John G. Borger papers

Collection

John G. Borger papers

• 1929-2010s (Creation)

35 linear feet (33 record storage cartons and 2 flat archival newspaper boxes)

This collection consists of the technical files and papers of John G. Borger (1913-2011), who served as Pan American World Airways, Inc.'s Vice President and Chief Engineer. His materials document the development and acquisition of: Boeing aircrafts, including the 377 Stratocruiser, B-707 and B-747; the Douglas DC-6B, DC-7B, and DC-7C, the DC-8 jet; the Lockheed Constellation and the L-1011; the Convair CV-240; the Dassault Falcon 20, 10, and 50; the Pratt and Whitney and Rolls Royce engines, including the JT9D; and the Supersonic Transport (SST) aircraft.

Types of materials retained in the collection include: pamphlets, programs, engineering information, studies, evaluation reports, manuals, personal notes taken by John G. Borger, lectures, typescripts, correspondence, diagrams, flight path drawings, periodicals, research, articles, ephemera, newsclippings, and 3D material objects.

This collection is unprocessed but open for research.

This collection is kept in an off -campus storage facility. Please contact Special Collections at asc.library@miami.edu with the boxes you are interested in prior to your visit, and allow up to 1 week for delivery of materials.

John G. Borger Papers Finding Aid © 2009 University of Miami. All rights reserved. Requests to reproduce or publish materials from this collection should be directed to asc.library@miami.edu.

• English

Materials in boxes 1-21 were originally donated by John G. Borger, 05-07-08. Materials in boxes 22-35 were donated by Barbara B. Townsend, 03-04-22.

• Citation: John G. Borger papers, Special Collections, University of Miami Libraries, Coral Gables, Florida.

Finding aid was edited by Yvette Yurubi, Processing Archivist, 11-16-22.

• Aeronautics, Commercial
• Aerospace engineering
• Aerospace engineering -- Manuals

• Pan American World Airways, Inc. (Subject)

• Research (documents)
• Pamphlets
• Reports
• Manuals (instructional materials)
• Programs (documents)
• Clippings (information artifacts)
• Photographs
• Typescripts
• Periodicals
• Ephemera (general object genre)
• Lectures
• Correspondence