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Stevens, A. W. (Albert William), 1886-1949

 Person

Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:

Ruth Stevens collection of postcards and photographs of the Explorer II and other balloons, 1935 November

 Series — Box 1: Series 1; Series 2; Series 3; Series 4; Series 5 [Barcode: 31197233280715], Folder: 1-3
Identifier: MSS 8112 Series 1
Scope and Contents

Contains twenty photographs and postcards of the Explorer II balloon, launched in November 1935 and captained by Ruth Stevens husband, A. W. Stevens. Also contains four photographs of an unidentified balloon launch.

Dates: 1935 November

Ruth Stevens photographs, between 1938-1949

 Series — Box 1: Series 1; Series 2; Series 3; Series 4; Series 5 [Barcode: 31197233280715], Folder: 4
Identifier: MSS 8112 Series 2
Scope and Contents

Contains twenty photographs of Ruth Stevens, her husband A. W. Stevens, and their friends in the late 1930s and 1940s.

Dates: between 1938-1949

Ruth Stevens photographs of Poland, 1939 August

 Series — Box 1: Series 1; Series 2; Series 3; Series 4; Series 5 [Barcode: 31197233280715], Folder: 5-6
Identifier: MSS 8112 Series 3
Scope and Contents

Contains twenty-nine photographs taken by Ruth Stevens while she was in Poland with her husband, A. W. Stevens, in August of 1939.

Dates: 1939 August

Albert W. Stevens photograph collection

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197227644124]
Identifier: MSS 3826
Scope and Contents

This collection contains 14 photographs dealing with the United States Army Air Corps Captains Albert W. Stevens and Orvil Anderson and their trip to the stratosphere in 1935 in the Gondola Explorer II for the National Geographic Society.

Dates: approximately 1895-1935

Ruth Stevens papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 8112
Scope and Contents

Contains photographs of preparations for the Explorer II balloon flight in November 1935. This collection also includes photographs and postcards collected during the week that Ruth and Albert Stevens were in Poland in 1939. There is also a letter to Ruth Stevens from Richard H. Cracroft that he wrote after he read her manuscript for her husband's biography, and a copy of an obituary and funeral program for Ruth Stevens.

Dates: 1935-1990

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Archival Object 3
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Subject
Balloons 4
Poland 4
Balloon ascensions 3
Science 3
Science, Technology, and Health 3