Jerome C. Hunsaker papers

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Jerome C. Hunsaker papers

1898-1969

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Jerome Clarke Hunsaker, a graduate of the US Naval Academy and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, taught the first course in aeronautical engineering and aviation design at MIT. In 1933 he was made head of the Department of Mechanical Engineering, in charge of the course in aeronautical engineering, becoming head of the Department of Aeronautical Engineering when it was founded in 1939. The collection contains correspondence, photographs, and reports on the development of aeronautical engineering at MIT. During World War I he was in charge of all naval aircraft design, construction, and procurement, and documentation of this work includes reports, articles, and newsclippings on the flying boat , designed by Hunsaker, and the dirigible , whose design he supervised. NC-4 Shenandoah

4.1 cubic feet; (4 record cartons, 5 oversize folders)

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