Scope and Contents The Joseph G. Broz album documents Broz’s experience serving with the 27th Aero Squadron and First Pursuit Group during World War I. The album, assembled by Broz in 1979, includes an extensive first-hand narrative describing the everyday life of a soldier in the unit, illustrated by a variety of photographs. Many of the photographs were taken by Broz himself, although at least two were taken by the squadron’s unofficial photographer, Eugene “Tex” Branshaw. Broz begins the...

Scope and Contents The August Kern Aviation Collection contains August Kern, Jr.’s reminisces about early aviation in St. Louis, as well as accompanying photographs showing pilots and planes. The collection includes 11 scrapbook pages and one photocopy of a scrapbook page, as well as the text of a “History of Aviation in St. Louis” presentation that Kern gave in 1968, probably to members of the OX5 Club; the draft of an essay or presentation regarding Kern’s personal experiences; and a 1959 letter to Joseph W....

Scope and Contents The Spirit of St. Louis Snapshot Collection contains six snapshots showing the Spirit of St. Louis airplane and Charles Lindbergh. The photographs appear to have been taken in the Ryan Airlines hangar in San Diego, California, likely right after the plane was built. Several men, including Ryan Airlines founder Claude Ryan, are shown posing in front of the plane and fueling it with a gasoline can. One snapshot shows Charles Lindbergh, without the plane. The collection also includes an...