Alexander Klemin Papers, 1900-1950

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.
Alexander Klemin was born in London, May 15, 1888; BS, London Univ, 1907; immigrated to the US, 1914; MS, MIT, 1915; became a US citizen while head of the Aeronautics Dept. at MIT, 1917; Officer-in-charge of the Research Dept, Army Air Service, at McCook Field, Dayton, OH during WWI; head, Guggenheim School of Aeronautics at NYU 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.