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Printed Materials, 1934-1983
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- include: materials related to the new Asheville airport and aeronautics in general (Hubert Hayes was a
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These print materials, found loose in the collection, belonged to Leona and Hubert Hayes and include: materials related to the new Asheville airport and aeronautics in general (Hubert Hayes was a licensed pilot); travel literature; civic materials related to Asheville schools and other local organizations (1934-1960s); playbills and other show programs (1935-1961); a catalog of folk music from the Library of Congress (1948); and a pamphlet and menu from the Woodfield Inn, Flat Rock, 1980s.
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Harry Paul Taylor papers, 1975-1982 3.7 Linear Feet (8 boxes, 530 items)
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- Aeronautics -- United States -- History
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This collection contains a variety of items including variant manuscripts of the 79 poems included in Harry Paul Taylor's book, IMAGERY IN POETRY. There are notes of ideas he incorporated into the poems, revisions, and some layout instruction. One folder contains a brief biographical sketch and a review in which Taylor explains how his poetry is written, what his poetical theories are, and what he hopes to accomplish. There are other poems, letters from Dr. Jay B. Hubbell to Taylor; and other correspondence and clippings concerning Allan Halladay and Gustave Whitehead. There is also an autographed copy of a book about Whitehead, HISTORY BY CONTRACT: BEGINNING OF MOTORIZED AVIATION by William J. O'Dwyer and Stella Randolph. There are three versions of SPACE AGE POETRY and a number of other poems on miscellaneous subjects. Included also is the volume A LIFE SCENARIO WITH ARTIST ANTONIO CIRINO by Charles Movalli, poetized by Taylor; and typescript copies of "The Lady of Liberty." This collection is a part of the Jay B. Hubbell Center for American Literary Historiography.
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George S. Pietzcker St. Louis airplane meet photograph album, 1910 0.1 Linear Feet (1 folder)
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- Aeronautics -- Missouri -- Saint Louis -- History.
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Collection consists of a photograph album containing 25 developing-out gelatin silver prints of early airplanes and aviators. The album is labeled, "Aero Meet, Lambert Field, St. Louis, Mo., Oct. 1910," and the photographs were taken during this St. Louis Aero Club's meet. The images range in size from 6.25 x 4.5 inches to 7 x 5 inches. Fifteen photographs include views of one or more Wright Brothers' biplanes or parts of them. There are three views of the Bleriot monoplane. Three photos include Theodore Roosevelt, one in a biplane. Aviators pictured include Achibald Hoxsey, French pilot Alfred LeBlanc, Walter Brookins, and Ralph Johnstone. All of the Wright biplanes that are clearly discernible in this album appear to be the Model A or what has been referred to as a transitional model. One negative is available.
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Civil Pilot Training Program Files, 1939-1945 1.75 boxes
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- This program was run jointly between Duke and the Civil Aeronautics Authority of the United States
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This program was run jointly between Duke and the Civil Aeronautics Authority of the United States. Its primary objective was to train young men and women to be private pilots. By 1942, women were no longer admitted to the CPTP, however, they could enroll for the ground school program as a regular college course and could obtain flying instruction at their own expense. Though civil in nature, the program became a preparedness movement. Duke was one of the colleges and universities chosen to offer the program. Serv-Air, Inc. of Raleigh, N.C. provided the actual flight instruction. By 1942, Included in the series are samples of applications, insurance forms, time (flight) logs, course certifications, personal information sheets, and flight reports and schedules. Other files in the series have correspondence, memoranda; bulletins, annual contracts for the program, printed material and photographs. Since the classes were not part of the student's permanent record, the grades are not protected by FERPA.
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Conferences and Organizations, 1952-2012
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- committees, Bureau of the Census and Civil Aeronautics Board, 1964-1969; Associate Editor, Journal of the ASA
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Nerlove was most active in the Econometric Society (President, 1981; Council, 1963-1966 and 1976-1978), American Economic Association (Executive Committee, 1977-1979; editorial boards, American Economic Review and Journal of Economic Literature, 1969-1972), American Statistical Association (advisory committees, Bureau of the Census and Civil Aeronautics Board, 1964-1969; Associate Editor, Journal of the ASA, 1960-1962), National Academy of Sciences (National Research Council Committee on Social Sciences in the NSF, 1975-1976), National Science Foundation (proposal reviewer, 1960-1974), and Social Sciences Research Council (Director, Mathematical Social Science Board Summer Workshop on Lags in Economic Behavior, 1970). Includes programs/agendas, papers for presentation, proposals and nominations, reports, and correspondence. Arranged alphabetically by organization or event.
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James T. Williams papers, 1836-1947 48 Linear Feet 36,000 Items
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- Aeronautics -- United States
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The Williams Papers span the period 1836 to 1947 with the bulk dating from 1904 to 1942. The collection contains the following series: Diaries and Reminiscences; Correspondence; Subject Files; Legal Papers; Financial Papers; Writings and Speeches; Miscellaneous; Clippings; Printed Material; and Pictures. Correspondence comprises the majority of the collection and particularly focuses on Williams's professional career during the period from 1910 to 1925 when he was editor of the Tucson Citizen and the Boston Evening Transcript. While the collection documents aspects of Williams's personal and professional life from his college days through the early 1940s, the last twenty years of his life are not included. There is as well very little information about the Teapot Dome Affair in the correspondence, which occurred during the period covered by the collection.
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Trade and Commerce Subseries, 1930-1946 Box 177-216
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- flying; and the Civil Aeronautics Authority (CAA) (later, the Civil Aeronautics Board). In 1944, Bailey
transportation; freight rates; Neely Block Booking Bill; Rivers and Harbors Bill; the Civil Aeronautics - Abstract Or Scope
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Correspondence, telegrams, notes drafts and copies of speeches, statements, copies of bills, and printed material relate to trade and commerce as well as to the concerns of the Commerce Committee, of which Bailey was a member, 1931-1946, and chairman, 1939-1946. Information on foreign trade agreements is found in this section, while papers on specific tariffs are located in the Tax and Tariff category, material relating to commerce, particularly the regulation of commerce, the Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC), and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). Correspondence concerns various bills to regulate the transportation of goods by rail, by motor carriers, and by waterway. Scattered throughout the section is correspondence pertaining to discrimination against the South in the matter of freight rates. There is also some information on the Merchant Marine, although the bulk of this material is located in the Navy and Marines category.
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Marc L. Nerlove papers, 1930-2014, bulk dates 1947-2014 172 Linear Feet (134 record cartons, four document boxes, two half document boxes, two electronic record boxes, and three oversize folders.) 0.1 Gigabytes (One set.)
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- committees to the Bureau of the Census, 1964-1969, and Civil Aeronautics Board, 1966-1968), International
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Marc Nerlove (born 1933) is Distinguished University Professor Emeritus in Agricultural and Resource Economics at the University of Maryland. This collection primarily documents his professional life through his correspondence, writings, research, and professional and faculty activities. It was acquired as part of Economists' Papers Archive.
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Daniel C. Roper papers, 1860-1958 56 Linear Feet circa 33,900 items
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- include aeronautics (in Aviation folder); American University; the Board of Education of the District of
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The Daniel C. Roper Papers, 1860-1958 (bulk 1933-1938), consist chiefly of professional and political correspondence, including telegrams and memoranda, but also include speeches, financial papers, clippings, invitations, legal papers, printed material, and pictures. The collection primarily documents Roper's term as Secretary of Commerce during the first administration of President Franklin D. Roosevelt. In general the papers provide an inside look at this Democratic administration during the early depression years, as well as the relationships among business, government, and politics. In particular, Roper had close ties to people in the business community and was sympathetic to their concerns. In addition, the collection tracks the course of the New Deal in the Department of Commerce and the career of Roper not only as a United States government official in Roosevelt's cabinet but also as a progressive Democrat. However, there are some gaps in these professional files in that there is very little material pertaining to Roper's career prior to his appointment to the cabinet post. Also, files for 1931 are almost entirely missing, and cross-reference sheets in the collection prepared by Roper's staff appear to refer to a separate set of files missing from this collection. There is relatively little in the papers concerning Roper's personal life, except for financial papers.
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