the archive as such a necessity that they work there as volunteers. John Fredrickson, onetime senior manager for payroll timekeeping and a 36-year Boeing employee, spends two days per week in Bellevue. He wears cotton gloves and organizes photos, negatives and other materials that involve heritage company North American Aviation. “It’s kind of like a big jigsaw puzzle,” Fredrickson said. “Your goal is to preserve the collection.” In California, Pat McGinnis, a company historian since 1994, oversees an archive that covers nearly 7,300 square feet (680 square meters) in a single-story building and holds 2.5 million photo negatives and slides, 300-plus models, and 300-plus aviation manuals. It also has drawings and brochures on file for each heritage aircraft built. McGinnis counts heritage company Photos: (Above) John Fredrickson, retired Boeing payroll senior manager, works two days a week as an archive volunteer in Bellevue, identifying and filing photographs. (Right) The Boeing Archives collection fills up 20 aisles of shelves and cabinets in Bellevue in a centralized, environmentcontrolled room protected against fire, security and earthquake threats. 36 Boein g Frontie rs
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