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Institute of the Aerospace Sciences archives, 1783-1962
30,000 items. 182 containers plus 84 oversize. 80 linear feet. 4 microfilm reels. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Historical records of the Institute of the Aerospace Sciences. Biographical and corporate files including correspondence, memoranda, writings, reports, biographical data and sketches, genealogical records, financial reports, broadsides, charts, press releases, newspaper clippings, blueprints, cartoons, maps, aeromedical and aeronautical reproductions, airplane specifications, prints, engravings, illustrations, sketches, photographs, memorabilia, printed matter, scrapbooks, and miscellaneous material relating to aviation and aeronautics collected and maintained by the institute prior to its merger with the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics.
Eddie Rickenbacker papers, 1915-1973
36,000 items. 123 containers plus 8 oversize. 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 matter, 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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Robert Kleiman papers, 1935-1983
5,000 items. 15 containers plus 1 classified and 9 oversize. 8 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Journalist. Correspondence, memoranda, propaganda material including leaflets, newspapers, printed matter, and ephemera, interrogations of prisoners of war, reports, newsletters, newspaper clippings, and other papers relating chiefly to Kleiman's service with the United States Office of War Information during World War II and pertaining to psychological warfare and the use of propaganda in the Far East, with a much smaller portion reflecting his work as a journalist before and after the war.
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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.