Archives and Special Collections
Auburn University Special Collections and Archives
The Aviation and Aerospace Collection contains materials on the history of both military and commercial aviation. Among the holdings are the papers of Eddie Rickenbacker and University Aviation Association records.
Batesville (Indiana) Memorial Public Library
Bowling Green State University, Center for Archival Collections
Brigham Young University
Aviation related materials in Special Collections include photographs, early aviation printed material, Willis Carl Jackson and Holden C. Richardson Aviation Papers, Utah aviation history files, interviews from the Western Aviation Oral History project, and other collections.
CAF Airpower Museum, Nolen Research Center and Airpower Archives
The Research Center and Archives contain books, magazines, technical manuals, videos, and research files on military history with a focus on American airpower, particularly during World War II.
California Institute of Technology
California State University, Dominguez Hills
Collections include the 1910 Los Angeles International Aviation Meet Research Collection; a related digital collection on the air meet is also available.
Canada Aviation and Space Museum. Library and Archives
The Library and Archives is dedicated to fostering an understanding of the role aviation played in Canadian history as well as Canada's contributions to the development of aviation worldwide. The collection includes books, periodicals, technical manuals, research photographs, corporate and personal archival collections, as well as the Austro-Hungarian Aero-Technical Society of Vienna collection.
Claremont Colleges Library, Special Collections
Holdings include the James Carruthers Memorial Aviation Collection.
Cornell University, Weill Medical College
Personal papers and manuscripts include the papers of Hugh deHaven.
Dayton Metro Library
Holdings in the Local History Room include the Wright Brothers Collection.
East Carolina University, Joyner Library
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Aviation Safety and Security Archives
This repository on Embry-Riddle's Prescott (AZ) campus holds records and papers of safety scientists, accident investigators, and organizations involved in aviation safety and security, as well as safety and security-related published materials.
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, University Archives
Located at the Daytona Beach (FL) campus, the University Archives document the history of Embry-Riddle.
Evergreen Aviation and Space Museum, Library and Archives Resource Center
Under "Teacher Resources," select "Research Library" for information about the Library and Archives collections.
Georgia State University, Southern Labor Archives
The archives' collections document Southern workers and their unions, including the Association of Flight Attendants, Eastern Airlines, the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, the Professional Air Traffic Controllers Union, as well as individuals involved in these organizations and in labor actions in the aviation/aerospace industry.
Grand Rapids (Michigan) Public Library, Grand Rapids History and Special Collections Department
The Henry Ford
Iowa State University Library, Special Collections
Kansas Aviation Museum
Library of Congress
Numerous aviation-related collections are held by the Manuscript Division and Prints and Photographs Division. Additional collections may be found in other divisions, including the Science, Technology, and Business Division (L'Aerophile collection) and the Microform Reading Room (Europaische Beitrage zur Geschichte des Weltkrieges II, 1939-1945: Luftkrieg/European contributions to the history of World War II, 1939-1945: air war).
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Institute Archives and Special Collections
Minnesota Historical Society
Missouri Historical Society
Museum of Flight (Seattle)
The museum's Research Center includes the Harl V. Brackin Library, the Dahlberg Center for Military Aviation History, the Archives and Artifact Collections.
National Air and Space Museum, Archives Division
The Archives Division holds approximately twelve hundred collections including personal and professional papers of individuals, corporate and organizational records, and artificial collections. These collections include visual, textual, and audio documentary materials on the history of flight from ancient times to the present, and many emphasize technical aspects of aircraft and propulsion systems.
National Archives and Records Administration
National Naval Aviation Museum, Emil Buehler Library
Holdings include manuscripts, books and technical manuals, photographs, oral recollections, and subject files primarily focusing on the development of U.S. Naval Aviation from 1911 to the present.
Nebraska State Historical Society, Library/Archives Division
North Carolina State University
Norwich University, Archives and Special Collections
Oregon Aviation Historical Society
Royal Air Force Museum London
San Diego Air and Space Museum, Library and Archives
Seattle Public Library, Special Collections at the Central Library
The Aviation History Collection focuses on design, manufacturing, and marketing of airplanes from 1930 to 1950.
Smithsonian Institution
State Historical Society of North Dakota
Syracuse University Archives
The Syracuse University Archives has established a special archives on the Pan Am Flight 103/Lockerbie Air Disaster to bring together and make available materials about the disaster and to provide a place to memorialize the victims.
Texas A&M University — Commerce
Collections include the Jeana Yeager Aviation Collection.
University of Alabama in Huntsville, Salmon Library
Archives and Special Collections holds the Aircraft Engine Historical Society collection, as well as papers of aeronautical engineers.
University of California, Santa Barbara
University of Illinois Archives
University of Miami Libraries, Special Collections
University of Missouri-Columbia, Western Historical Manuscript Collection
Aviation related collections include Cantwell Aircraft Company records and Leonard McMullin papers.
University of Missouri-St. Louis, Western Historical Manuscript Collection
Aviation related collections include records of the U.S. Pilots Association.
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
University of New Hampshire, Milne Special Collections and Archives
University of New Orleans
University of Oklahoma Libraries
The Western History Collections holds records and original materials on aviation and air transport in the United States and Latin America.
University of Oregon Libraries
Rare books collections include the Hallett Cole Zeppelin Collection and Lighter-than-Air Library.
University of South Carolina, Rare Books and Special Collections
Collections include the Guinn Collection of Military Aviation and History.
University of South Carolina, South Caroliniana Library
Manuscript collections include Eastern Air Lines records relating to operations in South Carolina, John K. Montgomery (Tri-American Aviation Company) papers, Martin C. Dexter papers, and papers of aviators and flight instructors.
University of Texas at Austin, Briscoe Center for American History
The Eugene C. Barker Texas History Collection includes materials related to early military aviation in the Southwest.
University of Texas at Austin, Harry Ransom Center
The University of Texas at Dallas, McDermott Library Special Collections Dept.
The History of Aviation Collection is the official repository for Civil Air Transport and Air America and also holds numerous other collections on aviation history including the Charles E. Rosendahl Lighter-than-Air Collection and archival collections related to the history of Chance Vought.
University of Utah, Marriott Library
Special Collections include the Aviation-Early Flight Photograph Collection, Dean R. Brimhall papers, Alberta Hunt Nicholson papers, and other aviation related collections.
University of Vermont Libraries
University of Virginia, Small Special Collections Library
University of Washington Libraries
University of Western Ontario, Benson Special Collections
Holdings include the Beatrice Hitchins Collection of Aviation History.
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Archives
Collections include the papers of aviation historian George Hardie.
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Special Collections
Collections include the George Hardie Aviation and Aerospace History Collection. Selections from the Hardie Collection may be viewed on-line in the Special Collections Department's digital collections.
University of Wisconsin-Parkside
Manuscript collections include the John Sullivan collection of aviation materials.
University of Wyoming, American Heritage Center
See their Guide to Transportation History Resources for information on aviation and aerospace related collections; additional collections may also be available.
U.S. Air Force Academy
Virginia Tech University Libraries
The Special Collections department includes the Archives of American Aerospace Exploration.
Wayne State University, Walter P. Reuther Library
The Reuther Library preserves the documentary and visual heritage of the American labor movement, related reform movements, and individual participants. The library's holdings include records, publications, and other materials related to organizations such as the Airline Pilots Association and Associated Flight Attendants, as well as papers of individuals involved with these organizations, individuals who have studied air transportation labor issues, and journalists who covered labor issues in the aviation industry.
West Virginia University Libraries
The West Virginia and Regional History Collection includes papers of aviators and others involved with aviation.
Western Canada Aviation Museum
Western Michigan University
Western Reserve Historical Society
Aviation related collections include the TRW, Inc. (Thompson Ramo Wooldridge) records, Myron T. Herrick papers, Clifford Henderson papers, Air Foundation Records, aviation history vertical file, and other collections.
Wheaton College, Archives and Special Collections
Collections include the records of Mission Aviation Fellowship, the John R. Wells mission aviation history collection, and oral histories and personal papers related to mission aviation.
Wichita State University
Wisconsin Historical Society
Wright State University Libraries
In addition to the Wright Brothers Collection, the Special Collections Department holds numerous collections from individuals, organizations, and companies, as well as aviation ephemera. Guides to the aviation history collections and aerospace medicine and human factors collections are available.
Yale University, Sterling Memorial Library
Manuscripts and Archives holds a number of aviation related collections, including the papers of Charles A. Lindbergh and Anne Morrow Lindbergh.
This list of archives and special collections with aviation-related holdings is a work in progress. Please send suggestions for additional entries to prasasa@erau.edu.