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100 1 _aChanute, Octave,
_d1832-1910.
245 0 0 _aOctave Chanute papers,
_f1807-1955
_g(bulk 1860-1910).
300 _a10,325
_fitems.
300 _a46
_fcontainers plus
_a1
_foversize.
300 _a25
_fmicrofilm reels.
300 _a17.4
_flinear feet.
351 _aArranged 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.
506 0 _aOpen to research.
520 8 _aCorrespondence, 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.
520 8 _aPrincipal 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.
530 _aMicrofilm edition of letterbooks available;
_dno. 14,845 (16,482).
530 _aMicrofilm edition only of Niehaus thesis;
_dno. 16,562 (17,096).
533 _aMicrofilm edition produced from originals in the Manuscript Division.
_bWashington, D.C. :
_cLibrary of Congress Photoduplication Service,
_d1975-1977.
533 _aIn part, photocopies (positive)
_b[S.l.].
545 0 _aCivil engineer and aviation pioneer.
546 _aCollection material in English.
555 8 _aFinding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at
_uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms998005
600 1 0 _aAder, Clément,
_d1841-1925
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aAvery, William A.
_vCorrespondence.
600 2 0 _aBaden-Powell, Baden Fletcher Smyth,
_d1860-1937
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aBell, Alexander Graham,
_d1847-1922
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aCabot, Samuel,
_d1850-1906
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aHargrave, Lawrence,
_d1850-1916
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aHerring, Augustus Moore,
_d1867-1926
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aHuffaker, Edward C.
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aKress, Wilhelm,
_d1836-1913
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aLangley, S. P.
_q(Samuel Pierpont),
_d1834-1906
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aLilienthal, Otto,
_d1848-1896
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aMaxim, Hiram S.
_q(Hiram Stevens),
_d1840-1916
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aMoedebeck, Hermann W. L.
_q(Hermann Wilhelm Ludwig),
_d1857-1910
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aMontgomery, John J.
_q(John Joseph),
_d1858-1911
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aMouillard, Louis-Pierre,
_d1834-1897
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aMoy, Thomas
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aPilcher, Percy
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aSpratt, G. A.
_q(George Alexander),
_d1880-1934
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aWright, Orville,
_d1871-1948
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aWright, Wilbur,
_d1867-1912
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aZahm, Albert Francis,
_d1862
_vCorrespondence.
610 2 0 _aErie Railroad Company.
610 2 0 _aJefferson College (Convent, La.)
650 0 _aAeronautics.
650 0 _aAerodynamics.
650 0 _aBridges
_xDesign and construction.
650 0 _aBridges
_zMissouri River.
650 0 _aGliders (Aeronautics)
650 0 _aKites.
650 0 _aRailroad engineering.
650 0 _aRailroads
_xDesign and construction.
650 0 _aRailroad ties.
650 0 _aRailroads
_zIllinois
_zChicago.
650 0 _aRailroads
_zKansas
_zAbilene.
650 0 _aRailroads, Elevated
_zNew York (State)
_zNew York.
650 0 _aStockyards
_zIllinois
_zChicago.
656 7 _aAviators.
_2itoamc
656 7 _aCivil engineers.
_2itoamc
700 1 _aNiehaus, Earl F.
_tEarl F. Niehaus thesis.
_f1955.
856 4 _3Finding aid
_uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms998005
856 4 _3Finding aid (PDF)
_uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms998005.3
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