Collection Summary
Daniel Guggenheim Fund
for the Promotion of Aeronautics Records
1925-1943
(bulk 1926-1930)
1925-1943
(bulk 1926-1930)
MSS17699
Daniel Guggenheim Fund
for the Promotion of Aeronautics
6,000
items
21 containers
8 linear feet
English
German
Collection material in
English and
German
Manuscript Division, Library of
Congress
Washington, D.C.
Fund to facilitate
technical development, improve safety, and expand the popularity of aviation;
active from 1926-1930. Correspondence, reports, articles, pamphlets, legal and
financial records, printed matter, and other records relating chiefly to
commercial aviation in the United States and to a history of the fund written
by R. H. Mayo. Subjects include aeronautical education and research, aviation
safety, technical development, the use of aviation for passenger travel and the
transport of freight, and Charles A. Lindbergh's tour of the United States in
1927.
Selected Search Terms
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.
People
Cone, Hutchinson Ingham, 1871-1941--Correspondence.
Guggenheim, Daniel, 1856-1930.
Guggenheim, Harry Frank, 1890-1971--Correspondence.
Land, Emory Scott, 1879-1971--Correspondence.
Lindbergh, Charles A. (Charles Augustus), 1902-1974.
Mayo, R. H. (Robert Hobart), 1890-
Organizations
Aero-Club von Deutschland--Correspondence.
Associazione italiana di aerotecnica--Correspondence.
California Institute of Technology.
Daniel Guggenheim Fund for the Promotion of Aeronautics.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Royal Aeronautical Society--Correspondence.
Subjects
Aeronautics, Commercial--Freight.
Aeronautics, Commercial--Passenger traffic.
Aeronautics, Commercial--United States.
Aeronautics--Endowments.
Aeronautics--Research.
Aeronautics--Safety measures.
Aeronautics--Societies, etc.
Aeronautics--Study and teaching.
Aeronautics.
Air travel--United States.
Provenance
The records of the Daniel Guggenheim Fund for the Promotion of
Aeronautics were given to the Library of Congress in 1955 by Harry Frank
Guggenheim, president of the fund during its existence from 1926 to 1930.
Processing History
The records of the Daniel Guggenheim Fund for the Promotion of
Aeronautics were arranged and described in 1955. The finding aid was revised in
2012.
Additional Guides
A press release on the records of the Daniel Guggenheim Fund for the
Promotion of Aeronautics was issued by the Library of Congress on 19 October
1955; a note appeared in the
Library of Congress Information Bulletin
14, no. 42 (17
October 1955).
Related Material
A related collection in the Manuscript Division includes the papers of
Harry Frank Guggenheim.
Copyright Status
The status of copyright in the unpublished writings of Daniel
Guggenheim Fund for the Promotion of Aeronautics is governed by the Copyright
Law of the United States (Title 17, U.S.C.).
Access and Restrictions
The records of the Daniel Guggenheim Fund for the Promotion of
Aeronautics 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.
Preferred Citation
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the
following information: Container number, Daniel Guggenheim Fund for the
Promotion of Aeronautics Records, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress,
Washington, D.C.
Scope and Content Note
The records of the Daniel Guggenheim Fund for the Promotion of
Aeronautics span the years from 1925-1943, with the majority of the material
dating from 1926-1930. The records are in English and German and are organized
into the following series:
[
General
Correspondence
](gene),
[
Fund
Records
](fund),
[
Legal and
Financial Records
](lega), and
[
R. H. Mayo
Material
](mayo).
The records of the Daniel Guggenheim Fund for the Promotion of
Aeronautics give a comprehensive picture of the development of American
commercial aviation during the late 1920s. The purpose of the fund, which
existed from 1926 to 1930, was to facilitate the technical development, improve
the safety, and expand the popularity of flying for passenger and freight uses.
To achieve these goals, the fund donated money for scientific research, for aid
to aeronautical education, and for the dissemination of information. The
collection is composed largely of correspondence to and from the
organization’s president, Harry Frank Guggenheim, the fund vice presidents,
Admirals Hutchinson Ingham Cone and Emory Scott Land, and numerous scientists,
educators, and other investigators whose work the fund sponsored and
encouraged. Also included are reports and articles, some published and some in
manuscript form; annual reports and the fund's final report; and many pamphlets
published by the fund on its projects.
The records of the fund are mainly concerned with scientific research
and development and with financial grants for aeronautical research to various
universities such as the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the
California Institute of Technology. In addition, there is material dealing with
the fund's program of increasing public interest in aviation, such as the
subsidizing of Charles A. Lindbergh's tour of the United States in 1927. Some
of aviation's international aspects are covered in correspondence between the
fund and such European organizations as the Aero-Club von Deutschland, the
Associazione italiana di aerotecnica, and the Royal Aeronautical Society,
England.
Arrangement of the Records
This collection is arranged in four series:
-
[
General
Correspondence, 1926-1930
](gene)
-
[
Fund Records,
1925-1943
](fund)
-
[
Legal and
Financial Records, 1926-1931
](lega)
-
[
R. H. Mayo
Material, 1927-1943
](mayo)
Catalog Record: [https://lccn.loc.gov/mm78017699]
Container List
Container
Contents
1-3
General Correspondence,
1926-1930
1926-1930
Correspondence.
Arranged chronologically.
1
1926, Jan.-1928, Feb.
1926, Jan.-1928, Feb.
2
1928, Feb.-1929, Dec.
1928, Feb.-1929, Dec.
3
1927, May-1930, May
1927, May-1930, May
4-16
Fund Records,
1925-1943
1925-1943
Letters, sent and received, memoranda, reports, printed matter,
and other material.
Arranged alphabetically by name of person or organization or by
topic according to the arrangement in which the collection was received.
4
Aero-Club von Deutschland,
1928-1929
1928-1929
4
Aeronautical encyclopedia,
proposed,
1928-1930
1928-1930
4
Air Law Institute of Chicago,
Northwestern University, John W. Wigmore,
1929
1929
4
Airship Institute, Daniel
Guggenheim Fund,
1926-1929
1926-1929
5
Altimeter Development Capacity,
A. G. Von Baumhauer,
1928-1929
1928-1929
5
American Fledges Wings: A History of the Daniel Guggenheim
Fund for the Promotion of Aeronautics
, by Reginald M. Cleveland,
correspondence,
1942-1943
1942-1943
5
Anderson, S. Herbert, fog flying
research, Wright Field, Riverside, Ohio,
1927-1930
1927-1930
5
Associazione italiana di
aerotecnica,
1929
1929
5
Aviation insurance survey, R. A.
Dunn,
1929-1930
1929-1930
6
Bulletin of the Daniel Guggenheim Fund for the Promotion
of Aeronautics
, vols. 1-13,
1926-1929
1926-1929
6
Byrd, Richard E., Antarctic
expedition,
1928-1929
1928-1929
6
California Institute of
Technology, Pasadena, Calif., endowment,
1926-1929
1926-1929
6
California, University of, Los
Angeles, Calif., grant for research on elimination of noise, L. P. Delsasso,
1929
1929
6
Confidential file, Charles A.
Levine, Charles A. Lindbergh, and Western Air Express,
1927-1928
1927-1928
6
Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y.,
ice formation research,
1929-1930
1929-1930
7
Elementary and Secondary
Aeronautical Education, Daniel Guggenheim Committee for,
1927-1930
1927-1930
8
European aircraft manufacturers,
report by Virginius C. Clark,
1928
1928
8
European report by Clarence M.
Younger,
1929
1929
8
European report on maintenance
repair and supply by W. E. Gillmore,
1928-1929
1928-1929
8
Experimental meteorological
service
8
Part I,
1928-1929
1928-1929
9
Part II,
1929
1929
(2
folders)
9
George Washington University,
Washington, D.C., dynamic meteorology, E. W. Woolard,
1928-1929
1928-1929
10
Hemke, P. E., fellowship for
study in Europe,
1928-1930
1928-1930
10
International Civil Aeronautics
Conference, Washington, D.C.,
1929
1929
10
Library of Congress,
1929-1930
1929-1930
11
Marking of towns, Milburn
Kusterer,
1928-1930
1928-1930
11
Massachusetts Institute of
Technology, Cambridge, Mass.
11
Aero meterological course,
1928-1929
1928-1929
11
General,
1926-1929
1926-1929
11
Medal Fund, Daniel Guggenheim,
1928-1929
1928-1929
12
Michigan, University of, Ann
Arbor, Mich.
12
Financial grant,
1926-1929
1926-1929
12
Greenland expedition,
1926-1929
1926-1929
12
Two-cycle engine development,
1927-1929
1927-1929
13
National Aeronautical
Association, grant,
1929
1929
13
New York Airport Committee,
1929
1929
13
New York University, New York,
N.Y.
13
Aeronautical meteorology
course,
1928-1929
1928-1929
13
General,
1925
1925
13
Pan-American Commercial
Conference, Washington, D.C.,
1927
1927
14
Pamphlets about the fund,
1926-1930
1926-1930
15
Ohio State University, Columbus,
Ohio,
1929
1929
15
Royal Aeronautical Society,
England,
1926-1929
1926-1929
15
Schlomann, Alfred, aeronautic
dictionary,
1925-1929
1925-1929
15
Society for the Promotion of
Engineering Education,
1927-1929
1927-1929
15
Stanford University, Palo Alto,
Calif., endowment,
1926-1928
1926-1928
15
Syracuse University, Syracuse,
N.Y., aerial photography course,
1926-1930
1926-1930
16
Thompson, Milton J., fellowship
for study abroad,
1928-1930
1928-1930
16
Toronto, University of, Toronto,
Ontario, Canada,
1927-1928
1927-1928
16
Washington, University of,
Seattle, Wash., financial grant,
1926-1929
1926-1929
16
Western Air Express, equipment
loan documents,
1927-1929
1927-1929
17-19
Legal and Financial
Records,
1926-1931
1926-1931
Bank statements, monthly financial statements, federal income tax
papers, leases, vouchers, and other material, including correspondence.
Arranged alphabetically by type of material or topic according to
the arrangement in which the collection was received.
17
Bank statements and checks,
1929-1930
1929-1930
17
Federal income tax,
1929
1929
17
Leases,
1928-1930
1928-1930
17
Monthly financial
statements
17
1926-1929
1926-1929
18
1929-1930
1929-1930
18
Purchase and sale of securities,
income from,
1927-1930
1927-1930
19
Requests for money from the fund,
1928-1930
1928-1930
19
Vouchers,
1926-1931
1926-1931
20-21
R. H. Mayo Material,
1927-1943
1927-1943
Manuscript of Mayo's
History of the Daniel Guggenheim Fund for the Promotion of
Aeronautics
, his reports on Charles Lindbergh's 1927 tour of the United
States, his report on the tour of the Richard E. Byrd North Pole plane, and his
correspondence, 1939-1943, concerning the history of the fund.
Arranged alphabetically by topic according to the arrangement in
which the collection was received.
20
Byrd, Richard E., tour of his
North Pole expedition airplane
20
Lindbergh, Charles A., tour of
the United States,
1927-1928
1927-1928
20
History of the Daniel Guggenheim Fund for the Promotion of
Aeronautics
20
Manuscript,
1930
1930
21
Research material and related
papers,
1930-1943
1930-1943