This series consists of records pertaining to the company's relationship with: Cameroun, Congo, Dahomey, Egypt, Gaon, Ghana, Guiana, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Liberia, Madegascar, Morocco, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa, Sudan, and Tanzania, as well as records pertaining to Africa in general; for more information regarding this region, see "Properties and Facilities, Airports, Robertsfield (Roberts International Airport) (ROB)". For more photographs of this region, see “Photographs, Geographic Locations, Africa”.
A subsidiary company, Air Graphs transported victory mail, or “V-Mail,” during World War II (WWII, WW2). Of note, this series includes information regarding the company’s relationship with Eastman Kodak Company.
This series consists of records pertaining to airplane naming ceremonies. Types of materials include: correspondence (letters, memos, telexes, telegraphs, etc.), invitations, itineraries (i.e., schedules, agendas, programs, etc.), press clippings (newspapers, magazines, etc.), and photographs. Of note, this series contains information pertaining to famous first ladies, such as Eleanor Roosevelt, Mamie Eisenhower and Pat Nixon. For more photographs pertaining to this series, see “Photographs, Public Relations and Marketing, Aircraft Christenings”.
This series consists of records pertaining to: the Military Airlift Command (MAC), the Berlin airlift, the Iran evacuation, and other airlifts and mercy flights. For records pertaining to the Vietnam airlift, see “Military Cooperation, Vietnam”. See also “Photographs, Military Cooperation” for more photographs pertaining to this series.
This series consists of records pertaining to mail rates and includes case files, contracts (agreements, legal instruments, etc.), and correspondence (letters, memos, telexes, telegraphs, etc.).
This series consists of records pertaining to the design, acquisition, promotion and operation of the company’s airplanes (also known as “Clippers”), including landplanes and seaplanes. For airplane manuals, see “Technical Operations, Manuals”. For flight logs, see “Technical Operations, Flight Operations”. See also “Photographs, Aircraft, Airplanes” for more photographs pertaining to this series.
This series consists of records pertaining to the large commercial airports, small general aviation airfields, military airfields, air terminals, jetports, stolports and heliports out of which the company flew. It includes information about hangars, runways, airport landing fees and dedication ceremonies. Types of materials include: correspondence (letters, memos, telexes, telegraphs, etc.), leases and other contracts (agreements, legal instruments, etc.), press clippings (newspapers, magazines, etc.), plans and blueprints, reports, space permits, and photographs.