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National Air and Space Museum Archives
Historic Letter Collection
Summary
- Collection ID:
- NASM.XXXX.0477
- Dates:
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bulk 1894-1980
- Languages:
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English.
- Physical Description:
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.45 Cubic feet(1 box)
- Repository:
Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of approximately 100 historic letters. Correspondents include: Neil Armstrong, Alexander Graham Bell, Richard Byrd, George Clemenceau, Jacqueline Cochran, Glenn H. Curtiss, Sir Geoffrey de Havilland, Jimmy Doolittle, Amelia Earhart, Thomas Edison, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Augustus Herring, Harry Houdini, Otto Lilienthal, Henry Cabot Lodge, Grover Loening, Charles Manley, Hiram Maxim, James Means, William Mitchell, Eddie Rickenbacker, Alex P. de Seversky, I. Sikorsky, and Ferdinard von Zeppelin.
Administration
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift, Various donors, Various
Using the Collection
Conditions Governing Access
No restrictions on access.
Preferred Citation
Historic Letter Collection, Accession XXXX-0477, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
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
Keywords
| Keyword Terms | Keyword Types | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Aeronautics | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Air pilots | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Astronautics | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Correspondence | Genre Form | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Armstrong, Neil, 1930-2012 | Personal Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Earhart, Amelia, 1897-1937 | Personal Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Doolittle, James Harold, 1896-1993 | Personal Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Cochran, Jacqueline | Personal Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Bell, Alexander Graham, 1847-1922 | Personal Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Rickenbacker, Eddie, 1890-1973 | Personal Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
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