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Lindbergh, Charles Augustus, 1902-1974.

Maps and charts; 192?-193?;
Aviator. Aerial maps of Lindbergh's flight routes; an entire aerial cartography map sequence.
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Prefatory Note: While the aviation and aerospace information resources in this Division are among the most extensive in the US, it has not been possible to quantify precisely those resources within many of the larger collections.

Abbe, Cleveland, 1838-1916. MS64-1556. MS64- 1556.

Papers; 1850-1916; 15 feet or 9,500 items.
Astronomer and meteorologist. Includes correspondence relating to Abbe's careers with the Weather Service of the Army Signal Corps and the US Weather Bureau. Correspondents include Samuel P. Langley. Finding aid available.

Aero Club of Washington. MS62-4579.

Records; 1909- 1921; 150 items.
Records of the secretary-treasurer, including record books, financial statements, membership lists, and approximately fifty pieces of correspondence, the majority for 1909-1912.

Alsop, Joseph Wright, 1910-? . MS71-1327.

Papers; ca. 1940-1962; 28 linear feet.
These papers include correspondence with Claire L. Chennault. Finding aid available.

American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics. MS 66-1422.

Records; 1783-1962; 30,000 items.
Historical archives of the Institute of Aerospace Sciences which merged with the American Rocket Society in 1963 to form the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics. Includes correspondence, financial and business papers, clippings, reports, aeromedical and aeronautical reproductions, illustrations, airplane specifications, biographical questionnaires and sketches, blueprints, broadsides, charts, Glenn Curtiss ephemera, genealogical records, photographs, press releases, scrapbooks, and other papers relating to air history from the Zeppelin to the development of the modern military air force and commercial airlines, and the history of balloons. The collection includes the Lester Durand Gardner papers, Dokumente zur Geschichte des Zeppelin-Luftschiffes, and the Hart O. Berg scrapbook collection on the Wright brothers. Names represented include James Allen, James K. Allen (1906- ), Richard Evelyn Byrd, Clarence Duncan Chamberlain, Octave Chanute, Glenn Curtiss, Harold Charles Gatty, Charles Edward Kingsford-Smith, Samuel Pierpont Langley, Anne Morrow Lindbergh, Charles A. Lindbergh, Constantine Lowe, Glenn Luther Martin, Wiley Post, Sir Charles Price, Alexander Procofieff de Seversky, Thaddeus Sobieski, Etienne Montgolfier Zeppelin, Joseph Michael Zeppelin, and Graf Ferdinand von Zeppelin. Firms represented include the Beech Aircraft Corp, Curtiss-Wright Export Corp, Curtiss-Wright Flying Service, Fairchild Aviation Corp, Martin Co, North American Aviation Corp, Northrop Aircraft Corp, Seversky Aviation Corp, United Aircraft Corp, and Vultee Aircraft Corp. Other portions of the archives are in the Connecticut Historical Society and the Smithsonian Institution. Finding aid available.

Andrews, Frank Maxwell, 1884-1943. MS 62-4575.

Papers; 1920-1942; 5,500 items
USAAF officer. Correspondence, Andrews' military service and flight records, reports, memoranda, speeches, articles, and newspaper clippings relating primarily to the organization and administration of the air arm of the War Department and operations of the Caribbean Defense Command at the beginning of World War II. Correspondents include Henry H. Arnold, Lawrence D. Bell, Benjamin D. Foulois, Hugh J. Knerr, Alexander de Seversky, and Carl Spaatz. Finding aid available.

Arnold, Henry Harley "Hap", 1886- 1950. MS 64-1557.

Papers; 1907-1950; 95,500 items.
Pioneer aviator and US Army officer. General correspondence, articles, photographs, and other papers relating to Arnold's early career (1907-1938), his position as chief architect in the construction and direction of US air power (1938-1946), his activities and writings after retirement in 1946, and the policies and events of World Wars I and II. Correspondents include Frank M. Andrews, Lawrence D. Bell, James H. Doolittle, Donald W. Douglas, Ira C. Eaker, J. H. Kindelberger, Charles A. Lindbergh, Glenn L. Martin, John K. Northrop, Edward V. Rickenbacker, Carl Spaatz, and Theodore von Karman. Finding aid available.

Baker, Newton Diehl, 1871-1937.

Papers; ca. 1898- 1962; 100,000 items.
Secretary of War (1916-1921). Correspondence, speeches, reports, and other materials documenting Baker's career. Finding aid available.

Baldwin, Evelyn Briggs, 1862-1933. MS 78- 1686.

Papers; 1649-1933; 4,200 items.
Meteorologist and Arctic explorer. Correspondence, reports, scrapbooks, financial records, newspaper clippings, chiefly 1898-1902. The papers relate primarily to Baldwin's Arctic explorations, especially the (Walter) Wellman Polar Expedition (1898-1899) and the Baldwin-Ziegler Polar Expedition (1901-1902). Other topics relate to Baldwin's interest in aeronautics, mooring masts, early air mail, balloon buoys and radio from balloons. Finding aid available. A collection of positive photostats in the Library of Congress's collections (Folio G620.B16) notes in newspaper clippings that Baldwin was unable to secure a seat in the basket of Andre's illfated North Pole balloon flight of 1897; that he sent 15 free balloons aloft in June 1902 for the Baldwin-Ziegler Polar Expedition, Franz Josef Land, with messages in efforts to track drifting ice, and the planned use of captive balloons and wireless in the Arctic in 1909. Unpublished finding aid available.

Bell, Alexander Graham, 1847-1922. MS 78-1688. MS68-2006.

Papers; 1834-1972; 147,700 items.
Inventor and educator. Includes extensive material relating to Bell's interest in aviation and experimental aeronautics, including notebooks of his research at the Volta Laboratory. Samuel P. Langley was one of his correspondents. Unpublished finding aid available.

Bixby, Harold McMillan, 1890-1965. MS 72-1701.

Papers; 1925-1962; 400 items.
Airline executive. Includes materials relating to Charles A. Lindbergh, for whom Bixby and colleagues purchased the Spirit of St. Louis, and letters (1927) to Bixby as president of the St. Louis Chamber of Commerce concerning Lindbergh's transatlantic flight; letters (1927-1962) between Lindbergh and Bixby; and letters from Lindbergh's mother, Evangeline L. L. Lindbergh.

Borglum, John Gutzon de la Mothe, 1867-1941. MS 60-1486.

Papers; 1895-1960; 71,000 items.
Sculptor, painter, and author. Includes correspondence relating to Borglum's interest in aviation, especially the World War I aircraft scandals. Unpublished finding aid available.

Bristol, Mark Lambert, 1868-1939. MS72-1703.

Papers; 1913-1918; 100 items.
US Navy officer. Includes materials relating to the Navy's aeronautics program for which Bristol served as director. Correspondents include Washington I. Chambers, Alan R. Hawley, Thomas S. Martin, Henry C. Mustin, and Henry Woodhouse. On deposit by the Naval Historical Foundation.

Brown, Ray Eber, 1892-1962.

Papers; 1916-1962; 23,000 items.
Naval architect, engineer, and aviator. Materials relate primarily to Brown's career as a naval architect and marine engineer, especially his roles in the Navy Department's dirigible program, and in the development of methods for the study of airships. Finding aid available.

Bush, Vannevar, 1890-1974. MS68-2010.

Papers; 1932-1972; 80,000 items.
Engineer and science administrator. Includes correspondence, speeches, papers, reports, memoranda, financial papers, biographical data, and clippings relating to scientific and military organizations including the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics. Correspondents include Henry H. Arnold, and Charles A. Lindbergh. Finding aid available.

Callan, John Lansing, 1886-1958. MS 68-2012.

Papers; 1907-1956; 4,000 items.
Aviator, aviation businessman, and US Navy officer. Includes diaries, correspondence, notebooks, orders to duty, subject file, awards, speeches, and newspaper clippings relating to personal and business interests, Callan's service with the Navy in World War I in France and Italy, activities during World War II as a prisoner- of-war in Italy, other World War II activities, his services at the Paris Peace Conference, and the Bikini atomic bomb tests in 1946. Correspondents include Nicholas Alexeyef, Richard E. Byrd, James Doolittle, J. C. Hunsaker, and Juan Trippe. On deposit by the Naval Historical Foundation. Finding aid available.

Chambers, Washington Irving, 1856-1934. MS 67- 592.

Papers; 1871-1943; 12,000 items.
US Navy officer. Post-1910 material relates chiefly to Chambers' assignment to report on the development and application of aviation to naval forces and to dirigibles, helicopters, balloons, parachutes, and flight science and procedures. Correspondents include Thomas Scott Baldwin, Glenn H. Curtiss, Eugene Ely, Roy Knabenshue, Grover Loening, Glenn L. Martin, and James Means. On deposit by the Naval Historical Foundation. Finding aid available.

Chanute, Octave, 1832- 1910. MS 62-4604.

Papers; 1850-1910; 21,024 items.
Civil engineer and aeronaut. Includes correspondence, kite diagrams, sketches, and other material concerning Chanute's role in the history of aviation (1890-1910) including his glider experiments and the technical problems involved, as well as a group of letters (1875-1880) by Alphonse Penaud to Mr. G. Bennett. Main correspondents include Wilbur Wright (1900-1910, all published in full edited by Marvin W. McFarland, 1953) and Louis-Pierre Mouillard (1890-1896). Other correspondents include Clement Ader, William Avery, R. Baden-Powell, Alexander Graham Bell, Sam Cabot, Lawrence Hargrave, Augustus Moore Herring, Edward C. Huffaker, Samuel P. Langley, Otto Lilienthal, Hiram Stevens Maxim, John J. Montgomery, Percy C. Pilcher, George A. Spratt, Orville Wright, and A.F. Zahm. Material is also related to the Library's Wilbur Wright papers. Includes photostats of some letters to Zahm for the International Conference on Aerial Navigation, Chicago, 1893 (4TL 435). Finding aid available.

Chapman, John, 1801-1854. MS 65-894,

Papers; 1841-1844; 35 items.
British political writer and editor. Includes plans and letters for the "ariel steam air carriage" and aerial steam navigation; and correspondence, patent specifications, notes and writings on the aerodynamic and propeller theories of William Samuel Henson (1805-88), British inventor and aerodynamics engineer, and drafts of articles, diagrams, and drawings made by Henson and Chapman. Correspondents include D. E. Columbine, I. Duncan, and R. Houchin.

Chennault, Claire Lee, 1893-1958. No. 13,981.

Papers; 1941-1954; 12 microfilm reels.
US Army officer. The collection is divided into parts: American Volunteer Group; China Air Task Force; US Fourteenth Air Force; Civil Air Transport, Inc.; Freedom Cause; and publications. The originals are in 11 boxes at Stanford University, Hoover Institutiion. Finding aid available.

Cohen, Albert Morris, 1883- 1959. MS 71-1344.

Papers; 1904-1955; 200 items.
US Navy officer. Correspondence, journals, reports, circulars, photographs, and scrapbooks relating to Cohen's services with the US Naval Aviation Forces during World War I. On deposit by the Naval Historical Foundation.

Daniel Guggenheim Fund for the Promotion of Aeronautics, Inc. MS 62- 2697.

Records; 1926-1943; 6,000 items.
Primarily correspondence for the period of the Fund's existence (1926-1930). One group of papers known as the R. H. Mayo material includes the manuscript of Mayo's The Promotion of Aeronautics, a review of the work of the Fund; and correspondence (1939- 1943) pertaining thereto. Finding aid available.

De Seversky, Alexander Procofieff, 1894-1974. MS 77-1516.

Papers; 1939-1941; 100 items.
Aeronautical engineer. Correspondence chiefly between persons interested in de Seversky and his work in the field of aviation during World War II. Includes letters addressed to him, clippings, magazine articles, and press releases on the subject of air power and his designs.

Doolittle, James Harold, 1896-1993. MS 82- 18754.

Papers; 1920-1970; 75 boxes.
Army officer and aviator. Includes correspondence, flight records, description of bombing of Tokyo (1942), speeches, articles, reports, photographs, scrapbooks, and awards. Finding aid available.

Draper, Charles Stark, 1901- .

Papers; 1773-1972; 11,800 items.
Aeronautical engineer, physicist, and director of the Instrumentation Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Materials relating to Draper's career including photographs, speeches, articles, reports, and correspondence. Index available.

Eaker, Ira Clarence, 1896-1987. MS 66- 1402.

Papers; 1918-1960; 30,000 items.
USAF officer. Correspondence, reports, minutes of meetings, memoranda, relating primarily to military aeronautics. Includes material on World War II; the Eighth Bomber Command which Eaker organized and commanded; USAAF in the United Kingdom and the Mediterranean Allied Air Forces; the refueling-endurance flight of the Question Mark (1929); and the operation of Air Mail Route 4, Western Zone (1934). Correspondents include Henry H. Arnold, Joseph K. Cannon, Jacob L. Devers, Barney M. Giles, W. Averell Harriman, Robert A. Lovett, Carl Spaatz, and Nathan F. Twining. Finding aid available.

Fairchild, Muir Stephen, 1894-1950. MS 68-2027.

Papers; 1937-1950; 1,400 items.
US Army and Air Force officer. Correspondence, reports, speeches, and articles relating to Fairchild's service as Air Force Vice Chief of Staff. Includes printed matter prepared by Fairchild for the Air Corps Tactical School. Correspondents include Laurence S. Kuter, Curtis E. LeMay, Elwood R. Quesada, and Hoyt S. Vandenberg. Finding aid available.

Fairchild, Sherman Mills, 1896-1971.

Papers; 1884-1968; ca. 40,120 items.
Industrialist, inventor of Fairchild aerial camera; chairman of the board, Fairchild Industries. Includes correspondence, photographs, legal briefs, patent applications, and other material. Finding aid available.

Foulois, Benjamin Delahauf, 1879-1967. MS 67- 2032.

Papers; 1898-1966; 21,000 items.
US Army officer and pioneer aviator. Correspondence, diaries, reports, flight records, copies of official documents and personal records, and miscellaneous papers (chiefly 1917-1935) reflecting Foulois' career. Includes material on his service as Assistant Chief and Chief of the Army Air Service, on the Mexican Punitive Expedition, the Allied Forces in World War I, Army airmail operations, and aviation legislation. Correspondents include Henry H. Arnold, Ira C. Eaker, Frank P. Lahm, Curtis LeMay, James A. Farley, Nathan F. Twining, and Thomas D. White. Finding aid available.

Fullam, William Freeland, 1855-1926. MS 67- 602.

Papers; 1877-1919; 3,850 items.
US Navy officer and columnist. Includes material relating to Fullam's interest in the development of naval aviation. Correspondents include William "Billy" Mitchell. On deposit by the Naval Historical Foundation. Finding aid available.

Gatty, Harold Charles, 1903-1957. MS 67-606.

Papers; 1930-1957; 7,000 items.
Aviator, navigator, naturalist, and inventor. Correspondence, files and indexes used in preparation of Gatty's book, Around the World in Eight Days (1931); research notes; charts; maps; drawings; books; card index bibliographies; clippings; and other papers relating to Gatty's investigations of air, water, and land navigation, particularly in Polynesia, the Arctic, and the Antarctic, and in the development of air routes for Pan American Airways and other transpacific flights. Finding aid available.

Giffard, Henry Jacques, 1825-1882. 85-61819.

Papers; 1854-1888; 66 items.
Aeronaut and balloonist. Papers (in French) relate chiefly to his balloon designs and ascents, to designs for man- and machine-powered dirigibles in France, and to the strange circumstances of his death. No finding aid available.

Glenn, John Herschel, Jr., 1921-? .

Papers; 1962-1964; 90,000 items.
Pioneer astronaut and US Senator. Chiefly fan letters to Glenn (1962-1964), with some replies. The collection is unprocessed.

Greely, Adolphus Washington, 1844-1935. MS 62- 4859.

Papers, etc.; 1753-1959; 286 boxes, or 45,000 items.
Major General, Chief Signal Officer, US Army, 1887-1906. Includes diaries, correspondence, speeches, orders, reports, scrapbooks, etc., covering the early years of aeronautics in the Corps. Finding aid available.

Green, Constance McLaughlin, 1897-1975. MS 77- 1528.

Papers; 1920-1969; 22,000 items.
Historian. Includes material relating to Project Vanguard. Correspondents include Charles A. Lindbergh. Finding aid available.

Griffin, Virgil Childers, 1891-1957. MS72- 1721.

Flight records; 1916-1946; 33 items.
US Navy officer. Flight records, including nine logbooks, documenting Griffin's service as a naval aviator at US bases. On deposit by the Naval Historical Foundation.

Gross, Robert Ellsworth, 1897-1961. MS 67- 608.

Papers; 1903-1961; 8,500 items.
Airplane manufacturer. Materials relate chiefly to Gross's interest in and development of the Lockheed Aircraft Corporation which he purchased in 1932, and his aviation and aerospace interests. Finding aid available.

Guggenheim, Harry Frank, 1890-1971.

Papers; 1918-1970; ca. 60,000 items.
Naval aviator in World Wars I and II, politician, publisher, diplomat, and president of the Daniel Guggenheim Fund for Promotion of Aeronautics. Includes papers, addresses, and articles on civil aviation and international aviation conferences and the Federal Aviation Commission. Also includes approximately 213 items of correspondence from Charles A. Lindbergh, 1927-1970. Limited finding aid available.

Halsey, William Frederick, 1882-1959. MS 77- 1530.

Papers; 1907-1959; 20,000 items.
Naval officer and pilot. Correspondence, war diaries, logs, journals, narratives of military campaigns, military orders, poems, songs, newspaper clippings, and memorabilia (chiefly 1943-1959) including the history of US naval involvement in the Pacific Theater during World War II. On deposit by the Naval Historical Foundation. Finding aid available and published 1983.

Hildebrandt, Alfred Louis Heinrich, 1870-? .

Papers; 1826-1940; 9,000 items.
German aviation pioneer and the first European to support the experiments of the Wright brothers. Material primarily on German aviation, including coverage of balloon experiments, aviation sports, inventions, laws, meteorology, aviation societies, and other areas of aeronautics. Correspondents include Ernst Damm, Hans Ravenstein, Ferdinand von Zeppelin, Octave Chanute, and Graf Ferdinand von Albert, Prince of Schleswig-Holstein-Glucksburg. Finding aid available.

Hooper, Stanford Caldwell, 1884-1955. MS68- 2043.

Papers; 1899-1955; 14,000 items.
Naval officer, electronics consultant, and pioneer in the field of naval radio. Correspondence, tape recordings, diaries, notebooks and research notes relate to his work concerning the application of long-distance radio techniques to aircraft. On deposit by the Naval Historical Foundation. Published finding aid available.

Horne, Frederick Joseph, 1880-1959. MS 71- 1365.

Papers; 1908-1967; 1,000 items.
US Navy officer. Includes flight logbooks (1931 and 1933-1937). On deposit by the Naval Historical Foundation.

James, Marquis, 1891-1955. MS62-4884.

Papers; 1914-1955; 19 linear ft.
Author. This collection includes the memoirs of Bernard M. Baruch, who was concerned with aircraft production and procurement in World War II. Unpublished finding aid available.

King, Ernest Joseph, 1878-1956. MS 71-1368.

Papers; 1908-1966; 10,000 items.
Naval officer, Chief of Naval Operations in World War II. Orders to duty, official and general correspondence, and miscellaneous materials relating to King's experience in air operations including his tour of duty as Chief of Bureau of Aeronautics. On deposit by the Naval Historical Foundation. Unpublished finding aid available.

Knerr, Hugh Johnson, 1887-1971. MS 62-4182.

Papers; 1935-1949; 4,000 items.
USAF officer. Correspondence and various records chiefly concerning the logistic phases of air warfare in Europe and the Pacific during World War II. Finding aid available.

Knox, Dudley Wright, 1877-1960. MS 71- 1371.

Papers; 1865-1950; 6,500 items.
US Navy officer and author. Includes materials on Knox's views on naval aviation. On deposit by Naval Historical Foundation. Finding aid available.

Kosciuszko Air Squadron.

Logbook; 1919-1921; 2 volumes.
Volunteer unit of American pilots serving with the Polish armed forces. The logbook describes the squadron's formation, training, practice flights, and combat sorties against Bolshevik forces.

Lahm, Frank Samuel, 1846-1931. MS 59- 226.

Papers; ca. 1850-1931; 1,000 items.
Businessman and balloonist. Correspondence, logs, and barograph records of Lahm's balloon ascensions. Other papers include lectures, memoranda, photographs, clippings, a biographical sketch, and part of an unfinished history of aeronautics. There are also writings and diaries of Henry Weaver, who in 1905 investigated for Lahm the achievements claimed by the Wright brothers. Correspondents include Patrick Y. Alexander, Griffith Brewer, R. P. Skinner, Ida and Melvin Vanniman, Walter Wellman, and Orville and Wilbur Wright. Finding aid available.

Land, Emory Scott, 1879-1971. MS 64-1573.

Papers; 1901-1972; 5,700 items.
US Navy officer and shipping administrator. Includes material relating to Land's position as vice president and treasurer of the Daniel Guggenheim Fund for the Promotion of Aeronautics, including his role as advisor to his cousin, Charles Lindbergh, on tours (1927-28). Correspondents include William Boeing, Richard Byrd, and Jerome Hunsaker. Published finding aid available.

Landis, James McCauley, 1899-1964. MS 68-2047.

Papers; 1917-1963; 60,300 items.
Government official, lawyer, educator, and chairman of the Civil Aeronautics Board (1946-1947). Includes correspondence and legal materials representing several air transport companies, and the regulation, administration and expansion of civil aviation (ca. 20 boxes). Finding aid available.

LeMay, Curtis Emerson, 1906-? . 82-29918.

Papers; 1918-1969; 78,000 items.
USAF officer. Papers documenting LeMay's career including commands in World War II, service as Commanding General, Strategic Air Command, and tenure as Vice Chief of Staff of the Air Force. Correspondence reflects official activities as well as personal interests. There are also reports, diaries, copies of official documents, flight records, commissions, photographs, clippings, scrapbooks, and memorabilia. Correspondents include Henry H. Arnold, Jacqueline Cochran, and Carl Spaatz. Finding aid available.

Lindbergh, Anne Morrow, 1906-? .

Manuscript; 1943-1944; 1 item.
Aviator and author. The manuscript is her novel Steep Ascent, on a woman's part in aviation.

Lindbergh, Charles Augustus, Jr., 1902- 1974.

Manuscripts, correspondence, other papers; 1927-1969; 36 boxes or 500 items.
Transatlantic aviator and USAF officer. Manuscripts for the production materials (ranging from drafts to galleys) of The Spirit of St. Louis (1953) and of other publications and speeches. Also includes correspondence and related data (1927-1969). Finding aid available.

Little, Charles G., 1896-1921. MS 72-1732.

Papers; 1917-1957; 78 items.
US Navy officer. Correspondence, data on dirigibles, and other materials relating to Little's career in the Naval Reserve Flying Corps. Includes Little's reports on his flights and his suggestions for the future of naval aviation organization. On deposit by the Naval Historical Foundation.

Loening, Grover Cleveland, 1888-1976. MS 62- 2702.

Papers; 1888-1942; 22,300 items.
Businessman, aircraft engineer, and author. Materials relating to aeronautical development, Richard E. Byrd's first Antarctic expedition, the Wright Company, and Loening's own aircraft company. Correspondents include Winthrop W. Aldrich, Richard E. Byrd, William Mitchell, Igor I. Sikorsky, and the Wright brothers. Published finding aid available.

Martin, Glenn Luther, 1886- 1955.

Papers; 1910-1955; 55,000 items.
Pioneer airplane manufacturer and aviator. Includes materials relating to the Glenn L. Martin Company and an extensive collection of photographs of airplanes developed by Martin. There are also scrapbooks and other items relating to Martin's business and organizational interests and his gift to the University of Maryland. Finding aid available.

McCright, Ewell R., ? -? .

Prisoner of war lists; 1942-1945; 3 vol.
Brief histories of the capture and treatment of Allied air force prisoners of war brought to the south compound of Stalag Luft III in Sagan, Silesia, Germany.

Mitchell, William (Billy), 1879-1936. MS 59-154.

Papers; 1907-1946; 21,000 items.
US Army officer and aviator. Includes diaries (1917-1923), correspondence, unpublished writings, clippings, diagrams, maps, memorabilia, aerial photographs, and other materials relating to such topics as Mitchell's court martial, operations of the Air Service in World War I, and subsequent developments of air power. Published finding aid available.

Mitscher, Marc Andrew, 1887-1947. MS 65-919.

Papers; 1910-1952; 900 items.
US Navy officer and aviation pioneer. Includes flight logs and other materials relating to Mitscher's career in naval aviation; specifically letters relating to Mitcher's command of the USS Hornet during the Tokyo raid and the Battle of Midway (both in 1942), and his role as pilot during the first naval overseas flight (1919).

Mustin, Henry Croskey, 1874-1923. MS 70- 964.

Papers; 1886-1924; 2,400 items.
US Navy officer and inventor. Materials (chiefly 1903-1920) principally relating to Mustin's inventions, especially his work in sighting equipment for naval ordnance and his interest in aviation. On deposit by the Naval Historical Foundation. Finding aid available.

Paine, Thomas Otten, 1921-? .

Papers; 1943-1983; 364,300 items.
NASA administrator. Correspondence, office files, news releases, speeches, articles, clippings, photographs, and other materials relating to Paine's career including folders on the Apollo space flights, numbers 8-14. Finding aid available.

Parrish, Wayne W., 1907-? .

Papers; 1928-1973; 9,000 items.
Aeronautical editor and publisher of Washington. Includes correspondence, subject files, photographs, and financial records. No finding aid available.

Patterson, Robert Porter, 1891-1952.

Papers; 1940-1951; 47,800 items.
Lawyer, jurist, and Secretary of War. Materials relating to Patterson's War Department service during World War II including reorganization of the Army and Air Force. Finding aid available.

Piccard Family. MS 71- 1397.

Papers; ca. 1600-1981; 96,000 items.
Includes materials documenting the career of Jean Felix Piccard (1884-1963) in the fields of aeronautics and ballooning. Correspondents include Albert Einstein, Robert Millikan, and Auguste and Jacques Piccard. Finding aid available.

President's Aircraft Board. MS 82-33654.

Records; ca. 1924-1926; 750 items.
Correspondence, memoranda, reports, press releases, abstracts, information bulletins, and blueprints of the President's Aircraft Board.

Pringle, Henry Fowles, 1897-1958.

Papers; 1932-1957; 7500 items.
Journalist, historian and government official. Includes his special Air Force study on Allied bombing operations in Europe, while working for the Air Force and the secretary of war.

Quesada, Elwood Richard, 1904-1993.

Papers; 1943-1960; 2,200 items.
USAF officer. Includes correspondence relating to Quesada's command of the Ninth Tactical Air Command in Europe (1943-1945) and to his service as commanding officer of the Tactical Air Command in Langley, Virginia (1946-1949). There are also materials relating to Quesada's command of Joint Task Force Three during the atomic tests on Eniwetok in 1951. Finding aid available.

Richardson, Holden Chester, 1878-1960. MS 72- 742.

Papers; 1844-1946; 3,600 items.
US Navy officer. General correspondence, speeches, articles, a subject file, and miscellaneous material (chiefly 1897-1944) relating primarily to Richardson's activities in aeronautics. On deposit by the Naval Historical Foundation. Finding aid available.

Rickenbacker, Edward Vernon, 1890-1973.

Papers; 1915-1973; ca. 36,000 items.
Aviator and chairman of the board of Eastern Airlines. Speeches, correspondence, and other materials relating to Rickenbacker's life and career including coverage of the Air Force Aid Society, the Air Force Museum, and World War I pilots' reunions. There are also manuscripts, galleys, and other items relating to two books, Rickenbacker: An Autobiography and Fighting the Flying Circus. Finding aid available.

Rockwell, Kiffen Yates, 1892- 1916.

Certificate; 1918; 1 item.
World War I aviator. A certificate issued to Rockwell by the Lafayette Flying Corps of France, dated 23 January 1918.

Rodgers, John, 1881-1926.

Papers; 1922-1926; 3 boxes.
Naval officer and aviator. Logbooks, correspondence, flight of hydroplane from West Coast to Hawaii (1925). On deposit by the Naval Historical Foundation. Published finding aid available.

Scaife, Hazel Lewis, 1872-1939. MS 66-1453.

Papers; 1919-1924; 50 items.
Lawyer, US Air Service officer, and government official. Evidence and exhibits (correspondence, printed matter, memoranda, reports), and writings by Scaife concerning the Air Service and the war aircraft scandal probe (1921-1922). Includes "Consolidated Subject-Index of J. V. Martin Records" by C.F. Creighton, auditor and clerk of the House of Representatives Select Committee Investigating the US Air Service. Partial index available.

Sikorsky, Igor Ivanovich, 1889-1972. 82- 40014.

Papers; 1913-1958; 50 items.
Helicopter engineer and inventor. Correspondence, engineering sketchbooks, pictures, and the original manuscript of his autobiography, The Story of the Winged-S. No finding aid available.

Simonds, George Sherwin, 1874-1938. 82- 40113.

Papers; 1918-1932; 16,000 items.
Army officer. Correspondence, memoranda and other records pertaining to his career. Also reports on aircraft and the appropriate size of the Air Corps. Finding aid available.

Spaatz, Carl Andrew, 1891-1974. MS 68- 2075.

Papers; 1915-1953; 115,150 items.
US Army and Air Force officer. Correspondence, diaries, cables, reports, research notes, typescripts of articles and speeches, flight records, personnel file, and miscellaneous notes (chiefly 1942-1948). Includes papers relating to Spaatz's tenure as Commander-in-Chief of the US Strategic Air Forces in Europe (1944) and in Japan (1945), as Commanding General of the USAAF (1946), and as Chief of Staff of the USAF (1947-1948). Correspondents include Henry H. Arnold, Jacqueline Cochran, Ira C. Eaker, Frank P. Lahm, Curtis E. LeMay, William Mitchell, Alexander P. De Seversky, and Nathan F. Twining. Finding aid available.

Stinson, Marjorie Claire, 1896-1975.

Papers; 1900- 1975; 2,500 items.
Pioneer aviator. Correspondence, research notes, biographical material, clippings, and financial records including materials relating to Stinson's experiences in twentieth-century aviation, World War I aviation history, the Stinson Flight School in San Antonio, Texas, the Early Birds of Aviation, and the Aero Club of America. Finding aid available.

Tissandier, Gaston, 1843-1899. MS 62- 4888.

Collection on the history of aeronautics; 1776-1914; 6,000 items.
Aeronaut. Correspondence, articles, clippings, photographs, drawings, charts, maps, memorabilia, notes, and scrapbooks collected by the aeronauts Gaston and Albert Tissandier with additions by Gaston's son, Paul, also an aeronaut. Includes the collection of Jules Francois Dupuis-Delcourt, an airship constructor, which was brought together prior to 1860 and later purchased by Gaston. Mostly in French, the material relates chiefly to the work of French inventors and aeronauts. However, American, English, German, Italian, and Spanish aeronauts are also represented. Published finding aid available.

Toland, John Willard, 1912-? .

Papers; 1955-1963; 8,150 items.
Author. Research materials, galleys, and proofs of Toland's books including Flying Tigers (1963), and Ships in the Sky (1957). Finding aid available.

Twining, Nathan Farragut, 1897-1982. MS 76-179.

Papers; 1924-1960; 40,000 items.
US Army and Air Force officer. Correspondence, diaries, and other biographical material (chiefly 1950-1960) relating to Twining's role as Vice Chief and Chief of Staff of the USAF and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; and relating to other organizations including the Military Air Transport Service, National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, North Atlantic Treaty Organization, Supreme Headquarters, Allied Powers, Europe, Strategic Air Command, and the Tactical Air Command. Topics include aviation, defense, missiles, and prisoners of war in the Korean conflict. Photographs relate generally to World War II and specifically to the atomic bomb, Operation Crossroads, and Air Force operations in Europe and Indochina. Correspondents include Omar N. Bradley, Travis Bryan, W. Barton Leach, Lauris Norstad, and Charles E. Wilson. Finding aid available.

Ursinus, Oskar, ? -? . MS70-983.

Papers; 1909-1943; 4,500 items.
Aviator, engineer, and journalist. Papers relating to the development of German aeronautics during the first half of the twentieth-century. Topics covered include altitude flying, instruments, aircraft, rockets, gliders, and the airplane industry. Finding aid available.

Vandenberg, Hoyt Sanford, 1899-1954. MS 70- 984.

Papers; 1923-1953; 34,000 items.
USAF officer. Correspondence, diaries, reports, momoranda, and other materials (chiefly 1948-1953) covering Vandenberg's service as Chief of Staff of the USAF, the concurrent expansion and development of the Air Force, and his participation in the Korean War. Finding aid available.

Von Braun, Wernher, 1912-1977. MS 77-44172. MS 78-1768. MS 64-1583.

Papers; 1796-1970; 44,000 items.
Engineer, rocket scientist, and administrator. Correspondence, speeches, writings, public relations materials, subject files, and scrapbooks (chiefly 1950-1970) relating to von Braun's career in rocketry and aerospace engineering from his early work on the V-2 in Germany to his work for the Department of Defense, the Redstone Arsenal, and the George C. Marshall Space Flight Center. Includes material relating to guided missiles, rocketry, and space exploration and programs; and von Braun's associations with the American Rocket Society, Gesellschaft fur Weltraumsforschung, Lockheed, General Dynamics, Sperry-Rand, IBM, General Motors, and other corporations involved in aerospace work. Correspondents include Frederick C. Durant III, Heinz Herman Kolle, Willy Ley, Igor Sikorsky and Ernst Stuhlinger. Finding aid available.

Waterman, Alan Tower, 1892-1967. MS 71-1426.

Papers; 1918-1967; 16,500 items.
Physicist and administrator. Includes material concerning the National Science Foundation's role in fostering US participation in the International Geophysical Year and the first successful launching of an American space satellite. Finding aid available.

Wexler, Harry, 1911-1962.

Papers; 1929-1962; 13,000 items.
Meteorologist. Correspondence and papers relating to major areas of Wexler's career: the collection covers his work with the US Weather Bureau and the USAF Weather Service, and includes material on meteorological satellites such as Tiros I. Correspondents include Hugh L. Dryden. Finding aid available.

White, Thomas Dresser, 1901-1965. MS 68-2086.

Papers; 1952-1961; 20,000 items.
USAF officer. Materials (chiefly 1957-1961) from White's tenure as Air Force Chief of Staff focusing on air power needs and capabilities. Correspondents include J. H. Atkinson, W. Barton Leach, Curtis E. LeMay, Thomas S. Power, Walter Todd, and Ennis C. Whitehead. Finding aid available.

Wilson, Donald, 1892-1978. 45922.

Papers; 1910- 1962; 37,250 items.
Army officer and Air Force pilot. Correspondence, diaries, speeches, flight records, report on land-air offensive in New Guinea (1942-1943), and manuscripts and proofs on The Origin of a Theory for Air Strategy and his autobiography, Wooing Peponi. (10 boxes) Finding aid available.

Wright, Wilbur, 1867-1912; and Wright, Orville, 1871- 1948. MS 60-588.

Papers; 1881-1972; 30,000 items and 2 reels negative microfilm.
Inventors of the airplane. Correspondence, diaries, notebooks, business accounts, legal papers, minutes, reports, half-tones and other illustrative matter, photographs, and photographic plates. The notebooks contain scientific and meteorological observations made at the time of the Kitty Hawk experiments and other flights. Includes letters from inventors (a significant group from Octave Chanute), copies of minutes of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, and related papers. Manuscripts and galley proofs of The Wright Brothers by Fred C. Kelly (1943) contain annotations by Orville Wright. Correspondents include Henry H. Arnold, Cyril Clemens, Glenn H. Curtiss, Hauptmann Hildebrandt, Charles F. Kettering, Charles S. Rolls, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Igor I. Sikorsky and Lindsay C. Warren. Much of the collection has been published in The Papers of Wilbur and Orville Wright edited by Marvin W. McFarland, 1953. The repository also holds a microfilm of Wright brothers' scrapbooks (1876-1970), the originals of which are in the Dayton and Montgomery County Library, Dayton, Ohio. Finding aid available.

Yarnell, Harry Ervin, 1875- 1959.

Papers; 1936-1939; 3,500 items.
Naval officer and aviator. Correspondence, memoranda, manuscripts, notes, cables, and miscellaneous materials relating to Yarnell's career, particularly that portion relating to his service as commander of aircraft squadrons, Pearl Harbor, and the Asiatic Fleet. Finding aid available.

Zimmerman, Charles, 1852-1908. MS 71- 1430.

Papers; 1890-1918; 50 items.
Physician and inventor. Patents, eight journals of aeronautical observations, experiments and designs (1890- 1907), drawings and plans of aerial machines, and other materials.
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Herhudt Von Rohden, Hans Detlef, 1899-? . Microfilm 1750.

Microfilm; 1943-1945; 68 reels.
Director of the German historical section of the Luftwaffe (1943-1945). This collection, known as the Von Rohden Collection of German Aeronautical Documents, originated from 32 boxes of documents stored at Maxwell AFB, Alabama. It was prepared under the direction of Von Rohden, and describes the Luftwaffe's participation in World War II from the German point of view. It includes draft essays which he coauthored expressing ramifications of strategic air power. There are official records and documents ranging from those of the Fuhrer and the Reichmarschall to the individual luftflotte. Between May 1945, when Von Rohden was detained as a prisoner of war, and 1947 he was afforded the opportunity to investigate German air history. There are 13 reels of narrative in German and English, and an additional 55 reels of documentation. An additional 73 reels of documentation are available at the National Archives under the number T-971 [some of which are duplications]. ... The importance of the films lies in the fact that the original documents were returned to Germany c1967 and access has become very difficult for American scholars. For many researchers the films offer the only access. These documents are, practically speaking, the only primary materials for the history of the air war, since the Germans burned about 95% of Luftwaffe documents when the approach of Allied troops made Germany's defeat certain.
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Motion Picture and Television Collections.

Paper prints, films, video records; 1894- ; 120,000 titles.
Titles received primarily through copyright deposit, but also by gift and purchase. Screening facilities are available at no charge to serious scholars by advance appointment. Unless clearly in the public domain, titles are rarely loaned or copied because of rights, restrictions and archival considerations. Aviation- related titles are scattered in all categories and genres, including early actualities (Society Ballooning, Pittsfield, Mass., 1906); Hollywood features (Wings, 1927; The Right Stuff, 1983); theatrical documentaries (Victory Through Air Power, Disney, 1943); television documentary series (Air Power, CBS, 1956-1957); and television news coverage of space flights. Finding aids available as inventory, shelflist, 3" x 5" card files and local computer file.
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Andr‚e, Salomon August, 1854-1897. Lot 7,558.

Photographs; 1897; 7 items.
Balloonist. His fatal balloon expedition of 1897 from Spitzbergen was intended to cross the North Pole.

Bay, Helmuth, ? -? . Lot 2,644.

Photographs, pictures; 1775-1940; ca. 300 items.
His collection includes photographs and other images of aviation personalities, aircraft, balloons, gliders, dirigibles, and aeronautical trophies. No finding aid available.

Chanute, Octave, 1832- 1910.

Photographs; 1896; 126 items.
Aeronaut, engineer, and inventor. Includes about 120 photographs, negatives, 5 drawings and 1 sketchbook. Includes photographs of several experimental models of gliders in preparation and in flight, demonstrated by Chanute with photographs of seagulls in flight. No finding aid available.

Curtiss, Glenn Hammond, 1878-1930. Lot 7,304.

Photographs; 1917-1919; 36 photos.
Aviator, inventor, business executive. Photographs of Curtiss airplanes, hydroplanes, flying boats, and aeronautical motors; portraits of Glenn H. Curtiss and John North Willys; and additional photographs of factories, flying fields, and wind tunnels. No finding aid available.

German Aerial Photograph Collection. Lots 3,638, 4,641, and 3,656.

Photographs; 1914-1918; ca. 350 items.
German aerial photographs of bombed areas in France, Italy, and other European locations during World War I; and photographs of German airplanes, destroyed Italian airplanes, German aviators, and air force officers. Materials are partially captioned. No finding aid available.

Goering, Hermann Wilhelm, 1893- 1946. Lots 3,128 and 8,424.

Photographs; 1893-1947; several thousand items.
Nazi German Air Force Commander. Photographs relate to his involvement with the Luftwaffe and German aviation from his service as an aviator in World War I to the Nazi era. Includes wind tunnel tests. No finding aid available.

Hildebrandt, Alfred, ? -? . Lots 8,121- 32; 8,135; and 8,458.

Photographs; 1908-1930; 806 items.
German aviation pioneer. Includes photographs of European airplanes and seaplanes. No finding aid available.

Hoernes, Hermann, ? -? . Lots 7,556- 57; 7,559-61; 7,571; and 7,605.

Photographs, slides; 1852-1911; ca. 500 items.
Includes coverage of airships and airship design, balloons and balloon ascensions, aircraft parts, gliders, aircraft, and aerial views of Germany. No finding aid available.

Hubbell, Charles H., ? -? . Lots 2,957, 3,508, 6,128, 6,130 and 7,540.

Photographs; 1903-1947; ca. 175 items.
These photographs of paintings of aircraft were prepared as a set with sections devoted to historic airplanes (1903-1914), Thompson Trophy winners (1929-1939), famous airplanes of the "golden decade" (1920-1930), military aircraft of World Wars I and II, and American bombers and enemy aircraft of World War II. No finding aid available.

Jones, Ernest La Rue, 1882-? . Lots 6,131 and 11,952.

Photographs; 1907-1915; 2,000 items.
Copies of photographs concerning the history of aviation assembled by Jones and copied for presentation to the Library by the Information Division of the US Army Air Corps in 1932-1933. Materials relate to such topics as World War I aviators and aircraft, the Lafayette Escadrille, Italian airplanes, US Navy aircraft, and World War I in general. Aerial photographs are also included. No finding aid available.

Junkers Flugzeug und Motorenwerke, A.G., Dessau. Lot 2,828.

Photographs; 1909-1937; 45 items.
An album of photographs showing the history and progressive improvement of the Junkers airplane. Includes photographs of diagrams and parts of airplanes, and of the factory workshop and workers. Size, weight, and speed specifications are given for each model. No finding aid available.

Landauer, Bella C., ? -? .

Photographs, prints, engravings; 1783-1880; 1400 items.
Fellow of the Institute of Aerospace Sciences. Pictorial materials relating to the history of aeronautics, principally ballooning in the 18th and 19th centuries. The materials are primarily of French origin. Uncataloged.

LeMay, Curtis Emerson, 1906-? . 72-77.

Photographs; 1920s-1940s; ca. 7,000 items.
USAF officer in World War II. Photographs relate to LeMay's career.

Mante, ? -? . Lot 7,581.

Photographs; 1892; 4 items.
Photographs of a model of a dirigible balloon "genre orthoptŠre" of M. LeCompagnon at Vaugirard, France, April 5, 1892. No finding aid available.

Mitchell, William, 1879-1936. Lots 6,052-95; 7,588-89; and 7,593.

Photographs; 1907-1930; 4,800 items.
Army officer; World War I aviator; Director of Military Aviation, US Army. Materials relate to Mitchell's life and to such topics as airplane wrecks, practice bombing, airship construction, aviators, and flying boats. No finding aid available.

Office of War Information, Overseas Branch.

Photographs; 1941-1945; number unknown.
Includes photographs of World War II aircraft constructed by Bell Aircraft Co, Boeing Aircraft Co, Douglas Aircraft Co, General Motors Corp, Glenn L. Martin Co, and Wright Aeronautical Corp.

Randolph Field, Texas. Lots 282 and 6.002.

Photographs; ca. 1941-1945; ca. 50 items.
Photographs of Brazilian naval mission training (1942) and of personnel, installations, and aircraft at Randolph Field. No finding aid available.

Silberer, Victor Herbert, 1846-1924. Lot 7,605.

Photographs; 1880s; 21 items.
Collector. Includes photographs of balloons and balloon ascensions in the 1880s. Among these are ten photographs of Alfred Godard and his balloon, Budapest, taken in 1888 by Max Putz. No finding aid available.

Spaatz, Carl, 1891-1974. Lots 6,114; 6,116-22; 8,981-98; 9,325 and 10,652; and unprocessed holdings. Accession number 195- 74.

Photographs; 1925-1948; 1,800 items.
USAF General. Includes aerial photographs of strategic bombing of German cities by the Eighth Air Force (January 1944-February 1945), and portraits of officers. No finding aid available.

Tissandier, Gaston, 1843-1899. Lots 6,000-01; 7,582-83; 7,586; 7,966; and 8,174.

Prints, photographs; 1878-1901; ca. 300 items.
Editor and balloonist. Materials relate to early aeronautics, principally ballooning. Includes photographs of personalities, laboratories, preparations for ascensions, group portraits, displays at the 1881 Paris Exposition and aerial views of Paris and vicinity from balloons. No finding aid available.

Triboulet, Louis, ? -? . Lot 7583.

Photographs; 1886; 12 items.
Balloonist. Shows balloons at the Tuileries, and panoramic views of Paris from a balloon ascension November 21, 1886. No finding aid available.

Wright Brothers Collection. Lot 11,512.

Photographs; 1897-1911; 301 items.
Photographs of the Wright brothers' aviation experiments (1897-1911) and of the Wright family, home, and business in Dayton, Ohio. No finding aid available.
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L'Aerophile.

Papers; ca. 1893-1947; 3 file cabinets of 5 drawers each.
Illustrative materials and technical documentation used in writing and publishing the French aeronautical journal L'Aerophile. While the collection reflects the development of aviation during the period of the magazine's publication, it was considerably reduced before the Library of Congress received it. Partially organized under French headings.