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William I. Votaw Air Mail Collection

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Creator:
Votaw, William I.  Search this
Names:
Byrd, Richard Evelyn, 1888-1957  Search this
Knight, Jack  Search this
McCandless, William  Search this
Votaw, William I.  Search this
Extent:
0.68 Cubic feet ((1 legal document box) (1 slim legal document box))
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Clippings
Newsletters
Biographies
Manuscripts
Date:
1921-1983
Scope and Contents:
This collection consists of several manuscripts by William I. Votaw relating to the infancy of the air mail service. Also included are biographical information relating to Jack Knight, Richard Byrd and William McCandless, copies of the Air Mail Pioneers newsletter as well as a large amount of newspaper clippings.
Biographical / Historical:
William I. Votaw began his career with the railway mail service and was promoted to the US Sea Post Service where he served until the advent of World War I. He established an American Expeditionary Force Postal Station in New York before entering the air mail service. In 1920 Votaw established the Ak-Sar-Ben air field in Omaha , Nebraska, and served as superintendent of the field, the base for the Chicago-Cheyenne segment of the transcontinental route. In 1921 he was appointed Assistant Director of the International Postal Service and in 1929 became Superintendent of Mails for the new United States Lines.
General:
NASMrev
Provenance:
Suzanne W. Todd, Transfer, 2000, 2000-0052, unknown
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:
Aeronautics, Commercial  Search this
Air mail service  Search this
Aeronautics  Search this
Genre/Form:
Clippings
Newsletters
Biographies
Manuscripts
Identifier:
NASM.2000.0052
Archival Repository:
National Air and Space Museum Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/pg23d923b90-38da-42d5-8afb-02b6d8e8e02f
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-nasm-2000-0052