Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Collection Summary
| Title | C.S. Draper papers, 1773-1978 |
|---|---|
| Span Dates | 1773-1978 |
| Bulk Dates | (bulk 1939-1973) |
| ID No. | MSS21360 |
| Creator | Draper, C. S. (Charles Stark) |
| Extent | 16,800 items |
| Extent | 48 containers plus 1 oversize |
| Extent | 19.2 linear feet |
| Language | Collection material in English |
| 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.ms013025 |
| LCCN Permalink | LC Catalog record: https://lccn.loc.gov/mm82021360 |
| Summary | Engineer, inventor, and educator. Correspondence, speeches and writings, and consultant and organizational files documenting Draper's career as a professor of aeronautical engineering at Massachusetts Institute of Technology and technical consultant to the Curtiss-Wright Corporation and other airplane manufacturers and to the Sperry Gyroscope Company, Waltham Watch Company, and other instrument makers. |