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Aero Club of America ScrapbooksA Finding Aid to the Collection in the Library of CongressPrepared by Patrick Kerwin and Bradley E. Germand2009
Scope and Content NoteThe scrapbooks of the Aero Club of America span the years 1891-1912. The club, founded in 1905 to promote the cause of aeronautics, was interested in the potential represented by flying machines. The collection consists of scrapbooks of newspaper clippings, some of which predate the club’s founding by sixteen years, chronicling the advent of flight by airplane, airship, and other methods. The collection include two sets of scrapbooks, those of the Aero Club of America and those of Hugh L. Willoughby. Willoughby, an aviation pioneer, was a founder of the organization. Albert F. Zahm, also a founder of the Aero Club of America and chief of the Library of Congress Aeronautical Division from 1929 to 1946, appears to have obtained these scrapbooks on behalf of the Library. Return to the Table of Contents Selected Search TermsPeople
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Return to the Table of Contents Arrangement of the PapersThis collection is arranged alphabetically by name and thereunder chronologically. Return to the Table of Contents Container ListAero Club of America, scrapbooks1891-19061906-19091909-19111911Willoughby, Hugh L., scrapbooks1903-19081910-1912Return to the Table of Contents |
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