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Collection Creator:

Rinzler, Ralph  Search this

Container:

Box 1 (Series 3)

Type:

Archival materials

Date:

1970, 1972-1974, 1977-1978, 1982

undated

Scope and Contents note:

File consists of correspondence, memoranda, handwritten notes, letter draft, receipts, loan agreement, court documents, curriculum vitae, book review, essay manuscript. Correspondents include: Harry [last name not included], Kate Rinzler, Gerald Davis, Ralph Rinzler, Richard W. Hill, Julian Euell, James Morris, Richard Lusher, Marian Hope, Clydia Nahwooksy, Horace F. Greene, Rayna Green. Essay is "The Sermon and the Blues: Cognated Genres in African American Folkloristics".

Collection Restrictions:

Large portions of this collection are digitized, and while these materials are being prepared for public access through this finding aid, researchers can request digital copies by contacting the Rinzler Archives at rinzlerarchives@si.edu or (202) 633-7322.

Collection Rights:

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Collection Citation:

Ralph Rinzler papers and audio recordings, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections, Smithsonian Institution.

Identifier:

CFCH.RINZ, File RINZ_03_001_083

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Ralph Rinzler papers and audio recordings / Series 3: Correspondence

Archival Repository:

Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/bk57316f170-c8ef-4bda-8123-6425dff0e298

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-cfch-rinz-ref1187

Collection Creator:

Rinzler, Ralph  Search this

Container:

Box 1 (Series 3)

Type:

Archival materials

Date:

1975-1976

undated

Scope and Contents note:

File consists of correspondence, artist brochures, contact information, loan agreement and receipt for statue of Secretariat. Correspondents include: Alice Carr DeCreeft, Ralph Rinzler, Kate Rinzler, Sarah Lewis.

Collection Restrictions:

Large portions of this collection are digitized, and while these materials are being prepared for public access through this finding aid, researchers can request digital copies by contacting the Rinzler Archives at rinzlerarchives@si.edu or (202) 633-7322.

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Collection Citation:

Ralph Rinzler papers and audio recordings, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections, Smithsonian Institution.

Identifier:

CFCH.RINZ, File RINZ_03_001_086

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Ralph Rinzler papers and audio recordings / Series 3: Correspondence

Archival Repository:

Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/bk5a8690005-4591-4d12-88f1-9d3fedc298c2

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-cfch-rinz-ref1193

Collection Creator:

Rinzler, Ralph  Search this

Container:

Box 3 (Series 3)

Type:

Archival materials

Date:

1987-1988

Scope and Contents note:

File consists of correspondence, estimates and invoices, loan agreement, letter of recommendation. Correspondents include: Amy Horowitz, Cleveland Carter, Brian G. Waliser.

Collection Restrictions:

Large portions of this collection are digitized, and while these materials are being prepared for public access through this finding aid, researchers can request digital copies by contacting the Rinzler Archives at rinzlerarchives@si.edu or (202) 633-7322.

Collection Rights:

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Collection Citation:

Ralph Rinzler papers and audio recordings, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections, Smithsonian Institution.

Identifier:

CFCH.RINZ, File RINZ_03_003_010

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Ralph Rinzler papers and audio recordings / Series 3: Correspondence

Archival Repository:

Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/bk58d45cc13-95c6-4b59-b3bc-8eb355271082

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-cfch-rinz-ref1402

Collection Creator:

Rinzler, Ralph  Search this

Container:

Box 4 (Series 3)

Type:

Archival materials

Date:

1962

Scope and Contents note:

File consists of correspondence with Tam Murrell regarding loan of tapes for his club in the UK.

Collection Restrictions:

Large portions of this collection are digitized, and while these materials are being prepared for public access through this finding aid, researchers can request digital copies by contacting the Rinzler Archives at rinzlerarchives@si.edu or (202) 633-7322.

Collection Rights:

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Collection Citation:

Ralph Rinzler papers and audio recordings, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections, Smithsonian Institution.

Identifier:

CFCH.RINZ, File RINZ_03_004_038

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Ralph Rinzler papers and audio recordings / Series 3: Correspondence

Archival Repository:

Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/bk59ee3873e-0719-458c-b7e9-2b2386c26bb3

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-cfch-rinz-ref1606

Collection Creator:

Rinzler, Ralph  Search this

Container:

Box 1 (Series 4)

Type:

Archival materials

Date:

undated

1967, 1968, 1970, 1971

Scope and Contents note:

File consists of 1967 correspondence regarding acquisitions/thank you's for items donated to traveling exhibitions, newspaper clippings, press releases, correspondence for Handicrafts of the Southeast, artifact checklist/catalogue lists, exhibition descriptions, loan descriptions, checks, 8X10 unidentified photographs [includes Mike Seeger, Elizabeth Cotten, Alice Gerard, Hazel Dickens, Ralph Rinzler, and one other person], misc. notes/receipts; correspondence with Dewey Shepherd the gourd fiddler maker.

Collection Restrictions:

Large portions of this collection are digitized, and while these materials are being prepared for public access through this finding aid, researchers can request digital copies by contacting the Rinzler Archives at rinzlerarchives@si.edu or (202) 633-7322.

Collection Rights:

Copyright restrictions apply. Contact archives staff for information.

Collection Citation:

Ralph Rinzler papers and audio recordings, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections, Smithsonian Institution.

Identifier:

CFCH.RINZ, File RINZ_04_001_033

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Ralph Rinzler papers and audio recordings / Series 4: Events / 4.1: General Events

Archival Repository:

Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/bk5666467de-009d-4d4d-aa7c-b04f347aefca

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-cfch-rinz-ref1993

Collection Creator:

Rinzler, Ralph  Search this

Container:

Box 6 (Series 4)

Type:

Archival materials

Date:

1964-1966

undated

Collection Restrictions:

Large portions of this collection are digitized, and while these materials are being prepared for public access through this finding aid, researchers can request digital copies by contacting the Rinzler Archives at rinzlerarchives@si.edu or (202) 633-7322.

Collection Rights:

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Collection Citation:

Ralph Rinzler papers and audio recordings, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections, Smithsonian Institution.

Identifier:

CFCH.RINZ, File RINZ_04_006_032

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Ralph Rinzler papers and audio recordings / Series 4: Events / 4.4: Newport Folk Festival and Foundation

Archival Repository:

Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/bk583ccec4f-fb7d-4e84-a729-1fac6a719931

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-cfch-rinz-ref2403

Collection Creator:

Rinzler, Ralph  Search this

Container:

Box 4 (Series 1)

Type:

Archival materials

Date:

undated

1967, 1970

Scope and Contents note:

File consists of loan agreements between James R. Henderson and Ralph Rinzler, Serge Liros and Frances Smyth. File includes blank agreements and deeds of trust. File also includes letter from Rinzler to Mrs. Bates.

Collection Restrictions:

Large portions of this collection are digitized, and while these materials are being prepared for public access through this finding aid, researchers can request digital copies by contacting the Rinzler Archives at rinzlerarchives@si.edu or (202) 633-7322.

Collection Rights:

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Collection Citation:

Ralph Rinzler papers and audio recordings, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections, Smithsonian Institution.

Identifier:

CFCH.RINZ, File RINZ_01_004_002

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Ralph Rinzler papers and audio recordings / Series 1: Biographical / 1.4: Personal Administrative

Archival Repository:

Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/bk543b72a5f-f867-426f-a215-07544a2e629f

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-cfch-rinz-ref281

Collection Creator:

Rinzler, Ralph  Search this

Container:

Box 4 (Series 6)

Type:

Archival materials

Date:

1993

Scope and Contents note:

File consists of donation letter, receipt for loan and related correspondence.

Collection Restrictions:

Large portions of this collection are digitized, and while these materials are being prepared for public access through this finding aid, researchers can request digital copies by contacting the Rinzler Archives at rinzlerarchives@si.edu or (202) 633-7322.

Collection Rights:

Copyright restrictions apply. Contact archives staff for information.

Collection Citation:

Ralph Rinzler papers and audio recordings, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections, Smithsonian Institution.

Identifier:

CFCH.RINZ, File RINZ_06_004_012

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Ralph Rinzler papers and audio recordings / Series 6: Meetings and Organizations / 6.1: General Meetings and Organizations

Archival Repository:

Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/bk54e57b357-cc02-46fb-9060-abb175463787

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-cfch-rinz-ref3051

Collection Creator:

Rinzler, Ralph  Search this

Container:

Box 7 (Series 6)

Type:

Archival materials

Date:

1968

Scope and Contents note:

File consists of correspondence with Austin E. Fife of Utah State University regarding Meaders film and loan of coverlets and pottery to an exhibition, brochure for Forms Upon the Frontier conference, notes on pottery being loaned.

Collection Restrictions:

Large portions of this collection are digitized, and while these materials are being prepared for public access through this finding aid, researchers can request digital copies by contacting the Rinzler Archives at rinzlerarchives@si.edu or (202) 633-7322.

Collection Rights:

Copyright restrictions apply. Contact archives staff for information.

Collection Citation:

Ralph Rinzler papers and audio recordings, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections, Smithsonian Institution.

Identifier:

CFCH.RINZ, File RINZ_06_007_025

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Ralph Rinzler papers and audio recordings / Series 6: Meetings and Organizations / 6.1: General Meetings and Organizations

Archival Repository:

Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/bk547b69ad4-7504-49a8-85eb-44ccfd946110

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-cfch-rinz-ref3293

Collection Creator:

Rinzler, Ralph  Search this

Container:

Box 8 (Series 6)

Type:

Archival materials

Date:

1977

undated

Scope and Contents note:

File consists of invitations and program for Ethnic Recordings in America: A Neglected Heritage, handwritten meeting notes, agenda, equipment loan program information, preparatory meeting notes, press releases, American Folklife Preservation Act, financial reports.

Collection Restrictions:

Large portions of this collection are digitized, and while these materials are being prepared for public access through this finding aid, researchers can request digital copies by contacting the Rinzler Archives at rinzlerarchives@si.edu or (202) 633-7322.

Collection Rights:

Copyright restrictions apply. Contact archives staff for information.

Collection Citation:

Ralph Rinzler papers and audio recordings, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections, Smithsonian Institution.

Identifier:

CFCH.RINZ, File RINZ_06_008_012

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Ralph Rinzler papers and audio recordings / Series 6: Meetings and Organizations / 6.2: American Folklife Center

Archival Repository:

Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/bk59fd94157-ecad-49fd-ada0-531fda4a0c7e

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-cfch-rinz-ref3342

Collection Creator:

Rinzler, Ralph  Search this

Container:

Box 8 (Series 6)

Type:

Archival materials

Date:

1977-1978

undated

Scope and Contents note:

File consists of newsletter, bulletin, handwritten notes, agenda, minutes, financial report, cylinder field recordings report, survey questionnaire, report on Chicago ethnic arts project, equipment loan program report, board of trustees list.

Collection Restrictions:

Large portions of this collection are digitized, and while these materials are being prepared for public access through this finding aid, researchers can request digital copies by contacting the Rinzler Archives at rinzlerarchives@si.edu or (202) 633-7322.

Collection Rights:

Copyright restrictions apply. Contact archives staff for information.

Collection Citation:

Ralph Rinzler papers and audio recordings, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections, Smithsonian Institution.

Identifier:

CFCH.RINZ, File RINZ_06_008_015

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Ralph Rinzler papers and audio recordings / Series 6: Meetings and Organizations / 6.2: American Folklife Center

Archival Repository:

Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/bk57c0f4141-03b3-4edb-b239-1af1c791a7d8

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-cfch-rinz-ref3348

Collection Creator:

Rinzler, Ralph  Search this

Container:

Box 8 (Series 6)

Type:

Archival materials

Date:

1978

undated

Scope and Contents note:

File consists of handwritten notes, correspondence, list of mailing lists, press release, meeting minutes, activities report, description of equipment loans, general American folklore bibliography, senate appropriations funds request.

Collection Restrictions:

Large portions of this collection are digitized, and while these materials are being prepared for public access through this finding aid, researchers can request digital copies by contacting the Rinzler Archives at rinzlerarchives@si.edu or (202) 633-7322.

Collection Rights:

Copyright restrictions apply. Contact archives staff for information.

Collection Citation:

Ralph Rinzler papers and audio recordings, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections, Smithsonian Institution.

Identifier:

CFCH.RINZ, File RINZ_06_008_016

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Archival Repository:

Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/bk53f9bfc70-1ef1-4570-9dbf-6f760fe5b58e

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-cfch-rinz-ref3350

Collection Creator:

National Air and Space Museum. Archives Division.  Search this

Type:

Archival materials

Collection Restrictions:

The majority of the Archives Department's public reference requests can be answered using material in these files, which may be accessed through the Reading Room at the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, Virginia. More specific information can be requested by contacting the Archives Research Request.

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National Air & Space Museum Technical Reference Files: Events

National Air & Space Museum Technical Reference Files: Events / Series J1: Events, Air Expositions, Meets, Races, Shows, and Special Flights, by Date

Archival Repository:

National Air and Space Museum Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/pg27149ba58-08b0-4898-82df-acc58877753b

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-nasm-xxxx-1183-j-ref4330

Collection Creator:

National Air and Space Museum. Archives Division.  Search this

Container:

Drawer J1, Folder 1944-227-01

Type:

Archival materials

Scope and Contents note:

Documents

Collection Restrictions:

The majority of the Archives Department's public reference requests can be answered using material in these files, which may be accessed through the Reading Room at the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, Virginia. More specific information can be requested by contacting the Archives Research Request.

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National Air & Space Museum Technical Reference Files: Events / Series J1: Events, Air Expositions, Meets, Races, Shows, and Special Flights, by Date / 1944 Chicago, IL, Navy War Loan Exposition

Archival Repository:

National Air and Space Museum Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/pg2718be405-4250-405c-ba7a-8aa5047e5da0

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-nasm-xxxx-1183-j-ref4331

Creator:

Kistler, Lynton R., , 1897-1993  Search this

Charlot, Jean, 1898-1979  Search this

Extent:

2 Items (partial reels of microfilm)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Date:

1933-1982

Scope and Contents:

Correspondence between printmaker Lynton Kistler and artist Jean Charlot, 1933-1979, and letters between Kistler and Charlot's family after his death in 1979. Also included is a file on the Kistler and Charlot collaborative project for a series of color lithographs entitled PICTURE BOOK, printed in 1933 and 1973, and correspondence, 1953-1982, between Kistler and clients for his and Charlots' work.

Biographical / Historical:

Lithographic printer. Kistler began working in the plant of his father, Will A. Kistler, and developed many advances in the use of the offset press. The Kistler Studio of Lithography, Los Angeles, was established to help artists cultivate the extensive possibilities of aluminum and zinc plates in color lithography. Jean Charlot was a lithographer and muralist who began his collaboration with Kistler in the 1930s. Their close association in the development of color lithography, and their friendship is reflected in these papers. Charlot went to Hawaii in 1949 to do a mural commission. He remained there until his death in 1979.

Provenance:

Lynton Kistler gave these papers to the Thomas Hale Hamilton Library, University of Hawaii at Manoa, which owns the Jean Charlot papers. At Kistler's request these papers were photocopied for the Archives of American Art. After microfilming, AAA discarded the photocopies.

Restrictions:

The Archives of American art does not own the original papers. Use is limited to the microfilm copy.

Occupation:

Illustrators  Search this

Lithographers  Search this

Painters  Search this

Printmakers  Search this

Topic:

Graphic arts -- 20th century -- United States  Search this

Identifier:

AAA.kistlynt

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw98cbfead8-d545-4ad8-9eed-ea9c2fa93704

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-kistlynt

Creator:

Bellanca, Giuseppe M., 1886-1960  Search this

Names:

Bellanca Aircraft Corporation  Search this

Wright Aeronautical Corporation  Search this

Chamberlin, Clarence  Search this

Extent:

248.5 Cubic feet (245 boxes)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Correspondence

Financial records

Newspaper clippings

Drawings

Photographic prints

Date:

1919-1959

Summary:

This collection consists of the archives of Giuseppe M. Bellanca and his company, including the following types of mediums: drawings, stress analysis tests, reports, photographs/negatives, documents, correspondence, patent information, newspaper clippings, business records, and financial statements.

Scope and Contents:

Series I: Mr. Bellanca's professional life

Here, the researcher will find documents regarding the day-to-day operations of the Bellanca Aircraft Corporation. The material is generally divided into core documents of the corporation, correspondence, financial documents, subcontracting pursuits, patents, employee relations, and company history.

Series II: Technical Material

This material is separated into the following subseries: Miscellaneous Handwritten Notes and Sketches, Bellanca Aircraft Technical Data, Bellanca Aircraft Corporation Reports, Technical Research Files, Bellanca Aircraft Drawing Lists, Bellanca Aircraft Drawings, and Bellanca Aircraft Drawing Indexes. The Bellanca Collection is not a complete history of the Bellanca Aircraft Corporation. Over the years, it appears that many items were loaned out by the Bellanca Family to researchers and not returned. Therefore, there are significant gaps in correspondence, formal, numbered reports, and other areas of the collection. For example, the earliest report in the Bellanca Collection is Report #28, the next report which appears is report #45.

The Giuseppe M. Bellanca Collection contains over 10,000 drawings. (At the time of processing, not all drawings were entered into the Bellanca Drawings Database. These drawings will be entered as time allows.) The drawings vary in size from 8 x 11 inches to 36 x 185 inches. There are original pencil drawings, blueprints, and blueline drawings. Over 130 models of Bellanca aircraft are represented in the Collection. There are General Arrangement, or Three-View drawings for over 80 of these models. Bellanca drawings are not easy to decipher. Most of the drawings have data blocks which contain only a finite amount of information. Often the aircraft has been identified only by serial number. In some cases the model number of the aircraft is also the drawing number. Other times, the aircraft name would be given, but no model number, i.e. Skyrocket. Also, words were abbreviated and it was left up to the processing archivist to determine their probable meaning. Despite the explanation in the scope and content notes, the Bellanca Corporation was not consistent when assigning model numbers. Letters were sometimes assigned that reflected a United States War Department designation, i.e. the VSO and the VF. By using the Bellanca Drawing indexes, the processing archivist was able to supply model numbers for some of the drawings.

7136 Bellanca Aircraft Company Drawings have been added to the National Air and Space Museum Miscellaneous Drawings Database. As time allows, the remaining Bellanca Drawings will be added to this database. An Archives Staff member will assist researchers in retrieving these materials from the database finding aid.

The Bellanca drawings were stored for over thirty years in less-than-ideal conditions. Many of the drawings were drawn on poor-quality tracing paper, and have become extremely brittle and fragile. Therefore, many of the drawings in the Bellanca Collection may not be available to researchers.

During processing of the collection, the project archivist has gained some insight about how Mr. Bellanca chose the model designations for his aircraft. The earliest system of model designations was based upon letters of the alphabet. No model designations appear for any Bellanca design until his work for Maryland Pressed Steel in 1916. The CD, which he designed for that company, was his fourth aircraft design that was built, and the letter D is the fourth letter of the alphabet. This pattern continues through the Bellanca CF. During 1926, when Mr. Bellanca worked for the Wright Corporation, he already had in mind an improved version of the CF, which was designated the CG. This aircraft received the designation WB-1 from the Wright Corporation.

When Mr. Bellanca formed his own company in 1927, the letter pattern described above reasserted itself for a time with the introduction of the Bellanca CH. It was a common practice of manufacturers of the time to also include the engine horsepower as part of the model number, so the Bellanca CH actually received its Approved Type Certificate (ATC) as the CH-200. When the next model came out, it was the CH-300 with a 300 horsepower Wright Whirlwind engine. This system remained in place through the CH-400. Names were given to some Bellanca aircraft. It appears that the names were a marketing tool meant to appeal to the buying public. With this idea in mind, the CH-300 became the "Pacemaker", the CH-400 became the "Skyrocket", and the P 100 was christened the "Airbus". In the early 1930's, the Bellanca Corporation moved away from the alphabetical designations and moved to numerical designations. Later Bellanca aircraft model designations consist of a series of numbers, such as 31-50. The first number was the wing area, in this case, 310 square feet, divided by 10. The second number was the horsepower of the engine, 500, divided by 10. This resulted in a distinctive system of model designations, which lasted until Mr. Bellanca sold the company.

Series III: Mr. Bellanca's personal material.

In this series, the researcher will find personal correspondence among family members, from both Giuseppe and Dorothy Bellanca's families and personal, legal and financial records for Bellanca family. As the lines between Mr. Bellanca's personal and professional lives were sometimes blurred, a fine line of separation between the two was not always possible. For example, at one time or another, two of Mr. Bellanca's brothers, John and Frank, worked for the Bellanca Aircraft Corporation and Andrew Bellanca, Mr. Bellanca's nephew, was his lawyer throughout his life. Therefore, the processing archivist suggests that the researcher look in the professional series of documents as well as Mr. Bellanca's personal papers for a more complete representation of Mr. Bellanca's correspondence.

After processing was completed, publications which previously had been offered to the NASM Branch Library were returned to the collection. They are listed in an addendum at the end of this finding aid.

Series IV: Photographs.

The researcher will find photographs of Bellanca aircraft, including the Bellanca Aircraft Corporation's Master Photograph Files, photographs of the Bellanca factory and factory workers, and photographs of Giuseppe M. Bellanca, business associates, and family members.

Series V: Miscellaneous and Oversize Materials.

This series contains ephemera of the Bellanca Collection: Scrapbooks, Loose Newspaper Clippings, Artwork, Ephemera and Magazine Clippings.

The Bellanca Collection included 27 motion picture films. In May of 2000, this film was transferred to the NASM Film Archives. Researchers wishing to access this part of the collection should contact the NASM Film Archivist.

Arrangement:

Series I: Mr. Bellanca's Professional Life

Series II: Technical Data

Series III: Personal Papers

Series IV: Photographs

Series V: Miscellaneous and Oversize Materials

Biographical / Historical:

Giuseppe Mario Bellanca was born in 1886 in Sciacca, Sicily. As a young man, he attended the Technical Institute in Milan, graduating with a teaching degree in mathematics in 1908. During his quest for a second mathematics and engineering degree, he became enamoured of aviation, and set out to design and build his own airplane. Bellanca's first aircraft design was a "pusher" aircraft, somewhat similar to the Wright Flyer. Lacking funds for such an endeavor, he joined with two partners, Enea Bossi, and Paolo Invernizzi. The union of the three produced the first flight of a totally Italian-designed and Italian-built aircraft in early December of 1909. The flight was short, but it was a start. Bellanca's second design was a tractor-type aircraft. Although the aircraft was successfully constructed, it was never flown due to insufficient funds for an engine.

At the urging of his brother Carlo, who was already established in Brooklyn, New York, Giuseppe Bellanca immigrated to America in 1911. Before the end of the year, he began construction of his third airplane design, a parasol monoplane. After construction was completed, he took the small craft to Mineola Field on Long Island, NY, and proceeded to teach himself to fly. He began by taxiing. He then, taxied faster, which gave way to short hops. The hops got longer, until, on May 19, 1912, there was not enough room to land straight ahead, and Bellanca had to complete a turn in order land safely. Having successfully taught himself to fly, Bellanca then set about teaching others to fly, and from 1912 to 1916, he operated the Bellanca Flying School. One of his students was a young Fiorello La Guardia, the future mayor of New York City. In return for flying lessons, La Guardia taught Bellanca how to drive a car.

In 1917 the Maryland Pressed Steel Company of Hagerstown, MD hired Bellanca as a consulting engineer. While there, he designed two trainer biplanes, the CD, and an improved version, the CE. With the conclusion of WWI, Maryland Pressed Steel's contracts were cancelled and the company entered into receivership. Thus, the CE never went into production.

In 1921, a group of investors lured Bellanca westward to Omaha, NE, in hopes of establishing that town as a center for aircraft manufacture. Before the aircraft could be built, the company went bankrupt, but construction of the aircraft continued under the financial backing of a local motorcycle dealer named Victor Roos. The resultant aircraft, the Bellanca CF, was called by Janes's All the World's Aircraft "the first up-to-date transport aeroplane that was designed, built, and flown with success in the United States." Among the local people helping to build the aircraft was the daughter of Bellanca's landlord, Dorothy Brown. Giuseppe and she were married on November 18, 1922.

Despite its advanced design, the Bellanca CF could not compete with the economics of the time. In the days just after World War I, a surplus Curtiss Jenny could be purchased for as little as $250.00. A Bellanca CF, with a price tag of $5000.00, was just too expensive and the aircraft never went into production. After the disappointment of the CF, Bellanca designed wings for the Post Office Department's DH-4's. His new wings were a tremendous improvement over the original design, but only a few aircraft were so modified.

In 1925, Bellanca went to work for the Wright Aeronautical Corporation of Paterson, NJ. His assignment there was to develop an aircraft around the new Wright Whirlwind engine. He already had a design in mind, which was an improved version of the CF, called the CG. This design evolved into the Wright-Bellanca WB-1.

The WB-1 enjoyed a short, but successful flying career. The aircraft had already won one race and efficiency contest before an untimely accident destroyed the craft during preparation for an attempt to break the world's non-refueled endurance record. Fortunately, at the time of the crash, Bellanca was already working on an improved version, of the WB-1 designated the WB-2.

During 1926, the WB-2 won two efficiency trophies at the National Air Races in Philadelphia. Wright considered putting the aircraft into production, but decided against it to avoid alienating other aircraft companies that were potential customers for their engines. Disappointed by Wright's decision, Bellanca left the company and joined with a young businessman named Charles Levine to form the Columbia Aircraft Company. Wright sold the WB-2 and all drawings and production rights to the new company. The WB-2 went on to a long and fruitful flying career starting with establishing a new world's non-refueled endurance record of 51 hours, 11 minutes, and 59 seconds in April of 1927.

In the latter half of 1926, Charles Lindbergh wanted to buy the WB-2, now named the 'Columbia', for his proposed flight from New York to Paris. He was rebuffed by Levine who also had designs on the flight and the $25,000 prize money. Lindbergh then went to Ryan for his specially designed NYP. Meanwhile Levine, in choosing the crew, managed to promise two seats to three people. So while the Columbia was grounded by a court order brought by the third party, Lindbergh took off on his successful flight to Paris.

Eventually, the 'Columbia' was cleared of litigation and took off on its successful transatlantic flight on June 4, 1927. In the cockpit were Clarence Chamberlin, one of the pilots of the endurance record and Charles Levine, who became the first transatlantic passenger. The plan was to fly all the way to Berlin, and Chamberlin had vowed to fly until they ran out of fuel. Forty-three hours later, they landed in Eisleben, Germany, the first of two successful Atlantic crossings for Bellanca's most famous aircraft.

Disappointed because the 'Columbia' was not the first aircraft to accomplish the New York to Paris flight, Bellanca severed all relations with Levine, and started his own company, the Bellanca Aircraft Corporation of America, and rented facilities on Staten Island, NY. The new Bellanca model was designated the CH, and was basically a commercial version of the WB-2. The new company also had two other models that were built for special orders, the Bellanca Model J and the Model K.

It was not long before Bellanca caught the attention of the Du Pont family of Delaware. They wanted to start aircraft manufacturing in Delaware, and in late 1927, an agreement was made with Bellanca to locate his factory outside of Wilmington. The site was large enough for a first-class airfield, with a seaplane ramp on the nearby Delaware River.

This was a busy time in Bellanca's life. Along with all that was happening in his professional life, he and Dorothy celebrated the birth of their son August T. Bellanca in March of 1927.

With the exception of a few years immediately before and during the early stages of WWII, Bellanca was President and Chairman of the Board from the corporation's inception on the last day of 1927 until he sold the company to L. Albert and Sons in 1954. After his departure from the company, Giuseppe and his son, August, formed the Bellanca Development Company with the purpose of building a new aircraft. It would have increased performance due to the use of lighter materials for its structure. Work on this aircraft was progressing when Giuseppe Bellanca succumbed to leukemia and died on December 26, 1960. After his father's death, August continued the project, and under his guidance, the aircraft first flew in 1973.

In 1993, August Bellanca donated his father's personal and professional papers to the National Air and Space Museum Archives. Prior to that time, they were kept in the Bellanca home near Galena, MD, and administered by Dorothy and August Bellanca.

1886 -- Born in Sciacca, Sicily

1909 -- Built first airplane. It completed the first flight of an Italian-designed, Italian-built, aircraft on December 8, 1909.

1911 -- Immigrated to America, settled in Brooklyn, NY.

1912 -- Completed construction of parasol monoplane. Successfully learned to fly this aircraft at Mineola, Long Island, NY.

1912 - 1916 -- Taught others to fly the parasol monoplane, including Fiorello LaGuardia.

1917 - 1920 -- Employed as a consulting engineer for Maryland Pressed Steel Company of Hagerstown, MD. While there, Bellanca designed and built the Bellanca CD and CE tractor biplanes.

1921 - 1922 -- Moved to Omaha, NE, and with Victor Roos, formed the Roos-Bellanca Aircraft Company. Bellanca designed and built the Bellanca CF. Married Dorothy Brown on November 18, 1922, in Omaha, NE.

1923 -- Moved back to New York, and designed and built new sets of wings for the Post Office Department's DH-4 mailplanes

1925 -- Employed by the Wright Aeronautical Corporation of Paterson, NJ, designing an aircraft around their new "Whirlwind" engine. The Wright-Bellanca 1, or WB-1, was the result, and was first flown in the latter part of that year.

1926 -- First flight of the WB-2.

1927 -- Bellanca started the Bellanca Aircraft Corporation of America, on Staten Island, NY. Bellanca established the Bellanca Aircraft Corporation of New Castle, DE. Wright decided not to enter into quantity production of the WB-2. Bellanca entered into a partnership with Charles A. Levine, and together, they formed the Columbia Aircraft Corporation. From Tuesday, April 12 to Thursday, April 14, Clarence Chamberlin and Bert Acosta set a new world's non-refueled endurance record in the WB-2, which was shortly thereafter, renamed the "Columbia". On June 4th, the Columbia set off across the Atlantic, and landed in Eisleben, Germany.

1941 - 1943 -- Head of the aviation department at Higgins Industries, Inc., in New Orleans, designing large cargo aircraft for troop movement during the war.

1954 -- Formed the Bellanca Development Company, to conduct research in lightweight aircraft construction materials.

1960 -- Died of leukemia in New York, December 26.

Provenance:

Mr. and Mrs. August Bellanca, Gift, 1993, NASM.1993.0055

Restrictions:

No restrictions on access.

Rights:

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Topic:

Aeronautics  Search this

Bellanca WB-2 "Miss Columbia"  Search this

Transatlantic flights  Search this

Genre/Form:

Correspondence

Financial records

Newspaper clippings

Drawings

Photographic prints

Citation:

Giuseppe M. Bellanca Collection, Acc. NASM.1993.0055, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.

Identifier:

NASM.1993.0055

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Archival Repository:

National Air and Space Museum Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/pg271dc0842-f969-4959-847e-2fe8d6d09920

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-nasm-1993-0055

Collection Creator:

Bellanca, Giuseppe M., 1886-1960  Search this

Container:

Box 140, Folder 8

Type:

Archival materials

Scope and Contents:

Folder contents were not scanned.

Collection Restrictions:

No restrictions on access.

Collection 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.

Collection Citation:

Giuseppe M. Bellanca Collection, Acc. NASM.1993.0055, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.

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Giuseppe M. Bellanca Collection

Giuseppe M. Bellanca Collection / Series 3: Personal Papers / 3.1: Personal Correspondence

Archival Repository:

National Air and Space Museum Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/pg20372522a-34d4-47df-bec6-63628dcca87d

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-nasm-1993-0055-ref1752

Collection Creator:

Bellanca, Giuseppe M., 1886-1960  Search this

Type:

Archival materials

Date:

1915-1958

undated

Scope and Contents:

Mr. Bellanca was known as a man who often altered the designs of his aircraft as well as creating new designs. In this creative process, he generated copious amounts of sketches and specifications, most of which were not identified or dated. They were found throughout the collection. Where possible, the processing archivist has maintained the original order and folder headings. Technical information was found in the Bellanca Collection that was not part of a formal report. This information is listed alphabetically by aircraft name and/or model number. The Collection contains specifications for aircraft issued by the United States government. The researcher will also find formal reports issued by the Bellanca Corporation filed by report number. In an effort to keep abreast of new developments in the aircraft industry, Mr. Bellanca collected literature regarding other manufacturer's products. Mr. Bellanca's research material is listed alphabetically by subject. The Bellanca drawings are listed in numerical order.

Arrangement:

Missing Title

2.1: Miscellaneous Handwritten Notes and Sketches

2.2: Aircraft Technical Data

2.3: Reports

2.4: Technical Research

2.5: Drawing Lists

2.6: Drawings

2.7: Drawing Indexes

General:

This material is separated into the following subseries: Miscellaneous Handwritten Notes and Sketches, Bellanca Aircraft Technical Data, Bellanca Aircraft Corporation Reports, Technical Research Files, Bellanca Aircraft Drawing Lists, Bellanca Aircraft Drawings, and Bellanca Aircraft Drawing Indexes. The Bellanca Collection is not a complete history of the Bellanca Aircraft Corporation. Over the years, it appears that many items were loaned out by the Bellanca Family to researchers and not returned. Therefore, there are significant gaps in correspondence, formal, numbered reports, and other areas of the collection. For example, the earliest report in the Bellanca Collection is Report #28, the next report which appears is report #45.

The Giuseppe M. Bellanca Collection contains over 10,000 drawings. (At the time of processing, not all drawings were entered into the Bellanca Drawings Database. These drawings will be entered as time allows.) The drawings vary in size from 8 x 11 inches to 36 x 185 inches. There are original pencil drawings, blueprints, and blueline drawings. Over 130 models of Bellanca aircraft are represented in the Collection. There are General Arrangement, or Three-View drawings for over 80 of these models. Bellanca drawings are not easy to decipher. Most of the drawings have data blocks which contain only a finite amount of information. Often the aircraft has been identified only by serial number. In some cases the model number of the aircraft is also the drawing number. Other times, the aircraft name would be given, but no model number, i.e. Skyrocket. Also, words were abbreviated and it was left up to the processing archivist to determine their probable meaning. Despite the explanation in the scope and content notes, the Bellanca Corporation was not consistent when assigning model numbers. Letters were sometimes assigned that reflected a United States War Department designation, i.e. the VSO and the VF. By using the Bellanca Drawing indexes, the processing archivist was able to supply model numbers for some of the drawings.

7136 Bellanca Aircraft Company Drawings have been added to the National Air and Space Museum Miscellaneous Drawings Database. As time allows, the remaining Bellanca Drawings will be added to this database. An Archives Staff member will assist researchers in retrieving these materials from the database finding aid.

The Bellanca drawings were stored for over thirty years in less-than-ideal conditions. Many of the drawings were drawn on poor-quality tracing paper, and have become extremely brittle and fragile. Therefore, many of the drawings in the Bellanca Collection may not be available to researchers.

During processing of the collection, the project archivist has gained some insight about how Mr. Bellanca chose the model designations for his aircraft. The earliest system of model designations was based upon letters of the alphabet. No model designations appear for any Bellanca design until his work for Maryland Pressed Steel in 1916. The CD, which he designed for that company, was his fourth aircraft design that was built, and the letter D is the fourth letter of the alphabet. This pattern continues through the Bellanca CF. During 1926, when Mr. Bellanca worked for the Wright Corporation, he already had in mind an improved version of the CF, which was designated the CG. This aircraft received the designation WB-1 from the Wright Corporation.

When Mr. Bellanca formed his own company in 1927, the letter pattern described above reasserted itself for a time with the introduction of the Bellanca CH. It was a common practice of manufacturers of the time to also include the engine horsepower as part of the model number, so the Bellanca CH actually received its Approved Type Certificate (ATC) as the CH-200. When the next model came out, it was the CH-300 with a 300 horsepower Wright Whirlwind engine. This system remained in place through the CH-400. Names were given to some Bellanca aircraft. It appears that the names were a marketing tool meant to appeal to the buying public. With this idea in mind, the CH-300 became the "Pacemaker", the CH-400 became the "Skyrocket", and the P 100 was christened the "Airbus". In the early 1930's, the Bellanca Corporation moved away from the alphabetical designations and moved to numerical designations. Later Bellanca aircraft model designations consist of a series of numbers, such as 31-50. The first number was the wing area, in this case, 310 square feet, divided by 10. The second number was the horsepower of the engine, 500, divided by 10. This resulted in a distinctive system of model designations, which lasted until Mr. Bellanca sold the company.

Collection Restrictions:

No restrictions on access.

Collection 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.

Collection Citation:

Giuseppe M. Bellanca Collection, Acc. NASM.1993.0055, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.

Identifier:

NASM.1993.0055, Series 2

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Giuseppe M. Bellanca Collection

Archival Repository:

National Air and Space Museum Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/pg26d1fc9b2-913c-4662-bf6b-c7148078eb92

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-nasm-1993-0055-ref705

Creator:

Gluhareff, Serge Eugene  Search this

Names:

Sikorsky (Aircraft manufacturer)  Search this

Gluhareff, Michael.  Search this

Sikorsky, Igor Ivan, 1889-1972  Search this

Extent:

0.45 Cubic feet ((3 boxes))

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Photographic prints

Correspondence

Logbooks

Diaries

Date:

bulk 1920 -1986

Scope and Contents:

This collection consists of approximately 0.20 cubic feet of material relating to Serge Gluhareff's career with Sikorsky Aircraft including: photographs; news clippings; correspondence; philatelic materials; immigration paperwork; and his pilot's licenses, medical certificates, and ratings. Notable figures who appear in the photographs (in addition to Serge Gluhareff) include Michael E. Gluhareff; Igor Ivanovich Sikorsky; H. Franklin Gregory; Dimitry D. "Jimmy" Viner; Reginald Alfred Charles Brie; Charles L. "Les" Morris; and Leslie Bradford Cooper. Aircraft seen in the photographs include the Sikorsky (VS-317) S-51; Sikorsky S-39 Sport Amphibion; Sikorsky (VS-316A, S-48) XR-4; Sikorsky (VS-317, S-51) XR-5; Sikorsky (VS-316A, S-48) R-4B (H-4B); Sikorsky S-43 Amphibion (Baby Clipper); Sikorsky VS-300 ; and the Sikorsky S-37 "Ville de Paris" ("Southern Star"). Also in the collection are digital image files scanned from a diary, loaned for copying by the donor, written by Serge Gluhareff's wife, Norma. These pages contain both her written recollections of Serge and his career, as well as photographs.

Biographical / Historical:

Serge Eugene Gluhareff (1903-1958) was an engineer who worked on several major Sikorsky aircraft models. Gluhareff was born in Russia in 1903 and went to school in Finland from 1919 to 1924, obtaining an engineering degree from the School of St. Alexis. While in Finland, Serge and his brother Michael (also an engineer) built and flew their own gliders. Serge and Michael came to the United States in 1924 and went to work for the Sikorsky Aero Engineering Corp. in Westbury, Long Island, New York as engineering draftsmen. Serge rose through the ranks becoming engineering supervisor at the Sikorsky plant in College Point, Long Island (1926-1929), then executive engineer (1934-1943) and later assistant engineering manager for research and development at the Stratford, Connecticut facility, a position he held from 1943 until he was forced to retire for health reasons in 1954. Serge had a long and close association with Igor Ivanovich Sikorsky and was the project engineer for important Sikorsky models such as the Sikorsky S-39 Sport Amphibion; Sikorsky S-40 Clipper; Sikorsky S-42 Clipper; Sikorsky VS-44; Sikorsky S-34; and the Sikorsky S-36. Serge also assisted in the development of Sikorsky's early helicopter models, including the Sikorsky VS-300. Serge obtained his pilot's license in 1928 and acted as test pilot for some early flights of the VS-300. Serge was also a member of many professional organizations including the Institute of the Aeronautical Sciences; American Helicopter Society; Society of Automotive Engineers; and the Connecticut Association of Professional Engineers.

Provenance:

David Gluhareff, Gift, 2015

Restrictions:

No restrictions on access.

Rights:

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Topic:

Sikorsky (USA) VS-300 Family  Search this

Sikorsky (VS-316A, S-48) YR-4B (YH-4B)  Search this

Lockheed WV-2Q (EC-121M) Warning Star  Search this

Sikorsky S-39A Sport Amphibion  Search this

Genre/Form:

Photographic prints

Correspondence

Logbooks

Diaries

Citation:

Serge Gluhareff Papers, Accession 2015-0050, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.

Identifier:

NASM.2015.0050

Archival Repository:

National Air and Space Museum Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/pg2e4a52a8e-0e29-49e8-a716-485b5545eb02

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-nasm-2015-0050

Creator:

Heermance, Laura W., 1916-1960  Search this

Names:

Air France  Search this

Imperial Airways  Search this

KLM (Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij)  Search this

Extent:

11 Digital scans

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Digital scans

Date:

bulk 1937

Scope and Contents:

This collection consists of scans copied by the NASM Archives of eleven photographs taken by Laura W. Heermance (1916-1960) in France during the Spring of 1937. The photographs were shot at the Le Bourget Airport and at the Aero Club de la Riviera, France The following aircraft are shown: Imperial Airways Short L. 17 Scylla and Handley Page H.P. 42E Hannibal; Air France Potez 62; KLM Douglas DC-2; Sabena Savoia-Marchetti S.73; Percival Gull Six; de Havilland D.H.89 Dragon Rapide and D.H.80 Puss Moth; and Caudron C. 400 Phalene (Moth), C.232, and C.272 Luciole (Firefly).

Biographical / Historical:

During the Spring of 1937, Laura Heermance and Louise Tallman of Connecticut were taken to Europe by their aunt. They were loaned a Leica camera with 35 mm film and Ms. Heermance, an enthusiastic student pilot, took photographs of aircraft at Le Bourget Airport and Aero Club de la Riviera, France.

Provenance:

Louise Tallman, Gift, 2005

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

Airlines  Search this

Short L.17 Scylla  Search this

Handley Page H.P. 42E Hannibal  Search this

Potez 62  Search this

Douglas DC-2  Search this

Sabena Savoia-Marchetti S.73  Search this

Percival Gull Six  Search this

de Havilland D.H.89 Dragon Rapide  Search this

Caudron C.272 Luciole (Firefly)  Search this

Caudron C.400 Phalene (Moth)  Search this

Caudron C.232  Search this

de Havilland D.H.80 Pull Moth  Search this

Citation:

French Aviation Photography Collection, Accession number 2005-0022, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.

Identifier:

NASM.2005.0022

Archival Repository:

National Air and Space Museum Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/pg219a1f7f6-f4fb-4177-bf2a-edf9a21366ee

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-nasm-2005-0022