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Charles Ingram Stanton, Sr., Papers

National Air and Space Museum

Object Details

Timeline
1893 July 28 -- Born in Medford Massachusetts 1911 -- Graduated from Revere High School 1917 -- Graduated from Tufts College 1917 December 8 -- Joined United States Army 1918 December 12 -- Joined United States Post Office Department of Aerial Mail 1918 December 18 -- Discharged from the United States Army 1920 September 15 -- Appointed Superintendent of Operations, Air Mail Service 1923 November 13 -- Terminated from National Aeronautic Association 1924 -- Worked for United States Engineer Corp as Surveyman 1925 -- Worked as a Civil Engineer in Miami 1927 January 17 -- Worked for U.S. Department of Commerce as an Airplane Inspector 1937 May 4 -- Selected as Chief of Airways Engineering Division, Civil Aeronautics Authority 1939 June 1 -- Granted U.S. Department of Justice Patent Number 2,147,679 1940 June 29 -- Appointed Assistant Administrator and Director of Bureau of Federal Airways, Civil Aeronautics Authority 1942 July 20 -- Appointed Administrator of Civil Aeronautics, Civil Aeronautics Administration 1944 June 18 -- Received Honorary Degree from Tufts College 1944 September 23 -- Resigned as Administrator to return to former position as Deputy Administrator, Civil Aeronautics Administration. 1948 March 8 -- Took leave of absence to serve as head of Department of Airways Engineering, Aeronautical Technical Institute of Brazil. 1952 -- Returned to America to work for Bell Laboratories 1956 November 16 -- Left Bell Laboratories 1957 January 23 -- Worked for the Air Navigation Development Board, Civil Aeronautics Administration 1957 November 6 -- Worked as Electrical Engineer (Gen.) of Airways Modernization Board Civil Aeronautics Administration 1957 -- Worked as Chief of Airports Division, Civil Aeronautics Administration 1962 -- Retired from the Federal Aviation Agency 1986 January 1 -- Passed away
Creator
Stanton, Charles Ingram, 1893-1986
Names
Bell Telephone Laboratories
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Federal Aviation Administration
National Aeronautic Association (U.S.)
United States. Air Navigation Development Board
United States. Army. Air Service
United States. Post Office Department. Air Mail Service
Stanton, Charles Ingram, 1893-1986
Topic
Aeronautics
Aeronautics -- Law and legislation
Aeronautics, Commercial -- United States
Aeronautical engineers
Aeronautics -- Safety measures
Aeronautics, Commercial
World War, 1914-1918
Air pilots
Aeronautics, Military
Air mail service
Provenance
Charles I. Stanton, Jr., gift, 1987, NASM.1987.0076
Creator
Stanton, Charles Ingram, 1893-1986
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Charles Ingram Stanton, Sr., Papers
Summary
This collection consists of Stanton's personal papers. The material includes correspondence, photographs, news clippings and articles, reunion memorabilia and records, and personal and professional writings over the course of his aeronautical career.
Biographical/Historical note
Charles Ingram Stanton was born on July 28, 1893, in Medford, Massachusetts. He graduated from high school in Revere, Massachusetts in 1911; and earned a Bachelor of Science degree from Tufts College in 1917. After graduation, he joined the United States Army and was assigned to the Signal Corps. Upon graduation from the Corps flight school, Stanton was promoted to the rank of 2nd Lieutenant. Although he served in the Air Service during World War I, he was never assigned overseas, but remained in the United States conducting research regarding radios and their effects in aircraft. In December of 1918, Stanton was formally discharged from the Army. Prior to his military discharge, Stanton accepted a position with the United States Post Office Department of Aerial Mail, and began work as a test pilot. On September 15, 1920, Stanton was promoted to Superintendent of Operations, United States Air Mail Service. He later resigned from the Post Office and went to work for the National Aeronautic Association (NAA). His tenure there was terminated for unknown reasons in 1923; he then went to work for the U.S. Engineer Corp as a surveyman. From 1925 through 1926, he was employed as a civil engineer in Miami, Florida. On January 17, 1927 Stanton returned to government service as an airplane and engine inspector for the United States Department of Commerce. He was named the Chief of Airways Engineering Division, Civil Aeronautics Authority (CAA) on May 4, 1937. While working there, he obtained patent number 2,147,679 for an illuminating system for runways. On June 29, 1940 Stanton was named Assistant Administrator and Director of the Bureau of Federal Airways. Stanton served as Administrator for the CAA from 1942 to 1944 before returning to his previous position as Deputy Administrator. During his tenure with the CAA, Stanton attended several conferences and important meetings for the establishment of international airways. Stanton was instrumental in establishing the Provisional International Civil Aviation Organization. In 1944 he received an honorary doctorate from Tufts College for his contribution to the field of civil aeronautics. On March 8, 1948 Stanton retired from the United States Government and took a teaching position at the Technological Institute of Aeronautics of Brazil as Professor of Air Navigation, and Chief of Airway Division. Upon returning to the United States in 1952, Stanton went to work for Bell Telephone Laboratories. He returned to work for the CAA in 1957, where he remained until his retirement in 1962. Charles Ingram Stanton's love of flying did not end with his work. He remained an active member in the OX-5 Club, the Society of Air Mail Pioneers, Society of Airway Pioneers, and the Washington Air Derby Association. In addition to flying clubs, Stanton was a member of the Delta Upsilon Fraternity. Charles Ingram Stanton passed away in 1986.
Extent
4.22 Cubic feet (1 slim legal document box; 4 legal document boxes; 3 flatboxes)
Date
1917-1977
Archival Repository
National Air and Space Museum Archives
Identifier
NASM.1987.0076
Type
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Photographs
Publications
Manuscripts
Articles
Correspondence
Audiotapes
Clippings
Citation
Charles Ingram Stanton, Sr., Papers, Acc. NASM.1987.0076, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
Arrangement
The collection is arranged as follows: Series I, Professional Life Subseries I: Military Career Subseries II: Civilian Career Series II, Personal Life Series III, Miscellaneous Oversize Material
Processing Information
Arranged and described by Michael Sean Margolius and David Schwartz, 2001. Revised and digital assets attached by Elizabeth C. Borja, 2020.
Rights
Material is subject to Smithsonian Terms of Use. Should you wish to use NASM material in any medium, please submit an Application for Permission to Reproduce NASM Material, available at Permissions Requests.
Genre/Form
Photographs
Publications
Manuscripts
Articles
Correspondence
Audiotapes
Clippings
Scope and Contents
This collection of the papers of Charles Ingram Stanton contains work-related photographs, personal writings on his career, periodicals, programs, financial records, published materials, maps, charts, plans, scrapbooks and audiotapes. At the time of processing, no attempt was made to transcribe the audiotapes. Please contact the Archives for information about duplication. Note: The digital images in this finding aid were repurposed from scans made by an outside contractor for a commercial product and may show irregular cropping and orientation in addition to color variations resulting from damage to and deterioration of the original objects.
Restrictions
No restrictions on access
Related link
Record ID
ebl-1503511548701-1503511548710-0
Metadata Usage
CC0
GUID
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/pg21f8fc640-6641-439b-b0c6-1b81fd5729b1

In the Collection

  • Governmental Appointments

  • Diplomas

  • Cartoon Drawing of Charles Ingram Stanton

  • National Aeronautic Association of U.S.A.

  • Miscellaneous Certificates of Membership

  • United States Air Mail Service, Photographs

  • OX-5 Club of America

  • Scrapbook, Civil Aeronautics Administration

  • Scheduled Air Mail Service, 25th Anniversary

  • Civil Aeronautics Administration, Patent No. 2,147,679 Runway Illuminating System

  • Personal Life

  • Civil Aeronautics Administration, Training Glider Project

  • Civil Aeronautics Administration, Photographs

  • Miscellaneous Photographs

  • Federal Aviation Administration, History Project

  • Revere High School, Reunions and Correspondence

  • Civil Aeronautics Administration, Air Navigation Development Board

  • Aeronautics Technical Center, Brazil

  • Scheduled Air Mail Service, 50th Anniversary

  • Federal Aviation Administration, Retirement

  • Bell Telephone Laboratories

  • Realm of Flight, George Sidney Stanton. Washington, DC: United States Department of Commerce

  • Tufts College

  • Writings Regarding Early Flying Interest and Early Air Mail History

  • Civil Aeronautics Administration, Airways Modernization Board

  • Civil Aeronautics Administration, International Civil Aviation Organization

  • United States Army, Photographs

  • Scheduled Air Mail Service, 40th Anniversary

  • Society of Airway Pioneers

  • Radio Technical Commission of Aeronautics

  • Air Mail Pioneers

  • Copy of Declaration of Independence

  • Miscellaneous Material

  • Department of Commerce: Lighthouse Division and Civil Aeronautics Administration

  • Writings Regarding Early Military Experience

  • United States Army, Air Service Training

  • Military Career

  • Miscellaneous Clippings and Publications

  • Civil Aeronautics Administration, White House Acceptance of Resignation as Administrator

  • United States Army, Orders and Official Correspondence

  • Miscellaneous Oversize Material

  • Scrapbook, Civil Aeronautics Administration, Retirement

  • Miscellaneous Photographs

  • Order of Daedalians, Daedalus Flyer

  • Civil Aeronautics Administration, Provisional International Civil Aviation Organization

  • Civilian Career

  • United States Air Mail Service, Cox-Klemin DH-4 Modified and Wittemann DHM-2 Mailplanes

  • Air Mail Service Reunions

  • 122nd Aero Squadron Reunions

  • Path of Flight, George Sidney Stanton. Washington, DC: United States Department of Commerce

  • Writings Regarding Air Mail Service and National Aeronautic Association

  • United States Air Mail Service

  • Civil Aeronautics Administration, Spanish Mission

  • Certificates of Retirement and Appreciation

  • Professional Life

  • Audio: SLX CON

  • Audio: "6 PM News"

  • Saga of the U.S. Air Mail Service, Dale Nielson, ed. Air Mail Pioneers, Inc.

  • Audio: Stanton Farewell Party

  • Audio: WWDC 2/20/75 Fred Fiske TWA 514 Crash

  • Audio: HFD

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