AR 950Cal Lowell E. Call collection of Provo airport and aviation materials

AR 950Cal Lowell E. Call collection of Provo airport and aviation materials

circa 1937-1983

Extent: 1.0 box

Biographical/Historical note: Retired USAF Lt. Colonel Lowell Eliason Call was born 18 February 1922 in Bancroft, Idaho. He married his wife Carolyn in 1942, and together they raised 8 children. He completed his US Army Air Corps training in February 1945, and was en route to England to pilot the B-17 Bomber when WWII ended. After his release he and his family moved to Provo, Utah, where he attended Brigham Young University. He was called back into active service in the newly formed U.S. Air Force in 1947 and flew combat missions in both the Korean and Vietnam Wars. He taught AFROTC at both Brigham Young and Oklahoma State Universities, and, after retiring from active military service, he developed an aviation science course at Orem High School, which he taught for 11 years. He passed away in Orem, Utah, 14 February 2005. Daily Herald. Lowell Eliason Call, http://www.heraldextra.com/lifestyles/announcements/obituaries/lowell-eliason-call/article_deef8b09-7d79-5742-827e-c98b8be24c54.html. Accessed 15 November 2017.

Arrangement note: Materials have been separated by material type and ordered by date.

Related Archival Materials note: A digitial exhibit of this colleciton is availible online: http://omeka.uvu.edu/exhibits/show/callaviation. Additional materials from Lowell E. Call are availible at Brigham Young University: Lowell E. Call papers (1911-1999), MSS 2309, L. Tom Perry Special Collections, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT.

Scope and Contents note: Collection includes aviation-related materials collected and created by Lowell Call. Materials include educational and promotional publications, flight rating and log books, articles, guides, correspondence and additional materials related to Utah and United States aviation from WWII through the early 1980s.

Gift of Scott Call and the UVU Aviation department.

Call, Lowell Eliason

George Sutherland Archives at Utah Valley University; Aimee Bastarache, Assistant Archivist

19 June 2019

Access to the collection is open with assistance from the archivist or staff.

Open for Research. Copyright for official University records is held by Utah Valley University; all other copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.

AR 950Cal

Provo (Utah)

Brochures; Correspondence; Newsletters; Notebooks; Pamphlets; Images

Aeronautics; History; Photographs; Retail Trade; Technology; Transportation