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Aircraft industry -- United States -- History

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Historical Aircraft Card Files

 Collection
Identifier: 1237
Scope and Contents

This collection includes hundreds of 3 x 5 index cards that cross-reference articles and photos of contemporary aircraft in periodicals between approximately 1920 to 1940.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1920 - 1940

Walter Scott Hoover Papers

 Collection
Identifier: 0939
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of Hoover's personal papers, materials covering his various patents on airplane propeller parts, and the legal issues generated over those patents. In addition, there are materials related to his work as a farmer, and the owner of a transmission and pulley company.

Dates: 1903 - 1986