Alberta Hunt Nicholson photograph collection, circa 1943-1980

Overview of the Collection

Collector
Nicholson, Alberta Hunt
Title
Alberta Hunt Nicholson photograph collection
Dates
circa 1943-1980 (inclusive)
Quantity
68 Items
Collection Number
P0662
Summary
The Alberta Hunt Nicholson photograph collection consists of images surrounding the aeronautical career of Alberta Nicholson.
Repository
University of Utah Libraries, Special Collections
Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library
University of Utah
295 South 1500 East
Salt Lake City, UT
84112-0860

Telephone: 8015818863
special@library.utah.edu
Access Restrictions

Twenty-four hour advanced notice encouraged. Materials must be used on-site. Access to parts of this collection may be restricted under provisions of state or federal law.

Languages
English

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

The focus of the collection is the aeronautical career of Alberta Nicholson, beginning in World War II with her involvement in Women Airforce Service Pilots group (WASP). Photographs depict planes she flew and worked on and people she worked with at the time and in later years at reunions. Also included are photos of Alberta and friends/competitors in cross country air races.

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

Restrictions on Use

The library does not claim to control copyright for all materials in the collection. An individual depicted in a reproduction has privacy rights as outlined in Title 45 CFR, part 46 (Protection of Human Subjects). For further information, please review the J. Willard Marriott Library’s Use Agreement and Reproduction Request forms.

Preferred Citation

Collection Name, Collection Number, Box Number, Folder Number. Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library, The University of Utah.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Arrangement

Collection is arranged topically.

Separated Materials

See also the Alberta Hunt Nicholson papers (ACCN 1017) located in the Manuscripts Division of Special Collections.

Processing Note

Processed by Dale Larsen in 1997.

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

Container(s) Description
Box Folder
1 1 Women Airforce Service Pilots
  • 1: Alberta with Rossina Lewis on a day off at (Lucke?) Field,1944.
  • 2: (no label) group of WASP women.
  • 3: "This is the plane I bought and licensed after the war - 1947"
  • 4: (no label) Two women in unidentified plane #183.
  • 5: "'Jersch', now O'Rourke." WASP standing in work outfit.
  • 6: (no label) WASP standing in flight outfit.
  • 7: June Keiser and Alberta at an early "Powder Puff Derby" women's race.
  • 8: Alberta and Pidge Haskins in winter flight outfits.
  • 9: Alberta in front of "T-6, Awas test pilot on AT-6 Jan '44 to Dec '44."
  • 10: Alberta in winter flight outfit, January, 1944.
  • 11: formal portrait of Alberta in flight gear.
  • 12-13: Alberta in dress uniform, 1944, Sweetwater, Texas.
  • 14: WASP group, Sweetwater, Texas, 1944. "Avenger...?"
1 2 Women Airforce Service Pilots
  • 1: Alberta and co-pilot awaiting take-off in AT-6?
  • 2: "Gadget" in work outfit, WASP Training, Sweetwater, TX 1943.
  • 3: male flight instructor at Sweetwater, TX 1943.
  • 4: unidentified personnel, (parachute check out?)
  • 5: Ruth Jones, 1943.
  • 6: Doris (?), Ida Carter, Jersch, Frances, Jonesy. WASPs in work outfit.
  • 7: WASP instructor in primary trainer plane, 1943.
  • 8: unidentified woman in civilian clothing, AShe washed out@.
  • 9: Pidge Hoskins, Annie White, and two others in flight outfit.
  • 10: male flight instructor in front of AT-6?
  • 11: relaxing by the pool, WASPs after a days work.
  • 12: Alberta and friend by her AT-6, 1947.
  • 13-14: Alberta in flight outfit by a BT-13? at Williams Field, Sweetwater, TX 1944.
  • 15: formal portrait of Alberta Nicholson in flight gear.
1 3 W.A.S.P. Friends in 1950s and 1960s
  • 1-10: Photographs taken on two separate occasions, people from folder 1 and 2 at reunion? for WASP.
1 4 Air Racing
  • 1-7: group photo of Alberta Nicholson, Mary Kollborn, Nancy Streeter(?), Lila Tieldin(?), Barbara Barlow, in the Powder Puff Derby.
  • 8: Maxine Nielson and Alberta Nicholson at the finish of the 1965 El Cajun to Chattenooga race.
  • 9: Maxine Nielson and Alberta.
  • 10: Beatrice Edgerly Macpherson with co-pilot Alberta Nicholson in the 1955 Longbeach to Springfield, Mass. race. (Alberta's first race.)
  • 11: Alberta and unidientified near plane #7.
  • 12a-b: (numberred twice) Alberta and Maxine Nielson.
  • 13: Jocile Eddleman handing a certificate to Alberta and June Kaiser during Powder Puff Derby. Albuquerque, New Mexico.
  • 14: Alberta by unidentified plane.
  • 15: Alberta and (?) boarding "Governor's Plane".
  • 16: portrait of Alberta with plane.
  • 17: Maxine Nielson and Alberta at check point on race?
1 5 "Picture Magazine"
  • 1: This item was in a photo developing packet and was included with one of Alberta's photo orders. The brief magazine gives hints on how to take good photographs but was kept because of its perspective on culture of the United States during World War II.
1 Unprinted Negatives General images
  • 1-3: (color) Alberta(?) and others by post-WWII aircraft
  • 4-5: Alberta Nicholson portraits
2 1 Oversize General Images
  • OS 1: Same as folder 4 numbers 1-7
  • OS 2: Carol Clarke, Lila Fielden, Alberta Nicholson, and Ruth Kendrick preparing for the Sacramento to Wilmington, Delaware air race in 1976
  • OS 3: Group photo of WASP reunion
  • OS 4: Group photo of WASP reunion
  • OS 5: Panoramic photo of the pre-race banquet, Longbeach to Knoxsville, 1954

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

  • Women air pilots--United States--Photographs

Personal Names

  • Nicholson, Alberta Hunt--Photographs

Corporate Names

  • United States. Army Air Forces. Women Air Service Pilots--Photographs

Finding aid created by Dale Larsen.
1997 (last modified: 2018)

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