Descriptive Summary
Administrative Information
Biography
Scope and Content
Organization and Arrangement
Indexing Terms
Subjects
Descriptive Summary
Title: Elizabeth Hiatt Gregory Collection of Material About American Aviation,
Date (inclusive): 1900-1945
Collection number: 313
Creator: Gregory, Elizabeth Hiatt, b. 1872
Extent:
6 boxes (3 linear ft.)
Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections.
Los Angeles, California 90095-1575
Abstract: Elizabeth Hiatt Gregory (1872- ) was a journalist and lecturer in the field of aviation. She was a correspondent for the
Harpers Bazaar,
Town and Country, the
New York Times, the
New York Tribune and the
New York Sun. The collection consists of correspondence, photographs, clippings, and related ephemeral materials collected by Elizabeth
Gregory. The collection materials focus on pioneer men and women aviators, balloons, the Hindenburg, and the role of aviation
in World War I and World War II.
Physical location: Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLA Library, Department
of Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
Language:
English.
Administrative Information
Restrictions on Use and Reproduction
Property rights to the physical object belong to the UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections. Literary 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.
Restrictions on Access
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Open for research. Advance notice required for access. Contact the UCLA Library, Department
of Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
Provenance/Source of Acquisition
Purchase.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Elizabeth Hiatt Gregory Collection of Material About American Aviation (Collection 313). Department
of Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
UCLA Catalog Record ID
Biography
Elizabeth Hiatt Gregory was born in 1872; journalist and lecturer in the field of aviation; claimed to be the only woman journalist
present at the historic first successful flight of the Wright Brothers at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina; correspondent for the
Harpers Bazaar,
Town and Country, and the
New York Times,
New York Tribune and
New York Sun; wrote a book,
Show Window of Life (1955); died in Los Angeles, 1955.
Biographical Narrative
Elizabeth Hiatt Gregory, dean of aviation reporters, became the first woman journalist and lecturer in the field of aviation
as it began with the Wright Brothers and continued until her death in 1955. Her collection was the basis of a book she wrote
in 1944 entitled
Show Window of Life. Her main desire was to collect information on the firsts of aviation which was to depict as many first time events in the
field as possible. Her own lectures and articles in newspapers and magazines add a personal touch to this history of aviation
collection.
The material listed in this register consists of correspondence, official and private photographs, photocopies, magazine articles,
newspaper clippings, and lecture notes.
Scope and Content
Collection consists of correspondence, photographs, clippings, and related ephemeral materials collected by aviation journalist
and lecturer Elizabeth Gregory. The collection materials focus on pioneer men and women aviators, balloons, the Hindenburg,
and the role of aviation in World War I and World War II. Pioneer aviators mentioned in the collection include Orville and
Wilbur Wright, Harriet Quimby, Amelia Earhart, and Glenn Hammond Curtiss.
Organization and Arrangement
Arranged in the following series:
- Collection arranged alphabetically by subject.
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Gregory, Elizabeth Hiatt, b. 1872--Archives.
Women journalists--United States--Archival resources.
Air pilots.
Aeronautics--History.
Online resources.
Name Index
Doolittle, James Harold, 1896-
Ovington, Earle, 1879-1936
Balwin, Thomas Scott, 1860-1923
Martin, Glenn L., 1886-1955
Post, Augustus, 1873-
Curtiss, Glenn Hammond, 1878-1930
Hammer, William Joseph, 1858-1934
Mars, J.C. 1876-
Byrd, Richard Evelyn, 1888-1957
Hughes, Howard Robard, 1905-
Linbergh, Charles Augustus, 1902-
Post, Wiley, 1900-1935
Kingsford-Smith,
Sir Charles, d. 1935
Turner, Roscoe, 1895-
Da Vinci, Leonardo, 1452-1519 see also Leonardo Da Vinci
Maxim,
Sir Hiram Stevens, 1840-1916
Stringfellow, John, 1799-1883
Lilienthal, Otto, 1848-1896
Chanute, Octave, 1832-1910
Langley, Samuel Pierpont, 1834-1906
Paulhan, Louis, 1883-
Morriss, Percy George Brockhurst 1884-
Allen, James, 1906-
Chambers, Washington Irving, 1856-1934
Collings, Kenneth Brown, 1898-1941
Corrigan, Douglas, 1907-
Beachey, Lincoln, 1887-1915
Winslow, Alam, 1895-
Cochran, Jacqueline--orphan, no record of birth
Earhart, Amelia, 1898-1937
McQueen, Elizabeth (Lippincott),
Moisant, Matilde, 1888-1912
Miller, Bernetta, 1886-
Nichols, Ruth R. 1901-
Quimby, Harriet, 1884-1912
Thaden, Louise (McPhetridge), 1905-
Wright, Orville, 1871-1948
Wright, Wilbur, 1867-1912
Selfridge, Thomas E. d. 1909
Brookins, Walter R., 1888-
Subjects
Aeronautics--History
Aeroplanes, Company
Air mail service--U.S.
Aeroplane facing
Air-ships
Clipper-ships
Aeronautics--Flights
Air pilots
Aeroplanes--Models
Aeronautics, Military
European War, 1914-1918--aerial operations
World War, 1939-1945--aerial operations
Parachutes
Aeroplanes, Private
Aeroplanes, Military
Women in Aeronautics
Aeronautics--U.S.