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MS-388: James R. Shock Airship Collection MS-388: James R. Shock Airship Collection Collection Number: MS-388 Title: James R. Shock Airship Collection Dates: 1908-2010 (Bulk 1994-1999) Creator: Shock, James R., 1924-2010 Summary/Abstract: The James R. Shock Airship Collection documents the progression of airships from the early experimental prototypes of the late 19th century to the surveillance blimps used by the United States government today. The collection includes numerous photographs of military and civilian airships, blimps, and barrage balloons, along with detailed descriptions of the photographs. Included is Mr. Shock’s research for the airship books and articles he wrote over the years, magazine articles, newspaper clippings, military and civilian regulations, airship calendars, and slide presentations. Quantity/Physical Description: 18 linear feet Language(s): English, limited German and French Repository: Special Collections and Archives, Paul Laurence Dunbar Library, Wright State University, Dayton, OH 45435-0001, (937) 775-2092 Restrictions on Access: There are no restrictions on accessing material in this collection. Restrictions on Use: Copyright restrictions may apply. Unpublished manuscripts are protected by copyright. Permission to publish, quote or reproduce must be secured from the repository and the copyright holder. Preferred Citation: [Description of item, Date, Box #, Folder #], MS-388, James R. Shock Airship Collection, Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio. Acquisition: James R. Shock donated the collection to Special Collections and Archives, Wright State University Libraries, in September 2007, with additions received in May 2009, June 2010, and October 2010. Separated Material: Airship books and magazines were removed from the collection, cataloged, and are available for viewing in the Special Collections and Archives Reading Room. MS-388: James R. Shock Airship Collection 1 Other Finding Aid: This finding aid is available on the Special Collections and Archives, Wright State University Libraries website at https://libraries.wright.edu/special/collectionguides/files/ms388.pdf. It is also available in the OhioLINK Finding Aid Repository at http://ead.ohiolink.edu/xtf-ead/. Related Material: MS-204, Charles Lewis Aviation Collection MS 99-1, Harold G. Dick Airship Collection, Wichita State University Libraries Lockheed Martin Collection, University of Akron Archival Services, University Libraries, University of Akron, Akron, Ohio. L. Guy Mecklem Collection, Center for Pacific Northwest Studies, Goltz-Murray Building, Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA. Publication Note: Shock, James R., American Airship Bases & Facilities, Edgewater: Atlantis Productions, 1996 Shock, James R., American Airship Bases and Facilities, Edgewater: Atlantis Productions, 2002 Shock, James R., “British Airship Hangars,” edited by John Provan Shock, James R., The U.S. Army Barrage Balloon Program, Bennington: World War II Historical Society Monograph, 1996 Shock, James R., U.S. Army Airships 1908-1942, Edgewater: Atlantis Productions, 2002 Shock, James R., U.S. Navy Airships 1915-1962: A History By Individual Airship, Edgewater: Atlantis Productions, 2001 Shock, James R., U.S. Navy Airships, Edgewater: Atlantis Productions, 2008 Shock, James R., and Smith, David R., Goodyear Airships, Bloomington: Airship International Press, 2002 Processing Information: All of the articles in the collection were organized into six volumes (26-32) where each individual article was assigned a specific number. Unfortunately, the organization did not fit any conventional pattern. The articles in this collection were rearranged on the series level, by topic, and on the folder level, in alphabetical order by title. Processed by: Finding aid written according to DACS standards by Veronica Buchanan, Winter 2009. Additions processed by Ed O’Shaughnessy, August 2017. Rearranged and finding aid updated by John Armstrong, February 2019. Arrangement: The collection is arranged into five series and eight subseries. Series I: Publications, Correspondence and Research, 1934-2006 Series II: Airships, General, 1916-2007 Series III: Airships, Military, 1908-2007 Subseries IIIA: American, 1920-2005 Subseries IIIB: British, French, and Russian, 1908-2007 Subseries IIIC: Manuals, Barrage Balloons and Personnel, 1918-2006 Series IV: Airships, Commercial and Hot Air Balloons, 1909-2006 MS-388: James R. Shock Airship Collection 2 Subseries IVA: Goodyear, 1911-2006 Subseries IVB: Other Commercial Airships, 1909-2005 Series V: Publications and Airship Societies, 1918-2007 Subseries VA: Books and Articles, 1918-2006 Subseries VB: Airship Societies and Associations, 1952-2005 Subseries VC: Calendars, 1976-2007 Biographical/Historical Note According to his personal biographical note, James R. Shock “has been studying, researching, and collecting information on airships virtually all his life.” Born in Sandusky, Ohio, Shock witnessed dozens of airships flying overhead all throughout his childhood. Shock served in the U.S. Army during World War II. Following the war, Shock became a manager of engineering facilities with General Motors, retiring in 1989 after thirty-nine years with the company. Following his retirement from GM, he wrote five books and a plethora of articles on airships, airship facilities, and the U.S. Army Barrage Balloon Program, some of which are included in the collection. Shock personally donated six volumes of his research collection, along with seventeen volumes of Foundation Magazine and copies of his books and monographs. Mr. Shock passed away in 2010. Scope and Content The James R. Shock Airship Collection documents the progression of airships from the early experimental prototypes of the late nineteenth century to the surveillance blimps used by the United States government after September 11, 2001. Much of the collection centers around the United States Navy LTA program in World War II and the ships built by Goodyear for the Navy in the late 1920s, including the USS Akron and the USS Macon. Since Shock has written a book devoted entirely to Goodyear airships, the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company and both their wartime and commercial efforts constitute a large portion of the commercial series on airships. Series I, Publications, Correspondence and Research (1934-2006), contains draft material and research for several of Mr. Shock’s books, along with personal correspondence to a number of people discussing airship issues. There is an extensive section containing the summary of Lighter-Than-Air (LTA) items in the collection, as well as a summary of magazine and newspaper articles in the collection relating to airships. Of particular note is Herman Van Dyk’s airship drawings and substantial number of folders containing photographs of military airships. Finally, this series contains a list of items that were donated to the Lighter-Than-Air Society and the Akron Airship Historical Society. Series II, Airships, General (1916-2007), contains general information about airships, both in the United States and overseas. Of particular note, this series contains large sections of photographs, including detailed descriptions of each photograph, of United States airship hangars and bases, non-rigid airship support equipment, and mooring masts and towers for rigid airships. Includes in this series is Mr. Shock’s research on handing rigid airships on the ground, the development of mooring and handling devices for airships, and training material for personnel responsible for maintaining airship hangars, landing fields, and mooring devices. The series concludes with material on German hangars and bases, research of other American airship builders, besides the MS-388: James R. Shock Airship Collection 3 U.S. military and Goodyear Tire and Rubber, and contacts with the National Air and Space Museum and the National Archives. Series III, Airships, Military (1908-2007), is divided into three subseries. Subseries IIIA, American (1920-2005), contains extensive material on U. S. Army and U. S. Navy efforts to develop airships, along with support equipment and bases. The subseries begins with a large section containing photographs of US Army airships, along with photographs of US Army airship hangars and bases. The photographs are described as “Books” and include detailed descriptions of the photographs at the beginning of each book. Supporting the photographs is extensive research containing Army Air Corps Manuals, reports on different airship designs, and list of personnel, including airship pilots. The subseries concludes with extensive research and photographs concerning US Navy efforts to develop airships for use at sea. There are extensive lists of naval airship pilots, photographs of US Navy non-rigid airship hangars and bases, and research into the use of airships by the Navy. Subseries IIIB, British, French, and Russian (1908-2007), contains primarily material concerning British efforts to develop airships and airship bases during WWI. The subseries contains extensive files on British airship bases, by location, during WWI. The subseries contains limited material on the efforts of the French and Russians to develop airships for use by their military. Subseries IIIC, Manuals, Barrage Balloons, and Personnel (1918-2006), begins with photographs of barrage used during WWI and WWII. However, the strength of this subseries is the large number of technical manuals, training manuals, and regulations concerning the airship, observation
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