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Lighter Than Air Aircraft

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Theodore Oliver Bolduc Photo Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SDASM-SC-10211
Abstract

Theodore “Ted” Bolduc was born on New Year’s Day in 1919 in Augusta, Maine to Michael and Jeanette Bolduc. He was their only son and grew up with two younger sisters, Violette and Anita. Ted enlisted in the Navy at the start of World War II and served as an Aviation Photographer, assigned primarily to "Lighter Than Air" (blimp) squadrons in Georgia and Florida.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1919 - 2010

Daniel M. Burns Personal Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SDASM-SC-10260
Abstract The collection contains articles, newspaper clippings, research notes, drawings, and photographs relating to lighter-than-air airships of all types. This is primarily a subject collection but has been cataloged as a collection of personal papers because it contains some personal effects (membership cards, correspondence, photographs) created and maintained by Daniel M. Burns. This collection includes photos. The photographs are not separated and are left in situ to preserve the original...
Dates: Majority of material found within 1970 - 1999

Henry Cord Meyer LTA Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SDASM-SC-10194
Abstract

The bulk of the collection is research material relating to the development of lighter-than-air (LTA) craft in the post World War I period. The Hoover Institution Archives at Stanford University holds a related collection, the Henry Cord Meyer Papers, 1915-1963.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1913 - 2017