National Air and Space Museum Archives

National Air Museum Establishment Correspondence

Summary

Collection ID:
NASM.XXXX.0379
Creators:
Arnold, Henry Harley, 1886-1950
Dates:
1932-1946
Languages:
English
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Physical Description:
0.2 Cubic feet
(4 folders)
Repository:

Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents
This collection consists of 'Report on the Status of Aircraft Museums, 1932,' and correspondence (mostly copies) sent to General Henry 'Hap' Arnold discussing the establishment of a National Air Museum (1945-1946).

Biographical / Historical

Biographical / Historical
The third Secretary of the Smithsonian, Samuel Langley, held a strong interest in aeronautics, astrophysics and astronomy. It is not surprising then that during Langley's 1887-1906 tenure the Institution began a concentrated effort to start collecting material on these subjects. The growing aviation collection was housed in different locations within the Smithsonian complex until 1946, when The National Air Museum (NAM) was created as a separate bureau of the Smithsonian Institution by Act of Congress, Public Law 722. Twenty years later the Museum's name was changed to the National Air and Space Museum (NASM) to reflect the need to document space topics.

Administration

Immediate Source of Acquisition
No donor information, gift, unknown, XXXX-0379, unknown

Using the Collection

Conditions Governing Access
No restrictions on access
Conditions Governing Use
Material is subject to Smithsonian Terms of Use. Should you wish to use NASM material in any medium, please submit an Application for Permission to Reproduce NASM Material, available at Permissions Requests

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General

General
NASMrev


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