C.S. Draper papers, 1773-1978 (original) (raw)

Collection Summary

Title C.S. Draper papers, 1773-1978
Span Dates 1773-1978
Bulk Dates (bulk 1939-1973)
ID No. MSS21360
Creator Draper, C. S. (Charles Stark)
Extent 16,800 items
Extent 48 containers plus 1 oversize
Extent 19.2 linear feet
Language Collection material in English
Location Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Finding Aid Permalink Cite or bookmark this finding aid as: https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms013025
LCCN Permalink LC Catalog record: https://lccn.loc.gov/mm82021360
Summary Engineer, inventor, and educator. Correspondence, speeches and writings, and consultant and organizational files documenting Draper's career as a professor of aeronautical engineering at Massachusetts Institute of Technology and technical consultant to the Curtiss-Wright Corporation and other airplane manufacturers and to the Sperry Gyroscope Company, Waltham Watch Company, and other instrument makers.