Items from Box 26, Folder 9 of the William P. and Moya Olsen Lear Papers, circa 1939-1944. Contains a hand-drawn sketch, diagrams, and documents related to the Learmatic and Learmatic Gyromatic Radio Compass. Six total documents.
Items from Box 27, Folder 16 of the William P. and Moya Olsen Lear Papers, February 24, 1941. Contains a Lear Avia Corporation press release and photograph related to a British American Ambulance Corps (BAAC) flying tour, carried out by pilot Miriam…
Items from Box 27, Folder 21 of the William P. and Moya Olsen Lear Papers, April 2, 1941. Contains a Lear Avia Corporation press release and photograph related to the hiring of Dickey Meyer as a press liaison. The photograph depicts Meyer in a flight…
Items from Box 27, Folder 23 of the William P. and Moya Olsen Lear Papers, July 24, 1941. Contains a press release and eight captioned photographs related to William P. Lear's evaluation of German radio equipment taken from a captured Messerschmitt…
Items from Box 27, Folder 7 of the William P. and Moya Olsen Lear Papers, December 1940. Contains two clippings and a press release related to William P. Lear's receipt of the Frank Hawks Memorial Trophy for developing the Learmatic gyromatic…
Items from Box 34, Folder 1 of the William P. and Moya Olsen Lear Papers, December 1939. Contains handwritten notes and sketches about the Lear low approach system. All or most of the notes appear to have been written by William P. Lear. Five total…
Items from Box 5, Folder 2 of the William P. and Moya Olsen Lear Papers, circa 1939-1943. Contains assorted administrative notes related to the Lear Avia Corporation, including a departmental organization chart, a parts list, pages from "Aero…
Items from Box 5, Folder 3 of the William P. and Moya Olsen Lear Papers, December 1942. Contains correspondence and memorandums related to the setup of Lear Avia's New York office. Seven total documents and original folder labeled "Re New York…
Items from Box 5, Folder 4 of the William P. and Moya Olsen Lear Papers, April to June 1944. Contains assorted documents, including correspondence, memorandums, and a Wico Electric Company booklet, related to the setup of a metallurgical laboratory…
Items from Box 5, Folder 6 of the William P. and Moya Olsen Lear Papers, July to September 1944. Contains schedules and memorandums related to staff meetings at Lear Avia's facility in Piqua, Ohio. Six total documents and original folder labeled…