Thomas Parker Emery - a local community college art instructor, mural painter, designer, and sculptor - was commissioned to restore the March of Transportation murals painted by Juan Larrinaga in the Ford Building, which currently houses the San Diego Air and Space Museum. This Collection includes materials related to the restoration and general information about the San Diego Air and Space Museum.

The collection contains items reflecting the history of the San Diego Ford Building, including many articles on its history, news clippings, proposals, correspondence, and photocopies of photographs.

The materials were collected, acquired, and donated to the San Diego Air & Space Museum over a long period of time and used as background material to create the book Wheels to Wings, in preparation for the Ford Building's 75th anniversary in 2010.