Found in 2 Collections and/or records:
Collection
Found in:
Manuscript Division
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)
Collection
Found in:
Manuscript Division
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)