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 Summary

This collection consists of two Ligue Internationale des Aviateurs (International League of Aviators) certificates given to Roscoe Turner with his 1938 Harmon Trophy Award.

 Biographical / Historical

The Ligue Internationale des Aviateurs (International League of Aviators) was an organization founded by Clifford Harmon to serve as "an agent for Peace and National security." Until World War II, the League administered the Harmon Trophy, a set of three international annual trophies that were awarded to the world's outstanding aviator, aviatrix and aeronaut. A fourth trophy was called the National Trophy and was awarded to the most outstanding aviator in each of the twenty-one member countries from 1926 to 1948. Roscoe Turner was awarded the Harmon National Trophy in 1932 and again in 1938.

 Identifier

NASM.XXXX.1134

Creator

International League of Aviators

Date

1938

Provenance

Estate of Roscoe Turner, date unknown, NASM.XXXX.1134.

Extent

0.05 Cubic feet (1 folder)

Archival Repository

National Air and Space Museum Archives

Scope and Contents

This collection consists of two 19.5 by 23 inch Ligue Internationale des Aviateurs certificates given to Roscoe Turner with his 1938 Harmon Trophy Award. The first certificate is signed by the following aviation personalities: Charles Lindbergh, Eddie Rickenbacker, Clayton Knight, Shirley Short, William Thaw, Harold Hartley, John Iseman, George Haldeman, and Gerald McClellan. The second certificate, which is inscribed with "Elects Roscoe Turner as the Champion Aviator of the United States Section for the Year 1938," is autographed by Clayton Knight, Clifford Harmon, Charles Kerwood, J. Errol D. Boyd, and contains two more signatures which are unreadable.

Arrangement note

Collection is comprised of two items.

Rights

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Citation

Ligue Internationale des Aviateurs Certificates [Roscoe Turner], NASM.XXXX.1134, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.

Topics

Aeronautics

Air pilots

Harmon International Trophy

Type

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Certificates