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8 finding aid(s) found containing the word(s) World War, 1914-1918--Aerial operations.
Charles Fahy papers, 1857-1985
35,000 items. 103 containers. 40.2 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Summary:
Jurist, lawyer, United States solicitor general, and United States delegate to the United Nations. Diaries, correspondence, legal case files, subject files, speeches and writings, and other papers. Primarily related to Fahy's service on the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. Other papers relate to Fahy's role as an advisor and representative of the presidential administrations of Franklin D. Roosevelt, Harry S. Truman, Dwight D. Eisenhower, John F. Kennedy, and Lyndon B. Johnson. Also documents Fahy's professional activities and associations, as well as his World War I experience as a naval aviator. Includes family papers.
Benjamin Delahauf Foulois papers, 1898-1966
17,850 items. 51 containers plus 1 oversize. 20.4 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Military officer and pioneer aviator. Correspondence, diaries, reports, official documents and personnel records, newspaper clippings, and other material relating to Foulois's military career and the development of air power in the United States military.
Oskar Ursinus papers, 1908-1943
4,500 items. 14 containers. 6 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Aviator, engineer, and journalist. Correspondence, notes, articles by Ursinus and others, charts, maps, sketches, blueprints, photographs, printed matter, and clippings relating to the development of German aeronautics during the first half of the twentieth century.
Marjorie Claire Stinson papers, 1900-1975
21,500 items. 59 containers plus 1 oversize. 23.6 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Summary:
Aviator. Correspondence, research notes, biographical material, financial papers, printed matter, and miscellany relating principally to Stinson's role and experiences in early aviation.
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Donald Wilson papers, 1910-1979
37,600 items. 67 containers plus 2 oversize and 3 vault containers. 26 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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U.S. Army and Air Force officer. Diaries, journals, correspondence, speeches, lectures, flight records, maps and other items relating to Wilson’s personal life and military career. Diaries include accounts of the Iwo Jima and other South Pacific campaigns during World War II.
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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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General William Mitchell papers, 1888-1946
21,000 items. 67 containers plus 1 oversize. 25 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Army officer, farmer, and author. Diaries, correspondence, writings, and other material relating to Mitchell's court-martial; aerial operations of the army, the U.S. Army Signal Corps Aviation Section, later the U.S. Army Air Service, during World War I; and subsequent developments of air power.
Carl Conrad Loth papers, 1896-1967
1,000 items. 1 container plus 3 oversize. 2 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Summary:
United States Army officer and aviator. Correspondence, newsletters, photographs, certificates, and scrapbooks related primarily to Loth's service as a driver in the American Volunteer Motor-Ambulance Corps and as an aviator and officer in the United States Army during World War I and World War II.