6 finding aid(s) found containing the word(s) Air pilots.
L'Aerophile collection, 1876-1949
152 boxes ; 15,000 items -- Science, Technology & Business Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Correspondence, blueprints and manufactures information for early French and foreign aircraft and dirigibles, reports of accidents involving flyers and balloonists, World War I aerial photographs and intelligence reports, a series of French cartoons, drawings, graphs, charts, diagrams of equipment, maps, newspapers, printed material, and photographs. The materials in the collection were...
Tissandier collection on the history of aeronautics, 1539-1929
8,000 items ; 27 containers plus 17 oversize ; 14 linear feet -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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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...
Institute of Aerospace Sciences archives, 1783-1962
30,000 items ; 182 containers plus 83 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 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,...
Wayne W. Parrish papers, 1912-1976
9,000 items ; 29 containers ; 12 linear feet -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Aviation journalist and publisher. Correspondence, memoranda, reports, speeches and writings, commemorative programs, airline insignia, logos, schedules, tickets, and other aeronautical memorabilia, photographs, and printed matter documenting primarily Parrish's roles as founder and president of American Aviation Publications.
Society of Woman Geographers records, 1925-1998
17,000 items ; 51 containers ; 20.2 linear feet -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Inactive membership files of the Society of Woman Geographers. The society was founded in 1925 to bring together women actively interested in geography, anthropology, world exploration, and allied disciplines.
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Noel Francis Parrish papers, 1894-1987
29,500 items ; 58 containers plus 1 oversize and 2 classified ; 29.5 linear feet -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Air force general and university professor. Correspondence, speeches and writings, academic and military files, family papers, photographs and slides, and other papers documenting Parrish's military and academic careers, including as commander of Tuskegee Army Air Field (Ala.) where he was responsible for training the Army Air Force's first African-American pilots during World War II.
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