Biographical Note
From Goodreads: ""Paul R. Matt was a model builder, technical illustrator, draftsman, and photographer. He served in the U.S. Navy and trained as a commercial photographer. Over his career he illustrated hundreds of aircraft in 3- and 4- view drawings. His drawings were published in two volumes, and he wrote extensively on aircraft, the history of various manufacturers, and other areas of military and civil aviation. His eighteen volume Historical Aviation Album is a widely read authority on the history of the American aviation industry." (https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/791578.Paul_R_Matt)
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Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Item — Box TB.S2.002, Folder: TF.S2.A.xxQ
Identifier: 20268020
Scope and Contents
Document Type: Publication (Historical Study).Purpose: Informational.Authority: Author Expertise.Document Number: Paul Matt Scale Airplane Drawings Volume 2 (dated 1991). This item is from the 3d printing in 1994. Drawn by the "late, great" Paul R. Matt and published as part of the "Aviation Heritage Library Series" by "publishers: Drina Welch Abel and Alan Abel." NB: Aviation Heritage replaced Sunshine House, Inc. as the...
Dates:
Copyright: 1991; Publication: 1991
Item — Box TB.S2.002, Folder: TF.S2.A.xxP
Identifier: 20268019
Scope and Contents
Document Type: Publication (Historical Study).Purpose: Informational.Authority: Author Expertise.Document Number: Paul Matt Scale Airplane Drawings Volume I (dated 1991). NB: Aviation Heritage replaced Sunshine House, Inc. as the publishers for all of Paul R. Matt's work, which Sunshine House, Inc. had acquired from Matt's estate after his death in August 1987. Alan Abel and Drina Welch Abel are listed as the only two officers for both...
Dates:
Copyright: 1991; Publication: 1991
Item — Box TB.S2.002, Folder: TF.S2.A.xxO
Identifier: 20268018
Scope and Contents
Document Type: Publication (Historical Study).Purpose: Informational.Authority: Author Expertise.Document Number: The Best of Paul Matt Series, Volume I (dated 1988).NB: Sunshine House, Inc. bought the rights to all of Paul Matt's work from his estate after his death in August 1987 and this book is dedicated to he and his wife, Joan. Scope: This book focuses on Aeronca aircraft. It was published in 1988 by Sunshine House,...
Dates:
Copyright: 1988; Publication: 1988