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Plaque given to Moya Olsen Lear by Travis Air Force Base, December 10, 1986.Text: "Travis AFB / Company Grade Officers / Bestow the honorary grade of / Captain / to / Moya Lear / 10 Dec 1986."

Plaque given to Moya Olsen Lear by SAE, September 23, 1991. Includes blue brushed metal engraved plate and metal piece mounted on felt background in wood frame.Engraved text: "SAE / The members of the Southern California Section present this /…

Plaque given to William P. Lear by the City of Walnut Creek, California, May 21, 1973. White ceramic tile inset within wood base and includes engraved brass plate. The tile depicts a rising sun over a hillside with a walnut and two branches of…

Plaque given to William P. Lear by the UCLA Graduate School of Business Administration, 1966. Includes engraved brass plate mounted within a velvet-lined shadowbox frame with plastic cover and metal hardware on verso. Engraved on front: "Executive…

Tusk with brass plate affixed to it and presented to Mrs. William P. Lear [Moya O. Lear] by the Los Angeles County Museum Alliance, undated.

Audio recording of a meeting between William P. Lear and Mr. Black regarding the LIFE (Lear Integrated Flight Equipment) system, Santa Monica, California, circa 1958. Handwritten label on reel: "Lear - Info. Advertising." Inscription on back of box:…

Audio recording of a speech given by William P. Lear to a Joint Meeting of California-Nevada Engineers, June 1970. Side B of this reel contains the Bell Telephone radio special "It Can't Be Done," describing engineering feats throughout American…

Informational film about steam buses, directed by Peter Adair and Pat Jackson, produced by Irving Saraf and KQED News, narrated by Scott Beach, copyright 1972. Created on behalf of the California Steam Bus Project, the film describes the development…

Promotional film for the Siegler Corporation, produced McNamara Productions, circa 1960s. The footage presents an overview of the company and its work in the aerospace and electronics fields. The first segment introduces Siegler's ten divisions (the…

Program for "The Scandalears of 1955," a musical review presented by the Lear California Employees Club at Santa Monica High School, Santa Monica, California, June 10, 1955. Contains a cast list and overview of the performances.