C. S. Draper Papers 1773-1978 (bulk 1939-1973)

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C. S. Draper Papers 1773-1978 (bulk 1939-1973)

Engineer, inventor, and educator. Correspondence, speeches and writings, and consultant and organizational files documenting Draper's career as a professor of aeronautical engineering at Massachusetts Institute of Technology and technical consultant to the Curtiss-Wright Corporation and other airplane manufacturers and to the Sperry Gyroscope Company, Waltham Watch Company, and other instrument makers.

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