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Holiday card from Norman "Jim" Archibald, Christmas 1917/New Year 1918. Describes that Archibald is one of twenty to start flying, mentions he will try to get instructor role, and other personal news. Includes a printed color illustration of the…

Letter to Norman "Jim" Archibald from Lew [last name illegible], April 5, 1919. Thanks Archibald for agreeing to speak to the Seattle Transportation Club on Aviation Day. Accompanying flier promotes the Aviation Day luncheon. Two typed pages.

Letter to Norman "Jim" Archibald from his mother [Elizabeth Langille Archibald], written during his service in France, July 25, [circa 1918]. Addresses various wartime subjects including the death of the "son of a Well Known American" Archibald had…

Letter from Norman "Jim" Archibald to his sister Hazel, written during his service in France, June 23, 1918. Describes flying to Tours and running into a colleague from Seattle; taking up advanced aircraft and performing stunts; a visit to a hospital…

Letter from Norman "Jim" Archibald to his sister Hazel Draper, written during his service in France, June 8, 1918. Describes aviators waiting eagerly in Paris for their orders, including prominent figures who cannot be named, and his delivery of a…

Letter from Norman "Jim" Archibald to his sister Hazel Draper, written during his service in France, August 25, 1918. Describes his new plane as better than the old one he crashed; a fellow aviator winning a prize for being one of the first five…

Letter from Norman "Jim" Archibald to his sister Hazel Draper, written during his service in France, 1917. Describes his daily schedule of breakfast, roll call, preparation of aircraft, flight with a French instructor, lunch, afternoon lectures,…