Lawrence Maile aviation papers
Scope and Contents
Includes copies of newspaper articles, photographs, postcards, and materials from the Furniture Capital Air Service Flying School. The materials from the aviation school include applications and a brochure. The materials from the Ox5 club include diagrams of early Ox5 airplanes and a copy of the club's constitution, bylaws, and a roster of the club.
Dates
- 1908-1986
Creator
- Maile, Lawrence (Person)
Biographical / Historical
Lawrence Maile (ca.1910-1988) was a prominent figure in early aviation in the Grand Rapids area. He began flying lessons at the Furniture Capital Air Service Flying School when a newsboy for the Grand Rapids Herald. A resident of Grand Rapids, with his wife Irma, and his two sons Lawrence George and Robert Arnold, Maile worked for the Grand Rapids Fire Department for thirty years before his retirement.
Extent
0.21 Linear Feet (One box)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Lawrence Maile (ca. 1910-1988) was an early aviator in Grand Rapids, Michigan. His aviation papers contain photographs, news clippings, postcards, pilot's logs, and other memorabilia. Also included are materials from an aviation club Maile was involved with called the Ox5 Club. Items from the Furniture Capital Air Service Flying School are also found. The pilot logs record his flying time from 1929-1932 and for the 1960s. Additional information about Maile and other Grand Rapids area pilots are recorded in newspaper clippings. Five photographs are included, with many of the individuals depicted being other Grand Rapids area flyers, including Floyd Becker and Bert “Fish” Hassell.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Irma Maile, 1991; accession number 1991.020
- Title
- Finding Aid for the Lawrence Maile aviation papers
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Katie Visner
- Date
- September 1992
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Grand Rapids History Center Repository
Grand Rapids Public Library
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Grand Rapids Michigan 49503 USA
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