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Creator:

Verville, Alfred V.  Search this

Verville Aircraft Company  Search this

Former owner:

Buhl (Buhl-Verville Aircraft Co, Buhl Aircraft Co)  Search this

Names:

Sperry Co.  Search this

Extent:

55.67 Linear feet (106 containers: 92 legal size document boxes, 2 shoeboxes, 11 flatboxes, 1 large format folder)

5 Film reels (1 35mm, two 16mm, and 2 8mm films)

50.008 Cubic feet

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Film reels

Date:

1886-1969

Summary:

This collection contains Verville's personal papers. The material relates mainly to his various aeronautical concerns as well as his involvement with military aviation. The collection includes a large number of photos tracing the development of Curtiss aircraft and Naval Aviation, and especially documenting the design, construction, and flights of a replica of the Navy's first aircraft, the Curtiss A-1 'Triad', built under Verville's direction by the Bureau of Aeronautics to commemorate the Fiftieth Anniversary of Naval Aviation in 1961. Also included are a large number of blueprints and photos of Verville-designed aircraft, especially those developed by the Verville Aircraft Co. in 1928 - 1931

Scope and Contents:

Contents of this collection include blueprints, drawings, technical manuals, reference material, correspondence, financial information, event programs, photographs, newspapers and clippings, magazines, pamphlets, brochures, journals, books.

The researcher should note that the collection also contains 35mm, 16mm and 8mm films. These films are not included in the container list but a NASM Archives staff person can assist you regarding access.

Arrangement:

Organized into series:

SERIES 1: Correspondence

SERIES 2: Institute of the Aerospace Sciences (IAS) - Navy National Naval Aviation Meeting 1961 commemorating the 50th Anniversary of Naval Aviation in San Diego CA featuring the A-1 Replica

SERIES 3: Technical Materials

SERIES 4: Drawings

SERIES 5: Other Papers

SERIES 6: Publications

SERIES 7: Photographs

SERIES 8: Scrapbooks, Oversize Materials

SERIES 9: Additional Material

This collection was arranged at the time of processing to better reflect its main areas of subject matter as there was very little original order preserved. Original folder titles were kept when they appeared; archivists' folder titles are in brackets. Archivist's description appears below folder titles.

Series 9 represents an accrual of documents found within the archive in 2024.

Biographical / Historical:

Alfred Victor Verville (1890-1970), aviation pioneer and aircraft designer, was responsible for a number of important inventions in aircraft design, including welded-steel-frame fuselages and retractable landing gear. He began work with the Curtiss Aeroplane Co in 1914 and, by the end of World War I had moved through a number of manufacturers, including Curtiss (1914), T-M Airplane Co (1915), General Airplane Co (1915-17), and Fisher Body Corp, Airplane Division (1917-18). In 1918 he became involved in military aviation at the United States Army Air Corp Engineering Division, McCook Field , OH (1918-25) and served as advisor to Colonel William Mitchell during his inspection trip to Europe (1922). In 1925 he co-founded the Buhl-Verville Aircraft Co (1925-27) before striking out on his own with the Verville Aircraft Co (1928-31). Through the 1930s and 1940s he acted in a number of capacities, including periods as a consultant (1932, 1939-41); at the Bureau of Air Commerce, United States Department of Commerce (1933-36); Douglas Aircraft (1937-38); Curtiss Wright Corp (1941-42), Snead Aircraft, Technical Division (1942); and Drexel Aviation Co (1942-45). In 1945 he served as a member of the Naval Technical Mission to Europe and later joined the Navy's Bureau of Aeronautics (1946-61). He retired in 1961, but continued to support aviation and aeronautics until his death.

Provenance:

Alfred Verville, gift, 1954

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.

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Citation:

Alfred Victor Verville Papers, Acc. XXXX-0173, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.

Identifier:

NASM.XXXX.0173

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Collection Creator:

Verville, Alfred V.  Search this

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Extent:

1 Shoebox

Container:

Box 92

Type:

Archival materials

Text

Date:

1952-1960

Scope and Contents:

Aeronautical Engine Laboratory Report on AEL Museum Engines 1909-1951 Issued by Naval Air Experimental Station

Steichen, Capt. Edward, comp. US Navy War Photographs. New York: US Camera

Niven, John, Courtlandt Canby, and Vernon Welsh, eds. Dynamic America; a History of General Dynamics Corporation and Its Predecessor Companies. New York: General Dynamics and Doubleday & Company, Inc.

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No restrictions on access

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Collection Citation:

Alfred Victor Verville Papers, Acc. XXXX-0173, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.

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Alfred Victor Verville Papers / Series 8: Oversize & Odd Materials

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National Air and Space Museum Archives

GUID:

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EDAN-URL:

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Collection Creator:

Verville, Alfred V.  Search this

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Extent:

1 Shoebox

Container:

Box 97

Type:

Archival materials

Date:

1935-1962

Scope and Contents:

Photographs: Two mounted color 8x10 portraits of Alfred Verville

Magazines: The Sportsman Pilot July 1935; Aircraft Engineering Jan & Feb. 1936; Pictorial California 1957

Proof copy? of The Story of Rickey. Includes correspondence re: publication. 1951

Certificates: Fellowship from American Institute Of Aeronautics and Astronautics. 1962

Collection Restrictions:

No restrictions on access

Collection 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.

Collection Citation:

Alfred Victor Verville Papers, Acc. XXXX-0173, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.

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Alfred Victor Verville Papers

Alfred Victor Verville Papers / Series 8: Oversize & Odd Materials

Archival Repository:

National Air and Space Museum Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/pg285a1cf01-db76-4776-bdb3-2de9694b69f9

EDAN-URL:

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Collection Creator:

Verville, Alfred V.  Search this

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Extent:

1 Shoebox

Container:

Box 96

Type:

Archival materials

Date:

1918-1922

Scope and Contents:

Originally kept together receipts, menus, correspondence, calling cards, hotel bills, train schedules, transportation requests, theatre programs, etc.

Probably collected during the travel for "Report of Inspection Trip to France, Italy, Germany, Holland and England Made During the Winter of 1921-1922 by Brigadier General William Mitchell, 1st Lt Clayton Bissell and Aeronautical Engineer Alfred Verville"

Collection Restrictions:

No restrictions on access

Collection 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.

Collection Citation:

Alfred Victor Verville Papers, Acc. XXXX-0173, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.

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Alfred Victor Verville Papers

Alfred Victor Verville Papers / Series 8: Oversize & Odd Materials

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National Air and Space Museum Archives

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