University of Wyoming
H. Paul Culver was a pilot and known aviation and air mail pioneer. He was the first pilot to fly the first scheduled air mail service route into New York on May 15, 1918; the first day when air mail service began. He was also a member of the Early Birds of Aviation, an organization whose members all flew solo before December 1916.
The collection contains printed materials (i.e. National Geographic Maps, publications, and memorabilia) about the early days of aviation and the "Early Birds;" correspondence; newspaper clippings; photographs; Ellington Field Yearbook dated 1918; invitations and programs to aviation events; and advertisements dealing with the early years of aviation.
There are no access restrictions on the materials for research purposes, and the collection is open to the public.
The researcher assumes full responsibility for observing all copyright, property, and libel laws as they apply.
H. Paul Culver air mail scrapbook and invoices can be located at the Smithsonian, National Air and Space Museum, Archives Division.
This material was received from Edith Dodd Culver in 1967 and 1968.
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