Chanute, Octave 1832-1910 creator mixed material monographic eng 10,325 46 1 25 17.4 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. Open to research. 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 Civil engineers Niehaus, Earl F. mm 78015560 hdl:loc.mss/eadmss.ms998005 hdl:loc.mss/eadmss.ms998005.3 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms998005 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms998005.3 Open to research. DLC 790410 20260227111622.0 mm 78015560