The Library and Archives is an integral part of the San Diego Air and Space Museum. The San Diego Air and Space Museum was the first aviation themed museum to be accredited by the American Association of Museums (AAM) and is an affiliate of the Smithsonian Institute. The Museum is also the official Air and Space Museum of California.
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The Library & Archives serves as repository for several types of historical and contemporary publications and records related to aviation and space history, and including technical specifications of aircraft. It houses one of the largest collections of Air & Space-related books and archival materials in the country. This extensive collection, which includes many unique and rare items, consists of books, periodicals, films and video tapes, audio tapes (including oral histories), manuals, plus a very large number of photos, personal and organizational papers, clippings, articles, and other archival materials. The main focus of this world class collection is aviation-related materials with an emphasis on aerospace vehicles, events, and individuals associated with the geographical area of San Diego, California.
Mission: The mission of the Library & Archives at the San Diego Air & Space Museum is to collect, preserve, and make available for research published, documentary, and visual materials that chronicle the development of Air & Space technology and experience.
In honor of Black History Month, enjoy this oral history from Lt. Col Robert Friend, a Tuskegee Airman.
https://youtu.be/dD5yY2Gv1EE
Oral history interview of Lt.Col. Robert Friend by Ron Carrico, Docent at San Diego Air and Space Museum. L/C Friend was a Tuskegee Airman pilot and flew the...
In honor of Black History Month, we are highlighting our African Americans in Aviation collection on Flickr. https://www.flickr.com/photos/sdasmarchives/albums/72157628515561319/
To these heroes, we salute you!
Photos highlighting African American's contributions to aviation. This album includes images from SC.30003 a special collection donated by Leroy Criss
Do you have to make repairs to your B-24 or PBY and are worried you don't have the most current instructions? Don't worry! We have digitized Consolidated Field Service Bulletins from World War Two!
https://archive.org/details/consolidatedfieldservicebulletinsvol.31945
We have also digitized "Plane Talk" and Consairways "Plane Talk" check them out at https://archive.org/details/@sdasm_archives
Consolidated Aircraft Field Service Bulletins Volume 3, from December 1944 through December 1945. The Field Service Bulletins gave updates and maintenance...
Santa came early this year! We received a generous award from the California State Library for their "California Revealed" project. This project will digitize 50 items containing thousands of pages of content. The items to be digitized include board minutes from the Consolidated/Convair Aircraft Corporation from 1924 to 1954, which will give insight into the major decisions that made that company one of the most important aerospace manufacturers in America. Also selected for digitization are the company newspapers for the Northrop Corporation, which range in date from the 1940s to the 1980s. Northrop was known for manufacturing "Flying Wing" aircraft and several other important designs, such as the F-5. These newspapers include information about the products the company made, in addition to the everyday activities of its employees. Such activities include such things as employee spotlights and articles on company sports teams. Northrop was a major aerospace corporation, which employed several thousand Californians in the 1950s. These newspapers give a unique look into the aerospace industry in California during the Cold War. These items will be available on Archive.org in late 2020 and all of the text will be fully searchable!
Naughty or nice? You are running out of time to impress Santa! If you really want to get on the good list, come volunteer at the Library and Archives! Thanks to Bill Allen for use of this image.
As you know, our collections have grown rapidly over the past couple of years, allowing us the responsibility of maintaining the largest private non-profit aerospace collection in the nation. However, to ensure good stewardship and accessibility to these valuable collections, it is necessary to improve and expand our existing storage areas. We are now planning and starting to raise funds for the renovation of two more collection rooms. These improvements are needed to better utilize our limited space for proper storage and long-term preservation, as well as provide easier access for research purposes. It will also allow us to create better work areas for our staff and volunteers.
Pictured is the area once known as the "Tank Room" which will be used for expanded collection storage. If you would like to donate to this effort, or purchase items that will help, you can use this link:
https://www.charity.ebay.com/charity/San-Diego-Air-and-Space-Museum/2439925
Visit our eBay store for surplus books and other items for sale. All proceeds will go toward our renovation project to improve the storage and care of our collections. Thanks for your support.
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Epic Pole to Pole flight departed Gillespie Field yesterday on November 16, 2019.
Track the flight at: https://share.garmin.com/CitizenoftheWorld
The Flying Thru Life team is proud to share this video by Damian Martorana that we have been working on for several months. We believe this captures the exci...
In loving memory of Ed Davidson.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gbTJ0uW0mKA
We have uploaded even more General Dynamics/Convair Newspapers to https://archive.org/details/sandiegoairspacemuseum
And if that wasn't cool enough, the website reads the newspapers to you if you so desire! You can search for friends or family members that worked at there and read...or hear all about them!
Be happy its Friday...payday? Have fun checking out our digitized Convairieties here:https://archive.org/details/sandiegoairspacemuseum
Big News! We have digitized 100s of issues of Convairiety, the employee newspaper of Convair. We have editions from San Diego, Fort Worth, Astronautics and even Antelope Valley. You can find them here: https://archive.org/details/sandiegoairspacemuseum
And, you can search the contents of all of them (and other documents from Convair and Ryan) but using the "Search this Collection" box and selecting "Text Contents".
The San Diego Air & Space Museum Library & Archives houses one of the largest collections of Air & Space-related books and archival materials in the country. This extensive collection, which includes many unique and rare items, consists of books, periodicals, films and video tapes,...
Several 100 very rare images have been added to the Gordon Permann Collection on Flickr https://www.flickr.com/photos/sdasmarchives/albums/72157672968365917
Scanned images from the Permann Collection
Think you are having a bad day? Listen to this Oral History from Walter Osipoff, who was dragged for an hour behind an airplane before he was rescued!
https://archive.org/details/casdam_000011/casdam_000011
Description: In one of the most unusual aviation events in Southern California history, Walter Osipoff was parachuting out of an airplane when his parachute...
Here is another great oral history we have posted on Archive.org. It is from a Navy pilot that survived the attack on the USS Bunker Hill!
https://archive.org/details/bd0255abele
Stan was a Navy pilot in the Second World War who survived the attack on the USS Bunker Hill
Hello! Did you know that we have some very rare Oral Histories on Archive.org? Like this one from Richard Stutzman who flew with the 118th Tactical Recon Sq. and was shot down over China?https://archive.org/details/bd0256richardstutzmanoralhistory
Oral History from Richard Dick Stutzman, who served with the 118th Tactical-Reconnaissance Squadron in World War Two. Mr. Stutzman discusses his time in...
Check out this newly processed collection!
http://sandiegoairandspace.org/collection/item/everett-ev-cassagneres-personal-papers
Happy National Donut Day! The Salvation Army established the first National Donut Day in Chicago, 1938. Donuts and “doing good” have always gone hand in hand. During World War I, Salvation Army “Donut Lassies” served donuts to soldiers. Today, we continue to celebrate their work by delivering the sweet treat to those in need – and to donut lovers across the country.
Happy National Donut Day! This WWI poster is from the Museum's poster collection and was donated in 2019 by the Salvation Army. It is currently undergoing conservation work to preserve it for future generations. To learn more go to:
https://www.salvationarmyusa.org/usn/national-donut-day/
New books in the library have arrived!
Do you have questions about the Apollo Lunar Module but are afraid to ask? Do not worry! You can find answers here: https://archive.org/details/OrientationStudyGuideLunarModule
Document from 1967 that gives an overview of the Lunar Module used in the Apollo Project from Grumman Aircraft.
The San Diego Air & Space Museum is now hiring a fulltime librarian. The job description is attached. To apply, applicants should send their resume and cover letter to [email protected]
Don't let this guy steal your sweetheart! Only a few hours left to get your Valentine's Day gifts. We have many great animal photos in our photo stream!
https://www.flickr.com/photos/sdasmarchives/
Did you know that we have a collection on the Internet Archive of digitized books, periodicals and documents?
https://archive.org/details/sandiegoairspacemuseum
The collection includes cool items like the Consolidated and Ryan employee newsletters like this one:
https://archive.org/details/consolidator05cons
And all of the documents can be searched!
News on Consolidated Aircraft San Diego
If you are not lucky enough to be one of our followers living in San Diego, you might be experiencing the Polar Vortex. Perhaps you can ask airmail pilot "Wild Bill" Hobson if you can borrow his flight suit to keep warm?
Say Cheese! These guys were very busy during the Cold War, and we still have a ton of their images that need to be digitized. Please contact us if you want to volunteer and help us!
Merry Christmas! Here are some of our holiday themed historic images.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/sdasmarchives/albums/72157676866277568
The Archives of the San Diego Air & Space Museum recently accepted the substantial library of noted author David Myhra, PhD. Read about the collection here:
http://sandiegoairandspace.org/blog/article/sdasm-recently-accepted-the-substantial-library-of-noted-author-david-myhra
Do you feel like this Super Guppy after all the Holiday eating? Then sit back and relax, and enjoy the 100s of 35mm slide images we have uploaded to Flickr: https://www.flickr.com/photos/49487266%40N07/
More items from our Curatorial Collection have been added to our magnificent Flickr Stream!
https://www.flickr.com/photos/sdasmarchives/
A very cool collection has been posted to our Flickr page. The Carl Gwartney Collection shows what life was like as a glider pilot during WW2....Thanks to Mark Aldrich for helping with this one!
https://www.flickr.com/photos/sdasmarchives/albums/72157701798943531
SDASM is photographing many of the items from our Curatorial Collection, like this toiletry kit from Delta (which today might be considered an additional carry-on item). This items can be viewed here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/sdasmarchives/albums/72157684199699796
We are moving right along! Keep an eye out for more news and images from the Library and Archives.
Our hard work is almost done! over 42,000 Atlas images have been digitized and uploaded to our https://www.flickr.com/photos/sdasmarchives/ site! The processing, cataloging and digitization of these images has been made possible by a generous National Historical Publications and Records grant from the National Archives and Records Administration! http://sandiegoairandspace.org/research/project/convair-general-dynamic-atlas-collection
Almost halfway there! We are close to digitizing 25,000 images from our Atlas Negative Collection. This project has been made possible by a generous National Historical Publications and Records grant from the National Archives and Records Administration. http://sandiegoairandspace.org/research/project/convair-general-dynamic-atlas-collection
In addition to images of the Atlas, the collection includes great views of San Diego in the 50s-90s.
Help! Do you know what type of plane I am?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gB3YNLv0iE0&feature=youtu.be
San Diego Air and Space Museum offers docent guided tours to individuals unable to personally visit the museum through the use of a Beam Telepresence robot. ...
Happy Thanksgiving! Here is the menu from Coco Solo in 1936!
Bob Hope stopped by to thank all the Veterans for their service!
What do you do when you set a speed record? Have a beer of course! Here the pilot of the "Firefly"...a Convair B-58 Hustler, celebrates after setting a Blériot Trophy winning speed record.
Interested in the history of Balboa Park and our Museum? Check out this great online exhibit: http://sandiegoairandspace.org/exhibits/online-exhibit-page/evolution-of-balboa-park-the-rebirth-of-sdasm-main-page
The San Diego Air & Space Museum in Balboa Park welcomes you to visit. The Official Air & Space Museum and Education Center of California has many attractions for the entire family.
Want to help us identify some photos? Take a look at these, please.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/sdasmarchives/albums/72157628196419561
It is Friday...you don't have to feel like you are going in circles anymore! Image of the General Dynamics/Convair Astronautics building #2 in 1958. From our Atlas Negative Collection. See more on Flickr: https://www.flickr.com/photos/sdasmarchives/albums/72157649485000247
For more information about these images, click here: http://sandiegoairandspace.org/research/project/convair-general-dynamic-atlas-collection
Check out our Flickr Photo-stream for images covering the whole history of the Atlas! https://www.flickr.com/photos/sdasmarchives For more information about these images, click here: http://sandiegoairandspace.org/research/project/convair-general-dynamic-atlas-collection
An Atlas V rocket filled with top-secret spacecraft and a baker’s dozen of CubeSats departed Vandenberg Air Force Base early Thursday as spectators staked out viewing spots around the Central Coast.
One of our favorite images from the Atlas Negative Collection. The cows don't mind that the Atlas is mooooving behind them.
For more information about these images, click here: http://sandiegoairandspace.org/research/project/convair-general-dynamic-atlas-collection
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