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...
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,...
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...
Henry Croskey Mustin papers, 1886-1924
2,400 items ; 8 containers ; 3.2 linear feet -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Naval officer and inventor. Correspondence, journals, lectures, articles, and other papers relating to Mustin's inventions, especially his work in sighting equipment for naval ordnance and his interest in aviation.
Leighton W. Rogers papers, 1912-1982
26 items ; 4 containers plus 1 oversize ; 1.5 linear feet -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Aeronautical executive, army officer, and public official. Correspondence, diary and journal, biographical information, scrapbooks, map, and writings focusing on Rogers’s experiences as an employee of National City Bank of New York during the Russian revolution in Saint Petersburg, Russia, and his return to the Soviet Union in 1943-1944 as an aeronautical consultant for the United States Army...
Grover Cleveland Loening papers, 1900-1975
25,800 items ; 72 containers ; 34.6 linear feet -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Businessman, engineer, airplane manufacturer, and author. Correspondence, memoranda, reports, minutes, plans and drawings, notes, photographs, patents, legal documents, speeches and writings, scrapbooks, clippings, and printed matter documenting Loening's career in aviation.
Thomas H. Robbins papers, 1918-1971
2,250 items ; 11 containers plus 1 classified ; 4.4 linear feet -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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United States naval officer. Correspondence, duty orders, logbooks, biographical material, speeches, and other papers relating to Robbins's naval career and emphasizing his specialty in naval aviation.
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Abbott Lawrence Rotch papers, 1896-1912
1,050 items ; 4 containers plus 1 oversize ; 1.4 linear feet -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Meteorologist and balloonist. Correspondence, financial papers, photographs, writings, maps, tables, charts, newspaper clippings, printed matter, and other material relating chiefly to Rotch's interest in meteorology and aeronautics.
Piccard family papers, circa 1470-1983
73,000 items ; 204 containers plus 1 oversize ; 82 linear feet -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Family members represented include Jean Felix Piccard (1884-1963), his wife, Jeannette Ridlon Piccard (1895-1981), and their son, Don Piccard (1926- ). Correspondence, memoranda, diaries, journals, logbooks, drafts of writings and speeches, reports, notes, financial papers, biographical and genealogical material, scrapbooks, blueprints, patent specifications and other papers documenting the...
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Wernher Von Braun papers, 1796-1970
20,000 items ; 56 containers plus 5 oversize ; 22.8 linear feet -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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German aerospace engineer. Correspondence, fan mail, speeches and writings, public relations material, subject files, scrapbooks, and printed material. The papers relate to Wernher Von Braun's career in rocketry and aerospace engineering from his early work on the V-2 rocket in Germany to his work for the United States Department of Defense, the Redstone Arsenal, and the National Aeronautics and...
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