On June 26, 1940, it was announced by the Institute of the Aeronautical Sciences (IAS), a scientific society founded in 1932 that was made up of leading aeronautical specialists, that Paul Kollsman and Square D had provided the IAS with an endowment of $50,000 to found an aeronautical lending library at Rockefeller Center, New York City. The Paul Kollsman Library was a library of books, pamphlets, and other published materials which could be borrowed by people interested in aeronautics via postal mail within the United States. In 1941, $10,000 from the original endowment (the Paul Kollsman Fund) was used to found the Pacific Aeronautical Library at Hollywood, California, which was opened on October of that year. This collection consists of a scrapbook of press releases and clippings regarding the founding of the IAS' Paul Kollsman Library and Pacific Aeronautical Library.
Scope and Contents:
This collection consists of a scrapbook of press releases and clippings regarding the founding of the Institute of the Aeronautical Sciences' Paul Kollsman Library and Pacific Aeronautical Library. The scrapbook also includes portrait photographs of Kollsman and F. W. Magin, President of the Square D Company; a menu signed by attendees of a luncheon held in honor of Kollsman and Magin at Rockefeller Center, New York City, on July 18, 1940; a list of organizations using the Kollsman Library during 1940 to 1941; and a portrait of and biographical information relating to Sherman Fairchild.
Arrangement:
Collection is a single item.
Biographical / Historical:
Paul Kollsman (1900--1982), a German immigrant who came to the United States in 1923, founded the Kollsman Instrument Company in Elmshurst, Long Island, New York, in 1928, to manufacture precision aeronautical instruments. In 1939, the Kollsman Instrument Company was acquired by the Square D Company of Detroit, Michigan. On June 26, 1940, it was announced by the Institute of the Aeronautical Sciences (IAS), a scientific society founded in 1932 that was made up of leading aeronautical specialists, that Paul Kollsman and Square D had provided the IAS with an endowment of $50,000 to found an aeronautical lending library at Rockefeller Center, New York City (home of the IAS). The Paul Kollsman Library (as it was known) was a library of books, pamphlets, and other published materials which could be borrowed by people interested in aeronautics via postal mail within the United States. In 1941, $10,000 from the original endowment (the Paul Kollsman Fund) was used to found the Pacific Aeronautical Library at Hollywood, California, which was opened on October of that year. Kollsman provided an additional $65,000 to the IAS on December 17, 1941, to further aid in the operation of these libraries. The Institute of Aeronautical Sciences merged in 1963 with the American Rocket Society to form the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA).
Provenance:
Institute of the Aeronautical Sciences, Gift, NASM.XXXX.0319.
Restrictions:
No restrictions on access
Rights:
Material is subject to Smithsonian Terms of Use. Should you wish to use NASM material in any medium, please submit an Application for Permission to Reproduce NASM Material, available at Permissions Requests.
Institute of the Aeronautical Sciences (U.S.) Search this
Container:
Box 1, Item 1
Type:
Archival materials
Scope and Contents:
Blank pages in the original scrapbook have not been digitally reproduced in slideshow, any gaps in numbering of filenames are due to their omission. All pages with content are shown.
Collection Restrictions:
No restrictions on access
Collection Rights:
Material is subject to Smithsonian Terms of Use. Should you wish to use NASM material in any medium, please submit an Application for Permission to Reproduce NASM Material, available at Permissions Requests.
Collection Citation:
Paul Kollsman Fund Libraries Scrapbook, NASM.XXXX.0319, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
Exhibition of early American children's books of aeronautical interest, dime novels about flying machines, aviation fiction for boys and girls, from the Bella C. Landauer Aeronautical Collection
Author:
Institute of the Aeronautical Sciences (U.S.) Search this
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This collection contains one scrapbook which includes photographs and a news clipping pertaining to various aviation organizations in the United States, the United Kingdom, France, and Germany. Also in the collection are a number of loose documents relating to the Guggenheim estate, Hempstead House, in Long Island, New York that was donated to the Institute of the Aeronautical Sciences in 1917.
Scope and Contents:
This collection contains one scrapbook, measuring approximately 11 by 12.5 inches, which includes photographs and a news clipping pertaining to various aviation organizations in the United States, the United Kingdom, France, and Germany. Organizations included in the scrapbook are the Institute of the Aeronautical Sciences; Aero Club of America; Royal Aeronautical Society (UK); Royal Aero Club of the United Kingdom of Great Britain; Aero-Club Von Deutschland (Germany); Rangsdorf Aviation Club (Germany); Lilienthal-Gesellschaft für Luftfahrtforschung (Germany); and the Aero Club of France. The photographs show exterior and detailed interior views of the facilities of these organizations. The scrapbook also contains a news clipping regarding the move into new headquarters for the Aero Club of America in 1911, and several photographs that appear to show an aviation-related exhibit in an unknown location that includes images of several trophies. Also in the collection are a number of loose documents relating to the Guggenheim estate, Hempstead House, in Long Island, New York that was donated to the Institute of the Aeronautical Sciences in 1917. These documents include floor plans of the first and second floors of the house; a topographical map of the estate grounds; and a map of Long Island with the estate marked on it. Finally, the collection includes a chart relating to various topics in the area of aviation medicine and what entities are doing research about them.
Arrangement:
Collection is in original order.
Biographical / Historical:
During the early flight period, World War I, and on into the 1920s and 1930s, numerous famous flights by pioneering pilots represented the cultural acceptance of the airplane from an entertaining novelty into an instrument of commerce, a weapon of war, and a vehicle for spectacle. In response, there emerged a new form of technological enthusiasm called "air-mindedness." To be airminded meant the zealous support of aviation to bring about the next great era in human civilization, which many people called the "Air Age." During this time period, numerous aviation-related societies and clubs were formed.
Provenance:
Institute of the Aeronautical Sciences, Gift, NASM.XXXX.0269.
Restrictions:
No restrictions on access
Rights:
Material is subject to Smithsonian Terms of Use. Should you wish to use NASM material in any medium, please submit an Application for Permission to Reproduce NASM Material, available at Permissions Requests.
Institute of the Aeronautical Sciences (U.S.) Search this
Container:
Box 1, Folder 1
Type:
Archival materials
Scope and Contents:
Blank pages in scrapbook have not been digitally reproduced. Any gaps in numbering are due to their omission.
Collection Restrictions:
No restrictions on access
Collection Rights:
Material is subject to Smithsonian Terms of Use. Should you wish to use NASM material in any medium, please submit an Application for Permission to Reproduce NASM Material, available at Permissions Requests.
Collection Citation:
Aviation Societies and Clubs Scrapbook, NASM.XXXX.0269, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
Institute of the Aeronautical Sciences (U.S.) Search this
Container:
Box 1, Folder 2
Type:
Archival materials
Collection Restrictions:
No restrictions on access
Collection Rights:
Material is subject to Smithsonian Terms of Use. Should you wish to use NASM material in any medium, please submit an Application for Permission to Reproduce NASM Material, available at Permissions Requests.
Collection Citation:
Aviation Societies and Clubs Scrapbook, NASM.XXXX.0269, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
Aloft in the Shenandoah II : how Lew Heinsling earned the right to fly in Uncle Sam's newest dirigible / by Lewis E. Theiss ; illustrated by Frank T. Merrill
Author:
Theiss, Lewis E (Lewis Edwin) 1878-1963 Search this
Ill:
Merrill, Frank T (Frank Thayer) b. 1848 Search this
Former owner:
Institute of the Aeronautical Sciences (U.S.) DSI Search this
