Theodore Paul Wright papers, 1911-1970.
Collection Number: 4-5-1381

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library


DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:
Theodore Paul Wright papers, 1911-1970.
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Collection Number:
4-5-1381
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.
Creator:
Wright, Theodore P. (Theodore Paul), 1895-1970.
Quanitities:
31.9 cubic feet.
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.

INFORMATION FOR USERS

Cite As:

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

SUBJECTS

Names:
Cornell University
Calspan Corporation
Cornell Aeronautical Laboratory
Subjects:
Transportation.
Aeronautics -- Safety measures.
Aeronautics.

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