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Aero Club of America

A Register of Its Records in the Library of Congress

Prepared by Patrick Kerwin and Bradley E. Germand

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Manuscript Division, Library of Congress

Washington, D.C.

2005

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Finding aid encoded by Library of Congress Manuscript Division, 2007

Finding aid URL: http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms007006

Table of Contents

Collection Summary

Selected Search Terms

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Subjects:

Administrative Information

Provenance:

Copyright Status:

Preferred Citation:

Scope and Content Note

Related Materials

Arrangement of the Papers

Container List

Collection Summary

Title: Aero Club of America
Span Dates: 1891-1912
ID No.: MSS34124
Creator: Aero Club of America
Extent: 6 items; 6 containers; 1 linear feet
Language: Collection material in English
Repository: Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Abstract: Aeronautical organization. Scrapbooks of newspaper clippings relating to the advent of manned flight.

Selected Search Terms

The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the Library's online catalog. They are grouped by name of person or organization, by subject or location, and by occupation and listed alphabetically therein.



Names:
Aero Club of America
Willoughby, Hugh L. (Hugh Laussat), b. 1856. Scrapbooks of Hugh L. Willoughby (1903-1908 and 1910-1912)

Subjects:
Aeronautics--Societies, etc.
Aeronautics--United States
Airplanes
Airships
Flight

Administrative Information

Provenance:

The records of the Aero Club of America, an organization founded to promote aeronautics, were transferred to the Manuscript Division in 1954 from the Aeronautics Section in the Science Division of the Library of Congress. They were probably acquired for the Library by Albert F. Zahm, chief of the Aeronautical Division (later the Aeronautics Section in the Science Division), sometime between 1929 and 1946.

Copyright Status:

The status of copyright in the records of the Aero Club of America is governed by the Copyright Law of the United States (Title 17, U.S.C.).

Preferred Citation:

Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Container number, Aero Club of America Records, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

Scope and Content Note

The records of the Aero Club of America span the years 1891-1912. The club, founded in 1905 to promote the cause of aeronautics, was interested in the potential represented by flying machines. The collection consists of scrapbooks of newspaper clippings, some of which predate the club’s founding by sixteen years, chronicling the advent of flight by airplane, airship, and other methods.

The records include two sets of scrapbooks, those of the Aero Club of America and those of Hugh L. Willoughby. Willoughby, an aviation pioneer, was a founder of the organization. A collection of his papers is held by the Newport, Rhode Island Historical Society.

Albert F. Zahm, also a founder of the Aero Club of America and chief of the Library of Congress Aeronautical Division from 1929 to 1946, appears to have obtained these records on behalf of the Library.

Related Materials

A collection of the papers of Albert F. Zahm at the University of Notre Dame includes related Aero Club files.

Arrangement of the Papers

This collection is arranged alphabetically by name and thereunder chronologically.

Container List

Container Contents
BOX 1 Aero Club of America, scrapbooks
BOX 1 1891-1906
BOX 2 1906-1909
BOX 3 1909-1911
BOX 4 1911
BOX 5 Willoughby, Hugh L., scrapbooks
BOX 5 1903-1908
BOX 6 1910-1912
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