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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…

Photograph of a Beech D17 Staggerwing aircraft at an airfield, circa 1930s. Inscription on verso: "Plane MOL & WPL crashed in / Beechcraft / 1939 crash."

Photograph of Bill and Moya Lear (far left) being greeted by unidentified individuals after arriving at the Lear, Incorporated plant in Grand Rapids, Michigan, circa 1960s.

Check and agreement between the Stinson Aircraft Corporation and the Lear Development Company, circa 1933. Item has been de-framed but remains attached to mountboard.

Photograph of pilot Clay Lacy with the Friendship One Boeing 747 aircraft, circa 1988.Inscription: "To Moya / Thanks for your friendship and support. / With love / Clay."

Draft and notes of a speech given by William P. Lear to the Flying Tigers, July 4, 1971. One handwritten page with verso notes.

Photograph of (from left to right) Eve Mahlab, Patricia Loveu, Moya O. Lear, and Carla Zampatti, Sydney, Australia, circa 1980s-1990s.Inscription on verso: "Left to right / Australia's Businesswoman of the Year / Eve Mahlab – 1982 / Patricia Loveu –…

Fellowship certificate issued to William P. Lear by the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, October 1970. Includes several signatures and notes of congratulations.

Film footage of a Bell 206B Jetranger helicopter (registration N2234W) transporting cargo containers, Reno, Nevada, circa 1960s-1970s. The footage opens with the Jetranger approaching and landing in the parking lot of the Answer Man hardware store.…

Film footage of William P. Lear receiving an honorary degree at the University of Notre Dame, Indiana, April 1974. The footage opens with several unidentified people at an airfield, possibly Reno Stead Airport, Nevada, and boarding an aircraft. This…