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Catalog Record: https://lccn.loc.gov/mm85061819
Collection material in French
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the LC Catalog. They are grouped by name of person or organization, by subject or location, and by occupation and listed alphabetically.
The papers of Henri Giffard, engineer and aeronaut, were purchased by the Library of Congress in 1985.
The papers of Henri Giffard were arranged and described in 1996. The register was revised in 2008.
Photographs have been transferred to the Prints and Photographs Division where they are identified as part of the Henri Giffard Papers.
The Manuscript Division's Tissandier Collection of early aeronautic material includes other items pertaining to Giffard and his captive balloon exhibition of 1878.
It is the researcher's responsibility to determine requirements of domestic copyright laws and international treaties and conventions
The papers of Henri Giffard are open to research. Researchers are advised to contact the Manuscript Reading Room prior to visiting. Many collections are stored off-site and advance notice is needed to retrieve these items for research use.
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Container number, Henri Giffard Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
The papers of Henri Jacques Giffard (1825-1882) span the years 1852-1910 and contain correspondence, notes, design drawings, broadsides, newspapers, printed illustrations, articles about Giffard, and clippings. Giffard was a pioneer in the design of airships and is recognized by many as having devised the first steam-powered steerable airship in 1852. This collection of papers focuses primarily on his activities associated with the large captive balloon he exhibited in the courtyard of the Tuileries in Paris in 1878. Also included are Giffard's holograph notes on hydrogen gas and his design drawings for balloons. The material is in French.
This collection is arranged alphabetically by type of material and chronologically therein.
Catalog Record: https://lccn.loc.gov/mm85061819