Papers, 1919-1969.

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Papers, 1919-1969.

Papers of Harry A. Bruno, a public relations counsel and aviation pioneer. The correspondence deals with business matters, but also includes letters about his book Wings Over America (1942) and the New York Lotus Club. Prominent correspondents include Bernard Baruch, Thomas E. Dewey, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Herbert Hoover, J. Edgar Hoover, Charles A. Lindbergh, Douglas MacArthur, Frank E. Mason, Richard M. Nixon, Francis Cardinal Spellman, Harry S. Truman, Nathan Twining, Orville Wright, and many others. Also present are complete drafts, research material, publicity, and printed matter relating to Wings; articles both by and about Bruno; reviews of a biography by Princine Calitri; photographs; memorabilia; and "Reminiscences of Fifty Years in Aviation," an oral history interview transcript. The recordings which accompany the collection primarily concern Lindbergh, the Hindenburg disaster, and other topics related to aviation. The processed portion is summarized above and is described in the register. Additional accessions are described below.

9.4 c.f. (9 archives boxes, 10 volumes, 6 packages),22 disc recordings, and3 tape recordings; plusadditions of 98 photographs.

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