Edwards AFB - Pancho Barnes Oral History

Part of: Edwards Air Force Base Archaeology and Cultural Resources Archive

Other Keywords
Edwards Air Force Base • Pancho Barnes • Oral History • Happy Bottom Riding Club • Florence Leontine Lowe • Muroc

Investigation Types
Historic Background Research • Ethnohistoric Research

Temporal Keywords
World War II • WWII

Geographic Keywords
United States of America (Country) • Los Angeles County (County) • California (State / Territory) • Kern County (County) • North America (Continent) • USA (Country) • Antelope Valley • Muroc, California

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  • Documents (3)
  • Air Force Flight Test Center Oral History Program: The Pancho Barnes Legacy (1991)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Dana V. Kilanowski.

    The Air Force Flight Test Center (AFFTC), Edwards Air Force Base (AFB), has received a grant under the Department of Defense's Legacy Resource Management Program to conduct oral history research on the life and times of Pancho Barnes and her Happy Bottom Riding Club. The specific purpose of the project is to interview and record oral history concerning the life and times of Pancho Barnes while informants are still alive and available to interview.

  • The Legacy of Pancho Barnes Oral History Program, Transcript of: OH-2 Colonel John P. Stapp, M.D., PH.D., USAF (Retired) (1994)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Uploaded by: Rachel Fernandez

    This resource is a transcript for an interview with Dr. John Paul Stapp GS) for the Pancho Barnes Oral History Project funded by the Department of Defense Legacy Resource Management Program for the Air Force Flight Test Center, Edwards Air Force Base (AFB). In this interview, Dr. Stapp discusses Pancho Barnes and the early days of Edwards Air Force Base.

  • Technical Report Legacy of Pancho Barnes Oral History Program (1994)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text John Terreo.

    The ranch Florence Lowe Barnes (Pancho Barnes) owned and operated (which is now part of Edwards Air Force Base [AFB]) was a focal point for entertainment, social activity, and comradery. Many prominent individuals involved with historic flight test programs and projects went there for relaxation. In 1954, Pancho's home was destroyed by a fire that resulted in the annihilation of a large portion of her personal archives and artifacts. Consequently, one option to preserve crucial historical and...