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Aeronautics -- History.

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:

Augustus Moore Herring papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 1990
Abstract Transcripts of Herring-Curtiss Company vs. Glenn Curtiss et al., briefs, exhibits, correspondence, and other papers pertaining to this lawsuit, in which William Maloney was one of the principal trial lawyers, and to related litigation; incorporation papers, minutes, resolutions, stock certificates, legal documents, correspondence, and other items (1909-1031) relating to the business affairs of the company; Augustus Herring's scrapbook (1896-1909) and notebook (ca. 1903-1910) dealing with his...
Dates: 1891-1931.

Cornell Flying Club records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 37-6-2107
Scope and content

Includes issues of "Hangar Flying," the newsletter of the Cornell Pilots' Club, 1948-1949; correspondence and diary excerpts concerning the pilots' club, including copies of notes by Janet Armstrong Hamber, 1948; scrapbook, 1947-1949; roster, 1948-1949; excerpts from the logbook of Sabra Baker, 1947-1949, and her letters to her parents, 1947-1949; and other material concerning the Cornell Flying Club.

Dates: 1936, 1945-1949.

Harrie E. Greene tape recordings

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 1817
Scope and content

Taped reminiscences of fourteen years of employment (1915-1929) in the office and shop with Glenn Curtiss, inventor and aviator. Interview conducted by Lois O'Connor and Edith Fox.

Dates: 1957.

William Frederick Durand miscellany

 Collection — Manuscript box 2 - folder 1: [Barcode: 31924065264461]
Identifier: 41-5-m.259
Scope and content

Three photos of W. F. Durand, and photo of citation presented to him on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of powered flight, December 1953. Also, an article, “ASME Role in Powered Flight,” an article by Harris F. Reeve, describing, in part, Dr. Durand's contribution to aviation.

Dates: 1953.

Wright brothers memorabilia

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31924065223103]
Identifier: 4395
Scope and content

Family photographs, clippings, and memorabilia relating to the Wilbur and Orville Wright and the Wright family.

Dates: 1889-1964.