MG 727 - Carter, James W. Collection
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The collection contains school materials from Harrisburg Academy, items concerning aviation, and community organizations and events. They include:
Harrisburg Academy Register, 1931-32
Student textbook, "Practice Leaves in the Rudiments of English," which belonged to Carter
Flyers on the New Gymnasium of the Academy
Correspondence between James Carter and Arthur Brown, Headmaster
Program for the Ninth Annual Father Son Dinner, 1932
Student Handbook, 1931-32
Issues of "The Spectator," a quarterly publication of the students of the Academy, 1931-1933.
The aviation items include a broadside advertising the Northumberland County Air Meet, August 14-16, no year given
An enrollment agreement for flying lessons for James W. Carter at Penn Harris Airport and a receipt for partial payment
An Aircraft Accident Airport, 1930
Correspondence between Dick Cooper and James Carter, 1937
Newspaper clipping concerning the death of Lieutenant Fred Nelson, undated
Letterhead of the Coatesville Aero Club listing James Carter as a Director
Other items in the collection are a Souvenir Book for Old Home Week in Middletown, 1931
A membership notification to James Carter from the Liberty Fire Company, No. 1
A Life Insurance certificate for James Carter as an employee of Coatesville Boiler Works, 1928
Postcards depicting the hydro-electric and steam-electric development on the Susquehanna River by the Pennsylvania Water & Power Company, Holtwood, Pennsylvania
Date(s): 1928-1937
Extent: 6 folders, 27 enclosures