Clifford W. Henderson Collection on the National Air Races, 1928-1936 | Purdue University Libraries, Archives and Special Collections

Scope and Contents: Clifford Henderson Collection on the National Air Races (1928-1936; 3 cubic feet) consists of a scrapbook of newspaper clippings of the 1928 National Air Races and Aeronautical Exposition, two autograph albums with comments and signatures of attendees from the 1929 and 1932 National Air Race competitions, and one photo album of the photographs from the 1929 races. Many of the notable pilots of the 1920s and 1930s are included in the collection, such as Pancho Barnes, Vincent Bendix, Amelia Earhart, Roscoe Turner, Elvy Kalep, May Haizlip, Edwin Aldrin, Blanche Noyes, Gladys O'Donnell, Charles Lindberg, Jimmy Doolittle, and Louise Thaden. Various celebrities and Hollywood personalities are also included in the autograph albums, such as Gary Cooper, Cary Grant, Ginger Rogers, James Stewart, and Myrna Loy.