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 Summary

This collection consists of a scrapbook, photographs, correspondence, interviews, and newspaper articles relating to National Air Transport (NAT).

 Biographical / Historical

National Air Transport (NAT), Boeing Air Transport (BAT), and Stout Air Services were three early airmail carriers. NAT was formed in 1925 by Clement Keys, and in 1927 won the bid for the New York to Chicago Airmail route. BAT received the Chicago to San Francisco route in 1927, and also carried passengers. Stout Air Service was formed in 1925 and carried mail and passengers from Detroit to Cleveland. These three companies were all predecessors of United Air Lines, which was formed in 1929.

 Identifier

NASM.1991.0024

Creator

National Air Transport

Date

1927-1937

Provenance

Joseph D. Hutchinson, Gift, 1990, NASM.1991.0024, NASM

Extent

0.75 Cubic feet ((1 flatbox and one cassette tape box))

Archival Repository

National Air and Space Museum Archives

Scope and Contents

This collection consists of the following material: NAT scrapbook which includes 110 photographs of NAT pilots, aircraft used by NAT and the service overhaul shop; correspondence and notes by or about Walter J. Addems, E.B. Gray Egbert P. Lott, C.T. Robertson, R.T. Hopkins, and Beebe Daniels; miscellaneous material on Stout Air Services, BAT and NAT; photographs of Stout stewards; tapes of interviews with Harry Bitterman, Egbert P. Lott, and E. Brown Gray; photocopies of newspaper articles on aircraft crashes; copy of a 1933 weather report; photographs of United; and the NAT 1933 newsletter, 'Flypaper'.

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Citation

National Air Transport Collection [Hutchinson], NASM.1991.0024, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.

Topics

Aeronautics, Commercial -- Passenger traffic

Aeronautics, Commercial

Airlines

Aeronautics

Air travel

Aeronautics, Commercial -- United States

Type

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Audiotapes

Newsletters

Clippings

Notes

Correspondence

Photographs

Scrapbooks