Oskar Ursinus papers
Language: eng
Number of pages: 4500
Subjects: Aeronautics; Flight; Aeronautical sports; Rocketry; Motors; Airplanes; Aerial operations; Aeronautical instruments; World War, 1914-1918; Societies; Airships
Description: Correspondence, notes, manuscript articles by Ursinus and others, clippings, printed matter, charts, maps, sketches, blueprints, photographs, and other papers relating to the development of German aeronautics during the first half of the 20th century.  Subjects include military aviation in World War I, the German aircraft industry, altitude flying, engines, instruments, aircraft, rockets, aeronautical societies, and aeronautical sports events.
Notes: Open to research.

Transfer, Library of Congress Aeronautics Division, 1954.

Aviator, engineer, and journalist.

Collection material in English and German.

Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Division and on Internet.

Confiscated by the U.S. Army in Europe in World War II. Transferred to the Library of Congress Aeronautics Division from Wright-Patterson Air Force Base (Ohio) in 1948.