SECRETARY’S REPORT 133 
Lers, Mrs. WALTER L., Turlock, Calif.: Scrapbooks containing photographs and 
clippings pertaining to the career of her late husband as a pilot from 1912 
until his recent death; including references to his flight instruction of Gen. 
William Mitchell in 1917 and his establishing, with F. A. Brossy, of an 8414- 
hour nonrefueled duration record in 1931 (loan). 
Loneo, Rosert R., Wichita, Kans.: Copies of “The Ford Story,” by William T. 
Larkins, and “Operation Grasshopper,” by Dario Politella. 
Move. AERONAUTICAL PrEss, Lrp., Watford, England : 23 copies of “Aero Modeller” 
magazine. 
Navy, DEPARTMENT OF THE, Washington, D.C.: 3-view dimensioned scale draw- 
ings of aircraft: Curtiss F8C-1 and F9C, the Wright “Apache,” and the PN-9. 
Por, Mrs. Morcan, Washington, D.C.: 4 photographs of the Wright family: 
Bishop Milton Wright and Wilber, Orville, and Katherine Wright as children. 
Ransom, ArrHur K., Freehold, N.J.: Copy of “The Curtiss Standard JN4-D 
Military Tractor Handbook.” 
Rowe, Grorrrey, Ontario, Canada: Posters prepared in World War II illustrating 
aircraft of that period, and used for training personnel to recognize friend 
from foe. 
SEMPLE, Mrs. CECELLA, Shirley, L.I., N.Y.: 12 contemporary photographs of the 
Wright EX airplane “Vin Fiz’ in which Calbraith Perry Rodgers made the 
first transcontinental flight, 1911. 
SHort, V. R., Clinton, Conn.: A collection of photographs of helicopters illus- 
trating progress in design during the past 50 years. 
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, Washington, D.C. (River Basin Surveys, Missouri 
Basin Project, through Robert L. Stephenson): A collection of aeronautical 
photographs, taken by Nathaniel L. Dewell, pertaining principally to the 
airmail service operated by the U.S. Post Office Department during the 1920’s. 
SULLIVAN, R. O. D., JR., Washington, D.C.: A collection of photographs illus- 
trating the aircraft and operations of the Aeromarine and Pan American air- 
lines during the 1920’s, when the donor’s father was one of the pilots with 
those organizations. 
THorRSEN, ArTHOUR, Encino, Calif.: A copy of the booklet “The Story of Art Smith,” 
a pioneer pilot who in 1911 taught himself to fly in a homemade airplane, and 
continued in aviation until his death in 1926 while flying the mail. 
UNDERWOOD & UNDERWOOD, New York, N.Y.: Photographs of Amelia Harhart 
(loan). 
UNION TITLE INSURANCE Co., San Diego, Calif.: A collection of photographs, per- 
taining mainly to aviation activities in the San Diego area, particularly those 
of Glenn Curtiss and his associates, and Charles Lindbergh and the Ryan Co., 
for the period 1911-32. 
Unirep Arrcrart Corp., East Hartford, Conn. (through Charles Stewart and 
Harvey Lippincott): Texts pertaining to aeronautical history and develop- 
ment, including several describing Pratt and Whitney engines. 
VERVILLE, ALFRED, Washington, D.C.: A scrapbook of photographs associated 
with the lender’s career as an aircraft designer from 1913 to the middle 1930’s, 
including many pertaining to Glenn Curtiss (loan). 
VILLARD, HEeNRy, Washington, D.C.: Scrapbooks and contemporary pamphlets 
pertaining to airships, airplanes, and air meets from the early 1900’s to the 
latter 1920’s, most of the material related to the lender’s personal association 
with air history. 
WHEELER, Mrs. HupparD, Washington, D.C.: Three photographs of the “Spirit 
of St. Louis” made during Lindbergh’s landing at the Virgin Islands, January 
31, 1928. 
