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This collection consists of correspondence, reports, meeting minutes, membership rosters, speeches, and press releases related to the Tampa Chapter of the National Aeronautic Association and the Tampa Aero Club.  Also includes newspaper clippings concerning the growth of aviation in Florida (1930s), photos of the Burritt family and various participants in air shows, aerial photos of Florida airports, flight magazines, booklets, and newsletters, flight maps, air show entry applications, and materials concerning Tony Jannus and the first scheduled commercial flight.

Records reveal the establishment of many of the first administrative undertakings at the museum, such as the creation of a museum plaza, museum signage, seawall construction, and information on the Asolo Theater and museum library. Correspondence is varied. Of special interest are those exchanged with museum director, A. Everett Austin, 1947-1952 and with Karl Bickel, 1947-1951. Financial records include: gate receipt log books for 1946, 1947, 1948 and 1949; cash receipt ledgers dating from 1935 – 1946; a check book with entries form 1946-1947; a 1950 audit report, mortgage releases 1950-1952; and financial statements for 1946, 1947, and 1948. There is a silver collection inventory, bids and specs, and a publicity report 1951-1952. Blanding's reports to the Florida Board of Control and State Improvement Records 1948-1951 are also held in these files.