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Tissandier collection on the history of aeronautics, 1539-1929

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Dupuis-Delcourt File, 1783-1863 (continued)
Pétin, Ernest, 1837, 1845-1851, undated See also Oversize
Pilâtre de Rozier, Jean-François, 1786, undated
Pinetti, ___, undated
Pontet, M., undated
Renous-Grave, ___, 1842-1846
Robertson, Dmitri, undated
BOX 24 Robertson, E. G.
Garnerin, André Jacques, correspondence, 1810, 1817, undated See also Container 4, Aeronauts, Garnerin
General, 1802-1839, 1849, undated See also Oversize
(5 folders)
Robertson, Eugene, undated
Rush, George, 1850, undated
Russum, William, 1831, 1841
Sassy, ___, 1822, 1832
Silbermann, ___, 1854
Sollier, ___, 1825, 1844[?]
Taillepied de La Garenne, vicomte, 1851-1852, undated
Tardieu, ___, 1854-1855
Tardini, Guiseppe, 1851
Ternaux, ___, 1826
Théodore, Adolphe, 1830
Turgan, Julien, 1850-1851
Van Hecke, Dr., 1846-1851, undated
Vazcolier, ___, 1831
Wender, E., 1849, undated
Wise, John, 1851-1853, 1859
Zambeccari, Francesco and Deghen, 1802-1804, 1812, 1848, undated
BOX 25 Balloon flights
Printed matter, 1784-1788, 1834-1841, undated
Newspaper clippings, 1824, 1838-1863, undated See also Oversize
Balloon material fragments, undated
Balloon navigation, 1784-1789, 1798-1863, undated See also Oversize
(2 folders)
Broadsides, notices, and tickets, 1797, 1820-1831, 1837, 1843-1851, 1861, undated See also Oversize
“Cours d'Aérostation,” 1841-1847, undated
General correspondence
1811, 1822-1853
(4 folders)
BOX 26 1854-1863, undated
(2 folders)
Printed matter
Miscellany, 1807, 1814, 1824, 1834, 1844, undated
Political affairs, 1811-1813, 1848-1852, undated See also Oversize
Société aéronautique et météorologique
Bulletins, undated
Drafts of minutes and bulletins, undated
Minutes, notes, and publications, 1847-1853, undated
(2 folders)
Writings of Dupuis-Delcourt
Accounts of balloon flights, 1783-1784, 1798-1812, 1821-1836, 1849-1859, undated
(2 folders)
BOX 27 “De l'art aérostatique et...transports par air,” 1847
“Experience de la flotille aérostatique,” 1824
Lightening rods and the “electro-subtracteur,” 1839-1844, 1852, undated
“Mémoire sur l'aérostation...,” 1824
Miscellaneous, 1824, 1831-1838, 1847-1858, undated
(2 folders)
“Nouvelle machine aérostatique,” 1829
“Relation du voyage arién,” 1832
BOX OV 1-OV 19 Oversize, 1803-1889
Blueprints, broadsides, certificates, drawings, maps and graphs, newspapers, posters, printed matter, and scrapbooks.
Arranged and described according to the series, containers, and folders from which the items were removed.
BOX OV 1 Aeronauts
Ader, Clement
Drawings, undated (Container 1)
Andrée, S. A.
Miscellany
Blueprints, 1896, undated (Container 1)
Blanchard, Jean-Pierre
“Notes pour l'Histoire...,” vol. 2, newspapers, 1885 (Container 2)
Charles, Jacques Alexandre César
Miscellany
Description of his balloon, undated (Container 3)
BOX OV 2 Dupuy de Lôme
Cross section diagram of a propeller driven balloon, undated (Container 3)
BOX OV 3 Durnof, Jules
Newspapers, 1874 (Container 3)
Giffard, Henri
Captive balloon flights
Tickets, publicity material, and souvenirs, 1878[?] (Container 5)
Miscellany
Diagrams of dirigibles, undated (Container 5)
Digital content available
Glaisher, J.
Altitude diagram of a voyage, 1862 (Container 5)
Jouis, P. and Mallet
Blueprint altitude graph, undated (Container 5)
BOX OV 4 Writings by Gaston Tissandier
Scrapbooks
Articles on science and chemistry, 1864-1869 (Container 13)
BOX OV 5 Miscellany
Certificates, 1878, undated (Container 15)
Graphic material
Drawings, 1875, 1884, undated (Container 15)
Maps and graphs, 1884-1886, undated (Container 15)
Miscellaneous, circa 1883, undated (Container 16)
BOX OV 6 Printed matter
Broadsides and posters, 1826, 1867, undated (Container 17)
BOX OV 7 Miscellaneous, 1812, 1850-1863, 1870-1874, 1884-1887, undated (Container 17)
(4 folders)
Writings, 1886, undated (Container 18)
BOX OV 8 Scrapbooks
“Aérostat dirigeable de Chalais-Meudon,” 1884 (Container 19)
BOX OV 9 “Aérostat dirigeable éléctrique,” 1881-1884 (Container 19)
Digital content available
BOX OV 10 “Ballons,”
Vol. I, 1872-1884 (Container 19)
Digital content available
BOX OV 11 Vol. II, 1884-1889 (Container 19)
Digital content available
BOX OV 12 “Ballon dirigeable, A. et G. Tissandier,” 1881-1887 (Container 19)
Digital content available
BOX OV 13 “Catastrophe du ballon l'Univers, Décembre, 1875,” 1875-1876 (Container 19)
BOX OV 18-OV 19 “Enchantillons d'étoffes d'aérostats” (Container 19)
Digital content available
BOX OV 14 New York Herald (Paris, France), aeronautic clippings, 1913-1914 (Container 21)
Vol. 1, 1913, Apr. 15-1914, Jan. 10
Vol. 2, 1914, Jan. 11-1914, Sept. 30
Digital content available
Siege of Paris, France, vol. III, “Les aérostats pendant la guerre,” 1870-1871 (Container 21)
BOX OV 15 Dupuis-Delcourt File
Aeronauts
Altamura, drawing of a dirigible, undated (Container 22)
Deschampes, Louis, broadside fragment, 1852 (Container 22)
Hampton, John, broadsides, 1848-1851 (Container 22)
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