William H. Conkling papers
Language: eng
Number of pages: 275
Subjects: Air mail service; Postal service; Spirit of St. Louis (Airplane); Transatlantic flights
Description: Correspondence with Charles A. Lindbergh, speeches, writings, publications, photographs, and memorabilia relating to Lindbergh's cross-country airmail route which included service to Springfield, Ill., and his flight from New York to Paris.  Of note is a philatelic cover which Lindbergh carried aboard the Spirit of St. Louis on his trans-Atlantic flight and mailed to Conkling from Paris.
Notes: Open to research.

Gift, William J. Bengel, 1986.

Municipal government official, civic leader, and postmaster from Springfield, Ill.

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