George Hardie Papers, 1880-2001

Container Title
Series: 7. Wisconsin Aviation, 1912-1997
Scope and Content Note: This series contains materials related to both general and commercial aviation in Wisconsin, with a particular focus on the history and development of airports. A large amount of the material focuses specifically on Milwaukee County Airport, and its development into what is now Mitchell International Airport. Also included are news articles, correspondence, and photographs of people and places related to Wisconsin aviation. These most notably include early Wisconsin aviation pioneers John Kaminski, Lester Maitland, the Crites Brothers, and aerial photography pioneer Albert F. Toepfer.
Air Show
Box   29
Folder   1
Mitchell Field, Photographs, 1972
Box   29
Folder   2
Photographs, 1968
Box   36
Folder   2
Badger Air News, Newsletter, 1950-1959
Badger Airway Beacon, Newsletter
Box   36
Folder   3
1957-1958
Box   23
Folder   12-15
1959-1964
Box   23
Folder   16
Badger Flying, Newsletter, 1936, 1945-1947
Box   29
Folder   3
Brown Deer Airport, Photographs and Newspaper Clippings, 1945-1972
Butler Airport
Box   29
Folder   4
Airplane Photographs, 1920-1928
Box   32
Folder   1
Photographs, 1980
Box   29
Folder   5
City of Milwaukee, B-29 Bomber, Photographs, undated
Box   29
Folder   6
City of Milwaukee, Postcards, undated
Box   33
Folder   5
Commercial Aircrafts, Mitchell Field, Photographs, undated
Crites
Box   29
Folder   7
Dean and Dale, Miscellaneous Records, 1981-1991
Box   29
Folder   8
Photographs, 1986
Box   33
Folder   8
Crites Planes, Photographs, undated
Box   29
Folder   9
Dedication of Milwaukee County's First Airport Monument, Photographs, 1969
Box   29
Folder   10
Flying Badger, Newsletter, 1955
Box   29
Folder   11
Friends of the Mitchell Gallery of Flight Incorporated, 1987-1989
Box   29
Folder   12
Hales Corners, Photographs and News Article, 1925, 1999
Box   29
Folder   13
Hardly Abelson Replica, Photographs and Newspaper Clipping, 1995
Kaminski, John G.
Box   35
Folder   23
Interview, Transcript, 1958
Box   29
Folder   14
Photographs, 1912-1953
Box   35
Folder   24
Local Meetings and Groups, Correspondence, 1960-1964
Maitland Field
Box   29
Folder   15
Articles, 1925-1989
Box   29
Folder   16
Photographs, circa 1920s
Maitland, Lester
Box   29
Folder   17
Articles, 1946-1990
Box   29
Folder   18
Photographs, 1927-1929
Box   29
Folder   19
Milwaukee Aviation, Space Education Committee, Minutes, 1991-1993
Milwaukee County Airport
Box   29
Folder   20
50th Anniversary, 1969
Box   29
Folder   21
Book, Correspondence, 1988-1996
Box   29
Folder   22
Department Annual Reports, 1961-1971
Photographs
Box   33
Folder   17
circa 1920s
Box   29
Folder   23
1919-1921
Box   29
Folder   24
1926-1932
Box   29
Folder   25
1939-1940
Box   29
Folder   26
1955
Box   29
Folder   27
1965-1990
Box   29
Folder   28
Milwaukee Journal, Dude Ranch Story, Photographs, 1926
Box   29
Folder   29
Milwaukee Sentinel, Articles, undated
Mitchell Field
Box   29
Folder   30
1930-1988
Box   29
Folder   31
Airliners, Photographs, 1972-1995
Box   29
Folder   32-35
Articles, 1982-1985
Box   29
Folder   36
Articles, 1988
Box   30
Folder   1
Brochures, undated
Box   30
Folder   2
Chronology and Articles, 1978-1982
Box   30
Folder   3-4
Chronology and Articles, 1986-1987
Box   30
Folder   5
Grand Opening Party, Photographs, 1990
Box   30
Folder   6
History, 1964-1993
Box   30
Folder   7
Memo, Newsletter, 1982-1995
Box   30
Folder   8
Plans, Reports, Manuals, 1926-1994
Photographs
Box   30
Folder   9
Circa 1920s
Box   30
Folder   10
1956-1958
Box   30
Folder   11
Circa 1960s
Box   30
Folder   12-13
1991, undated
Box   30
Folder   13
Undated
Slides
Physical Description: Slides (35 mm) 
Box   33
Folder   19
1958-1969
Box   30
Folder   14
1970-1985
Box   30
Folder   15
Snowplow, undated
Box   30
Folder   16
Statistics and Articles, 1994
Box   30
Folder   17
Mitchell Gallery of Flight, Model, Photographs, undated
Box   30
Folder   18
Old Mitchell Airport Terminal and Ramp Activity, Slides, 1965-1990
Physical Description: Slides (35 mm) 
Box   28
Folder   51
Project Outline, Wisconsin Aviation History, 1976
Box   35
Folder   28
State Historical Society of Wisconsin, Correspondence, 1950-1956
Toepfer, Aerial
Box   33
Folder   33
Photographs, 1920
Box   30
Folder   19
Photographs, 1921
Box   30
Folder   20
Photographs, 1927-1938
Box   35
Folder   29
Toepfer, Albert F., Articles, 1922-1983
Box   30
Folder   21
Wisconsin Aerospace Education News, Newsletter, 1975-1989
Box   30
Folder   22
Wisconsin Aerospace Week, Photographs, 1965
Box   30
Folder   23
Wisconsin Aviation Hall of Fame, Correspondence, 1986-1991
Wisconsin Aviation History
Box   30
Folder   24
Chronology, 1996
Box   22
Folder   44-45
Correspondence, 1952-1992
Box   30
Folder   25-26
Manuscript, 1997
Wisconsin Aviation History Project
Box   30
Folder   27
Correspondence, 1967-1976
Box   30
Folder   28
Mitchell Field 50th Anniversary, 1976
Box   25
Folder   9
News Articles, 1913-1978
Box   30
Folder   29
News Articles, 1942-1976
Box   30
Folder   30
News Releases, undated
Box   30
Folder   31
Newsletters, 1975-1976
Box   30
Folder   32
Photographs, undated
Box   30
Folder   33
Wisconsin's Aviation History, Manuscript, 1976
Box   30
Folder   34
Wisconsin Aviation, Pamphlets,1935-1988
Box   30
Folder   35
Wisconsin Civil Air Corps, By-Laws, undated
Box   38
Folder   1
Wisconsin Flyer, Newspaper, 1971
Box   33
Folder   36
Wisconsin News, Newsletter, 1925
Box   22
Folder   46
Wisconsin State Aeronautics Commission, Correspondence, 1950-1960
Wittman, Steve
Box   30
Folder   37
Articles, circa 1960
Box   30
Folder   36
Photographs, 1931-1976