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Photograph of the Lear Jet Board of Directors seated at a table, August 4, 1965. From left to right: A. Gilmore Flues, David Van Alstyne Jr., Moya O. Lear, William P. Lear, Elroy McCaw, Daniel Sargent, and Harold Boyer.Inscription on verso: "L to R -…

Photograph of (from left to right) Moya O. Lear, Kansas Governor William H. Avery, W. L. Landers and Bill Sipprell at a Lear Jet facility, August 12, 1965. Typed caption on verso: "Governor W. H. Avery visits Lear Jet. From left: Mrs. Moya Lear; Gov.…

Letter to Ed Conklin from William P. Lear, September 21, 1965. Discusses personal matters and Lear's thoughts on the Lear Siegler merger and stock value. Two typed pages.

Audio recording of a message from Cordell Damron to William P. Lear regarding inventions idea, December 30, 1965 Text on container: "12-30-65. Lear Jet." Text on reel: "Tape addressed to WPL. Invention ideas. 12-30-65."

Items from Box 65, Folder 8 and Oversize Folder 8 of the William P. and Moya Olsen Lear Papers, September 1965 through November 1966. Contains correspondence related to a deal between William P. Lear and the Bacon Aircraft Company, and maps related…

Items from Box 83, Folder 6 of the William P. and Moya Olsen Lear Papers, circa 1965-1966. Contains a full-color brochure and an estimated cost of operation report related to the Learjet 24 aircraft. Two total items.

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…

Audio recording of a "Paul Harvey News" episode that mentions William P. Lear and the Learjet, February 1966. Text on label: "Paul Harvey News 'KAKE Radio.' Broadcast: Feb. 2nd, 1966."

Photograph of (from left to right) William P. Lear, Dr. Forrest Bird, and Danny Kaye with a Learjet aircraft (tail number N1001A), March 13, 1966.Inscription: "'Thanks Bill' / for a memorable day in your 'impeccable accomplishment' FAA type rating…

Photograph of Richard M. Nixon near the open door of a Learjet 20 aircraft, May 11, 1966. A person out-of-frame holds a microphone towards Nixon.Typed caption on verso: "Richard M. Nixon flies in Lear Jet from Los Angles [Angeles] to Wichita, May 11,…