Alberta Hunt Nicholson papers
Collection
Identifier: ACCN 1017
Scope and Contents
The Alberta Hunt Nicholson papers (1940-1997) contain materials regarding Nicholson's involvement with aviation from 1940-1990. Nicholson (1914-2002) was one of the first women test pilots to fly for the United States Air Force. She was a member of the Women Air Force Service Pilots (WASPs) during World War II, from 1943 until the group was disbanded in 1944. Included in the collection are official government documents, correspondence, news articles, newsletters, and yearbooks regarding the WASPs and their activities. Nicholson is a lifetime member of the Ninety-Nine's International Organization of Women Pilots and flew in many of their "Powder Puff Derby" transcontinental flying contests for women from 1955-1977. Contestant ribbons, results, programs, and news articles regarding these flying contests are included in the collection. Also included are pilot's log books chronicling Nicholson's recreational and professional flying from 1940-1978. Also inluded are WASP newsletters (1943-1944), issues of "Lukomunique," a newsletter published by and for the men of Luke Field (Phoenix, Arizona) in 1944, and a book of personal recollections from Alberta.
Dates
- 1940-1997
Creator
- Nicholson, Alberta Hunt, 1914-2002 (Person)
Language of Materials
Collection materials are in English.
Conditions Governing Access
Twenty-four hour advanced notice encouraged. Materials must be used on-site. Access to parts of this collection may be restricted under provisions of state or federal law.
Conditions Governing Use
The library does not claim to control copyright for all materials in the collection. An individual depicted in a reproduction has privacy rights as outlined in Title 45 CFR, part 46 (Protection of Human Subjects). For further information, please review the J. Willard Marriott Library’s Use Agreement and Reproduction Request forms.
Extent
3 Linear Feet (3 boxes and 4 oversize folders)
Abstract
The Alberta Hunt Nicholson papers (1940-1997) contain materials regarding Nicholson's involvement with aviation from 1940-1990. Nicholson (1914-2002) was one of the first women test pilots to fly for the United States Air Force. She was a member of the Women Air Force Service Pilots (WASPs) during World War II, from 1943 until the group was disbanded in 1944.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Boxes 1-2 and folders 1-4 were donated in 1988.
Box 3 was donated in 1998.
Box 3 was donated in 1998.
Separated Materials
See also the Alberta Hunt Nicholson photograph collection (P0662) and audio-visual materials (A0056) in the Multimedia Division of Special Collections.
Processing Information
Processed by in Kristen Soderberg in 1996.
Addendum processed by Karen Carver in 2005.
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Addendum processed by Karen Carver in 2005.
Click here to read a statement on harmful language in library records.
- Biographies
- Business correspondence
- By-laws
- Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)
- Logs (records)
- Memorabilia
- Military
- Minutes (Records)
- Newspapers
- Nicholson, Alberta Hunt, 1914-2002 -- Archives
- Powder Puff Derby -- Archives
- Programs (publications)
- Sexuality
- Songbooks
- Women Airforce Service Pilots (U.S.) -- Archives
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations -- Sources
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, Female -- Sources
Creator
- Nicholson, Alberta Hunt, 1914-2002 (Person)
- Title
- Inventory of the Alberta Hunt Nicholson papers, 1940-1997
- Author
- Finding aid created by Kristen Soderberg and Karen Carver
- Date
- © 1996 (last modified: 2019)
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid encoded in English in Latin script.
Repository Details
Part of the J. Willard Marriott Library Special Collections Repository
Contact:
295 South 1500 East
Salt Lake City Utah 84112 United States
801-581-8863
special@library.utah.edu
295 South 1500 East
Salt Lake City Utah 84112 United States
801-581-8863
special@library.utah.edu