Guide to the Theodore Paul Wright papers,
1911-1970

Collection Number: 4-5-1381

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library

Contact Information:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY 14853
(607) 255-3530
Fax: (607) 255-9524
rareref@cornell.edu
http://rmc.library.cornell.edu
Compiled by:
B. Richards
Date completed:
February 1971
EAD encoding:
Martin Heggestad, November 2001

© 2001 Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library

DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:
Theodore Paul Wright papers, 1911-1970
Collection Number:
4-5-1381
Creator:
Theodore Paul Wright, 1895-1970
Quantity:
31.9 cubic ft.
Forms of Material:
Correspondence, photographs, reports, clippings, bound volumes.
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Abstract:
Includes Cornell Aeronautical Laboratory correspondence; pamphlets, correspondence, photographs, reports, and clippings concerning aviation; and other papers reflecting Wright's career in aviation and at Cornell University. Also, four bound volumes of Theodore P. Wright's articles and addresses, 1918-1970.
Language:
Collection material in English

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

Vice President for Research, Cornell University; president, Cornell Aeronautical Laboratory; president, Cornell Research Foundation; chairman of the executive committee, Cornell-Guggenheim Aviation Safety Center; chairman, Cornell Committee for Transportation Safety Research.
COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Includes Cornell Aeronautical Laboratory correspondence; pamphlets, correspondence, photographs, reports, and clippings concerning aviation; and other papers reflecting Wright's career in aviation and at Cornell University. Also, four bound volumes of Theodore P. Wright's articles and addresses, 1918-1970.
SUBJECTS

Names:
Wright, Theodore P. (Theodore Paul, 1895-1970.
Cornell University.
Calspan Corporation.
Cornell Aeronautical Laboratory.

Subjects:
Aeronautics.
Aeronautics--Safety measures.
Transportation.
INFORMATION FOR USERS

Cite As:
Theodore Paul Wright papers, #4-5-1381. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
CONTAINER LIST

Date
Description
Container
1966-1970
Chronologically arranged C.A.L. correspondence
Box 1
1966-1970
Chronologically arranged C.A.L. correspondence
Box 2
c.1931-1959
Mss. vols. re: Cornell Plantations, speed, aviation, research, set of bound vols.--"The Papers of H. Goddard."
Box 3
1944-1969
Mss. vol. re: C.A.L.
Box 4
1944-1948
Mss. vol. "Congratulations on Appointments, 1944-1948"
Box 4
Mss. vol. "World Pollution"
Box 4
1968-1969
Misc. correspondence and pamphlets, 1968-1969
Box 4
1967-1970
Misc. correspondence and multi-copied reports, 1967
Box 5
1968-1970
Correspondence file re C.A.L., 1968-1970
Box 5
1958-1967
Subject file; misc. pamphlets, clippings and some alphabetically (chronologically) arranged correspondence)
Box 6
1953-1969
File on aviation; pamphlets, clippings and photos. Also, this box contains a sketch book.
Box 7
1953-1966
Subject file; alphabetically (chronologically) arranged correspondence, pamphlets, clippings, 1953-1961, 1962-1966
Box 8
1948-1967
Alpha. file, A - G
Box 9
1958-1970
Alpha. file, H - N
Box 10
1959-1969
Alpha. file, M - S; also: photos, pamphlets, multi-copied reports
Box 11
1952-1968
Alpha. file, S - Z, 1959-1968
Box 12
1952-1967
Subject file consisting mostly of clippings and pamphlets, 1952-1967.
Box 12
1949-1963
Subject file consisting mostly of pamphlets and clippings; small amount of misc. correspondence
Box 13
1950-1968
Subject file consisting mostly of pamphlets and clippings; small amount of misc. correspondence
Box 14
1951-1967
Subject file consisting mostly of pamphlets and clippings. Inter-mixed is a small amount of correspondence (misc.)
Box 15
1956-1961
Subject file of chronologically arranged correspondence. Inter-mixed are numerous pamphlets and clippings
Box 16
1937-1963
Subject file of chronologically arranged correspondence, and numerous pamphlets and clippings
Box 17
1962-1968
Subject file of chronologically arranged correspondence, numerous pamphlets, clippings and multi-copied reports.
Box 18
1943-1968
Subject file of chronologically arranged correspondence. Also inter-mixed are pamphlets, clippings, notes, photos and multi-copied reports.
Box 19
1947-1968
Subject file on T.P.W.--acting President at Cornell. Chronologically arranged correspondence.
Box 20
1956-1965
Subject file consisting mainly of pamphlets and clippings, with a small amount of misc. correspondence
Box 21
1946-1967
Subject file of pamphlets, clippings and small amount of misc. correspondence
Box 22
1947-1970
Subject File of pamphlets, clippings and small amount of correspondence
Box 23
1916-1945
Contains misc. mss. vols. (7) and many misc. pamphlets, N.D.
Box 24
1932-1950
Contains misc. mss. vols. (7) and misc. clippings, pamphlets, and correspondence (small amount), N.D.
Box 25
1957-1958
Subject ile consisting mainly of pamphlets and clippings and inter-mixed is a small amount of misc. corres.
Box 26
1911-1965
Misc. mss. vols., 1911-1912; Misc. pamphlets, 1965
Box 27
1948-1969
Subject file, containing: pamphlets, clippings and small amount of misc. correspondence
Box 28
1948-1969
Subject file containing: pamphlets, clippings, notes and small amounts of misc. correspondence
Box 29
1955-1963
Subject file, containing: pamphlets, clippings, notes and small amounts of correspondence
Box 30
1927-1949
Misc. mss. vols. (4) [i.e. literary figures]
Box 31
1948-1967
Associated Universities, Inc. & Brookhaven National Laboratory
Box 32
1918-1970
Articles and addresses of T.P.W., 4 vols.
Box 33