Manuscripts

Subject Files: Oversize items

Description: Northrop Aeronautical Institute employee newsletters (1949-1950); "Northrop at Fifty" calendars and poster (1989); copies of memorial scrapbooks for deceased test pilots Darrell E. Cornell (1984) and David B. Barnes (1985); miscellaneous ephemera.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1911-2008.
Call number: mssNorthrop
Creator: Northrop Grumman Corporation(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Gift of Northrop Grumman Corporation, October 2011.
Restrictions: Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information.
Rights: The Huntington Library does not require that researchers request permission to quote from or publish images of this material, nor does it charge fees for such activities. The responsibility for identifying the copyright holder, if there is one, and obtaining permission rests with the researcher.

Subseries 6: Employees and Public Affairs

Manuscripts

Photographs of many executives and other employees, in files by name, including founder John Knudsen Northrop. Also photographs of employees seen working in various occupations; women working in assembly jobs during World War II; test pilots; employee celebrations; and various others. Northrop Recreation Club files depict employees in numerous club activities and community programs.

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Subject Files, A

Manuscripts

The Northrop Grumman Corporation papers document the history of Northrop Aircraft, Inc. and Northrop Corporation, as well as its products, employees, and founder, John Knudsen Northrop. The collection is divided into three series: Northrop Corporation Archives; Aircraft Division Records; and Photographs and Negatives. The bulk of the material is within the Corporation Archives series, which was compiled by Ira Chart, the Aircraft Division/Aircraft Group historian. The series are interrelated and cover similar subject matter. Though there is a Photographs and Negatives series, some photographs can be found throughout the collection. The collection is generally arranged by subject and format of material within. It includes brochures, reports, manuals, photographs, memoranda, newsletters, and other materials.

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Subject Files, A-D

Manuscripts

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Subseries 1: Aircraft

Manuscripts

Photograph files of Northrop aircraft and aircraft produced by dozens of other aerospace companies. Includes military jet planes, trainers, fighter jets, reconnaissance planes, bombers, stealth aircraft, passenger jets, helicopters, and other types of aircraft. Many photographs are accompanied by details of parts, statistical reports, ammunition load, and other printed information. Photographs include aircraft in development and testing phases, assembly, production, and final rollout. Engineers, mechanics, and test pilots appear throughout.

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Subject Files: M-W

Manuscripts

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Subject Files: E-L

Manuscripts

mssNorthrop

Subject Files: Oversize items

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