Browse Items (322 total)
- Subject is exactly "Lear, William P. (William Powell), 1902-1978"
[William P. Lear with Lear-o-Scope equipped automobile]
![[William P. Lear with Lear-o-Scope equipped automobile]](https://digitalcollections.museumofflight.org/files/square_thumbnails/bb3fcd1abcf9e57bf612595b1cba2eec.jpg "[William P. Lear with Lear-o-Scope equipped automobile]")
Photograph of William P. Lear with his Lear-o-Scope-equipped Plymouth automobile, New York City, New York, circa 1935. A loop antenna is mounted to the roof of the car.
Inscription: "1935. 121 W 17 St NCY. WPL with first Lear-o-Scope."
Stamped on…
[William P. Lear and Amelia Earhart]
![[William P. Lear and Amelia Earhart]](https://digitalcollections.museumofflight.org/files/square_thumbnails/636844de41b2a6d289a10130dda1f5f9.jpg "[William P. Lear and Amelia Earhart]")
Photograph of William P. Lear and Amelia Earhart, Roosevelt Field, New York, circa 1935.Inscription on verso: "(1935) / 2 yrs. before she crashed in the Pacific /Taken at Roosevelt Field, N.Y / Amelia Earhart and Lear / (She died July 2, 1937)."Typed…
[William P. and Moya Olsen Lear Papers, Box 1, Folder 4 - Correspondence between WPL and Cass S. Hough, 1938 May - October, 1979 August]
![[William P. and Moya Olsen Lear Papers, Box 1, Folder 4 - Correspondence between WPL and Cass S. Hough, 1938 May - October, 1979 August]](https://digitalcollections.museumofflight.org/files/square_thumbnails/a13dfe2c00574af78e6b603486c2d912.jpg "[William P. and Moya Olsen Lear Papers, Box 1, Folder 4 - Correspondence between WPL and Cass S. Hough, 1938 May - October, 1979 August]")
Items from Box 1, Folder 4 of the William P. and Moya Olsen Lear Papers, May to October 1938 and August 1979. Contains five typed letters and four telegrams between William P. Lear and Cass S. Hough, primarily discussing installation,…
[Letter to William P. Lear from Richard A. Marsen, June 20, 1939]
![[Letter to William P. Lear from Richard A. Marsen, June 20, 1939]](https://digitalcollections.museumofflight.org/files/square_thumbnails/cb7b16ca08af9d7960e03be3fe017c10.jpg "[Letter to William P. Lear from Richard A. Marsen, June 20, 1939]")
Letter to William P. Lear from Richard A. Marsen, June 20, 1939. Recommends that the company take a more general tone when announcing and publicizing products in order to protect Lear Developments' patents. References an Associated Press release…
[William P. and Moya Olsen Lear Papers, Box 41, Folder 2 - Equipment invention diagrams by WPL, undated (circa 1939-1944)]
![[William P. and Moya Olsen Lear Papers, Box 41, Folder 2 - Equipment invention diagrams by WPL, undated (circa 1939-1944)]](https://digitalcollections.museumofflight.org/files/square_thumbnails/6beb59bfb22fecebb9fde4315d181de1.jpg "[William P. and Moya Olsen Lear Papers, Box 41, Folder 2 - Equipment invention diagrams by WPL, undated (circa 1939-1944)]")
Items from Box 41, Folder 2 of the William P. and Moya Olsen Lear Papers, January 1940 - March 1944. Contains various diagrams of devices invented by William P. Lear. Also included is a piece of wire enclosed in a Lear, Incorporated envelope labeled…
[William P. and Moya Olsen Lear Papers, Box 173, Folder 2 - Assorted technical sketches and notes, 1939-1974, undated]
![[William P. and Moya Olsen Lear Papers, Box 173, Folder 2 - Assorted technical sketches and notes, 1939-1974, undated]](https://digitalcollections.museumofflight.org/files/square_thumbnails/8b619b6ae286c99f89b263c12c98093f.jpg "[William P. and Moya Olsen Lear Papers, Box 173, Folder 2 - Assorted technical sketches and notes, 1939-1974, undated]")
Items from Box 173, Folder 2 of the William P. and Moya Olsen Lear Papers, circa 1939-1974. Contains assorted technical sketches, notes, and other documents created by William P. Lear. 48 total items.
[William P. and Moya Olsen Lear Papers, Box 165, Folder 1; Box 203, Folder 1; Box 208, Folder 1 - Assorted awards and honors, 1939-1991, undated]
![[William P. and Moya Olsen Lear Papers, Box 165, Folder 1; Box 203, Folder 1; Box 208, Folder 1 - Assorted awards and honors, 1939-1991, undated]](https://digitalcollections.museumofflight.org/files/square_thumbnails/352195d9bd593fd52a609ff9e8cd06aa.jpg "[William P. and Moya Olsen Lear Papers, Box 165, Folder 1; Box 203, Folder 1; Box 208, Folder 1 - Assorted awards and honors, 1939-1991, undated]")
Items from Box 165, Folder 1; Box 203, Folder 1; and Box 208, Folder 1 of the William P. and Moya Olsen Lear Papers, circa 1939-1991. Contains assorted awards and honors presented to William P. Lear. 20 total items.
Plaque/American Legion, Aircraft Radio Award, William P. Lear
Silver tone metal plaque attached at a rectangular brown wooden backing. Flanking the plaque are two silver tone eagle figures. "The Frank M. Hawks Memorial award by Air Service Post 501, American Legion to William P. Lear for outstanding…
[William P. Lear and members of executive board]
![[William P. Lear and members of executive board]](https://digitalcollections.museumofflight.org/files/square_thumbnails/091993c23234100fa2a4edead0b22ce1.jpg "[William P. Lear and members of executive board]")
Photograph of William P. Lear (at head of table) and members of the executive board at Lear Avia's Dayton Airport facility, Ohio, circa 1940. Other identified individuals are Rober L. Drake, Alice Miller, Arling "Arlie" Ryberg, and Waldorf Astoria…
Learadio notes on direction finding!
Notes written by William P. Lear about the utility of automatic direction finders, circa 1940. Describes a flight from New York to Dayon, Ohio in Lear's Waco aircraft and how a Lear ADF-8 helped him navigate despite static from a thunderstorm.…