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Creator:
Parker, John E.  Search this
Names:
Northwestern Aeronautical Corp  Search this
Parker, John E.  Search this
Extent:
3.09 Cubic feet ((1 records center box) (4 flatboxes))
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Publications
Photographs
Clippings
Scrapbooks
Date:
1940-1945
Scope and Contents:
This collection contains four wooden covered scrapbooks designed by John E. Parker which include clippings and photographs of the company during this period. Collection also includes 'General Survey Organization Northwestern Aeronautical Corporation;' 'Postwar Products Survey Northwestern Aeronautical Corporation;' newsclippings on NAC; 'TOW Lines' published by NAC; and other material about the company and John Parker.
Biographical / Historical:
John E. Parker was a Naval Academy graduate, and an entrepreneur. Parker was the president of Northwestern Aeronautical Corporation (NAC), which made wooden gliders for the war effort. Allied forces used the unpowered gliders at the Normandy D-Day invasion and at other battles to silently carry troops into enemy territory. The company assembled fifteen gliders a day in a huge plant on Minnehaha Avenue in St. Paul, Minnesota. After the War, Parker also became president of the newly created Engineering Research Associates (ERA), a computer development company.
General:
NASMrev
Provenance:
Estate of John E. Parker, Gift, 1990, 1991-0005, NASM
Restrictions:
No restrictions on access
Rights:
Material is subject to Smithsonian Terms of Use. Should you wish to use NASM material in any medium, please submit an Application for Permission to Reproduce NASM Material, available at Permissions Requests
Topic:
Gliding and soaring  Search this
Gliders (Aeronautics)  Search this
World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations  Search this
World War, 1939-1945  Search this
Aeronautics, Military  Search this
Aeronautics, Commercial  Search this
Aeronautics  Search this
Genre/Form:
Publications
Photographs
Clippings
Scrapbooks
Identifier:
NASM.1991.0005
Archival Repository:
National Air and Space Museum Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/pg2b1e71ce2-d645-46e3-a0a1-3868dd0a581d
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-nasm-1991-0005