126 ANNUAL REPORT SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 1961 



PUBLIC INFORMATION SERVICE 



This service grows in volume, and requires the majority of the 

 time of the curatorial staff. The historical research involved is val- 

 uable not only to the the authors, researchers, historians, students 

 and teachers served, but also to the Museum staff as potential material 

 for eventual Museum publications. 



REFERENCE MATERIAL AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 



Much useful material was added to the reference files, library, 

 and photographic files of the Museum during the year. This is very 

 valuable to the staff for providing information, authenticating data, 

 and for historical research. 



The cooperation of the following persons and organizations in pro- 

 viding this material is sincerely appreciated and acknowledged : 



Air Force Logistic Command, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio: Two 



copies of the Index of Serial Numbers assigned to aircraft through fiscal 



year 1958. 

 AiTKEN, William D., Jacksonville Beach, Fla. : One photostat of page 2 of the 



Boston Herald, Dec. 5, 1909, magazine section and three photographs. 

 Amos, Vincent S., St. Petersburg Beach, Fla. : 20 volumes aviation periodicals. 

 Ando, Hideyo, Toliyo, Japan: Nine 4-x-5" photographs of Japanese aircraft. 

 Army Ballistic Missile Agency, Redstone Arsenal, Huntsville, Ala. : 16-min. 



sound motion picture of "Recovery of Able-Baker Nose Cone," edited copy of 



ABMA-film No. 89, copy 3 unclassified. 

 Arnold, Mrs. H. H., Sonoma, Calif. : A group of 36 photographs. 

 Backard, p. H., Lockheed Aircraft Service Inc., Ontario, Calif.: Book, "The 



Flying Flea," by Henri Mignet. 

 Bell Aerosystems Co., Buffalo, N.Y. : Motion picture, "Report on Jet Propulsion." 

 Boeing Airplane Co., Seattle, Wash. : Photographs, several lithographed 3-view 



drawings of aircraft ( Boeing ) . 

 Brockhampton Press, Leicester, England: Book, "Hovercraft," by Angela 



Croome, 

 Brown, W. Norman, Toronto, Canada: Five4^-x-6" photographs. 

 Buckley, Mrs. W. W., Washington, D.C. : One 16-X-20" photograph of a Farman 



airplane taking off from street between White House and State, War, and 



Navy Building. 

 Cannon, James, Office of Pitblic Information, U.S. Atomic Energy Commis- 

 sion, Washington, D.C: Two photographs of atomic bombs (WWII). 

 Coleman, "Cole," New Orleans, La.: One 12-X-I5I/2" photograph of Lindbergh. 

 Cox, Jere, Braniff Airways, Dallas, Texas: 19 8-x-lO" photographs (14 of 



Braniff type of aircraft and 5 of presentation ceremonies and T. E. Braniff) ; 



organization chart; chart showing Braniff routes; also four fact sheets. 

 Douglas Aircraft Co., Inc., Santa Monica, Calif. : Two sets of drawings of 



Douglas "World Cruisers." 

 Downer Aircraft Industries, Inc., Alexandria, Minn. : Photographs, miscel- 

 laneous data on Bellanca 260. 

 Early Bird Organization, E. A. Goff, Jr. : Early Bird files. 

 Fairchild Engineering and Aircraft Corp., Hagerstown, Md. : Specifications of 



the Fairchild F27 and F27A. 



