Frank Henry Russell papers, 1901-1947

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Frank Henry Russell papers, 1901-1947

Contains correspondence, photographs, and other materials related to Frank Henry Russell's career in the aviation industry.

(9 boxes)

eng,

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Curtiss Engineering Corporation, inc.

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Edward G. Budd Manufacturing Company

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Burgess Aeroplane Company, inc.

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Curtiss-Wright Corporation, inc.

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Russell, Frank Henry, 1879-1947.

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Frank Henry Russell organized the Manufacturers Aircraft Association in 1917, in which he was the president and director. He was also a manufacturer of aircraft and railroad cars. He became president of Burgess Aeroplane Company in 1911. During the first World War he supervised the manufacture of amphibious and training planes for the U.S. military. When Glenn H. Curtiss absorbed Burgess into his Curtiss Engineering Corporation in 1915 he made Russell manager of the Long Island, New York plant. ...