Guide to the Harvard-Boston Aero Meet Collection


Title:
Harvard-Boston Aero Meet Collection
Repository:
Wright State University Libraries Special Collections and Archives
Phone: 937-775-2092
http://www.libraries.wright.edu/special/
Creator:
Philpott, Anthony
Dates:
1910-1997
Bulk dates:
1910-1911
Quantity:
6 linear feet
Abstract:
The papers consist of glass plate negatives, lantern slides, and photographs of pictures taken by Anthony Philpott editor of the Boston Globe. Of particular interest in these files are copies of newspaper clippings from 1910 and 1911 about the meets, as well as pictures of Wilbur Wright, Boston Mayor John F. Fitzgerald, President William H. Taft, Claude Grahame-White, Glenn Curtiss, and other distinguished people from that time period.
Identification:
MS-338
Language:
The records are in English