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Found in 5 Collections and/or records:

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Henry Harley Arnold Papers

Identifier: MSS11189
Abstract

Pioneer aviator and United States Army officer. Correspondence, memoranda, journals, notebooks, drafts and proofs of Henry Harley (Hap) Arnold's memoirs, Global Mission (1949), articles, speeches, reports, orders, printed material, photographs, and other papers relating chiefly to the development of military aeronautics in the United States and to aeronautical policies and events of World War II.

Dates 1903-1963; Majority of material found within 1940-1946
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Octave Chanute Papers

Identifier: MSS15560
Abstract

Civil engineer and aviation pioneer. The bulk of the collection relates to Chanute's experiments with gliders and his scientific and financial support of aeronautical pioneers. Other papers concern his career as a builder of railroads and his service as chief engineer of the Erie Railroad and railroads in Illinois and Kansas.

Dates 1807-1955; Majority of material found within ( 1860-1910)
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Ernest Joseph King Papers

Identifier: MSS38687
Abstract

Naval officer. Official and general correspondence, orders to duty, speech, article, and book file, memoranda, notes, printed material, photographs, and other papers relating primarily to King's activities as commander in chief of the United States Fleet and chief of naval operations during World War II.

Dates 1908-1991; Majority of material found within 1936-1952
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Grover Cleveland Loening Papers

Identifier: MSS30437
Abstract

Businessman, engineer, airplane manufacturer, and author. Correspondence, memoranda, reports, minutes, plans and drawings, notes, photographs, patents, legal documents, speeches and writings, scrapbooks, clippings, and printed matter documenting Loening's career in aviation.

Dates 1900-1975; Majority of material found within 1913-1962
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Abbott Lawrence Rotch Papers

Identifier: MSS85493
Abstract

Meteorologist and balloonist. Correspondence, financial papers, photographs, writings, maps, tables, charts, newspaper clippings, printed matter, and other material relating chiefly to Rotch's interest in meteorology and aeronautics.

Dates 1896-1912; Majority of material found within ( 1903-1910)