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Alexander Klemin Papers, 1900-1950

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This collection includes a promotional photograph and poster for United Airlines' unveiling of the "Mainliner" aircraft. 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.


Collection Overview

Alternative title
Alexander Klemin Papers
Date Created
1900-1950

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Repository
University of California, Los Angeles. Library Special Collections
Local Identifier
OCLC 37862530
Collection 843
ARK
ark:/21198/zz0009c4fn
Opac url
1973004
Finding Aid URL
http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/tf8b69p1xc
MANIFEST URL
IIIF Manifest

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UCLA Charles E. Young Research Library Department of Special Collections, A1713 Young Research Library, Box 951575, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575. E-mail: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu. Phone: (310)825-4988

Notes

Contents note
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.

Keywords

Genre
periodical illustrations
Names
Klemin, Alexander, 1888-1950--Archives
Subjects
Aerodynamics--History--Sources
Universities and colleges--Faculty--Archival resources
Aeronautics--History--Sources
Aeronautical engineers--United States--Archival resources

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