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Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
Rare Books
Slipstream : a Royal Air Force anthology
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Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
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Manuscripts
Collection includes original patent documents from Douglas Aircraft Company; issues of industry magazines Douglas Airview and Flying; and Air Force flight manuals for the Lockheed F-104 A/B Starfighter (1964), Fairchild-Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II (1975), Boeing YC-14 (1977), McDonnell F-4C Phantom II (1979), General Dynamics F-16A/B (1979), and Rockwell B-1A (1980). There are also original drafting drawings of an F86D (undated), and F100-A (1972) aircraft, and a Pratt & Whitney J57 jet engine with afterburner (1951).
mssNelsond
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Manuscripts
Collection includes original patent documents from Douglas Aircraft Company; issues of industry magazines Douglas Airview and Flying; and Air Force flight manuals for the Lockheed F-104 A/B Starfighter (1964), Fairchild-Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II (1975), Boeing YC-14 (1977), McDonnell F-4C Phantom II (1979), General Dynamics F-16A/B (1979), and Rockwell B-1A (1980). There are also original drafting drawings of an F86D (undated), and F100-A (1972) aircraft, and a Pratt & Whitney J57 jet engine with afterburner (1951).
mssNelsond
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Visual Materials
Harmony in G. Sharp, containing articles and images related to the firm's work and employees, and often focused towards the war effort during World War II. Jack Heaney was involved in the production of the magazine and contributed many of the illustrations in the issues.
archHeaney
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Manuscripts
The collection chiefly consists of the administrative, scientific, and personal correspondence of Walter S. Adams spanning the years 1921 to 1956, including his work during World War II. Adams and the observatory staff worked, in secret, with the U.S. government and helped create prisms and optics for various types of binoculars and gun sights; the staff also assisted with aerial and naval defense and attack strategy. There is also material from Adams' retirement years. The collection also contains manuscripts and photographs (some of which are of the B-29 bomber), also dealing with Adams' astronomical work.
mssAdamsw
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Manuscripts
This an edited transcript of an oral history interview of James "Jim" Axtell conducted by Layne Karafantis. Topics covered in the interview include: Lockheed; Skunk Works; Kelly Johnson; World War II; Northridge; Solvang; Burbank; Lulu Belle; P-80; jet development; P-38; Vandenberg Air Force Base; Lockheed Missiles and Space.
mssHM 80611 (45)
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Manuscripts
The collection consists primarily of essays, notes and treatises by Robert Christie Cotton (b. 1885) on various topics written during his active army service and later as editor of the U.S. Infantry Journal. It includes articles and essays on the Philippines, China, Cuba, Puerto Rico, the Mexican border, and World War I, among other topics. Many of the documents are typewritten.
mssCotton papers