Aero Club of America
A Register of Its Records in the Library of Congress
Prepared by Patrick Kerwin and Bradley E. Germand
Manuscript Division,
Library of Congress
Washington, D.C.
2005
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
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.
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
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.
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.
A collection of the papers of Albert F. Zahm at the University of
Notre Dame includes related Aero Club files.
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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