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Series: 4. General William "Billy" Mitchell, 1880-1999 : The series contains materials related to the life and military career of military
aviation pioneer General William "Billy" Mitchell. This collection is comprised
primarily of photographs of Mitchell, his aviation, military and business associates,
aircraft, and most notably, a series of photos documenting his successful demonstration
to the U.S. military of the merits of aerial bombardment of the German Battleship Ostfriesland. Also included are over 40 watercolors painted by
Mitchell, reflecting scenes throughout his career. The balance of the collection
includes copies of newspaper and magazine articles about Mitchell, his aggressive
advocacy of air power, his censure by the military, and his eventual court martial.
Ironically, many of the tactics of air power for which he lobbied in the 1920s that are
documented here were developed for use during the Second World War. Also included is a
1941 Congressional Resolution posthumously reinstating Mitchell into the Army at his
former rank of general.
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Box
6
Folder
3
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Aguinaldo, Emilio, Philippines, Photographs, 1924
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Air Reconnaissance Photographs
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Box
6
Folder
4
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France, 1918
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Box
6
Folder
5
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France and Luxembourg, 1919
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Box
6
Folder
6
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Undated
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Box
6
Folder
7
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Airfields, Photographs, 1920, 1931
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Box
6
Folder
8-9
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Airplanes, Photographs, 1921-1932
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Box
6
Folder
10
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Alaska, Photographs, 1901, 1903
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Box
6
Folder
11
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Armed Forces Airplanes, Photographs, 1921-1922
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Box
7
Folder
1
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Army Base, Photographs, circa 1920s
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Box
6
Folder
12-13
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Bane, Thurman, Correspondence, 1919-1922
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Box
6
Folder
14-15
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Battleship Bombing, Photographs, 1921
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Box
17
Folder
1
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Beginning of Court Martial, Painting, undated
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Box
7
Folder
2
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Bibliography, Books and Articles, undated
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Box
7
Folder
3
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Billy Mitchell Award, Programs, 1965-1980
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Box
17
Folder
2
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Boats Being Built to Run Tanana River, Painting, undated
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Box
17
Folder
3
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Bombing Effects on Warships, Painting, undated
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Box
17
Folder
4
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Bombing Mission, Painting, undated
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Box
17
Folder
5
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Boxwood, Virginia, Painting, undated
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Box
17
Folder
6
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Cabin Along Telegraph Line, Painting, undated
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Box
17
Folder
7
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Caching Equipment Along Route, Painting, undated
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Box
7
Folder
4
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Correspondence, 1898-1904, 1928
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Box
17
Folder
8
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Court Marshall Newspaper, Painting, undated
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Box
17
Folder
9
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Court Marshall Trial, Painting, undated
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Box
17
Folder
10
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Demonstrating Bomb Effects on Warships, Painting, undated
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Box
17
Folder
11
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Dirty Towel in Lunch Stop, Painting, undated
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Box
12
Folder
1
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Doerflinger, Joseph and Albert F. Toepfer, Photographs, 1963
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Box
7
Folder
5
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Fladoes, Harriet Mitchell, Photographs, undated
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Box
7
Folder
6
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Flag, Photographs and Descriptions, 1992
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Box
7
Folder
7
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Ford, Henry, and Orville Wright, Photographs, 1925, 1926
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Box
7
Folder
8
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Ford, Henry, Photographs, 1926
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Box
17
Folder
12
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Fort Egbert in Summer, Camp Scene, Painting, undated
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Box
17
Folder
13
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Fort Egbert in Winter, Painting, undated
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Box
17
Folder
14
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General Billy Mitchell, Paintings, undated
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Box
7
Folder
9
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General Mitchell Field, 50th Anniversary, Program, 1976
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Box
7
Folder
10
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General William Mitchell: Air Power Pioneer,
1879-1936, Pamphlet, undated
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Box
12
Folder
8
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General William Mitchell, Photograph Presentation, Photographs,
undated
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Box
24
Folder
16
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General William Mitchell Stamps, 1999
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Box
7
Folder
11
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Goldwater, Barry, and Harriet Mitchell Fladoes, 1959
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Box
7
Folder
12
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Grade School Portrait, undated
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Box
7
Folder
13
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Gravesite, Photographs, undated
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Box
17
Folder
15
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Insignia on "Osprey," Mitchell's Plane, Painting, undated
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Box
17
Folder
16
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Installing Telegraph Lines Along Tanana River, Painting, undated
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Box
17
Folder
17
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Inventory of Paintings, undated
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Box
7
Folder
14
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King, Charles, Photographs, 1898
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Box
17
Folder
18
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Laying Telegraph Line, Fort Egbert to Valdez, Painting, undated
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Box
17
Folder
19
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Laying Telegraph Lines in Cuba, Painting, undated
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Box
7
Folder
15
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Library of Congress, Division of Bibliography, Mitchell Reference List,
1942
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Box
17
Folder
20
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Lunch Stop on Trail, Fort Skagway to Fort Egbert, Painting,
undated
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Box
17
Folder
21
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Map of Alaska, Painting, undated
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Box
17
Folder
22
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Map of Cuba, Painting, undated
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Box
17
Folder
23
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Map of Philippine Islands, Painting, undated
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Box
7
Folder
16
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Meadowmere, Photographs, undated
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Box
7
Folder
17
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Medal of Honor, Press Releases, Photographs, 1948
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Box
7
Folder
18
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Medals, List, Photographs, undated
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Box
17
Folder
24
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Military Camp in Florida, Painting, undated
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Box
7
Folder
19-20
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Miscellaneous, Photographs, undated
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Box
7
Folder
21
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Mitchell Airplanes, Photographs, 1922-1923
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Box
7
Folder
22
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Mitchell Designed Car, Photographs, 1928
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Box
7
Folder
23-24
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Mitchell, John, Photographs, 1918
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Box
7
Folder
25
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Mitchell Speech, Program, 1920s
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Box
7
Folder
26
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Mitchell Trophy Air Races, Program, 1936
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Box
24
Folder
19
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Mitchell Trophy Race, 1935
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News Clippings
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Box
10
Folder
1
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1905
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Box
8
Folder
1
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1910-191?
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Box
8
Folder
2
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1920-1922
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Box
10
Folder
2-3
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1925-1927
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Box
8
Folder
3
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1931
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Box
8
Folder
4
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1935
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Box
10
Folder
4-6
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1941-1943
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Box
8
Folder
5
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1946
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Box
10
Folder
7
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1950-1951
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Box
8
Folder
6-11
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1953-1959
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Box
8
Folder
12-15
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1961-1967
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Box
8
Folder
16-18
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1973, 1975, 1979
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Box
8
Folder
19-21
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1985, 1986, 1989
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Box
10
Folder
8
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Undated
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Box
8
Folder
22
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Osprey Plane, Drawing, undated
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Box
17
Folder
25
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Overseas Assignments, Painting, undated
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Box
17
Folder
26
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Passage from Seattle to Skagway, Painting, undated
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Box
8
Folder
23
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Passport, 1921-1922
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Box
17
Folder
27
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Personal Plane "Osprey," Painting, undated
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Philippines, Photographs
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Box
8
Folder
24
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1909
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Box
8
Folder
25
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1924
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Photographs
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Box
8
Folder
26
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1880, 1888-1895
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Box
8
Folder
27
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1898
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Box
7
Folder
29
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1903
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Box
12
Folder
2
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1911
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Box
8
Folder
28-29
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1911, 1913-1914
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Box
8
Folder
30-33
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1917-1920
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Box
12
Folder
3-6
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1917-1922
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Box
10
Folder
9-10
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1919, 1924
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Box
9
Folder
1-6
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1921-1926
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Box
9
Folder
7-8
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1931, undated
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Box
12
Folder
7
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1935
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Box
10
Folder
11
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Undated
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Box
12
Folder
9
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Undated
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Box
17
Folder
28
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Practice Bombing Obsolete Warships, Painting, undated
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Box
17
Folder
29
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Practice Bombing of Warships, Painting, undated
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Box
9
Folder
9
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Prince of Wales, Photographs, 1919
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Box
9
Folder
10
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Production Agreement with Warner Brothers Studio, 1955
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Box
9
Folder
11
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Prophecy and Honor, Play Script,
1993
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Box
9
Folder
12
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Resolution 240, United States House of Representatives, Restoring Mitchell's
Rank, 1941
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Box
9
Folder
13
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Rogers, Will, Washington, D.C., Photographs, 1925
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Box
17
Folder
30
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Running Down on the Tanana River, Painting, undated
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Box
17
Folder
31
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Running Rapids on Tanana River Through to Fairbanks, Painting,
undated
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Scrapbook
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Box
11
Folder
1-5
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1918-1956
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Box
11
Folder
6-7
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1939-1942
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Box
17
Folder
32
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Second Passage from Seattle to Skagway, Painting, undated
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Box
17
Folder
33
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Shooting the Rapids on the Tanana River, Painting, undated
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Box
17
Folder
34
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Sleeping in Snow Cave, Painting, undated
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Box
9
Folder
14
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Slides, Listing, 1880s-1941 Slides (35 mm)
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Statue
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Box
9
Folder
15
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Photographs, 1992-1993
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Box
9
Folder
16
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Unveiling, Program, 1957
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Box
17
Folder
35
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Steamboat on Yukon River, Painting, undated
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Box
17
Folder
36
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Surveying Telegraph Line, Fort Egbert to Valdez, Painting,
undated
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Box
17
Folder
37
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Telegraph Line in Command Post, Painting, undated
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Box
17
Folder
38
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United States Forces in France, First Flight Over War Area, Painting,
undated
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Box
17
Folder
39
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Visiting Each Cabin on the Telegraph Line, Winter Scene, Painting,
undated
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Box
9
Folder
17
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Volunteer Signal Officer: Billy Mitchell in the
Philippine Insurrection, 1899-1901, Paper, 1985
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Box
10
Folder
11
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War Department Reports, 1900-1917
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Box
9
Folder
18
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Wedding Invitation, 1903
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Box
17
Folder
40
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Winter Camp, Fort Egbert to Valdez, Painting, undated
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Box
17
Folder
41
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Winter Garments, Adapted from Indians, Painting, undated
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Box
17
Folder
42
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Winter on the Christmas Trail, Painting, undated
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Box
9
Folder
19
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Wright, Orville, Photographs, 1925
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Box
9
Folder
20
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Zeidler, Carl, Gravesite, Photographs, 1941
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