,
  (Document Folder 3)
  
  Dates: circa 1950s
  
  Container: Box 26
  
  Location: Series V.: Artifacts,, circa 1950-1976
- Description: Reproductions (Color), Wright Bros. and Alexander G. Bell Stock and Patent Memorabilia,
  (Document Folder 2)
  
  Dates: undated
  
  Container: Box 26
  
  Location: Series V.: Artifacts,, circa 1950-1976
- Description: Slide Rule, Allied Research,
  
  Dates: undated
  
  Container: Box 26
  
  Location: Series V.: Artifacts,, circa 1950-1976
- Description: Slide Rule, Rolls Royce Souvenir,
  
  Dates: undated
  
  Container: Box 26
  
  Location: Series V.: Artifacts,, circa 1950-1976
- Description: Slide Rule (Circular), GE4/SST Flight Propulsion Division Souvenir,
  (Document Folder 3)
  
  Dates: undated
  
  Container: Box 26
  
  Location: Series V.: Artifacts,, circa 1950-1976
- Description: Tea Towel (Humorous) Jet Transport Crying Towel,
  
  Dates: undated
  
  Container: Box 26
  
  Location: Series V.: Artifacts,, circa 1950-1976
- Description: Wall Plaque, American Airlines Logo,
  
  Dates: undated
  
  Container: Box 26
  
  Location: Series V.: Artifacts,, circa 1950-1976
- Description: Wall Plaque, Douglas DC-10, This Is to Certify that Frank Kolk Flew as an Observer on DC-10 No. 1,
  
  Dates: January 20, 1971
  
  Container: Box 26
  
  Location: Series V.: Artifacts,, circa 1950-1976
- Description: 5 Aircraft Parking Project diagrams,
  
  Dates: 1969
  
  Container: Box F-24, Folder 4
  
  Location: Series V.: Artifacts,, circa 1950-1976
Series VI.: Books,, 1942-1976

(1 document box)

Arranged alphabetically by author including annotated aircraft histories, engineering, and a reference book. Kolk is mentioned in Destination Disaster.
- Description: Andrews, Philip, Air News Yearbook, Duell, Sloan & Pierce,
  (Inscribed Franklin W. Kolk)
  
  Dates: 1942
  
  Container: Box 27
  
  Location: Series VI.: Books,, 1942-1976
- Description: Bach, Richard, Nothing by Chance,
  (Annotated)
  
  Dates: 1969
  
  Container: Box 27
  
  Location: Series VI.: Books,, 1942-1976
- Description: Eddy, Paul, Elaine Potter, Bruce Page, Destination Disaster,
  (Kolk on pp. 98-100)
  
  Dates: 1976
  
  Container: Box 27
  
  Location: Series VI.: Books,, 1942-1976
- Description: Hodge, James, Gas Turbine Series Vol. 1, Cycles and Performance Estimation,
  (Mathematical notes inside.)
  
  Dates: 1955
  
  Container: Box 27
  
  Location: Series VI.: Books,, 1942-1976
- Description: Ziegler, Mano, Rocket Fighter,
  (Annotated by Author - “To Frank Zorn as a Remembrance of Your Visit to Munich;” correspondence inside.)
  
  Dates: 1961
  
  Container: Box 27
  
  Location: Series VI.: Books,, 1942-1976

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

Aeronautics, Commercial--Development.
Aerospace engineering.
Aircraft industry--History.

Corporate Names

American Airlines, inc.

Form or Genre Terms

Artifacts.
Photographs.

Occupations

Aerospace engineers.

F. W. Kolk papers, 1937-1976

Table of Contents

Overview of the Collection

Historical Note

Content Description

Use of the Collection

Restrictions on Use

Preferred Citation

Administrative Information

Related Materials

Acquisition Information

Processing Note

Detailed Description of the Collection

Series I.: Appointment Books,, 1965-1976

Series II.: Correspondence,, 1964-1976

Series III.: Photographs and Slides,, 1953-1972

Subseries 1.: Negatives,, 1972, undated

Subseries 2.: Prints,, 1953-1972

Subseries 3.: Slides,, 1953-1971

Series IV.: Subject Files,, 1937-1976

Series V.: Artifacts,, circa 1950-1976

Series VI.: Books,, 1942-1976

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

Corporate Names

Form or Genre Terms

Occupations