REPUBLIC AIRLINES:

An Inventory of Its Records at the Minnesota Historical Society

Manuscripts Collection

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Creator:Republic Airlines, creator.
Title:Republic Airlines records.
Dates:1940-1986.
Abstract:Corporate records and subject files related to Republic Airlines (1979-1986) and its predecessor and acquired lines, including North Central Airlines (1952-1979) and its predecessor, Wisconsin Central Airlines (ca.1940s-1952); Southern Airways (ca.1940-1979); and Air West/Hughes Airwest (1968-1980) and its predecessors, Bonanza Air Lines (ca.1940s-1968), Southwest Airways (ca.1940s-1958), Pacific Air Lines (ca.1958-1968), and West Coast Airlines (ca.1940s-1968).
Quantity:56.25 cubic feet (50 boxes, 50 microfilm reels, and 22 items in oversized folder), 8 master film reels: 16mm., 3 master video files: MOV (10 GB), 11 user video files: MP4 (4.9 GB), 4 master audio files: WAV (108 MB), and 4 user audio files: MP3 (20 MB).
Location:See Detailed Description section for shelf locations.

Expand/CollapseHISTORICAL NOTE

Republic Airlines was a publicly-held, Minneapolis-based carrier providing air transportation to the traveling and shipping public. It was created in 1979 by the merger of North Central Airlines and Southern Airways; in 1980 it acquired Hughes Airwest. North Central Airlines was established in December, 1952, when Wisconsin Central Airlines officially changed its name to North Central Airlines. Wisconsin Central was founded in 1944 and served communities in Wisconsin, Illinois, upper Michigan, and Minnesota. North Central expanded service to include communities in Iowa, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, and other states, as well as some in Canada. Southern Airways, which was established in 1949, provided airline service to communities in the southeastern portion of the United States.

Hughes Airwest was officially established in April, 1970, after the Civil Aeronautics Board (CAB) approved the 1969 purchase of Air West by Hughes Tool Co., which was owned by industrialist and aviator Howard Hughes. The short-lived Air West was created in April, 1968, by the merger of three western regional carriers: West Coast Airlines, Pacific Air Lines (known as Southwest Airways until 1958), and Bonanza Air Lines. West Coast Airlines provided service to communities in Washington, Oregon, Idaho, and Montana. Southwest Airways served communities in California and Oregon; Pacific Air Lines continued flying in these states and expanded service to include communities in Nevada and Washington. Bonanza Air Lines provided service to communities in California, Nevada, Arizona, and Utah. Air West and Hughes Airwest served communities in the eight states previously served by their predecessor companies (Arizona, California, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, and Washington), and some in Canada and Mexico as well.


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Expand/CollapseSCOPE AND CONTENTS

The collection includes historical background materials, annual reports, route maps, flight schedules, and information on mergers and acquisitions. There are printed items related to local and regional air service (ca. 1949-1976); advertising material; information on aircraft; Civil Aeronautics Board documents (including some with significant historical information); employee labor agreements, manuals, and other files; photographs, movies and video recordings; audio recordings; microfilmed news clippings; and printed and semi-print materials such as departmental memoranda, newsletters, employee magazines, and in-flight magazines.

Loose newspaper clippings and scrapbooks containing news clippings were microfilmed.


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Expand/CollapseARRANGEMENT

These documents are organized into the following sections:

Background Materials
Republic Airlines Records
North Central Airlines Records
Wisconsin Central Airlines Records
Southern Airways Records
Air West/Hughes Airwest Records
Bonanza Air Lines Records
Pacific Air Lines Records
Southwest Airways Records
West Coast Airlines Records
Sound and Visual Materials


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Expand/CollapseADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION

Availability:

The collection is open for research use.

Preferred Citation:

[Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. Republic Airlines Records. Minnesota Historical Society.

See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional examples.

Microfilm Production:

M579: St. Paul, Minn.: Minnesota Historical Society, 1995. 35 microfilm reels; 35 mm.

M580: St. Paul, Minn.: Minnesota Historical Society, 1994. 15 microfilm reels; 35 mm.

Microfilm is available for sale or interlibrary loan from the Minnesota Historical Society.

Appraisal Information:

Original clippings (52.25 cubic feet) were disposed after microfilming.

Accession Information:

Accession number: 13,862; 15,187; 15,188; 16,339

Location of Master Files:

Digital masters of the audiovisual material are maintained on the Society's secure digital collections storage servers and are managed and preserved in accordance with archival best practices.

The original audio and video were disposed after the material was digitally reformatted into wav and mov files.

Processing Information:

Legacy Amendment logo

Processed by: John M. Wickre, May 1989

Digitization and encoding by April Rodriguez, March 30, 2022.

Digital audio and video transferred from master audiovisual material by the Minnesota Historical Society for preservation purposes (March 2022).

Digitization was made possible by the Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund through the vote of Minnesotans on November 4, 2008.

Catalog ID number: 990017115580104294


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DETAILED DESCRIPTION

Expand/CollapseBACKGROUND MATERIALS

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149.I.11.1B1Local air service background materials, circa 1949-1976.
Miscellaneous items, circa 1949-1976.
Flight magazine, 1962, 1964, 1970. 2 folders.
Annual local/regional air service issues.
Flight's Local Air Transport Yearbook, 1973-1975.
Association of Local Transport Airlines reports:
Public Benefits Provided by the Local Airline Industry, 1961, 1967, 1973.
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142.C.2.3 39Air Transport Association maps, 1950s-1960s.
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+168Official airline map of the U.S., 1963.

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149.I.11.1B1Historical background materials:
Miscellany, circa 1979-1980s.
North Central / Southern merger to form Republic Airlines, 1979-1980. 3 folders.
Hughes Airwest acquisition by Republic, 1980.
Republic merger into Northwest Airlines, 1986.
Route maps, circa 1980s.
Annual reports, 1979-1983.
Financial materials, circa 1979-1980s. 2 folders.
Officers, circa 1980s.
Telephone directories, 1980, 1983. 2 folders.
Flight schedules, 1982-1985. 4 folders.
Advertising files:
"Awareness Study," 1983.
"Monitor Study," 1983.
Advertising materials, circa 1980s. 3 folders.
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149.I.11.2F 2Advertising materials, circa 1980s. 5 folders.
Gift catalogs, circa 1980s.
Republic Airlines, DC-9 film documents, April 1976.
Aircraft:
DC-9 misc.
DC-9 pilots' handbook, 1979. 3 folders.
Boeing 727 pilots' handbook, 1983.
Maintenance and stores computer system (SCEPTRE), 1979-1980.
Noise abatement, 1981.
Air freight, circa 1980s.
Air mail service: First day and commemorative event covers, 1934-1969.
Commemorative air mail envelopes used upon the inauguration of new air mail routes and collected by Tollie Glaves, Superintendent of Mail for Frontier Airlines. Many of the envelopes have post-mark to delivery times noted on them.
Airports, circa 1980s.
CAB misc., circa 1980s.
Customer Service Division miscellaneous, circa 1980s.
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149.I.11.3B3Customer Service Division memos, 1981-1984. 3 folders.
Employee miscellany, circa 1980s.
Employee name lists, 1982-1983.
Employee relations: strike, 1983.
Employee manuals:
Miscellaneous.
Flight attendant, circa 1979-1981. 2 folders.
Flight attendant, 1983.
Flight attendant emergency manual, 1980.
Hazardous materials manual, circa 1977-1981.
Reservation agent, circa 1980s. 3 folders.
Station manual, circa 1980-1981. 2 folders.
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149.I.11.4F 4Employee manuals:
Station manual, circa 1980-1981. 6 folders.
Flight Operations Dept.: The Ungarbled Word (newsletter), 1979-1983.
Industrial Relations Dept. Bulletin / Reporter, 1981-1984.
Marketing and communications plan, 1981.
Marketing miscellany, circa 1980s.
Open house, 1983.
"Operation Self-Help," 1981.
Operations reports (sample of "Daily Report of Operations and Traffic"), 1980.
Passenger service:
Passenger Service Dept. memos, 1980-1981.
Complimentary letters received, circa 1980s.
Convention travel service, circa 1980s.
Public Relations Dept. memos, 1979-1980.
Miscellaneous items, circa 1980s.
Publications:
Miscellaneous, circa 1980s.
Extra Section (Corporate Communications Dept. newsletter), 1979-1984. 3 folders.
Go News (Sales Administration newsletter), 1980-1981.
SATO [military Sales and Traffic Offices?] Plane Exchange, circa 1982-1983.
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149.I.11.5B 5Republic Museum / Katie Childs records:
Correspondence and miscellaneous papers, circa 1980-1983. 7 folders.
Museum inventory, circa 1981.
Donations.
Oral history interview summaries.
Photos.
Planning, 1981.
Progress report, 1983.
Proposals, 1980-1983. 2 folders.
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149.I.11.6F 6News releases, 1979-1986. 22 folders.
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149.I.11.7B 7In-flight magazines given to passengers:
Republic Scene, 1979-1983. 7 folders.
Republic, 1984.
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144.C.4.6F 36Oversize materials:
Advertising materials.
Republic People (employee magazine), 1979-1983.
Route maps, photos, and miscellany.
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142.C.2.3 39Organization charts, 1979-1983. 4 folders.
Route maps.
Advertising materials.
Aircraft.
Location
+168Flat-filed oversize materials, circa 1979-1980s:
Route maps, 1979, 1982. 3 items.
Advertising posters. 3 items.
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M5801Newspaper Clippings, 1979-1984. 15 microfilm reels.
This microfilm reproduces loose newspaper (and some magazine) clippings documenting Republic Airlines activities at the local, regional, and national levels. The clippings are arranged chronologically by year and month. They are not in order by day within each month, and some are not correctly filed by month. Most of the clippings were collected for the airlines by clipping services. A "citation" slip attached to most of these articles gives the title, place of publication, and date of the newspaper (or magazine) in which the article appeared. Beginning in 1982 there are many newspaper pages containing articles pertaining to the airlines that were not clipped. Some of these articles are marked; those that are not usually can be identified by their headlines.
March, May-November 1979.
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M5802 December 1979-March 1980.
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M5803 April-August 1980.
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M5804 September-October 1980.
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M5805November-December (part) 1980.
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M5806 December (part) 1980.
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M5807 Unsorted 1981; January-February 1981.
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M5808 March-May 1981.
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M5809 June-October 1981.
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M58010 November 1918-February 1982; Unsorted 1982.
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M58011 March-June 1982.
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M58012 July 1982-March 1983; Unsorted 1983.
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M58013 April-September 1983.
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M58014 October-December 1983.
Also includes magazine articles and "Clips from P.R." for 1983.
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M58015 January-April 1984.
Also includes "Clips from P.R." for 1984.

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Expand/CollapseNORTH CENTRAL AIRLINES RECORDS:

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149.I.11.8F 8Historical background materials:
Miscellaneous, circa 1948-1979.
Serling, Robert J., Six Planes and a Duck (typescript company history), circa 1972.
[Published as Ceiling Unlimited, 1973?]
DeCoursin, G. F. (NC director): correspondence file, 1953-1954.
Merger with Southern Airways, 1979.
Route maps.
Officers.
Annual reports, 1953-1978. 3 folders.
Financial miscalleny. 2 folders.
Telephone directories, 1954-1978. 2 folders.
Flight schedules, 1956-1979. 4 folders.
Advertising materials. 6 folders.
Printed items (both black and white and color) advertising airline services.
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149.I.11.9B 9Advertising materials.
Printed items (mostly black and white single-page advertising proofs).
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149.I.11.10F10Advertising materials. 3 folders.
Printed items (both black and white and color) advertising airline services.
Aircraft:
Miscellaneous.
Engineering requests, 1952-1955.
DC-3 misc., circa 1952-1960.
DC-3 maintenance manual, circa 1950-1953.
DC-3 No. 728, circa 1960s-1975.
Includes 1975 donation to Henry Ford Museum.
Convair 340 and 580, circa 1959-1960s.
DC-9, circa 1960s-1970s.
Air freight, circa 1960s-1970s.
Airmail, circa 1950s-1970s.
Airports, circa 1950s-1970s.
CAB documents, 1950s:
Docket 3207 et al, Chicago-Twin Cities Case, circa 1957. 2 volumes.
Docket 4251 et al, Great Lakes Area Case, circa 1957. 3 volumes and 1 folder.
Docket 5770 et al, Lake Central Airlines acquisition, circa 1955-1957.
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149.I.12.1B11CAB documents, 1950s-1970:
Docket 5770 (continued), Lake Central Airlines acquisition, circa 1955-1957. 3 volumes and 1 folder.
Docket 6050, Renewal Case, 1953. 1 volume.
Miscellaneous 6000- and 7000-series dockets.
Docket 6411 et al, Chicago-Detroit Route Case, circa 1955. 1 volume and 1 folder.
Docket 7454 et al, Seven States Area Investigation, circa 1958-1959.
Miscellaneous 8000- through 17000-series dockets, circa 1950s-1960s. 3 folders.
Docket 13743, North Central Area Airline Service Airport Investigation, 1964.
Docket 16928 et al, Detroit / Erie / Toronto Case, 1966.
Miscellaneous 18000-series dockets.
Docket 18828 et al, Denver - Twin Cities Service Investigation, 1968.
Docket 19097, Twin Cities - Milwaukee Long-haul Investigation, 1970. 1 volume and 1 folder.
Docket 19692, Twin Cities - Milwaukee Short-haul Investigation, 1970.
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149.I.12.2F12CAB documents, 1970s-1980:
Docket 20267, Twin Cities - Milwaukee Southeast Points Investigation, 1969. 1 volume.
Miscellaneous 19000- to 34000-series dockets. 3 folders.
Docket 27758, Detroit-Boston Nonstop Route Proceeding.
Docket 34136, Chicago/Texas/Southeast-Western Mexico Route Proceeding, 1980.
Deregulation, circa 1977.
Employee miscellaneous, circa 1950s-1970s.
Employee names, circa 1970s.
Employees: flight attendants' misc., circa 1960s-1970s.
Employee manuals:
Air traffic control, undated.
Emergency and accident manual, 1958.
Flight attendant manual, 1954.
Flight attendant manual, 1970.
Ground equipment manual, 1961.
Ground operations manual, circa 1970s. 2 folders.
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149.I.12.3B13Operations manual, 1948-1953.
Operations manual, 1951.
Pilot training manual, 1970s.
Sales guide, 1967.
Sales manual, 1966.
Station guides, circa 1960s.
Station managers handbook, undated.
Traffic manual, 1963.
Employee labor agreements:
Clerical, etc., 1969-1980. 4 volumes.
Machinists, 1953-1972. 9 volumes.
Supervisors of mechanical personnel, 1962-1967. 3 volumes.
Pilots, 1968. 1 volume.
Station and related employees, 1955-1969. 6 volumes.
Stewards and stewardesses, 1958-1981. 12 volumes.
Flight Operations Dept.: The Ungarbled Word (newsletter), 1975. 1 issue.
Industrial Relations Dept. Supervisor's Bulletin, 1972-1979. 2 folders.
Lloyd Aero Boliviano contract and report (North Central assistance of Bolivian airline), circa 1963-1965. 2 folders.
Maintenance and Engineering Dept.:
Safety Committee minutes, 1963-1981.
Safety Committee reports, 1955-1961.
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149.I.12.4F 14Service letters, 1958-1968. 4 folders.
Minneapolis headquarters dedication, 1969.
Museum ("Northliner Museum"), 1970s.
Passenger service misellany, circa 1950s-1960s.
Stationery samples, undated.
Traffic and Sales Dept. Messages, 1970-1971, 1977-1978.
Miscellaneous items. 3 folders.
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149.I.12.5B 15Northliner (employee magazine), 1953-1979. 17 folders.
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149.I.12.6F 16Northliner (employee magazine), circa 1953-1979 7 folders.
Northliar (April Fool issue), April 1957.
Northliner (in-flight magazine), 1977, 1979.
News releases, 1953-1954, 1970s. 5 folders.
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144.C.4.7B 37Oversize materials, circa 1952-1979:
Miscellaneous, including route maps, 1953-1970.
Advertising materials.
Aircraft.
Calendars, 1955-1958.
Consumer attitude report, 1970.
Photos.
Planning study for main base and corporate offices, Minneapolis, Minn., 1966.
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142.C.2.4 40Miscellaneous.
Organization charts, 1950s-1960s.
Maps.
Advertising materials. 4 folders.
Aircraft.
Calendars, 1961-1965.
Location
+168Flat-filed oversize materials:
Advertising posters. 7 items.
Aircraft: blueprint of DC-3 paint scheme, 1953.
LocationReel
M5794Clippings Scrapbooks:
The newspaper (and magazine) clippings document the air carrier's activities at the local and regional levels. The clippings are arranged in series according to format, i.e., clippings scrapbooks and/or loose clippings and, most often, in roughly chronological order by year and month within each series. Most of the clippings were selected by clipping services. A "citation" slip attached to most of them gives the title, place of publication, and date of the newspaper (or magazine) in which the article appeared.
Volumes 1-3, July 1953-January 1956.
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M5795Volumes 4-6, January 1956-January 1958.
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M5796Volumes 7-7, January 1958-July 1959.
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M5797Volumes 9-11, January 1959-March 1961.
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M5798Volumes 12-16, March 1961-December 1967.
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M5799Volumes 17-20, August 1968-December 1969.
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M57910Volumes 21-23, January 1970-February 1972.
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M57911Volumes 24-26, February 1972-November 1973.
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M57912Volumes 27-29, November 1973-June 1975.
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M57913Volumes 30-32, July 1975-December 1977.
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M57914Volumes 33-34, January-December 1978.
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M57915Volume 35, December 1978-May 1979.
Loose clippings, 195--1975, 1978-1979.

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Expand/CollapseWISCONSIN CENTRAL AIRLINES RECORDS

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149.I.12.7B17Historical background materials, 1940s-1970s.
Includes information on WC predecessor, Four Wheel Drive Auto Company, Clintonville, Wis., [ca. 1939]-1946.
Route maps, circa 1946-1952.
Annual reports, 1948-1951.
Director's correspondence, 1948.
Includes articles of incorporation.
Flight schedules, circa 1946-1952.
Financial miscellaneous, 1948-1951. 5 folders.
Aircraft:
Miscellaneous
Lockheed Electra 10A:
Miscellany
Flight manual, 1948.
Maintenance manual, 1949.
Maintenance bulletins and aircraft status reports, 1949.
DC-3.
Airmail.
Airports.
CAB documents, 1945-1950. 5 folders.
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149.I.12.8F 18CAB documents, 1951-1952. 3 folders.
Employee manuals:
Reservation manual, 1949.
Steward training guide, 1952.
Employee miscellany, circa 1946-1952.
Forms:
Miscellaneous, circa 1946-1952.
Daily report of operations and traffic, 1948.
Inaugural flights, 1952.
Wisconsin State Planning Board reports, 1940-1945. 2 folders.
Wisconsin State Aeronautics Board report, 1947.
Northliner (employee newsletter), 1948-1951. 1 folder and 1 volume.
News releases, circa 1952.
Miscellaneous.
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144.C.4.7B37Oversize materials, circa 1940s-1952:
"Herman the Duck" logo, undated. 2 drawings.
Miscellaneous.
Photos.
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142.C.2.4 40Miscellaneous materials, circa 1940s-1952.
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M5791Clippings scrapbooks 1-3, 1944, 1946-1948. 1 microfilm reel containing 3 scrapbooks.
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M5792Clippings scrapbooks 4-7, January 1949-April 1952. 1 microfilm reel containing 4 scrapbooks.
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M5793Clippings scrapbook (8), April 1952-July 1953.
Loose clippings, 1952.

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LocationBox
149.I.12.8F 18Historical background materials, circa 1940s-1970s.
Merger with North Central, 1979.
Annual reports, 1950-1978. 3 folders.
Financial misc.
Quarterly reports.
Flight schedules, 1949, 1966.
Executives' biographies.
Telephone directories, 1974, 1978.
Advertising materials, 1970s.
Advertising materials related to Southern Scene magazine, 1968.
Aircraft: DC-9, circa 1960s-1970s.
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149.I.12.9B19Aircraft: DC-9, circa 1960s-1970s.
Aircraft: Swearingen Metro II, circa 1977.
Air freight.
Airports: Atlanta, Georgia.
Airports: Jacksonville, Florida.
CAB documents, 1944-1960s. 6 folders.
Employee benefits, circa 1950s-1970s. 2 folders.
Employee credit union: annual reports, 1975, 1978.
Employee labor agreements: pilots, 1960-1976.
Employee manuals:
Miscellaneous. 2 folders.
Regulations, 1979.
Sales and service, 1972.
Station manual, circa 1969-1979. 4 folders.
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149.I.12.10F 20Station manual, circa 1969-1979. 2 folders.
Employee uniforms.
General Manager's planning book, 1969.
Operations and financial study, 1948.
Sales miscellany.
Sales meetings, 1952-1973. 12 folders.
Sales plans, 1959, 1968. 2 folders.
Sales promotion manual, 1969.
News releases.
Newsletters.
Misc.
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149.I.13.1B 21Southernaire (employee magazine), 1950-1975. 4 folders and 12 volumes.
Southern Scene (inflight magazine), 1968-1969.
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144.C.4.8F38Oversize materials:
Miscellaneous.
Southernaire, 1975-1978.
Photos.
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142.C.2.3 39Miscellaneous materials, circa 1940s-1979.
Location
+168Flat-filed oversize materials, circa 1940s-1979:
Route maps, 1976-1978. 3 items.
Advertising posters. 4 items.
LocationReel
M57916Newspaper clippings, undated and 1950-1979..

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Expand/CollapseAIR WEST / HUGHES AIRWEST RECORDS

LocationBox
149.I.13.2F 22Historical background materials. 4 folders.
Hughes acquisition of Air West, 1968-1969.
Republic acquisition of Hughes Airwest, 1980.
Air West annual reports, 1967-1968.
Includes consolidated Bonanza, Pacific, and Air West annual reports for the year 1967.
Route maps.
Flight schedules, 1968-1980. 2 folders.
Telephone directory, 1980.
Executives' biographical material. 4 folders.
Executive Committee reports, 1972-1975. 4 folders.
Management newsletter, 1975.
Advertising materials. 2 folders.
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149.I.13.3B 23Advertising materials. 3 folders.
Aircraft:
Miscellaneous.
Fairchild F27, circa 1968-1970s.
Boeing 727. 4 folders.
DC-9.
Howard Hughes flying boat. 3 folders.
Air freight.
Airmail.
Airports. 6 folders and 1 volume.
Air Race Classic, 1978-1979.
Women's air race. 4 folders.
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149.I.13.4F 24CAB documents:
Miscellaneous 3 folders.
American Airlines route exchange, 1973-1974. 2 folders.
California Public Utilities Commission, circa 1978-1980.
Republic acquisition of Hughes Airwest, circa 1980. 2 folders.
Employee benefits.
Employee labor agreements.
Employees: flight attendants.
Employee manuals. 6 folders.
Fares tariffs, circa 1968-1970.
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149.I.13.5B 25Fares tariffs, circa 1970-1973.
Financial miscellany.
Frontier Airlines agreement, 1976-1979.
Headquarters building, circa 1972-1975. 3 folders.
Sales miscellaneous. 2 folders.
Miscellaneous files.
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149.I.13.6F 26Miscellaneous files.
Employee newsletters:
Air West News, 1968-1970. 3 folders.
Hughes Airwest, 1970-1975. 3 folders.
Inflight magazines:
Air West, 1968-1969. 3 folders.
Sundancer, 1972-1976. 1 folder and 4 volumes.
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149.I.13.7B 27News releases, 1963-1969.
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149.I.13.8F 28News releases, 1969-1973.
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149.I.13.9B 29News releases, 1973-1976.
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149.I.13.10F30News releases, 1976-1979.
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149.I.14.1B 31News releases, 1979-1980.
Teleflash, 1977-1980
News for employees.
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144.C.4.8F 38Oversize materials, circa 1968-1980.
Miscellaneous.
Advertising materials.
Hughes Airwest, 1975-1979.
Hughes Airwest predecessors: chronology.
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142.C.2.3 39Miscellaneous.
Photos.
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M57930Newspaper Clippings:
Air West, April 1968-April 1970.
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M57931Hughes Airwest Scrapbooks:
Volumes 1-3, 1970-May 1974.
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M57932Volumes 4-6, October 1976-1979.
Includes coverage of Airwest-Frontier route exchange, Cabo San Lucas, and the Hughes Airwest Air Race Classic.
Unbound clippings, April-May 1970.
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M57933Unbound clippings, June 1970-May 1978.
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M57934Unbound clippings, June 1978-April 1979.
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M57935Unbound clippings, May-December 1979.

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Expand/CollapseBONANZA AIR LINES RECORDS

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149.I.14.2F32Historical background materials.
Route maps.
Annual reports, 1958-1966.
Quarterly reports, 1962-1967.
Flight schedules, 1952-1968.
Advertising materials. 2 folders.
Advertising: correspondence, 1958-1960. 5 folders.
Advertising expenditures, 1960.
Aircraft:
Cessna 145, circa 1940s.
BAC 111, circa 1960s.
Fairchild F27, circa 1960s.
F27 maintenance manual, circa 1966-1967.
DC-9, circa 1960s-1970s.
Airmail, circa 1965-1966.
CAB documents, circa 1957-1963.
Employee miscellaneous.
Employee labor agreements, 1963-1967.
Fares tariffs, circa 1965-1968.
Geographical: Albuquerque, circa 1960-1963.
Geographical: Las Vegas, circa 1961-1962.
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149.I.14.3B 33Miscellaneous items.
Employee newsletters:
B-Line, 1957-1958.
Bonanza Weekly, 1965-1968. 4 folders.
Inflight magazine:
Big B, 1958-1965. 3 folders.
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144.C.4.8F 38Oversize mtaerials:
Miscellaneous materials, circa 1940s-1968.
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142.C.2.3 39Miscellaneous materials, circa 1940s-1968.
LocationReel
M57928Newspaper clippings (unbound), 1952-1953, 1965-April 1968.
Clippings Scrapbooks:
Volumes 1-3, 1960-1968.
LocationReel
M57929Volumes 4-5, 1964-1965.

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Expand/CollapsePACIFIC AIR LINES RECORDS

LocationBox
149.I.14.3B 33Historical background materials.
Annual reports, 1957-1965.
Flight schedules, 1967-1968.
Advertising materials.
Aircraft.
Air freight.
Airports.
CAB documents.
Employee labor agreements.
Employee manuals: station manual, circa 1963-1967.
Employee miscellaneous,
Fares tariffs, 1958-1967.
Financial miscellaneous.
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144.C.4.8F 38Oversize materials: Empire Airlines and Pacific Air Lines, circa 1940s-1968.
LocationReel
M57927Newspaper clippings, 1958-1968.

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Expand/CollapseSOUTHWEST AIRWAYS RECORDS

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149.I.14.3B 33Historical background materials.
Annual reports, 1947-1948, 1955-1956.
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149.I.14.4F 34Army Air Force Class 44G:
Class yearbook, 1944.
The Thunderbird (newsletter), 1943-1944.
Partial photocopies.
CAB documents.
Fares tariffs, 1957-1958.
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144.C.4.8F 38Oversize materials, circa 1940s-1958.
LocationReel
M57926Newspaper advertisements, 1950-1958.
Clippings scrapbook, December 1955-December 1956.

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Expand/CollapseWEST COAST AIRLINES RECORDS

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149.I.14.4F 34Historical background materials.
Predecessor airlines:
Alaska Southern Airways history, undated.
Zimmerly Air Transport, circa 1942-1943.
Empire Air Lines, circa 1948-1951.
Articles of incorporation, 1941-1942.
Annual reports, 1957, 1963-1966.
Flight schedules, 1954-1968.
Aircraft:
DC-3.
F27.
DC-9.
Airports: Wenatchee and Omak, Washington, 1954, 1960.
CAB documents:
West Coast Case (including Zimmerly exhibits), 1944-1946. 3 folders.
Enforcement case, 1964.
"Discover America" flight, 1967.
Employee labor agreements, circa 1964-1967.
FAA operations specifications, 1967.
Fares tariffs, circa 1965-1967.
"Statistics and boardings," 1946-1968. 3 folders.
Miscellaneous. 2 folders.
News releases, 1964-1967.
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149.I.14.5B35Scenic Lines (newsletter), 1954-1960.
Air West (magazine), 1963-1968. 4 folders.
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144.C.4.8F 38Oversize mtaerials, circa 1940s-1968:
Miscellaneous. 2 folders.
Schoolchildren's trip scrapbook, 1969.
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M579Clippings Scrapbooks:
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M57917Loose clippings and volumes 1-3, 1941-1944, 1946-1949.
Includes section of clippings (June 1954) from Aviation Week.
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M57918Volumes 4-6, 1950-1952.
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M57919Volumes 7-8, January 1953-August 1955.
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M57920Volume 9, August 1955-December 1956.
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M57921Volumes 10-11, January 1958-September 1959.
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M57922Volumes 12-13, July-December 1959, January 1961-January 1963.
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M57923Volume 14, January 1963-July 1964.
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M57924July 1964-March 1966.
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M57925Volumes 17-19, April 1966-March 1968.

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149.I.14.6F 41Photographs:
Photos of company operations, executives and employees, aircraft, and other views. Most are black and white 8 x 10-inch size; there also are some color views and slides. Some additional photos are mixed in with archival material in previous boxes.
Air West/Hughes Air West:
Aerial views, 1967.
Aircraft, undated and 1943-1971. 14 folders.
Events, ceremonies, meetings, special flights, undated and 1960-1980. 51 folders.
Facilities and operations, 1961-1978. 33 folders.
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149.I.14.7B42Facilities and operations, undated and 1963-1982. 34 folders.
Geographic locations: Norway, undated.
Passengers, 1965-1971. 3 folders.
Personnel, 1961-1978. 30 folders.
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149.I.14.8F43Personnel, 1958-1980. 61 folders.
Sales: General sales meeting, 1970.
Signs and billboards, undated and 1968-1969. 3 folders.
Bonanza Air Lines:
Accidents, undated.
Aircraft, undated. 6 folders.
Events, ceremonies, meetings, special flights, undated and 1960-1962. 4 folders.
Facilities and operations, undated and 1958. 4 folders.
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149.I.14.9B44Facilities and operations, undated and 1956-1966. 4 folders.
Geographic locations: Orange County, 1957.
Personnel, 1959-1973. 15 folders.
Miscellany, undated.
North Central Airlines:
Accidents, undated and 1956. 4 folders.
Aircraft, undated and 1955-1982. 28 folders.
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149.I.14.10F45Facilities and operations, 1962-1975. 4 folders.
Events, ceremonies, meetings, special flights, undated and 1950-1977. 26 folders.
Facilities and operations, undated and 1966-1975. 13 folders.
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149.I.15.1B46Facilities and operations, undated and 1955-1979. 20 folders.
Geographic locations, undated and 1970. 9 folders.
Passengers, undated and 1968. 5 folders.
Personnel, 1958-1977. 4 folders.
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149.I.15.2F47Personnel, undated and 1954-1981. 49 folders.
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149.I.15.3B48Personnel, undated and 1954-1978. 24 folders.
Sales, 1965.
Miscellany, 1954-1973. 4 folders.
Republic Airlines:
Personnel, undated. 9 folders.
Miscellany, undated.
Southern Airways:
Aircraft, undated.
Events, ceremonies, meetings, special flights, 1955-1969. 5 folders.
Facilities and operations, 1965-1969. 6 folders.
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149.I.15.4F49Facilities and operations, undated and 1959-1976. 10 folders.
Passengers, undated and 1964. 2 folders.
Personnel, undated and 1957-1978. 25 folders.
Signs and billboards, undated.
Miscellany, undated and 1969. 4 folders.
West Coast Airlines:
Aircraft, undated and 1964-1967. 9 folders.
Geographic locations, undated and 1966-1968. 3 folders.
Personnel, undated and 1956-1967. 7 folders.
Miscellany, undated and 1963-1966. 3 folders.
Wisconsin Central Airlines:
Aircraft, 1948-1975. 3 folders.
Events, ceremonies, meetings, special fligts, undated and 1970. 2 folders.
Geographic locations: Green Bay, Wisconsin, 1948.
Personnel, 1948-1952. 6 folders.
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152.K.4.4F57Miscellany, undated and 1952. 3 folders.
[0.20 cubic feet empty, letter sized]
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InternetMotion pictures:
Bonanza Airlines commercials:
Bonanza air lines, wild west, undated. 1 master film reel (58 seconds): silent, color; 16mm. print, and 1 user video file: MP4 (57.3 MB).
Container note: Bonnanza-30. Picture quality of film has been impacted due to the color fading to magenta.
Bonanza air lines, wild west, undated Digital version
Bonanza Air Lines, Salt Lake City, undated. 1 master film reel (1 minutes, 33 seconds): sound, color; 16mm. reversal positive print, and 1 user video file: MP4 (113.4 MB).
Bonanza Air Lines, Salt Lake City, undated Digital version
North Central Airlines:
DC-9 airplane, undated. 1 master film reel (3 minutes, 11 seconds): silent, color; 16mm. reversal positive print, and 1 user video file: MP4 (238.6 MB).
DC-9 built by McDonnell Douglas Corp. for North Central Airlines. Shots of the plane on the runway and in the air.
DC-9 airplane, undated Digital version
North Central Airlines, 1960s. 1 master film reel (25 minutes, 36 seconds): silent, color; 16mm. original reversal positive print, and 1 user video file: MP4 (2 GB).
Footage contains a mixture of scenes such as aviation pioneer Donald Douglas, aviation buff Arthur Godfrey, North Central Airlines hangar, North Central Airlines flight interior, and shots of the Wright Brothers' Aeroplane at a museum.
North Central Airlines, 1960s Digital version
Good people make our airline great, undated. 1 master film reel (12 minutes, 3 seconds): sound, color; 16mm. print, and 1 user video file: MP4 (924.4 MB).
Promotional film with voice-over describing the airline and various jobs. Shows fabrication, towers, computerized booking, baggage, food, terminals, and shots of New York City.
Good People Make Our Airline Great, undated Digital version
Metropolitan bass float: Mississippi wonder, undated. 1 master film reel (14 minutes, 19 seconds): sound, color; 16mm. print, and 1 user video file: MP4 (1 GB).
Nnarrated fishing trip on the Mississippi in Minnesota. Produced by North Central Airlines in cooperation with Gapin's World of Fishin'.
Metropolitan bass float: Mississippi wonder, undated Digital version
Pacific Airlines, undated. 1 master film reel (2 minutes, 45 seconds): silent, color; 16mm. original reversal positive print, and 1 user video file: MP4 (205.6 MB).
Footage contains a Pacific Airlines plane parked in a hangar and staff working on the exterior.
Pacific Airlines, undated Digital version
North Central and Southern Airways merger, approximately 1979. 1 master film reel (6 minutes): sound, color; 16mm. print, and 1 user video file: MP4 (456.6 MB).
Ppromotional piece on Republic Airlines with shots of employees, customers, services, planes, and facilities at the time of the consolidation of Southern and North Central airlines.
North Central and Southern Airways merger, approximately 1979 Digital version
Video recordings:
Hughes Air West top banana, June 11, 1976 1 master video file (2 minutes, 16 seconds): MOV (1.1 GB) and 1 user video file: MP4 (23.9 MB).
Container note: "Employees" XAGA 6037 :30. "Salk Lake Service" XAGA 6041 :30. "L.A. Service" XAGA 6043 :20. "Salt Lake" XAGA 6047 :10. "L.A." XAGA 6049 :10. "Las Vegas" XAGA 6061 :10. "Corporate" XAGA 6055 :10.
Hughes Air West top banana, June 11, 1976 Digital video
Republic Airlines:
Republic airplane production footage, November 11, 1983. 1 master video file (3 minutes, 6 seconds): MOV (1.3 GB) and 1 user video file: MP4 (32.2 MB).
Footage contains a Republic airplane on the tarmac, taking off, and in the air. No sound.
Republic airplane production footage, November 11, 1983 Digital video
Republic video newsletter, June 9, 1982. 1 master video file (16 minutes, 57 seconds): MOV (7.5 GB) and 1 user video file: MP4 (192.2 MB).
Footage of company's upcoming promotional commercials with celebrity cameos and feedback from customers via letters.
Republic video newsletter, June 9, 1982 Digital video
Audio recordings:
Air West merger advertisement, undated. 1 master audio file (10 minutes): WAV (50.5 MB) and 1 user audio file: MP3 (10 MB).
Concerns the merger of Bonanza, West Coast, and Pacific Airlines into Air West, and expounds upon the characteristics of Air West.
Air West merger advertisement, undated Digital audio
Radio interview of West Coast airlines stewards, undated. 1 master audio file (7 minutes, 4 seconds): WAV (35.7 MB).
Radio interview and recruiting piece to hire stewardesses. Interviewees talk about being a stewardess, hiring, training, regulations, and recruiting in Salt Lake City.
Container note: Interview (on Jack Bogut Program) KALL Radio, West Coast Stewardess.
Republic making airwaves, July 1, 1979. 1 master sound disc (6 minutes, 30 seconds): analog and 1 user audio file: MP3 (6.1 MB).
Container note: Side 1 Here's how well-known writer Ed Labunski built our kind of music. Side 2: Radio Commercials. 1. Z:60 "Gotten Together". 2. :60 "The Best" 3. :30 "Gotten Together. 4. :30 "People"
Republic making airwaves, July 1, 1979 Digital audio
Republic making airwaves cover
Southern Airways commercials, 1970s. 1 master audio file (4 minutes, 25 seconds): WAV (22.3 MB) and 1 user audio file: MP3 (3.9 MB).
Short commercials to advertise flights to Orlando, Chicago, and New Orleans.
Container note: Cut 1: :60 with/Jim Axel. Cut 2: :30 with/Jim Axel. Cut 3: :60 Jingle Only. Cut 4: Sample Air Shot WSB. 1971/72 "Nicest People"
Southern Airways commercials, 1970s Digital audio

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Records of Republic's successor, Northwest Airlines, are also in the Minnesota Historical Society manuscript collections.

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This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the Minnesota Historical Society. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons or places should search the catalog using these headings.

Topics:
Advertising -- Airlines -- United States.
Aeronautics, Commercial -- United States.
Airlines -- United States.
Airlines -- United States -- Employees.
Airplanes.
Local service airlines -- United States.
Organizations:
Air West.
Bonanza Airlines.
Hughes Airwest.
North Central Air Lines.
Pacific Air Lines.
Southern Airways.
Southwest Airways Company.
United States. Civil Aeronautics Board.
West Coast Airlines.
Wisconsin Central Airlines.
Types of Documents:
Microforms.
Motion pictures.
Photographs.
Sound recordings.
Video recordings (physical artifacts).

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