Content Description

This collection consists of the tapes and transcript an interview with Brian Rickenbacker conducted by Dr. David Lewis on July 17, 1999. In the interview, Rickenbacker talks about his father David, and David's relationship with his parents and his brother, William Rickenbacker. The interview also discusses the personalities of Eddie and Adelaide Rickenbacker and general family history.

The interview is recorded on two cassette tapes.

Scope and Contents This collection documents the lives of the Rickenbacker family, particularly Eddie Vernon Rickenbacker. It contains scrapbooks and newspaper clippings, photographs, sound recordings, 16 mm motion pictures, correspondence, diaries, legal documents (original and copies), condolence letters upon Eddie's death, maps, declassified reports to Army Air Force in World War II, other various reports of travels, affidavits taken by movie studio regarding loss of Eddie at sea, publications by and...

Content Description This collection contains an oral history interview with Captain Eddie Rickenbacker's daughter Marcie. The interview, on two audiotapes and transcribed, was conducted by Dr. David Lewis on October 8, 1998. The interview recounts the last days of Eddie and Adelaide Rickenbacker, and general family history.The collection also includes 9 photocopies of pictures of the rescue of Rickenbacker in 1942, one film print, and a copy of the film Captain Eddie. There...