Carl B. Allen Papers Regarding Early Aviation A&M 2252

Carl B. Allen Papers Regarding Early Aviation A&M 2252


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Repository
West Virginia and Regional History Center
Identification
A&M 2252
Title
Carl B. Allen Papers Regarding Early Aviation 1918-1971
URL:
https://archives.lib.wvu.edu/ark:/99999/199101
Quantity
6.9 Linear Feet, 6 ft. 10 1/2 in. (13 document cases, 5 in. each); (5 document cases, 2 1/2 in. each); (1 large flat storage box, 2 in.); (2 flat storage boxes, 1 1/2 in. each)
Creator
Allen, Carl B.
Location
West Virginia and Regional History Center / West Virginia University / 1549 University Avenue / P.O. Box 6069 / Morgantown, WV 26506-6069 / Phone: 304-293-3536 / Fax: 304-293-3981 / URL: https://wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu/
Language
English
Abstract
Correspondence, scrapbooks, newspaper clippings, documents, photographs and other papers of Carl B. Allen, Army Air Corps officer, aviator, and newspaper writer. Subjects include the development of the Autogiro, 1930; air mail, 1933-1935; the Howell Inquiry, 1934-1937; the Army and aviation, 1934-1936; aviation achievements, 1934-1937; George W. Carver's work at Tuskegee; South American round trip, 1936; first trans-Pacific flight, 1936; Amelia Earhart; the Ford Air Tour, 1926-1927; America First Committee; the Air Safety Board, 1936-1940 and the Glenn L. Martin Company.

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Container List

Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 1
Service Certificates
1918-1946
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 2a Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 2b
U. S. Army 201 (Personnel) File; filed chronologically
1931-1956
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 3a Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 3b
Biographical Material; includes material on the Explorer's Club Night of Exploration, Dec 10, 1968, to honor the pioneers of early aviation, including CBA
1953-1971
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 4
Mitchell Field Controversy
1929-1931
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 5a
Newspaper Articles on Various Subjects by CBA
1927-1937
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 5b
Newspaper Articles on Various Subjects by CBA
1927-1937
Mixed Materials Box: 2a Folder: 1
New York World Correspondence
1924-1931
Mixed Materials Box: 2a Folder: 2
George Washington Carver Material
1924-1925
Mixed Materials Box: 2a Folder: 3a Mixed Materials Box: 2a Folder: 3b Mixed Materials Box: 2a Folder: 3c Mixed Materials Box: 2a Folder: 3d
Material Concerning House Hearings on Aviation, covered by CBA for the New York World [newsprint]
1921-1925
Mixed Materials Box: 2b Folder: 4a Mixed Materials Box: 2b Folder: 4b
Material Concerning House Hearings on Aviation, covered CBA for the New York World, 1925 Mar-1926 + nd Various pix of artillery and a drawing of a night attack on a hostile fleet.
1925-1926
Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 1
South American Trip and First Trans-Pacific Flight; Allen's stories and notes plus galley proofs for magazine article on same.
1936
Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 2a Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 2b Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 2c
Material on Zeppelins and other dirigibles, plus material for CBA article on the comparative merits of the airplane and airship for inter-continental travel
1934-1936
Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 3a Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 3b
The National Air Races, September 3-4-5 1938 material on air races; booklet of winners of the Thompson Trophy
1938
Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 4
Articles by CBA published in the Aero Digest
1926-1930
Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 5
Articles by CBA Published in Outlook and Independent and New Outlook
1931-1934
Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 6
Miscellaneous Magazine Articles by CBA
1924-1971
Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 1
Articles on Charles Lindbergh
1931-1971
Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 2
Newspaper Clippings and Book Reviews re Lindbergh Clippings
1925-1970
Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 3
America First Material
1939-1942
Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 4
CBA Correspondence on Articles Published in Magazines; mostly letters from readers. One for Scribner's Commentator article in August; rest for "The Facts about Lindbergh" in Saturday Evening Post. Of special interest, correspondence between CBA and M. A. Macdonald, Chief Justice of British Columbia, 29 Oct 1940-29 Jan 1941
1939-1941
Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 5
Correspondence Between Lindbergh and Allen
1931-1961
Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 6
Miscellaneous Lindbergh Material
1929-1970
Mixed Materials Box: 5a Folder: 1a Mixed Materials Box: 5a Folder: 1b
Air Safety Board Material; correspondence, news releases, accident reports, publications, etc. re: Air Safety board
1936-1938
Mixed Materials Box: 5a Folder: 2a Mixed Materials Box: 5a Folder: 2b Mixed Materials Box: 5a Folder: 2c
Air Safety Board Material
January to June 1939
Mixed Materials Box: 5a Folder: 3a Mixed Materials Box: 5a Folder: 3b Mixed Materials Box: 5a Folder: 3c
Air Safety Board Material July to December
1939
Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 1a Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 1b Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 1c
Air Safety Board Material, January to March
1940
Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 2a Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 2b Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 2c Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 2d Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 2e
Air Safety Board Material, April to August
1940
Mixed Materials Box: 7a Folder: 1a Mixed Materials Box: 7a Folder: 1b Mixed Materials Box: 7a Folder: 1c
Undated Miscellaneous Papers
1940-1949
Mixed Materials Box: 7a Folder: 2a Mixed Materials Box: 7a Folder: 2b Mixed Materials Box: 7a Folder: 2c
Newspaper Clippings April to May
1940
Mixed Materials Box: 7a Folder: 3a Mixed Materials Box: 7b Folder: 3b Mixed Materials Box: 7b Folder: 3c
Congressional Records Index for the Air Safety Board April to May
1940
Mixed Materials Box: 7b Folder: 4a Mixed Materials Box: 7b Folder: 4b Mixed Materials Box: 7b Folder: 4c
Congressional Record for the Air Safety Board May to June
1940
Mixed Materials Box: 8a Folder: 1a Mixed Materials Box: 8a Folder: 1b
Newspaper Clippings
1933-1934
Mixed Materials Box: 8a Folder: 2a Mixed Materials Box: 8a Folder: 2b
Newspaper Clippings
1935
Mixed Materials Box: 8a Folder: 3a Mixed Materials Box: 8a Folder: 3b
Newspaper Clippings
1936
Mixed Materials Box: 8a Folder: 4a Mixed Materials Box: 8a Folder: 4b
Newspaper Clippings
1937
Mixed Materials Box: 8a Folder: 5a Mixed Materials Box: 8a Folder: 5b
Newspaper Clippings
1938
Mixed Materials Box: 8a Folder: 6
Newspaper Clippings
1939-1941
Mixed Materials Box: 8b Folder: 7a Mixed Materials Box: 8a Folder: 7b
Miscellaneous Unpublished Articles Written by CBA, but no proof of publication - some marked "used"; filed alphabetically by title or first sentence
1925-1960
Mixed Materials Box: 9a Folder: 1
"Covering National Defense"
1940-1949
Mixed Materials Box: 9a Folder: 2a Mixed Materials Box: 9a Folder: 2b Mixed Materials Box: 9a Folder: 2c
Correspondence and Writing While at Glen L. Martin Co.
1953-1967
Mixed Materials Box: 9a Folder: 3a Mixed Materials Box: 9a Folder: 3b
Miscellaneous Correspondence
1932-1969
Mixed Materials Box: 9a Folder: 4
Speeches Made by CBA
1936-1971
Mixed Materials Box: 9a Folder: 5a Mixed Materials Box: 9a Folder: 5b
Miscellaneous Material
1934-1938
Mixed Materials Box: 9b Folder: 6a Mixed Materials Box: 9b Folder: 6b Mixed Materials Box: 9b Folder: 6c
Photographs - Aside from CBA, those included are: Amelia Earhart, Benny Whelan, the Wright Brothers, Charles A. Lindbergh, Richard E. Byrd, George Washington Carver, and numerous other people concerned with the aviation and newspaper industries
Mixed Materials Box: 10
Books and Pamphlets from CBA Collection
1923-1947
Mixed Materials Box: 11 Mixed Materials Box: 12 Mixed Materials Box: 13
Oversize
Mixed Materials Box: 14 Mixed Materials Box: 15 Mixed Materials Box: 16
Scrapbooks
1924-1956
Scope and Contents

Contains mostly clippings regarding both general contemporary history and aviation history.