Augustus Moore Herring papers, 1891-1931.
Collection Number: 1990

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library


DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:
Augustus Moore Herring papers, 1891-1931.
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Collection Number:
1990
Abstract:
Transcripts of Herring-Curtiss Company vs. Glenn Curtiss et al., briefs, exhibits, correspondence, and other papers pertaining to this lawsuit, in which William Maloney was one of the principal trial lawyers, and to related litigation; incorporation papers, minutes, resolutions, stock certificates, legal documents, correspondence, and other items (1909-1031) relating to the business affairs of the company; Augustus Herring's scrapbook (1896-1909) and notebook (ca. 1903-1910) dealing with his role in airplane and glider development and his correspondence with the United States Patent Office (1909-1913); blueprints, photographs, pamphlets, and clippings relating to general aspects of aviation development.
Creator:
Herring, Augustus Moore, 1867-1926.
Quanitities:
2.4 cubic feet.
Language:
Collection material in English

COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Transcripts of Herring-Curtiss Company vs. Glenn Curtiss et al., briefs, exhibits, correspondence, and other papers pertaining to this lawsuit, in which William Maloney was one of the principal trial lawyers, and to related litigation; incorporation papers, minutes, resolutions, stock certificates, legal documents, correspondence, and other items (1909-1031) relating to the business affairs of the company; Augustus Herring's scrapbook (1896-1909) and notebook (ca. 1903-1910) dealing with his role in airplane and glider development and his correspondence with the United States Patent Office (1909-1913); blueprints, photographs, pamphlets, and clippings relating to general aspects of aviation development.

INFORMATION FOR USERS

Restriction

Due to fragility, instead of using the 1910 Datebook and 1896-1910 Scrapbook found in Box 3, please use the Microfilm [reel 1 for Datebook and reel 3 for Scrapbook].

INFORMATION FOR USERS

Cite As:

Augustus Moore Herring papers, #1990. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
Access Restrictions:

Access to 1910 Datebook and 1896-1910 Scrapbook in Box 3 restriced to the permission of the curator.
Restrictions on Use:

Due to fragility,researchers must use microfilm of the 1910 Datebook and 1896-1910 Scrapbook in Box 3.

SUBJECTS

Names:
Curtiss, Glenn Hammond, 1878-1930.
Maloney, William.
Herring-Curtiss Company
United States. Patent Office
Subjects:
Patents.
Inventions.
Gliders (Aeronautics)
Aeronautics -- Patents.
Aeronautics -- History.
Form and Genre Terms:
Scrapbooks.
Photographs.
Briefs.
Blueprints.

CONTAINER LIST
Container
Description
Date
Series I. Correspondence and Manuscripts
Scope and Contents
Relating to airplane development, financial transactions of the Herring-Curtiss Company and the Herring-Curtiss vs Glenn Curtiss suit 1894-1931
Box 1 Folder 1
August Herring to James Gordon Bennett
1897-10-23-1897-12-04
Scope and Contents
Letter to Bennett of the New York Herald, requesting financial aid for aviation research and explaining current progress and innovations. Carbon copies. Also on mf. (neg & pos.)
Box 1 Folder 2
Application to United States Patent Office
1908-02-10
Scope and Contents
By Orville and Wilbur Wright for improvements in flying machines
Box 1 Folder 3
U.S. Patent Office to Augustus Herring
1909-08-16
Scope and Contents
Letter concerning Herring's application for patent and pointing out inadequacies in Herring's blueprints
Box 1 Folder 4
Herring to U. S. Patent Office
1909-08-26
Scope and Contents
Correcting blueprint errors and submitting new papers. Carbon copy
Box 1 Folder 5
Standard Audit Company vs Herring-Curtiss Company
1909-11-20
Scope and Contents
Summons, city of New York
Box 1 Folder 6
Herring to John Hassett
1909-12-07-1909-12-16
Scope and Contents
Letters concerning financial transactions of the Herring-Curtiss Company and condemning Glenn Curtiss Business policies. Carbon copies
Box 1 Folder 7
U. S. Patent Office to Augustus Herring
1910-04-21
Scope and Contents
Letter containing a partial rejection of Herring patent claims
Box 1 Folder 8
U. S. Patent Office to Augustus Herring
1910-05-23
Scope and Contents
Letter containing suggestions to Herring on airplane patent
Box 1 Folder 9
U. S. Patent Office to Augustus Herring
1910-05-05-1910-06-06
Scope and Contents
Letters replying to Herring's application for patent amendment
Box 1 Folder 10
Preliminary statements of Augustus Herring
1911-03-23
Scope and Contents
Herring vs Bernhard Montgomery Beskow
Box 1 Folder 11
Denial of Herring's petition of Interference
1911-06-29
Box 1 Folder 12
Patent Application
1911-09-21
Scope and Contents
Carbon copy of Herring's proposed amendment to June 18, 1910 Patent Application
Box 1 Folder 13
Statements relating to the Herring-Beskow case
date unknown
Scope and Contents
Carbon copy
Box 1 Folder 14
Herring's proposed amendments
1912-11-12-1912-11-30
Scope and Contents
Carbon copies of Herring's proposed amendments to his June 18, 1910 patent application
Box 1 Folder 15
U. S. Patent Office to Augustus Herring
1912-11-16
Scope and Contents
Letter to Herring rejecting his proposed amendment of Nov. 12, 1912
Box 1 Folder 16
New Proposed Amendments
1913-12-15-1913-12-19
Scope and Contents
Carbon copies of Herring's new proposed amendments to his June 18, 1910 patent application
Box 1 Folder 18
Biographical statement
1917-11-06
Scope and Contents
Of financial position and character of Glenn Curtiss. No author given.
Box 1 Folder 19
Resolution adopted by stockholders of Herring-Curtiss Company
1917-01-08
Box 1 Folder 20
Resolution adopted by Board of Directors of Herring-Curtiss Company
1917-01-08
Box 1 Folder 21
Herring-Martin contract
1923-11-17
Box 1
Correspondence of William Maloney
1919-1931
Scope and Contents
See attached addenda sheet
Box 1 Folder 22
List of common stock holders
date unknown
Scope and Contents
Stock holders in the Herring-Curtiss Company, original issue and changes
Box 1 Folder 23
Financial losses
date unknown
Scope and Contents
An estimate (by Herring) of financial losses due to the Wright brothers injunction
Box 1 Folder 24
Copy of Herring-Curtiss agreement
date unknown
Box 1 Folder 25
Minutes - Board of Directors
date unknown
Scope and Contents
Minutes of a meeting of the Board of Directors of the Herring-Curtiss Company
Box 1 Folder 26
Description of an experimental plane
date unknown
Box 1 Folder 27
Resolution of the Directors
date unknown
Scope and Contents
Directors of the Herring-Curtiss Company directed to Monroe Wheeler, Glenn Curtiss, and Thomas Baldwin
Series II. Legal Documents and Magazine Articles
Scope and Contents
Also includes loose unbound printed material concerning aviation development 1891-1931.
Box 2
Patent
1891-08-11
Scope and Contents
Letters - patent from U. S. A. to Augustus M. Herring for anti-drip nose for pitchers
Box 2
Warranty deed from Jefferis to Brakman
1905-04-26
Scope and Contents
From John H. Jefferis of Rochester to Abraham L. Brakman and wife Caroline Brakman of Rochester for tract of land in Rochester
Box 2
Warranty deed from Brakman to Lisk
1914-01-30
Scope and Contents
From Abraham L. Brakman and wife Caroline Brakman of Rochester to Alice Elizabeth Lisk of same place for same tract of land in Rochester as that described in deed 2 #1
Box 2
Bond
1914-01-28
Scope and Contents
Bond on Alice Elizabeth Lisk of Rochester to Caroline Brakman of same place for sum of money
Box 2
Mortgage
1914-01-30
Scope and Contents
Mortgage for indebtedness of A. E. Lisk to Caroline Brakman in connection with land conveyed by deed 2 #2
Box 2
Bond
1914-06-05
Scope and Contents
Bond on A. E. Lisk to the Albany City Savings Institution for sum of money in connection with her indebtedness
Box 2
Common, to A.M. Herring
1909-03-27
Box 2
Common, to Hugh L. Willoughby
1909-07-12
Box 2
Preferred, to A.M.H.
1909-07-12
Box 2
Preferred, to Hugh L. Willoughby
1909-07-12
Box 2
Common, to A.M.H.
1909-09-08
Box 2
Common, to A.M.H.
1909-11-08
Box 2
Preferred, to A.M.H.
1923-09-22
Box 2
Common, to A.M.H.
1923-09-22
Box 2
Preferred, to Hilda S. Nessman
1931-07-06
Box 2
Common, to Hilda S. Nessman
1931-07-06
Box 2
Preferred, to Effie E. Mullen
1931-07-09
Box 2
Preferred, to Isabelle Gibb
1931-11-27
Box 2
Preferred, Sarah R. Hendrick - Paid
1931-12-21
Box 2
Sworn statement by Hugh L. Willoughby
1909-07-12-1931-09-21
Scope and Contents
Willoughby of Servall's Point, Florida, a stockholder in The Herring-Curtiss Company, concerning stock issued to him
Box 3 Folder 1
Gas Power Magazine
1903-07-1905-06
Scope and Contents
Fifteen copies of Gas Power magazine for July, Sept., Oct., 1903; Feb., March, June, July, Aug., Sept., Oct., Nov., Dec., 1904; Jan., Feb., June 1905
Box 3 Folder 2
Broadside
1908
Scope and Contents
Contains pictures and article relating to the International Balloon Race, Berlin, Germany
Box 3 Folder 3
American Aeronaut magazine
1909-09
Box 3 Folder 4
Unbound packet
1909
Scope and Contents
Packet containing the minutes of the first meeting of the Herring-Curtiss Company, drafts of agreements entered into between the various members of the Herring-Curtiss Company, terms of incorporation
Box 3 Folder 5
Scrapbook
1896-1910
Scope and Contents
Containing newspaper clippings, magazine articles, and pictures relating to Herring's role in airplane and glider development, Marked "Scrapbook I" (fragile) Also on mf. reel 3
Box 3 Folder 6
Seven notebooks
1907-1910
Scope and Contents
Dealing with the Herring-Curtiss Company suit against Curtiss.
Box 3
Chronology
1907-1908
Scope and Contents
Appears to have been prepared by Herring
Box 3
Wheeler Questions, 1-92
date unknown
Box 3
Proof of Allegations
date unknown
Scope and Contents
Herring Vs Curtiss et. Al. for $5,000,000 pp. 1-71
Box 3
Proof of Allegations, 72-142
date unknown
Box 3
Proof of Allegations, 143-217
date unknown
Box 3
Proof of Allegations, 218-304
date unknown
Box 3
Datebook
date unknown
Scope and Contents
Containing daily entries for 1910. Also available on mf. Reel 1
Box 3 Folder 7
Office diary dated 1917
1892-1909
Scope and Contents
Containing chronology of agreements, documents
Box 3 Folder 8
The Mentor
1914-04-01
Scope and Contents
"Conquest of the Air"
Box 3 Folder 9
Airplane Stress Analysis
date unknown
Scope and Contents
Report #82 by A. F. Zahm
Box 7
Herring-Curtiss legal clippings scrapbook
1911-1931
Scope and Contents
Scrapbook of clippings kept by Herring's attorney William Maloney.
Series III. Books and Printed Items
Box 4
The Wright Company vs. The Herring Company, United States Circuit Court of Appeals
1909-1910
Scope and Contents
Western District of New York, Transcript of Record, The Wright Company vs. The Herring Company. Bound Volume
Box 4
Wright vs. Curtiss
1909-1911
Scope and Contents
Vol. I, U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Western District of New York, Testimony, Defendant's Exhibits, Stipulations and Agreements. Bound Volume (cover missing) 617 pp.
Box 4
Gas Power
1904-06-1905-05
Scope and Contents
Bound Volume (binding broken)
Box 4
The Aeronautical Annual
1896-1897
Scope and Contents
No. 2 1896, No. 3 1897
Box 4
He Was Given Up For Dead
1929-09-07
Scope and Contents
An Address on the Occasion of the Twenty-Fifth Anniversary of the Babson Organization by Dr. George W. Coleman. Story of Roger W. Babson. Pamphlet 24pp.
Box 4
William Randolph Hearst on the Prosperity Loan
date unknown
Scope and Contents
Reprint of editorial columns of the New York American and other Hearst newspapers. Pamphlet.
Series IV. Blueprints
Box 5 Folder 1
First Herring Curtiss aeroplane motor
1909
Scope and Contents
Detail of conn. Rod. 8" x 12 1/2"
Box 5
Interconnected vertical surface and ailerons
1908-06-01
Scope and Contents
Blueprint 10 1/2" x 26" (unavailable)
Box 5
Design for aeroplane
1909-02
Scope and Contents
28" x 30" (unavailable)
Box 5
A. M. Herring Gor aeroplane
1908-01
Scope and Contents
18" x 12" - oilcloth type paper (unavailable)
Box 5
Curtiss 8-9 H. P. Magneto Model Wehman frame
1910-03-15
Scope and Contents
(motorcycle) 13" x 24" (unavailable)
Box 5
2 main connecting rods, W.L.B.
1907-02-22
Scope and Contents
10" x 13 1/2" (unavailable)
Box 5
2 Crankshafts, W.L.B.
1907-01-24
Scope and Contents
10" x 14" (unavailable)
Box 5
Unlabeled blueprint
date unknown
Scope and Contents
13 1/2" x 21" (unavailable)
Box 5 Folder 2
Cylinder head pattern, W.L.B.,
1907-01-30
Scope and Contents
Oilcloth type 10" x 14"
Box 5 Folder 2
Unlabeled (wings)
date unknown
Scope and Contents
Oilcloth type paper 17" x 24"
Box 5 Folder 1
Copy of blueprint of plane
1908-01
Scope and Contents
Made for government contract, A. M. Herring 9" x 13"
Box 5 Folder 2
Stress diagram of aeroplane truss
1909-03-18
Scope and Contents
G. H. Curtiss Mfg. Co., Hammondsport, N.Y. 2 copies 10 1/2" x 14"
Box Unknown
O/S drawing of radial engine Unlabeled
date unknown
Scope and Contents
15" x 22" Mapcase Folder 1
Series V. Photographs
Box 5
Zeppelin Airship over Potsdam, Germany
1914
Scope and Contents
Copyright 1914 by Mentor Association 7" x 9 1/2"
Box 5
The aerial scout-French military maneuvers.
1914
Scope and Contents
Copyright 1914 by Mentor 7" x 9 1/2"
Box 5
Moisant circling the Statue of Liberty
1910
Scope and Contents
7" x 9 1/2" (These first 3 photos are the third, fifth and sixth monographs in the Mentor Reading Course copyright 1914 by the Mentor Association, Inc.)
Box 5
Printed Postcard Photo of monoplane passing over farmers in a field
date unknown
Scope and Contents
Attached is a subscription reply postcard for joining Aeronautics magazine, N.Y.C. 3 1/2" x 5 1/2"
Box 5
French colored picture postcard showing a little girl flying a small French airplane
1909-05-24
Scope and Contents
Sent to A. M. Herring from C.L.S., Rome, Italy 3 1/2" x 5 1/2"
Box 5
Glossy photo on cloth
1910-02-15
Scope and Contents
Feb 10, 1910 order for an aeroplane from Haag's Shows, Montgomery, Alabama and reply from Curtiss-Hammond Co., Hammondsport, N.Y. 4 3/4" x 6 3/4"
Box 5
Matte Photo of Junebug in flight
1907-07-04
Scope and Contents
Copyright by H.M. Benner 1908 5" x 8"
Box 5
Matte postcard photo of Junebug in flight
1908
Scope and Contents
Copyright by H.M. Benner 1908 3 1/2" x 5 1/2"
Box 5
Matte postcard photo titled "Curtiss Aeroplane Ready for a Flight" from frozen lake
1910
Scope and Contents
Copyright by H.O. Benner 1910 3 1/2" x 5 1/2"
Box 5
Matte unlabeled photo
date unknown
Scope and Contents
Scene somewhat similar to #9 4 1/2" x 6 1/2"
Box 5
Matte postcard photo
date unknown
Scope and Contents
Whitewing biplane on ground with people around it 3 1/2" x 5 1/2"
Box 5
Matte postcard photo
date unknown
Scope and Contents
Probable Silver Dart sitting on ground 3 1/2" x 5 1/2"
Box 5
Matte Photo
date unknown
Scope and Contents
Probable Silver Dart being pulled by men across a snowy field 4" x 6 1/2"
Box 5
Matte Photo
1910
Scope and Contents
Herring-Burgess Flying Fish (per E.E. Husting, 6-74) 4 1/2" x 6 1/2"
Box 5
Matte postcard photo
date unknown
Scope and Contents
The Loon at waters edge ready to be tried out by McCurdy 3 1/2" x 5 1/2"
Box 5
Matte postcard photo
1908
Scope and Contents
The Loon running on the water. First attempts at making a hydroaeroplane by Curtiss and Associates 3 1/2" x 5 1/2"
Box 5
Semi-glossy photo of hydroaeroplane in water
date unknown
Scope and Contents
The name Charles Marvin, Elmira, N.Y. written on the reverse 3 3/4" x 6"
Box 5
Matte postcard Photo
date unknown
Scope and Contents
Grahame White's (illegible) machine. Arthur Powell, York Studio, Torquay, Devon, England 3 1/2" x 5 1/2"
Box 5
Glossy photo of biplane inside a large building
Scope and Contents
6 1/2" x 8 1/2"
Box 5
Glossy photo of biplane in hanger near water
date unknown
Scope and Contents
Large crowd gathered on beach outside 8" x 10"
Box 5
Glossy photo of biplane under construction
date unknown
Scope and Contents
Sign overhead reads, Bettendorf Axle Co. 8" x 10"
Box 5
Glossy photo identified as "The First Herring Curtiss Machine (biplane)
1909-07
Scope and Contents
At Morris Park, N.Y. Copyright by Underwood and Underwood N.Y. 1909 3 1/2" x 4 1/2"
Box 5
Semi-glossy photo with Herring biplane suspended from ceiling
Scope and Contents
As part of an exhibit and in left of photo a sign "1897 Herring and Arnot Gliding Machine" 4 3/4" x 6 1/2"
Box 5
Fragment of glossy photo of "Hamilton Aeroplane Motor Summer 1910 built by Christie"
date unknown
Scope and Contents
Spooner and Wells, Inc., Photographers, N.Y.C. In 2 pieces 1 1/2" x 7 1/2" and 4 1/4" x 7 1/2"
Box 5
Matte photo identified as First Herring Curtiss 25 HP Motors
1907-1908
Scope and Contents
Which were built in 1907-1908 7" x 9"
Box 5
Glossy print identified as 8 cylinder motor of Herring Curtiss Rheims machine
date unknown
Scope and Contents
4 1/2" x 6 1/4"
Box 5
Glossy photo pf Curtiss motorcycle
date unknown
Scope and Contents
4 1/2" x 9 1/2"
Box 5
Matte photo of the porch and sign on the Mineola Hotel
date unknown
Scope and Contents
3 1/2" x 5 1/2"
Box 5
Printed photocard of Schloss von der Gartenseite. Schnetzinger
date unknown
Scope and Contents
The name Judge Stevens typed on reverse side 3 1/2" x 5 1/2"
Series VI. Newspaper Clippings
Box 6
Clippings
1901-1922
Scope and Contents
Newspaper Clippings 1901, 1906, 1908-1922