00358 REPUBLIC AIRLINES: An Inventory of Its Records at the Minnesota Historical Society Finding aid prepared by John M. Wickre. Minnesota Historical Society
St. Paul MN.

Manuscripts Collection

 Text converted and initial EAD tagging provided by Apex Data Services, June 1999. Finding aid written inEnglish January 3, 2013 Restrictions expired September 2010 Photographs reprocessed by John Donlan and seven boxes were eliminated; inventory revised by David Peterson August 2008 Converted from EAD Version 1.0 to Version 2002 by Monica Manny Ralston, Daniel Sher, and Joyce Chapman. February 4, 2009 Addition OVERVIEW Minnesota Historical Society Republic Airlines. Republic Airlines records. 1940-1986. Corporate records and subject files related to Republic Airlines (1979-1986) and its predecessor and acquired lines, including North Central Airlines (1952-1979) and its predecessor, Wisconsin Central Airlines (ca.1940s-1952); Southern Airways (ca.1940-1979); and Air West/Hughes Airwest (1968-1980) and its predecessors, Bonanza Air Lines (ca.1940s-1968), Southwest Airways (ca.1940s-1958), Pacific Air Lines (ca.1958-1968), and West Coast Airlines (ca.1940s-1968). 56.25 cu. ft. (50 boxes, 50 microfilm reels, and 22 items in oversized folder). See Detailed Description section for shelf locations. HISTORICAL NOTE

Republic Airlines was a publicly-held, Minneapolis-based carrier providing air transportation to the traveling and shipping public. It was created in 1979 by the merger of North Central Airlines and Southern Airways; in 1980 it acquired Hughes Airwest. North Central Airlines was established in December, 1952, when Wisconsin Central Airlines officially changed its name to North Central Airlines. Wisconsin Central was founded in 1944 and served communities in Wisconsin, Illinois, upper Michigan, and Minnesota. North Central expanded service to include communities in Iowa, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, and other states, as well as some in Canada. Southern Airways, which was established in 1949, provided airline service to communities in the southeastern portion of the United States.

Hughes Airwest was officially established in April, 1970, after the Civil Aeronautics Board (CAB) approved the 1969 purchase of Air West by Hughes Tool Co., which was owned by industrialist and aviator Howard Hughes. The short-lived Air West was created in April, 1968, by the merger of three western regional carriers: West Coast Airlines, Pacific Air Lines (known as Southwest Airways until 1958), and Bonanza Air Lines. West Coast Airlines provided service to communities in Washington, Oregon, Idaho, and Montana. Southwest Airways served communities in California and Oregon; Pacific Air Lines continued flying in these states and expanded service to include communities in Nevada and Washington. Bonanza Air Lines provided service to communities in California, Nevada, Arizona, and Utah. Air West and Hughes Airwest served communities in the eight states previously served by their predecessor companies (Arizona, California, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, and Washington), and some in Canada and Mexico as well.

 SCOPE AND CONTENTS

The collection includes historical background materials, annual reports, route maps, flight schedules, and information on mergers and acquisitions. There are printed items related to local and regional air service (ca. 1949-1976); advertising material; information on aircraft; Civil Aeronautics Board documents (including some with significant historical information); employee labor agreements, manuals, and other files; photographs, movies and videocassettes; audiotapes; microfilmed news clippings; and printed and semi-print materials such as departmental memoranda, newsletters, employee magazines, and in-flight magazines.

ARRANGEMENT

These documents are organized into the following sections:

Background Materials Republic Airlines Records North Central Airlines Records Wisconsin Central Airlines Records Southern Airways Records Air West/Hughes Airwest Records Bonanza Air Lines Records Pacific Air Lines Records Southwest Airways Records West Coast Airlines Records Sound and Visual Materials RELATED MATERIALS

Records of Republic's successor, Northwest Airlines, are also in the Minnesota Historical Society manuscript collections.

 CATALOG HEADINGS

This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the Minnesota Historical Society. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons or places should search the catalog using these headings.

Topics: Advertising--Airlines--United States. Aeronautics, Commercial--United States. Airlines--United States. Airlines--United States--Employees. Airplanes. Local service airlines--United States. Organizations: Air West. Bonanza Airlines. Hughes Airwest. North Central Air Lines. Pacific Air Lines. Southern Airways. Southwest Airways Company. United States. Civil Aeronautics Board. West Coast Airlines. Wisconsin Central Airlines. Types of Documents: Audiotapes. Microforms. Motion pictures. Photographs. Videocassettes. ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION Preferred Citation:

[Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. Republic Airlines Records. Minnesota Historical Society.

See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional examples.

Microfilm Production:

M579: St. Paul, Minn.: Minnesota Historical Society, 1995. 35 microfilm reels; 35 mm.

M580: St. Paul, Minn.: Minnesota Historical Society, 1994. 15 microfilm reels; 35 mm.

Microfilm is available for sale or interlibrary loan from the Minnesota Historical Society.

 Location of Originals:

Original clippings (52.25 cu. ft.) were disposed after microfilming.

 Accession Information:

Accession number: 13,862; 15,187; 15,188; 16,339

 Processing Information:

Processed by: John M. Wickre, May 1989

Catalog ID number: 1711558

 DETAILED DESCRIPTION Background Materials 149.I.11.1B 1 Local air service background materials, [ca. 1949]-1976. Miscellaneous items, [ca. 1949]-1976. Flight magazine, 1962, 1964, 1970. 2 folders.

Annual local/regional air service issues.

 Flight's Local Air Transport Yearbook, 1973-1975. Association of Local Transport Airlines reports: Public Benefits Provided by the Local Airline Industry, 1961, 1967, 1973. 142.C.2.3 39 Air Transport Association maps, 1950s-1960s. +168 Official airline map of the U.S., 1963. Republic Airlines Records 149.I.11.1B 1 Historical background materials: Miscellany, [ca. 1979]-1980s. North Central / Southern merger to form Republic Airlines, 1979-1980. 3 folders. Hughes Airwest acquisition by Republic, 1980. Republic merger into Northwest Airlines, 1986. Route maps, [ca. 1980s]. Annual reports, 1979-1983. Financial materials, [ca. 1979]-1980s. 2 folders. Officers, [ca. 1980s]. Telephone directories, 1980, 1983. 2 folders. Flight schedules, 1982-1985. 4 folders. Advertising files: "Awareness Study," 1983. "Monitor Study," 1983. Advertising materials, [ca. 1980s. ] 3 folders. 2 Advertising materials, [ca. 1980s. ] 5 folders. 149.I.11.2F Gift catalogs, [ca. 1980s]. Aircraft: DC-9 misc. DC-9 pilots' handbook, 1979. 3 folders. Boeing 727 pilots' handbook, 1983. Maintenance and stores computer system (SCEPTRE), 1979-1980. Noise abatement, 1981. Air freight, [ca. 1980s]. Air mail service: First day and commemorative event covers,1934-1969.

Commemorative air mail envelopes used upon the inauguration of new air mail routes and collected by Tollie Glaves, Superintendent of Mail for Frontier Airlines. Many of the envelopes have post-mark to delivery times noted on them.

 Airports, [ca. 1980s]. CAB misc., [ca. 1980s]. Customer Service Division miscellaneous, [ca. 1980s]. 3 Customer Service Division memos, 1981-1984. 3 folders. 149.I.11.3B Employee miscellany, [ca. 1980s]. Employee name lists, 1982-1983. Employee relations: strike, 1983. Employee manuals: Miscellaneous. Flight attendant, [ca. 1979]-1981. 2 folders. Flight attendant, 1983. Flight attendant emergency manual, 1980. Hazardous materials manual, [ca. 1977]-1981. Reservation agent, [ca. 1980s]. 3 folders. Station manual, [ca. 1980]-1981. 2 folders. 4 Employee manuals: 149.I.11.4F Station manual, [ca. 1980]-1981. 6 folders. Flight Operations Dept.: The Ungarbled Word (newsletter), 1979-1983. Industrial Relations Dept. Bulletin / Reporter, 1981-1984. Marketing and communications plan, 1981. Marketing miscellany, [ca. 1980s]. Open house, 1983. "Operation Self-Help," 1981. Operations reports (sample of "Daily Report of Operations and Traffic"), 1980. Passenger service: Passenger Service Dept. memos, 1980-1981. Complimentary letters received, [ca. 1980s]. Convention travel service, [ca. 1980s]. Public Relations Dept. memos, 1979-1980. Miscellaneous items, [ca. 1980s]. Publications: Miscellaneous, [ca. 1980s]. Extra Section (Corporate Communications Dept. newsletter), 1979-1984. 3 folders. Go News (Sales Administration newsletter), 1980-1981. SATO [military Sales and Traffic Offices?] Plane Exchange, [ca. 1982]-1983. 5 Republic Museum / Katie Childs records: 149.I.11.5B Correspondence and miscellaneous papers, [ca. 1980]-1983. 7 folders. Museum inventory, [ca. 1981]. Donations. Oral history interview summaries. Photos. Planning, 1981. Progress report, 1983. Proposals, 1980-1983. 2 folders. 6 News releases, 1979-1986. 22 folders. 149.I.11.6F 7 In-flight magazines given to passengers: 149.I.11.7B Republic Scene, 1979-1983. 7 folders. Republic, 1984. 144.C.4.6F 36 Oversize materials: Advertising materials. Republic People (employee magazine), 1979-1983. Route maps, photos, and miscellany. 142.C.2.3 39 Organization charts, 1979-1983. 4 folders. Route maps. Advertising materials. Aircraft. +168 Flat-filed oversize materials, [ca. 1979]-1980s: Route maps, 1979, 1982. 3 items. Advertising posters. 3 items. Newspaper Clippings, 1979-1984. 15 microfilm reels.

This microfilm reproduces loose newspaper (and some magazine) clippings documenting Republic Airlines activities at the local, regional, and national levels. The clippings are arranged chronologically by year and month. They are not in order by day within each month, and some are not correctly filed by month. Most of the clippings were collected for the airlines by clipping services. A "citation" slip attached to most of these articles gives the title, place of publication, and date of the newspaper (or magazine) in which the article appeared. Beginning in 1982 there are many newspaper pages containing articles pertaining to the airlines that were not clipped. Some of these articles are marked; those that are not usually can be identified by their headlines.

 M580 1 March, May-November 1979. M580 2 December 1979-March 1980. M580 3 April-August 1980. M580 4 September-October 1980. M580 5 November-December (part) 1980. M580 6 December (part) 1980. M580 7 Unsorted 1981; January-February 1981. M580 8 March-May 1981. M580 9 June-October 1981. M580 10 November 1918-February 1982; Unsorted 1982. M580 11 March-June 1982. M580 12 July 1982-March 1983; Unsorted 1983. M580 13 April-September 1983. M580 14 October-December 1983.

Also includes magazine articles and "Clips from P.R." for 1983.

 M580 15 January-April 1984.

Also includes "Clips from P.R." for 1984.

 North Central Airlines Records: 149.I.11.8F 8 Historical background materials: Miscellaneous, [ca. 1948]-1979. Serling, Robert J., Six Planes and a Duck (typescript company history), [ca. 1972].

[Published as Ceiling Unlimited, 1973?]

 DeCoursin, G. F. (NC director): correspondence file, 1953-1954. Merger with Southern Airways, 1979. Route maps. Officers. Annual reports, 1953-1978. 3 folders. Financial miscalleny. 2 folders. Telephone directories, 1954-1978. 2 folders. Flight schedules, 1956-1979. 4 folders. Advertising materials. 6 folders.

Printed items (both black and white and color) advertising airline services.

 9 Advertising materials. 149.I.11.9B

Printed items (mostly black and white single-page advertising proofs).

 10 Advertising materials. 3 folders. 149.I.11.10F

Printed items (both black and white and color) advertising airline services.

 Aircraft: Miscellaneous. Engineering requests, 1952-1955. DC-3 misc., [ca. 1952]-1960. DC-3 maintenance manual, [ca. 1950]-1953. DC-3 #728, [ca. 1960s]-1975; incl. 1975 donation to Henry Ford Museum. Convair 340 and 580, [ca. 1959]-1960s. DC-9, [ca. 1960s]-1970s. Air freight, [ca. 1960s]-1970s. Airmail, [ca. 1950s]-1970s. Airports, [ca. 1950s]-1970s. CAB documents, 1950s: Docket 3207 et al, Chicago-Twin Cities Case, [ca. 1957]. 2 volumes. Docket 4251 et al, Great Lakes Area Case, [ca. 1957]. 3 volumes and 1 folder. Docket 5770 et al, Lake Central Airlines acquisition, [ca. 1955]-1957. 11 CAB documents, 1950s-1970: 149.I.12.1B Docket 5770 (continued), Lake Central Airlines acquisition, [ca. 1955]-1957. 3 volumes and 1 folder. Docket 6050, Renewal Case, 1953. 1 volume. Miscellaneous 6000- and 7000-series dockets. Docket 6411 et al, Chicago-Detroit Route Case, [ca. 1955]. 1 volume and 1 folder. Docket 7454 et al, Seven States Area Investigation, [ca. 1958]-1959. Miscellaneous 8000- through 17000-series dockets, [ca. 1950s]-1960s. 3 folders. Docket 13743, North Central Area Airline Service Airport Investigation, 1964. Docket 16928 et al, Detroit / Erie / Toronto Case, 1966. Miscellaneous 18000-series dockets. Docket 18828 et al, Denver - Twin Cities Service Investigation, 1968. Docket 19097, Twin Cities - Milwaukee Long-haul Investigation, 1970. 1 volume and 1 folder. Docket 19692, Twin Cities - Milwaukee Short-haul Investigation, 1970. 12 CAB documents, 1970s-1980: 149.I.12.2F Docket 20267, Twin Cities - Milwaukee Southeast Points Investigation, 1969. 1 volume. Miscellaneous 19000- to 34000-series dockets. 3 folders. Docket 27758, Detroit-Boston Nonstop Route Proceeding. Docket 34136, Chicago/Texas/Southeast-Western Mexico Route Proceeding, 1980. Deregulation, [ca. 1977]. Employee miscellaneous, [ca. 1950s]-1970s. Employee names, [ca. 1970s]. Employees: flight attendants' misc., [ca. 1960s]-1970s. Employee manuals: Air traffic control, undated. Emergency and accident manual, 1958. Flight attendant manual, 1954. Flight attendant manual, 1970. Ground equipment manual, 1961. Ground operations manual, [ca. 1970s]. 2 folders. 13 Operations manual, 1948-1953. 149.I.12.3B Operations manual, 1951. Pilot training manual, 1970s. Sales guide, 1967. Sales manual, 1966. Station guides, [ca. 1960s]. Station managers handbook, undated. Traffic manual, 1963. Employee labor agreements: Clerical, etc., 1969-1980. 4 volumes. Machinists, 1953-1972. 9 volumes. Supervisors of mechanical personnel, 1962-1967. 3 volumes. Pilots, 1968. 1 volume. Station and related employees, 1955-1969. 6 volumes. Stewards and stewardesses, 1958-1981. 12 volumes. Flight Operations Dept.: The Ungarbled Word (newsletter), 1975. 1 issue. Industrial Relations Dept. Supervisor's Bulletin, 1972-1979. 2 folders. Lloyd Aero Boliviano contract and report, [ca. 1963]-1965. (North Central assistance of Bolivian airline;) 2 folders. Maintenance and Engineering Dept.: Safety Committee minutes, 1963-1981. Safety Committee reports, 1955-1961. 14 Service letters, 1958-1968. 4 folders. 149.I.12.4F Minneapolis headquarters dedication, 1969. Museum ("Northliner Museum"), 1970s. Passenger service misellany, [ca. 1950s]-1960s. Stationery samples, undated. Traffic and Sales Dept. Messages, 1970-1971, 1977-1978. Miscellaneous items. 3 folders. 15 Northliner (employee magazine), 1953-1979. 17 folders. 149.I.12.5B 16 Northliner (employee magazine), [ca. 1953]-1979 (unsorted.) 7 folders. 149.I.12.6F Northliar (April Fool issue), April 1957. Northliner (in-flight magazine), 1977, 1979. News releases, 1953-1954, 1970s. 5 folders. 144.C.4.7B 37 Oversize materials, [ca. 1952]-1979: Miscellaneous, including route maps, 1953-1970. Advertising materials. Aircraft. Calendars, 1955-1958. Consumer attitude report, 1970. Photos. Planning study for main base and corporate offices, Minneapolis, Minn., 1966. 142.C.2.4 40 Miscellaneous. Organization charts, 1950s-1960s. Maps. Advertising materials. 4 folders. Aircraft. Calendars, 1961-1965. +168 Flat-filed oversize materials: Advertising posters. 7 items. Aircraft: blueprint of DC-3 paint scheme, 1953. Clippings Scrapbooks:

The newspaper (and magazine) clippings document the air carrier's activities at the local and regional levels. The clippings are arranged in series according to format, i.e., clippings scrapbooks and/or loose clippings and, most often, in roughly chronological order by year and month within each series. Most of the clippings were selected by clipping services. A "citation" slip attached to most of them gives the title, place of publication, and date of the newspaper (or magazine) in which the article appeared.

M579 4 Volumes 1-3, July 1953-January 1956. M579 5 Volumes 4-6, January 1956-January 1958. M579 6 Volumes 7-7, January 1958-July 1959. M579 7 Volumes 9-11, January 1959-March 1961. M579 8 Volumes 12-16, March 1961-December 1967. M579 9 Volumes 17-20, August 1968-December 1969. M579 10 Volumes 21-23, January 1970-February 1972. M579 11 Volumes 24-26, February 1972-November 1973. M579 12 Volumes 27-29, November 1973-June 1975. M579 13 Volumes 30-32, July 1975-December 1977. M579 14 Volumes 33-34, January-December 1978. M579 15 Volume 35, December 1978-May 1979. Loose clippings, [195-]-1975, 1978-1979. Wisconsin Central Airlines Records 149.I.12.7B 17 Historical background materials, 1940s-1970s.

Includes information on WC predecessor, Four Wheel Drive Auto Company, Clintonville, Wis., [ca. 1939]-1946.

 Route maps, [ca. 1946]-1952. Annual reports, 1948-1951. Director's correspondence, 1948. Includes articles of incorporation. Flight schedules, [ca. 1946]-1952. Financial miscellaneous, 1948-1951. 5 folders. Aircraft: Miscellaneous Lockheed Electra 10A: Miscellany Flight manual, 1948. Maintenance manual, 1949. Maintenance bulletins and aircraft status reports, 1949. DC-3. Airmail. Airports. CAB documents, 1945-1950. 5 folders. 149.I.12.8F 18 CAB documents, 1951-1952. 3 folders. Employee manuals: Reservation manual, 1949. Steward training guide, 1952. Employee miscellany, [ca. 1946]-1952. Forms: Miscellaneous, [ca. 1946]-1952. Daily report of operations and traffic, 1948. Inaugural flights, 1952. Wisconsin State Planning Board reports, 1940-1945. 2 folders. Wisconsin State Aeronautics Board report, 1947. Northliner (employee newsletter), 1948-1951. 1 folder and 1 volume. News releases, [ca. 1952]. Miscellaneous. 144.C.4.7B 37 Oversize materials, [ca. 1940s]-1952: "Herman the Duck" logo, undated. 2 drawings. Miscellaneous. Photos. 142.C.2.4 40 Miscellaneous materials, [ca. 1940s]-1952. M579 1 Clippings scrapbooks 1-3, 1944, 1946-1948. 1 microfilm reel containing 3 scrapbooks. M579 2 Clippings scrapbooks 4-7, January 1949-April 1952. 1 microfilm reel containing 4 scrapbooks. M579 3 Clippings scrapbook (8), April 1952-July 1953. Loose clippings, 1952. Southern Airways Records 149.I.12.8F 18 Historical background materials, [ca. 1940s]-1970s. Merger with North Central, 1979. Annual reports, 1950-1978. 3 folders. Financial misc. Quarterly reports. Flight schedules, 1949, 1966. Executives' biographies. Telephone directories, 1974, 1978. Advertising materials, 1970s. Advertising materials related to Southern Scene magazine, 1968. Aircraft: DC-9, [ca. 1960s]-1970s. 19 Aircraft: DC-9, [ca. 1960s]-1970s. 149.I.12.9B Aircraft: Swearingen Metro II, [ca. 1977]. Air freight. Airports: Atlanta, Georgia. Airports: Jacksonville, Florida. CAB documents, 1944-1960s. 6 folders. Employee benefits, [ca. 1950s]-1970s. 2 folders. Employee credit union: annual reports, 1975, 1978. Employee labor agreements: pilots, 1960-1976. Employee manuals: Miscellaneous. 2 folders. Regulations, 1979. Sales and service, 1972. Station manual, [ca. 1969]-1979. 4 folders. 20 Station manual, [ca. 1969]-1979. 2 folders. 149.I.12.10F Employee uniforms. General Manager's planning book, 1969. Operations and financial study, 1948. Sales miscellany. Sales meetings, 1952-1973. 12 folders. Sales plans, 1959, 1968. 2 folders. Sales promotion manual, 1969. News releases. Newsletters. Misc. 21 Southernaire (employee magazine), 1950-1975. 4 folders and 12 volumes. 149.I.13.1B Southern Scene (inflight magazine), 1968-1969. 144.C.4.8F 38 Oversize materials: Miscellaneous. Southernaire, 1975-1978. Photos. 142.C.2.3 39 Miscellaneous materials, [ca. 1940s]-1979. +168 Flat-filed oversize materials, [ca. 1940s]-1979: Route maps, 1976-1978. 3 items. Advertising posters. 4 items. M579 16 Newspaper clippings, undated and 1950-1979.. Air West / Hughes Airwest Records 149.I.13.2F 22 Historical background materials. 4 folders. Hughes acquisition of Air West, 1968-1969. Republic acquisition of Hughes Airwest, 1980. Air West annual reports, 1967-1968.

Includes consolidated Bonanza, Pacific, and Air West annual reports for the year 1967.

 Route maps. Flight schedules, 1968-1980. 2 folders. Telephone directory, 1980. Executives' biographical material. 4 folders. Executive Committee reports, 1972-1975. 4 folders. Management newsletter, 1975. Advertising materials. 2 folders. 23 Advertising materials. 3 folders. 149.I.13.3B Aircraft: Miscellaneous. Fairchild F27, [ca. 1968]-1970s. Boeing 727. 4 folders. DC-9. Howard Hughes flying boat. 3 folders. Air freight. Airmail. Airports. 6 folders and 1 volume. Air Race Classic, 1978-1979.

Women's air race. 4 folders.

 24 CAB documents: 149.I.13.4F Miscellaneous 3 folders. American Airlines route exchange, 1973-1974. 2 folders. California Public Utilities Commission, [ca. 1978]-1980. Republic acquisition of Hughes Airwest, [ca. 1980]. 2 folders. Employee benefits. Employee labor agreements. Employees: flight attendants. Employee manuals. 6 folders. Fares tariffs, [ca. 1968]-1970. 25 Fares tariffs, [ca. 1970]-1973. 149.I.13.5B Financial miscellany. Frontier Airlines agreement, 1976-1979. Headquarters building, [ca. 1972]-1975. 3 folders. Sales miscellaneous. 2 folders. Miscellaneous files. 26 Miscellaneous files. 149.I.13.6F Employee newsletters: Air West News, 1968-1970. 3 folders. Hughes Airwest, 1970-1975. 3 folders. Inflight magazines: Air West, 1968-1969. 3 folders. Sundancer, 1972-1976. 1 folder and 4 volumes. 27 News releases, 1963-1969. 149.I.13.7B 28 News releases, 1969-1973. 149.I.13.8F 29 News releases, 1973-1976. 149.I.13.9B 30 News releases, 1976-1979. 149.I.13.10F 31 News releases, 1979-1980. 149.I.14.1B Teleflash, 1977-1980

News for employees.

 144.C.4.8F 38 Oversize materials, [ca. 1968]-1980. Miscellaneous. Advertising materials. Hughes Airwest, 1975-1979. Hughes Airwest predecessors: chronology. 142.C.2.3 39 Miscellaneous. Photos. M579 30 Newspaper Clippings: Air West, April 1968-April 1970. M579 31 Hughes Airwest Scrapbooks: Volumes 1-3, 1970-May 1974. M579 32 Volumes 4-6, October 1976-1979.

Includes coverage of Airwest-Frontier route exchange, Cabo San Lucas, and the Hughes Airwest Air Race Classic.

 Unbound clippings, April-May 1970. M579 33 Unbound clippings, June 1970-May 1978. M579 34 Unbound clippings, June 1978-April 1979. M579 35 Unbound clippings, May-December 1979. Bonanza Air Lines Records 149.I.14.2F 32 Historical background materials. Route maps. Annual reports, 1958-1966. Quarterly reports, 1962-1967. Flight schedules, 1952-1968. Advertising materials. 2 folders. Advertising: correspondence, 1958-1960. 5 folders. Advertising expenditures, 1960. Aircraft: Cessna 145, [ca. 1940s]. BAC 111, [ca. 1960s]. Fairchild F27, [ca. 1960s]. F27 maintenance manual, [ca. 1966]-1967. DC-9, [ca. 1960s]-1970s. Airmail, [ca. 1965]-1966. CAB documents, [ca. 1957]-1963. Employee miscellaneous. Employee labor agreements, 1963-1967. Fares tariffs, [ca. 1965]-1968. Geographical: Albuquerque, [ca. 1960]-1963. Geographical: Las Vegas, [ca. 1961]-1962. 149.I.14.3B 33 Miscellaneous items. Employee newsletters: B-Line, 1957-1958. Bonanza Weekly, 1965-1968. 4 folders. Inflight magazine: Big B, 1958-1965. 3 folders. 144.C.4.8F 38 Oversize mtaerials: Miscellaneous materials, [ca.1940s]-1968. 142.C.2.3 39 Miscellaneous materials, [ca.1940s]-1968. M579 28 Newspaper clippings (unbound), 1952-1953, 1965-April 1968. Clippings Scrapbooks: Volumes 1-3, 1960-1968. M579 29 Volumes 4-5, 1964-1965. Pacific Air Lines Records 149.I.14.3B 33 Historical background materials. Annual reports, 1957-1965. Flight schedules, 1967-1968. Advertising materials. Aircraft. Air freight. Airports. CAB documents. Employee labor agreements. Employee manuals: station manual, [ca. 1963]-1967. Employee miscellaneous, Fares tariffs, 1958-1967. Financial miscellaneous. 144.C.4.8F 38 Oversize materials: Empire Airlines and Pacific Air Lines, [ca. 1940s]-1968. M579 27 Newspaper clippings, 1958-1968. Southwest Airways Records 149.I.14.3B 33 Historical background materials. Annual reports, 1947-1948, 1955-1956. 149.I.14.4F 34 Army Air Force Class 44G: Class yearbook, 1944. The Thunderbird (newsletter), 1943-1944 (partial photocopies). CAB documents. Fares tariffs, 1957-1958. 144.C.4.8F 38 Oversize materials, [ca. 1940s]-1958. M579 26 Newspaper advertisements, 1950-1958. Clippings scrapbook, December 1955-December 1956. West Coast Airlines Records 149.I.14.4F 34 Historical background materials. Predecessor airlines: Alaska Southern Airways history, undated. Zimmerly Air Transport, [ca.1942]-1943. Empire Air Lines, [ca.1948]-1951. Articles of incorporation, 1941-1942. Annual reports, 1957, 1963-1966. Flight schedules, 1954-1968. Aircraft: DC-3. F27. DC-9. Airports: Wenatchee and Omak, Washington, 1954, 1960. CAB documents: West Coast Case (including Zimmerly exhibits), 1944-1946. 3 folders. Enforcement case, 1964. "Discover America" flight, 1967. Employee labor agreements, [ca. 1964]-1967. FAA operations specifications, 1967. Fares tariffs, [ca. 1965]-1967. "Statistics and boardings," 1946-1968. 3 folders. Miscellaneous. 2 folders. News releases, 1964-1967. 149.I.14.5B 35 Scenic Lines (newsletter), 1954-1960. Air West (magazine), 1963-1968. 4 folders. 144.C.4.8F 38 Oversize mtaerials, [ca. 1940s]-1968: Miscellaneous. 2 folders. Schoolchildren's trip scrapbook, 1969. M579 Clippings Scrapbooks: M579 17 Loose clippings and volumes 1-3, 1941-1944, 1946-1949.

Includes section of clippings (June 1954) from Aviation Week.

 M579 18 Volumes 4-6, 1950-1952. M579 19 Volumes 7-8, January 1953-August 1955. M579 20 Volume 9, August 1955-December 1956. M579 21 Volumes 10-11, January 1958-September 1959. M579 22 Volumes 12-13, July-December 1959, January 1961-January 1963. M579 23 Volume 14, January 1963-July 1964. M579 24 July 1964-March 1966. M579 25 Volumes 17-19, April 1966-March 1968. Sound and Visual Materials 149.I.14.6F 41 Photographs:

Photos of company operations, executives and employees, aircraft, and other views. Most are black and white 8 x 10-inch size; there also are some color views and slides. Some additional photos are mixed in with archival material in previous boxes.

 Air West/Hughes Air West: Aerial views, 1967. Aircraft, undated and 1943-1971.14 folders. Events, ceremonies, meetings, special flights, undated and 1960-1980.51 folders. Facilities and operations, 1961-1978.33 folders. 149.I.14.7B42Facilities and operations, undated and 1963-1982.34 folders. Geographic locations: Norway, undated. Passengers, 1965-1971.3 folders. Personnel, 1961-1978.30 folders. 149.I.14.8F43Personnel, 1958-1980. 61 folders. Sales: General sales meeting, 1970. Signs and billboards, undated and 1968-1969.3 folders. Bonanza Air Lines: Accidents, undated. Aircraft, undated. 6 folders. Events, ceremonies, meetings, special flights,undated and 1960-1962.4 folders. Facilities and operations, undated and 1958.4 folders. 149.I.14.9B44Facilities and operations, undated and 1956-1966.4 folders. Geographic locations: Orange County, 1957. Personnel, 1959-1973.15 folders. Miscellany, undated. North Central Airlines: Accidents, undated and 1956.4 folders. Aircraft, undated and 1955-1982.28 folders. 149.I.14.10F45Facilities and operations, 1962-1975.4 folders. Events, ceremonies, meetings, special flights, undated and 1950-1977.26 folders. Facilities and operations, undated and 1966-1975.13 folders. 149.I.15.1B46Facilities and operations, undated and 1955-1979.20 folders. Geographic locations, undated and 1970.9 folders. Passengers, undated and 1968.5 folders. Personnel, 1958-1977.4 folders. 149.I.15.2F47Personnel, undated and 1954-1981.49 folders. 149.I.15.3B48Personnel, undated and 1954-1978.24 folders. Sales, 1965. Miscellany, 1954-1973.4 folders. Republic Airlines: Personnel,undated.9 folders. MIscellany, undated. Southern Airways: Aircraft, undated. Events, ceremonies, meetings, special flights,1955-1969.5 folders. Facilities and operations, 1965-1969.6 folders. 149.I.15.4F49Facilities and operations, undated and 1959-1976.10 folders. Passengers, undated and 1964.2 folders. Personnel,undated and 1957-1978.25 folders. Signs and billboards, undated. Miscellany, undated and 1969.4 folders. West Coast Airlines: Aircraft,undated and 1964-1967.9 folders. Geographic locations, undated and 1966-1968.3 folders. Personnel, undated and 1956-1967.7 folders. Miscellany, undated and 1963-1966.3 folders. Wisconsin Central Airlines: Aircraft, 1948-1975.3 folders. Events, ceremonies, meetings, special fligts, undated and 1970.2 folders. Geographic locations: Green Bay, Wisconsin, 1948. Personnel, 1948-1952.6 folders. 149.I.19.7B57Miscellany, undated and 1952.3 folders. 149.I.19.7B 57 Moving image materials: Films (16mm): Bonanza Airlines commercials: [Old West theme: Airline pilot and Indians in a shoot-out], [ca.1965?]. 1 small reel (2-7/8" diameter).

30 seconds long; no sound.

Service to Salt Lake City, undated. 1 small reel (3-1/2" diameter).

1 minute long; sound.

North Central Airlines: First Higher Capacity DC-9 airplane, 1976.

DC-9 built by McDonnell Douglas Corp. for North Central Airlines. Shots of the plane in the air, on the runway, interior, etc.

Don Douglas - HMC: Arthur Godfrey/Old Terminal/Old DC-3 in Service/Smithsonian (Wright Bros.), undated. "Good People Make Our Airline Great," undated [1970?].

A largely promotional film with a descriptive voice-over describing the airline and various jobs. Shows fabrication, towers, computerized booking, baggage, food, terminals, and shots of New York City.

 Metropolitan Bass Float/Mississippi Wonder, undated. Pacific Airlines, undated.

These are several unspliced segments on a single reel in a 5" diameter metal canister.

Republic Airlines: Logos and planes, undated [1960s?]. 1 master film reel: sound, color; 16 mm. and 1 submaster videocassette (Betacam SP): sound, color; 1/2 in.

Long promotional piece on Republic Airlines with shots of employees, customers, services, planes, and facilities at the time of the consolidation of Southern and North Central airlines. There is some fading of colors.

U-matic videocassettes: Hughes Air West commercials "Top Banana," undated. Republic Airlines: Air to Air Footage, 1983. "Pair Fare" and other commercials/promotions, 1982. Audio materials: Audio tape reels: Air West advertisement, [ca.1969].

This concerns the merger of Bonanza, West Coast, and Pacific Airlines into Air West, and expounds upon the "characteristics" of Air West.

Interview with Fran Hamlin, Chief Stewardess for West Coast Airlines and Kristie Rolf [?], new stewardess graduate for West Coast Airlines, undated [ca.1965?].

Partially a radio interview and partially a recruiting piece to hire stewardesses. They talk about being a stewardess, hiring, training, regulations, and recruiting in Salt Lake City.

Southern Airways commercials, including "Nicest People," 1971-1972.

Several short commercials to advertise flights to Orlando, Chicago, and New Orleans.

Phongraph record: Making Airwaves (Republic Airlines radio commercials), 1979.

This is a 7" 45 r. p. m. record.