William H. Conkling Papers 1864-1976 (bulk 1927-1939)

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William H. Conkling Papers 1864-1976 (bulk 1927-1939)

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Municipal government official, civic leader, and postmaster from Springfield, Illinois. Correspondence with Charles A. Lindbergh, speeches and writings, publications, photographs, and memorabilia relating to Lindbergh’s cross-country airmail route which included service to Springfield, Illinois, and his flight of 1927 from New York to Paris. Includes a philatelic cover which Lindbergh carried aboard the on his trans-Atlantic flight and mailed to Conkling from Paris. Spirit of St. Louis

275 items; 1 container plus 1 oversize plus 1 vault (philatelic cover); 0.6 linear feet

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Library of Congress. Manuscript Division

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SNAC Resource ID: 6356795

Library of Congress. Manuscript Division

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Lindbergh, Charles A. (Charles Augustus), 1902-1974

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Charles Augustus Lindbergh (February 4, 1902 – August 26, 1974) was an American aviator, military officer, author, inventor, and activist. At the age of 25 in 1927, he went from obscurity as a U.S. Air Mail pilot to instantaneous world fame by winning the Orteig Prize for making a nonstop flight from New York City to Paris. Lindbergh covered the ​33 1⁄2-hour, 3,600-statute-mile (5,800 km) flight alone in a purpose-built, single-engine Ryan monoplane, the Spirit of St. Louis. While the first non-...

Conkling, William H., 1858-1939

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Municipal government official, civic leader, and postmaster from Springfield, Ill. From the description of William H. Conkling papers, 1864-1976 (bulk 1927-1939). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70984004 Biographical Note 1858, Sept. 12 Born, Springfield, Ill. 1878 1897 ...

Spirit of St. Louis (Airplane)

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