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John Orville Beckwith Personal PapersSDASM.SC.10207
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Box 1 of 2

 

Series I: Memorabilia, Folder 1

 

Pilot Log Book, 1929-1920.

 

Insignia for various air carriers

 

Photo, dirigible over La Jolla.

 

Advertising contract with Aeronautical World - blank.

 

Booklet, World Airways Time Table, Fares and Freights, 1930-1931.

 

Passenger Information, USS Cowpens.

 

Card notice regarding veracity of Bob Kennedy's Mid-Air Crash.

 

Poster, History of Aviation.

 

Rand McNally Standard Indexed Map - United States.

 

Article and banner - Harold Gatty.

 

Posters, Aeronautical World.

 

Aviation gauges.

 

Bulls Eye Bow-Lock Archery Trigger.

 

Various Beckwith Lighter products.

 

Series II: Documents

 

Folder 2 -- Beckwith Manufacturing Company

Physical Description: 1. Promotional material for the Beckwith Lighter, circular slide rule and other products. 2. Calendar with page showing Beckwith lighter collection. 3. Photos (4) of Beckwith products.
 

Folder 3 -- Military Documents

Physical Description: 1. Letters relating to request for transfer from Third Naval Construction Regiment V-6 USNR to General Service, Aviation Ordnance, 1944. 2. Miscellaneous military correspondence. 3. Military news briefings - 1945. 4. Handwritten chronology of military service. 5. U.S. Navy Rating Description, Aviation Ordnanceman, First Class, January 19, 1946.
 

Folder 4 -- John Beckwith Personal Papers

Physical Description: 1. Postal history envelopes. 2. Placer Claim. 3. A Memorial for John Beckwith, On The Lighter Side newsletter, January 15, 1993. 4. Material about Bulls Eye Manufacturing guns.
 

Box 2 of 2

 

Series II: Documents (continued)

 

Folder 1 -- Pilots Handbook Publishing Co. #1 of 2

 

Folder 2 -- Pilots Handbook Publishing Co. #2 of 2

 

Folder 3 -- Commercial Pilot Documents

 

Folder 4 -- Flying Magazine, November 1943.

 

Series III: Maps

Physical Description: Large selection of loose Flight Service Maps of various areas of the United States.
 

Series IV: Manual: Aircrewman's Gunnery Manual, U.S. Navy,

Collection Contents
Box 1 of 2
Series I: Memorabilia, Folder 1
Series II: Documents
Box 2 of 2
Series II: Documents (continued)
Series III: Maps
Series IV: Manual: Aircrewman's Gunnery Manual, U.S. Navy,
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