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    <title>Igor Ivan Sikorsky papers, 1913-1958</title>
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    <namePart>Sikorsky, Igor Ivan</namePart>
    <namePart type="date">1889-1972</namePart>
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  <abstract>Correspondence, speeches, writings including the original manuscript of Sikorsky's autobiography, The Story of the Winged-S; An Autobiography (1938), engineering sketch books, photographs, and other papers relating chiefly to Sikorsky's activities as a pioneer in aviation especially in the development of the helicopter and to his company, Sikorsky Aviation Corporation, later United Aircraft Corporation's Sikorsky Aircraft Division.  Documents his work relating to military aviation.</abstract>
  <note>Open to research.</note>
  <note>Engineer, inventor, and pioneer of aviation.</note>
  <note>Collection material in English.</note>
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      <namePart>Sikorsky Aviation Corporation.</namePart>
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    <name type="corporate">
      <namePart>United Aircraft Corporation.</namePart>
      <namePart>Sikorsky Aircraft Division.</namePart>
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    <topic>Aeronautics</topic>
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    <topic>Aeronautics, Military</topic>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <topic>Aircraft industry</topic>
    <geographic>United States</geographic>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <topic>Airplanes</topic>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <topic>Helicopter industry</topic>
    <geographic>United States</geographic>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <topic>Helicopters</topic>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <topic>Sikorsky helicopters</topic>
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    <occupation>Engineers</occupation>
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      <title>The story of the winged-S; an autobiography. 1983</title>
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