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A brief sketch of the life and labours of Alexander Milton Ross, philanthropist and scientist
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Airplane at Palm Springs and Alexander Milton Ross copy photographs
Visual Materials
Consists of three photographs. One copy print is an EHM photo of the front end of an American Airlines - DC 2 at Palm Springs prior to the establishment of the Palm Springs Airport. Two are identical copy print portraits of Alexander W. Ross. Both prints are also signed and dated 1982.
photPF 1350-1359
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A brief sketch of the aeronautical career of Professor Thaddeus S.C. Lowe, scientist and inventor
Manuscripts
A brief history of T.S.C. Lowe from his study of meteorology to his position of chief of the Aeronautic Department during the U.S. Civil War and his invaluable service during the war using hot-air balloons for reconnaissance purposes. Included in this account is a mention of his later projects including a commercial hot-air balloon business, ice making and cold storage inventions, the water-gas process and finally the construction of the Mount Lowe Railway.
mssHM 25787
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A Sketch of the Early Life of Louis Alexander Janin
Manuscripts
The collection consists of letters (including 1 letter book), manuscripts (including 50 diaries), documents (including 55 account books, 12 cash books, and 5 miscellaneous volumes), and photographs related to the lives and activities of various Janin family members and the extended Janin-Blair-Jesup-Croghan families. Subject matter in the collection includes: politics and government in Washington, D.C., and Louisiana; society and customs in Washington, D.C., and New Orleans; Blair House (Washington, D.C.); land titles in Indiana Territory, Kentucky, Louisiana, and Missouri; the Ocean Canal and Transportation Company, which ran from Louisiana to St. Louis; the history of Mammoth Cave, Kentucky, from the time of purchase by John Croghan in 1839 until 1932, when it became a national park (at which time Violet Blair Janin was the primary owner); and mining in Australia. Persons represented in the collection include: James Lawrence Blair, Mary Jesup Blair, Violet Blair Janin, John Croghan, William Croghan, Albert Covington Janin, Louis Janin, Julia Clark Jesup, Thomas Sidney Jesup, George M. Wheeler, and Lucy James Blair Wheeler. Organizations represented in the collection (with which Violet Blair Janin was affiliated) include: Daughters of the American Revolution, National Association Opposed to Woman's Suffrage, National Cathedral Association, National Society of Children of the American Revolution, and the National Society of the Colonial Dames of America.
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