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Elizabeth Hiatt Gregory Collection of Material About American Aviation, 1900-1945

Title: Elizabeth Hiatt Gregory Collection of Material About American Aviation, 1900-1945

Elizabeth Hiatt Gregory (1872- ) was a journalist and lecturer in the field of aviation. She was a correspondent for the , , the , the and the . The collection consists of correspondence, photographs, clippings, and related ephemeral materials collected by Elizabeth Gregory. The collection materials focus on pioneer men and women aviators, balloons, the Hindenburg, and the role of aviation in World War I and World War II. Harpers Bazaar Town and Country New York Times New York Tribune New York Sun

ArchivalResource: 6 boxes (3 linear ft.)

http://www.oac.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/tf958009b3 View

Augustus Post papers, 1913-1947

Title: Augustus Post papers 1913-1947

Augustus Post (1873-1952) was a pioneer aviator, editor, author, and lecturer on aeronautics. He started ballooning in 1900 and was one of the first group of heavier-than-air pilots after the Wright brothers. He was a charter member of the Aero Club of America and served as its secretary for twenty years. In 1919 he drew up the regulations for the New York to Paris flight contest that Charles Lindbergh won in 1927. Post owned the first automobile in New York City and helped found the American Automobile Association. He also was associated with the Boy Scouts of America, wrote articles about various topics, and was a ballad singer. Collection consists of letters to Post regarding speaking and singing engagements in churches, oratorio programs and private musicales; and notes of appreciation, reflecting Post's interests in aeronautics, music, Boy Scouts, philanthropic societies, and psychical and theosophic activities. Also, some papers of the Early Birds, the Aero Club and the National Association for Music in Hospitals, 1925-1932.

ArchivalResource: 1 linear foot (4 boxes)

http://archives.nypl.org/mss/2461 View

Page, George A. Letter : to Augustus Post, 1949 Sept. 13.

Title: Letter : to Augustus Post, 1949 Sept. 13.

Asks Post to comment on a statement in Assen Jordanoff's Men in Wings about Glenn Curtiss' airplane "Albany Flyer."

ArchivalResource: 1 item. 1 p. Typescript signed.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/86141857 View