Octave Chanute papers, (Record no. 39781)
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| LC control number | mm 78015560 |
| NUCMC control number | ms 62004604 |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE | |
| Original cataloging agency | DLC |
| Transcribing agency | DLC |
| Modifying agency | DLC |
| Description conventions | dacs |
| 072 #7 - SUBJECT CATEGORY CODE | |
| Subject category code | S |
| Source | lcmd |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Chanute, Octave, |
| Dates associated with a name | 1832-1910. |
| 245 00 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Octave Chanute papers, |
| Inclusive dates | 1807-1955 |
| Bulk dates | (bulk 1860-1910). |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 10,325 |
| Type of unit | items. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 46 |
| Type of unit | containers plus |
| Extent | 1 |
| Type of unit | oversize. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 25 |
| Type of unit | microfilm reels. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 17.4 |
| Type of unit | linear feet. |
| 351 ## - ORGANIZATION AND ARRANGEMENT OF MATERIALS | |
| Organization | Arranged in 9 series. Series 1: General Correspondence, 1890-1910; Series 2: Special Correspondence, 1890-1910; Series 3: Aeronautical Papers, 1875-1912; Series 4: Subject File, 1865-1928; Series 5: Letterbooks, 1860-1910; Series 6: Transcripts of Aeronautical Papers; Series 7: Personal Correspondence, 1850-1924; Series 8: Additions, 1807-1965; and Series 9: Oversize, 1865-circa 1928. |
| 506 0# - RESTRICTIONS ON ACCESS NOTE | |
| Terms governing access | Open to research. |
| 520 8# - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc. | Correspondence, letterbooks, notebooks, articles, family papers, patents, kite diagrams, sketches, plans of Chanute's railroad bridge across the Missouri River, clippings, and photographs. The bulk of the collection (1860-1910) relates to Chanute's experiments with gliders and his scientific and financial support of aeronautical pioneers. Other papers concern his career as a builder of railroads, his service as chief engineer of the Erie Railroad and railroads in Illinois and Kansas, the laying out of the railroad line from Chicago to Abilene, Kan., his planning and building of the Chicago stockyards and the elevated railways of New York City, and his contribution to the technique of preserving wooden railroad ties. Also includes thesis (1955) by Earl F. Niehaus on Jefferson College, Convent, La., of which Chanute's father was vice-president. |
| 520 8# - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc. | Principal correspondents include Louis-Pierre Mouillard, G.A. Spratt, Orville Wright, and Wilbur Wright. Other correspondents include Clément Ader, William A. Avery, Baden Fletcher Smyth Baden-Powell, Alexander Graham Bell, Samuel Cabot, Lawrence Hargrave, Augustus Moore Herring, Edward C. Huffaker, Wilhelm Kress, S.P. Langley, Otto Lilienthal, Hiram S. Maxim, Hermann W.L. Moedebeck, John J. Montgomery, Thomas Moy, Percy Pilcher, and Albert Francis Zahm. |
| 530 ## - ADDITIONAL PHYSICAL FORM AVAILABLE NOTE | |
| Additional physical form available note | Microfilm edition of letterbooks available; |
| Order number | no. 14,845 (16,482). |
| 530 ## - ADDITIONAL PHYSICAL FORM AVAILABLE NOTE | |
| Additional physical form available note | Microfilm edition only of Niehaus thesis; |
| Order number | no. 16,562 (17,096). |
| 533 ## - REPRODUCTION NOTE | |
| Type of reproduction | Microfilm edition produced from originals in the Manuscript Division. |
| Place of reproduction | Washington, D.C. : |
| Agency responsible for reproduction | Library of Congress Photoduplication Service, |
| Date of reproduction | 1975-1977. |
| 533 ## - REPRODUCTION NOTE | |
| Type of reproduction | In part, photocopies (positive) |
| Place of reproduction | [S.l.]. |
| 545 0# - BIOGRAPHICAL OR HISTORICAL DATA | |
| Biographical or historical data | Civil engineer and aviation pioneer. |
| 546 ## - LANGUAGE NOTE | |
| Language note | Collection material in English. |
| 555 8# - CUMULATIVE INDEX/FINDING AIDS NOTE | |
| Cumulative index/finding aids note | Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at |
| Uniform Resource Identifier | <a href="http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms998005">http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms998005</a> |
| 600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Ader, Clément, |
| Dates associated with a name | 1841-1925 |
| Form subdivision | Correspondence. |
| 600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Avery, William A. |
| Form subdivision | Correspondence. |
| 600 20 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Baden-Powell, Baden Fletcher Smyth, |
| Dates associated with a name | 1860-1937 |
| Form subdivision | Correspondence. |
| 600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Bell, Alexander Graham, |
| Dates associated with a name | 1847-1922 |
| Form subdivision | Correspondence. |
| 600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Cabot, Samuel, |
| Dates associated with a name | 1850-1906 |
| Form subdivision | Correspondence. |
| 600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Hargrave, Lawrence, |
| Dates associated with a name | 1850-1916 |
| Form subdivision | Correspondence. |
| 600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Herring, Augustus Moore, |
| Dates associated with a name | 1867-1926 |
| Form subdivision | Correspondence. |
| 600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Huffaker, Edward C. |
| Form subdivision | Correspondence. |
| 600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Kress, Wilhelm, |
| Dates associated with a name | 1836-1913 |
| Form subdivision | Correspondence. |
| 600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Langley, S. P. |
| Fuller form of name | (Samuel Pierpont), |
| Dates associated with a name | 1834-1906 |
| Form subdivision | Correspondence. |
| 600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Lilienthal, Otto, |
| Dates associated with a name | 1848-1896 |
| Form subdivision | Correspondence. |
| 600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Maxim, Hiram S. |
| Fuller form of name | (Hiram Stevens), |
| Dates associated with a name | 1840-1916 |
| Form subdivision | Correspondence. |
| 600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Moedebeck, Hermann W. L. |
| Fuller form of name | (Hermann Wilhelm Ludwig), |
| Dates associated with a name | 1857-1910 |
| Form subdivision | Correspondence. |
| 600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Montgomery, John J. |
| Fuller form of name | (John Joseph), |
| Dates associated with a name | 1858-1911 |
| Form subdivision | Correspondence. |
| 600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Mouillard, Louis-Pierre, |
| Dates associated with a name | 1834-1897 |
| Form subdivision | Correspondence. |
| 600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Moy, Thomas |
| Form subdivision | Correspondence. |
| 600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Pilcher, Percy |
| Form subdivision | Correspondence. |
| 600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Spratt, G. A. |
| Fuller form of name | (George Alexander), |
| Dates associated with a name | 1880-1934 |
| Form subdivision | Correspondence. |
| 600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Wright, Orville, |
| Dates associated with a name | 1871-1948 |
| Form subdivision | Correspondence. |
| 600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Wright, Wilbur, |
| Dates associated with a name | 1867-1912 |
| Form subdivision | Correspondence. |
| 600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Zahm, Albert Francis, |
| Dates associated with a name | 1862 |
| Form subdivision | Correspondence. |
| 610 20 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--CORPORATE NAME | |
| Corporate name or jurisdiction name as entry element | Erie Railroad Company. |
| 610 20 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--CORPORATE NAME | |
| Corporate name or jurisdiction name as entry element | Jefferson College (Convent, La.) |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Aeronautics. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Aerodynamics. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Bridges |
| General subdivision | Design and construction. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Bridges |
| Geographic subdivision | Missouri River. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Gliders (Aeronautics) |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Kites. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Railroad engineering. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Railroads |
| General subdivision | Design and construction. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Railroad ties. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Railroads |
| Geographic subdivision | Illinois |
| -- | Chicago. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Railroads |
| Geographic subdivision | Kansas |
| -- | Abilene. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Railroads, Elevated |
| Geographic subdivision | New York (State) |
| -- | New York. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Stockyards |
| Geographic subdivision | Illinois |
| -- | Chicago. |
| 656 #7 - INDEX TERM--OCCUPATION | |
| Occupation | Aviators. |
| Source of term | itoamc |
| 656 #7 - INDEX TERM--OCCUPATION | |
| Occupation | Civil engineers. |
| Source of term | itoamc |
| 700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Niehaus, Earl F. |
| Title of a work | Earl F. Niehaus thesis. |
| Date of a work | 1955. |
| 856 4# - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS | |
| Materials specified | Finding aid |
| Uniform Resource Identifier | <a href="http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms998005">http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms998005</a> |
| 856 4# - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS | |
| Materials specified | Finding aid (PDF) |
| Uniform Resource Identifier | <a href="http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms998005.3">http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms998005.3</a> |
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