Tissandier collection on the history of aeronautics, 1539-1929

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Collection Summary

Title	Tissandier collection on the history of aeronautics, 1539-1929
Inclusive Dates	1539-1929
Bulk Dates	1780-1920
ID No.	MSS42994
Creator	Tissandier, Gaston, 1843-1899
Creator	Tissandier, Albert, 1839-1906
Creator	Tissandier, Paul, b. 1881
Creator	Dupuis-Delcourt, 1802-1864
Extent	8,000 items
Extent	27 containers plus 19 oversize
Extent	14 linear feet
Language	Collection material in French with some material in English, German, Italian, Russian, and Spanish
Location	Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Finding Aid Permalink	Cite or bookmark this finding aid as: https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms006025
LCCN Permalink	LC Catalog record: https://lccn.loc.gov/mm79042994
Summary	Collection of items gathered by Gaston Tissandier, an aeronaut and scientist, with additions by his brother, Albert Tissandier, an artist and aeronaut, and his son, Paul Tissandier, also an aeronaut. Includes the collection of J. F. Dupuis-Delcourt, an airship builder, brought together prior to 1860 and later purchased by Gaston Tissandier. Mostly in French, the collection pertains primarily to balloon flights of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, but also includes material concerning early heavier-than-air flight and the aeronautical career of Gaston and Albert Tissandier as well as art work of Albert Tissandier.
Online Content	Part of the Tissandier Collection on the History of Aeronautics is available on the Library of Congress Web site at https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/collmss.ms000118. To promote preservation of the originals, researchers are required to consult the online edition as available.