Manuscripts

Harris Sperling papers

Description: This small group of material relates to Harris Sperling's career at Northrop Grumman Corporation. The material includes an article entitled "Why the B-2," published by the Air Force Association, 1991, a dissertation written by Francis J. Baker entitled "The Death of the Flying Wing: The Real Reasons Behind the 1949 Cancellation of Northrop Aircraft's RB-49," 1984, and photocopies, newspaper clippings, photographs, and printed matter primarily related to the B-2. Also included is a commemorative book "Grumman F-14, Tomcat: Bye-Bye, Baby...!" It was compiled by Dave Parsons, George Hall, and Bob Lawson in 2006.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1984-2006
Call number: mssSperling
Creator: Sperling, Harris(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Gift of Harris Sperling, December 2010.
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.
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Grumman F-14, Tomcat: Bye-Bye, Baby...! Compiled by Dave Parsons, George Hall, and Bob Lawson

Manuscripts

This small group of material relates to Harris Sperling's career at Northrop Grumman Corporation. The material includes an article entitled "Why the B-2," published by the Air Force Association, 1991, a dissertation written by Francis J. Baker entitled "The Death of the Flying Wing: The Real Reasons Behind the 1949 Cancellation of Northrop Aircraft's RB-49," 1984, and photocopies, newspaper clippings, photographs, and printed matter primarily related to the B-2. Also included is a commemorative book "Grumman F-14, Tomcat: Bye-Bye, Baby...!" It was compiled by Dave Parsons, George Hall, and Bob Lawson in 2006.

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Harry Balfe papers

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Items in this collection primarily relate to the Panama Canal, dating from 1900 to 1915. There are nine letters from the following senders: William McKinley's secretary, George B. Courtelyou; chief engineer of the Panama Canal, George W. Goethals; Admiral George Dewey; President Theodore Roosevelt, 1908 April 24 (facsimile, HM 76524); William H. Taft as Secretary of War, 1908 June 2 and June 6 (facsimiles, HM 76525 and HM 76526); Reverend J. F. Carson of Brooklyn, New York; and Will Rogers. In addition, there are a few items about horse showing including a photograph of a horse and two awards won by Balfe's horse "Maximum" in 1915, given by the National Horse Show Association of America. The ephemera includes Balfe's 1914 passport, a newspaper clipping, and a document appointing Tom Wentz Balfe to Captain in the U.S. Army Chemical Warfare Service in 1918. A number of items in this collection are facsimiles.

mssHM 76518-76526

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Harry Balfe papers

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mssHM 76518-76526

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Northrop Grumman Corporation papers

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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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Francis B. Harris papers

Manuscripts

The small collection contains diaries, letters, documents, and a cabinet photograph of Francis B. and Margaret Harris, taken in Long Beach before 1908. Harris's diaries and letters, mostly written to his wife, Margaret, cover the entire period of his military service in Maryland and Virginia, including accounts of the battles of Chancellorsville, Bristoe Station, Mine Run Campaign, and the 1864 Overland Virginia campaign, as well as his extended stay at Lincoln Hospital in Washington, D.C., in the summer of 1863. The documents include Harris's military and pension records, a certificate of the Grand Army of the Republic, and a list of soldiers in Upper Pittsgrove, New Jersey, written by Harris in June 1866. Accompanying the collection are some transcripts of parts of the collection done by various historians and national park employees that had access to the original material. Much of the material is in fragile condition.

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