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9 finding aid(s) found containing the word(s) Rickenbacker, Eddie, 1890-1973--Correspondence.
Ira Eaker papers, 1917-1989
77,300 items. 218 containers plus 16 oversize and 2 classified. 89.6 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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United States Army air corps officer, aviation pioneer, aircraft industry executive, and newspaper columnist. Part I consists of correspondence, memoranda, diaries, reports, meetings minutes, printed material, and other papers documenting Eaker's military career in the aeronautical section of the United States Army, particularly his experiences in World War II. Part II consists of correspondence, memoranda, diaries speeches, writings, and scheduling and subject files pertaining to Eaker's activities after leaving the military.
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Frederick Cecil Horner papers, 1917-1960
26,600 items. 75 containers plus 5 oversize. 30.4 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Transportation engineer and executive with General Motors Corporation. Correspondence, diaries, memoir, memoranda, reports, speeches, printed matter, newspaper clippings, and photographs documenting Horner's career in transportation, chiefly as an executive with General Motors Corporation.
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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.
Joseph Edward Davies papers, 1860-1958
75,000 items. 224 containers plus 5 oversize. 97.6 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Diplomat, lawyer, and author. Correspondence, diaries, drafts of articles, books, and speeches, printed matter, and scrapbooks relating to Davies's career as an ambassador to Belgium and Russia, presidential advisor, and author.
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John Kieran papers, 1917-1985
400 items. 2 containers. .8 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Naturalist, author, and sports columnist. Correspondence, annotated transcripts of his World War I diary, nature diary, ornithological notes, essays, notes and drafts of writings, clippings, and a photograph pertaining to Kieran's career as a sports columnist and panelist of the radio and television program, Information Please, as well as to his expertise in ornithology and natural history.
John Haynes Holmes papers, 1899-1983
84,800 items. 277 containers. 110 linear feet. 54 microfilm reels. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Unitarian clergyman and author. Correspondence, writings, printed matter, and other papers reflecting Holmes's public career and social reform movements that he supported.
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Eugene Meyer papers, 1864-1975
80,000 items. 282 containers plus 4 oversize. 109 linear feet. 1 microfilm reel. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Investment banker, financier, public official, and owner of the Washington Post. Correspondence, memoranda, minutes, diaries, oral history interviews, speeches, writings, congressional testimony, press statements, financial papers, family papers, biographical material, printed material, scrapbooks, photographs, and other papers relating to Meyer's life and career.
Robert Ellsworth Gross papers, 1903-1961
8,500 items. 19 containers. 7.6 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Airplane manufacturer. Correspondence, speeches, citations, obituary, memorial tributes, clippings, photographs, and other papers chiefly relating to Gross's interest in and development of Lockheed Aircraft Corporation.
Henry Harley Arnold papers, 1903-1989
160,000 items. 249 containers plus 1 classified and 33 oversize. 109 linear feet. 269 microfilm reels. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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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.
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