Restrictions on Access
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Existence and Location of Copies
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Provenance/Source of Acquisition
Preferred Citation
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UCLA Catalog Record ID
Biography
Scope and Content
Organization and Arrangement
Contributing Institution:
UCLA Library Special Collections
Title: Alexander Klemin papers
Creator:
Klemin, Alexander
Identifier/Call Number: LSC.0843
Physical Description:
116.5 Linear Feet
(233 boxes)
Physical Description:
1 oversize_boxes
(84 oversize boxes)
Date (inclusive): 1900-1950
Abstract: Alexander Klemin (1888-1950) was the head of the Aeronautics Department at MIT (1917), head of the Guggenheim School of Aeronautics
at New York University's College of Engineering (1925-45), and the author of
Textbook Of Aeronautical Engineering,
If you Want to Fly,
Simplified Aerodynamics and
Airplane Stress Analysis. The collection contains correspondence, lectures, reports, designs, photographs, patents, and related printed material concerning
the technical and historical aspects of aeronautics, including the development of the helicopter and the gyroscope.
Physical Location: Stored off-site. All requests to access special collections material must be made in advance using the request button located
on this page.
Language of Material: Materials are in English.
Restrictions on Access
Open for research. All requests to access special collections materials must be made in advance using the request button located
on this page.
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
PORTIONS OF THIS COLLECTION HAVE BEEN DIGITIZED. See the Existence and Location of Copies note for the link to the digitized
materials.
Existence and Location of Copies
Restrictions on Use and Reproduction
Property rights to the physical objects belong to UCLA Library Special Collections. All other rights, including copyright,
are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright
and pursue the copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC Regents do not hold the copyright.
Provenance/Source of Acquisition
Kraus Periodicals, Incorporated, purchase, 1963.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Alexander Klemin Papers (Collection 843). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research
Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
Processing Information
Processed by Manuscripts Division staff, 1997.
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UCLA Catalog Record ID
Biography
Alexander Klemin was born in London, May 15, 1888; BS, London University, 1907; immigrated to the U.S., 1914; MS, Massachusetts
Institute of Technology (MIT), 1915; became a U.S. citizen while head of the Aeronautics Department at MIT, 1917; Officer-in-charge
of the Research Department, Army Air Service, at McCook Field, Dayton, Ohio during World War I; head, Guggenheim School of
Aeronautics at New York University College of Engineering, 1925-45; author of
Textbook Of Aeronautical Engineering,
If you Want to Fly,
Simplified Aerodynamics, and
Airplane Stress Analysis; technical editor,
Aviation magazine, 1915-1917; member, Royal Aeronautical Society, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Society of Automotive
Engineers; died, 1950.
Scope and Content
Collection contains correspondence, lectures, reports, designs, photographs, patents, and related printed material concerning
the technical and historical aspects of aeronautics, including the development of the helicopter and the gyroscope. The collection
comprises the professional papers of Alexander Klemin as well as materials used by him as a professor. Of note is an alphabetical
subject index of more than 150,000 entries to articles about helicopters, aviation, and gyroscopes in many technical journals.
Organization and Arrangement
Arranged in the following series:
- Lectures file.
- Helicopter file.
- Technical file.
- Research.
- Miscellaneous.
- Spin test.
- Helicopter patents.
- Klemin's subject index to articles in technical journals (card file).
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Universities and colleges -- Faculty -- Archives.
Aeronautical engineers -- United States -- Archives.
Aeronautics -- History -- Sources.
Aerodynamics -- History -- Sources.
Klemin, Alexander, 1888-1950--Archives.