Tissandier, Gaston 1843-1899 creator mixed material monographic fre eng ger ita rus spa 8,000 27 17 14 Correspondence, writings, printed material, scrapbooks, photographs, graphic material, memorabilia, and other papers collected by Gaston Tissandier and his brother Albert with additions by Gaston's son, Paul. Also includes the collection of Dupuis-Delcourt, brought together prior to 1860, and later purchased by Gaston Tissandier. Primarily files on pioneering aeronauts (air pilots) and airship builders from the first century of flight which pertain chiefly to balloon flights of the 18th and 19th centuries. Subjects also include early heavier-than-air flight, the Société Aéronautique et Météorologique de France, the political climate in France during the Second Republic and the Second Empire, the Franco-Prussian War, and the siege of Paris. Includes art work of Albert Tissandier, chiefly illustrations of Gaston's aeronautical projects. Correspondents include Benjamin Franklin and Antoine Laurent Lavoisier. Includes files on Salomon August Andrée, Francesco Arban, Jean Pierre Blanchard, Octave Chanute, Jacques Alexandre César Charles, Nicolas-Jacques Conté, Barthélemy Faujas-de-St.-Fond, André Jacques Garnerin, Henri Giffard, Charles Green, Robert Holland, François Lhoste, Vincent Lunardi, Jean Margat, Jacques-Etienne Montgolfier, Joseph-Michel Montgolfier, Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier, E. G. Robertson, Augusto Severo, Orville Wright, Wilbur Wright, Gabriel Yon, and Francesco Zambeccari. Open to research. Restrictions may apply to unprocessed material. Some photographs and graphic material transferred to Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division. Some books transferred to Library of Congress Rare Book and Special Collections Division. Gaston Tissandier, aeronaut and scientist; Gaston's brother, Albert, an aeronaut and artist; Gaston's son, Paul, an aeronaut; and Dupuis-Delcourt, an airship builder. Collection material chiefly in French, with English, German, Italian, Russian, and Spanish. Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms006025 Andrée, Salomon August 1854-1897 Arban, Francesco Blanchard, Jean-Pierre 1753-1809 Chanute, Octave 1832-1910 Charles, Jacques Alexandre César 1746-1823 Conté, Nicolas-Jacques 1755-1805 cit Faujas-de-St.-Fond, (Barthélemy) 1741-1819 Franklin, Benjamin 1706-1790 Correspondence Garnerin, André Jacques 1769-1823 Giffard, Henri 1825-1882 Green, Charles 1785-1870 Holland, Robert active 1836-1869 Lavoisier, Antoine Laurent 1743-1794 Correspondence Lhoste, François 1859-1887 Lunardi, Vincent 1759-1806 Margat, Jean 1786-1854 Montgolfier, Jacques-Etienne 1745-1799 Montgolfier, Joseph-Michel 1740-1810 Pilâtre de Rozier, Jean-François 1754-1785 Robertson, E. G. (Etienne Gaspard) 1763-1831 Severo, Augusto 1864-1902 Wright, Orville 1871-1948 Wright, Wilbur 1867-1912 Yon, Gabriel 1835-1894 Zambeccari, Francesco 1752-1812 Société Aéronautique et Météorologique de France. Aeronautics Aeronautics Societies, etc Air pilots Airships Design and construction Balloonists Balloons Balloons Piloting Flight Franco-Prussian War, 1870-1871 France History Second Republic, 1848-1852 France History Second Empire, 1852-1870 Paris (France) History Siege, 1870-1871 Aeronauts Tissandier, Albert, 1839-1906 Tissandier, Paul, 1881- Dupuis-Delcourt, 1802-1864 mm 79042994 hdl:loc.mss/eadmss.ms006025 hdl:loc.mss/eadmss.ms006025.3 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms006025 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms006025.3 Open to research. Restrictions may apply to unprocessed material. DLC 790419 20260227111657.0 mm 79042994