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Newspaper clipping, "Aviation inquiry to bring out human equation in accidents," from an unidentified publication, circa 1930s. Reports on Harold E. Hartney's senate investigation into airplane crashes.

Clipping about Harold E. Hartney from an unidentified source, circa 1938. Announces Hartney's appointment as Aeronautical Expert, Civil Aeronautics Authority, and assignment to the Certificate and Inspection Division on December 22, 1938. Reverse…

Membership card issued to Harold Evans Hartney, Jr. by the Automobile Club of New York, 1942.

Letterhead for the Non-Partisan Aviation Committee for the Re-Election of Mayor La Guardia, circa late 1930s. Harold E. Hartney is listed as an organizing co-chairman.

Invitation to participate in the "American Forum of the Air" radio program, broadcast by WOL and WOR from the Shoreham Hotel on August 25, [no year].

Invitation to a banquet commemorating the 71st anniversary of Wilbur Wright's birth, held by Henry Ford and Edsel Ford on April 16, 1938. Includes handwritten notes on reverse.

Air mail first flight cover for AM 38, Phoenix, Arizona, 1938. The cover is addressed to Colonel Harold E. Hartney in New York, New York.

Letter to Grover Whalen, President of New York World's Fair, from Royal S. Copeland, June 2, 1937. Recommends Harold E. Hartney as Commissioner or Director of Aeronautics for the World's Fair. One typed page, with a large section torn out.

Letter from Hartney Jr. to his parents, January 17, 1943. Expresses frustration that he has been held back in training because he's underweight, discusses oil and gas rationing, and other personal news. Two handwritten pages.

Letter from Harold E. Hartney, Jr. to his parents, December 19, 1941. Explains that he will visit briefly for Christmas, asks after family, mentions the death of Teddy Bates (Navy) in Hawaii, expresses desire to join Air Corps at Randolph Field. Two…