05824cpcaa2200901 a 4500 mm 78015560 DLC 20260227111622.0 cr ||||||||||| 790410|||||||||||| eng mm 78015560 ms 62004604 DLC DLC DLC dacs S lcmd Chanute, Octave, 1832-1910. Octave Chanute papers, 1807-1955 (bulk 1860-1910). 10,325 items. 46 containers plus 1 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 of letterbooks available; no. 14,845 (16,482). Microfilm edition only of Niehaus thesis; no. 16,562 (17,096). 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 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. (Samuel Pierpont), 1834-1906 Correspondence. Lilienthal, Otto, 1848-1896 Correspondence. Maxim, Hiram S. (Hiram Stevens), 1840-1916 Correspondence. Moedebeck, Hermann W. L. (Hermann Wilhelm Ludwig), 1857-1910 Correspondence. Montgomery, John J. (John Joseph), 1858-1911 Correspondence. Mouillard, Louis-Pierre, 1834-1897 Correspondence. Moy, Thomas Correspondence. Pilcher, Percy Correspondence. Spratt, G. A. (George Alexander), 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. Aviators. itoamc Civil engineers. itoamc Niehaus, Earl F. Earl F. Niehaus thesis. 1955. Finding aid http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms998005 Finding aid (PDF) http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms998005.3 39781 39781