Scrapbooks, papers and photographs of
Philip G. Johnson, a pioneer of the aviation industry in the United States and
Canada, and president of Boeing companies in the 1920s-1940s.
Repository:
Museum of History &
Industry Sophie Frye Bass
Library
Funding for encoding this finding
aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the
Humanities.
Biographical Note
Philip Gustav Johnson was a pioneer in the manufacturing of airplanes
and in the organization of commercial airlines in the United States and Canada.
Born in Seattle on November 5, 1894, Johnson was the son of Swedish immigrants
Charles S. and Hanna (Gustavson) Johnson. He attended Seattle grade schools and
graduated from Broadway High School on Capitol Hill.
Johnson was a mechanical engineering student in the University of
Washington College of Engineering when the Boeing engineering department
recruited him in 1917. He held successive positions in the Engineering
Department (1917-1918), the Production Department (1918-1919), as
Superintendent (1919-1922), as Vice-president, and as General Manager
(1922-1926), becoming president of the company in 1926. He was president of
four companies that preceded United Airlines--Boeing Air Transport , Pacific
Air Transport, National Air Transport and Varney Air Lines--and in 1933, of
United Aircraft and Transport Company, the parent company merging Boeing, Pratt
& Whitney, and other companies.
In 1934, as a result of the scandal surrounding the assignment of air
mail contracts, Johnson resigned his position as president. Among the
conditions allowing airlines to bid for new air mail contracts was the
requirement that the company not employ any executives present at the 1930
“spoils conference” with Postmaster General Brown, where lucrative air mail
contracts had been allotted. Johnson resigned his position with Boeing, leaving
for Canada in 1937 to assume the post of Vice-President in charge of operations
for Trans-Canada Air Lines. Simultaneously, he was president of Kenworth Motor
Truck Company, a position he held until his death in 1944.
In 1939, the legislation that had driven Johnson out of Boeing was
rescinded. With the company losing money and with an increased demand for
aircraft in wartime, Johnson returned to Seattle and resumed the presidency of
Boeing, supervising the production of the B-17 Flying Fortress bombers and
putting Boeing back on its feet financially.
Johnson also served on the Board of Directors for the Pacific National
Bank, Puget Sound Power and Light, and Puget Sound Navigation Company; he was
also named the “First Citizen” of Seattle in 1943.
Johnson married Catherine Foley in 1925; the Johnson’s had two
children, Esther (b. 1926) and Philip G. Jr.(b. 1930). Phil Johnson died of a
cerebral hemorrhage in Wichita, Kansas, on September 14, 1944, while on
business for Boeing.
Content Description
Scrapbooks, correspondence, government documents, photographs,
publications and ephemera, 1913-1960 (bulk 1925-1945).
The 25 scrapbooks of clippings and ephemera document the development
of the aviation industry and Boeing companies, and the career of Philip G.
Johnson. The personal and professional papers include extensive documentation
of the construction of Johnson’s Tudor style home at Woodway Park, biographical
and memorial materials about Johnson’s life and work, papers related to
Johnson’s other professional activities, as well as some family papers. Subject
files consist largely of correspondence, transcripts and government documents
related to the 1934 Senate investigation headed by Hugo Black into the
assignment of air mail contracts. The photographs depict many individuals in
the aviation industry in the United States and Canada, including executives,
pilots and military officers, as well as men in related industries.
Use of the Collection
Restrictions on Access :
The collection is open to the public by appointment.
Restrictions on Use :
The Museum of History & Industry is the owner of the materials in
the Sophie Frye Bass Library and makes available reproductions for research,
publication, and other uses. Written permission must be obtained from MOHAI
before any reproduction use. The museum does not necessarily hold copyright to
all of the materials in the collections. In some cases, permission for use may
require seeking additional authorization from the copyright owners.
Preferred Citation :
Philip G. Johnson scrapbooks and other material, Museum of History
& Industry, Seattle
Administrative Information
Arrangement :
Arranged in 6 series:
Scrapbooks, 1925-1945
Personal and professional papers, 1917-1959
Subject files, 1929-1942
Photographs, 1916-1940s
Publications, 1913-1934, undated
Ephemera, circa 1930-1960
Acquisition Information :
Gift of Philip G. Johnson, Jr., 1982 (Accession No.1982.82). Scrapbook
comprising Accession No. 2007.3.2 was found in the museum collection.
Processing Note :
Materials were numbered upon accessioning. Materials were rearranged
intellectually during creation of the finding aid, though the numbering and
physical arrangement were retained.
Photographs were removed from albums and sleeved or foldered for
preservation purposes. A selection of Christmas cards was removed from the
Christmas card scrapbooks and placed in folders; the rest were discarded.
Separated Materials :
The volume
American Furniture: Queen Anne and Chippendale
Periods by Joseph Downs (New York: Macmillan, 1952) was relocated to
the library reference collection.
The donation included three plaques. These artifacts are cataloged and
stored separately by MOHAI’s Collections Department.
Detailed Description of the Collection
The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in
the collection.
Scrapbooks, 1925-1945
25 scrapbooks
41 x 33 cm.
Set of black scrapbooks embossed with the year and Johnson’s name.
These scrapbooks, consisting largely of newspaper clippings,
document developments in the aviation industry in general (such as aircraft
development, landmark flights, aviation records, crashes, lives and deaths of
aviators, and development of commercial, passenger and air mail service), and
in Boeing companies in particular (creation of companies, various mergers,
samples of Boeing advertisements, aircraft development, and labor relations).
The scrapbooks also document the career of Johnson, including the period when
he left Boeing to work for Trans-Canada Air Lines. The clippings document
aviation related news, with extensive coverage given to the cancellation of air
mail contracts in 1934, and related investigations and court proceedings; The
scrapbooks also contain occasional items of a social nature, such as wedding
announcements. The albums contain ephemera such as copies of Boeing News and
Aviation News, first day covers from air mail routes, advertising samples for
Boeing, Kenworth and other companies, plane schedules, and flight related
memorabilia.
Other notable content for each album is indicated in the inventory
below.
Container(s)
Description
Dates
Box
1
82.82.4: 1925-1927
110 pages
Documents the early Boeing Navy FB-3 pursuit plane; air races at
Sand Point; Boeing’s first air mail flight from Chicago to San Francisco; and
the beginning of passenger flights.
1925-1927
2
82.82.5: 1928
168 pages
Documents the growth of commercial aviation; Boeing’s purchase
of a large interest in Pacific Air Transport; George Williams’s flight over the
North Pole; the dedication of Boeing Field; the beginning of the Boeing
Airplane and Transport Company; the first Aeronautical Exposition in Chicago;
the formation of United Aircraft and Transport Corporation; the death of pilot
Ed Hubbard. Also includes the 1928 Boeing catalog and a 15-page log of Mrs.
Boeing’s flight on a 12-passenger plane.
1928
1
82.82.6: 1929-1
102 pages
1929
3
82.82.7: 1929-2
110 pages
Includes an article by Johnson, “Recent Developments in Air
Transport,” and a booklet for the Boeing School of Aeronautics.
1929
3
82.82.8: 1930-1
84 pages
Includes clippings about Johnson’s plans to build a residence at
Woodway Park for $350,000; about production of Army planes; the Air Mail Act of
1930; the dedication of the Daniel Guggenheim Hall of Aeronautics at the
University of Washington; 29-hour service from Seattle to Chicago; and the
launching of the William Boeing’s motor yacht Taconite.
1930
4
82.82.9: 1930-2
88 pages
Includes an article about Amelia Earhart’s visit to Seattle, and
articles about the “recent and popular innovation” of replacing male couriers
on planes with female stewardesses.
1930
4
82.82.10: 1931-1
86 pages
Includes clippings about the merger of National Transport,
Boeing, Pacific Air Transport and Varney under United Aircraft Corporation,
with Johnson as President; the beginnings of air traffic control using radios
and magnetic maps; the death of Thomas D. Stimson in his private plane; the
development of the dirigible; female aviator Ruth Nichols.
1931
5
82.82.11: 1931-2
86 pages
Includes an article about Wiley Post and Harold Gatty’s progress
on a trans-global flight. Also includes a United Air Lines schedule.
1931
5
82.82.12: 1932-1
80 pages
Includes clippings on the inauguration of night flying; the use
of “lighthouse keepers” and radios; and a 31 hour coast-to-coast flight.
1932
6
82.82.13: 1932-2
72 pages
Includes articles about navigation instruments and the
increasing adoption of passenger air travel.
1932
6
82.82.14: 1933-1
106 pages
Includes articles about Eleanor Roosevelt flying on United Air
Lines, with original letters signed by Mrs. Roosevelt; about feeding air
passengers; and the introduction of automatic pilot, the “airobot.”
1933
16
82.82.15: 1933-2
106 pages
Includes a program for a testimonial dinner for Postmaster
General James A. Farley.
1933
7
82.82.16: 1934-1
194 pages
The three 1934 albums extensively document events surrounding
the Air Mail Scandal of 1934. This first album includes articles about allegations that
Postmaster General Walter Brown awarded contracts to a few large companies
without competitive bidding and the apparent burning of Brown’s files on air
mail contracts after he left office; and about the Senate investigative
committee, chaired by then Senator Hugo Black. Includes articles about the
millions made by air line executives at a time when companies were receiving
government subsidies; the arrest of Assistant Secretary William P. MacCracken
for his refusal to hand over his records; Roosevelt’s cancellation of air mail
contracts and his decision to use of the Army Air Corps for delivery of air
mail; and Charles Lindbergh’s rebukes of Roosevelt for cancellation of
contracts. Also documents the first of several fatal crashes of army planes
carrying airmail.
1934
January-February
8
82.82.17: 1934-2
178 pages
Documents the suspension of army air mail flights after
continued crashes and pilot deaths; the beginnings of conditional return of air
mail to private companies; and the ban of some airline executives (including
Johnson) from the industry. Documents United Air Lines personal suit against
Postmaster General James Farley for deprivation of due process. Also includes
United Aircraft & Transport Corporation 1933 annual report and a page of
handwritten notes on air mail bids.
1934
March-April
9
82.82.18: 1934-1935
162 pages
Includes articles about William Boeing selling his interest in
UATC after the passage of the Air Mail Act of 1934; and Lindbergh’s defense of
“black listed” air operators. This album contains no documentation of Johnson’s
activities during this period.
1934-1935
10
82.82.19: 1937-1938
108 pages
Documents Johnson’s appointment as Vice-President of operations
for Trans-Canada Air Lines, and as President of Kenworth Motor Truck Company.
Consists largely of articles about Johnson, and includes Johnson’s original
notes from his survey trip of Trans-Canada in February 1937.
1937 June-1938
July
10
82.82.20: 1938
106 pages
Largely concerning Trans-Canada Air Lines. Includes a 1938
annual report.
1938
September-December
11
82.82.21: 1939
128 pages
Largely articles about Trans-Canada Air Lines. Also includes
ephemera from the Johnson’s attendance at the January 1939 opening of Canadian
Parliament, attended by King George VI and Queen Elizabeth. Includes an article
about the crash of a Boeing Stratoliner during a test flight, killing 10.
1939
January-March
12
82.82.22: 1939
102 pages
Includes Trans-Canada and Boeing news and the announcement of
Johnson’s resignation, in September, at Trans-Canada and his resumption of
duties as President at Boeing.
1939
April-December
13
82.82.23: 1940
88 pages
Documents union activity at Boeing, including a work stoppage at
the Boeing plant for a mass union meeting of 5000 workers, and accusations of
Communism against union leaders. Also includes articles about the need to
expand the Boeing plant to accommodate the building of bombers for the Allies.
1940
14
82.82.24: 1941
98 pages
Includes continued documentation of labor union activities and
accusations of Communism; also articles about the U.S. Army order of 1,000
Boeing B-17 Flying Fortresses.
1941
package
1
82.82.25: 1942
122 pages
This album includes an article by Johnson about his trip to
England to survey aviation plants and see Boeing’s Flying Fortresses in action.
Also includes articles about women working at Boeing plants, and Boeing’s
receipt of Army-Navy “E” awards for excellence.
1942
August-December
15
82.82.26: 1943
134 pages
Includes further documentation of union conflicts; articles
about Boeing’s contributions to the war; and about the crash of a Boeing plane
on a test flight into the Frye Packing Co. plant, killing pioneer test flight
pilot Eddie Allen and 10 others. Also includes clippings about Johnson being
named as Seattle’s “First Citizen” for 1943.
1943
package
2
82.82.27: 1944
128 pages
Includes articles about the production of B-29 Super Fortress to
replace the B-17 Flying Fortress and articles about the first B-29s in action
in Japan. Also documents the “Five Grand,” the 5,000th Flying Fortress, covered
completely with the names of the Boeing workers who built it. Also includes the
text of the Republican National platform. This album documents the death of Phil Johnson on September 12
in Wichita, Kansas.
1944
16
82.82.28: 1945
84 pages
Includes articles on the death of Johnson’s mother, and on a
Bellevue forum on the return of the Nisei.
Essays, resumes and clippings. Also includes materials about
his father Charles Johnson and daughter Esther Johnson.
undated
22
82.82.137: Scrapbook of
clippings
Includes note from a nun at Rosary Heights to Philip Jr., upon
sending him the scrapbook of clippings about his father in 1962.
1933
23
82.82.139: “Philip G. Johnson, First
Citizen”
Book commemorating Johnson’s award of Seattle First Citizen
award, including text of addresses, photographs and letters of
congratulation.
1945
23
82.82.147: University of Washington
diploma for Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering
1917
Woodway Park residence
records
Extensive documentation of the construction of Johnson’s
residence at Woodway Park, including decorator blueprints, materials schedules,
specifications and receipts for a variety of construction costs. Also includes
photographs of furnishings, probably taken at the time of the house’s sale.
Box
21
82.82.33.1: Photographs of
furnishings
49 photographs with notes on verso regarding object, location
in house, and/or price.
undated
21
82.82.33.2: Decorator’s
drawings
Set of 9 drawings by Lenygon & Morant Inc., decorators
from New York, N.Y. Also includes several drawings of pieces of furniture.
undated
21
82.82.34-45: Receipts
Receipts for surveying, plumbing and heating, architect,
construction of tennis court, windows and doors, road survey, electrical work,
cord wood, window glass, terrazzo floors, and paving of driveway.
1929-1934
21
82.82.46: Schedules of materials and
finishes
Includes a blueprint by architect David J. Myers containing
listings of materials and finishes for each surface of each room. Also includes
a booklet by Myers “Specifications for General Work for Residence and Garage,
etc. on Tract 15, Woodway Park for Mr. Philip G. Johnson.”
1930
21
82.82.47: Work progress
140 pages
Includes “Reports of Progress” from architect David Myers;
correspondence between Myers and Johnson regarding construction; and other
correspondence regarding work done at the Woodway Park residence. Also includes
miscellaneous receipts.
1930-1933
21
82.82.48: Garden costs
60 pages
1932
21
82.82.49: Receipt for earnest
money
1929
21
82.82.50: Telegrams to Johnson regarding
construction
1930
21
82.82.51: Receipts for interior
decorating
180 pages
Mostly from Lenygon & Morant, New York City
1930-1934
21
82.82.52: Electrical wiring
specifications
undated
21
82.82.63: Heating and plumbing
specifications
undated
21
82.82.64: Painting
specifications
undated
21
82.82.53: Receipt for
painting
1953
21
82.82.54: Cost of water
maintenance
1935-1936
21
82.82.56: Interior decoration receipts
and correspondence
45 pages
1930-1934
21
82.82.57: Miscellaneous
receipts
1935-1936
21
82.82.58: Certificate of vacation from
Snohomish County Board of Commissioners
Also includes correspondence regarding vacating of road near
Johnson’s property
1930
21
82.82.72: Inventories of
furnishings
Furnishings of Johnson residence at Woodway Park (1944) and
W.S. Ross apartment at Michigan Avenue North (1931)
1931, 1944
21
82.82.76: Woodway Park
Corporation
35 pages
Correspondence regarding possible purchase of nearby
Corporation owned tidelands by Woodway Park property owners; regarding
subdivision restriction limits and water maintenance costs.
1937-1944
21
82.82.143: “Woodway Park” -- promotional
booklet
early 1930s
Financial and legal
records
Box
21
82.82.55, .59-.62, .64, .74, .77-.79: Personal financial records
1930s-1940s
21
82.82.80: Correspondence about children’s
trust accounts
Mostly incoming correspondence from Pacific National Bank of
Seattle. Also includes a tentative outline of Catherine and Philip Johnson’s
wills.
1935-1947
21
82.82.81: Ledger pages with stock, bonds,
and securities records
1930-1946
21
82.82.89: Real estate titles and
mortgages
1925-1940s
21
82.82.145a: Promotional booklet for W.G.
and E.A. John Service (insurance)
1933
21
82.82.84: Ledger pages showing receipts
and expenditures
1954-1959
21
82.82.66-.69: Lakewood Avenue residence --
tax statements, leases to tenants, receipts for repairs
1930-1935
21
82.82.82: Securities records
1935-1945
21
82.82.83: List of stocks
1934-1935
Other interests and
activities
Box
21
82.82.71: Exploration Syndicate
Correspondence between Johnson and Alfred Frank, mining
engineer of Salt Lake City, Utah, regarding subscription in mining venture in
New Mexico.
Correspondence regarding stock and Johnson’s nomination for
Board of Directors.
1943-1944
21
82.82.90: Correspondence
Regarding Johnson’s interests in Cascade Mountain farm
property (includes 5 photographs of property); and Johnson’s election to
membership in the Wings Club (includes a copy of the
Wings Club Bulletin, July 1944).
1942, 1944
Box
21
82.82.86: Miscellaneous
correspondence
approximately 100 pages
Notable items include:
Letter, with enclosures, to banker Joseph Ripley
summarizing the failed Alcor C-61, a supposedly ground-breaking new Lockheed
plane which crashed during a test flight (March 5, 1940)
Letter to pioneer aviator Jacqueline Cochrane recounting
his experience with oxygen masks on high-elevation flights and recommending
their use (September 1940)
Correspondence among Johnson, General Oliver Echols and
Wellwood Beall regarding Erik Nelson’s offer to Beall to leave Boeing and join
him in a new company, and Echol’s objections that this would interfere with the
production of B-29s (March 1941)
1939-1941
Family papers
Box
21
82.82.85a: School papers of Philip
Johnson, Jr.
Includes school records, yearbooks and 30 letters written to
his mother from school.
1938-1945
21
82.82.85b: Ireland to Iowa: A History of the Foley
and Clark Families
Philip Johnson, Jr.’s copy of a booklet about his mother’s
family. Photographs pasted in pages at back of book depict Catherine Foley
Johnson and her children Esther and Philip, Jr.; Catherine’s mother Mary Clarke
Foley and father, Matthew James Foley; Catherine’s grandparents (?) Hugh G.
Clarke and Ellen Burke Clarke, Michael Foley and Ellen Burke Foley; Philip
Johnson and paintings of Johnson’s parents.
1932 December
Memorial materials
Box
23
82.82.141: Memorial resolution, Puget
Sound Power & Light Company
Resolution in burgundy leather folder. Includes letter to Mrs.
Johnson. Johnson was a member of the Board of Directors
1944 September 15
23
82.82.142: Memorial resolution from Boeing
Airplane Company
Brown leather volume in slipcase.
1944 September 20
23
82.82.144: “Memorial letters: Philip G.
Johnson”
Black trifold embossed folder containing letters. Also
includes a photograph of Philip Johnson Jr., being inducted into the Army
(1952)
1944-1953
23
82.82.148: Memorial resolution from United
Air Lines
The Black Investigation files include papers and government
documents relevant to the investigation of preference in the assigning of air
mail contracts to commercial carriers by Postmaster General Walter Brown, the
cancellation of commercial airline contracts by the federal government in 1934,
and the subsequent lawsuits.
Correspondence and other
papers
Box
22
82.82.132: Miscellaneous
papers
approximately 180 pages
Includes:
Correspondence: regarding court cases, including
copies of documents originally sent to Postmaster General Brown with
recommendations of air mail routes and carriers (June 4, 1930); regarding
Johnson’s interview with Colonel Ristine; April 1934 letter to Farley from
Directors of United Aircraft & Transport Corporation in support of Johnson;
copies of correspondence relative to Black investigation taken from Johnson’s
files and sent to lawyer immediately upon cancellation of air mail contracts
Transcript of Johnson’s interview with Post Office
Inspectors T.C. Cargill and F.L. Pierce (March 17, 1934)
Tentative outline of matters to be covered by
testimony of Walter F. Brown; outline of points to be covered by testimony of
Johnson
Papers about Boeing, Pacific Air, Varney and National
stocks; information about Johnson’s official capacities with Boeing, United,
Pacific, Varney and National (1938)
1937-1939
22
82.82.133: Questionnaire and other
papers
approximately 120 pages
Black investigation questionnaire and correspondence about
its submission (1933); transcript of Col. Paul Henderson’s formal statement on
the Kelly bill; request for information about company stock bought by Johnson
(November 1933). Also includes four Post Office Department Air Mail route maps.
1933-1934
22
82.82.134: Correspondence with Bill
Boeing
Regarding Johnson’s employment records, expense accounts and
records of stock ownership. Also includes reports of operating revenue and
expenses for Boeing Air Transport, Pacific Air Transport, Varney Air Lines and
National Air Transport routes.
1933-1934
22
82.82.135: Air mail route maps
Also includes completed questionnaires about air mail routes
and list of Order of Expiration of Air Mail contracts.
1933, undated
22
82.82.136: United Air Transport Company
materials
Includes Johnson’s UATC stock details; copies of documents
taken by the Black Committee, such as minutes of stockholder meetings;
statement on United bonus system; UATC annual report (1932); correspondence
with Fred Rentschler and between William Boeing and Rentschler.
1929-1934
Government
documents
Box
22
82.82.114: Post Office Appropriations
Bill, 1935. Hearings before the Subcommittee of House Committee on
Appropriations
1934
22
82.82.107: Hearing before the
Subcommittee on Aeronautics making an investigation into certain phases of the
manufacture of aircraft and aeronautical accessories as they refer to the Navy
department
February 2, 1934
22
82.82.95: Court of Appeals, District of
Columbia: Boeing Air Transport, Inc., National Air Transport, Pacific Air Lines
and Varney Air Lines versus John A. Farley. Brief on Behalf of Appellant.
1934 April
22
82.82.100: Court of Appeals, District of
Columbia: Boeing Air Transport, Inc., National Air Transport, Pacific Air Lines
and Varney Air Lines versus John A. Farley. Opinion of Court
1934 April
22
82.82.110: United States Post Office
Department. In the Matter of the Order of the Postmaster General, dated
February 9, 1934, Directing the Annulment of Air Mail Contracts and Route
Certificates. Brief for Boeing Air Transport, Inc., National Air Transport,
Inc., Pacific Air Transport and Varney Air Lines, Inc.
1934 April
22
82.82.116: United States Court of
Appeals for the District of Columbia. Boeing Air Transport, Inc., National Air
Transport, Inc., Pacific Air Transport and Varney Air Lines, Inc. versus James
A. Farley. Oral argument.
1934 April
22
82.82.112-113: Final report of the War
Department Special Committee on Army Air Corps (2 copies)
1934 July 18
22
82.82.111: Supreme Court of the United
States. Pacific Air Transport versus James A. Farley. Petition for a writ of
certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia
and supporting brief.
1934 October
22
82.82.96: Before the Interstate
Commerce Commission: Air Mail Compensation. Brief of the respondent, United Air
Lines (Air mail docket No. 1)
1934 November 24
22
82.82.93: Report to the Federal
Aviation Commission 2 copies
1935 January
22
82.82.115: Before the Interstate
Commerce Commission. Air Mail Compensation. Exception of United Air Lines, Inc.
to the Report Proposed by the Bureau of Air Mail
1935 February 2
22
82.82.94: Court of Claims of the United
States: Boeing Air Transport versus United States of America (Docket No. 43031)
1935 June 4
22
82.82.97: Court of Claims of the United
States: United Air Transport Corporation versus the United States of America
(Docket No. 43033). Petition
1935 June 4
22
82.82.98: Court of Claims of the United
States: Boeing Air Transport versus United States of America (Docket No.
43030). Petition.
1935 June 4
22
82.82.99: Court of Claims of the United
States: United Air Transport Corporation versus the United States of America
(Docket No. 43032). Petition
1935 June 4
22
82.82.121: United Air Lines
specification for transport plane and request for bid Addressed to C.L. Egvedt,
President Boeing Airport Company
1935 July 1
22
82.82.122-.123: Court of Claims, Docket No.
43029-43033. Testimony for Plaintiffs. Volumes II and III.
1938 April 27-28
22
82.82.109: Court of Claims of the United
States. Pacific Air Transport versus the United States of America (Docket No.
43029). Petition
1939 June 4
22
82.82.102: Fourth Plan on Government
Reorganization. Hearing before the Select Committee on Government Organization
of the United States Senate. S. Con. Res. 43, a resolution disapproving
reorganization plan numbered IV
1940 May
22
82.82.103: Court of Claims of the United
States. Report of the Commissioner on Docket Nos. 43030-43033.
1941 July
22
82.82.105: Court of Claims of the United
States. Brief of Pacific Air Transport, Boeing Air Transport, Inc. and United
Air Lines Transport Corporation (Dockets 43029-43033)
1941 November 15
22
82.82.106: Court of Claims of the United
States. Reply brief Pacific Air Transport, Boeing Air Transport, Inc. and
United Air Lines Transport Corporation (Dockets 43029-43033)
1942 April 2
22
82.82.101 : Supreme Court of the
District of Columbia, holding and Equity Court. Boeing Air Transport (Chicago),
Inc. against James A. Farley. Bill of complaint
undated
22
82.82.108 : Supreme Court of the
District of Columbia. Holding and Equity Court. Boeing Air Transport, National
Air Transport, Inc, Pacific Air Transport, Varney Air Lines and Boeing Air
Transport against James A. Farley. Plaintiff’s memorandum of Points and
Authorities in Opposition to Motion to Dismiss.
undated
22
82.82.117 : Supreme Court of the
District of Columbia. Holding and Equity Court. National Air Transport, Inc.
against James A. Farley. Bill of complaint.
undated
22
82.82.118 : Supreme Court of the
District of Columbia. Holding and Equity Court. Pacific Air Transport, Inc.
against James A. Farley. Bill of complaint.
undated
22
82.82.119 : Supreme Court of the
District of Columbia. Holding and Equity Court. Varney Air Lines and Boeing Air
Transport, Inc. against James A. Farley. Bill of complaint.
undated
22
82.82.120 : United States Circuit Court
of Appeals for the Second Circuit. Transcontinental & Western Air, Inc.
against James A. Farley. Brief of Boeing Air Transport, Inc., National Air
Transport, Inc., Pacific Air Transport and Varney Air Lines, amici curiae.
undated
Boeing companies
materials
Box
23
82.82.153 : United Aircraft &
Transport Corporation, 1st Annual Report
1929
23
82.82.140a-b : Blueprints
“Performance Estimate,” “Weights and Balances” and “General
Arrangement” for Boeing Airplane Company Models 238 and 239.
1931 July
23
82.82.149 : Papers
Correspondence from Johnson to bank regarding payment of
Boeing debt; transcript of phone conversation about price dispute over purchase
of wings.
1932
23
82.82.140a.2 : Merger agreement Among United
Air Transport, United Air Lines, Varney Air Lines and National Air Transport
1934 November 19
22
82.82.124-.131 : Boeing Airplane Company and
Subsidiaries - Financial Statements
8 monthly statements
1936 March 31-November 30
23
82.82.138a : Trip to England
approximately 160 pages
Telegrams, correspondence and other papers regarding Johnson’s
“Inspection Trip” to England.
1942
23
82.82.138b : “Report on Personal
Observations During Inspection Trip of U.S. Aircraft Production Mission to
England (October 14 to November 11, 1942)”
Series also contains a few drawings that were in albums or
portfolios with the photographs.
Container(s)
Description
Dates
Photographs removed from album
82.82.31
These photographs are inscribed on the back, probably by
Johnson’s wife, Kate Johnson, after his death; some of these inscriptions are
noted in quotation marks after the item description. Many of the photographs
are signed, with inscriptions to Johnson.
Box
18
82.82.31.1 : Print of drawing of William
Boeing
1939
18
82.82.31.2 : C.D. Howe
Fayer Camera
Portraits,London (photographer)
“Minister of Transportation of the Canadian
Government-Ottawa, 1937-1940. American born - became Canadian citizen”
circa 1930s-1940s
18
82.82.31.3 : Samuel J. Hungerford
“Mr. Hungerford was president of Canadian National Ry. - and
Trans Canada Air Lines was an affiliated government airline”
circa 1939
18
82.82.31.4 : Lawrence Arnold
“Ch[airman} of Board, Seattle First National Bank - personal
friend of P.G. Johnson”
circa 1930s-1940s
18
82.82.31.5 : P. Gelzenlichter (?)
1943
18
82.82.31.6 : Clairmont L.
Egvedt
“Head of engineering at Boeing airplane factory - until he
became president in 1934 when Philip Johnson resigned at Mr. Roosevelt’s order
on account of litigation between airlines and Post Office Dept. When Philip
Johnson returned from Canada in 1939 - he again took over the presidency of
Boeing - and C.L. Egvedt became Chairman - an advisory position only.”
circa 1930s-1940s
18
82.82.31.7 : Erik H. Nelson
“Erik H. Nelson became a general at time of 2nd World War.
Flies around the world in Army flight of 1924.”
1928
18
82.82.31.8 : George T. Overholt
Blank & Stoller Corp.
(photographer)
“Personal friend, business connection - Pipe Company. Pal of
Erik Nelson - early day auto racer, flyer - grandson of Overholt Rye family,
Pottsdam, Penn.”
circa 1930s-1940s
18
82.82.31.9 : Harry Bowen
“Puget Sound Sheet Metal Co., Seattle”
early 1930s
18
82.82.31.10 : Reed Chambers
Margaret Bourke-White
(photographer)
“An insurance executive in New York. Handled much of early
aviation insurance.”
circa 1930s-1940s
18
82.82.31.11 : Croil Hunter
Gene
Garrett (photographer)
“Croil Hunter - was at this time 1940 - president of Northwest
Airlines”
circa 1940
18
82.82.31.12 : Harry Kent
Ray
Hart (photographer)
“President of Kenworth Motor Truck Co. - also neighbor in
Woodway Park - lived next to David Whitcomb. After his death Philip Johnson
took over Kenworth Motor Truck Co. and operated it until death (1944) when it
was sold to Paul Pigott.”
1936
18
82.82.31.13 : John Hansel
Fabian
Bachrach (photographer)
“N.Y. - Adv. Executive for firm handling Boeing Airplane Co.-
early 40s and until Phil’s death.”
circa 1930s-1940s
18
82.82.31.14 : Al Frank
Kaiden
Kazanjian (photographer)
“Salt Lake City (airline interests, goldmine interests).
Personal friend - gave us an Irish Setter from a fine kennel in Salt Lake.”
1937
18
82.82.31.15 : C.P. Edwards
Blank & Stoller,
Montreal (photographer)
“C.P. Edwards - lived in Ottawa - connected with Canadian Post
Office. Became personal friend at time of Trans Canada Airline
establishment.”
circa 1939
18
82.82.31.16 : Maynard Metcalf
“...was in Canadian National office at Montreal - personal
friend.”
1941
18
82.82.31.17 : John Henry Tudhope
A. Doyle
(photographer)
“Ex-Canadian airman - connected with Reed Chambers Insurance
firm in New York -had an office in Montreal and handled much of Trans Canada’s
Insurance [...] personal friend - by birth was from British South Africa.”
1940
18
82.82.31.18 : George Herring
“Ottawa, Canada - connected with Canadian Post Office”
circa 1930s-1940s
18
82.82.31.19 : Man
“Name? - Connected with Canadian Post Office, Ottawa -
1937-1940 approx. time”
circa 1938
18
82.82.31.20 : Joseph P. Ripley
“With Nat. City Bank N.Y. at time Boeing Air Transport was
organized - later in his own firm - Harriman. Personal friend.”
circa 1930s-1940s
18
82.82.31.21 : Guy Gilchrist
Gabriel Moulin, San
Francisco (photographer)
circa 1930s-1940s
18
82.82.31.22 : 3 men with fishing rods and
caught fish
undated
18
82.82.31.23 : Italian cruiser Emanuele
Filiberto
1935
Photographs removed from album
82.82.151
Many of the photographs are inscribed to Johnson or both Philip
and Kate Johnson. These are largely studio portraits. Includes one newspaper
article about aviator Slim Lewis.
Box
23
82.82.151.1 : Phil Johnson near fountain,
Dungeness
undated
23
82.82.151.2 : Johnson, D.B. Colyer and
Canadian assistants near plane
1930
23
82.82.151.3 : Portrait of man
undated
23
82.82.151.4 : Edgar N. Gott
Gott was President of Boeing before Johnson.
1942
23
82.82.151.5 : Robert Baillargeon with fish
and rod
1937 April
23
82.82.151.6 : Johnson and other men on steps
of Pratt & Whitney Aircraft Company building
undated
23
82.82.151.7 : Raymond Frazier
undated
23
82.82.151.8 : Henry H. “Hap” Arnold in Air
Force uniform
circa 1930s-1940s
23
82.82.151.9 : Aaron E. Jones in Air Force
Uniform
1943
23
82.82.151.10 : Portrait of man
undated
23
82.82.151.11 : John Collyer
circa 1940s
23
82.82.151.12 : Man in Air Force uniform
(“K.B”)
1942 August
23
82.82.151.13 : Man in Air Force uniform
(__Bennett?)
circa 1940s
23
82.82.151.14 : G.W. Vaughan
circa 1930s-1940s
23
82.82.151.15 : Two men (“Alan” and “Erik”)
with caught salmon
circa 1930s-1940s
23
82.82.151.16 : Man in straw boater hat
circa 1930s-1940s
23
82.82.151.17 : Man in Air Force uniform
circa 1930s-1940s
23
82.82.151.18 : Man with glasses in fedora
circa 1930s-1940s
23
82.82.151.19 : Thorpe Hiscock Head of two-way
radio development at Boeing
circa 1930
23
82.82.151.20 : Charles Knickerbocker
Friend of William Boeing from Chicago
circa 1930
23
82.82.151.21 : Johnson and five men in front
of Boeing Air Transport Model 80
circa 1930
23
82.82.151.22 : Plane on inaugural
Trans-Canada Air Lines flight
1939 April 1
23
82.82.151.23-26 : Mrs. Johnson (?) christening
the United Jet Mainliner Philip G. Johnson
circa 1950s
23
82.82.151.27 : Article- “Slim Lewis, Flying
Frontiersman” by Bernard Kelly
Published in the
Denver Post.
1966 February 20
Photographs removed from album
82.82.152
Many of the photographs are inscribed to Johnson or both Philip
and Kate Johnson.
Box
23
82.82.152.1 : Plane in air Clyde Pangborn
and Roscoe Turner flying in London - Australia race
1934 September 10
23
82.82.152.2 : Man in car photographer: Frank
H. Nowell
undated
23
82.82.152.3 : Johnson receiving plaque from
two men
circa 1930s
23
82.82.152.4 : Johnson with Mr. Raynaud in
office in Montreal
circa 1930s
23
82.82.152.5 : Air force and navy officers in
front of navy plane
circa 1930s-1940s
23
82.82.152.6 : Henry H. “Hap” Arnold and two
men in front of plane
circa 1930s-1940s
23
82.82.152.7 : Man “Lil” in air force uniform
circa 1930s-1940s
23
82.82.152.8 : Royal Canadian Air Force
commander in dress uniform
circa 1930s-1940s
23
82.82.152.9 : Jim Murray
circa 1930s-1940s
23
82.82.152.10 : Portrait of man in suit
circa 1930s-1940s
23
82.82.152.11 : Jim Pedler
circa 1930s-1940s
23
82.82.152.12 : Portrait of man in suit
circa 1930s-1940s
23
82.82.152.13 : U.S. Air Force Major General
Oliver P. Echols in uniform
circa 1930s-1940s
23
82.82.152.14 : Man “Ralph” in air force
uniform
circa 1930s-1940s
23
82.82.152.15 : Drawing of Major John D.
Corkille by John Hix, signed by Corkille
circa 1930s-1940s
23
82.82.152.16 : Yacht Taconite
Signed by Bertha and William Boeing, Erik Nelson and Mary and
John Ryan, dated September 4-23, 1931
circa 1931
23
82.82.152.17 : J.E. Schaefer
Head of Boeing plant in Wichita
1941 February
23
82.82.152.18 : Man connected with Trans
Canada Air Lines
late 1930s
23
82.82.152.19 : Johnson and man with gun and
pheasants
circa 1930s-1940s
Photographs removed from
portfolio
Box
19
82.82.155.1 : Portrait of
Johnson
Marvin Tripp
(photographer)
circa 1930s-1940s
20
82.82.155.2-3 : Johnson and others in front of
plane
circa 1930s-1940s
20
82.82.155.4 : Group of men in suits in front
of building
1942 October 15
20
82.82.155.5 : Men in suits and air force
uniforms in office
circa 1930s-1940s
20
82.82.155.6 : Johnson with two men at desk
circa 1930s-1940s
20
82.82.155.7 : View of clouds from an
airplane
circa 1930s-1940s
20
82.82.155.8: Pen and ink drawing “Seems
like yesterday” by C. Kessler
Caption: “Philip G. Johnson, builder of Boeing bombers, was a
boy wonder when it came to anything mechanical"
1930 March
Other photographs
Box
19
2007.3.2.2 : Portrait of man in
fedora
Frank Jacobs, Seattle
(photographer)
undated
21
82.82.88a : Group of men in front of
building (possibly University of Washington building)
February 1916
21
82.82.88b : Group of men (students?)
seated at long dining table, women standing at rear
82.82.156 : Invitation to Johnson to join
Tribe of Soyp (Socks Outside Your Pants)
1935 January 18
17
82.82.29-.30 : Selection of Christmas cards
removed from scrapbooks
Includes cards with aviation motifs, from various aviation
companies or with images referring to contemporary events.
circa 1930s-1940s
19
2007.29.1 : “Another Fall Round-up”
Page removed from Christmas card scrapbook. Pencil drawing of a
woman lassoing a man, with a branding iron “hubby” in a fire.
undated
19
82.82.30.1 : Photos and clippings of Mr. and
Mrs. Charles Johnson’s golden wedding anniversary
1938 November
19
82.82.30.2-.3 : Drawings by Jacob A. Elshin
Four pencil sketches, one pen and ink drawing and one postcard
reproduction. Portraits and caricatures of: Florence Heiman, Bill Bowman, Mario
Scacheri, Bob Heustis, Phyllis Richards and Kate Foley Johnson (Johnson’s
wife).
circa late 1920s-1930s
19
82.82.30.4 : Aviation themed Christmas cards
circa 1930s
19
2007.3.2 : Album--Kenworth Motor Truck
Company: Advertising, Public Relations, Employee Relations
Scrapbook of promotional materials.
1943
21
82.82.87 : Clippings about Herb Munter
1960
23
82.82.140c : United Airlines binder
Embossed on cover: “Weather Manual--United Airlines.” “P.G.
Johnson” embossed inside.
undated
23
82.82.146 : Binder of mechanical engineering
notes and tables
This collection is indexed under the following headings in the online
catalog. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons, or
places should search the catalog using these headings.
Personal Names :
Boeing,
William Edward, 1881-1956.
Johnson, Philip G.
(Philip Gustav), 1894-1944--Archives
