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John Lansing Callan papers, 1907-1956

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BOX 1 Diaries and Notebooks, 1914-1919
Diaries for the years 1917 to 1919 and notebooks beginning in 1914. The focus is on aviation with the exception of a record of Callan’s duty on the Seattle (cruiser) and at Le Moutchic, France, in 1917.
Arranged chronologically.
BOX 1 1914-1919, undated
BOX 2-5 Correspondence, 1909-1956
Letters received and copies of letters sent, including business, personal, general, and official correspondence, memoranda, and related reports.
Arranged chronologically.
BOX 2 1909-1915
BOX 3 1916-1918
BOX 4 1919-1945
BOX 5 1946-1956, undated
BOX 6 Orders to Duty, 1917-1948
Orders to duty from Callan’s enlistment in the navy to his retirement.
Arranged chronologically.
BOX 6 1917-1948
BOX 7-9 Subject File, 1912-1950
Printed matter, correspondence, reports, blueprints, clippings, and miscellaneous material.
Arranged alphabetically by subject or topic and therein chronologically.
BOX 7 “America” flight proposed, 1914
BOX 7 Campini-Caproni jet airplane controversy, 1922-1923, 1950
BOX 7 Convention to establish rules for aircraft navigation, 1917-1919
BOX 7 Curtiss Aeroplane Co., 1912-1917
BOX 7 Blueprints
BOX 7 Contracts
BOX 7 Invoices
BOX 7 Miscellany
BOX 7 Press releases
BOX 7 Specifications
BOX 7 Decorations and medals
BOX 7 Board of Review
BOX 7 Awards for foreign officials, 1946
BOX 7 Chronological file
BOX 7 1944-1945
BOX 8 1946-1947
(4 folders)
BOX 8 Report, 1945-1947
BOX 8 World War I recommendations, 1919-1920
BOX 8 Inter-American Commission on Commercial Aviation, 1927
BOX 8 Naval officer commission recommendation, 1937-1950
BOX 8 “Operation Crossroads,” 1945-1946
BOX 9 Paris Peace Conference, Aeronautical Technical Subcommittee, Paris, France, 1919
BOX 9 United States embassy, Rome, Italy, 1941
BOX 9 United States Naval Air Station, Le Moutchic, France, 1917-1918
BOX 10-14 Miscellany, 1907-1955
Correspondence, biographical material, charts and maps, financial papers, lists and addresses, newspaper clippings, notes and memoranda, photographs, photomaps, and printed matter.
Arranged alphabetically by subject or type of material.
BOX 10 Awards and decorations, 1917-1948, undated
BOX 10 Biographical file, 1914-1955, undated
BOX 11 Drawings, blueprints, and maps, undated
BOX 11 Financial papers, 1915-1923, 1942-1952
BOX 11 Identification and membership cards, 1912-1954, undated
BOX 11 Lists and addresses, 1934-1954, undated
BOX 12 Maps, charts, photographs, and photo maps, undated See Oversize
BOX 12 Newspaper clippings, 1912-1954, undated
BOX 13 Notes, memoranda, and fragments, 1918-1952, undated
BOX 13 Photographs, undated
BOX 13 Photomaps of Europe, undated
BOX 14 Printed matter, 1907-1954, undated
BOX OV 1 Oversize, undated
Maps, charts, photographs, and photo maps.
Arranged and described according to the series, containers, and folders from which the items were removed.
BOX OV 1 Miscellany
BOX OV 1 Maps, charts, photographs, and photomaps, undated (Container 12)

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