Lammot du Pont, Jr., Aeronautics collection, 1783-1944.

Wright, Wilbur, 1867-1912

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Wilbur Wright, born April 16, 1867 in Indiana, and his brother, Orville, were inventors of the airplane. The brothers were in the printing and bicycle business in Dayton before they became interested in solving the problems of powered flight. After a series of kite and glider experiments at Kitty Hawk, N.C., the brothers built and successfully flew the first heavier-than-air powered machine on Dec. 17, 1903. The Wrights spent the next years improving their invention and in 1909, formed a company...

Wright, Orville, 1871-1948

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Orville Wright was a pioneer aviator. He was born in Dayton, Ohio, on Aug 19, 1871. He was a son of Bishop Milton and Susan Catherine (Koerner) Wright. In 1903, with his brother Wilbur Wright, he devoted much of his time to Wright Brothers' flying machine. He died on January 30, 1948, in Dayon, Ohio....

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-...

Eastman Kodak Company

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Kodak, short for Eastman Kodak Company is a multinational technology company based in the United States. It was founded by George Eastman in 1888. Kodak is widely known for and internationally renowned for its photographic film products. It was one of the foremost photographic film businesses of the 20th Century. In 2009 as part of a major global restructuring programme, Kodak generously donated its research department's library to DMU Archives and Special Collections. T...

Blériot Aéronautique, Levallois-Perret (Seine)

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National Research Council (U.S.)

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The National Research Council was organized by the National Academy of Sciences in 1916 to associate the broad community of science and technology with the Academy's purposes of further knowledge and advising the federal government. The Council has become the principal operating agency of both the National Academy of Sciences and the National Academy of Engineering in providing services to the government, the public, and the scientific and engineering communities. From the descriptio...

Toulouse-Lautrec, Henri ˜deœ 1864-1901

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E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company

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The family firm of E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company was established in 1802 and during the 19th century it became one of the United States' most important manufacturers of black powder. In 1902 three younger du Pont cousins: T. Coleman, Alfred I., and Pierre S. took over the company and within three years succeeded in bringing 75% of the American explosives industry (which at that time included black powder, dynamite, and smokeless powder) under their control. During the first decade of the...

Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Corporation

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Drinker, Philip, 1894-1972

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Weizmann, Chai͏̈m, 1874-1952

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Chaim Weizmann was an organic chemist, famous for his acetone synthesis, who founded what is now known as The Weizmann Institute of Science, and became the first president of the State of Israel. From the description of The Weizmann Archive, Ca. 1900-1952. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 81802980 These photocopies were obtained by Nathan Kurz in the course of research for his B.A. honors thesis in History, Stanford University. From the description of Chaim Weizman...

Wright Aeronautical Corporation

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France. Armée. Escadrille Lafayette.

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United States. Army. American Expeditionary Forces

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Historical Note American Expeditionary Force The American Expeditionary Force (AEF) was the U.S. military force in Europe during World War I. Although a division commanded by General John J. Pershing was sent to France in June 1917, most of the AEF was manned as a result of passage of the Selective Service Act (40 Stat. 76) by the U.S. Congress on 18 May 1917, creating the Selective Service System. The Act gave the president the p...

Montgolfier, Joseph-Michel, 1740-1810

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Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corporation

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Northwest Airlines, inc.

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Northwest Airlines was incorporated in 1926 as Northwest Airways. The company began service on October 1, 1926, as an airmail carrier between the Twin Cities and Chicago. Passenger service was inaugurated in July 1927. Northwest expanded its service through the Dakotas and Montana to Spokane and Seattle, Washington, in 1928-1933. The company was reincorporated as Northwest Airlines, Inc. in 1934. During World War II the company set up and operated a military cargo route ...

Bogert, Marston Taylor, 1868-1954

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United States. Army. Air Services.

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Rutstein, Leo, 1896- .

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Maxim, Hiram S. (Hiram Stevens), 1840-1916

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Sir Hiram Stevens Maxim (1840-1916), engineer and inventor, was born at Brockway's Mills, near Sangerville, Maine, on 5 February 1840. He became chief engineer to the United States Electric Lighting Company in 1878, and emigrated to England around 1882, opening a workshop in London two years later. He became a naturalised citizen in 1900, and was knighted in 1901. Maxim was the inventor of the Maxim gun, a rapid-firing weapon with a totally automatic action, which was adopted by the British Army...

Lockhart, Henry, 1877-1943.

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Curtiss-Wright Corporation

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On June 26, 1929, the Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company merged with the Wright Aeronautical Corporation to form the Curtiss-Wright Corporation. After this merger, the former Wright organization took over all of the engine and propeller manufacturing, while Curtiss concentrated on airplanes. This merger was completed by organizing two major divisions under their original names, but under the direction of a corporate headquarters located in New York City. However, the election of fo...

Byrd, Richard Evelyn Jr., 1888-1957

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Rear Admiral Richard Evelyn Byrd Jr. (October 25, 1888 – March 11, 1957) was an American naval officer and explorer. He was a recipient of the Medal of Honor, the highest honor for valor given by the United States, and was a pioneering American aviator, polar explorer, and organizer of polar logistics. Aircraft flights in which he served as a navigator and expedition leader crossed the Atlantic Ocean, a segment of the Arctic Ocean, and a segment of the Antarctic Plateau. Byrd claimed that his ex...

Worden, Edward Chauncey, 1875-1940

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Blériot, Louis, 1872-1936

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French aviation pioneer. First pilot to fly over the English Channel. Mortane was an author known for writing about aviation. From the description of Letter, 1928 May 2. (Denver Public Library). WorldCat record id: 55151979 ...

United States. Office of Alien Property Custodian

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The office of Alien Property Custodian was created by the Trading with the Enemy Act of October 6, 1917. According to the act the right to seize enemy property was vested in the president, which was then delegated to the Alien Property Custodian. During the Second World War the Alien Property Custodian was reinstituted. Patents held by German and Japanese nations were defined as alien property and seized. From the description of Records, 1943-1946. (Hagley Museum & Library). Worl...

Grahame-White, Claude, 1879-

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United States. National Bureau of Aeronautics.

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Arthur D. Little, Inc.

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Jacques Gunzburg & Cie (Paris)

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Macready, John A.

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United States Industrial Alcohol Company.

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Zamacois, Miguel, 1866-1955.

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Montgolfier, Jacques-Etienne, 1745-1799.

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American Celluloid Company.

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American Electro Products Company.

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Federal Dyestuff and Chemical Company.

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Du Pont, Lammot, 1909-1964

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Lammot du Pont, Jr., was born on April 2, 1909, and died on February 22, 1964. He was the son of Lammot du Pont, Sr., who was president of E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company between 1926 and 1940. Lammot, Jr., assembled a large collection of books, manuscripts, prints, drawings and photographs relating to the history of aeronautics from the first balloon flights through the 1940s. It was donated to the Hagley Museum & Library after his death in 1965. From the description of La...

Dreyfus, Henry, 1882-1944.

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Dreyfus, Camille Edouard, 1878-1956

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