manosca24 Flying Club Records, 1934-1954 Finding Aid Finding aid prepared by Abby Schlessinger. Encoding funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Smith College Archives

Northampton, MA

Finding aid encoded using Perl scripts and edited in XMetal 2.0. Encoded by Brook Hopkins. 2003-06-03 Finding aid written in English. 2005-09-23 manosca24 converted from EAD 1.0 to 2002 by v1to02-5c.xsl (sy2003-10-15). Smith College Archives Flying Club Records, 1934-1954 Finding Aid RG 80 Abby Schlessinger 2001 Encoding funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

Collection Overview Flying Club Flying Club Records1934-1954 RG 80 1 box (.5 linear ft.) Smith College Archives

Northampton, MA

Contains constitution, correspondence, flight training and financial records, photographs, publications, manuals and instructions. English. Biographical Note

In 1934, Mary Kimball, an avid aviator, founded the Smith College Flying Club so that she and other young women would have the opportunity to learn more about aviation and to participate in intercollegiate air meets and activities while at Smith. While the club attracted only twelve members at its founding, its membership increased and during its peak years, as many as forty young women could be seen attending lectures on flight theory and mechanics and participating in flying exercises and meets throughout New England. In 1950, however, Flying Club members were prohibited from competing in air meets due to a violation of college policy. While the club was allowed to continue its existence as long as members did not participate in competitions, membership declined and in 1954, the Flying Club was discontinued. The club was the first organization of its kind to be formed and supported by a women's college in the East.

Information on Use Terms of Access and Use

All of the files are open to the public according to the regulations of the Smith College Archives.

Single photocopies may be made for research purposes. In order to publish any material contained in the records of the Flying Club, permission must be obtained from the Smith College Archives.

Preferred Citation

Please use the following format when citing materials from this collection:

Flying Club Records, Box #, Smith College Archives.

History of the Collection

Processed by Abby Schlessinger.

Search Terms Flying Club (Smith College). Smith College--Societies, etc. Women air pilots--Massachusetts--Northampton. Additional Information Flying Club Books, Publications, Manuals, and Instructions

Boeing School of Aeronautics. "A Guide to Aeronautical Occupations." U.S.A.: Boeing School of Aeronautics, 1940.

Civil Aeronautics Authority. "Digest of the Civil Air Regulations for Student and Private Pilots." Washington: United States Government Printing Office, 1940.

Civil Air Patrol. "Organization Purpose Program Enlistment." Washington D.C.: United States Office of Civilian Defense, 1941.

Lyon, Thoburn C. "Practical Air Navigation." Washington: United States Government Printing Office, 1939.

Mahachek, Ross. Airplane Pilot's Manual. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1932.

Mingos, Howard. Flying for 1937. New York: Aeronautical Chamber of Commerce of America, Inc., 1936.

Reader's Digest. "A Pocket Reference Guide to Army-Navy-Air Corps Insignia." 1943

Sorenson, Frank E. "Essential Understandings for the Age of Flight." U.S.A.: State of Nebraska Department of Public Instruction, 1944.

Taylorcraft Aviation Corp. "America's Wings: Taylorcraft." Cleveland: Copifyer Lithogram Corp., 1941.

U.S. Army Air Forces, Office of Flying Safety. "I've Got Wings!" U.S.A.: U.S. Army Air Forces, Office of Flying Safety, n.d.

U.S. Civil Aeronautics Authority. "Primary Ground Study Manual." Washington: United States Government Printing Office, 1939.

United Air Lines. "S.V.E. Picturol Teacher's Manual." Chicago: Society for Visual Education, n.d.

Wheatley, William A. and Ray O. Mertes, ed. " Aviation Manual for Junior and Senior High Schools." Chicago: United Air Lines, n.d.

3013 General (1) 1934-1948 3013 General (2) Stars and Stripes and Springfield Union Articles (Originals) 1942-1945 3013 Constitution, first and revised n.d. 3013 Correspondence 1939-1950 3013 Financial 1941-1943 3013 Flight Training 1939-1945 3013 Intercollegiate Flying Club 1935, n.d. 3013 Membership 1936-1943 3013 Merger with Amherst Flying Club 1940 3013 Photographs 1939 3013 Photographs 1941-1945 3013 Photographs n.d. 3013 Publications, Manuals, and Instructions (1) 3013 Publications, Manuals, and Instructions (2)

See list of publications.