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  <titleInfo>
    <title>Elmo N. Pickerill papers, 1910-1975</title>
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  <name type="personal">
    <namePart>Pickerill, Elmo N. (Elmo Neale)</namePart>
    <namePart type="date">1885-1968</namePart>
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  <abstract>Correspondence, printed matter, photographs, and other papers relating to Pickerill's career as an aviator and to early aviation in the U.S., particularly Long Island, N.Y.  Subjects include air mail; air meets, races, and exhibitions; and experimentation with autogiros, helicopters, and parachutes.  Includes material pertaining to aeronautics clubs including the Early Birds of Aviation, Long Island Early Fliers Club, Ox-5 Club of America, Quiet Birdmen, and the Wings Club (New York, N.Y.).  Persons represented include Tom Benoist, Edward R. Boland, Glenn Hammond Curtiss, William A. Denehie, Wallace P. Dunmore, Amelia Earhart, Viola Gentry, Kyung O. Kim, Charles A. Lindbergh, William Mitchell, Wiley Post, Marjorie Claire Stinson, Chance Vought, Waldo Dean Waterman, Orville Wright, and Wilbur Wright.</abstract>
  <note>Open to research.</note>
  <note>Aviator.</note>
  <note>Collection material in English.</note>
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    <name type="personal">
      <namePart>Benoist, Tom</namePart>
    </name>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <name type="personal">
      <namePart>Boland, Edward R</namePart>
      <namePart type="date">1892-1967</namePart>
    </name>
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    <name type="personal">
      <namePart>Curtiss, Glenn Hammond</namePart>
      <namePart type="date">1878-1930</namePart>
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    <name type="personal">
      <namePart>Denehie, William A. (William Austin)</namePart>
      <namePart type="date">1891-1974</namePart>
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    <name type="personal">
      <namePart>Dunmore, Wallace P</namePart>
    </name>
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    <name type="personal">
      <namePart>Earhart, Amelia</namePart>
      <namePart type="date">1897-1937</namePart>
    </name>
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    <name type="personal">
      <namePart>Gentry, Viola</namePart>
      <namePart type="date">-1988</namePart>
    </name>
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    <name type="personal">
      <namePart>Kim, Kyung O</namePart>
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    <name type="personal">
      <namePart>Lindbergh, Charles A. (Charles Augustus)</namePart>
      <namePart type="date">1902-1974</namePart>
    </name>
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    <name type="personal">
      <namePart>Mitchell, William</namePart>
      <namePart type="date">1879-1936</namePart>
    </name>
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    <name type="personal">
      <namePart>Post, Wiley</namePart>
      <namePart type="date">1898-1935</namePart>
    </name>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <name type="personal">
      <namePart>Stinson, Marjorie Claire</namePart>
      <namePart type="date">1896-1975</namePart>
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    <name type="personal">
      <namePart>Vought, Chance</namePart>
      <namePart type="date">1890-1930</namePart>
    </name>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <name type="personal">
      <namePart>Waterman, Waldo Dean</namePart>
      <namePart type="date">1894-1976</namePart>
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    <name type="personal">
      <namePart>Wright, Orville</namePart>
      <namePart type="date">1871-1948</namePart>
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    <name type="personal">
      <namePart>Wright, Wilbur</namePart>
      <namePart type="date">1867-1912</namePart>
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    <name type="corporate">
      <namePart>Early Birds of Aviation (Organization)</namePart>
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    <name type="corporate">
      <namePart>Long Island Early Fliers Club.</namePart>
    </name>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <name type="corporate">
      <namePart>Ox-5 Club of America.</namePart>
    </name>
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    <name type="corporate">
      <namePart>Quiet Birdmen.</namePart>
    </name>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <name type="corporate">
      <namePart>Wings Club (New York, N.Y.)</namePart>
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    <topic>Aeronautics</topic>
  </subject>
  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <topic>Aeronautics</topic>
    <geographic>United States</geographic>
  </subject>
  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <topic>Aeronautics</topic>
    <geographic>New York (State)</geographic>
    <geographic>Long Island</geographic>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <topic>Aeronautics</topic>
    <topic>Exhibitions</topic>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <topic>Aeronautics</topic>
    <topic>Societies, etc</topic>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <topic>Air mail service</topic>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <topic>Air shows</topic>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <topic>Airplane racing</topic>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <topic>Autogiros</topic>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <topic>Helicopters</topic>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <topic>Parachutes</topic>
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    <occupation>Aviators</occupation>
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