Guide to the Huffman Prairie Aviation History Society Records
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Title: |
Huffman Prairie Aviation History Society Records |
Repository: |
Wright State University Libraries Special Collections and Archives
Phone: 937-775-2092
http://www.libraries.wright.edu/special/
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Creator: |
Huffman Prairie Aviation History Society Records |
Dates: |
1990-2011 |
Quantity: |
1.5 linear feet |
Abstract: |
Meeting announcements, newsletters, correspondence, minutes, transcripts and videotapes of program speakers, membership lists
and member biographies documenting a Dayton area organization of aviation historians and enthusiasts.
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Identification: |
MS-333 |
Language: |
The records are in English |
History of Huffman Praire Aviation History Society
The Huffman Prairie Aviation History Society began as the Huffman Prairie Chapter of the American Aviation Historical Society,
formed in 1990 by several individuals from the Dayton, Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky area to share experiences and knowledge
of aviation history. The national organization of American Aviation Historical Society was founded in 1956 as a non-profit
educational organization. The primary objective of the organization is the preservation and dissemination of the rich heritage
of American aviation.
Since its inception, the Huffman Prairie group has maintained close ties and a mutually beneficial relationship with the Special
Collections and Archives Department at Wright State University. The organization supports the mission of the Archives by
volunteering to organize and identify aircraft in aviation collections, and by donating archival materials and aviation books
to enrich holdings in the archives. In appreciation, the Archives' staff hosts the monthly chapter meetings on the first
Monday of each month and makes arrangements for speakers at the meetings. Until 2010, the meetings were held in the University's
Paul Laurence Dunbar Library. Due to the increased size of the group, the meetings were moved to the National Park Service's
Huffman Prairie Flying Field Interpretive Center in July of 2010. On occasion the group may take a field trip in place of
the meeting. In addition, the Archives mails a monthly meeting announcement, which over time has included a newsletter,
list of upcoming speakers, and a newsletter by Stuart Faber titled "Hangar Flying", which highlights aviation items of interest.
The meetings begin with opening remarks and sharing of news items and announcements, followed by an informational program
on an aviation-related topic given by a chapter member or guest presenter. From 2004-2010, speaker presentations were videotaped,
and the tapes are included in this collection. The 2005 membership list includes more than 100 names, however attendance
at the meetings range on average between 20-45.
It is important to note that during 2006 the chapter voted to sever the association with AAHS, in part to demands of the national
organization concerning dues, officers, and meeting organization. The group voted to rename themselves the Huffman Prairie
Aviation History Society.
Scope and Content
The records document the programming of the Huffman Prairie History Society. The records also include personal and professional
information about its members and articles written or published by them.
Series I: The Administrative Papers include the meeting announcements and accompanying newsletters which are mailed to members
once a month. The announcements and newsletters are arranged chronologically and consist of a meeting reminder, a newsletter
from the Head of Special Collections & Archives at Wright State University, a program schedule of speakers for the upcoming
months, and a newsletter by Stuart Faber, a member who compiles aviation items of interest. Also included in this series
is correspondence relating to the founding and the activities of the organization, including the decision to disassociate
from AAHS and to become a new, independent organization called the Huffman Prairie Aviation History Society.
Series II: The Meeting Program Materials document the main activity of the Huffman Prairie group, its monthly meeting. This
series includes attendance sheets, minutes, and transcripts.
Series III: The Membership series includes membership directories, biographies, photographs, and oral histories by and about
the members.
Series IV: The Presentations series includes VHS and DVD recordings of speaker presentations at the group's monthly meetings
from 2004-2009.
Statement of Arrangement
The records are arranged into 4 series:
Series I: Administrative Papers
Series II: Meetings
Series III: Membership
Series IV: Presentations
Restrictions on Use
Copyright restrictions may apply. Unpublished manuscripts are protected by copyright. Permission to publish, quote or reproduce
must be secured from the repository and the copyright holder.
Restrictions on Access
There are no restrictions on accessing materials in this collection.
Subject Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Subjects:
Aeronautics--History
Organizations/Corporations:
American Aviation Historical Society
Preferred Citation
[Box #, Folder #], MS-333, Huffman Prairie Chapter American Aviation Historical Society Records , Special Collections and
Archives, University Libraries, Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio.
Acquisition Information
The collection was donated by the Huffman Prairie Chapter of AAHS in 2004.
Accruals
Additions are added to the collection regularly.
Other Finding Aid
The finding aid is available on the Special Collections & Archives, Wright State University Libraries web site at
https://wright.libraryhost.com/repositories/2/resources/96.
Collection Inventory
Series I: Administrative Records, 1990-2011
Box 1 / Folder 1
Announcements & Newsletters, 1996-2000
Box 1 / Folder 2
Announcements & Newsletters, 2001-2002
Box 1 / Folder 3
Announcements & Newsletters, 2003
Box 1 / Folder 4
Announcements & Newsletters, 2004-2005
Box 1 / Folder 5
Announcements & Newsletters, 2006-2007
Box 1 / Folder 6
Announcements & Newsletters, 2008-2009
Box 1 / Folder 7
Announcements & Newsletters, 2010-Present
Box 1 / Folder 8
Attendance Sheets, 2002-2009
Box 2 / Folder 1
Attendance Sheets, 2010-Present
Box 2 / Folder 2
Speaker Schedules, 1996-Present
Box 2 / Folder 3
Separation from AAHS and name change, 2006
Box 2 / Folder 4
Parking information and registration, 1997-1999, 2006
Box 2 / Folder 5
Donation information for collection support, undated
Box 2 / Folder 6
Correspondence, 1990-2007
Series II: Meetings, 1990-2007
Box 2 / Folder 7
Minutes, 1990-1996
Box 2 / Folder 8
Presentation transcripts, 2001-2005
Box 2 / Folder 9
Red Tail Reborn Event materials, March, 2007
Box 2 / Folder 10
Bob Gilliland Event materials, May, 2007
Box 2 / Folder 11
Ed Mechenbier Event materials, September, 2007
Box 2 / Folder 12
Raymond Rang, Oct 2012 & Jul 2012
Box 2 / Folder 13
Larry Blackmoor & Bill Nichols, Jun 2011
Box 2 / Folder 14
James Martin, Mar 2012
Series III: Membership, 1990-2011
Box 3 / Folder 1
Calling Lists and Directories, 1990-2006
Box 3 / Folder 2
Biographies, A-F, 2000, undated
Box 3 / Folder 3
Biographies, G-Z, 2000
Box 3 / Folder 4
Biographies, Charlie Frey, 2000
Box 3 / Folder 5
Biographies, Charlie Frey, 2000
Box 3 / Folder 6
Biographies: Golem, Bud, 1979-2005
Box 4 / Folder 1
Biographies, Otto Peter Morgensen, 2000-2006
Box 4 / Folder 2
Oral Histories, 2000
Box 4 / Folder 3
Photographs, 2001-2007
Box 4 / Folder 4
Photographs, airplane, undated
Box 4 / Folder 5
Publications by members, 1998-2000
Box 4 / Folder 6
Donations, miscellaneous, 1997, undated
Box 4 / Folder 7
Donations, Harrison "Bud" Golum, 2007
Box 4 / Folder 8
Donations: Misc., 2011-2012
Series IV: Presentations, 2004-2009
Box 5 / Folder 1
Charles Frey: Valkyrie B-70, Feb 2, 2004
Box 5 / Folder 2
Stuart Faber "The Confession of a Glider Addict", Mar 1, 2004
Box 5 / Folder 3
Tom Tullis and Roger Miller "Korn Brothers", May 3, 2004
Box 5 / Folder 4
Terry Kesler "Replica of Wight 1903 Engine"
Tom Griffin, "Doolittle Raider", Jun 7, 2004 & Jul 12, 2004
Box 5 / Folder 5
Glenn Varney "The Stealth", Aug 2, 2004
Box 5 / Folder 6
Jack Mecham "Black Mariah", Sep 13, 2004
Box 5 / Folder 7
Bob Ready "My Gal Sal", Oct 4, 2004
Box 5 / Folder 8
Col. Richard Kehl "F-16 Multi-National Fighter Program", Nov 1, 2004
Box 5 / Folder 9
Lorna Federer and Louis Cmiel "Effort to put Wright Brothers Ancestors Burial Site on Aviation Trail", Jan 3, 2005
Box 5 / Folder 10
Mike Millard "Thunderbirds", Feb 7, 2005
Box 5 / Folder 11
Wayne and Karen Pittman "Army Aviation at North Field and March Field in Southern California before WWII", Dec 5, 2005
Box 5 / Folder 12
Unmarked Tape, undated
Box 6 / Folder 1
Ed Cope "Early Alaska Bush Flying, 1920-1930", Mar 7, 2005
Box 6 / Folder 2
Tom Tullis and Dean Hess "An Aviation Art Lecture", Apr 4, 2005
Box 6 / Folder 3
David Hills "Contractors on the Battlefield Operations OEF &OIF", Jun 6, 2005
Box 6 / Folder 4
Bill Denlinger "Thundergod's Corp Suicide Japanese Pilot", Jul 11, 2005
Box 6 / Folder 5
Bill Speyer "My Two Flights to Alaska: In a Tri-Pacer in 1960 and in my homebuilt Glassair in 1999", Aug 1, 2005
Box 6 / Folder 6
Joe McDaniel "The Wright Brothers' Flight Control", Sep 12, 2005
Box 6 / Folder 7
Jeff Underwood "The Air Corps During the Interwar Years", Oct 3, 2005
Box 6 / Folder 8
Dawne Dewey "Retracing the Wright Brothers' Flights in France", Nov 7, 2005
Box 6 / Folder 9
Emil Dansker "Fighting 17, the Jolly Rogers", Jan 9, 2006
Box 6 / Folder 10
Bill Denlinger "Life Aboard the Aircraft Carrier Theordore Roosevelt, Tiger Cruise, 1997", Feb 6, 2006
Box 6 / Folder 11
Vic Bilek "The Cold War and the Test of the Yak 23 at WPAFB, 1954", Mar 6, 2006
Box 7 / Folder 1
David Hills "Supersonic Transports", Apr 3, 2006
Box 7 / Folder 2
Wally Baldwin "Video: Charles Lindbergh", May 1, 2006
Box 7 / Folder 3
Adam White "The Restorers", Jun 5, 2006
Box 7 / Folder 4
Dufero "Memthis Berie", Jul 10, 2006
Box 7 / Folder 5
D. Vaughan "The Use of Flying Activites and Events in Juvende Aviation Literature Series", Aug 7, 2006
Box 7 / Folder 6
John Warlick "Wright B Flyer", Sep 11, 2006
Box 7 / Folder 7
Lynda Kachurek "Cold War Aerospace Technology Program", Oct 2, 2006
Box 7 / Folder 8
Dr. Reggy Chabrian "Women in Aviation International", Jan 8, 2007
Box 7 / Folder 9
Jeff Duford "47 Thunderbolt", Feb 5, 2007
Box 7 / Folder 10
Martha Lunken "Lunken Airport, Mar 5, 2007
Box 7 / Folder 11
Steve Pribish "Model Man and Miscellaneous Memories", Apr 2, 2007
Box 7 / Folder 12
Bob Gilliland "State Route 71 Test Pilot", May 7, 2007
Box 7 / Folder 13
Eddie McLaurin "Tuskegee Airman", Jul 2, 2007
Box 7 / Folder 14
Les Garber "Mistakes the Wright Brothers Made", Aug 6, 2007
Box 7 / Folder 15
Gen. Mechenbier "To Vietnam and Back", Sep 10, 2007
Box 7 / Folder 16
Phil Marshall "Helicopters in Vietnam", Oct 1, 2007
Box 7 / Folder 17
Frank Hah "Bullistic Missiles and NASA", Dec 3, 2007
Box 7 / Folder 18
Walt Hoy "Wright Image Group", Jan 7, 2008
Box 7 / Folder 19
Phil Marshall "Flying Helicopters in Vietnam", Oct 1, 2007
Box 7 / Folder 20
L. Col. Joe J. Drach and Chief Master Sgt, Bud Golem "Flying with the Stars", Nov 5, 2007
Box 7 / Folder 21
Dr. Ronald Kerans "Design Innovations of the Wright Brothers", Feb 4, 2008
Box 7 / Folder 22
Capt. Kenneth Ginader "The Joint Strike Fighter", Mar 3, 2008
Box 7 / Folder 23
Ron Schloemer "Disaster at Indian Springs", Apr 7, 2008
Box 7 / Folder 24
Walt Hoy "Confessions of a Helicopter Pilot", May 5, 2008
Box 7 / Folder 25
Sarah Rickman "Nancy Love and the WASPs", Jul 7, 2008
Box 7 / Folder 26
Sarah Bryn Rickman "Nancy Love and the WASPS", Jul 7, 2008
Box 7 / Folder 27
Jack Mecham "An Aviation Cadet's Perspective On Pilot Training", Aug 4, 2008
Box 7 / Folder 28
Jack Mecham "An Instructor's Perspective on Pilot Training", Sep 8, 2008
Box 7 / Folder 29
Phil Marshall "Flying Helicopters in Vietnam", Oct 1, 2008
Box 7 / Folder 30
Robert Kasprzak "World War I Pilots and Personalities of the 28th Aero Squadron", Oct 6, 2008
Box 7 / Folder 31
Robert Kasprzak "World War I Pilots- 28th Aero Squadron", Oct 6, 2008
Box 7 / Folder 32
Ron Schloemer "Building McNamara's Wall", Nov 3, 2008
Box 7 / Folder 33
Lt. Col. Martin Lindsey "Scramjet Propulsion Engine", Feb 2, 2009
Box 7 / Folder 34
Walt Hoy "1911 Wright Simulator", Mar 2, 2009
Box 7 / Folder 35
Squire Brown "Wernher von Braun and Apollo", Apr 6, 2009
Box 7 / Folder 36
Walt Hoy "B in a Box", May 4, 2009
Box 7 / Folder 37
Fred Schauer "Advanced Propulsion", Jun 1, 2009
Box 7 / Folder 38
Vic BileK Tape 1, "Operation Paperclip", Apr 5, 2010
Box 7 / Folder 39
Vic Bilek Tape 2, "Operation Paperclip", Apr 5, 2010
Box 7 / Folder 40
Richard Black, Tape 1, "From NY to the Design Branch", May 3, 2010
Box 7 / Folder 41
Richard Black, Tape 2, "From NY to the Design Branch", May 3, 2010