Octave Chanute papers, 1807-1955 (bulk 1860-1910).
- 10,325 items. 46 1 containers plus oversize. 25 microfilm reels. 17.4 linear feet.
- 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.
Open to research.
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. 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.
Microfilm edition produced from originals in the Manuscript Division. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress Photoduplication Service, 1975-1977. In part, photocopies (positive) [S.l.].
Civil engineer and aviation pioneer.
Collection material in English.
Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms998005
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Ader, Clément, 1841-1925 --Correspondence. Avery, William A.--Correspondence. Baden-Powell, Baden Fletcher Smyth, 1860-1937 --Correspondence. Bell, Alexander Graham, 1847-1922 --Correspondence. Cabot, Samuel, 1850-1906 --Correspondence. Hargrave, Lawrence, 1850-1916 --Correspondence. Herring, Augustus Moore, 1867-1926 --Correspondence. Huffaker, Edward C.--Correspondence. Kress, Wilhelm, 1836-1913 --Correspondence. Langley, S. P. 1834-1906 --Correspondence. Lilienthal, Otto, 1848-1896 --Correspondence. Maxim, Hiram S. 1840-1916 --Correspondence. Moedebeck, Hermann W. L. 1857-1910 --Correspondence. Montgomery, John J. 1858-1911 --Correspondence. Mouillard, Louis-Pierre, 1834-1897 --Correspondence. Moy, Thomas--Correspondence. Pilcher, Percy--Correspondence. Spratt, G. A. 1880-1934 --Correspondence. Wright, Orville, 1871-1948 --Correspondence. Wright, Wilbur, 1867-1912 --Correspondence. Zahm, Albert Francis, 1862 --Correspondence.
Erie Railroad Company. Jefferson College (Convent, La.)
Aeronautics. Aerodynamics. Bridges--Design and construction. Bridges--Missouri River. Gliders (Aeronautics) Kites. Railroad engineering. Railroads--Design and construction. Railroad ties. Railroads--Illinois--Chicago. Railroads--Kansas--Abilene. Railroads, Elevated--New York (State)--New York. Stockyards--Illinois--Chicago.