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L'Aerophile collection, 1876-1949
152 boxes. 15,000 items. -- Science Section, Researcher Engagement and General Collections Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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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.
Aero Club of America scrapbooks, 1891-1912
6 items. 6 containers. 1 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Aeronautical organization. Scrapbooks of newspaper clippings relating to the advent of manned flight.
Grover Cleveland Loening papers, 1900-1975
26,000 items. 73 containers plus 1 oversize. 35 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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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.
Charles W. Sirch papers, 1878-1935
100 items. 1 container plus 1 oversize. 0.2 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Aeronautical engineer and airship designer. Chiefly correspondence with Washington Irving Chambers relating to Sirch's design for a military dirigible.
Ray Eber Brown papers, 1915-1962
23,000 items. 77 containers plus 5 oversize. 36 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Naval architect and engineer. Correspondence, memoranda, diaries, notebooks, subject files, reports, articles, blueprints, charts, graphs, specification sheets, photographs, newspaper clippings, and other printed material pertaining primarily to Brown's career as a naval architect and marine engineer.
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Ernest Joseph King papers, 1908-1991
10,000 items. 39 containers. 15 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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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.
Daniel Guggenheim Fund for the Promotion of Aeronautics records, 1925-1943
6,000 items. 21 containers. 8 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Fund to facilitate technical development, improve safety, and expand the popularity of aviation; active from 1926-1930. Correspondence, reports, articles, pamphlets, legal and financial records, printed matter, and other records relating chiefly to commercial aviation in the United States and to a history of the fund written by R. H. Mayo. Subjects include aeronautical education and research, aviation safety, technical development, the use of aviation for passenger travel and the transport of freight, and Charles A. Lindbergh's tour of the United States in 1927.
Elmo N. Pickerill papers, 1910-1975
4,500 items. 15 containers. 6.2 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Aviator. Correspondence, printed matter, photographs, and other papers relating to Pickerill's career as an aviator and to early aviation in the United States, particularly Long Island, N.Y.
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Eddie Rickenbacker papers, 1915-1973
36,000 items. 131 containers. 52.4 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Army officer and aviator. Correspondence, speeches, writings, notes, newspaper clippings, printed material, and other papers concerning Rickenbacker's career as an aviator and army officer, chairman of the board of Eastern Air Lines, and advocate of conservative causes.
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Curtis E. LeMay papers, 1918-1969
131,550 items. 243 containers plus 14 classified and 4 oversize. 90 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Aviator and U.S. Army and Air Force officer. Correspondence, diaries, speeches, teletype messages, flight orders, mission reports, strategic plans and operation reports, appointment calendars, maps, photographs, commissions, scrapbooks, and other papers chiefly concerning LeMay's career as an aviator and officer in the U.S. Army and Air Force and as a vice-presidential candidate in 1968.
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