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2 finding aid(s) found containing the word(s) Air travel--United States.
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.
Summary:
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.
William Hoppen papers, 1831-1998
150,000 items. 431 containers plus 6 oversize. 182 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Summary:
Lawyer and environmental activist. Correspondence, memoranda, a collection inventory, litigation files, legal research, legislative bills, meeting agenda and minutes, reports, proposals, hearing transcripts, organizational mailings, newsletters, fact sheets, handbooks, flyers, brochures, pamphlets, press releases, posters, lists, notes, petitions, speeches, statements, financial records, maps, photographs, drawings, news clippings, and other printed matter relating to Hoppen's involvement in the environmental movement as a lawyer engaged in environmental litigation, an advisor on environmental legislation, and an activist who participated in and helped to coordinate citizen-based environmental groups, largely in the state of New York.
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