When Ed Headrick passed away recently we read obituaries that claimed that the flying saucer was first invented in 1958. The Ulimate Handbook has an accurate history going back as far as 1948.
http://www.ultimatehandbook.com/Webpages/History/histdisc.html
To add to this I have scanned some of my old Frisbee memorabilia and placed it on the web at
http://geocities.com/gregu10/frisbee.html
Also see my disk physics page, my Hall effect page, a story, or my main page. Blog page.
The exhibits include:
* A sample cover page from 1972 International Frisbee Association newsletter. This issue featured comments from the fictional leader of the IFA, based on fluids engineer HK Kuiken.
* A page from the 3rd Edition of Ultimate rules - no mention of stall count or spirit of the game - We didn't need no stinking stall count rules.
* An invitation to the 1974 Rose Bowl championship printed in Viking Red
* Articles on history and spirit excerpted from the 1974 Flying Disc World newsletter.
* The page in Johnson's 1975 book Frisbee that discusses how the original co-inventor, a US military officer, refused to discuss frisbees.
* An invitation to the 1976 Molson tournament. Note the excellent drawing of the wake flow.
* A 1976 Disk Golf Parts list (with 1976 prices)
* The cover page of the seventh edition Ultimate rules
* A 1980 article about Ultimate offense
* The cover of the 1984 April Fools Tournament program - 16 fantastic glossy pages!
Flat Flip Flies Straight, Tilted Flip Curves. Experiment!