Finding Aid for the Knoxville Air Defense Filter Center Records, 1952-1959


MS-2324

University of Tennessee Special Collections Library, Knoxville, TN


Encoded by: Elizabeth Dunham, June 30, 2006.

Summary Information
Title: Knoxville Air Defense Filter Center Records

Date/Date Range :   1952-1959

Extent: 0.7 linear feet

Abstract:
The items in this collection are all connected to the Knoxville Air Defense Filter Center. Including memos, magazines, an operation manual and a set of certificates belonging to Beatrice G. Smith, the collection contains material from the 1950s.

Call number: MS-2324

Repository: University of Tennessee Special Collections Library, Knoxville, TN

Access and Use
Aquisition Information:
The Special Collections Library purchased this collection in May of 2004.
Access Restrictions:
Collection is open for research.
Copyright:
The copyright interests in this collection remain with the creator. For more information, contact the Special Collections Library.
Preferred Citation:
[Identification of Item], Knoxville Air Defense Filter Center Records, MS-2324. University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Special Collections Library.

Arrangement

Collection consists of seven folders.


Biography / History

No biographical information is available.


Collection Scope and Content Note

The items in this collection are all connected to the Knoxville Air Defense Filter Center. The collection includes issues of The Aircraft Flash and The Volunteer Observer magazines, memos to team supervisors and a manual, "Filter Center Operations." In addition, there is a folder of certificates of service, all bearing the name Beatrice G. Smith.

Subject Terms

  • Cold War -- United States.
  • United States. Air Force -- Facilities.
  • United States. Air Force -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Contents List
Box   1     Folder   1    
Knoxville Air Defense Filter Center-Issues of The Aircraft Flash magazine, May 1953-January 1959

Box   1     Folder   2    
Knoxville Air Defense Filter Center-Assignment sheets, both used and blank, undated

Box   1     Folder   3    
Knoxville Air Defense Filter Center-Certificates of Beatrice G. Smith, undated

Box   1     Folder   4    
Knoxville Air Defense Filter Center-Correspondence and memos to team supervisors, undated

Box   1     Folder   5    
Knoxville Air Defense Filter Center-Filter Center Operations, Department of the Air Force (manual), 1952 May

Box   1     Folder   6    
Knoxville Air Defense Filter Center-Labels, undated

Box   1     Folder   7    
Knoxville Air Defense Filter Center- The Volunteer Observer magazine 1957 June-1957 September