Special Collections

H. Glenn Buffington was an avid supporter of aviation and women pilots. He amassed an extensive collection of aviation which reflects his interests, from the early National Air Races to more current events.

Jacqueline Cochran was a groundbreaking aviator. A poor girl from Georgia, she began flying lessons in 1932 at the age of twenty-six, and by 1941 she was a flight captain in the British Air Transport Auxiliary and trained other women to do the same. In 1942, she returned to the United States, and went on to organize and serve as the first director ...