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Erik Hildes-Heim Collection History of Aviation Collection Box 1 1 Erik Hildes-Heim Collection History of Aviation Collection Box 1 1 Miscellaneous articles, correspondence and newspapers 2 Personal papers, correspondence 3 Lecture: Airplane Inspection and blueprints from Standard Aero Corporation 4 Propaganda material 5 Rockets, parachutes, flying ships, helicopters 6 Standard Aero Corporation 1918 7 LePere Planes 8 Blueprints of Otto Lillienthal’s engine 1893 9 World War I material 10 Wright Brothers: French newspaper clippings 11 Correspondence: Business, Airmail 12 Correspondence: Business Box 2 Glass slides Box 3 1 Aircraft engines/Construction of Aircraft 2 Airmail: Clippings 3 Airmail Pamphlets, sheets 4 Airmail Pamphlets, sheets 5 Aviation clippings 6 Aviation history 7 Avionics/Aeronautics 8 Correspondence, Memorandum: Chronology of St. Petersburg Airboat Line “St. Petersburg Times” 1953 9 Brochure: Aeronautics, N.A.C.A. Bibliography of Aeronautics 1920-21 10 Certificate: New York Aero Club, Misc. Advertising 11 The Smithsonian Institution presentation of the Wright Brothers of 1903, Early Birds brochures and Presentations 12 Famous Airmen and Air women pioneers, Newspaper clippings 13 Helicopter plans 14 Lecture on Aerostation 15 Lighter-Than-Air newspaper clippings 16 Lighter-Than-Air Pamphlets, articles 17 Articles: Lindbergh Medals 18 Miscellaneous collection of information on airmen, flights in World War I 19 Brochures and miscellaneous papers Box 4 Photographs: Pre WWI Germany, Bird/Airplane Between wars biplanes Germany WWII pilot, Stephan Petrocry and Nazi plane Early USN amphibious biplane Correspondence Expediee par Ballon Rockets 1935,62 Zeppelin R.I. Balloon Curtiss Aviation School, N. Island, CA 1912 Stupar, one of a kind, made at Cicero Flying Field in Chicago 1912-14 Avro 504 Aircraft: Idropasseggeri M.18 1920 Benoist’s Airplane Factory, St. Louis, MO 1912-14 Le Lt. de Sausean Paris a Biscarosse 1937-38 Clara Adams and Amelia Earhart 1929 Postcards and prints – Lighter-Than-Air 2 Cancelled postcards: Schwab Uberlandversand 1966 Postcard photos: Luftschiff LZ 127, Graf Zeppelin Farnum Fish, one of the first Air Mail Pilots 1912 San Diego Leblanc, France, Belirot Fops, Gordon Bennett 1911 Dahinkri SL 21 1917 Turkish pilot, Hmael, in DW2 Lincoln Beachy at Mile Track Davenport, Iowa 1914 O.A. Solbrig, Davenport, Iowa Erik Hildesheim 1963 Postcards: Aviation related Postcards: Schwarz Aluminum Dirigible, before 1897 and after wreck in Germany Bleriot Monoplane 1910 Dornier “Dragon Fly” First passenger-carrying biplane to fly at Lock Haven, 1912 PA. Bellance WB2 Bristol Sycamore A20 Curtiss JN-4 and Bears Christmas bullet, flexible wing, strutless biplane Cal P. Rogers 1911 Thulin K Fokker Factory, Germany in WWI SSW-Flugzeug R VIII 1918 Negatives of Pre WWI Aircraft von richthofen’s Jasta II11917 and Alfred Friedrich Biplane from the period after the war Aviators: Read and Hinton Aviators: Harvey Crawford and Henry Keckler Siemens Schuckert R2, WWI Correspondence: Postcard and announcement LaBaronnne de Laroche, the only licensed woman aviator George Exel in the Exel Helicopter “Curtiss Pusher”, Lincoln Beachey’s plane and Curtiss Directors and Exec. at Garden City Plant Miss Katherine Stinson, Bud Mears, and Lincoln Beachey 1900’s Thomas McGoey, Aviator in Vickell plane purchased from 1911 Charles Willard French aviators, Coloraire and Tarascon prepare for 3,000 mile transatlantic flight Photographs – all unidentified, pilots and aircraft 1911-18 Aviator: R. Yanisch Aviators: George P. and James R. Mills 1914-18 Assembling Beech Pusher and photo of QBs Advertisement for aviation meet, Interlaken Field 1910 and other memorabilia regarding aviation DH-4 in World War I used for bombing and photo of American Squad World War I: Staaken DGO-1 bomber and Manfred 1917 Richtohofen about to test hop a Pfalz DR-1 triplane German aviators and planes 1915 Staaken R VI aeroplane American pilots with captured Fokker D-VII in France 1918 French Pre-WWI biplanes, Revue De l’Escadrille Pre World War I biplanes World War I biplanes Pamphlets on Major Raoul Lufbery WWI German aviators, planes “Falstaff” first beer delivered by aeroplane Santos Dumont, Brazilian aeronaut and inventor of dirigibles Santos Dumont’s “Demoiselle”, Louis Bleriot’s Canard 1911,15 Famous People (Kings) 1914 Early aviators 1914-18 Early biplanes 1911,12 Fokkers F-2, F-3, F-7A, F-7B, F-8, F-10, F-12, F-18, F-20, F-22, F-36 Fokkers Early Aircraft, Heinrich Bomber 1915 Early crashes 1914-18 Bleriot with J. Vedrines as aviator Unrelated aviation events (all unrelated) Germany Luftschiffhalle under construction 1911 Friesley Falcon 1921 Autogiro helicopter Balloons 1800s Dirigibles: United States, England, and Italy Route of C.P. Rogers in his Vin Fiz World’s Record Flight from Coast to Coast Morris Farman with Aviator Grahme, Boston- 1910 Harvard Aviation Meet Marten biplane “The Great Lakes Tourer” 1913 Wright Martin Trainer – Early Paratroop Development Severinsens H.C. Monoplane Early Aviators 1900s Seaplane arrival at Hammersmith Airport on Building Landing Vedrines of France (pro-aviation) Limaux Election Sir Hubert Wilkins, leader Polar Sub Expedition 1931 Box 5 1 Early Planes 2 Early planes, unidentified 3 Bleriot prototype, aviators, Korn Brothers with their Benoit Tractor, Bill Bleakley, Benoist 4 Benoist Flying Boat and miscellaneous photos 5 Early Birds in checkered hats 6 Bleriot Monoplane, Breguet XIX, Caproni, Siemans Schuckert D-IV, Boeing FB-5 packard engine 7 Fokker F VIII, Bleriot XI Monoplane, Misc. assortment of aviation postcards 8 Stuntman, Omar Locklear, various aviation photos 9 Unidentifed aviation photographs 1900s 10 Milwaukee’s Golden Anniversary of Flight, Wright Memorial, including Early Birds, Vin Fiz (a 2 passenger Wright Plane) 11 Curtiss JN4D, Curtiss Model D, “Sweetheart” 1912 Flying Jenny, Euler Triplane (pre-war), H.H. Ford’s 1901 Locomobile Steam Runabout, “Shaft-Driven Twin-Propeller Flying Boat”, Cole Flyer flown by R.G. Fowler, Start of the European Circuit Race, Deperdussins 12 Wright Brothers Plane, Bleriot flown by L.L. Walker, Euler Taube, Roland D VI, Aerocar, Beachey, Henry Farman Bi-plane, Observation Lindenburg, Beachey #2, Pomilio Scout, Gotha LD-2, Prof. Ernest Horvath’s first monoplane 1910 13 Miscellaneous later model airplanes 14 Miscellaneous aviators and inventors 15 Miscellaneous aviators 16 Miscellaneous aviators 17 Women aviators 18 Miscellaneous classic automobiles 1900s Box 6 1 Hildes-Heim Collection Summary 2 Hildes-Heim Book Collection 3 Hildes-Heim Collection 4 Hildes-Heim Contract for sale of Aviation Collection 5 Hildes-Heim Bill of Sale 6 Hildes-Heim Contract of Sale Box 7 1 Aviation Sheets, Magazine articles, “The Mentor” 1914 2 Business correspondence: Aeronautic Alumni Association Aero Club of Long Island 3 Ikarus Volatus in Nummis 4 Airmail correspondence 5 Airmail correspondence 6 Airmail correspondence 7 Airmail correspondence 8 Personal correspondence 9 Magazine articles, Miscellaneous aviation articles 10 Airmail articles Box 8 1-3 Aviation Book lists and catalogues miscellaneous Airmail, Aircraft catalogues Box 9 1-2 Personal correspondence 3 Newspaper clippings 4 Uncancelled stamps 5 Photos and miscellaneous items 6 Book lists and catalogues 7 Lighter-Than-Air pamphlets and articles 8 Hildes-Heim book collection 9 Personal correspondence regarding sale of collection Book lists Box 10 Midsize newspaper clippings Miscellaneous photographs of airmail covers Airmail Covers Autographed notes, letters, photographs Large loose airmail stamps 12 Witteman Illustrations Loose stamps Book: Flying History Philatelically Speaking Miscellaneous clippings, cards, stamps 62 photographs of WWII airplanes Aircraft recognition pamphlets 3 packages of recognition cards 1 box of photographs of various foreign medals Box 11 1 Lighter-Than-Air photographs of balloons 2 Lighter-Than-Air photographs , Prints 3 Lighter-Than-Air Zeppelins, Dirigibles 4 Lighter-Than-Air balloonists 5 Airmail photographs 6 Airmail covers 7 Airmail photographs: Hans Grade 8 Helicopters, Early planes 9 Helicopters, Photographs 10 Glenn Curtiss Aeroplane, Corporation: Photographs 11 Famous Plane Designers 12 Gordon Bennett 1911 13 Glenn Martin photographs 14 Sea Planes photographs 15 Sea Planes photographs 16 Seaplanes, ships, carriers: Photographs 17 Adams-Farwell Aeronautic Motor 18 Aviation sheet music 19 Burden library gift to Harvard 20 Catalogues 21 Engine Blueprint: J.J. Boland\ 22 Library Collections 23 Snadecki Engine 24 A True History of the Daring Aeronaut by Thomas Baldwin 25 Wright Brothers Box 12 Glass slides Box 13 Glass slides Box 14 1 Posthumous Work of Louis Mouillard 2 Bibliography of Louis Pierre Mouillard 3-4 La Memoire de Louis Pierre Mouillard Boxes 15, 16, 17 3 Boxes of glass slides Box 18 1 Philately, First Day Cover 2 Post cards: Essay of Wilbur Wright’s trial in the Conquest of the Air 3 The achievements of the Zeppelins 4 Monograph: Mosneron, J. Le Vallon Aerien 1810 5 Deutsche Zeppelin-Reederei: Graf Zeppelin souvenir 6 Brochure: Curtiss Flying Service 7 Monograph: Meerwein, Charles F., L’Art de Voler 1785 8 Autographs 9 Monograph: Lebaut, Rene 1911 10 Brochure: Louis Godard Cingenieur – Aeronaute 1914 11 Monograph: An Asylum for Fugitive Pieces in Prose 1784 and verse 12 Monograph: Mortane, Jacques, Les Dirigeabiles Tragique1938 13 Drama: Peter Wilins or the Flying Islanders 14 W.E. Hughes, Chronicles of Icarus 1930 15 Mallet, Francois, Les Aeronautes Les Colombo Philes 1909 16 Lilienthal, Practical Experiments in Soaring 1893 17 Monograph: Jaudon, Daniel, A Short System of Polite 1806 Learning Being an Epitome of the Arts and Sciences 18 Photographs, Aircraft Boxes 19 and 20 2 boxes of slides Boxes 21 and 22 2 card files Box 23 21 newspaper cuttings regarding Benoist and Henry Evers .
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