G. Joseph Minetti papers, 1922-1993

The G. Joseph Minetti collection contains evidence from Minetti's entire career. but most significantly the bulk of the collection documents his 22 years with the Civil Aeronautics Board. Included in this series are: case files, board minutes, memos, correspondence, procedural rules, printed materials, and files on individual members and bureaus. Papers document hearings on the causes of airplane crashes and negotiated aviation agreements with other nations. Each case is separately documented and filed in chronological order. Minetti continued as an aviation attorney in private practice with Dickstein, Shapiro, and Morin. There is an extensive clippings file from the late 1950s through the 1970s. A hand-written plan for a legislative history of the Civil Aviation act of 1938 is included. Evidence of Minetti's early career include scrapbooks, 1947-1950, with clippings and photographs, topical files in alphabetical order. There are numerou s books, some once belonging to Senator Joseph McCarthy. Ephemera include: service medals, yearbooks, awards and certificates, an audio cassette on his 1978 ALTA award, and some documents on fiche.