Pflaum, Rosalynd
Pflaum aeronautical
collection
1927-1957
University of
Minnesota Libraries. Literary Manuscripts Collection, Manuscripts
Division [mss]
133
folders
A collection of
autographs and autographed letters and photographs from famous
aviators.
Mss 2
English
Mezzanine
Administrative Information
Restrictions on Access
Open for research in the Archives reading room.
Restrictions on Use
Copyright is retained by each author.
Preferred Citation
Pflaum Aeronautical Collection (Mss 2), Literary Manuscripts
Collection, University of Minnesota Libraries, Minneapolis.
Acquisition
Donated by Rosalynd Mary Cohen Pflaum (Mrs. Leo R.) in 1967.
Processing Information
The collection was processed and the finding aid written by C. E.
Svang, 1968.
Arrangement
The collection is organized alphabetically by aviator's last name.
Other Finding Aid
A detailed inventory of the autographed items is available in the
Archives. It contains information about many of the aviators.
Biographical Note
Rosalynd Mary Cohen Pflaum is noted for biographies she has written
regarding French women, including Marie Curie and Madame de Stael. She was also
the founder of WAMSO, the women's association of the Minneapolis Symphony
Orchestra (later named the Minnesota Orchestra). She and her family have long
been supporters of the Orchestra.
Scope and Content Note
Rosalynd Pflaum collected autographs and autographed letters and
photographs from famous aviators during the years from 1928 to 1957, but was
most actively engaged in her hobby during 1931-1933. Most of the autographs are
from the later period.
Index Terms
This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog
of the University of Minnesota Libraries. Researchers desiring materials about
related topics, persons or places should search the catalog using these
headings.
Pflaum,
Rosalynd
Air pilots
Women air pilots
Detailed Contents
Included here is list of the aviators represented in the
collection.
Acosta, Burt
Agello, Francesco
Amundsen, Roald
Arnold, Leslie F.
Asai, Kanekichi
Assolant, Jean
Balbo, Italo
Balchen, Bernt
Beamont, Roland P. "Bee"
Beinhorn, Elly
Bellonte, Maurice
Bernardi, Mario, Comte de
Bishop, W. A.
Bleriot, Louis
Boardman, Russell
Bossoutrut, Lucien
Boyt, J. Erroll
Braathen, Chris
Braescu, Smaranda
Broadwick, (Miss) Tiny
Brock, William S.
Bromley, Harold
Brossy, Frederic A.
Brown, Arthur Whitten, Sir
Brown, Winifred
Browne, Nathan C. "Nat"
Bruce, Mildred (Mrs. Victor Bruce)
Byrd, Richard Evelyn
Chamberlain, Clarence D.
Christiansen, Friedrich
Cobham, Alan
Cochran, Jacqueline (Mrs. F.B. Odlum)
Collins, Paul F.
Collishaw, Raymond
Collyer, Charles B. D.
Corrigan, Douglas Gorse "Wrong-way"
Costes, Dieudonne
Doolittle, James H.
Dorbandt, Frank
Dresel, Alger H.
Eaker, Ira Clarence
Earhart, Amelia
Eckener, Hugo (Dr.)
Elder, Ruth
Ellsworth, Lincoln
Evans, Edward S.
Fitzmaurice, James C.
Fogg, Robert S.
Gallagher, James G.
Gatty, Harold
Gayford, Oswald R.
Goebel, Arthur C.
Gottwaldt, Birger Lund
Gray, J. D. M.
Griffin, Bennett H.
Gronau, Wolfgang von
Hacker, Glenn E.
Haizlip, James G.
Haizlip, May
Haldeman, George W.
Hall, James Goodwin
Harding, John, Jr.
Harris, Harold R.
Hausner, Stanley F.
Hawks, Frank Monroe
Hegenberger, Albert F.
Herndon, Hugh, Jr.
Hillwood, Peter
Hughes, Howard
Hunter, John
Hunter, Kenneth
Jackson, Dale "Red"
Jensen, Martin
Johnson, Amy (Mrs. James Mollison)
Jones, Charles S. "Casey"
Kalep, Elvy
Kohl, Hermann
Law, Ruth
Lees, Walter E.
Lindberg, Charles Augustus
Little, Ray
Machenaud, René
MacLaren, Donald R.
McLeroy, Robert R.
McMullen, Clements
Maitland, Lester J.
Mamer, N. B. "Nick"
Marsalis, (Mrs.) Frances Harrell
Martin, Glenn L.
Mattern, Jimmie
Mayes, Ethyl Maude
Mears, John Henry
Miller, (Mrs.) J. M. Keith
Mollison, James
Musick, Edwin C.
Nelson, Erik H.
Nicholetts, G. E.
Nichols, Ruth R.
Nickoll, F. R.
Nobile, Umberto
Noville, G. O.
O'Brian, Geoff S.
O'Brine, Forest "Obie"
Odom, William
Ogden, Henry H.
Pangborne, Clyde
Parker, Alton N.
Piccard, Auguste
Piccard, Jean Felix
Piccard, Jeanette
Pinedo, Francesco de (also known as Marquis de
Pinedo)
Polando, John L.
Post, Wiley
Rankin, Tex
Read, Albert Cushing
Reichers, Louis T.
Reynolds, Milton
Rickenbacker, Edward Vernon "Eddie"
Rosendahl, Charles E.
Salaman, Peggy
Sallee, T. Carrol
Schlee, Edward F.
Scott, Charles W. A.
Sikorsky, Igor I.
Simons, David G.
Smith, Charles Kingsford, Sir
Smith, Elinor
Smith, Lowell H.
Soucek, Apollo
Spaatz, Carl
Stainforth, George H.
Thaden, Louise McP.
Towers, John H.
Trout, (Miss) Bobbie
Turner, Roscoe
Udet, Ernst
Ulm, Charles
Unwins, Cyril F.
Von Etzdorf, Marga
Wade, Leigh
Wedell, James R.
Wells, Linton
White, Will W.
Whittle, F.
Wiley, Herbert V.
Williams, Alford Joseph, Jr.
Williams, Roger Q.
Wright, Orville
Yancey, Lewis A.
Yeager, Charles E.
Young, Virgil L.
"Short Snorter"
Air Mail cover that was in a plane crash