This collection documents the history of the Atlas Missile program at Convair/General Dynamics.

Frank Courtney started his aviation career in 1913, flying in World War I, World War II, and serving in commercial and military aviation for decades. His collection contains IDs, passports, and journals from 1922-1971.

John Calvin Ferguson was a model builder in the 1960s at Ryan Aeronautics, Convair Division of General Dynamics Corporation and a plastic fabricator and machinist at Cubic Corporation.

The paraphernalia of this collection comes from Stan Hodges, Art Director at Convair in the mid-1950s and 1960s. He designed many of the posters that were placed in the plant, as well as the General Dynamics sign.

This is a one series collection of General Dynamics newsletters (General Dynamics News [GDN] and General Dynamics World [GDW]), which are organized by date, then by edition.

Mark Irwin worked for Convair as the Chief of the Film and Video Group from 1944 to 1977, during one of the most innovative and productive time periods of the company’s existence. His work covers Convair’s premier programs such as the Seadart, the R3Y Tradewind, the Atlas ballistic missile, the POGO and the Tomahawk cruise missile.

The collection contains materials collected by and related to Ernest Allen Millar during his career working on the Atlas Rocket program. The collections contains certificates and documents, but is mostly photographs.

Roy Standefer worked on the Lunar Module for the Apollo Program.

The collection contains materials collected by and related to Warren Wendt during his career with General Dynamics. The collection includes documents, correspondence, news articles and clippings, and photographs.