George Hardie Papers, 1880-2001

Container Title
Series: 1. George Hardie's Personal Papers, 1896-1999, undated
Scope and Content Note: This series contains the personal papers of George Hardie which consist mostly of his correspondence with other aviation enthusiasts, as well as prominent figures in aviation, including John Kaminski, an early Wisconsin aviator, who at the age of nineteen became the youngest man in America to earn his pilot's license. Also included within this series are a significant number of photographs that document all areas of aviation history. The majority of the photographs are of many different types of aircrafts, but also include aviation facilities and personalities, including Amelia Earhart, Chuck Yeager, and a particularly interesting shot of Charles Lindbergh in Milwaukee during his tour of America after his flight to Paris.
Box   20
Folder   1
440th Air Force, Photographs, 1995
Box   35
Folder   1
Aerial League, 1918-1919
Aerial Photographs
Box   1
Folder   1
1922, 1930
Box   22
Folder   1
Miscellaneous, undated
Box   35
Folder   2
Aeronautica, Newsletter, 1949-1956
Box   23
Folder   1-6
Aeronautics, Magazine, 1910-1914
Box   23
Folder   11
Air Chatter, Newsletter Archive, 1980-1981
Box   23
Folder   7
Air Commerce Bulletin, 1930-1931
Box   35
Folder   3
Air Education Council, 1944-1955
Air Force
Box   20
Folder   2-4
Airplanes, Photographs, circa 1950s, 1957-1960, undated
Box   34
Folder   1
Boeing B-47, Photographs, 1948-1956
Box   34
Folder   2
Boeing B-52, Photographs, 1953-1959
Box   34
Folder   3
Bombers, Photographs, 1943-1952
Box   34
Folder   4
Experiments, Photographs, 1937-1959
Box   34
Folder   5
Fighters, Photographs, 1959
Box   34
Folder   6
General, Photographs, 1955-1961
Box   35
Folder   4
Historical Foundation, Correspondence, 1956-1959
Box   34
Folder   7
Interceptors, Photographs, undated
Box   34
Folder   8
Missiles, Photographs, 1959-1961
Box   20
Folder   5
Museum, Slides, 1961-1964
Physical Description: Slides (35 mm) 
Box   20
Folder   6
Museum, Wright-Patterson Base, Slides, undated
Physical Description: Slides (35 mm) 
Box   34
Folder   9
Pioneers, Photographs, circa 1930s
Box   34
Folder   10
Pre-War Bombers, Photographs, 1930
Box   34
Folder   11
Supersonic Airplanes, Photographs, 1947-1955
Box   34
Folder   12
Tankers, Photographs, 1953-1954
Box   34
Folder   13
Transports, Photographs, 1947-1955
Air Mail
Box   20
Folder   7
Beacons, Photographs, undated
Box   36
Folder   1
Logs, 1926-1928
Box   35
Folder   5
Airco Engine Starter, Photographs, 1919
Box   22
Folder   2
Airliner, Photographs, Miscellaneous, undated
Airplane Data
Box   15
Folder   8-10
Clipping Album, 1908-1920
Box   16
Folder   1-2
Clipping Album, 1921-1934, 1944
Box   16
Folder   3
Miscellaneous, Clipping Album, 1912-1928
Box   35
Folder   6
Airplane Designs, Drawings, undated
Airplane Line Drawings
Box   16
Folder   5
Clipping Album, 1903-1914
Box   16
Folder   4
Clipping Album, 1916-1920
Box   16
Folder   6
Clipping Album, circa 1923
Box   1
Folder   2
Airplane Models, Photographs, 1896-1917, undated
Box   20
Folder   8
Airplane Postcards, undated
Airplanes
Box   34
Folder   15
Aerial Views, Photographs, circa 1920s
Box   33
Folder   1
Photo Album, 1926
Photographs
Box   1
Folder   3
1911-1923
Box   22
Folder   3
1913-1919
Box   1
Folder   4
1939
Box   22
Folder   4
1945
Box   1
Folder   5
circa 1950s
Box   34
Folder   14
1957-1959
Box   1
Folder   6
undated
Box   34
Folder   31
undated
Box   22
Folder   5-10
Miscellaneous, undated
Box   35
Folder   7
World War I, Photographs, 1916-1917
Box   23
Folder   8
Airport Diagrams, undated
Box   25
Folder   1
Airport Reports, 1925
Box   34
Folder   16
Airports, Photographs, 1957
Box   21
Folder   1
Allard, Noel, Correspondence, 1971-1985
Box   21
Folder   2
Anderson, Charles "Chub," Correspondence, 1936-1981
Box   21
Folder   3
Andrews, Harold, Correspondence, 1981-1982
Box   22
Folder   11
Army and Navy Airplanes, Photographs, 1943-1959
Box   35
Folder   11
Aviation Education, Articles, 1948-1955
Box   20
Folder   9
Aviation Log, Curtiss Flying Boat, 1912
Aviation Periodicals
Box   35
Folder   12
1911-1914
Box   35
Folder   13
1926-1945
Box   33
Folder   2
Balloons, Photographs, undated
Barling Bomber
Box   20
Folder   10
C-80, Photographs, undated
Box   25
Folder   2
Photographs, circa 1920s
Box   21
Folder   4
Baron, Robert, Correspondence, 1970-1978
Box   34
Folder   17
Beechcraft Airplanes, Photographs, undated
Box   1
Folder   7
Bodie, Warren, Correspondence, 1952-1953, 1958
Boeing 707
Box   35
Folder   14
Being Built, Photographs, circa late 1950s
Box   35
Folder   15
Commercial Airplanes, Photographs, circa early 1960s
Box   35
Folder   16
News Releases and Photographs, 1954-1962
Box   20
Folder   11
Boeing 757 Model, Slides, 1992
Physical Description: Slides (35 mm) 
Boeing Airplane Company
Box   33
Folder   26
Press Releases, 1959
Box   20
Folder   12
Press Releases and Photographs, 1962
Box   35
Folder   17
Boeing Airplanes, Photographs, 1938, 1961
Box   33
Folder   3
Boeing, B-15 Bomber, Photographs and Placard, 1937
Box   21
Folder   5
Boyne, Walter, Correspondence, 1983-1987
Box   13
Folder   1-3
British Airplanes, Photographs, undated
Box   1
Folder   8
Brooks, Robert, Correspondence, 1975
Box   1
Folder   9
Bullock, Walter, Correspondence, 1952
Box   21
Folder   6
Burnelli, Vincent, Correspondence, 1945-73
Box   20
Folder   13
Caravelle Cockpit Model, Photographs, 1989
Box   1
Folder   10
Carlson, John, Correspondence, 1955, 1957
Box   20
Folder   14
Carson Air Force Base, Photographs, 1973
Box   21
Folder   7
Cavanaugh, Robert, Correspondence, 1961-1997
Box   33
Folder   4
Chester Special, Photographs, undated
Box   32
Folder   2
Civil Air Patrol, 1939-1942
Commercial Airplanes
Box   13
Folder   4-5
Photographs, undated
Box   33
Folder   6
Photographs, undated
Box   33
Folder   7
Slides, 1990-1992
Physical Description: Slides (35 mm) 
Box   34
Folder   18
Commercial Experiments, Photographs, 1946-1947
Commercial Lockheed
Box   34
Folder   19
Aircraft, Photographs, undated
Box   34
Folder   20
Connie and Vega, Photographs, 1943
Box   34
Folder   21
Supers, Photographs, undated
Box   34
Folder   22
Commercial, Miscellaneous, Photographs, undated
Box   34
Folder   23
Commercial, Turbo Jet and Martin, Photographs, undated
Box   20
Folder   15
Convair San Diego Fly-In, Promotional Pictures, 1957
Correspondence
Box   20
Folder   16
1925-1931
Box   1
Folder   11
1948-1993
Box   20
Folder   17
1955-1989
Box   20
Folder   18
1957-1996
Box   20
Folder   19
1960-1999
Box   20
Folder   20
1966-1997
Box   20
Folder   21-23
1974-1992
Box   20
Folder   24
Northwest Airlines, 1948-1953
Box   20
Folder   25
Photographs for Building Model Airplanes, 1933-1940
Box   20
Folder   26
Schory, Karl, 1948-1987
Box   20
Folder   27
Underwood, John, 1977-1982
Box   20
Folder   28
Whitney, John, 1960-1963
Box   20
Folder   29
Crashes, Photographs, circa 1920s
Curtiss Airplanes
Box   35
Folder   19
Blueprints, 1917-1918
Photographs
Box   20
Folder   30
1912-1917
Box   35
Folder   20
1918
Box   20
Folder   31
1919
Box   20
Folder   32
Undated
Box   20
Folder   33
Curtiss Pusher, Photographs, undated
Box   34
Folder   24
Curtiss School Students, John Kaminski, Photographs, 1912-1914
Curtiss Wright Airport
Box   32
Folder   3
Photographs, 1949
Box   20
Folder   34
Photographs, undated
Box   20
Folder   35
Curtiss Wright Jr., Airplane, Photographs, 1948
Box   21
Folder   8
Dickey, Fred, Correspondence, 1960-1987
Box   20
Folder   36
Douglas Aircraft Corporation, Press Releases, 1962
Box   1
Folder   12
Dunlap, Charles, Correspondence, 1954-1955
Box   1
Folder   13
Dunlap, Renwick, Correspondence, 1954-1957
Box   1
Folder   14
Earhart, Amelia, Photographs, undated
Box   35
Folder   21-22
Early Airplanes, Photographs, 1926, circa 1933
Box   33
Folder   9
Early Aviators, Photographs, undated
Early Birds
Box   23
Folder   9
Articles, 1913-1960
Box   23
Folder   10
Correspondence, 1929-1951
Box   25
Folder   3
Exhibit Ideas, 1950-1971
Box   33
Folder   10-12
Experimental Aircrafts, Photographs, 1927-1960, undated
Box   20
Folder   37
Experimental Airplanes, France, Photographs, circa 1930s
Box   1
Folder   15
Fiftieth Anniversary of Flight, Correspondence, 1953-1954
Box   20
Folder   38
First Airmail Envelopes, 1926, 1946
Box   1
Folder   16
Fleming, William, Correspondence, 1961-1962
Box   1
Folder   17
Fly-in, Airplanes, Photographs, circa 1950s
Box   20
Folder   39
Fokker Aircraft, undated
Box   33
Folder   13
Fokker, Anthony, Photographs, 1926
Box   20
Folder   40
Ford Airplanes, Photographs, circa 1920s
Box   13
Folder   6
French Airplanes, Photographs, undated
Box   21
Folder   9
Garber, Paul, Correspondence, 1950-1987
Box   33
Folder   14
General Airplanes, Photographs, undated
Box   33
Folder   27
General Electric, Press Releases, 1958-1959
Box   2
Folder   1
George Browne Aerial Express, Photographs, 1919
Box   13
Folder   7-8
German Airplanes, Photographs, undated
Box   33
Folder   28
Government, Press Releases, 1957-1958
Box   20
Folder   41
Great Lakes Intercom, Newsletter, 1992
Box   21
Folder   10
Gurney, Major Gene, Correspondence, 1962-1963
Box   2
Folder   2
Haffner, Charles, Correspondence, 1952
Box   21
Folder   11
Hardesty, Bergen, Correspondence, 1954-1986
Hardie, George
Box   25
Folder   4
Articles, 1959-1986
Box   20
Folder   42
Articles, 1974, 1988
Box   20
Folder   43
Books, 1986
Photographs
Box   20
Folder   44
1942-1954
Box   2
Folder   3
1955-1963
Box   20
Folder   45
1957-1983
Box   20
Folder   46
Hayward, Colonel Jim, Aerial Photographs, 1944
Box   34
Folder   25
Helicopters, Photographs, 1953-1960
Box   21
Folder   12
Hildes-Heim, Eric, Correspondence, 1954-1962
Box   20
Folder   47
Hiller Copter News Issues, 1952-1953
Box   21
Folder   13
Howard, Frederick "Fritz," Correspondence, 1952-1981
Box   2
Folder   4
Hunt, Eddie, Correspondence, 1948, 1951-1954
Box   21
Folder   14
Husting, Gene, Correspondence, 1970-1986
Box   25
Folder   5
Illinois Aviation, Newsletter, 1956-1999
Box   21
Folder   15
Institute of Aeronautical Sciences, Correspondence, 1953-1956
Box   2
Folder   5
Johnson, James, Correspondence, 1955-1956
Box   2
Folder   6
Jones, Ernest, Correspondence, 1950-1954
Box   21
Folder   16
Kaminski Aircraft Restoration Project, Correspondence, 1952-1960
Box   2
Folder   7
Kaminski, John, Correspondence, 1956-1961
Box   21
Folder   17
Kelley, Herbert, Correspondence, 1956
Box   21
Folder   18
Kettering, E.W., Correspondence, 1956
Box   2
Folder   8
Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, Photographs, 1903
Box   21
Folder   19
Krieger, Art, Correspondence, 1956-1959
Box   2
Folder   9
LaMont, Jim, Correspondence, 1948-1953
Box   2
Folder   10
Lang, Robert, Correspondence, 1955-1957
Box   21
Folder   20
Larkins, William, Correspondence, 1973-1988
Box   22
Folder   12
Lincoln Beachy, Photographs, 1914
Lindbergh, Charles,
Box   2
Folder   11
Display, Photographs, undated
Box   2
Folder   12
Fabric, Monocoupe Plane, undated
Box   2
Folder   13
Visit to Milwaukee, Photographs, 1927
Box   21
Folder   21
Lippincott, Harvey, Correspondence, 1961-1986
Box   33
Folder   29
Lockheed, Press Releases, 1957
Box   22
Folder   13
Long Harlequin Engine, Photographs, 1969
Box   22
Folder   14
Long Island Museum, Photographs, undated
Box   2
Folder   14
Lufborrow, William, Correspondence, 1951-1954
Box   2
Folder   15
Magrath, Christy, Correspondence, 1953-1957
Box   21
Folder   22-24
Mah, Paul, Correspondence, 1951-1987
Box   22
Folder   15
Martin T-1, Photographs, 1919
Box   21
Folder   25
Matthews, Birch, Correspondence, 1962-1963
Box   2
Folder   16
McClure, James, Correspondence, 1951-1957
Box   2
Folder   17
McLaughlin, George, Correspondence, 1952-1953
Box   21
Folder   26
McRae, Alexander, Correspondence, 1955-1983
Box   22
Folder   16
Medical Training, United States Air Force, Photographs, undated
Box   2
Folder   18
Meyer, George, Correspondence, 1958-1959
Box   22
Folder   17
Midway and O'Hare Airports, Slides, undated
Physical Description: Slides (35 mm) 
Box   22
Folder   18
Midwest Aero Historian, Correspondence, 1976-1984
Midwest Aero Historian Meeting
Box   25
Folder   6
Minutes, 1970-1985
Box   22
Folder   19
Photographs, 1981
Box   22
Folder   20
Registration Lists, 1980-1984
Military Aircraft Photographs
Box   33
Folder   15
1930-1975
Box   22
Folder   21
Undated
Box   33
Folder   16
Undated
Box   22
Folder   22
Military Airplanes, Photographs, undated
Miscellaneous
Box   15
Folder   6-7
Airplane, Photographs, undated
Box   33
Folder   21
Photographs, 1912
Box   33
Folder   22
Photographs, 1972
Box   33
Folder   18
Photographs and Photo Identifications, undated
Box   33
Folder   23
Postcards, 1920s, undated
Model Airplane
Box   22
Folder   23
Cincinnati, Slides, undated
Physical Description: Slides (35 mm) 
Box   22
Folder   24
Designs, 1968
Box   22
Folder   25-27
Photographs, circa 1950s, undated
Box   35
Folder   25
Monoplanes, Photographs, 1920s
Box   21
Folder   27
National Air and Space Museum, Correspondence, 1962-1983
Box   22
Folder   28
National Balloon Races, Photographs, 1922
Box   22
Folder   29
National Guard, Photographs, undated
Box   36
Folder   8
Nautical Charts, Various, 1968-1981
Box   34
Folder   26
Navy Airplanes, Miscellaneous, Photographs, 1950-1954
Navy Lockheed
Box   34
Folder   27
Connie, Photographs, undated
Box   34
Folder   28
Neptune, Photographs, undated
Box   34
Folder   29
Navy Pioneer, Photographs, undated
Box   22
Folder   30
Navy Racers, Photographs, undated
Box   34
Folder   30
Navy Seaplanes, Photographs, 1952
Box   22
Folder   31
News Releases, Miscellaneous, 1958-1960
Box   2
Folder   19
Nieto, Joseph, Correspondence, 1952-1955, 1968
Northwest Airlines
Box   2
Folder   20
Photographs, 1920s
Box   22
Folder   32
Press Kit, 1976
Box   33
Folder   20
Northwest Airlink Metroliners, Photographs, 1990-1995
Box   22
Folder   33
"P" Series, Photographs, undated
Box   2
Folder   21-23
Page, Charles, Correspondence, 1947-1963
Box   22
Folder   34
Paul R. Matt Aeronautical Collection, Photographs, circa 1915
Box   21
Folder   28-29
Peck, Ed, Correspondence, 1971-1992
Box   23
Folder   17
Personal Flying, Newsletter, 1947-1949
Box   22
Folder   35-36
Photographs and Slides, Miscellaneous, circa 1940s, undated
Physical Description: Photographic prints and slides (35 mm) 
Box   22
Folder   37
Piasecki Aircraft Corporation, Press Releases, 1962
Box   2
Folder   24
Pillsbury, Harriet, Correspondence, 1974-1990
Box   13
Folder   9
Pioneer Airplanes, Photographs, undated
Pioneers
Box   22
Folder   38
Photographs, undated
Box   33
Folder   24
Pre-Wright and Martin, Photographs, 1914, 1926
Box   22
Folder   39
Pittsburgh Airport, Photographs, 1951
Box   22
Folder   40
Postcards from Glenn H. Curtiss, Museum, undated
Box   33
Folder   25
Press Kits, Airliner Companies, 1957
Box   33
Folder   30
Press Releases, Miscellaneous, 1957-1960
Box   33
Folder   31
Press Releases with Photographs, 1957
Box   21
Folder   30
Procknow, J. T. "Pete," Correspondence, 1952-1987
Box   13
Folder   10-11
Racer Airplanes, Photographs, undated
Box   35
Folder   26
Record Making Airplanes, Photographs, 1933
Box   22
Folder   41
Rohrbach-Roland Airplane, Photographs, undated
Box   2
Folder   25
Scamehorn, Howard, Correspondence, 1954
Box   20
Folder   48
Schultz, Milton E., Records, 1914
Box   32
Folder   4
Scrapbook of New York City, Photographs, undated
Box   35
Folder   27
Soaring Society of America, Correspondence, 1944-1945
Box   33
Folder   32
Sopwith Pup, Airplane, Photographs, 1975
Box   2
Folder   26
Spirit of St. Louis, Instrument Board, Photographs, undated
Box   23
Folder   29
Sportsman Aviation, Periodical, 1933
Box   23
Folder   30
Sportsman Aviation & Modelplanes, Periodical, 1934
Box   25
Folder   8
Timmerman Field, Slices and Marker, 1959
Box   22
Folder   42
United Airlines, Airliners, Photographs, undated
United States
Box   13
Folder   12
Airplanes, Photographs, undated
Box   14
Folder   1
Airplanes, Photographs, undated
Box   14
Folder   2-13
Army, Airplanes, Photographs, undated
Box   15
Folder   1-2
Army, Airplanes, Photographs, undated
Box   15
Folder   3-5
Navy, Airplanes, Photographs, undated
Box   35
Folder   30
Navy, Correspondence, 1969
Box   33
Folder   34
Via Rockford, Newsletter, 1989
Box   33
Folder   35
Vickers Vanguard, Newsletter, 1959
Box   23
Folder   31
Weekly Personnel Reports, 1942
Box   2
Folder   27
Weeks, E. D., Correspondence, 1954-1956
Box   22
Folder   43
Weights and Scales, Photographs, undated
Box   2
Folder   28
Williams, Charles, Correspondence, 1951-1952
Box   2
Folder   29
Williams, Dave, Correspondence, 1951-1962
Box   23
Folder   18-28
The Wingman, Newsletter, 1971-1981
Box   25
Folder   10
Wright Brothers Commemorative Council, 1978
Box   35
Folder   31
Wright Field, Correspondence, 1955-1976
Box   20
Folder   49
Wright Tractors, Models HHS, K and L, Blueprints, undated
Box   22
Folder   47
Zeppelin-Staaken, Photographs, 1920