9 finding aid(s) found containing the word(s) Aircraft industry.
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,...
Wilbur Wright and Orville Wright papers, 1809-1979
32,250 items ; 120 containers plus 13 oversize ; 61 linear feet ; 15 microfilm reels -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Aviation pioneers and inventors. Correspondence, diaries, notebooks, business accounts, legal papers, minutes, reports, printed matter, photographs, blueprints, and scrapbooks relating primarily to the invention of the airplane and the development of aviation.
Ira Eaker papers, 1917-1989
77,300 items ; 218 containers plus 16 oversize and 2 classified ; 89.6 linear feet -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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United States Army air corps officer, aviation pioneer, aircraft industry executive, and newspaper columnist. Part I consists of correspondence, memoranda, diaries, reports, meetings minutes, printed material, and other papers documenting Eaker's military career in the aeronautical section of the United States Army, particularly his experiences in World War II. Part II consists of...
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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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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.
Robert Houghwout Jackson papers, 1816-1983
75,015 items ; 259 containers plus 21 oversize plus 1 classified ; 110 linear feet ; 26 microfilm reels -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Lawyer, solicitor general, attorney general, and associate justice of the United States Supreme Court. Correspondence, memoranda, family papers, legal file, subject file, speeches, writings, financial papers, photographs, and other material relating primarily to Jackson's legal career as a private attorney, government attorney, and Supreme Court justice.
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George Creel papers, 1857-1953
500 items ; 8 containers plus 22 oversize ; 9.2 linear feet -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Author, editor, and government official. Scrapbooks and bound volumes of writings by and about Creel form the bulk of the collection. Includes correspondence, notes, speeches, lectures, book reviews, and campaign material. A series on Woodrow Wilson and the United States Committee on Public Information contains correspondence with Wilson as well as his corrections of drafts of Creel's cables,...