Subject Listing:
Aviation


A P-51 Mustang. (26826 bytes) Crandall, Leonard, 1923-1990.
Papers, 1939-1946.
UWM Manuscript Collection 91
Collection of photographs, documents and memorabilia pertaining to serviceman Leonard Crandall's active duty in the United States Army from 1943-1946. The photographs focus on the Fifth Air Force in New Guinea, Okinawa and the Philippine Islands of Leyte and Luzon, where Crandall was stationed during 1944 and 1945. They include images of camp areas, servicemen, aircraft and other equipment, and the surrounding villages, people and culture. Crandall was a Wisconsin native. Documents included are pay records, bond allotment forms, discharge papers, and correspondence, and memorabilia includes uniform patches and foreign currency. The collection also includes photographs of family and friends, Crandall's 1939 and 1941 high school annuals, and class of 1941 diploma from Cudahy High School. Finding aid available in the Archives.
General Mitchell Air Reserve Station Installation Restoration Program.
Records, 1984-[ongoing].
UWM Manuscript Collection 103
Records concerning the environmental cleanup of General Mitchell International Airport and Air Reserve Station in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The records include correspondence, guidance documents, enforcement records, and reports generated by the Air Force, the 440th Airlift Wing, and contractors. The records are a third copy of the original files, and placed in the Archives to fulfill a requirement in the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act. Finding aid available in the Archives.
Hamilton, Thomas F., 1894-1969.
Scrapbook, 1911-1936.
Milwaukee Small Collection 172 and Milwaukee Micro Collection 61
Thomas F. Hamilton's scrapbook of newsclippings about his career in aviation, especially early aviation in Milwaukee where he made propellers and airplanes at the Hamilton Aero Manufacturing Company, and his involvement with the National Aeronautical Association and Northwest Airways.

Hardie, George, 1912-2001.
Papers, 1880-2001.
UWM Manuscript Collection 65
Personal papers of local aviation enthusiast George Hardie. Much material relates to Milwaukee native General Billy Mitchell,an early supporter of air power in the United States, and consists mainly of photographs, news clippings, and other information associated with the general. Correspondence, photographs, and other materials concerning the American Aviation Historical Society (AAHS) and the Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) are also included, documenting Hardie's involvement in these organizations, as well as material relating to Charles Lindbergh and John Kaminski. Finding aid available in the Archives. An amphibious plane exits Lake Michigan. (37437 bytes)

John Kaminski standing with his plane. (49101 bytes) Kaminski, John G., 1893-1960.
Papers, 1912-1960.
Milwaukee Manuscript Collection 146
Papers of the first Polish American aviator and the first licensed pilot in Wisconsin, a stunt flyer whose career spanned from 1912-1919, and who was grounded by deteriorating eyesight. Includes correspondence and contracts with the Curtiss Exhibition Company, for whom Kaminski worked, concerning exhibition flights; and broadsides, newsclippings, and numerous photographs and newsclippings documenting his flights. The photographs are mostly of Kaminski and his Curtiss Model D pusher aircraft "Sweetheart," taken between 1912-1914 at public exhibitions or flight training schools.

Includes some photos of Kaminski's crashes at Tomahawk, Wisconsin on 4 July 1914 and at the Milwaukee Yacht Club in June 1915; and of his aircraft and fellow pilots in the 7th Aero Squadron stationed in Panama during World War I. Collection also contains correspondence, newsclippings, and interviews concerning Kaminski's participation in events marking the fiftieth anniversary of powered flight in 1953. Finding aid available in the Archives.

Kiel, Roland H.
Milwaukee Small Collection 191
Two autobiographical sketches titled "My Army Days-The Army's Ways" and "My Army Daze: A Young Man's Experience-An Old Man's Memories," which tell of Kiel's service in the United States Army Air Force during World War II.
Millmann, Eugene, d. 1994.
Motion pictures, 1926-1972.
UWM Manuscript Collection 87
Videocassette tape copies of motion picture footage shot by Eugene Millmann of events in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, as well as a few other locations, mostly dating from the 1920s-1930s. The collection contains twenty-six separate clips, including the 1927 Milwaukee parades for aviators Charles Lindbergh and Lester Maitland, the Washington Park Zoo, Milwaukee's 75th and 100th anniversary parades, the 1951 visit of Douglas MacArthur, and the Muirdale Sanitorium. The footage totals 77 minutes in length, is in both black and white and color, and contains no sound. The footage was originally on 16 mm film. Finding aid available in the Archives.
Peirce, Jonathan L., 1799-1875.
Family papers, 1810-1947.
Milwaukee Manuscript Collection BF
Collection contains correspondence and business records of the Peirce family, mostly about personal matters and the education of family members. Also includes a large group of letters written by Franklin Lovering Peirce while he was an air cadet in Texas during World War I. Finding aid available in the Archives.
Washington County. Council of Defense.
Washington Small Series 1
Minutes of meetings of the Council of Defense from 1941-1942.

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