The publications and reports series of the Hughes Electronics Corporation Records date from 1949 to 2003. The materials include product and service brochures, employee resource literature and newsletters, organizational charts, directories, annual reports, and reports on the United States defense industry. This series also contains publications that were not produced by Hughes Electronics but were collected on topics relating to the work of the company or Howard Hughes. These include marketing material from other aerospace/defense companies, newspaper articles, and popular magazines including Look, Fortune, and Variety.

Rosemont Enterprises, Inc. was incorporated in 1965 by Chester C. Davis a lawyer for Howard Hughes, with the goal of protecting Hughes’ privacy and promoting a positive image to the public through approved projects and lauding his many achievements. The series dates from 1964-1973 and contains correspondence on screenplays and proposed projects as well as administrative records.

Materials contain photographs of aircraft built by the Hughes Aircraft Company or piloted by Howard Hughes from 1934 to 1972. The photographs primarily depict the Trans World Airlines Constellation during test flights. The photographs also include the Northrop Gamma Racer, Boeing 100 biplane, Lockheed-14, and an Avro Canada Jetliner.

Materials depict Howard Hughes operating and working on the Northrop Gamma Racer 2G in 1936. In 1935 and 1936, Howard Hughes attempted to break several records in the Northrop Gamma, and he broke his own transcontinental record by flying from Los Angeles, California to New York City, New York in 9 hours, 26 minutes.