August 29, 1873

Early, Jubal Anderson, 1816-1894

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Raphael Semmes

Early, a former lieutenant general in the Confederate Army, writes to former Confederate admiral and brigadier general Raphael Semmes regarding correspondence with a German who has created a flying machine that could be used to bombard northern cities. Says "...I have this day received an offer from a German who says he has invented a flying machine, to dedicate to the Southern Cause, which he says is not lost...he says we can bombard and destroy...Northern Cities with his flying machines. I will publish the letter as a fitting comment in all the fit Northern papers are raising, and some…

GLC00610

27 February 1925

Mitchell, William E., 1879-1936

Typed letter signed

Title: to Mrs. Olive Crook Henderson

Discusses working for the common good during peacetime so they may be prepared in time of war. Concludes saying the national defense system is in dire need of revision. Written on War Department, Air Service, Office of the Assistant Chief letterhead.

GLC02431.01

21 February 1924

Weeks, John Wingate, 1860-1926

Typed letter signed

Title: to Harry New

Writes, "I cannot, under present conditions, make any arrangements to go out of town to make speeches. As you know, there are too many things pending here to warrant my being away from my own job. Just yesterday the House ordered an investigation of the Army Air Service. There is another matter that may come up before the Senate Oil Committee, in which I may be called to testify, and there are so many other reasons - unnecessary to enumerate -- that you will have to say to your correspondents that it is impossible for me to make arrangements at this time to go to Indianapolis or anywhere…

GLC02431.02

1957/11/08

Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969

Typed letter signed

Title: to Evan Aurand re: "tempest in a teapot" created by his riding in helicopter

Memorandum for Captain Aurand

GLC02793.096

1949/11/28

Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Dean Acheson re: thanking him for seeing him off for vacation

Written as President on "Flying White House" stationery. Accompanied by a typed transcript of Acheson's reply. Acheson was Secretary of State.

GLC02793.090

1786

Jeffries, John, fl. 1790

Book signed

Title: A Narrative of the Two Aerial Voyages of Doctor Jeffries... (George Washington's copy)

"A narrative of the two aerial voyages of Doctor Jeffries with Mons. Blanchard; with meterological observations and remarks...." Printed for the author. Small folio format, signed on the titlepage by George Washington. Handsome tree-calf binding. With handsome frontispiece engraving of Jeffries. Jeffries had been a Loyalist who went to England where he pursued research on air, its properties and balloons. After this flight, he went to Paris, dined with Franklin and met John Paul Jones. He returned to Boston in 1790. In 1794, Blanchard came to America and in Philadelphia, with…

GLC04936

1862/06/01

Brady, Mathew B., 1823-1896

Photograph

Title: Scene at Balloon Camp, Gaines' Hill

Photograph of Prof. Lowe's balloon ascent during battle of Fair Oaks, near Richmond, Va.

GLC04087

26 April 1921

Mitchell, William E., 1879-1936

Typed letter signed

Title: to L. D. Gardner

Sends a note of encouragement.

GLC04352.04

17 June 1955

X, Malcolm, 1925-1965

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Yvonne X (Munford)

Malcolm X writes to another member of the Nation of Islam: "As Salaam Alaikum: Always remember that fasting and prayer to Allah brings all our desires to past [sic]. Islam is the reward that brings about all other rewards. Hold fast to it. Your whole family is blessed." Written on the back of an American Airlines postcard.

GLC05508.271

March 1784

Gouvion, Jean Baptiste, 1747-1792

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Knox

Informs Knox that the Society of the Cincinnati is "... sure do well in this country, but the news we have from america give me some uneasiness, the american gentlemen who are in paris and not members of the Society are much against it, chiefly Mr. Jay who went the other day so far as to say that if it did take well in the states, he should not care whether the revolution had succeeded or not." Discusses exclusionary policies of the Society. Describes recent developments in hot air ballooning: two days prior, "a gentleman went in the air as far up as four thousand yards..."

GLC02437.02988

circa 1861-1865

Brady, Mathew B., 1823-1896

Photograph

Title: View of Professor Thaddeus Lowe and staff inflating reconnaissance balloon

Image shows a group of about five men inflating Lowe's reconnaissance balloon, with a large crowd gathered to watch. The balloon itself is about 1/2 inflated. Imprint on recto "Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1862, by M. B. Brady, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the District of Columbia." Graphite inscription on verso "1.25.--." Photographers imprint on verso: "Brady's Album Gallery. No. 423. Professor Lowe inflating Balloon Intrepid To Reconnoiter Battle of Fair Oaks. The Photographs of this series were taken directly from nature, at considerable cost…

GLC05111.02.1345

circa 1861-1865

Photograph

Title: View of soldiers holding ropes attached to a reconnaissance balloon

Image shows approximate twenty-one soldiers holding the ropes attached to a floating balloon. In the background are A-frame tents amid trees, with other figures watching the balloon action. Ink inscription on image "2348." Graphite inscription on verso "Professor Lowe in His Balloon Watching the Battle of Fair Oaks" "2.00--." Photographers imprint on verso: "Published by E. & H. T. Anthony, 501 Broadway, New York. Manufacturers of the best Photographic Albums."

GLC05111.02.1346

1861/07/08-1861/12/27

Pitcher, Henry, fl. 1862-1891

Diary

Title: Diary of member of 33rd New York Regimental Band

Diary of musician, includes descriptions of 2 photos taken by Mathew Brady, on field near Bull Run (included as .02 and .03), as well as review by Lincoln and McClellan, Professor Lowe warning of enemy's advance from his balloon, etc.

GLC06889.01

1944/10/11

Patton, George S. (George Smith), 1885-1945

Typed letter signed

Title: to Renee Stockdale re: sending piece of parachute silk

Sending Renee Stockdale a souvenir piece of parachute silk "given to me by a member of a crew of one of our bombers which was forced down"

GLC06760.05

1917-1982

Southern, Neta Snook, 1896-1991

Header Record

Title: Archive of Neta Snook [Southern] [Decimalized .01- .08]

The archive includes a letter written by Amelia Earhart, two personal diaries, a signed copy of Snook Southern's book "I Taught Amelia to Fly", photographs, airplane blueprints, personal papers.

GLC07243

26 January 1929

Earhart, Amelia, 1897-1937

Typed letter signed

Title: to Neta Snook Southern

Typed on "Hearst's International" letterhead. Writing as aviation editor of Cosmopolitan Magazine, Earhart reminisces the days when she flew with Snook Southern.

GLC07243.001

1974

Southern, Neta Snook, 1896-1991

Book signed

Title: I Taught Amelia to fly

First edition, published by Vantage Press. Signed copy. Southern's story of her days as an aviation pioneer and teacher of Amelia Earhart.

GLC07243.005

17 January 1979

Knight, William, 1929-?

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Rev. John Narbutt

Knight, a colonel in the U.S. Airforce, congratulates Narbutt on his 100th birthday. He argues that increased knowledge and exploration of space are not incompatible with faith in God.

GLC05508.162

December 1946

Rickenbacker, Edward Vernon, 1890-1973

Typed letter signed

Title: to George L. Rihl

Rihl resided around Mexico City. Rickenbacker reflects on the state of the country during the Christmas season. He sees Americans' hatred of Germans and Japanese, cultivated during WWII, being transferred to fellow citizens in post-war America: parties against each other, and even employees against bosses and stockholders. He sees the result as disorganization, industrial strife and poverty, and calls upon his friend to "take inventory of ourselves and our pet hates as we approach the holiday season."

GLC05508.010.01

5 May 1969

Borman, Frank, 1928-

Document signed

Title: A Christmas Eve Prayer from Lunar Orbit (Apollo 8 Astronauts)

A printed commemorative document quoting William Anders, Jim Lovell, and Frank Borman reading a prayer and the first 8 verses of Genesis as they approached the Lunar sunrise aboard Apollo 8, 24 December 1968. Includes their portraits. Also includes a first day of issue stamp cancellation of the Apollo 8 commemorative stamp. Canceled at Houston.

GLC05508.021

1953/10/16

Kennedy, John Fitzgerald, 1917-1963

Typed document

Title: Address of Senator John F. Kennedy of Massachusetts at Executive Committee Meeting

Advance copy of the address given at American Legion National Headquarters, Indianapolis, Indiana. Criticizes the weakness of the American Air Force, compared to the Soviets, and advocates "a Strategic Air Force with sufficient retaliatory powers." With Kennedy's autograph notes in ink and pencil on verso of p. 4, and manuscript edits in blue ink on p. 1-3 (possibly in the handwriting of his wife, Jacqueline). The bottom of page 2 has been clipped and replaced with a new typewritten section.

GLC05313

1 October 1862

Tillotson, George W., 1830-1918

Autograph letter signed

Title: To his wife

Ordered to act as Sergeant (from Corp.) and arresting two deserters who returned. Reconnaissance balloons report rebels digging rifle pits 10 miles to the south.

GLC04558.045

July 1918

Committee on Public Information, 1917–1919

Photograph

Title: "At the grave of Lt. Quentin Roosevelt."

Chaplain Francis P. Duffy conducts a service at the grave of Lt. Quentin Roosevelt, near Chamery, France. Lt. Roosevelt's plane was brought down back of the German lines, July 14, 1918. The American advance brought the spot within American lines a few days later. The Germans had marked the grave with a cross of boughs and an inscription upon a board from the wrecked plane: 'Lt. Roosevelt, American Aviator.'" Stamp of U.S. Committee on Public Information on reverse. A second stamp on back reads: "A.E.F. [American Expeditionary Forces] Passed as Censored."

GLC07002.90

1865/04/05

Mitchell, Walter B., fl. 1865

Letter

Title: To: Jacob Zielin

Enclosing a receipt for a deed [not included] forwarded by express.

GLC04360.039

7 November 1790

Jackson, Henry, 1747-1809

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Knox

Acknowledges receipt of Knox's last letter. Tells Knox that he has spoken with the ailing Governor [James] Bowdoin "respecting the Fish, and we have concluded to put on board the first Vessell bound to Philadelphia." Bowdoin died at 4 o'clock that morning. "He had his reason to the last moment." Bowdoin's property left to "Mrs. Temple" will be "put into the hands of the Trustees, and the income only at her command during the life her husband but if she outlives him, it comes into their hands and at her own disposal." Notes he had a visit from Mr. [Sylvanus?] Bourne, but Jackson had no…

GLC02437.04773