Jack G. Webb photograph collection
Abstract
This collection contains photographs of Jack G. Webb during his Career working for the Federal Aviation Administration.
Dates
- Creation: 1940-1989
Language of Materials
Material in EnglishEnglish
Conditions Governing Access
No restrictions on use, except: not available through interlibrary loan.
Conditions Governing Use
It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearances.
Permission to publish material from the Jack G. Webb photograph collection must be obtained from the Special Collections Photograph Curator and/or the Special Collections Department Head.
Biographical Note
Jack Gale Webb was born November 9, 1912 in Pasadena, California to George Washington and Gladys Jackson Webb. He graduated from San Diego State University.
Jack began his career with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) in 1942 as a flight inspection pilot on Los Angeles, California. During his thirty two years of experience with the FAA he held several leadership positions including Director of Flight Standard Controllers, Section Chief and then Section Division Chief of the Washington DC headquarters, Deputy Director of the Southern Region Headquarters and Director of the FAA’s national Aviation Facilities Experimental Center in Atlantic City. In 1970 he became Director of the Alaskan Region and directed the Pacific-Asia Region in 1972 until he retired in 1975.
In March of 1934, Jack married Hildreth “Dottie” Osborne. Together, Jack and Dottie had two children, Jack Webb, Jr. and Marilynne Wright. Jack passed away on November 6, 1990 in his home in Bloomington, Utah. His wife, Dottie died on June 7, 2001.
Extent
2 boxes (2.5 linear feet)
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The materials in this collections were donated to the Merrill-Cazier Library Special Collections and Archives in 2014 by Marilynne Wright.
Separated Materials
Manuscript materials were separated from this collection and organized into the Jack and Hildreth Webb Papers (Coll Mss 510)
Bibliography
Processing Information
Processed in July of 2015
- Title
- Guide to the Jack G. Webb photograph collection, 1940-1989
- Author
- Finding aid/Register created by Elisabeth Cropper
- Date
- ©2015
- Description rules
- Finding Aid Based On Dacs (Describing Archives: A Content Standard, 2nd Edition)
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid encoded in English.
Revision Statements
- May 25, 2008.: Template information was updated to reflect Utah Manuscript Association best practices.
- 2009: Template information was updated to reflect Archives West best practice guidelines.
Repository Details
Part of the Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections & Archives Repository
Merrill-Cazier Library
Utah State University
3000 Old Main Hill
Logan Utah 84322-3000 United States
435 797-8248
435 797-2880 (Fax)
scweb@usu.edu