Walter E. Burnham Papers
Collection Summary
| Title: | Walter E. Burnham Papers |
| Call Number: | MS 80-02 |
| Size: | 22.5 linear feet |
| Acquisition: | Gift of Mrs. Walter E. Burnham to Wichita State University |
| Processed by: | RJK, 10-1-1980; JEF, 8-13-1998; JLY, 9-2007 |
| Note: | Related collections: MS 81-06, Herb Rawdon Papers; MS 97-02, Walter H. and Olive Ann Beech Collection |
| Restrictions: | None |
ArchivesSpace Finding Aid
Literary Rights
Literary rights were granted to Wichita State University. When permission is granted to examine the manuscripts, it is not an authorization to publish them. Manuscripts cannot be used for publication without regard for common law literary rights, copyright laws and the laws of libel. It is the responsibility of the researcher and his/her publisher to obtain permission to publish. Scholars and students who eventually plan to have their work published are urged to make inquiry regarding overall restrictions on publication before initial research.
Content Note
The Walter Burnham Papers include correspondence, engineering drawings, photographs, financial documents, and memorabilia relating primarily to his professional career as an aviation engineer.
Biography
Walter Burnham left Beech Aircraft in 1949 after rising to the position of vice-president of research. He then joined the Boeing Company where he worked until retirement in 1965. While at Boeing, Burnham was instrumental in the organization of the Management Research and Development section. He developed and managed this division from its inception in 1958 until his retirement.
Burnham’s work, however, was not confined to the aviation industry. He served as a consulting engineer for a number of businesses and was often called as an expert witness in legal proceedings which required an engineer’s testimony. Burnham’s two major consulting efforts were for McCauley Industrial Corporation and the Highway Aircraft Company. For McCauley, Burnham designed and developed a propeller for a target-drone aircraft produced by Radio Plane. For Highway Aircraft, he designed the propulsion system for an experimental automobile. The car was powered by a propeller positioned at the rear of the vehicle. Unfortunately, the car malfunctioned on its first test-run and was never put into production. The failure of the vehicle resulted in extensive litigation between Mr. Burnham and the directors of Highway Aircraft.
Walter Burnham’s most memorable contribution to the aviation industry was his design, in collaboration with Herb Rawdon, of the Travel Air Model R, or "Mystery Ship." In 1929, the "Mystery-S," as it came to be known, became the first civilian aircraft to win the Thompson Trophy. Burnham and Rawdon were both employees of Walter Beech at the Travel Air Company. Beech had been consistently frustrated in his attempts to defeat the military planes in the National Air Races and win the Thompson Trophy. After the 1928 races, Beech lamented the poor showing of the commercial entries. In response to Beech’s remarks, Burnham and Rawdon designed the Model R. They worked on the project totally in their spare time and totally in secret. When they finished, they showed the plans to Beech who immediately ordered the plane into production. The entire project was kept under wraps, hence the designation "Mystery Ship." At Cleveland in 1929 the plane easily outdistanced all other entries in the National Air Races. Although it was never put into full-scale production, the "Mystery Ship" helped bring about fundamental changes in aircraft design.
Burnham was an organizer of the Kansas Engineering Foundation and served on the Kansas State Board of Engineering Examiners for 13 years. He was also a charter member of the Wichita Professional Engineering Society.
After his retirement, Burnham continued to serve as a consulting engineer and was able to devote much more time to his avocation of building and repairing stringed instruments. Burnham played viola for many years in the Friends University Community Orchestra.
Walter Burnham died on February 7, 1976. He was survived by his wife Dorothea, his son Robert, and daughter Patricia.
Burnham’s work, however, was not confined to the aviation industry. He served as a consulting engineer for a number of businesses and was often called as an expert witness in legal proceedings which required an engineer’s testimony. Burnham’s two major consulting efforts were for McCauley Industrial Corporation and the Highway Aircraft Company. For McCauley, Burnham designed and developed a propeller for a target-drone aircraft produced by Radio Plane. For Highway Aircraft, he designed the propulsion system for an experimental automobile. The car was powered by a propeller positioned at the rear of the vehicle. Unfortunately, the car malfunctioned on its first test-run and was never put into production. The failure of the vehicle resulted in extensive litigation between Mr. Burnham and the directors of Highway Aircraft.
Walter Burnham’s most memorable contribution to the aviation industry was his design, in collaboration with Herb Rawdon, of the Travel Air Model R, or "Mystery Ship." In 1929, the "Mystery-S," as it came to be known, became the first civilian aircraft to win the Thompson Trophy. Burnham and Rawdon were both employees of Walter Beech at the Travel Air Company. Beech had been consistently frustrated in his attempts to defeat the military planes in the National Air Races and win the Thompson Trophy. After the 1928 races, Beech lamented the poor showing of the commercial entries. In response to Beech’s remarks, Burnham and Rawdon designed the Model R. They worked on the project totally in their spare time and totally in secret. When they finished, they showed the plans to Beech who immediately ordered the plane into production. The entire project was kept under wraps, hence the designation "Mystery Ship." At Cleveland in 1929 the plane easily outdistanced all other entries in the National Air Races. Although it was never put into full-scale production, the "Mystery Ship" helped bring about fundamental changes in aircraft design.
Burnham was an organizer of the Kansas Engineering Foundation and served on the Kansas State Board of Engineering Examiners for 13 years. He was also a charter member of the Wichita Professional Engineering Society.
After his retirement, Burnham continued to serve as a consulting engineer and was able to devote much more time to his avocation of building and repairing stringed instruments. Burnham played viola for many years in the Friends University Community Orchestra.
Walter Burnham died on February 7, 1976. He was survived by his wife Dorothea, his son Robert, and daughter Patricia.
Detailed Description: Series Listing
| Series 1 | Box 1 FF 1-4 | Biographical, 1931-1965. Arranged alphabetically. Biographical information on Walter Burnham. Included is a personnel file on Burnham as well as a transcript of a retirement dinner given him in 1965. |
| Series 2 | Box 1 FF 5-8 | Correspondence, 1934-1973. Letters to and from Walter Burnham are arranged alphabetically by author. Correspondence concerning a particular business (e.g., Beech, Highway Aircraft, etc.) is filed with the papers of the appropriate company in either the Business Papers or Consulting Work series. |
| Series 3 | Box 1 FF 9-Box 2 | Literary Productions, 1942-1965. Papers and speeches authored by Walter Burnham. |
| Series 4 | Box 3-Box 8 FF 9 | Business Papers, 1928-1974. Arranged alphabetically. Businesses for which Walter Burnham was an employee. Included are Beech Aircraft Co., Boeing, Freedman-Burnham, Inc., Rawdon Brothers Aircraft, Rawdon-Burnham, Inc., and Travel Air. |
| Series 5 | Box 8 FF 10-Box 17 | Consulting Work, 1937-1974. Arranged alphabetically. Businesses and law firms for which Walter Burnham served as a consulting engineer. |
| Series 6 | Box 18-Box 19 FF 18 | Professional Organizations and Clubs, 1947-1975. Arranged alphabetically. Engineering societies and other professional organizations of which Walter Burnham was a member. |
| Series 7 | Box 19 FF 19-Box 24 FF 6 | Burnham Miscellaneous, 1932-1975. Arranged alphabetically. Miscellaneous materials either authored by Walter Burnham or dealing directly with him. Included are materials on Tri-State College, miscellaneous propeller studies, and Burnham's personal interests. |
| Series 8 | Box 24 FF 7-Box 28 | General Files, 1926-1976. Arranged alphabetically. Miscellaneous materials collected and used by Walter Burnham. Included are technical reports, miscellaneous aircraft studies, and varied general subjects. |
| Series 9 | Box 29-Box 30 | Photographs, 1929-1969. Included are photographs from various airplane manufacturers, as well as slides of the construction of the Highway Aircraft vehicle. |
| Series 10 | Box 31 | Memorabilia. This box contains a 1/48 scale model of the Travel Air "Mystery Ship." |
| Series 11 | Box 31A-Box 37 | Miscellaneous Materials, 1914-1980. Contains miscellaneous materials, some of which are authored by Walter Burnham, that pertain to aeronautics. Included are papers relating to aircraft, technical papers, reports, magazine and journal articles, aeronautical publications, blueprints, drawings, and photographs. |
| Series 12 | Box 38, Oversized Storage | Oversized Materials. Includes drawings and aeronautical charts. |
Detailed Description: Box and Folder Listing
Series 1 ‒ Biographical
| Box 1 | FF 1 | Biographical sketch of Walter Burnham |
| Box 1 | FF 2 | Burnham, Walter - Personnel file |
| Box 1 | FF 3 | Walter Burnham - "The Man with the Plan" |
| Box 1 | FF 4 | Clippings |
Series 2 ‒ Correspondence
| Box 1 | FF 5 | Correspondence A-D |
| Box 1 | FF 6 | Correspondence E-K |
| Box 1 | FF 7 | Correspondence L-R |
| Box 1 | FF 8 | Correspondence S-Z |
Series 3 ‒ Literary Productions
| Box 1 | FF 9 | "Controllable Pitch Propeller" |
| Box 1 | FF 10 | "Controllable Pitch Propellers for Light Airplanes" |
| Box 1 | FF 11 | Noise reduction paper |
| Box 1 | FF 12 | Propeller papers (File 1) |
| Box 1 | FF 13 | Propeller papers (File 2) |
| Box 1 | FF 14 | "Propeller Structural Problems and Their Effect on Airplane Structures" |
| Box 2 | FF 1 | Propellers - automatic and controllable |
| Box 2 | FF 2 | Speech material - miscellaneous |
| Box 2 | FF 3 | Speeches |
Series 4 ‒ Business Papers
| Box 3 | FF 1 | Beech Aircraft Company: Adhesives |
| Box 3 | FF 2 | Beech Aircraft Company: Alloys |
| Box 3 | FF 3 | Beech Aircraft Company: Bearings - design data |
| Box 3 | FF 4 | Beech Aircraft Company: Civil Aeronautics Air Regulations |
| Box 3 | FF 5 | Beech Aircraft Company: Correspondence |
| Box 3 | FF 6 | Beech Aircraft Company: Electrical Test report |
| Box 3 | FF 7 | Beech Aircraft Company: Flight Test - Beech propeller on Cessna 305A |
| Box 3 | FF 8 | Beech Aircraft Company: Flight Test - PT19 |
| Box 4 | FF 1 | Beech Aircraft Company: Little and Associates: Advanced Oil Hydraulic Motors |
| Box 4 | FF 2 | Beech Aircraft Company: Lockheed pusher propeller |
| Box 4 | FF 3 | Beech Aircraft Company: Magnesium propeller blade |
| Box 4 | FF 4 | Beech Aircraft Company: Method of extrapolating power curves |
| Box 4 | FF 5 | Beech Aircraft Company: Model 35 |
| Box 4 | FF 6 | Beech Aircraft Company: Motor Control Devices |
| Box 4 | FF 7 | Beech Aircraft Company: Propeller Assembly |
| Box 4 | FF 8 | Beech Aircraft Company: Propeller blade profiling machine |
| Box 4 | FF 9 | Beech Aircraft Company: Propeller blades |
| Box 4 | FF 10 | Beech Aircraft Company: Propeller characteristics |
| Box 4 | FF 11 | Beech Aircraft Company: Propeller design |
| Box 5 | FF 1 | Beech Aircraft Company: Propeller design notes |
| Box 5 | FF 2 | Beech Aircraft Company: Propeller performance |
| Box 5 | FF 3 | Beech Aircraft Company: Propeller performance computations |
| Box 5 | FF 4 | Beech Aircraft Company: Propeller proposal for Warner powered airplane |
| Box 5 | FF 5 | Beech Aircraft Company: Proposal to Goodyear - target drone study |
| Box 5 | FF 6 | Beech Aircraft Company: Silicones |
| Box 5 | FF 7 | Beech Aircraft Company: Skinner engine sleeve valve |
| Box 5 | FF 8 | Beech Aircraft Company: Transmissions |
| Box 5 | FF 9 | Beech Aircraft Company: Turbine data |
| Box 5 | FF 10 | Beech Aircraft Company: Universal joint |
| Box 5 | FF 11 | Beech Aircraft Company: Vibration |
| Box 5 | FF 12 | Beech Aircraft Company: Wooden propeller |
| Box 6 | FF 1 | Boeing: Boeing Turbo Prop |
| Box 6 | FF 2 | Boeing: Controlled machine tools |
| Box 6 | FF 3 | Boeing: "Parade of Progress" |
| Box 6 | FF 4 | Boeing: "Simulation of the Longitudinal Control System of a Fire-Fighting Glide Bomb" |
| Box 6 | FF 5 | Boeing: Talk to community leaders |
| Box 6 | FF 6 | Freedman-Burnham, Inc.: Centrifugal twisting moment - preliminary computations |
| Box 6 | FF 7 | Freedman-Burnham, Inc.: Correspondence |
| Box 6 | FF 8 | Freedman-Burnham, Inc.: Investigation of hub failure - Model PC203, PX203, and PY203 hubs |
| Box 6 | FF 9 | Freedman-Burnham, Inc.: Magnesium propeller blades |
| Box 6 | FF 10 | Freedman-Burnham, Inc.: Roby propeller |
| Box 6 | FF 11 | Freedman-Burnham, Inc.: Stress analysis |
| Box 6 | FF 12 | Freedman-Burnham, Inc.: Variable pitch propellers |
| Box 7 | FF 1 | Rawdon Brothers Aircraft: Drawings |
| Box 7 | FF 2 | Rawdon Brothers Aircraft: Financial matters (File 1) |
| Box 7 | FF 3 | Rawdon Brothers Aircraft: Financial matters (File 2) |
| Box 7 | FF 4 | Rawdon Brothers Aircraft: Financial matters (File 3) |
| Box 7 | FF 5 | Rawdon Brothers Aircraft: Financial matters (File 4) |
| Box 7 | FF 6 | Rawdon Brothers Aircraft: Financial matters (File 5) |
| Box 7 | FF 7 | Rawdon Brothers Aircraft: Financial matters (File 6) |
| Box 7 | FF 8 | Rawdon Brothers Aircraft: Financial matters (File 7) |
| Box 7 | FF 9 | Rawdon Brothers Aircraft: Miscellaneous |
| Box 7 | FF 10 | Rawdon Brothers Aircraft: Mortgage account (Burnham account) |
| Box 7 | FF 11 | Rawdon-Burnham, Inc.: Chassis structure R511 |
| Box 7 | FF 12 | Rawdon-Burnham, Inc.: Dayton University Tire Test Machine |
| Box 7 | FF 13 | Rawdon-Burnham, Inc.: Tri-State Wind Tunnel |
| Box 8 | FF 1 | Travel Air: Design data information |
| Box 8 | FF 2 | Travel Air: Drawings |
| Box 8 | FF 3 | Travel Air: Miscellaneous (File 1) |
| Box 8 | FF 4 | Travel Air: Miscellaneous (File 2) |
| Box 8 | FF 5 | Travel Air: Model 15 design data and cost estimate |
| Box 8 | FF 6 | Travel Air: Monoplane |
| Box 8 | FF 7 | Travel Air: "Mystery Ship" |
| Box 8 | FF 8 | Travel Air: "Mystery Ship" design analysis handbook (Note: This notebook is shelved after Box 31.) |
| Box 8 | FF 9 | Travel Air: "The Story of Travel Air" |
Series 5 ‒ Consulting Work
| Box 8 | FF 10 | Alon, Aircraft: (see also: Product Engineering Company): Alon, Inc. |
| Box 8 | FF 11 | Alon, Aircraft: Alon, Inc. - FAA |
| Box 8 | FF 12 | Alon, Aircraft: Alon, Inc. - Mooney Aircraft |
| Box 8 | FF 13 | Alon, Aircraft: Alon, Inc. - receipts |
| Box 8 | FF 14 | Alon, Aircraft: Drawing (Note: This drawing is filed in drawer 1 of the oversized documents case.), Engine installation (Note: This drawing is filed in compartment 1 of the rolled documents case.) |
| Box 9 | FF 1 | Baker I. V. Alert |
| Box 9 | FF 2 | Baker, W. K. |
| Box 9 | FF 3 | Barkley-Grow Aircraft |
| Box 9 | FF 4 | Bockenstette, Joe - aerial spraying |
| Box 9 | FF 5 | Burnham Products |
| Box 9 | FF 6 | Burnham Products, Inc. (Note: These drawings are filed in drawer 1 of the oversized documents case.) |
| Box 9 | FF 7 | Carlson Company |
| Box 9 | FF 8 | Fairhurst, John - mini-pie production |
| Box 9 | FF 9 | Flottorp Mfg. Co.: Continental Motors |
| Box 10 | FF 1 | Flottorp Mfg. Co.: Correspondence |
| Box 10 | FF 2 | Flottorp Mfg. Co.: Drawing - balance fixture (Note: This drawing is filed in drawer 1 of the oversized documents case.) |
| Box 10 | FF 3 | Flottorp Mfg. Co.: Drawings |
| Box 11 | FF 1 | Flottorp Mfg. Co.: Lycoming-Spencer - Hydro Control Valve |
| Box 11 | FF 2 | Flottorp Mfg. Co.: Miscellaneous |
| Box 11 | FF 3 | Highway Aircraft: re: Burnham vs. Highway Aircraft: Plantiff’s exhibit ‘B’ |
| Box 11 | FF 4 | Highway Aircraft: re: Burnham vs. Highway Aircraft: Plantiff’s exhibit ‘C’ |
| Box 11 | FF 5 | Highway Aircraft: re: Burnham vs. Highway Aircraft: Plantiff’s exhibit ‘D’ |
| Box 11 | FF 6 | Highway Aircraft: re: Burnham vs. Highway Aircraft: Plantiff’s exhibit ‘E’ |
| Box 12 | FF 1 | Highway Aircraft: re: Burnham vs. Highway Aircraft: Plantiff’s exhibit ‘F’ |
| Box 12 | FF 2 | Highway Aircraft: re: Burnham vs. Highway Aircraft: Plantiff’s exhibit ‘G’ |
| Box 12 | FF 3 | Highway Aircraft: Correspondence |
| Box 12 | FF 4 | Highway Aircraft: Doty, Johnson, and Summers - re: Burnham vs. Highway Aircraft |
| Box 12 | FF 5 | Highway Aircraft: Drawings (Note: These drawings are filed in drawers 1 and 2 of the oversized documents case.), Drawings (Note: These drawings are filed in compartments 2 and 3 of the rolled documents case.) |
| Box 12 | FF 6 | Highway Aircraft: Expenses and invoices |
| Box 12 | FF 7 | Highway Aircraft: Miscellaneous |
| Box 12 | FF 8 | Highway Aircraft: Reports |
| Box 12 | FF 9 | Highway Aircraft: VW engine data |
| Box 13 | FF 1 | Ledwinka, J. - propeller hub |
| Box 13 | FF 2 | McCauley Industrial Corporation: Contracts |
| Box 13 | FF 3 | McCauley Industrial Corporation: Correspondence |
| Box 13 | FF 4 | McCauley Industrial Corporation: Expenses and invoices |
| Box 13 | FF 5 | McCauley Industrial Corporation: Feathering propeller |
| Box 13 | FF 6 | McCauley Industrial Corporation: Feathering propellers |
| Box 13 | FF 7 | McCauley Industrial Corporation: Feathering pump unit |
| Box 14 | FF 1 | McCauley Industrial Corporation: Feathering systems |
| Box 14 | FF 2 | McCauley Industrial Corporation: Feathering systems - preliminary data |
| Box 14 | FF 3 | McCauley Industrial Corporation: General management policies |
| Box 14 | FF 4 | McCauley Industrial Corporation: Hub design; Hub design - drawings (Note: These drawings are filed in compartment 4 of the rolled documents case.) |
| Box 14 | FF 5 | McCauley Industrial Corporation: Lock Thread Corporation |
| Box 14 | FF 6 | McCauley Industrial Corporation: Lycoming manufacturing |
| Box 14 | FF 7 | McCauley Industrial Corporation: Met-L-Prop - repair and maintenance handbook |
| Box 14 | FF 8 | McCauley Industrial Corporation: Patentability search; Propeller assembly (Note: These drawings are filed in compartment 5 of the rolled documents case.) |
| Box 15 | FF 1 | McCauley Industrial Corporation: Propeller D2517 |
| Box 15 | FF 2 | McCauley Industrial Corporation: Propeller data |
| Box 15 | FF 3 | McCauley Industrial Corporation: Propeller drawings |
| Box 15 | FF 4 | McCauley Industrial Corporation: Propeller E2005 |
| Box 15 | FF 5 | McCauley Industrial Corporation: Proposal - design no. TP45-4260 |
| Box 15 | FF 6 | McCauley Industrial Corporation: Radio Plane: Airplane and engine data |
| Box 15 | FF 7 | McCauley Industrial Corporation: Radio Plane: Boeing turbine |
| Box 15 | FF 8 | McCauley Industrial Corporation: Radio Plane: Constant speed propeller |
| Box 15 | FF 9 | McCauley Industrial Corporation: Radio Plane: Correspondence |
| Box 15 | FF 10 | McCauley Industrial Corporation: Radio Plane: Miscellaneous |
| Box 15 | FF 11 | McCauley Industrial Corporation: Radio Plane: Miscellaneous drawing (Note: This drawing is filed in drawer 2 of the oversized documents case.) |
| Box 15 | FF 12 | McCauley Industrial Corporation: Radio Plane: Performance computations |
| Box 16 | FF 1 | McCauley Industrial Corporation: Radio Plane: Photos and miscellaneous data |
| Box 16 | FF 2 | McCauley Industrial Corporation: Radio Plane: Proposal |
| Box 16 | FF 3 | McCauley Industrial Corporation: Radio Plane: Report on RP77 propeller |
| Box 16 | FF 4 | McCauley Industrial Corporation: Radio Plane: RP77 drawings |
| Box 16 | FF 5 | McCauley Industrial Corporation: Radio Plane: RP77 Lycoming propeller |
| Box 16 | FF 6 | McCauley Industrial Corporation: Radio Plane: RP77 performance computations |
| Box 16 | FF 7 | McCauley Industrial Corporation: Radio Plane: Target drone |
| Box 16 | FF 8 | McCauley Industrial Corporation: Radio Plane: Target drone drawings |
| Box 16 | FF 9 | McCauley Industrial Corporation: Radio Plane: Target drone propeller |
| Box 17 | FF 1 | McCauley Industrial Corporation: Royalty earnings; Stop latch (Note: This drawing is filed in compartment 6 of the rolled documents case.) |
| Box 17 | FF 2 | McCauley Industrial Corporation: Three-way hub |
| Box 17 | FF 3 | McCauley Industrial Corporation: Time packet - featuring and radio plane |
| Box 17 | FF 4 | McCauley Industrial Corporation: V401/E propeller; Miscellaneous controllable pitch propeller (Note These drawings are filed in compartments 7 and 8 of the rolled documents case.) |
| Box 17 | FF 5 | Mooney Corporation |
| Box 17 | FF 6 | Plastic Fabricating Company, Inc. |
| Box 17 | FF 7 | Professional Engineering Consultants |
| Box 17 | FF 8 | Product Engineering and Mfg. Company (see also: Alon Aircraft) |
| Box 17 | FF 9 | Product Engineering and Mfg. Co. (Note: These drawings are filed in drawer 2 of the oversized documents case.) |
| Box 17 | FF 10 | Ratner, Mattor, and Ratner - re: Omar vs. Parsons Co. |
| Box 17 | FF 11 | Rumsey, Richard H.: Fire report |
| Box 17 | FF 12 | Rumsey, Richard H.: re: Robbins vs. Union Steel Products |
| Box 17 | FF 13 | Short and Short - re: Crabtree vs. Honda |
| Box 17 | FF 14 | Stone Propeller Company |
| Box 17 | FF 15 | Stone Propeller Company - stress analysis |
| Box 17 | FF 16 | Stone Propeller Company - test and correspondence; Stone Propeller Company - two-blade wood propeller (Note: This drawing is filed in compartment 9 of the rolled documents case.) |
| Box 17 | FF 17 | Westholt Manufacturing Co.; Woodward Governor Co. - Governor alteration (Note: This drawing is filed in compartment 10 of the rolled documents case.) |
Series 6 ‒ Professional Organizations
| Box 18 | FF 1 | Engineers Foundation of Kansas |
| Box 18 | FF 2 | Kansas Advisory Council for Kansas Technical Services Program |
| Box 18 | FF 3 | Kansas Engineer Society |
| Box 18 | FF 4 | Kansas Engineering Society - NSPEE Education Study Committee |
| Box 18 | FF 5 | Kansas State Board of Engineering Examiners: Aeronautical engineering exam |
| Box 18 | FF 6 | Kansas State Board of Engineering Examiners: Agricultural engineering exam |
| Box 18 | FF 7 | Kansas State Board of Engineering Examiners: Chemical engineering exam |
| Box 18 | FF 8 | Kansas State Board of Engineering Examiners: Civil engineering exam |
| Box 18 | FF 9 | Kansas State Board of Engineering Examiners: Communications engineering exam |
| Box 18 | FF 10 | Kansas State Board of Engineering Examiners: Electrical engineering exam |
| Box 18 | FF 11 | Kansas State Board of Engineering Examiners: Fire protection engineering exam |
| Box 18 | FF 12 | Kansas State Board of Engineering Examiners: Geological engineering exam |
| Box 18 | FF 13 | Kansas State Board of Engineering Examiners: Industrial engineering exam |
| Box 18 | FF 14 | Kansas State Board of Engineering Examiners: Mechanical engineering exam |
| Box 18 | FF 15 | Kansas State Board of Engineering Examiners: Miscellaneous |
| Box 19 | FF 1 | Kansas State Board of Engineering Examiners: Petroleum engineering exam |
| Box 19 | FF 2 | Kansas State Board of Engineering Examiners: Reports on complaints |
| Box 19 | FF 3 | Kansas State Board of Engineering Examiners: Sanitary engineering exam; Society of Automotive Engineers (Note: These documents are filed in compartment 11 of the rolled documents case.) |
| Box 19 | FF 4 | Kansas State Board of Engineering Examiners: Structural engineering exam |
| Box 19 | FF 5 | Kansas State Board of Engineering Examiners: Suggestions to proctors |
| Box 19 | FF 6 | Kansas State Board of Engineering Examiners: Work measurement and method |
| Box 19 | FF 7 | National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics: Aerodynamic characteristics - Series 16 (Note: These graphs and drawings are filed in drawer 2 of the oversized documents case.) |
| Box 19 | FF 8 | National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics: Aircraft circulars |
| Box 19 | FF 9 | National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics: Circulars index |
| Box 19 | FF 10 | National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics: Jet ejectors and augmenters |
| Box 19 | FF 11 | National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics: Propeller data |
| Box 19 | FF 12 | National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics: Review - "Bending and Shearing Stress..." |
| Box 19 | FF 13 | National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics: Technical memos |
| Box 19 | FF 14 | National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics: Technical notes |
| Box 19 | FF 15 | National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics: Technical reports |
| Box 19 | FF 16 | National Association of Trade and Technical Schools |
| Box 19 | FF 17 | NCSBEE (National Board of Engineering Examiners) |
| Box 19 | FF 18 | OX5 Club |
Series 7 ‒ Burnham Miscellaneous
| Box 19 | FF 19 | "Airplane History in Wichita" - notes |
| Box 19 | FF 20 | Automobile design notes |
| Box 19 | FF 21 | Automobile insurance |
| Box 19 | FF 21A | Aviation Safety Manuals of Procedure |
| Box 19A | FF 1 | B-1 Airplane |
| Box 19A | FF 2 | Bowman, J. H. |
| Box 19A | FF 3 | Brakes & transmission |
| Box 19A | FF 4 | Burnstein & Applebee |
| Box 20 | FF 1 | Chemistry notebook |
| Box 20 | FF 2 | Drafting notebook |
| Box 20 | FF 3 | Garden tractor |
| Box 20 | FF 4 | Gas rationing - 1944 application |
| Box 20 | FF 5 | Houston instruments |
| Box 20 | FF 6 | LC2-100 ("Red Baron") - general arrangement |
| Box 20 | FF 7 | Miscellaneous aircraft computations |
| Box 20 | FF 8 | Miscellaneous conference notes |
| Box 20 | FF 9 | Miscellaneous engineering notes |
| Box 20 | FF 10 | Miscellaneous receipts |
| Box 21 | FF 1 | Noise reduction |
| Box 21 | FF 2 | Notes on SAE presentation |
| Box 21 | FF 3 | Poultry receipts |
| Box 21 | FF 4 | Porterfield NC 34815 records |
| Box 21 | FF 5 | Propeller analysis |
| Box 21 | FF 6 | Propeller balance computations |
| Box 21 | FF 7 | Propeller blade strip analysis |
| Box 22 | FF 1 | Propeller performance analysis |
| Box 22 | FF 2 | Propeller performance computations |
| Box 22 | FF 3 | Propeller prototype - expense |
| Box 22 | FF 4 | Propellers: Computations of element characteristics |
| Box 22 | FF 5 | Propellers: Hamilton Standard Method of Propeller Performance Calculation |
| Box 22 | FF 6 | Propellers: Miscellaneous propeller data |
| Box 22 | FF 7 | Propellers: Steel blade design |
| Box 22 | FF 8 | Propellers: V 401/E |
| Box 23 | FF 1 | Recommendations |
| Box 23 | FF 2 | Scherl & Roth, Inc. |
| Box 23 | FF 3 | Schober Organ Co. |
| Box 23 | FF 4 | Securities |
| Box 23 | FF 5 | Slope Tractor Co. |
| Box 23 | FF 6 | Smithsonian Institution - National Air and Space Museum |
| Box 23 | FF 7 | Snowmobile (File 1) |
| Box 23 | FF 8 | Snowmobile (File 2) |
| Box 23 | FF 9 | Snowmobile drawings (Note: These drawings are filed in drawer 2 of the oversized documents case.); Snowmobile drawings (Note: These drawings are filed in compartment 12 of the rolled documents case.) |
| Box 23 | FF 10 | Synod Mission Causes - Budget Committee |
| Box 23 | FF 11 | Tax deductions |
| Box 23 | FF 12 | Travel schedule, August-Sept. 1961 |
| Box 23 | FF 13 | Tri-State College: Bulletin - June 1935 |
| Box 23 | FF 14 | Tri-State College: English course - summer 1932 |
| Box 24 | FF 1 | Tri-State College: Grade book and notes |
| Box 24 | FF 2 | Tri-State College: Lecture notes |
| Box 24 | FF 3 | Tri-State College: Portable wind tunnel |
| Box 24 | FF 4 | Tri-State College: Wind tunnel |
| Box 24 | FF 5 | Violin data |
| Box 24 | FF 6 | West Side United Presbyterian Church |
Series 8 ‒ General Files
| Box 24 | FF 7 | AIAA |
| Box 24 | FF 8 | Aeronautical charts (Note: These charts are filed in drawer 1 of the oversized documents case.) |
| Box 24 | FF 9 | Air Corps Standard Parts Tabulation |
| Box 24A | FF 1 | Air Corps Standards Book |
| Box 24A | FF 2 | Aircraft Tubing Data, 1941 |
| Box 24A | FF 3 | Airfoil material |
| Box 25 | FF 1 | Airplane design |
| Box 25 | FF 2 | "Airplane Design" - War Department Air Service |
| Box 25 | FF 3 | "Airwheels for Airplanes" |
| Box 26 | FF 1 | Allison |
| Box 26 | FF 2 | American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics |
| Box 26 | FF 3 | Ampac Company |
| Box 26 | FF 4 | Atlantic Diesel |
| Box 26 | FF 5 | Automobile - postwar; Automobile design - Bob Burnham (Note: These drawings are filed in compartment 13 of the rolled documents case.) |
| Box 26 | FF 5A | Bendix Radio - NA-3 VHF Omni-Directional Navigational System Part 1 Operation manual, 1947 |
| Box 26 | FF 6 | Bifano-Johnstone Aircraft Co. - JV 101 |
| Box 26 | FF 7 | Burnham R. W. - "Preliminary Design of a light 4-plane Airplane..." |
| Box 26 | FF 8 | Church Union |
| Box 26 | FF 9 | Consolidated Vultee Aircraft - "Development of Precision Radio Controlled...Models" |
| Box 26 | FF 10 | Controls |
| Box 26 | FF 11 | Council of Churches |
| Box 26 | FF 12 | Crash studies |
| Box 26 | FF 13 | Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Co. - rib wing |
| Box 27 | FF 1 | Department of Commerce - bid information |
| Box 27 | FF 2 | Development of Airfoil series |
| Box 27 | FF 3 | Ely, Larry |
| Box 27 | FF 4 | Friends University Concerts |
| Box 27 | FF 5 | General aircraft computations |
| Box 27 | FF 6 | Goodyear; House blueprints (Note: These drawings are filed in compartment 14 of the rolled documents case.) |
| Box 27 | FF 7 | Imbler, Nancy |
| Box 27 | FF 8 | Jet transportation information |
| Box 27 | FF 9 | Kansas State College Extension Service - Expansible Farm House |
| Box 27 | FF 10 | Lycoming - miscellaneous notebooks |
| Box 27 | FF 11 | Lycoming-Spencer |
| Box 27 | FF 12 | Main Free Vibrations of an Auto Car |
| Box 27 | FF 13 | "Memorandum on an Examination of Aviation Industry and Variable Pitch Propellers" |
| Box 27 | FF 14 | Mid-States Industrial Clutch |
| Box 27 | FF 15 | Miscellaneous aircraft information (Note: This notebook is filed after Box 31.), Miscellaneous drawings: Airfoils, House sketch, Nose bug, Propeller, Unidentified (Note: These drawings are all filed in compartments 15 and 16 of the rolled documents case.) |
| Box 27 | FF 16 | Nevill, Joseph - "The Story of Wichita" |
| Box 27 | FF 16A | Pilot’s booklets |
| Box 28 | FF 1 | Propeller patents |
| Box 28 | FF 2 | Propeller specifications - USAF |
| Box 28 | FF 3 | Ranger Engineering Corp. - Installation engines 6-390 |
| Box 28 | FF 4 | Ranger 6-4400-1 engine |
| Box 28 | FF 5 | Rivets |
| Box 28 | FF 6 | Rockets |
| Box 28 | FF 7 | Rowley Jenny propeller |
| Box 28 | FF 8 | Rubber |
| Box 28 | FF 8A | Safety Releases |
| Box 28 | FF 9 | Shock absorbers |
| Box 28 | FF 10 | Shock absorbers and fuel injector |
| Box 28 | FF 11 | Society of Automotive Engineers Index to papers |
| Box 28 | FF 12 | Stearman propeller |
| Box 28 | FF 13 | Sweet, Bill - "Story of the Mystery-S," Wingspan Magazine, Oct. 1959 |
| Box 28 | FF 13A | The Story of Travel Air |
| Box 28 | FF 14 | Visciometers theory |
| Box 28 | FF 15 | Windmill pump |
| Box 28 | FF 16 | Windmill test set-up |
Series 9 ‒ Photographs
| Box 29 | FF 1 | Barkley-Grow, Inc. |
| Box 29 | FF 2 | Freedman-Burnham, Inc. |
| Box 29 | FF 3 | Highway Aircraft (37 slides) |
| Box 29 | FF 4 | Miscellaneous aircraft parts |
| Box 29 | FF 5 | Miscellaneous aircraft parts and production |
| Box 29 | FF 6 | Miscellaneous photos |
| Box 29 | FF 7 | Travel Air Company |
| Box 29 | FF 8 | Wind Tunnel |
| Box 30 | Engineering graphs (57 lantern slides) |
Series 11 ‒ Miscellaneous Materials
| Box 31A | Design Analysis Handbook by H. Rawdon and Walter E. Burnham (original and photocopy) | |
| Box 32 | FF 1 | Magazine articles from Aero Digest and Aviation dated from 1926-1931 |
| Box 32 | FF 1A | Magazine articles from Aero Digest and Aviation dated from 1926-1931 |
| Box 32 | FF 1C | Technical Standards Orders |
| Box 32 | FF 2 | Technologic Papers of the Bureau of Standards: No. 165 Enamels for sheet iron and steel, July 22, 1920 |
| Box 32 | FF 3 | Technologic Papers of the Bureau of Standards: No. 200 An investigation of oxyocetylene welding and cutting blowpipes, with special reference to their design, safety, and economy in operation, December 28, 1921 |
| Box 32 | FF 4 | Scientific papers of the Bureau of Standards No. 235 (1914), 347 (1919), and 426 (1921) |
| Box 32 | FF 5 | National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics: Bibliography of Aeronautics, 1932 |
| Box 32 | FF 6 | The Institute of the Aeronautical Sciences and Aeronautical Library and Museum, New York City (Leaflet) |
| Box 32 | FF 7A | SAE Papers (Society of Automotive Engineers), 1953-1960 |
| Box 32 | FF 7B | SAE Papers (Society of Automotive Engineers), 1953-1960 |
| Box 32 | FF 7C | SAE Papers (Society of Automotive Engineers), 1953-1960 |
| Box 32 | FF 7D | SAE Papers (Society of Automotive Engineers), 1953-1960 |
| Box 32 | FF 8 | Papers dealing with aircraft engines |
| Box 32 | FF 9 | Paper entitled: An "Ideal" Transmission |
| Box 32 | FF 10 | Papers dealing with Motor Cars, Motor Coaches, Motor Trucks |
| Box 32 | FF 11 | Paper dealing with Tocco Hardening |
| Box 32 | FF 12 | Paper entitled "Piston Lacquering, Its Causes and Care," 1945 |
| Box 32 | FF 13 | Paper entitled "Previtation of Landing Wheel Tires," 1943 |
| Box 32 | FF 14 | Paper entitled "Method of Applying Production Design to Aircraft," 1943 |
| Box 32 | FF 15 | Paper entitled "Invention for Victory," 1942 |
| Box 32 | FF 16 | Paper entitled "Ground Tests vs. Flight Tests of Airplane Engine Installations," 1942 |
| Box 32 | FF 17 | Paper entitled "Field Maintenance and Repair of Fighting Airplanes," 1943 |
| Box 32 | FF 18 | Paper entitled "Developments of the Oil Industry in Austria and Romaina," 1946 |
| Box 32 | FF 19 | Paper entitled "Cold Starting and Fleet Operation," 1945 |
| Box 32 | FF 20 | Papers dealing with aircraft suspension, 1946 |
| Box 32 | FF 21 | Papers dealing with aircraft windshields, 1943 |
| Box 32 | FF 22 | Paper entitled "Substitutes for Tin Manufacture of Automobiles," 1946 |
| Box 32 | FF 23 | Paper entitled "The Driver’s Comfort," 1946 |
| Box 32 | FF 24 | Papers dealing with automobile design and survey, 1945-1946 |
| Box 32 | FF 25 | Paper entitled "Methods for Calculating Torsional Vibration," 1945 |
| Box 32 | FF 26 | Papers dealing with depriction and retirement of vehicles, 1946 |
| Box 32 | FF 27 | Papers dealing with alloy and alloy tubing, 1942 |
| Box 32 | FF 28 | Paper entitled "Airports as Affected by Aircraft Performance and Weight," 1945 |
| Box 32 | FF 29 | Papers dealing with aeronautical, airworthiness, and automotive standards, 1942, 1945 |
| Box 32 | FF 30 | Papers dealing with helicopter design, 1945 |
| Box 32 | FF 31 | Paper entitled "Some Advantages and Limitations of Centrifugal and Axial Aircraft Compressors," 1945 |
| Box 32 | FF 32 | Paper entitled "Alcohol-Water Injection," 1945 |
| Box 32 | FF 33 | Reports of German Equipment, 1946 |
| Box 32 | FF 34 | Paper entitled "New Synthetic Lubricants," 1946 |
| Box 32 | FF 35 | Paper entitled "Aircraft Lighting," 1945 |
| Box 32 | FF 36 | Papers dealing with heating in automobile and aircraft engines, 1945 |
| Box 32 | FF 37 | Paper entitled "Air Fixtures and Air Controls," 1946 |
| Box 32 | FF 38 | Paper entitled "Wartime Fabric Developments of Significance to the Automotive Industry," 1945 |
| Box 32 | FF 39 | Paper entitled "The Possibilities of Shaved Gears for Aircraft Engines," 1943 |
| Box 32A | FF 1 | Paper entitled "Operating Temperatures and Stresses of Aluminum Aircraft Engine Parts," 1943 |
| Box 32A | FF 2 | Paper entitled "L-4 Oxidation Engine Test," 1945 |
| Box 32A | FF 3 | Papers dealing with diesel engines, 1945-1946 |
| Box 32A | FF 4 | Papers dealing with electronics in aircraft, 1945 |
| Box 32A | FF 5 | Paper entitled "The Detection of Detonation and Other Operating Abnormalities in Aircraft Engines by Means of Special Instrumentation," 1945 |
| Box 32A | FF 6 | Papers dealing with lightplane design and development, 1942 |
| Box 32A | FF 7 | Papers dealing with marketing personal airplanes, 1944-1945 |
| Box 32A | FF 8 | Papers dealing with marketing and financing of local air transport, 1945 |
| Box 32A | FF 9 | Paper entitled "Cooling Characteristics of Steel and Aluminum Finned Cylinders for in Line Air-Cooled Engines," 1943 |
| Box 32A | FF 10 | Paper entitled "Control Cabin Development," 1945 |
| Box 32A | FF 11 | Paper entitled "Making the Cockpit Practical for the Pilot," 1945 |
| Box 32A | FF 12 | Paper entitled "Silver Bearings," 1945 |
| Box 32A | FF 13 | Papers dealing with hydraulic brakes and hold design, 1945-1946 |
| Box 32A | FF 14 | Paper entitled "Development of Atomic Energy," 1946 |
| Box 32A | FF 15 | Paper entitled "Methods of Specifying Materials," 1946 |
| Box 32A | FF 16 | Paper entitled "Latest Developments in Honing Techniques," 1946 |
| Box 32A | FF 17 | Paper entitled "The White Hydro Torque Drive," 1946 |
| Box 32A | FF 18 | Paper entitled "A Resume of Desirable Characteristics for Non-Stalling Non-Spinning Airplanes," 1945 |
| Box 32A | FF 19 | Paper entitled "The Effect of Interference Errors on the Tooth Thickness of Splines and Spline Gages," 1946 |
| Box 33 | FF 1 | Civil Pilot Training Manual, Civil Aeronautics Bulletin No. 73, September 1941 |
| Box 33 | FF 2 | Beechcraft Model 17 Service Manual, Beech Aircraft Corporation |
| Box 33 | FF 3 | Aircraft Drafting Room Manual by James S. Thompson, 1939 |
| Box 33 | FF 4 | Service Manual for Mclauley Model 2A36C Met-L-Matic Constant Speed Propeller |
| Box 33 | FF 5 | Miscellaneous Papers from the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, 1933-1942 |
| Box 33 | FF 6 | Air Corps Information Circular Nos. 600-647 (May 15, 1928 - March 1, 1930) |
| Box 33 | FF 7 | Miscellaneous Aviation magazine articles mostly undated, but few are dated 1932 |
| Box 33 | FF 8 | ANC-5 Strength of Aircraft Elements issued by the Army-Navy Civil Committee on Aircraft Design Criteria, December 1942 |
| Box 33 | FF 9 | Papers presented at the Air Force - Aircraft Industries Association Conference on Structural Adhesives for Metals and Sandwich Construction 15-16 December 1952, Engineers Club of Dayton, Dayton, Ohio |
| Box 33 | FF 10 | Aircraft Engine Drafting Room Practice, January 1, 1944, Society of Automotive Engineers, Inc. |
| Box 33 | FF 10A | Aviation’s Aircraft Handbook |
| Box 33 | FF 11 | Various journal articles related to aircraft propeller analysis (Improved Blade Element), 1929-1934 |
| Box 33 | FF 12 | Information on Wright Aero Corporation Engines, Pratt & Whitney Aircraft Engines and Hamilton Standard Propellers, dated 1948-1949 |
| Box 33 | FF 13 | Feasibility Study New York State Safety Car Program prepared by Fairchild Hiller: Republic Aviation Division, August 31, 1966 |
| Box 33 | FF 14 | Paper entitled "The Two-Dimensional Problem of an Aerofoil in Arbitiary Motion Taking into Account the Partial Motions of the Fluid," January 15, 1943 |
| Box 33 | FF 15 | Investment Costing Engineering and Design Manual, 1957 |
| Box 33 | FF 16 | "An Analytical Method for Correlating Fluid Flow Phenomena," a report prepared by Fairchild Aircraft, 1955 |
| Box 33 | FF 17 | "Simplification of Boolean Functions" by M. J. Moortgat in the Technical Information Series by the Computer department of General Electric, 1964 |
| Box 33 | FF 18 | Paper entitled "The Role of Exponential and PCTR Experiments at Hanford in the Design of Large Power Reactors" by R. E. Heireman |
| Box 34 | FF 1 | "A Teaching Guide for Slide Rule Instruction" by Maurice L. Hartung, 1960 |
| Box 34 | FF 2 | Annual Report: Development of a Liquid Annular Ring Type of Air Compressor, May 1952 |
| Box 34 | FF 3 | Engineering Report No. 461.31: A Simplified Theoretical Investigation of a Wing-Propeller Combination Through a Range of Angle-of-Attack from 0◦ to 90◦ from Hiller Helicopter, 1956 |
| Box 34 | FF 4 | Report on Design and Construction of the Axial Flow Pump Test Facility, June 1953 |
| Box 34 | FF 5 | ARD-24 Wind Tunnel Test of Several Directed Propellers in Non-Axial Flow from the Division of Hiller Aircraft Corporation, May 27, 1959 |
| Box 34 | FF 6 | Fundamentals of the Stability of Peripheral Jet Vehicles Vol. 3 from Systems Engineering Division, Pneumodynamics Corporation, November 1960 |
| Box 34 | FF 7 | Tactical Weapon Systems Operations Technical Report: State of the Art Summary Air-Cushion Vehicles prepared by Aeronutronic, a division of Ford Motor Company, June 1960 |
| Box 34 | FF 8 | Special Programs Operations Technical Report: Overland Air-Cushion Vehicle Stability and Control Wind Tunnel Experiments prepared by Aeronutronic, a division of Ford Motor Company, November 1961 |
| Box 34 | FF 9 | "Young Men in Aeronautics: A Twenty-Year Progress Report of the Lawrence B. Sperry Award," 1957 |
| Box 34 | FF 10 | Proposed Draft of Aeronautics Bulletin No. 26: Design Information for Aircraft, August 3, 1933 |
| Box 34 | FF 11 | Aeronautics Bulletin No. 7-H Air Commerce Regulations Alternation and Repair of Aircraft, January 1, 1933 |
| Box 34 | FF 12 | Air Service Information Circular, 1921-1931 |
| Box 34 | FF 12A | Civil Aeronautics Administration - Airworthiness Directive Summary, 1952 |
| Box 34 | FF 12B | Civil Aeronautics Administration - Personal Aircraft Inspection Manual, 1950 |
| Box 34 | FF 12C | Civil Aeronautics Administration - Manuals & Supplements |
| Box 34 | FF 13 | Civil Air Regulations, U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Air Commerce, 1937 |
| Box 34 | FF 14 | Papers presented at the Society of Automotive Engineers, 1937 |
| Box 34 | FF 15 | Paper presented at the Institute of the Aeronautical Sciences entitled "Propeller Design Requirements," 1944 |
| Box 34 | FF 16 | Air Commerce Manual No. 18: Repair and Alteration of Aircraft |
| Box 34 | FF 17 | S.A.E. (Society of Automotive Engineers) Journal, 1930-1940 |
| Box 34 | FF 18 | National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics Report Nos. 460 & 610 (1933 and 1937) |
| Box 34 | FF 19 | Papers presented to the Society of Automotive Engineers Annual meeting dealing with Aircraft design, 1943 and 1948 |
| Box 34 | FF 20 | Papers presented to the Society of Automotive Engineers Annual meeting dealing with Aircraft design, 1950, 1951, and 1960 |
| Box 34 | FF 21 | Design and Control of Concrete Mixtures, published by the Portland Cement Association, 1952 |
| Box 34 | FF 22 | Miscellaneous paper nos. 39 & 43 by the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics dated 1934 and 1937 |
| Box 34 | FF 23 | Leaflets put out by the Berylco Company dealing with the production and use of beryllium dated 1963 |
| Box 34 | FF 24 | Report entitled "Development of improved Fabrication Methods, Process and Techniques for Producing Typical Aircraft Slopes from Beryllium" prepared by Nuclear Metals, Inc., March 25, 1963 |
| Box 34A | FF 1 | Report entitled "The Firestone Air Spring" prepared by the Aviation Products Research Firestone Aircraft Co., 1945 |
| Box 34A | FF 2 | Papers presented to the Society of Automotive Engineers Annual meetings dated from 1957 to 1964 |
| Box 34A | FF 3 | Papers presented to the Society of Automotive Engineers Annual meeting dated 1957 |
| Box 34A | FF 4 | Paper from the Bureau of Aeronautics Navy Department, Technical Note No. 17 "Flying Boat Hulls, P-5 and N-4 as Designed by Lieutenant Colonel Linton Hope, R.A.F.," 1923 |
| Box 34A | FF 5 | Technical Aerodynamics: A Textbook of Airplane Performance and Stability Calculations with Examples and Problems (1934) by Karl D. Wood |
| Box 34A | FF 6 | Series of articles put out by the United States Model Aircraft Corporation |
| Box 34A | FF 7 | Annual Reports of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, 1932-1937 |
| Box 35 | FF 1 | The ANC Bulletin: Wood Aircraft Inspection and Fabrication issued by Army-Navy-Civil Committee on Aircraft Design Criteria under the supervision of the Aeronautical Board, 1943 |
| Box 35 | FF 2 | Air Corps Information Circular No. 584 (March 1, 1927) and the Air Service Information Circular, 1922-1930 in an Engineering Notes Book No. B |
| Box 35 | FF 3 | Air Corps Information Circular, 1922-1927 in an Engineering Notes Book No. 4 |
| Box 35 | FF 4 | Air Corps Information Circular dealing with engines as found in a notebook |
| Box 35 | FF 5 | Papers presented to the Society of Automotive Engineers national meeting, October 2-6, 1956 |
| Box 35 | FF 6 | Notebook entitled "International Violin, Guitar Makers and Musicians" from the Violin and Guitar Makers Association of Arizona, 1967-1968 |
| Box 35 | FF 7 | National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics: List of Technical Memorandums |
| Box 35 | FF 8 | Catalogs for Luon electronic switches, 1965 |
| Box 35 | FF 9 | National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics: Index of Technical Notes on Aeronautical Research, June 1940 |
| Box 35 | FF 10 | United States Department of Commerce Aeronautics Branch: Proposed Amended Draft of Aeronautics Bulleting No. 7-A Airworthiness Requirements for Aircraft, 1934 |
| Box 35 | FF 11 | "Beyond the Atomic Bomb," a condensation of Science, The Endless Frontier, report to the President by Dr. Vannever Bush, Director of the Office of Scientific Research and Development, July 1945 |
| Box 35 | FF 12 | Manual for the General Electric SG118 Turboshaft Engine and ST118 Turboprop Engine |
| Box 35 | FF 13 | Reports of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, 1934-1939 |
| Box 35 | FF 14 | ANC Bulletin: Design of Wood Aircraft Structures issued by the Army-Navy-Civil Committee on Aircraft Design Criteria under the supervision of the Aeronautical Board, June 1944 |
| Box 35 | FF 15 | Various magazine articles from aviation magazines dated around 1943 |
| Box 35 | FF 16 | ANC Bulletin: Kiln Certification issued by the Army-Navy-Civil Committee on Aircraft Design Criteria under the supervision of the Aeronautical Board, 1946 |
| Box 35 | FF 17 | Garlock Klozlures: Oil and Grease Seals for Bearings, Catalog 20, 1957 |
| Box 35 | FF 18 | National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics Wartime Report: Advance Confidential Report L5C05, Summary of Airfoil Data, March 1945 |
| Box 35 | FF 19 | Several wartime reports for the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics dated 1944-1945 |
| Box 35 | FF 20 | National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics Report No. 641: The Negative Thrust and Torque of Several Full-Scale Propellers and Their Application to Various Flight Problems," 1938 |
| Box 35 | FF 21 | Summary Report on German Propellers (Project No. DP-154) by E. A. Kodel for the Headquarters Air Material Command Wright Field, Dayton, Ohio, August 1947 |
| Box 35 | FF 22 | Air Corps Information Circular reports, 1920-1932 |
| Box 35 | FF 23 | Technical notes for the Bureau of Aeronautics Navy Department, 1923 |
| Box 35 | FF 24 | "Markets After the War: An approach to Their Analysis" prepared under the direction of Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce of the Department of Commerce, 1943 |
| Box 35 | FF 25 | Broadsides on the lore of aviation |
| Box 36 | FF 1 | ANC Handbook on the Design of Wood Aircraft Structures, July 1942 |
| Box 36 | FF 2 | Jaguar Service Manual for Mark VII and XK 120 Models |
| Box 36 | FF 3 | Boeing Magazine, 1961-1963 |
| Box 36 | FF 4 | Boeing Magazine, 1964-1965 |
| Box 36 | FF 5 | Boeing Management Perspective, July-October 1965 |
| Box 36 | FF 6 | "Propeller Vortex Theory" by Sidney Goldstein, 1929 |
| Box 36 | FF 7 | Paper presented to the Society of Automotive Engineers Annual meetings, 1945-1946 |
| Box 36 | FF 8 | Papers presented to the Society of Automotive Engineers Annual meeting, May 1-2, 1947 |
| Box 36 | FF 9 | Papers presented to the Society of Automotive Engineers Annual meeting, March 1950 |
| Box 36 | FF 10 | Papers presented to the Society of Automotive Engineers regional meetings of 1953 |
| Box 36 | FF 11 | Papers presented to the Society of Automotive Engineers Annual meeting, January 12-16, 1953 |
| Box 36 | FF 12 | Papers presented to the Society of Automotive Engineers annual meeting, October 5-9, 1954 |
| Box 36 | FF 13 | Papers presented to the Society of Automotive Engineers annual meeting, October 5-9, 1954 |
| Box 36 | FF 14 | Class projects in the Department of Engineering at the University of Wichita from February 17 to May 24, 1948 prepared by Robert W. Burnham |
| Box 36 | FF 15 | Information from the University of Cincinnati in the College of Engineering and Commerce, 1942-1943 for Robert Burnham |
| Box 36 | FF 16 | Photocopied article from Rotol Limited, "Introducing the Rotol Mechanically Operated Variable Pitch Feathering Propeller: Suitable for Low Power Aircraft Engines," October 1942 |
| Box 36 | FF 17 | Photocopied articles from aviation magazines dated 1946 and 1956 |
| Box 36 | FF 18 | Photocopies of aircraft engines |
| Box 36 | FF 19 | Blueprint of a "Propeller Hub and C’ Case Flanges 0-315 0-470" Part No.: AL-E6-330 from the Continental Motors Corp. Muskegon, Michigan, 9-24-1951 |
| Box 36 | FF 20 | Paper entitled "Duplex Airscrews: Power for the Brabazon I: Coazial and Contra-rotating Airscrew Arrangements" reprinted from Flight, December 26, 1946 |
| Box 36 | FF 21 | Photocopied article entitled "Design Progress on Junkers Hydraulic Propeller" by John D. Nough from Aviation, April 1945 |
| Box 36 | FF 22 | Photocopied article entitled "Balancing of Aircraft Propellers" by Murray C. Beebe from Aero Digest, February 1941 |
| Box 36 | FF 23 | Report entitled "Automation and Technology in Education," a report of the Sub-committee on Economic Progress of the Joint Economic Committee Congress of the United States, August 1966 |
| Box 36 | FF 24 | Part of an article entitled "Ormondroyd-Flexible Couplings for Interval-Combustion Engines" from Transactions of the A.S.M.E., October 1941 |
| Box 36 | FF 25 | Various advertisements or price lists from different companies dated 1927, 1944, and 1962 |
| Box 36 | FF 26 | Leaflets regarding different aspects of aviation from choosing a career in the Army Air Corp (1928) to developing an industrial strategy to help win WWII from GM (1942) |
| Box 36 | FF 27 | Various correspondence from different businesses dated 1944 and 1980 |
| Box 36 | FF 28 | Group of US 4 cent postage stamps |
| Box 36 | FF 29 | Specification - The Firestone Rubber Spring Landing Gear, May 2, 1944 |
| Box 36 | FF 30 | Highway Aircraft Corp drawings |
| Box 37 | FF 1 | Notes and Calculations. Contains notes and calculations, n.d. |
| Box 37 | FF 2 | W. E. Burnham -- Engineering Notes, Book No. 1, 1936. Includes notes and calculations; correspondence between Burnham and Allen Van Behren and others; price lists for aeronautical products; and technical drawings. 1930s. |
| Box 37 | FF 3 | Aeronautics Bulletin, 1934. Contains report entitled "Airworthiness Requirements for Aircraft," U.S. Department of Commerce, Aeronautics Bulletin No. 7-A, effective 10/1/1934. |
| Box 37 | FF 4 | Reports, Presentations, Papers, 1942-1957. Contains published papers and reports regarding the aeronautical industry. Includes design specifications for various aircraft parts, etc. |
| Box 37 | FF 5 | Aircraft Blueprints. Contains the following blueprints: chassis structure, R511; rigging assembly, R121, Mystery Ship, Travel Air, 3/22/1930; propeller hub and case flanges, Continental Motors Corp., 9/24/1951; Type 10-4 place monoplane, Travel Air Manufacturing Co., 12/29/1928; 7 x 10 foot wind tunnel propeller, University of Detroit, 3/23/1939; side arrangement drawing "2B," Rawdon-Christopher Aircraft Co., 8/26/1931; three view drawing design "2B," Rawdon-Christopher Aircraft Co., 8/26/1931. Also contains design specifications for aircraft parts, specifications for Type 10 Travel Air Four Place monoplane; computations, graphs, agenda for 1936 meeting of 11th annual Aircraft Engineering Research Conference by National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics; information from Ranger Aircraft Engines. |
| Box 37 | FF 6 | Blueprints. Contains blueprints: three views of a biplane by Tri-State College Department of Aeronautical Engineering, February 1932; three way view drawing, n.d.; wiring and lighting plans for home of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Burnham, 3/8/1974. |
| Box 37 | FF 7 | Photographs and Negatives - "Mystery S." Contains four color photographs of the model of the "Mystery S" plane, ten black and white photographs of the model, a photographs of an unidentified plane, and a photographs of Walter Burnham. |
| Box 37 | FF 8 | Beechcraft Bonanza Model 35 Maintenance Manual, December 1947. Contains the following: computations; Report on Monocoque, 1932-33; articles from Aviation Engineering, 1932-33; specifications for Stearman plane, 1931, and other engineering computations, 1930s; Institute for Certification of Engineering Technicians, 1932-33. |
| Box 37 | FF 9 | Reports, Calculations -- Walter Burnham. Contains reports and calculations regarding the aircraft industry, 1932-1972. |
| Box 37 | FF 10 | Aeronautic Publications. This file contains Burnham’s copies of various aeronautics-related publications: Articles from Airway Age (5/2/1931, 6/6/1931, 8/1/1931, and 12/1931); Aeronautical Engineering Supplement of Aviation (1/1929, 2/16/1929, 3/16/1929, 4/20/1929, 5/18/1929, 6/15/1929, 7/20/1929, 9/21/1929, and 10/19/1929); Chart listing specifications on American commercial airplanes and seaplanes from Aviation, c.1928. |
| Box 37 | FF 11 | Aeronautical Publications. This file contains Burnham’s copies of various aeronautics-related publications: Aeronautica, July-September 1955; Aviation Pioneers OX-5 News, December 1967; Proceedings of the Manned Space Stations Symposium, April 20-22, 1960. |
| Box 37 | FF 12 | Aeronautical Publications. Contains the following publications by Eaton Manufacturing Company: Fifty Years Of Flight -- A Chronicle of the Aviation Industry in America, 1903-1953; A Chronicle of the Aviation Industry in America, 1903-1947; 1950 and 1951 supplements to above title; Minutes of Wichita Council of Technical Societies, 6/6/1950; Wichita Tech News, 5/1951. |
Series 12 ‒ Oversized Materials
| Box 38 | Certificate presented to Burnham in recognition of more than 35 years of active membership in the Society of Automotive Engineers; Large binder of graphs, charts and drawings; Drawings: unidentified, Travel Air model- 2000, Lycoming R-680Aerodynamic Characteristics of an NACA Series 16 airfoil; Highway Aircraft, Inc. | |
| Oversized Storage | Aeronautical charts, with manuscript annotations. | |
| Oversized Storage | Oversized drawings by Burnham: Burnham Products, Inc. and Highway Aircraft, Inc. | |
| Oversized Storage | Oversized drawings by Burnham: Snowmobile |