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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.

Identifier:

NASM.XXXX.1183.A, File AW-230015-01

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National Air and Space Museum Technical Reference Files: Aircraft

National Air and Space Museum Technical Reference Files: Aircraft / Series A: Aircraft / Aircraft W / Wedell-Williams Air Service Corp (Patterson, LA)

Archival Repository:

National Air and Space Museum Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/pg2e93b26f6-b9e0-46b7-b054-d99b1794079f

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-nasm-xxxx-1183-a-ref55509

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.

Identifier:

NASM.XXXX.1183.A, File AW-230015-80

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National Air and Space Museum Technical Reference Files: Aircraft

National Air and Space Museum Technical Reference Files: Aircraft / Series A: Aircraft / Aircraft W / Wedell-Williams Air Service Corp (Patterson, LA)

Archival Repository:

National Air and Space Museum Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/pg206618537-bd82-4991-8629-75825e7a2af2

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-nasm-xxxx-1183-a-ref55512

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.

Identifier:

NASM.XXXX.1183.A, File AW-230015-85

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National Air and Space Museum Technical Reference Files: Aircraft

National Air and Space Museum Technical Reference Files: Aircraft / Series A: Aircraft / Aircraft W / Wedell-Williams Air Service Corp (Patterson, LA)

Archival Repository:

National Air and Space Museum Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/pg2d3bdc7f1-e728-42a1-abdb-d6ff47db0c29

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-nasm-xxxx-1183-a-ref55515

Creator:

Henderson, Clifford W., 1895-1939  Search this

Names:

Arnold, Henry Harley, 1886-1950  Search this

Barnes, Florence Lowe "Pancho"  Search this

Doolittle, James Harold, 1896-1993  Search this

Earhart, Amelia, 1897-1937  Search this

Hawks, Frank  Search this

Nichols, Ruth.  Search this

Pickford, Mary  Search this

Thaden, Iris Louise McPhetridge  Search this

Turner, Roscoe, 1895-1970  Search this

Udet, Ernst, General  Search this

Extent:

0.47 Cubic feet ((3 boxes))

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Photographs

Photograph albums

Newspaper clippings

Audiotapes

Motion pictures (visual works)

Programs

Date:

undated

Scope and Contents:

This collection consists of approximately 0.5 cubic feet of material relating to Clifford W. Henderson including photographs, event programs, published materials, news clippings, audio tape, and motion picture film. The photographs consist of black and white prints, mostly 8 x 10 inches in size, and a photo album of smaller black and white prints with a leather cover which measures approximately 9 x 7 inches. Besides Henderson, other notable people in the photographs include James R. Wedell; Benjamin Odell Howard; Roy Minor; Henry Harley "Hap" Arnold; Charles Edwin Thompson; Mary Pickford; Ernst Udet; Frank Hawks; Gordon Israel; H. W. "Spud" Manning; Florence Lowe "Pancho" Barnes; Ken Maynard; John McDonald Miller; Hoot Gibson; Amelia Mary Earhart; Steve J. Wittman; Lee Gelbach; James "Jimmy" Haizlip; Mary "Mae" Haizlip; Iris Louise McPhetridge Thaden; James Harold "Jimmy" Doolittle; Roscoe Turner; Tito Falconi; and Ruth Rowland Nichols. Aircraft shown in the photographs include the Howard (Benjamin O.) DGA-4 "Mike"; Curtiss B-2 Condor; Vought O2U-1 Corsair; Northrop (Avion) Experimental No.1 (1929 Flying Wing); Keith Rider R-2 "Bumble Bee"; Israel (Gordon) "Redhead" Racer; Wedell-Williams Model 22 (NR 60Y) (Race #s: 22, 54); Keith Rider R-1 "San Francisco I"; Udet U 12 Flamingo; Pitcairn PCA-2 Autogiro; Brown (Alden) Racing (Special Monoplane Racer); Wittman (Steve) (#2) "Chief Oshkosh"; Wedell-Williams Model 44 II (NR 536V) (Race #: 92); Chester (Art) Jeep; Lockheed Model 5B Vega, Earhart Aircraft, NR7952; Wedell-Williams Model 44 (44 III) (NR 61Y) (Race #s: 2, 25, 57, 121); Brown (Lawrence) Miles-Atwood Special; Vultee V1; Stearman (1927) Model 6-A Cloudboy; Wedell-Williams Model 44 I (NR 278V) (Race #s: 44, 91); Northrop Gamma 2A "Sky Chief"; Lockheed Model 5 Vega Special (Nichols Aircraft); a Douglas Dolphin custom-built for the Vanderbilt family (A/C No. NC14208); Stearman (1927) Model 4-C Junior Speedmail; Curtiss F8C-5 (O2C-1) Helldiver; and a Caproni Ca.113. The audio tape consists of a 1/4 inch reel made in 1960 at an event celebrating the anniversary of the 1910 Dominguez Air Meet. There are 16 reels of 8mm film in the collection, all of which contain footage relating to World War II aviation. The collection also contains a reel of microfilm of an unidentified book on ballooning and early aviation, and a hard-backed promotional book for the Ford 4-AT Tri-Motor.

Biographical / Historical:

Clifford W. Henderson (1895-1984) was an aviation promoter and showman who managed the annual National Air Races from 1928 until 1939, bringing attention to the expanding field of sport aviation. Born in Iowa, Henderson graduated from the University of Southern California in 1917 with a Bachelor of Arts degree. He served in the 35th Ambulance Unit, France, during World War I, before transferring to the 101st Aero Squadron where he learned to fly. After the war, Henderson returned to California and was chairman of ground arrangements for the departure and return of the Army's Around the World Flight in 1924 from Clover Field in Santa Monica. In 1928 he became Director of Aviation of Los Angeles and served as the first manager of the Los Angeles airport system. Also in 1928 Henderson became director of the National Air Races and was responsible for interesting industry leaders in competition trophies, including the Thompson, Bendix, and Grieve Trophies. He retired from managing the National Air Races in 1939. Henderson served in the Army Air Corps during World War II, rising to the rank of colonel. He played an instrumental role in planning the Burma Hump air route, and also served as military governor of Dakar in North Africa. After the war, Henderson was suffering from illness and injuries sustained in Africa, and so went to recuperate in California where he founded Palm Desert, California. He remained active in the Palm Desert community until his death in 1984.

Provenance:

Kim Dell, Gift, 2016

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:

Air pilots  Search this

Airplane racing  Search this

Airplanes  Search this

Wedell-Williams Model 44 (44 III)  Search this

Vought O2U-1 Corsair  Search this

Lockheed Model 5 Vega  Search this

Genre/Form:

Photographs

Photograph albums

Newspaper clippings

Audiotapes

Motion pictures (visual works)

Programs

Citation:

Clifford W. Henderson Collection, Acc. 2017-0008, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.

Identifier:

NASM.2017.0008

Archival Repository:

National Air and Space Museum Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/pg2ead738ef-f8a4-4832-8d53-37372dd8508f

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-nasm-2017-0008

Collection Creator:

Arnold, Rudy, 1902-1966  Search this

Container:

Box 12, Folder 3

Type:

Archival materials

Negatives

Collection Restrictions:

No restrictions on access

Collection Rights:

Permissions Requests

Topic:

Wedell-Williams Model 44 (44 III) (NR 61Y) (Race #s: 2, 25, 57, 121)  Search this

Collection Citation:

Rudy Arnold Photo Collection, Acc. NASM.XXXX.0356, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.

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Rudy Arnold Photo Collection

Rudy Arnold Photo Collection / Series 1: Black and White Negatives / Aircraft: Walden-Markey to White; Biographical A-L

Archival Repository:

National Air and Space Museum Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/pg2e92060cc-5b28-4283-acb5-df3dd72485a9

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-nasm-xxxx-0356-ref1125

Creator:

Civil Aeronautics Administration  Search this

Federal Aviation Administration  Search this

Names:

Civil Aeronautics Administration  Search this

Federal Aviation Administration  Search this

Ryan NYP "Spirit of St. Louis"  Search this

Corrigan, Douglas, 1907-  Search this

Doolittle, James Harold, 1896-1993  Search this

Earhart, Amelia, 1897-1937  Search this

Goebel, Arthur C. "Art"  Search this

Lindbergh, Charles A. (Charles Augustus), 1902-1974  Search this

Merrill, Dick, 1897-  Search this

Mock, Jerrie.  Search this

Ocklander, E. A.  Search this

Post, Wiley, 1898-1935.  Search this

Turner, Roscoe, 1895-1970  Search this

Extent:

0.9 Cubic feet ((2 legal document boxes))

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Application forms

Correspondence

Date:

1926-1970

bulk [ca. 1920s-1930s]

Scope and Contents:

These are the original Aeronautics Branch, Department of Commerce (later Civil Aeronautics Administration and Federal Aviation Agency) aircraft registration files on sixteen (16) historically significant aircraft or pilots. Aircraft include the following: first aircraft registration issued; Curtiss Robin J NX9243 (Douglas Corrigan); Lockheed 10-E NR-16020 (Amelia Earhart); Travel Air Monoplane NX-869 (Woollaroc of Art Goebel); Hughes Flying Boat (HK-1) NX37602; Ryan NYP NX-211 (Charles Lindbergh); Lockheed 10-E NR-16059 (Dick Merrill); Cessna 180 N1538C (Jerry Mock); Lockheed Vega 5-C NR-105W (Wiley Post); Standard J-1 #249 (E. A. Ocklander); Laird LTR-14 NX263Y (Roscoe Turner); Wedell Williams 109 NR-61Y (Roscoe Turner). These files contain registration and license applications, modification documents, and correspondence relating to the aircraft. There are also pilot files on the following: James Doolittle, Douglas Corrigan and Charles Lindbergh.

General:

NASMrev

Provenance:

Aeronautics Department, Transfer, 1990, 1990-0043, Public Domain

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:

Curtiss Robin J-1 (Model 50H)  Search this

Lockheed Model 10-E Electra  Search this

Travel Air 5000  Search this

Hughes H-4 (HK-1) Hercules  Search this

Cessna 180 Skywagon  Search this

Lockheed Model 5C Vega  Search this

Standard J-1  Search this

Laird ("Matty") LTR-14 Pesco Special  Search this

Wedell-Williams Model 44 (44 III)  Search this

Aeronautics  Search this

Airplanes -- Registration and transfer  Search this

Air pilots  Search this

Genre/Form:

Application forms

Correspondence

Identifier:

NASM.1990.0043

Archival Repository:

National Air and Space Museum Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/pg28f37a69b-5f3b-48e9-be1d-7bf8c14cfc8e

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-nasm-1990-0043