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Gene Nora Stumbough Jessen Papers

Creator:
Jessen, Gene Nora  Search this
Extent:
8 Cubic feet (22 boxes)
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Date:
1950s-2010s
Summary:
This collection consists of 8 cubic feet of archival material documenting the life of Gene Nora Stumbough Jessen from 1950s to the 2010s. She had a successful career as a flight instructor, Beech Aircraft sales demonstration pilot, Beech Aircraft dealership owner, flight school chief pilot, commercial pilot, Federal Aviation Agency (FAA) Safety Counselor, aviation insurance agent/broker, advisor to the FAA, president of the Ninety-Nines, Inc. (1988-1990), and published aviation author. Jessen also participated in the Women in Space Program, evaluating women's potential as possible astronauts at the Lovelace Medical Center in 1961.
Scope and Contents:
This collection consists of approximately 8 cubic feet of archival material documenting the aviation career of Gene Nora Stumbough Jessen, including her involvement with the Ninety-Nines, her career with Beechcraft Aviation, and her writings on aviation; there is also a small amount of material related to her week-long testing with the Women in Space Program. The following types of materials are included: correspondence, photographs, pilot logs, scrapbooks, photo albums, programs, brochures, maps, magazine articles, manuals, handbooks, VHS tapes, and audiotapes.
Arrangement:
When the National Air and Space Museums Archives received the Gene Nora Stumbough Jessen Collection, it was arranged alphabetically by folder name. All original folder titles have been retained. PII has been manually redacted. Any additional contextual information that was added by the processing archivist appears in brackets.
Biographical / Historical:
Gene Nora (pronounced Janora) Stumbough Jessen was born on January 10, 1937, in Springfield, Illinois. While growing up, Jessen became interested in aviation after learning about the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASPs) who served their country during World War II. She began flying while in her junior year of high school in the Civil Air Patrol and earned her private pilot license in 1956. She then attended the University of Oklahoma (OU), where she was a member of their flight team and entered her first National Intercollegiate Flying Association (NIFA) competition. While taking classes in 1959, Jessen became the first woman to work as a flight instructor for the school, which allowed her to also pay for college. During her time at OU, she earned seven collegiate-level flying trophies and remained on staff for six years after completing her English degree.

In 1961 Jessen quit her job as a flight instructor when she was selected as one of the women to participate in the Women in Space Program (1960-1962), also known as the Mercury 13 or Fellow Lady Astronaut Trainees (FLATs), at the Lovelace Medical Center in New Mexico. She was twenty-four years old. Dr. William Randall "Randy" Lovelace, who designed and carried out the rigorous testing for the thirty-two male Project Mercury candidates, and US Air Force Brigadier General Donald Flickinger, were curious to see how women would fare against their all-male peers. Unable to interest the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) in the undertaking, they conducted the experiment in secret independently. For Phase 1, this group of women underwent the same rigorous physical testing regimen used for NASA's Mercury astronauts. All participants passed. Armed with these results, Lovelace and Flickinger lobbied both Congress and the White House to consider including women in the Astronaut Corps, neither of which were keen on the idea; On a draft response letter, Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson wrote "Let's stop this now!" Before the other parts of the test could begin, the Lovelace Program was cancelled.

Jessen moved to Wichita, Kansas, and accepted a job at Beech Aircraft in 1962. There, Jessen piloted planes for demonstration purposes for the company. On July 20, 1962, she embarked on a 90-day, 40,000 mile cross-country flight with fellow pilots Joyce Case and Mike Gordon. They were known as "The Three Musketeers", named after the Beech Musketeers the trio flew in formation across the United States. She and Case were the only female pilots flying for any aircraft manufacturer at that time. Soon, Jessen became rated to fly the entire line of Beech aircraft. In her spare time, she volunteered with the Wichita Wing Scouts from 1963-1967.

In Kansas, she also met and married Leland Robert "Bob" Jessen (1925-2020), a B-29 pilot during World War II, on June 12, 1964, in Colorado Springs, Colorado. In 1967, they moved to Boise, Idaho, where they established their own Beech dealership and, later, an aviation insurance business and Boise Air Service, a full-service, fixed base operation on the Boise Airport.

Jessen was also an avid writer. She was the aviation columnist for The Northwest Flyer, and The Idaho Statesman. Jessen also wrote several books on the history of women in aviation, including Sky Girls, a chronicle of the 1929 Powder Puff Derby.

Additionally, Jessen was appointed by President Lyndon B. Johnson to serve on the Federal Aviation Agency's (FAA) Women in Aviation Advisory Board for five years. Between 1988 and 1990, Jessen was President of the Ninety-Nines, an international organization of licensed women pilots. She was also a Wing Scout Leader, treasurer of the Idaho Pilot's Association, an Accident Prevention Counselor for the FAA, and the Boise Airport Commissioner. She was recently inducted into the International Women in Aviation Pioneers Hall of Fame in Dayton, Ohio. Jessen holds over 4,000 hours of flying experience and earned ratings as a commercial pilot, single and multi-engine land, single-engine sea, instrument rating and a Gold Seal flight instructor.

HONORS:

Honorary PhD, University of Wisconsin

Idaho Aviation Hall of Fame

Pathfinder Award Wall of Fame, Seattle Museum of Flight

Wright Brothers Master Pilot Award

Ninety-Nines Amelia Earhart Award

Achievement Award, International Northwest Aviation Council

Evanston Township High School Distinguished Alumni Award

Adler Planetarium Women in Space Service Award

Mercury 13 NASA Award, International Human Space Flight Day

Women with Wings Award, International Air and Space Museum

Next Generation Indie Book Award, 2010

YMCA Pioneers of the Future Award

FAA Women's Advisory Committee on Aviation

Boise Airport Commissioner
Provenance:
Gene Nora Jessen, Gift, 2023, NASM.2023.0052
Restrictions:
No restrictions on access
Rights:
Material is subject to Smithsonian Terms of Use. Should you wish to use NASM material in any medium, please submit an Application for Permission to Reproduce NASM Material, available at Permissions Requests.
Topic:
Aeronautics  Search this
Aeronautics -- Flights  Search this
Astronautics  Search this
Beech Aircraft Family  Search this
Women in aeronautics  Search this
Citation:
Gene Nora Stumbough Jessen Papers, NASM.2023.0052, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
Identifier:
NASM.2023.0052
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Gene Nora Stumbough Jessen Papers
Archival Repository:
National Air and Space Museum Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/pg2b905f10b-05ae-4366-94c0-809cf299d0bc
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-nasm-2023-0052
Online Media:

Surreal worlds from Meret Oppenheim to Frida Kahlo

Editor:
Pfeiffer, Ingrid  Search this
Host institution:
Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt  Search this
Louisiana (Museum : Humlebæk, Denmark),)  Search this
Physical description:
419 pages illustrations (some color), facsimiles, portraits (some color) 30 cm
Type:
Exhibitions
Expositions
Exhibition catalogs
History
Catalogues d'exposition
Place:
20th century
Date:
2020
20th century
20e siècle
Topic:
Surrealism  Search this
Women artists--History  Search this
Surréalisme  Search this
Femmes artistes--Histoire  Search this
Women artists  Search this
Malerei  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1158323

Don Pedrito Jaramillo

Artist:
César Martínez, born Laredo, TX 1944  Search this
Sitter:
Portrait male  Search this
Medium:
woodcut on paper
Dimensions:
image: 25 7/8 × 17 1/4 in. (65.7 × 43.8 cm) sheet: 30 1/4 × 20 1/4 in. (76.8 × 51.4 cm)
Type:
Graphic Arts-Print
Date:
1976
Topic:
Portrait male  Search this
Latinx  Search this
Credit Line:
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Gilberto Cárdenas and Dolores García
Object number:
2019.51.2
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
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Smithsonian American Art Museum Collection
Department:
Graphic Arts
Data Source:
Smithsonian American Art Museum
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk79645650a-f2cb-47ca-bce4-dff747869ccf
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:saam_2019.51.2

Jerome Michel Howard (b. 1892), (painting)

Painter:
Breuer, Henry Joseph 1860-1932  Search this
Subject:
Howard, Jerome Michel  Search this
Type:
Paintings
Topic:
Portrait male--Child  Search this
Control number:
IAP 9A600004
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_245894

En Lucha, Ernesto Cardenal

Artist:
Juan Fuentes, born Artesia, NM 1950  Search this
Sitter:
Portrait male  Search this
Medium:
screenprint on paper
Dimensions:
sheet: 23 in. × 17 1/2 in. (58.4 × 44.5 cm) image: 21 7/8 × 15 7/8 in. (55.6 × 40.3 cm)
Type:
Graphic Arts-Print
Date:
1983
Topic:
Portrait male  Search this
Credit Line:
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Gilberto Cárdenas and Dolores García
Copyright:
©1983, Juan R Fuentes
Object number:
2019.51.55
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
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Smithsonian American Art Museum Collection
Department:
Graphic Arts
Data Source:
Smithsonian American Art Museum
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk750672d01-cb41-4235-8673-c893009aacd3
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:saam_2019.51.55

Ralph Maradiaga

Artist:
Salvador García, born San Antonio, TX 1954  Search this
Sitter:
Portrait male  Search this
Medium:
screenprint on paper
Dimensions:
sheet and image: 30 1/8 × 22 1/8 in. (76.5 × 56.2 cm)
Type:
Graphic Arts-Print
Date:
1986
Topic:
Portrait male  Search this
Credit Line:
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Gilberto Cárdenas and Dolores García
Copyright:
© 1986, Salvador García
Object number:
2019.51.68
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
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Smithsonian American Art Museum Collection
Department:
Graphic Arts
Data Source:
Smithsonian American Art Museum
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk77865124b-e32a-4679-8064-e659a067d170
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:saam_2019.51.68

Favela

Artist:
Xico González, born Los Angeles, CA 1975  Search this
Sitter:
Portrait male  Search this
Medium:
screenprint on paper
Dimensions:
sheet: 20 in. × 14 3/4 in. (50.8 × 37.5 cm) image: 17 × 12 in. (43.2 × 30.5 cm)
Type:
Graphic Arts-Print
Date:
2004
Topic:
Portrait male  Search this
Credit Line:
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Lichtenberg Family Foundation
Copyright:
© 2004, Xico González
Object number:
2020.19.2
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
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Smithsonian American Art Museum Collection
Department:
Graphic Arts
Data Source:
Smithsonian American Art Museum
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk780bfaa2b-3803-48c7-8628-53eeebbf7dab
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:saam_2020.19.2

Jose G. Posada

Artist:
Rupert García, born French Camp, CA 1941  Search this
Sitter:
Jose Guadalupe Posada  Search this
Medium:
offset lithograph
Dimensions:
sheet and image: 21 1/4 × 15 7/8 in. (54 × 40.3 cm)
Type:
Graphic Arts-Print
Date:
1974
Topic:
Mexican  Search this
Occupation\art\artist  Search this
Portrait male  Search this
Credit Line:
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift from the Trustees of the Corcoran Gallery of Art (Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Gerald D. Kohs)
Copyright:
© 1974, Rupert García
Object number:
2020.20.82
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
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Department:
Graphic Arts
Data Source:
Smithsonian American Art Museum
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk747f2e70b-c0f7-46b9-825d-8fc45a73fc23
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:saam_2020.20.82

Posters and Society

Artist:
Rupert García, born French Camp, CA 1941  Search this
Sitter:
Albizu Campos  Search this
Medium:
offset lithograph
Dimensions:
sheet and image: 21 1/4 × 15 7/8 in. (54 × 40.3 cm)
Type:
Graphic Arts-Print
Date:
1974
Topic:
Occupation\political  Search this
Puerto Rican  Search this
Portrait male  Search this
Credit Line:
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift from the Trustees of the Corcoran Gallery of Art (Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Gerald D. Kohs)
Copyright:
© 1974, Rupert García
Object number:
2020.20.83
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
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Department:
Graphic Arts
Data Source:
Smithsonian American Art Museum
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk76a11de85-996c-4448-bb44-cba78f37c876
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:saam_2020.20.83

March in Raleigh

Artist:
Rupert García, born French Camp, CA 1941  Search this
Sitter:
Ben Chavis  Search this
Medium:
offset lithograph
Dimensions:
sheet and image: 22 1/2 in. × 17 in. (57.2 × 43.2 cm)
Type:
Graphic Arts-Print
Date:
1976
Topic:
Occupation\religion\clergy  Search this
History\United States\labor history  Search this
Occupation\other\reformer  Search this
Portrait male  Search this
Credit Line:
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift from the Trustees of the Corcoran Gallery of Art (Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Gerald D. Kohs)
Copyright:
© 1976, Rupert García
Object number:
2020.20.86
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
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Department:
Graphic Arts
Data Source:
Smithsonian American Art Museum
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk765034d92-b579-46fa-a7c0-5b4826f97839
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:saam_2020.20.86

Walt Whitman

Artist:
Mathew Brady Studio, active 1844 - 1894  Search this
Sitter:
Walt Whitman, 31 May 1819 - 26 Mar 1892  Search this
Medium:
Albumen silver print
Dimensions:
Image/Sheet: 8.5 × 5.4 cm (3 3/8 × 2 1/8")
Mount: 10 × 6.1 cm (3 15/16 × 2 3/8")
Type:
Photograph
Place:
United States\New York\Kings\New York
Topic:
Interior  Search this
Home Furnishings\Furniture  Search this
Home Furnishings\Furniture\Seating\Chair  Search this
Personal Attribute\Facial Hair\Mustache  Search this
Personal Attribute\Facial Hair\Beard  Search this
Photographic format\Carte-de-visite  Search this
Walt Whitman: Male  Search this
Walt Whitman: Literature\Writer\Poet  Search this
Walt Whitman: Journalism and Media\Newspaper editor  Search this
Walt Whitman: Education and Scholarship\Educator\Teacher  Search this
Walt Whitman: Journalism and Media\Journalist\Reporter\Newspaper  Search this
Portrait  Search this
Credit Line:
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Object number:
NPG.2018.49
Restrictions & Rights:
CC0
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National Portrait Gallery Collection
Location:
Currently not on view
Data Source:
National Portrait Gallery
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm4e4e6cef2-24fb-4f76-bbab-89606f6a1b5f
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:npg_NPG.2018.49
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Encaustic Portrait, Mummy

Donor Name:
Franz Richter  Search this
Site Name:
Rubayat  Search this
Culture:
Roman Period  Search this
Greco-Egyptian  Search this
Object Type:
Painting
Place:
Fayum District (Fayyum, Faiyum), Upper Egypt, Egypt, Africa
Accession Date:
1904
Topic:
Archaeology  Search this
Accession Number:
042553
USNM Number:
A230149-0
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Anthropology
Data Source:
NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3e12baced-66ee-4c9b-b757-6b38bf29123e
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmnhanthropology_8056880
Online Media:

Dance Mask

Donor Name:
Edward W. Nelson  Search this
Length - Object:
30 cm
Culture:
Eskimo, Inupiaq  Search this
Object Type:
Mask
Place:
King Island, Bering Strait, Alaska, United States, North America
Accession Date:
9 Feb 1882
Topic:
Ethnology  Search this
Accession Number:
82A00003
USNM Number:
E64226-0
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Anthropology
Data Source:
NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3d0246cd1-fbf6-42fa-a3cb-5c0186dae5db
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmnhanthropology_8471366
Online Media:

Dance Mask

Donor Name:
Edward W. Nelson  Search this
Length - Object:
30 cm
Culture:
Eskimo, Inupiaq  Search this
Object Type:
Mask
Place:
King Island, Bering Strait, Alaska, United States, North America
Accession Date:
9 Feb 1882
Topic:
Ethnology  Search this
Accession Number:
82A00003
USNM Number:
E64227-0
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Anthropology
Data Source:
NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/31b0e54a9-4046-4820-adb2-2124138ef334
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmnhanthropology_8471367

Portrait Sculpture: Man with sword

Collector:
Virginia Fleming  Search this
Donor Name:
Virginia Fleming  Search this
Height:
36 cm
Width:
10.5 cm
Culture:
Not Given  Search this
Object Type:
Sculpture
Place:
Nigeria / Benin, Africa
Accession Date:
11 Jun 2007
Collection Date:
1962 to 1963
Topic:
Ethnology  Search this
Accession Number:
2042499
USNM Number:
E431928-0
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Anthropology
Data Source:
NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3d98b85ab-78f4-4b08-9477-b3550cedb1ed
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmnhanthropology_8552084
Online Media:

Unidentified sitter

Artist:
J. P. Ball, born VA 1825-died HI 1905  Search this
Colorist:
William Miller, active 19th century  Search this
Sitter:
unidentified  Search this
Medium:
albumen silver print with applied color; cased
Dimensions:
sight: 3 1/8 x 2 in. (8.0 x 5.1 cm) oval
Type:
Photography-Photoprint
Date:
ca. 1858
Topic:
Portrait male\bust  Search this
Credit Line:
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Smithsonian Institution Collections Acquisition Program
Object number:
2000.47.22
Restrictions & Rights:
CC0
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Smithsonian American Art Museum Collection
Department:
Graphic Arts
Data Source:
Smithsonian American Art Museum
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk748552dee-ff46-41ec-b037-cb412f119825
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:saam_2000.47.22

Unidentified sitter

Artist:
J. P. Ball, born VA 1825-died HI 1905  Search this
Alexander Thomas  Search this
Sitter:
unidentified  Search this
Medium:
carte de visite
Dimensions:
3 15/16 × 2 3/8 in. (10.0 × 6.0 cm)
Type:
Photography
Date:
1855-1860
Topic:
Portrait male\child  Search this
Credit Line:
Smithsonian American Art Museum, The Dr. Robert L. Drapkin Collection, Museum purchase through the Luisita L. and Franz H. Denghausen Endowment
Object number:
TL.20.2022.64
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
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Smithsonian American Art Museum Collection
Department:
Graphic Arts
Data Source:
Smithsonian American Art Museum
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk7b8bb4da2-dd32-4f99-b953-90db4846f7ab
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:saam_TL.20.2022.64

Unidentified sitters

Artist:
J. P. Ball, born VA 1825-died HI 1905  Search this
Sitter:
unidentified  Search this
unidentified  Search this
Medium:
quarter-plate daguerreotype; cased
Dimensions:
A (Man), sight: 2 × 1 7/16 in. (5.1 × 3.7 cm) oval B (Woman), sight: 2 9/16 × 2 1/16 in. (6.5 × 5.2 cm) oval
Type:
Photography
Date:
1858-1860
Topic:
Portrait female\bust  Search this
Portrait male\bust  Search this
Credit Line:
Smithsonian American Art Museum, The L. J. West Collection of Early African American Photography, Museum purchase through the Luisita L. and Franz H. Denghausen Endowment
Object number:
TL.54.2020.201A-B
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
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Smithsonian American Art Museum Collection
Department:
Graphic Arts
Data Source:
Smithsonian American Art Museum
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk7d00a5221-9ae0-4755-960f-098ef7295df9
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:saam_TL.54.2020.201A-B

Unidentified sitter

Artist:
J P. Ball & Son  Search this
Sitter:
unidentified  Search this
Medium:
cabinet card
Dimensions:
6 3/8 × 4 3/16 in. (16.2 × 10.6 cm)
Type:
Photography
Date:
1887-1894
Topic:
Portrait male\full length  Search this
Credit Line:
Smithsonian American Art Museum, The L. J. West Collection of Early African American Photography, Museum purchase through the Luisita L. and Franz H. Denghausen Endowment
Object number:
TL.54.2020.202
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
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Smithsonian American Art Museum Collection
Department:
Graphic Arts
Data Source:
Smithsonian American Art Museum
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk7002cbeb5-d7a5-492b-b22b-f377ccac1b55
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:saam_TL.54.2020.202

Murder Is Her Hobby: Frances Glessner Lee and The Nutshell Studies of Unexplained Death

Creator:
Smithsonian American Art Museum  Search this
Type:
YouTube Videos
Uploaded:
2017-10-17T20:52:22.000Z
YouTube Category:
Education  Search this
Topic:
Art, American  Search this
See more by:
americanartmuseum
Data Source:
Smithsonian American Art Museum
YouTube Channel:
americanartmuseum
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:yt_2-6ndwvK3UI

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