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E. Hamilton Lee papers

 Collection
Call Number: WA MSS S-3699

Content Description

Letters, photographs, and newspaper clippings pertaining to air pilot E. Hamilton Lee, 1912-1994. Includes a photograph album containing 380 black-and-white photographs, 132 loose photographs, and 14 negatives of Lee, aircrafts, air pilots, and aerial views, 1912-1974, undated. Photographs are accompanied by manuscript notes on envelopes or versos. Also present are a scrapbook and loose newspaper clippings documenting Lee's career, 1920-1971, undated. Clippings focus primarily on Lee's time with the United States Air Mail Service Division of the U.S. Post Office Department, but also reference his service during World War I and later career as a commercial pilot. Letters in the collection are addressed to Lee from peers and fans, 1923-1993. There are also membership cards, loose notes, passports, pins, and magazine articles. Accompanied by a wooden box.

Dates

  • 1912-1994

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is open for research.

Conditions Governing Use

The E. Hamilton Lee Papers is the physical property of the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University. Literary rights, including copyright, belong to the authors or their legal heirs and assigns. For further information, consult the appropriate curator.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Purchased from Tavistock Books on the Frederick W. and Carrie S. Beinecke Fund for Western Americana, 2017.

Arrangement

Arranged alphabetically by format.

Extent

4.88 Linear Feet (6 boxes)

Language of Materials

English

Catalog Record

A record for this collection is available in Orbis, the Yale University Library catalog

Persistent URL

https://hdl.handle.net/10079/fa/beinecke.ehamiltonlee

Abstract

Letters, photographs, and newspaper clippings pertaining to air pilot E. Hamilton Lee, 1912-1994. Includes a photograph album containing 380 black-and-white photographs, 132 loose photographs, and 14 negatives of Lee, aircrafts, air pilots, and aerial views, 1912-1974, undated. Photographs are accompanied by manuscript notes on envelopes or versos. Also present are a scrapbook and loose newspaper clippings documenting Lee's career, 1920-1971, undated. Clippings focus primarily on Lee's time with the United States Air Mail Service Division of the U.S. Post Office Department, but also reference his service during World War I and later career as a commercial pilot. Letters in the collection are addressed to Lee from peers and fans, 1923-1993. There are also membership cards, loose notes, passports, pins, and magazine articles. Accompanied by a wooden box.

Biographical / Historical

E. Hamilton Lee (1892-1994) of Paris, Illinois, was an instructor in the flying division of the United States Army Signal Corps during World War I. After leaving the military, he joined the U.S. Air Mail Service Division of the U.S. Post Office Department. He was hired by Boeing Air Transport in 1927, when the Post Office Department stopped flying the mail. Boeing merged with other carriers in 1934, becoming United Air Lines. Lee retired in 1949 after a 36-year aviation career.

Processing Information

Collections are processed to a variety of levels, depending on the work necessary to make them usable, their perceived research value, the availability of staff, competing priorities, and whether or not further accruals are expected. The library attempts to provide a basic level of preservation and access for all collections, and does more extensive processing of higher priority collections as time and resources permit.

These materials have been arranged and described according to national and local standards. For more information, please refer to the Beinecke Manuscript Unit Processing Manual.

Source

Title
Guide to the E. Hamilton Lee Papers
Status
Completed
Author
Sarah Lerner
Date
July 2019
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description note
Finding aid written in English.

Part of the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library Repository

Contact:
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(203) 432-2977

Location

121 Wall Street
New Haven, CT 06511

Opening Hours

Access Information

The Beinecke Library is open to all Yale University students and faculty, and visiting researchers whose work requires use of its special collections. You will need to bring appropriate photo ID the first time you register. Beinecke is a non-circulating, closed stack library. Paging is done by library staff during business hours. You can request collection material online at least two business days in advance of your visit, using the request links in Archives at Yale. For more information, please see Planning Your Research Visit and consult the Reading Room Policies prior to visiting the library.