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1. L'Aerophile collection, 1876-1949

   152 boxes. 15,000 items. -- Science Section, Researcher Engagement and General Collections Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Correspondence, blueprints and manufactures information for early French and foreign aircraft and dirigibles, reports of accidents involving flyers and balloonists, World War I aerial photographs and intelligence reports, a series of French cartoons, drawings, graphs, charts, diagrams of equipment, maps, newspapers, printed material, and photographs. The materials in the collection were evidently assembled by staff of the magazine L’Aerophile which was published by Georges Besançon in collaboration with Union Aérophile de France. Subjects include aeronautics chiefly in Europe and the U.S., aeronautics corporations, air shows, aviators, balloons, bombs and missiles, commercial airlines, dirigibles, gliders, hydroplanes, medical aviation, military aeronautics, model aircraft, parachutes, propellers, record flights, and research and testing of aircraft. Individuals represented include Henry Harley "Hap" Arnold, Georges Besançon, Amelia Earhart, Charles Lindbergh, and William "Billy" Mitchell.

2. Harry W. Frantz papers, 1893-1968

   5,075 items. 22 containers plus 17 oversize. 8.6 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Journalist. Scrapbooks, articles, press materials, reports, maps, photographs, reference material, and other printed matter primarily related to aviation and Antarctica, two fields Frantz covered for United Press International.

3. Wayne W. Parrish papers, 1912-1976

   9,000 items. 29 containers. 12 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Aviation journalist and publisher. Correspondence, memoranda, reports, speeches and writings, commemorative programs, airline insignia, logos, schedules, tickets, and other aeronautical memorabilia, photographs, and printed matter documenting primarily Parrish's roles as founder and president of American Aviation Publications.

4. John Toland papers, 1944-1965

   8,150 items. 110 containers plus 1 oversize. 56 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Author and historian. Correspondence, notes, interviews, military reports, reminiscences, maps, photographs, and wide ranging production material, including drafts, galleys, and proofs, of Toland's books on World War II and gangsterism in the 1930s.

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5. Clarence K. Streit papers, 1838-2000

   109,650 items. 297 containers plus 1 oversize. 118.8 linear feet. 9 microfilm reels. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Author, editor, and journalist. Correspondence, diaries, notes and notebooks, subject files, speeches, statements, and writings, family papers, reports, interviews, pamphlets, press releases, newsletters, minutes of meetings, photographs, clippings, printed matter, and other papers primarily relating to Federal Union, Inc., which Streit founded to promote his plan for an Atlantic Union of democracies, as well as that organization's successor, Association to Unite the Democracies, Inc.

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