Abstract The collection contains articles, newspaper clippings, research notes, drawings, and photographs relating to lighter-than-air airships of all types. This is primarily a subject collection but has been cataloged as a collection of personal papers because it contains some personal effects (membership cards, correspondence, photographs) created and maintained by Daniel M. Burns. This collection includes photos. The photographs are not separated and are left in situ to preserve the original...

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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.