The Descriptive Finding Guide for the Henry Cord Meyer LTA Collection SDASM.SC.10194

Folder 1 – Data – Zeppelin Werke 1921-1936 Folder includes: Basic microfilm data – Political Archives, German Foreign Ministry.

Folder 2 – Data – Bonn-Koblenz references 1985 Folder includes: Material from Political Archives, German Foreign Ministry, Bonn and Bundesarchiv, Koblenz; correspondence 1981-1985 (bulk 1985); reprint of Gatzke, H. “The Stresemann Papers.” Journal of Modern History 26, no. 1 (March 1, 1954): 49–59. Guide to archive of Friedrich Ebert Foundation (booklet); chronology.

Folder 3 – Material & news reports – ZR-3 and USS Shenandoah 1924 Folder includes: USS Los Angeles (ZR-3) material and USS Shenandoah (ZR-1) news reports

Folder 5 – Material – Landesmuseum für Technik und Arbeit – Mannheim 1938 Folder includes: Johann Schütte biography/lecture (1938).

Folder 6 – Photographs & news clippings – Graf Zeppelin – Hamburg-Amerika Luftfahrt Folder includes: 20 photographs; 4 news clippings.

Folder 7 – Material – HAPAG-DELAG 1908-1938 Folder includes: HAPAG (Hamburg American Packet-shipping Joint-stock company, aka Hamburg America Line); DELAG (German Airship Transportation Corporation Ltd).

Folder 8 – Basic Data – German inflation 1924

Folder 9 – Material – Luftschiffbau Zeppelin-Goodyear Folder includes: Zeppelin-Goodyear research 1 of 4; Rolf Striedacher Mss; correspondence.

Folder 10 – Material – Luftschiffbau Zeppelin-Goodyear

Folder 11 – Material – Luftschiffbau Zeppelin-Goodyear Folder includes: Zeppelin-Goodyear research 3 of 4; Rolf Striedacher documents; correspondence.

Folder 12 – Material – Luftschiffbau Zeppelin-Goodyear Folder includes: Zeppelin-Goodyear research 4 of 4; Rolf Striedacher documents.

Folder 13 – Report – Federal Aviation Commission – Lighter-Than-Air Craft (Public Hearings) 1934 Folder includes: Report. Witnesses: Dr. Hugo Eckener, Ewing Y. Mitchell, Paul W. Litchfield, George W. Lewis; 29 Oct 1934.

Folder 14 – Data from Presseabteilung Folder includes: Material from Org Pressedienst Ger 1920 ff; Bauer 1962 text (Press Policy - Weimar); Lückenhaus 1955 text; Squires 1987 speech; correspondence.

Folder 15 – Correspondence re Australia 1983-1987 Folder includes: Material re Empire Air Service (proposed); Australian Archives documents 1922-1928; (2) photographs.

Folder 16 – Material – Sweden and Zeppelin 1925-1929 Folder includes: Aero Arctic 1929 (Royal Canadian Air Force memo); HCM research notes; correspondence.

Folder 17 – Data – Germany/Sweden 1925

Folder 18 – Booklets – Graf Zeppelin, Hindenburg

Folder 19 – Magazines – 5 airship titles Folder includes: 5 magazines, 55 issues. AirshipWorld (3 issues); Buoyant Flight (22 issues); Dirigible (28 issues); Dixmude-Airship and Commander (1 issue); Zeppelin-Centenary (1 issue).

Folder 1 – National Archives & dirigibles – USA, England, Germany

Folder 2 – Contracts – USA – Netherlands – Germany, re airships Folder includes: American Zeppelin Transport contract with Deutsch Zeppelin Transport; Draft prospectus, Nederlandsche Luchschip Reederij. Text of Eckener address, Liederkranz Club, NY; other Eckener texts: "Die Fahrt um Die Welt" (The Trip Around the World); "Die Arktisfahrt" (The Arctic Trip); "Politische Mittelmeerfahrten."

Folder 3 – Correspondence & documents – Development of U.S. and foreign airships, airmail 1922-1975 Folder includes: Correspondence and documents re Pan American Airways 1922-1972; HCM correspondents include John C. Leslie 1974-1975, Alvin D. Coox, William M. Leary. Documents include letters of Dennistoun Burney, Alden R. Crawford, Frank Gledhill, Woods Humphrey, Paul Litchfield, Juan T. Trippe. Bulk 1928-1945.

Folder 4 – Documents – Development of early U.S. and German airships 1921-1937 Folder includes: Stuttgart Archive documents 1924-1937 (bulk 1926); Zeppelin-Spende Württemburg; Public Records Office, Air Ministry documents 1921-1931 (bulk 1931).

Folder 5 – Documents from Bundesarchiv (1 of 2) Folder includes: microfilmed documents (46 total, with listing); items 1 - 31.

Folder 6 – Documents from Bundesarchiv (2 of 2) Folder includes: microfilmed documents items 32-46.

Folder 7 – Dirigibles – Russia – U.S. Office of Naval Intelligence 1930

Folder 8 – Record of work at Political Archives, German Foreign Ministry, Bonn Folder includes: Correspondence 1973-1979 (bulk 1974 Paul Max Weber); Political Archives, German Foreign Ministry document lists; news clipping re Charles E. Bohlen; 1933 letter from U.S. Post Office Department to F. W. von Meister re mail service on Graf Zeppelin & commemorative stamp issue.

Folder 9 – Material – Strumann Archive (1 of 2) Folder includes: Werner Strumann memoirs; data; news clippings; correspondence.

Folder 10 – Material – Strumann Archive (2 of 2) Folder includes: Data from Werner Strumann re Zeppelin, Hugo Eckener; photocopies of articles; news clippings; (20) photographs.

Folder 11 – Correspondence & data – Canada – Transatlantic crossings & mail service (1 of 2) Folder includes: Correspondence with Barry J. Countryman; news clippings; data re R-100 Visit to Canada 1930.

Folder 12 – Correspondence & data – Canada – Transatlantic crossings & mail service (2 of 2) Folder includes: Correspondence with Barry J. Countryman; news clippings; data re R-100 Visit to Canada 1930.

Folder 13 – Material – U.S. State Department – Sale of helium to Germany 1919-1939 Folder includes: National Archives research 1973; documents 1919-1939 (bulk 1933-1938).

Folder 14 – Political Archives, German Foreign Ministry – Telegrams on Zeppelin and planes 1924-1926

Folder 15 – Basil Collier – Excerpts on Zeppelin 1974 Folder includes: Photocopy of excerpts from Collier's 1974 book, The airship: A history. New York: Putnam.

Folder 16 – Documents – Luftschiffbau Zeppelin (LBZ) Folder includes: Photocopies re Luftschiffbau Zeppelin; Archives Luftschiffbau Zeppelin (Zeppelin Metallwerke Friedrichshafen).

Folder 17 – Material – U.S. Zeppelin corporations Folder includes: Research material, LTA Society Collection, University of Akron; (1) photograph of USS Akron.

Folder 18 – Telegrams – Zeppelin Trips 1930-1936 Folder includes: Photocopies – Political Archives, German Foreign Ministry. Vols VI - XI Jan 1930 -Sep 1936.

Folder 19 – R-34 Transatlantic Flight/Why Airships failed Folder includes: Article reprint: Transatlantic Flight of R-34 (Recommendations, 1919); correspondence & copy of article by Brooks, P. (1974) "Why the Airship Failed."

Folder 20 – Telegrams – Zeppelin Foreign Flights, Embassy 1928-1929 Folder includes: Photocopies – Political Archives, German Foreign Ministry. Vols. I - V.

Folder 21 – Telegrams – Zeppelin flights to Japan, U.S., Spain 1928-1936 Folder includes: Photocopies – Political Archives, German Foreign Ministry 1928-1929; U.S. National Archives, Attaché Reports 1929-1936.

Folder 1 – Correspondence and documents– Lufthansa Archives Folder includes: Documents re Lufthansa fleet 1919-1944.

Folder 2 OS – Correspondence & Herzog material – Schütte-Lanz 1939-1979 Folder includes: Documents, 6 photographs re Johann Schütte and the Schütte-Lanz Company (ref. Herzog). Folder removed to Oversize Box 13.

Folder 3 – Correspondence & Mss. – Dr. Douglas H. Robinson, M.D. 1981-1986

Folder 4 – Correspondence re Schütte-Lanz 1977-1979 Folder includes: Letters – Wilhelm Hillman; Johannes Friedrich Jahn.

Folder 5 OS – Correspondence – LTA Society 1979-1984 Folder includes: Material re Lighter-than-air Society; A. Dale Topping; Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company. Folder removed to Oversize Box 13.

Folder 6 – Correspondence – Sir Peter G. Masefield 1976-1982

Folder 7 OS – Documents – F. W. von Meister Folder includes: Zeppelin history; Documentary film introduction by F. W. von Meister. Folder removed to Oversize Box 13.

Folder 8 – Documents – F. W. Von Meister

Folder 9 – Papers – Karl H. Von Weigand 1924-1947 Folder includes: Photocopies of material from Karl H. Von Weigand Papers at Hoover Institution re Graf Zeppelin flights.

Folder 10 – Papers – Hans von Schiller

Folder 11 – Correspondence – Hans Georg Knäusel 1981-1984 Folder includes: Copies of 1922 correspondence of Alfred Colsman to Hugo Eckener and Colsman with Ludwig Dürr

Folder 12 – Correspondence – Capt. Franklin D. Buckley, US Navy (Ret.), et al. 1967-1983 Folder includes: Letters – Harriet E. Pletsch von Schiller, et al.

Folder 13 – Correspondence – Capt. Paul D. Ryan, U.S. Naval History Division Folder includes: Chronology of LTA History in the U.S. Navy 1915-1962; correspondence 1972.

Folder 14 – Correspondence – various (with data) 1976-1985

Folder 15 – Material from Douglas H. Robinson 1919-1926 Folder includes: Documents re Hugo Eckener and Ernst A. Lehmann.

Folder 16 – Papers – Dr. Uwe Eckener Collection 1917-1981 Folder includes: Hugo Eckener speeches; correspondence from F. W. von Meister; correspondence from Uwe Eckener to HCM.

Folder 17 – Correspondence & data – Zeppelin service 1937

Folder 18 – Helium controversy 1930s Folder includes: Material re Germany & Helium pre-1937.

Folder 19 – Airship operations Folder includes: Material – F. W. von Meister; Ernst A. Lehmann; Operation Report Jan 1937.

Folder 20 – Correspondence – Sir Henry Self 1974 Folder includes: 1974 excerpt from Kings Norton letter re Self; 1974 HCM & Sir Henry Self re British dirigible program planning, R-101 disaster.

Folder 21 – Papers – Johann Schütte (1 of 2)

Folder 22 OS – Papers – Johann Schütte (2 of 2) Folder includes: Folder removed to Oversize Box 13.

Folder 23 – Material – Airship Transportation Folder includes: Documents & correspondence; 3.5" computer disk labeled "Meyer Airship Leftovers."

Folder 24 OS – Material – Airship Transportation Folder includes: Letter of Eduard Schildhauer to Johann Schütte, 1 Jun 1923. Folder removed to Oversize Box 13.

Folder 25 – Material – Commercial Airship Transportation 1920-1940 Folder includes: American Zeppelin Transport memorandum re American Commercial Airships (1937); report by Max Prüss (1940); report by Walter Bleistein (1928);(1) photograph.

Folder 26 – The Zeppelin and city industry Folder includes: Essay by Elmar L. Kuhn (circa 1986) "Zeppelin and the Industrialization of Friedrichshafen."

Folder 27 – Correspondence & data – John Duggan Nov 1994-Jan 1998 Folder includes: Duggan data; 1 color postcard "Das Luftschiff über Mainz" (tr. The airship over Mainz) – Zeppelin Study Group.

Folder 28 – Correspondence – John Duggan 1997-2000

Folder 29 – Correspondence – John Duggan Jun 1999-May 2000

Folder 30 – Correspondence – John Duggan 2000 Folder includes: Notes on ideas for Zeppelin Documents book.

Folder 31 – Correspondence – John Duggan Jun 2000-Aug 2001

Folder 32 – Duggan Data & Correspondence – Airship Documents Folder includes: Correspondence between HCM and Duggan 1994-1998.

Folder 33 – Galley proof – Airships in International Affairs 1900-1941 2001

Folder 34 – Correspondence – Smithsonian Institution Press 1988-1996

Folder 35 – Correspondence – Smithsonian Institution Press – publicity problems 1990-1993 Folder includes: Letters re HCM 1991 book, Airshipmen, Businessmen, and Politics, 1890-1940.

Folder 1 – Correspondence Bulk, 1999-2000 Folder includes: Correspondents: Dr. Wolfgang Meighörner (Zeppelin Museum),1995-2000; Sir Peter G. Masefield 1985-1999; William Trimble 1999-2000; miscellaneous 1998-1999.

Folder 2 – Correspondence Bulk, 1994-1998 Folder includes: Correspondents: Hans G. Knäusel; Sir Peter G. Masefield; Werner Strumann; miscellaneous (bulk).

Folder 3 – Correspondence, data, notes – History of radar development 1975-1987 Folder includes: Correspondence 1975-1987; documents – Hans von Schiller archive; article photocopies – history of radar development; LZ 130 Graf Zeppelin II spy flight 1939; research for Chapter X, Airshipmen.

Folder 4 – Zeppelin LZ 130 spy flight 1939 Folder includes: Flight log of LZ 130 Graf Zeppelin II (1939); correspondence; news clippings re Capt. Heinrich Bauer.

Folder 5 – Diary – Harold L. Ickes – excerpts re Navy, helium Folder includes: HCM research notes.

Folder 6 – Books & periodicals 1985-2004 Folder includes: 7 books and 4 periodical issues; includes SDASM inventory.

Folder 7 – Book photocopy – Vaeth – Graf Zeppelin 1958 Folder includes: Vaeth, J. G. (1958). Graf Zeppelin: The adventures of an aerial globetrotter. New York: Harper.

Folder 8 – Prospectus for Netherlands Airship Company Folder includes: Photocopies – Zeppelin & Netherlands - Indies.

Folder 9 – Material – Zeppelin & Nazi power Folder includes: Documents (1936); HCM notes; article photocopy: C. H. Ganz, Graf Zeppelin and the Swastika: Conflicting symbols at the 1933 Chicago World's Fair (1988) National Aerospace Conference Proceedings [Dayton: Wright State University, 1999), 56-66.

Folder 10 – Correspondence – A. Dale Topping et al. 1973-1993 Folder includes: Material – LTA Society (Akron).

Folder 11 – Book photocopy – Arpee – re beginnings of naval aviation 1953 Folder includes: Arpee, E. (1953). From frigates to flat-tops: The story of the life and achievements of Rear Admiral William Adger Moffett, U.S.N. Chicago, Ill: The Lakeside Press. Chapters 5-14 and bibliography.

Folder 12 – Research notes – Airship design

Folder 13 – Research notes & news clipping – Dornier Do X 1979 Folder includes: News clipping – 50th anniversary of Do X first flight, Schwabiche Zeitung NR 12 July 1979; with Werner Strumann notes attached.

Folder 14 – Goodyear advertising 1947 Folder includes: Photocopy of 1947 last Goodyear propaganda (HCM label).

Folder 15 – Material – German inflation Folder includes: HCM research notes; 3 article photocopies.

Folder 16 – Correspondence – William F. Trimble 1994-1999 Folder includes: Research notes & material – J. C. Hunsaker – Goodyear 1931-1933; Buoyant Flight, vol 39, no. 4 (July-Aug 1992).

Folder 17 – Shipping posters of Zeppelins to England 2000 Folder includes: Kirch (Jersey, U.K.) request – 4 historic airship posters.

Folder 18 – Zeppelin Company – U.S. plans 1920-1937 Folder includes: U.S. Consul Frankfort report on Zeppelin Company plans Jun 1937; text of Colsman Report of USA trip May-Jul 1920.

Folder 19 – German Navy airships 1893-1914 Folder includes: Documents re military airships.

Folder 20 – Russian plans for Zeppelins Folder includes: Postcard to HCM (with citation and magazine clipping taped to it); article re Russian plans for Zeppelins; 2 news clippings.

Folder 21 – Book photocopy – Rosenkranz biography of Ferdinand Graf von Zeppelin 1931 Folder includes: Rosenkranz, H. (1931). Ferdinand Graf von Zeppelin: Die Geschichte eines Abenteuerlichen Lebens. Berlin: Ullstein.

Folder 22 – Photographs (102) Folder includes: Prints, negatives, slides, and photocopies, various subjects; with handwritten inventory (not by HCM). Note: The contents of this folder were moved to Series III (Photographs), Box 12, Folder 42.

Folder 23 – Material – miscellaneous Folder includes: HCM curriculum vitae; 5 postcards; 2 envelopes; articles; news clippings; letters; various subjects; documents 1933-1936.

Folder 24 – Material – miscellaneous Folder includes: Research notes, articles; various subjects.

Folder 1 OS – Data – America Zeppelin Transport 1937-1938 Folder includes: Material re American business interests of Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company and Luftschiffbau Zeppelin. Folder removed to Oversize Box 13.

Folder 2 – Lufthansa Archives 1936

Folder 3 – German Navy and Zeppelin

Folder 4 – Zeppelin and politics (1 of 2)

Folder 5 – Zeppelin and politics (2 of 2) Folder includes: Research notes and news clippings.

Folder 6 – Correspondence – Kings Norton 1972-1974 Folder includes: HCM correspondence with H. R. Cox (Harold Roxbee Cox, Baron Kings Norton) re British dirigible program.

Folder 7 – Papers – British airships Folder includes: British private papers, correspondence, bibliographies.

Folder 8 – Correspondence – Crispin M. Rope, et al. 1975-1979 Folder includes: Correspondence with Crispin M. Rope and Professor Sir John Baker. Article photocopy: Knell, K. (1972) "Bring Back the Airship?"

Folder 9 – Correspondence – Sir Barnes Wallis et al. 1972-1973 Folder includes: 1933 Letter of N. S. Norway (Airspeed Ltd) to Squadron Leader R. S. Booth re R-100. Correspondence with J. E. Murpurgo.

Folder 10 – Correspondence & material – British dirigible program Folder includes: Material re Sir Dennistoun Burney and R-101; letter, A.W. Nayler & Royal Air Society Library.

Folder 11 – Correspondence – R.A.F. Marshalls Folder includes: Material re British dirigible program and Royal Air Force.

Folder 12 – Material – British dirigible program Folder includes: Photocopy of pamphlet R-100, Vickers 1928-1930; correspondence. c

Folder 13 – Documents & research notes Folder includes: Data documents from 1936; photocopy of news clipping; research notes.

Folder 14 – News clipping – Goodyear history 1937

Folder 15 – Material – LZ 130 Graf Zeppelin II 1938-1939 Folder includes: News clipping; 1st & 2nd drafts - Chapter VII; research notes.

Folder 16 – Material – R-100 visit to Canada Folder includes: Correspondence with Barry J. Countryman; Airship (newsletter) no. 998 article by Countryman, "The R-100 Visit to Canada"; news clippings.

Folder 17 – Material – Chapter II Folder includes: Photocopy of excerpts from Spanner, E.F. (1927). This Airship Business (London: Williams and Norgate); research notes.

Folder 18 – Material – U.S. airship development 1921-1924 Folder includes: U.S. Navy Press Release re USS Shenandoah

Folder 19 – Notes – 9B – UK, 1921-1924

Folder 20 – Notes – Chapter V Folder includes: Correspondence with Adolph G. Baeumker 1973; Carl F. Brand 1974.

Folder 21 – Correspondence – Chester M. Lewis 1974 Folder includes: Material re Eckener and the New York Times.

Folder 22 – Correspondence re U.S. Navy airships Folder includes: Correspondents: Kenneth J. Hagan; Douglas H. Robinson. Photocopy of Voletta 1987.

Folder 23 – Material – British dirigible program 1929-1930 Folder includes: Correspondence – Crispin M. Rope; data re R-101 & 9B.

Folder 24 – Correspondence – miscellaneous 1978-1999 Folder includes: Correspondents: John Baker; Lily Brook; Lianne Clark; Karl Clausberg; John Duggan; Guy Hartcup; John Horsfield; Kings Norton; T. A. Knowles; Sir Peter G. Masefield; Jack Morpurgo; A. W. L. Nayler; Patrick Parson; Douglas H. Robinson; Crispin M. Rope; Thomas G. W. “Tex” Settle; Richard K. Smith; Donald P. Steury; Lutz Tittel; A. Dale Topping; Sir Barnes Wallis.

Folders 25-32 British Dirigible Information

Folder 33 OS – Material – Chapter VI – U.S. Navy Folder includes: (1) photograph ("Sky Ships: The Navy goes everywhere" poster). Folder removed to Oversize Box 13.

Folder 34 – Material re South American flight routes – Brazil, France, Spain

Folder 35 – Material – Clarence H. "Dutch" Schildhauer, Capt. (USNR) Folder includes: Material re Dornier Company of America (General Motors Corporation); Flying boats (Do X); Charles L. McNary telegram; Senate bill S.4188.

Folder 36 – Russian dirigibles Folder includes: Material re chapter VI Russki.

Folder 37 – Washington Conference on the Emergence of the Carrier 1921-24 Folder includes: Journal - The Airpower Historian Vol VIII no 2 Apr 1961.

Folder 38 – Correspondence & documents – E. B. Cochran

Folder 39 – Material – Zeppelin flights 1931-1932

Folder 40 – Material – U.S. Naval airships Folder includes: news clippings, article reprints; ref Chapter VI.

Folder 41 – Material – Chapter VI – U.S. Navy Folder includes: Material re war gaming.

Folder 42 OS – Documents – miscellaneous 1925-1930 Folder includes: Material re British and American airships, 1925-1930; USS Akron (ZRS-4); R-101. Folder removed to Oversize Box 13.

Folder 43 – Documents – miscellaneous 1931-1935 Folder includes: Research notes re helium; photocopy of Merchants' Aircraft Hearing, U.S. House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce (H.R. 14447), Jan 28-29, 1931.

Folder 44 – Mixed data Folder includes: Correspondence (Brazil). Folder removed to Oversize Box 13.

Folder 45 – Mixed data Folder includes: Correspondence - various. Folder removed to Oversize Box 13.

Folder 46 – USA notes, 1921-1924 Folder includes: (1) photograph (1995) with card; letter of William F. Trimble (1997). Includes copy of Hunsaker, J. C. "The Development of Naval Aircraft Rigid Airships" (1923).

Folder 47 – USA mid 1921-1924

Folder 48 – Material – USA 1922-1924 Folder includes: Material re ZR-3 USS Los Angeles (LZ 126); helium; (1) photograph (Polaroid).

Folder 49 – Documents – miscellaneous 1989-1992 Folder includes: Research notes; correspondence: Manfred Bauer (1992), Douglas H. Robinson (1992), Golo Mann (1989); booklet: Friedrichshafen

Folder 50 – Documents – miscellaneous Folder includes: Correspondence; HCM articles re philately.

Folder 51 – Notes – various subjects Folder includes: Correspondence ; articles; Germany II.

Folder 52 – Miscellaneous – articles Folder includes: 4 photocopies.

Folder 53 – Miscellaneous – articles Folder includes: Notes for introduction.

Folder 54 – Data re Chaper I – Introduction Folder includes: Correspondence.

Folder 55 – Documents – miscellaneous re Colsman & Eckener Folder includes: 1 color postcard; correspondence between Paul Vittali and Werner Strumann 1966.

Folder 56 – Documents – miscellaneous

Folder 57 – Material – Industry and Zeppelins

Folders 1-6 Misc Documents

Folder 6 OS – Miscellaneous - various Folder includes: Articles; news clippings; correspondence. Folder removed to Oversize Box 13.

Folder 7 – Research notes Folder includes: articles; Carl Zuckmayer re Hugo Eckener (1948)

Folder 8 – Notes to Chapter V part I Folder includes: first draft of Chapter V.

Folder 9 – Documents – miscellaneous Folder includes: Correspondence; typescript; research notes.

Folder 10 – Documents – miscellaneous

Folder 11 – Data – USS Akron 1928-1931 Folder includes: Material re the USS Akron (ZRS-4 airship).

Folder 12 – Goering and propaganda

Folder 13 – Material – Chapter VI – U.S. Folder includes: Nazis and U.S. – USS Macon era.

Folder 14 – Building Akron and Macon Folder includes: Material regarding the helium airships USS Akron (ZRS-4) and USS Macon (ZRS-5).

Folder 15 – News clippings 1933-1940

Folder 16 – Macon – Navy attitudes 1933-1935 Folder includes: Materials related to the USS Macon (ZRS-5 airship); Chapter VI.8

Folder 17 OS – Documents – miscellaneous Folder includes: 1929 news clippings re Zeppelin. Folder removed to Oversize Box 13.

Folder 18 – War Plan Orange Folder includes: Correspondence.

Folder 19 – U.S. Navy – CV vs BB & Zeppelin Use 1930-1935 Folder includes: Correspondence with Michael Gannon 1990; articles re use of airships in relation to carriers versus battleships.

Folder 20 – Documents – Nazis and Eckener – LBZ

Folder 21 – Chapter VI – Outlines and drafts Folder includes: Correspondence.

Folder 22 – Chapter VI – Germany, 1931-1935 Folder includes: Timeline 1928-1938.

Folder 23 – Use of Zeppelins

Folder 24 – Chapter VI U.S. – Trippe, etc. Folder includes: Correspondence (Sir Peter G. Masefield); excerpts from book: Beaty, D. (1976). The Water Jump: The story of transatlantic flight. Material re J T. Trippe, J. T. and Pan American World Airways.

Folder 25 to 27 – 8x10 Note Cards – Various subjects, with listing tabs

Folder 1-29 Misc Documents

Folder 30 – Photocopies – book & article – early Zeppelin history Folder includes: Arnold, Ernst. 1909. Zeppelins Kampf und Sieg, der Jungend und dem deutschen Volke geschildert. Stuttgart: Verlag/Muller; Colsman, Alfred. 1929. Probleme der Wirtschaftlichkeit des Luftverkehrs. Friedrichshafen: [A. Lincke].

Wirtschaftlichkeit des Luftverkehrs. Friedrichshafen: [A. Lincke]. Folder 31 – Photocopy of book – early Zeppelin history 1938 Folder includes: Eckener, H. (1938). Count Zeppelin: The Man and his Work, trans. Leigh Farnell (London: Massie Publ. Co, Ltd).

Folder 32 – Articles & booklets Folder includes: von Schiller, H. (1938) Zeppelinbuch (Leipzig); Newton, P. (1995). Freud. From Youthful Dream to Mid-life crisis (NY Guilford Press); Das Werk Zeppelins (LBZ 1913); booklet: 1992 lecture by Wolfgang Meighhörner-Schardt re aeronautical development in Germany and France from 1800-1939 (French-German Assn. for Science & Technology); booklet: City of Friedrichshafen Jubilee (8 July 1988) on the 150th birthday of Ferdinand Graf von Zeppelin.

Folder 33 – Booklets – Zeppelin Study Group Newsletters (1 of 2) 1995-1997 Folder includes: 6 issues: Vol. 9, no. 34 (Feb 1995); Vol. 11, no. 41 (Dec 1996); Vol. 12, no. 42 (Feb 1997); Vol. 12, no. 43 (Jun 1997); Vol. 12, no. 44 (Sep 1997); Vol. 12, no. 45 (Dec 1997).

Folder 34 – Booklets – Zeppelin Study Group Newsletters (2 of 2) 1998-2001 Folder includes: 14 booklets. Series 2 Vol. 1, no. 1 (Feb 1998); Series 2 Vol. 1, no. 2 (Jun 1998); Series 2 Vol. 1, no. 3 (Sep 1998); Series 2 Vol. 1, no. 4 (Dec 1998); Series 2 Vol. 2, no. 1 (Mar 1999); Series 2 Vol. 2, no. 3 (Sep 1999); Series 2 Vol. 2, no. 4 (Dec 1999); Series 2 Vol. 3, no. 1 (Mar 2000); Series 2 Vol. 3, no. 2 (Jun 2000); Series 2 Vol. 3, no. 3 (Sep 2000); Series 2 Vol. 3, no. 4 (Dec 2000); Series 2 Vol. 4, no. 2 (Jun 2001). ZSG postal auction (Apr 2001); Beck mail auction (Jun 2001).

Folder 1 – Technology – Politics – Society Folder includes: Article photocopy: Dörfer, I. (1973). "The Welfare State and the Scientific State," System 37 Viggen: Arms, technology and the demestication of glory. Vol. 6.

Folder 2 – Correspondence – Charles A. Lindbergh 1974

Folder 3 – Correspondence – Franklin D. Roosevelt Library 1974

Folder 4 – Material – Franklin D. Roosevelt Library

Folder 5 – Material – Rear Admiral Scott E. Peck (USN)

Folder 6 – Correspondence re Zeppelin – Brazil Folder includes: Correspondence with John D. Wirth 1979-1981; data documents; (1) photograph.

Folder 7 – Correspondence – Sir Peter G. Masefield 1975-1980

Folder 8 – Correspondence – E. B. Cochran 1980, 1999 Folder includes: Material re R-101; British dirigible program 1919-1930

Folder 9 – Material – Commander Garland Fulton Folder includes: Documents 1922-1924; correspondence 1973-1974.

Folder 10 – Material – Goodyear Company Archives (1 of 4) Bulk, 1934 Folder includes: Goodyear-Zeppelin Corporation documents; correspondence 1973, 1982.

Folders 11-15 Misc Documents

Folder 16 – Correspondence – Clarence H. "Dutch" Schildhauer, Capt. (USNR) Folder includes: Material re Dornier Do X flight. Correspondence explaining the pros and cons of Balloon vs. Powered flight.

Folder 17 – Documents – Dornier Do X 1928-1931 Folder includes: Data re flying boat.

Folder 18 – Correspondence – Douglas H. Robinson 1972-1980 Folder includes: (6) photographs of LZ 129 Hindenburg.

Folder 19 – Documents – Propaganda re airships

Folder 20 – Correspondence – Richard K. Smith 1972-1975

Folder 21 – Papers – Garland Fulton 1920-1962 Folder includes: Chapter 2 from Draft for a Prospectus to Establish the Nederlandsche Luftschip Reederij (Report of Mr. J. E. Van Tijen, 1934).

Folder 22 – Correspondence – Werner Strumann 1975-1980 Folder includes: (1) photograph and (2) postcards (1 damaged: cancellation removed).

Folder 23 – Documents – Lobbying, Airship Corporation Folder includes: airship survey report - Goodyear-Zeppelin Corporation, 1946.

Folder 24 – Correspondence & documents – Alfred F. Weber Folder includes: from Weber-Karlsruhe private airship history archives

Folder 25 – Documents – miscellaneous, Bundesarchiv research 1979

Folder 26 – Correspondence & documents – Heinz M. Wronsky Folder includes: material re Deutshcen Zeppelin Reederei (German Zeppelin shipping company); (2) photocopies of 15 Jahre Luftfarht; (1) photograph (Zeppelin in Nazi propaganda).

Folder 27 – Correspondence & documents – Max Schorn & Küter Folder includes: Bulk of documents re Eckener, 1932; incl. 1 booklet: Miller, O. (1932). Deutsche Not - Geutsche Hoffnung 6 Rundfunkreden an d. deutsche Nation ("German hardship, German hope - 6 broadcasts to the German people").

Folder 28 OS – Correspondence & documents – Lotte Simon-Eckener Folder includes: Eckener papers (Konstanz) via Lotte Simon-Eckener; (1) photograph of Hugo Eckener.

Folder 29 – Correspondence – Hans Georg Knäusel

Folder 30 – Documents – Alfred F. Weber archive Folder includes: book photocopy – August Maier – Erinnerungen aus meiner dienstzeit beim luftschiffbau zeppelin 1908-1941 ("August Maier: Memories from my service at the Airship Zeppelin Company 1908-1941") (Eine Abscrift aud dem Jahre 1967); letter from Klaus F. Prüss to Weber 12 Jun 1962.

Folder 31 – Correspondence – Hans Von Schiller 1971-1981

Folder 32 – Material re Zahnradfabrik Friedrichshafen AG Folder includes: Correspondence – Heinz Steüde, Wolfgang Fix; news clippings, annual report ZF-Ring 1962; ZF Company history 1965 (2 copies).

Folders 33-47 Misc Correspondences

Folder 1 – Correspondence – LTA Reunion, Pensacola 1980-1981 Folder includes: Correspondence; business cards and notes; 1980 LTA Reunion program; attendees lists; HCM reunion report (in German). Correspondents: R. G. Van Treuren, Dennis R. Kromm, William F. Althoff, Cheryl Johnson, Zenon Hansen, G. Edward Rice, Carl J. Sieberlich, W. H. McLaughlin.

Folder 2 – Material – Research, New York Times and Times (London) Indexes (photocopies) 1918-1938 Folder includes: Research notes, chronology; index search topics: German-Allies & Zeppelins (1918-1924); Zeppelins, civil aviation & Locarno negotiations (1924-1926); chronology on Hugo Eckener; commercial & naval airship contract negotiations.

Folder 3 OS – Photocopies – Los Angeles Examiner, August 27, 1929 Folder includes: Articles re: Graf Zeppelin World Trip. Folder removed to Oversize Box 13.

Folder 5 – Correspondence & material – J. Gordon Vaeth 1972-1975 Folder includes: News clippings; HCM research notes; Vaeth article "Daughter of the Stars," US Naval Institute Proceedings, Sep 1973 (photocopy); mss Kurt R. Stehling & Vaeth "Return of the Dirigible?" Aug 2, 1973; reprint Francis Morse, George J. O'Hara, Vladimir H. Pavlecka, Kurt R. Stehling, and J. Gordon Vaeth. "Dirigibles: Aerospace Opportunities for the '70s and '80s," reprint from Astronautics & Aeronautics, Nov 1972 ; V. H. Pavlecka. Letter to the editor "Airship Development," Aviation Week & Space Technology, May 22, 1972; Richard G. O'Lone. "Lighter-Than-Air Technology Broadens" Aviation Week (Sep 30, 1974); (1) photograph negative, (4) prints – 3 cent US postage of Navy Airship Patrol.

Folder 6 – Correspondence – Thomas G. W. Settle, Vice Admiral (USN) Folder includes: Correspondence, news clippings; HCM research notes, HCM interview report.

Folder 7 – Documents – Vladimir H. Pavlecka – Metal Clad 1975 Folder includes: Report of 1975 interview with Pavlecka re Metal clad ZMC-2 airship.

Folder 8 – Material – William L. "Billy" Mitchell, Brigadier General

Folder 9 – Correspondence – Bundesarchiv 1972-1974

Folder 10 – HCM Book – Airshipmen, Businessmen and Politics, 1890-1940 (photocopy) Folder includes: Complete photocopy for submission; photocopies of photographs attached.

Folder 11 – Material for book, including photo information 1997-2000 Folder includes: Correspondence (book related, various correspondents); journal: Kultur & Tecknik 1/1994, with pp.10-18 HCM article "Im Bann eines 'technologischen Fehlgriffs' Luftschiffe - oder: Wechselwirkungen zwischen Technik und Politik" ("Under the spell of 'technological missile' airships - or: Interactions between technology and politics").

Folder 12 – Material – Scott E. Peck, Rear Admiral (USN) Folder includes: Correspondence, articles, news clippings, documents incl. 6 May 1935 Report on USS Macon Activities; Memorandum 2 Jul 1942 re: Helium supplies; Photocopy of Hearings before a Joint Committee to Investigate Dirigible Disasters, US Congress, 22 May - 6 Jun 1933.

Folder 13 – Correspondence & material – Richard K. Smith Folder includes: Correspondence, hearings report; meeting minutes of the 1924 National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics; Hunsaker memorandum re merchant airship legislation 1931-1932; correspondence of RKS and J. C. Hunsaker 1962.

Folder 14 – Material – K. Hans Royter 1931-1974 Folder includes: Correspondence 1974; Documents 1931-1937; HCM research notes; KHR typescripts: (1) "Meetings with F. W. von Meister"; (2) Biography of Captain Ernst A. Lehmann" (1962), (3) Dr. Hugo Eckener - Biographical"; 2 articles 1934, 1944 re air mail, Graf Zeppelin: (1) "How Air Mails Unmask Nazi Aggression" (Mar 1944, pp. 27-30;) "Zeppelin Lore" Airpost Journal June 1934, by Oscar L. Mayer. 2 photographs.

Folder 15 – Material – Luftfarht – Stresemann – Locarno 1920s Folder includes: Photocopies of articles re militarization of airships (1920-1933), Weimar Republic (1918-1923); HCM notes re Stresemann & Locarno 1924-1929 Chronology.

Folder 16 – Data & documents – Dornier Do X 1928-1932 Folder includes: Material from Bonn Archive; photocopies.

Folder 17 – Material – Kloos re Hindenburg 1936-1972 Folder includes: letter of Mitzi Kloos to HCM 7/12/1972; Hindenburg ticket and berth tickets of Mr. Carl Kloos, 1936; reproduction 9 1/4 x 5 1/2" of U.S. postage stamp US Navy Airship Patrol 3 cent stamp;

Folder 18 – Correspondence – miscellaneous 1960-2001 Folder includes: Photocopies of 1960 letter from "Tex" Settle to Scott Peck and letter from C. E. Rosendahl to Scott Peck; HCM correspondence with J. F. Baker, Richard K. Smith; E. A. Johnston, Sir Peter G. Masefield; Anne Rafique; John Duggan, J. Christian Fenger. Typescript "Pilgrimage to Friedrichshafen, Part 2" by J. C. Fenger; 2001 news clipping, Los Angeles Times Book Review, Jan 14, 2001; undated HCM memoir of research re R-101 in London 1972-1985; undated HCM memoirs of research re "In search of Zeppelin family documents" 1975; undated HCM report of meetings and correspondence with Max Schorn; undated HCM notes.

Folder 19 – Correspondence – Air Marshalls 1974-1975 Folder includes: Correspondence with Lily Brook, Sir Ralph A. Cochrane, Sir Maurice Dean, Sir Thomas Elmhirst, Sir Victor Goddard.

Folder 20 – Correspondence & Photographs – George F. Meager 1930-1933 Folder includes: (7) photographs with note: "Photo taken by Capt. G. F. Meager - Graf Zeppelin at Cardington-Bedford 26-27 April 1930; ref. Meager letter of 12 Dec 1973"); photocopies of 1932 and 1933 letters to Meager.

Folder 21 – Correspondence & material – Three Cities Study (Bulk, 1985-1987) Folder includes: 1974 NEH grant proposal; 1985-1987 correspondence with G. A. Chamberlain, Z. Hansen, E. A. Johnston, George H. Lewis, Douglas H. Robinson, Richard K. Smith, Hepburn Walker Jr.; HCM research notes, articles.

Folder 22 – Documents – Max Schorn documentation re Hugo Eckener 1928-1938 Folder includes: Eckener speech re Sir Eveyln Wrench 4 Apr; news clipping 13 Jun 1932; newsprint article re Eckener [n.d.]; HCM notes; letter from Walter Templin 15 Jun 1932 to Eckener; misc. documents 1928-1938.

Folder 23 – Correspondence & articles 1973-1998 Folder includes: Letter – E. A. Johnston to HCM Jun 1986; correspondence & material – K. H. Royter 1974-1975; documents & letter – Richard K. Smith to HCM, 1973-1986; obituary of Kings Norton by Sir Peter G. Masefield in Aerospace International Feb 1998.

Folder 24 – Correspondence & material – Zeppelin & metal-clad airship Folder includes: HCM correspondence with Isa von Brandenstein 1988; Zeppelin data pre-War; material re Aircraft Development Corporation & metal clad airship (ZMC-2); Ralph H. Upson obituary by Richard K. Smith 1968.

Folders 25-43 Misc Documents

Folder 44 – New clippings – Zeppelin airmail service and Dornier Do X Folder includes: (3) Newspaper/magazine clippings of ocean liners: (1) clipping of D-1717 New York plane at catapult; (1) clipping of floating mast and Zeppelin captioned "The Los Angeles moored at her mast on the Patoka during the naval war maneuvers in southern waters" ; (1) color illustration by artist Howard Brown of 2 zeppelins and ocean liner; typescript texts "The Holy-Land Flight" (1 p), text re the Bremen ship with catapult airmail service (1 p); Ile de France catapult airmail service ship to shore, from Westward Aug 19, 1929. One of the rarer flights (1 p); "The Russia Flight" of Graf Zeppelin (after sep 1930, 1p.); article "How the World's Biggest Plane Aids Air Safety" (Dornier Do. X) in Literary Digest Aug 24, 1929 pp.41-42.

Folder 45 – Reports & material - Airship history investigation Folder includes: Airship history investigation HCM reports 1-5 (1973-1981) (multiple copies); photocopy of excerpts from Janis, I. L., Groupthink: Psychological studies of policy decisions and fiascos (2nd ed, Houghton Mifflin, Boston, 1983).

Folder 46 – Material – R-100 in Canada Folder includes: Publicity materials for Barry Countryman's 1982 book R-100 in Canada; book review: Toronto Star 7 Aug 1982; (2) book order brochures; (2) color photographs.

Folder 47 – HCM Photographs & Obituaries 1981-2001 Folder includes: News clipping and photocopies of published obituaries: Claremont Courier 17 Oct 2001; Los Angeles Times (n.d.); obituary text by John Duggan (no publ info); (3) color photographs of Henry Cord Meyer.

Folder 48 – Material – miscellaneous re airships Folder includes: (1) article: W. E. Dörr: Das Zeppelin-Luftschiff 'LZ 129' VDI: Zeitschrift des vereines deutscher ingenieure (Journal of the Society of German Engineers), pp.378-397; (1) 7 x 3 ½ brochure, in Italian: First Transpolar Flight 1926 Roald Amundsen, Lincoln Ellsworth, Umberto Nobile (publ. 1983, Italian Air Force); photocopy excerpt John Biggins, The Two-headed Eagle (NY: St. Martin's Press 1996, pp. 82-91); Life magazine photo-article on Hindenburg disaster, 1937. Condition note: folded and fragile.

Folder 49 – Periodical - Valhalla Aerostation Folder includes: 5 issues of catalog (Nos. 13, 12 20, 24, 27); includes letter to HCM from Maureen & Chris Lynch 9 Feb 2001.

Folder 1 – Newspaper – Daily Express Oct 6, 1930 – R-101 Disaster 1930 Folder includes: Article. Headline: "The R-101 Crashes and Is Destroyed: Lord Thomson, Sir Sefton Brancker and 44 Others Burned to Death"; Great newspapers no. 11 monthly reprinted.

Folder 2 – Newspaper – Akron Time Express Aug 8, 1931 – USS Akron (ZRS-4) 1931 Folder includes: Article re US Navy airship USS Akron. Headline: "Eyes of World on New Air Giant: Huge Mistress of the Skies Dedicated to Service of United States Navy."

Folder 3 – Magazine – Fortune, July 1938 Folder includes: Article "Tomorrow's airplane" pp. 52-65; LZ-130; flying boats (Boeing, Douglas, Sikorsky, Zeppelin).

Folder 4 – Book excerpt – Horizons, by Norman Bel Geddes 1932

Folder 5 – Booklet – 30 Jahre Zeppelin Luftschiffahrt Folder includes: Company history in German: "30 years - Zeppelin airships."

Folder 6 – Audio Record – Graf Zeppelin - Sein Leben und Werk circa 1930 Folder includes: 2 - 33 rpm LPs (SABA SB 15104) - Count Zeppelin – His Life and Work; attached booklet includes biographical notes (Ferdinand Graf von Zeppelin, Eckener, Dr. Ludwig Dürr) and many photographs of airships, crew, designers.

Folder 7 – Artwork - watercolor of a Zeppelin, by Patrick Parson 1987 Folder includes: first of 25 issued.

Folder 1 – Correspondence & documents – miscellaneous

No Folder – Reel 1-9 – (9) Microfilm reels 1938-1940 Research materials, various sources.

No Folder – Card case 1-3 – (3) Card Cases Research notes and bibliographic data on 3 x 5 paper slips.

No Folder – VHS Tapes 1-3 – (3) VHS Tapes Videotape recordings.

No Folder – Computer Disk 1-3 – (3) Computer Disks 1-3 (3) Computer 3.5 inch disks; computer files containing HCM mss.

No Folder – Bibliographic notes (loose) Contained within Catalog Box 1.

No Folder – Microfilm roll. Luftschiffexpeditionen Allg. Mit Zeppelin-Eckener-Spende NARA T-120 Roll No. 4037; in Catalog Box 1.

No Folder – (20) photograph slides from old Zeppelin museum In envelope, contained within Catalog Box 1.

No Folder – Magazines (3) (3) issues of (2) titles. 1. Aero Antiquariatsliste No. 51 2. Aero Antiquariatsliste No. 46 3. South Atlantic Quarterly Vol. 78 (Winter 1979)

Folder 1 – Photographs (15) Folder includes: LZ 127 Graf Zeppelin flight: illustration; flight maps; scans of photos of LZ 129 Hindenburg interiors.

Folder 2 – Photographs (7) Folder includes: Seaplane launched from ship Westfalen. Photos re South Atlantic catapult flights; German seaplanes being launched by catapult.

Folder 3 – Photographs (2) & correspondence Folder includes: LZ 127 Graf Zeppelin and HAPAG passenger air travel advertisement.

Folder 4 – Photographs (16) Folder includes: Photo #s 54-55; 58-71. Schütte-Lanz airships during construction.

Folder 5 – Photographs (18) Folder includes: LZ 127 Graf Zeppelin round the world flight; Correspondence and photocopies.

Folder 6 – Photographs (51) Folder includes: Photo numbers 1-93 (incomplete); 228. Count Zeppelin, early Zeppelin airships.

Folder 7 – Photographs (3) Folder includes: Early Zeppelin and Schütte-Lanz airships.

Folder 8 – Photographs (7) Folder includes: Zeppelin & Detroit. Includes correspondence 1982-1987.

Folder 9 – Photographs (7) Folder includes: Zeppelin Polar exploration; drawings of Schütte-Lanz passenger airship (1922).

Folder 10 – Photographs (18) Folder includes: Negatives, prints, and photocopies from F. W. von Meister photograph collection; correspondence (1987).

Folder 11 – Photographs (35) Folder includes: Hugo Eckener; LZ 127 Graf Zeppelin; LZ 129 Hindenburg.

Folder 12 – Photographs (20) Folder includes: Zeppelin Jubilee; Count Zeppelin; Dr. Hugo Eckener.

Folder 13 – Photographs (7) Folder includes: Hugo Eckener; LZ 120 Bodensee; LZ 121 Nordstern; LZ 127 Graf Zeppelin. Photos #s 127, 128, 131, 140, 141, 144, 229.

Folder 14 – Photographs (6) & philately booklet Folder includes: Herrn-Rolf Fink photos & negatives. Booklet "Luftschiffarht." Correspondence.

Folder 15 – Photographs (18) Early Graf Zeppelin Folder includes: Includes 2 pp HCM handwritten lists re photos for III. Building Airships (Pt. II The cities & their ships). (24) photocopies, most 8 1/2 x 11, a few annotated.

Folder 16 – Photographs (12) Folder includes: (5) negatives and (7) prints. Zeppelins & advertisements LZ 127 Graf Zeppelin; LZ 129 Hindenburg; LZ 126 Los Angeles. Letter from Pletsch von Schiller to HCM 1 Jun 1982 & (1) photocopy of airship passengers/cabin.

Folder 17 – Photographs (9) & correspondence Folder includes: 28 Dec 1987 letter from Werner Strumann to HCM; 11 Mar 1988 letter from Dortmund Stadtarchiv to Werner Strumann.

Folder 18 – Photographs (9) Folder includes: Stamps and aircraft, Lufthansa Photo collection. Includes letter 4 Apr 1985 from Bundespostmuseum to HCM.

Folder 19 – Photographs (7) Folder includes: Letter to HCM from American Philatelic Society 29 Sep 1980 (permission to republish article); (7) photographs re mail delivery by Zeppelin.

Folder 20 – Photographs (12) Folder includes: LZ 127 Graf Zeppelin & South America; LZ 129 Hindenburg; photocopy of Eckener dinner group photo with identification notes.

Folder 21 – Photographs (11) Folder includes: Photos purchased by John Archbold from von Meister collection sale. Correspondence: John Archbold 1981-1982; Murray M. Brown 1982. (3) photocopies, two annotated. (1) Invitation: Hagedorn & Co Philatelie und Postgeschichte Reception and Dinner tendered to Dr. Hugo Eckener & Officers of the Graf Zeppelin 16 Oct 1928, New York.

Folder 22 – Photographs (4) Folder includes: Correspondence, photos (4) prints + (1) negative of Count Zeppelin.

Folder 23 – Photographs (24) & negatives (41) Folder includes: LZ 129 Hindenburg (& control car) models, NASM; photo inventories.

Folder 24 – Photographs (50) Folder includes: LZ 127 Graf Zeppelin; LZ 129 Hindenburg; aerial views, Eckener et al.

Folder 25-43 Misc Photos