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Title
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M2003-104
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Part 1 (M2003-104): Original Collection, 1932-1952
2.0 cubic feet (3 archives boxes and 1 flat box)
: The bulk of the materials in the original collection are authored by Lawson and include Lawsonomy textbooks, books about aviation and bound copies of Fly magazine, and miscellaneous newsletters, pamphlets, and ephemera.
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Box
1
Volume
1
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Lawsonomy, Volume One
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Box
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Volume
2
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Mentality: Lawsonomy, Volume Two
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Box
1
Volume
3
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The Almighty: Lawsonomy, Volume Three
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Box
1
Volume
4
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Born Again
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Box
1
Volume
5
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Gardening textbook for Des Moines University
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Box
1
Volume
6
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A New Species
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Box
1
Volume
7
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Children
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Box
1
Volume
8
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Manlife
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Box
1
Volume
9
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Aircraft History
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Box
1
Volume
10
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Know Business
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Box
1
Volume
11
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Creation
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Box
1
Volume
12
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Direct Credits for Everybody
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Box
1
Volume
13
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General Orders: Direct Credits Society
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Box
1
Volume
14
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Songs Forever
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Box
2
Volume
15
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Lawsonian Religion
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Box
2
Volume
16
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Lawson's Mighty Sermons
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Box
2
Volume
17
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Bezoiśrednie Kredyty Dla Kaźdego (Direct Credits for Everybody)
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Box
2
Volume
18
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Lawson's Proverbs
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Box
2
Volume
19
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Short Speeches as spoken by Alfred Lawson
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Box
2
Volume
20
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Penetrability Illustrated
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Box
3
Volume
21
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Lawson, Aircraft Industry Builder
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Box
3
Volume
22
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Fly: The National Aeronautic Magazine, Volume One, 1908-1909
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Box
4
Volume
23
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100 Great Speeches by Alfred Lawson
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Box
4
Volume
24
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Fifty Speeches by Alfred Lawson
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Box
4
Volume
25
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The Benefactor with Picture and Ten Speeches by Alfred Lawson
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Box
2
Folder
1
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Ephemera, 1946-1952, undated
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Box
2
Folder
2
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Lawson Sheet Music, 1945, undated
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Box
2
Folder
3
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Newsletters, 1932-1936
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Box
2
Folder
4
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Pamphlets, 1934-1944
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Box
3
Folder
5
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Ephemera, undated
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M2005-041
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Part 2 (M2005-041): Additions, 1890-1982
1.0 cubic foot (1 record center carton), 1 photograph, and 1 poster
: Additions, 1890-1982, documenting Lawson's career as a baseball player and pilot, and his innovations in the design of passenger compartments for public transportation. Also included are materials concerning his University of Lawsonomy and FOIA requests. Additionally there are news clippings, bulletins, and pamphlets published by the Direct Credits Society.
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Box
1
Folder
1-2
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Aviation, 1919-1921
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Box
1
Folder
3
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Baseball, 1890-1908
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Box
1
Folder
4-6
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Patent documents for improvement of passenger compartment
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Box
1
Folder
7-8
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University of Lawsonomy, 1943-1959
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Box
1
Folder
9
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Obituary, 1954
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Box
1
Folder
10-15
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FOIA reprints, 1981-1982
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Box
1
Folder
16-30
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Publications and writings, 1937-1954
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Oversize
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Poster, 60th Anniversary of 1st airliner flight (Lawson Airlines)
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PH Box
8
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Photograph, passenger compartment of Long Island Railroad car
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M2011-085
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Part 3 (M2011-085): Additions, 1931-2000
0.8 cubic feet (1 archives box and 1 flat box), 12 reels of 8 mm film, and 2 DVDs
: Additions, 1931-2000, relate to Lawson's aviation career, the Direct Credits Society and Lawsonomy universities in Wisconsin, Michigan and Illinois. Materials include a photocopy of airliner plans, publications and convention programs; a first edition of Direct Credits; newsletters; 12 reels of 8 mm films (1948-1952) showing gatherings at the Lawsonomy campuses, primarily in Wisconsin and Detroit, and Lawson's cremation; and DVDs with interviews with Marjorie and Merle Hayden.
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Series: Aviation
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Box
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Folder
1
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Plans for first airliner (copy)
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Box
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Folder
2
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“A Two Thousand Mile Trip in the First Airliner,” Alfred Lawson
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Box
1
Folder
3
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“Aerial Stunts,” Hatfield pamphlet, 1976
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Box
1
Folder
4
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“Aeroplane (or Flying Machine) Scrapbook,” Volume 1-3, 1971-1975
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Box
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Folder
5
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“Pioneers of Aviation,” 1976
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Box
1
Folder
6
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Aviation programs, 1977-1992
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Box
2
Folder
1
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The Airline March (sheet music)
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Series: Direct Credits
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Box
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Folder
7
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Direct Credits and Lawson, 1931, undated
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Box
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Folder
8
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Lawson: From Bootblack to Emancipator, 1934
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Box
1
Folder
9
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Songs of the Multitudes, 1940
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Box
1
Folder
10
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A New Species, 1944
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Box
1
Folder
11
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Bugle-American, 1976 September 17
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Box
2
Folder
2
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Benefactors newsletter
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Series: Moving Images
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Films
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Box
3
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Gatherings at Lawson University in Sturtevant (Wisconsin): Baseball game, airplane takeoff, views of officers and others (corresponds with Chapters 1-2 on DVD), 1952 July 4
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Box
3
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Gathering on Lawson Farm, featuring women playing softball, baseball games (corresponds with DVD Chapter 3)
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Box
3
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Gathering on farm in Sturtevant (corresponds with DVD Chapter 4), possibly 1954 May
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Box
3
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Lawson posing for photos with group at farm (corresponds with DVD Chapter 5)
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Box
3
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Lawsonomy recital with children, adults (corresponds with DVD Chapter 6)
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Box
3
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Graduation ceremony (corresponds with DVD Chapter 7), 1953 July
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Box
3
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“Eight Different Subjects and the Commander's Cremation,” San Antonio, Texas, other subjects not on DVD (corresponds with DVD Chapter 8)
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Box
3
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Workers survey farm (corresponds with DVD Chapter 9)
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Box
3
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Construction work (corresponds with DVD Chapter 10)
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Box
3
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Detroit, gathering, children giving speeches, performing (corresponds with Chapter 11 on DVD), 1956 July 4
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Box
3
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Recital/gathering in Detroit (corresponds with Chapter 12 on DVD), possibly 1955 December 31
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Box
3
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Urban scenes, only black-and-white film (corresponds with Chapter 13 on DVD)
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DVDs
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Box
3
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Untitled DVD of the 8 mm films, divided into 13 chapters
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Box
3
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DVD divided into two parts: video interview with Marjorie Hayden about her involvement and that of her husband Merle with Lawson and Lawsonomy; and video of 2000 air show that contains interviews with Marjorie and Merle Hayden
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M2012-058
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Part 4 (M2012-058): Additions, 1919
1.0 cubic foot (1 flat box)
: Additions, 1919, consisting of a large scrapbook of news clippings arranged alphabetically by state detailing the efforts of Lawson to develop routes across the United States for Lawson Airlines.
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M2014-011
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Part 5 (M2014-011): Additions, 1911-1998
7.0 cubic feet (6 archives boxes, 4 record center cartons, 1 box for realia, and 1 flat box) and 1.2 cubic feet of photographs, posters and blueprints (1 archives box, 2 flat boxes, and 2 oversize folders)
: Additions, 1911-1998, consisting primarily of publications (1911-1930, 1975) and photographs documenting Alfred Lawson's aviation career, and bulletins and letters (1932-1998) produced by the Direct Credits Society and Lawsonomy students and officers. Commander's Notices (1932-1954) were created by Lawson and other officers of the Direct Credits Society. The magazine runs are not complete. Magazines include primarily those with articles about Lawson's aircraft and those he edited or published, including Aircraft and Fly. Photographs of Lawson, aircraft and members of the Direct Credits Society are also included.
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Series: Aviation
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Serials
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Box
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Folder
1
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Ace: The Aviation Magazine of the West, 1921 June
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Box
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Folder
2-6
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Aerial Age Weekly, 1917 July-1920 March
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Box
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Folder
1-2
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Aerial Age Weekly, 1920 May-1921 January
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Box
2
Folder
3
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Aero Digest, 1924 July
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Box
2
Folder
4
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Aeronautics, published by Aeronautics Press, 1911 May
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Box
2
Folder
5
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Aeronautics, monthly journal devoted to the technique and industry of aeronautics, 1911 October
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Box
2
Folder
6
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Air Power, 1918 September-1920 March
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Box
2
Folder
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Air Service Journal, 1918
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Box
2
Folder
8
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Air Travel, 1917
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Box
2
Folder
9
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Aircraft, 1910-1911
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Box
3
Folder
1-7
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Aircraft, 1911-1916
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Box
4
Folder
1
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Aircraft, 1918
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Box
11
Folder
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Aircraft Journal, 1919
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Box
4
Folder
2
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Aviation, 1924
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Box
4
Folder
3
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Aviation and Aeronautical Engineering, 1918-1919
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Box
4
Folder
4
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Aviation and Aircraft Journal, 1921
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Box
4
Folder
5
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Flight and the Aircraft Engineer, 1917-1921
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Box
11
Folder
2
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Fly, 1908-1909
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Box
4
Folder
6-8
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Flying, 1914-1919
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Box
5
Folder
1-4
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Flying, 1920-1921
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Box
5
Folder
5
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Navy Air Pilot, 1917 October
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Box
5
Folder
6
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Private Pilot, 1975 October
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Box
5
Folder
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U.S. Air Service, 1919 October
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Books
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Box
5
Folder
8
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Blue Book of Aviation, 1932
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Box
5
Folder
9
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This Was Air Travel / Henry R. Palmer Jr., 1960
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Box
6
Folder
1
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Winged Gospel: America's Romance with Aviation, 1900-1950 / Joseph J. Corn, 1993
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Box
6
Folder
2-3
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World in the Air: volume I-II, 1930
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Box
11
Folder
3
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Newspaper clippings, telegrams, and ephemera, 1918-1976
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Series: Automotive
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Serials
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Box
6
Folder
4
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Automobile, 1917 April
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Box
6
Folder
5
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Automobile and Automotive Industries, 1917 October-1920 June
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Series: Direct Credits and Lawsonomy
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Lawson's Bulletins to Direct Credits Officers
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Box
7
Folder
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Index, 1932-1954
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Box
7
Folder
2
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Bulletins, 1932
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Box
7
Folder
3-5
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Commander's Notices, 1932-1954
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Lawsonomy students' letters
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Box
7
Folder
6-12
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1949-1955
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Box
8
Folder
1-12
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1956-1967
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Box
9
Folder
1-12
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1968-1979
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Box
10
Folder
1-13
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1980-1998
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Box
10
Folder
14
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Scrapbook, copies of aircraft clippings and correspondence, circa 1918-1980
: Also includes undated Direct Credits photographs.
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Box
12
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Realia, Direct Credits cap
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Series: Visual Materials
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Aircraft
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Box
13
Folder
1-2
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Aircraft, circa 1917-1921
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Box
14
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Lawson airliner photograph album, interior and exterior views
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Box
13
Folder
3
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Lawson airliner album, loose photographs
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Box
15
Folder
1
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Lawson Aircraft Corporation Tractor Biplane album
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Box
15
Folder
2-3
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Other aircraft, photographs on album pages, copy prints
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Oversize Folder
1
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Blueprints
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Oversize Folder
1
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Poster
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Box
15
Folder
4
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Lawson, Alfred W., portraits
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Direct Credits and Lawsonomy
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Box
13
Folder
4
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Members, group portraits
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Box
13
Folder
5
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Photographs from scrapbook, undated
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Oversize Folder
2
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Panoramic photograph of Direct Credits members
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