Category: Letters

Refined by: (Author) Lewis Wyman

Embroidered cloth showing a cartoon GI Joe-cupid character shooting a heart with the message "1943 To my eternal Valentine Dorsey Wife from Husband Dave, London."

This Just In: Newly Processed Manuscript Collections

February 14, 2023

Learn about twelve recently processed new collections and additions to twelve other existing collections. This post is the first of what will be a regular blog feature announcing recently available collections.

Posted in: African American History, Civil War, Diaries, Journalism, Labor, Letters, Politics, Science and Technology, War and Society

Octave Chanute, black and white head and shoulders portrait photograph.

Flying Manuscripts

November 4, 2021

Posted by: Lewis Wyman

The Library of Congress Manuscript Division holds the papers of aviation pioneer Octave Chanute, which include correspondence between Chanute, George Spratt, and the Wright Brothers. These letters provide insights into their aeronautical experiments as they share ideas on wing design, lift, drag and other problems facing early experimenters.

Posted in: Aviation, Letters

Refined by: (Author) Lewis Wyman