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Items from Box Nineteen, Folder 4 of the William Hough "Bill" Cook Jr. Papers, circa 1947. Folder contains correspondence, reports, charts, diagrams, notes, and blueprints related to the Boeing XB-47 Stratojet aircraft. 125 pages of documents.

Select pages from one of William H. Cook, Jr.'s pilot logbooks, circa 1950s-1960s. Includes aircraft and flight details such as dates, locations, and remarks. Entries document trips made by Cook and Richard L. Rouzie in Cook's Grumman G-44 Widgeon.…

Select pages from one of William H. Cook, Jr.'s pilot logbooks, circa 1940s-1950s. Includes aircraft and flight details such as dates, flight numbers, names, and remarks. One entry indicates that Cook purchased his Grumman G-44 Widgeon from the…

Select pages from one of William H. Cook, Jr.'s pilot logbooks, 1952. Includes aircraft and flight details such as dates, locations, certificate numbers, and remarks. One entry indicates that Cook flew with George S. Schairer in his Grumman G-44…

Select pages from one of William H. Cook, Jr.'s pilot logbooks, 1936-1937. Includes aircraft and flight details, such as dates, locations, license numbers, and remarks. One page includes a notarized statement regarding Cook's flight time. Frequent…

Manual titled "Construction manual for the Gotha Glider, designed by H. P. Hutchison and Charles. J. Glasser," published by the Gotha Glider Company, circa 1925. Includes general information about gliders, instructions for building a Gotha Glider,…

Scrapbook created by William Hough "Bill" Cook, Jr., 1935-1958. The scrapbook contains newspaper clippings, correspondence, and photographs related to the life and career of Cook, an aeronautical engineer who worked for Boeing and NASA. Scrapbook has…

Pages from the Montclair Academy yearbook, titled "Ye Yeare Booke," 1930. Selected pages focus on William H. Cook, Jr. and his school activities. Includes his senior class photograph and class portrait, a list of student horoscopes, group portraits…

Diploma for William Hough Cook, Jr., issued by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), June 7, 1938. Awards Cook a Master of Science. The diploma is housed in a red leather cover stamped with the seal of MIT.

Diploma for William Hough Cook, Jr., issued by Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New York, June 16, 1934. Awards Cook a degree in mechanical engineering.