This series comprises printed materials, including bibliographies, journal articles, newspaper clippings, event programs, conference agenda and reports, manuscripts, telegrams, letters, press kits, and guides, relating to aviation. The bulk of the series consists of materials relating to individual people, primarily pioneer aviators, including, in particular, Amelia Earhart and Charles A. Lindbergh, as well as Juan de la Cierva, Igor Sikorsky, and Charles E. Taylor. The series also includes original materials on historic air meets, air shows, and flights, including the 1910 Los Angeles Aviation Meet, and, in particular, the 1931 transpacific flight by Cecil Allen and Donald Moyle. Materials on museums and exhibitions include the 1932 illustrated handbook of the National Aircraft Collection, the predecessor of the National Air and Space Museum, and the brochure for the official opening of the American Hall of Aviation History at Northrop University in 1976. Other materials include the program from the Aeronautical Society's first annual banquet in 1911; a 1919 application form for the Raymond Orteig Prize, administered by the Aero Club of America; papers relating to the Bakersfield, Glendale, Los Angeles, San Diego, and Upland (California) airports; and the Portal of the Folded Wings, Valhalla Memorial Park, Burbank.