Museum of History & Industry
Sophie Frye Bass Library
2700 24th Avenue East
Seattle, WA 98112
Phone: 206-324-1126
URL: http://www.seattlehistory.org



Guide to the Philip G. Johnson Scrapbooks and Other Material, 1913-1960


1982.82, 2007.3.2





Finding aid prepared by Jody Hendrickson

Finding aid encoded by Jody Hendrickson, 2007
Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.


Overview of the Collection

 
Repository Name:
 

Museum of History & Industry
Sophie Frye Bass Library

2700 24th Avenue East
Seattle, WA 98112
Phone: 206-324-1126
URL: http://www.seattlehistory.org

 
Collection Number:
 

1982.82, 2007.3.2

 
Creator:
 

Johnson, Philip G. (Philip Gustav), 1894-1944

 
Title:
 

Philip G. Johnson scrapbooks and other material

 
Dates:
 

1913-1960 (inclusive)
1925-1945 (bulk)

 
Quantity:
 

9 linear feet
23 boxes and 3 packages

 
Languages:
 

Collection materials are in English. 

 
Summary:
 

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.

 
Location of Collection:
 

13b.1.5-6

 

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.

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

Administrative Information

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.

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

Subjects

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.

 
Boeing, William Edward, 1881-1956.
Johnson, Philip G. (Philip Gustav), 1894-1944--Archives
Boeing Airplane Company
United Air Lines
United Aircraft & Transport Corporation
Seattle (Washington)
Air mail service -- United States -- 1930-1940
Aircraft industry--Washington (State)--Seattle
Airplanes
B-17 bomber
Photographic prints
Scrapbooks

Detailed Description of the Collection

The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in the collection.


 

Scrapbooks, 1925-1945

26 scrapbooks
41 x 33 cm.
Set of black scrapbooks embossed with the year and Johnson’s name; one red scrapbook is embossed with a title and year.


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
  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.
 
2

82.82.5:  1928
  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.
 
1

82.82.6:  1929-1
  1929
 
102 pages
 
3

82.82.7:  1929-2
  1929
 
110 pages
Includes an article by Johnson, “Recent Developments in Air Transport,” and a booklet for the Boeing School of Aeronautics.
 


82.82.8:  1930-1
  1930
 
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.
 
4

82.82.9:  1930-2
  1930
 
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.
 


82.82.10:  1931-1
  1931
 
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.
 
5

82.82.11:  1931-2
  1931
 
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.
 


82.82.12:  1932-1
  1932
 
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.
 
6

82.82.13:  1932-2
  1932
 
72 pages
Includes articles about navigation instruments and the increasing adoption of passenger air travel.
 


82.82.14:  1933-1
  1933
 
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.”
 
16

82.82.15:  1933-2
  1933
 
106 pages
Includes a program for a testimonial dinner for Postmaster General James A. Farley.
 
7

82.82.16:  1934-1
  1934 January-February
 
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.
 
8

82.82.17:  1934-2
  1934 March-April
 
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.
 
9

82.82.18:  1934-1935
  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.
 
10

82.82.19:  1937-1938
  1937 June-1938 July
 
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.
 


82.82.20:  1938
  1938 September-December
 
106 pages
Largely concerning Trans-Canada Air Lines. Includes a 1938 annual report.
 
11

82.82.21:  1939
  1939 January-March
 
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.
 
12

82.82.22:  1939
  1939 April-December
 
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.
 
13

82.82.23:  1940
  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.
 
14

82.82.24:  1941
  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.
 
package
1


82.82.25:  1942
  1942 August-December
 
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.
 
3

82.82.32:  "Aircraft Mission to England--October 1942"
  1942 October
 
47 pages
This album documents Johnson's trip to England to tour aircraft production factories. Consists largely of a series of 28 photographs, most captioned "British Official Photograph-- U.S. Aircraft Production Chiefs at British Factory--A return mission of U.S. Aircraft Production leaders is visiting Great Bratain under the auspices of the Ministry of Aircraft Production." Scrapbook also includes a souvenir photo album containing 10 images depicting Johnson on his factory tours, embossed on cover "29th October 1942." Ephemera consists mostly of menus and clippings related to Johnson's trip. Also includes two confidential reports on Johnson's trip. Includes a drawing of Johnson, and two loose photographs, one from 1927.
 
box
15


82.82.26:  1943
  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.
 
package
2


82.82.27:  1944
  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.
 
box
16


82.82.28:  1945
  1944
 
84 pages
Includes articles on the death of Johnson’s mother, and on a Bellevue forum on the return of the Nisei.

 

Personal and professional papers, 1917-1959

Arranged in 7 subseries:


  • Biographical materials
  • Woodway Park residence records
  • Financial and legal records
  • Other interests and activities
  • Miscellaneous correspondence
  • Family papers
  • Memorial materials
 
Container(s)
Description
Dates
   
Biographical materials
 
 
box
21


82.82.70:  Biographical materials
  undated
 
Essays, resumes and clippings. Also includes materials about his father Charles Johnson and daughter Esther Johnson.
 
22

82.82.137:  Scrapbook of clippings
  1933
 
Includes note from a nun at Rosary Heights to Philip Jr., upon sending him the scrapbook of clippings about his father in 1962.
 
23

82.82.139:  “Philip G. Johnson, First Citizen”
  1945
 
Book commemorating Johnson’s award of Seattle First Citizen award, including text of addresses, photographs and letters of congratulation.
 


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.
 
21

82.82.33.1:  Photographs of furnishings
  undated
 
49 photographs with notes on verso regarding object, location in house, and/or price.
 


82.82.33.2:  Decorator’s drawings
  undated
 
Set of 9 drawings by Lenygon & Morant Inc., decorators from New York, N.Y. Also includes several drawings of pieces of furniture.
 


82.82.34-45:  Receipts
  1929-1934
 
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.
 


82.82.46:  Schedules of materials and finishes
  1930
 
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.”
 


82.82.47:  Work progress
  1930-1933
 
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.
 


82.82.48:  Garden costs
  1932
 
60 pages
 


82.82.49:  Receipt for earnest money
  1929
 


82.82.50:  Telegrams to Johnson regarding construction
  1930
 


82.82.51:  Receipts for interior decorating
  1930-1934
 
180 pages
Mostly from Lenygon & Morant, New York City
 


82.82.52:  Electrical wiring specifications
  undated
 


82.82.63:  Heating and plumbing specifications
  undated
 


82.82.64:  Painting specifications
  undated
 


82.82.53:  Receipt for painting
  1953
 


82.82.54:  Cost of water maintenance
  1935-1936
 


82.82.56:  Interior decoration receipts and correspondence
  1930-1934
 
45 pages
 


82.82.57:  Miscellaneous receipts
  1935-1936
 


82.82.58:  Certificate of vacation from Snohomish County Board of Commissioners
  1930
 
Also includes correspondence regarding vacating of road near Johnson’s property
 


82.82.72:  Inventories of furnishings
  1931, 1944
 
Furnishings of Johnson residence at Woodway Park (1944) and W.S. Ross apartment at Michigan Avenue North (1931)
 


82.82.76:  Woodway Park Corporation
  1937-1944
 
35 pages
Correspondence regarding possible purchase of nearby Corporation owned tidelands by Woodway Park property owners; regarding subdivision restriction limits and water maintenance costs.
 


82.82.143:  “Woodway Park” -- promotional booklet
  early 1930s
   
Financial and legal records
 
 


82.82.55, .59-.62, .64, .74, .77-.79:  Personal financial records
  1930s-1940s
 


82.82.80:  Correspondence about children’s trust accounts
  1935-1947
 
Mostly incoming correspondence from Pacific National Bank of Seattle. Also includes a tentative outline of Catherine and Philip Johnson’s wills.
 


82.82.81:  Ledger pages with stock, bonds, and securities records
  1930-1946
 


82.82.89:  Real estate titles and mortgages
  1925-1940s
 


82.82.145a:  Promotional booklet for W.G. and E.A. John Service (insurance)
  1933
 


82.82.84:  Ledger pages showing receipts and expenditures
  1954-1959
 


82.82.66-.69:  Lakewood Avenue residence -- tax statements, leases to tenants, receipts for repairs
  1930-1935
 


82.82.82:  Securities records
  1935-1945
 


82.82.83:  List of stocks
  1934-1935
   
Other interests and activities
 
 


82.82.71:  Exploration Syndicate
  1935-1942
 
Correspondence between Johnson and Alfred Frank, mining engineer of Salt Lake City, Utah, regarding subscription in mining venture in New Mexico.
 


82.82.73:  Puget Sound Navigation Company--correspondence
  1940-1943
 
Johnson was a member of the Board of Directors.
 


82.82.75:  Puget Sound Power & Light Company
  1943-1944
 
Correspondence regarding stock and Johnson’s nomination for Board of Directors.
 


82.82.90:  Correspondence
  1942, 1944
 
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).
 


82.82.86:  Miscellaneous correspondence
  1939-1941
 
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)
   
Family papers
 
 


82.82.85a:  School papers of Philip Johnson, Jr.
  1938-1945
 
Includes school records, yearbooks and 30 letters written to his mother from school.
 


82.82.85b:  Ireland to Iowa: A History of the Foley and Clark Families
  1932 December
 
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.
   
Memorial materials
 
 
23

82.82.141:  Memorial resolution, Puget Sound Power & Light Company
  1944 September 15
 
Resolution in burgundy leather folder. Includes letter to Mrs. Johnson. Johnson was a member of the Board of Directors
 


82.82.142:  Memorial resolution from Boeing Airplane Company
  1944 September 20
 
Brown leather volume in slipcase.
 


82.82.144:  “Memorial letters: Philip G. Johnson”
  1944-1953
 
Black trifold embossed folder containing letters. Also includes a photograph of Philip Johnson Jr., being inducted into the Army (1952)
 


82.82.148:  Memorial resolution from United Air Lines
  1944 September 25

 

Subject files, 1929-1942

 
Container(s)
Description
Dates
   
Black Investigation
 
 
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
  1937-1939
 
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)
 


82.82.133:  Questionnaire and other papers
  1933-1934
 
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.
 


82.82.134:  Correspondence with Bill Boeing
  1933-1934
 
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.
 


82.82.135:  Air mail route maps
  1933, undated
 
Also includes completed questionnaires about air mail routes and list of Order of Expiration of Air Mail contracts.
 


82.82.136:  United Air Transport Company materials
  1929-1934
 
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.
   
Government documents
 
 


82.82.114:  Post Office Appropriations Bill, 1935. Hearings before the Subcommittee of House Committee on Appropriations
  1934
 


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
 


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
 


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
 


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
 


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
 


82.82.112-113:  Final report of the War Department Special Committee on Army Air Corps (2 copies)
  1934 July 18
 


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
 


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
 


82.82.93:  Report to the Federal Aviation Commission 2 copies
  1935 January
 


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
 


82.82.94:  Court of Claims of the United States: Boeing Air Transport versus United States of America (Docket No. 43031)
  1935 June 4
 


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
 


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
 


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
 


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
 


82.82.122-.123:  Court of Claims, Docket No. 43029-43033. Testimony for Plaintiffs. Volumes II and III.
  1938 April 27-28
 


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