Dates

• Majority of material found within 1913 - 2017

Extent

From the Collection: 12 Cubic Feet (The collection contains material in English and German. The bulk of the collection is research material relating to the development of lighter-than-air (LTA) craft in the post World War I period. The Hoover Institution Archives at Stanford University holds a related collection, the Henry Cord Meyer Papers, 1915-1963. The primary focus of the LTA collection is the international promotion of airships by Luftschiffbau Zeppelin (Zeppelin Airship Construction Company), with specific attention to its two major airships, LZ 127 Graf Zeppelin and LZ 129 Hindenburg. Research interest obtains in the primary source material collected and the correspondence and many interviews Meyer conducted with businesspeople associated with Luftschiffbau Zeppelin, its American subsidiary, the Schütte-Lanz airship company, with U.S. Navy personnel involved in airship development, and with survivors of the 1937 Hindenburg disaster. ) : The collection has been rehoused in archival folders. Original order has been preserved, with the exception of one box of photographic material (originally Box 6, now Box 12) and one folder of photographic material (originally Box 4 Folder 22, now Box 12 Folder 42). Oversize material has been separated from their original boxes and housed in Box 13. ; The collection consists of 13 boxes, 12 measuring 12" x 10" x 15 and 1 measuring 3" x 13" x 18.

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English