Aero Club of America Scrapbooks
A Finding Aid to the Collection in the Library of Congress
Prepared by Patrick Kerwin and Bradley E. Germand
Manuscript Division,
Library of Congress
Washington, D.C.
2009
Contact information:
http://lcweb.loc.gov/rr/mss/address.html
Finding aid encoded by Library of Congress Manuscript Division,
2007
Finding aid URL: http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms007006
Title: Aero Club of America
Scrapbooks
Span Dates: 1891-1912
ID No.: MSS34124
Creator:
Aero Club of
America
Creator:
Willoughby, Hugh L. (Hugh Laussat), b. 1856
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.
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.
Organizations
Aero Club of America.
Subjects
Aeronautics--Societies, etc.
Aeronautics--United States.
Airplanes.
Airships.
Flight.
Related Names
Willoughby, Hugh L. (Hugh Laussat), b. 1856. Hugh L. Willoughby scrapbooks. 1903-1912.
Provenance:The scrapbooks 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.
Processing History:The collection was processed in 2005. The finding aid was revised in 2009. Other Repositories:Related collections in other repositories include the papers of Hugh L. Willoughby, who compiled some of the scrapbooks in the Aero Club collection, at the Newport, Rhode Island Historical Society, and the
papers of Albert F. Zahm at the University of Notre Dame, which also contains Aero Club material.
Copyright Status:The status of copyright in the unpublished writings of the Aero Club of America is
governed by the Copyright Law of the United States (Title 17, U.S.C.).
Access and RestrictionsThe Aero Club of America Scrapbooks are open to research.
Researchers are advised to contact the Manuscript Reading Room prior to
visiting. Many collections are stored off-site and advance notice is needed to
retrieve these items for research use.
Preferred Citation:Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the
following information: Container number, Aero Club of America Scrapbooks,
Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
The scrapbooks 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 collection 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.
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 scrapbooks on behalf of the Library.
This collection is arranged alphabetically by name and thereunder
chronologically.
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Aero Club of America, scrapbooks
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1891-1906
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1906-1909
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1909-1911
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1911
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Willoughby, Hugh L., scrapbooks
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1903-1908
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1910-1912
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