Hammond James Dugan Collection, 1929-1951, MS. 1859

PART I

Box 1

scrapbook -- contains letters of Hammond James Dugan (HJD) on the lighter-than-air program and family correspondence

scrapbook entitled Aftermath of the Akron, 1933-35

Box 2

three scrapbooks (1933 - n.d.) -- contain letters of condolence, information pertaining to the history of dirigibles, Hindenberg, etc.

Box 3

incoming letters to Frances Dugan -- including those from Hanson W. Baldwin and Hugh Allen, 1945-51, n.d.

material re Frances Dugan's efforts to convince the U.S. Navy to restore `double pensions'

typescript of Even the Birds, by Frances Dugan

Box 4

lighter-than-air program material

incoming letters to HJD, c. 1930

blueprints, specifications, reports, and a memo about the 2MC-2 (metal-clad airship), 1929-30

orders issued to HJD, 1924-32

HJD's class notes -- taken at M.I.T., 1932

Box 5

HJD's U.S. Naval Academy Scrapbook, Class of 1924

Box 6

data re the U.S.S. Akron -- gathered by HJD for his M.I.T. thesis

data re the ZMC-2

Navy handbook -- manual on lighter-than-aircraft

Box 7

newsclippings on the demise of the lighter-than-air program

photographs

articles (some in typescript form)

Box 8

HJD's notebooks on flights of the AKRON

aviation Flight Log Book (2 vols.), 1928-32

material relating to classes taken by HJD at M.I.T.

PART II

Box 9

photographs -- some illustrating the construction of the ZMC-2

Box 10

medals

HJD s U.S. Naval Academy Ring

set of wings

PART III

Box 11

books

U.S. Navy yearbook, 1931

magazines

Box 12

books

material on Congressional hearings

catalog -- U.S. Naval Academy re-union

Box 13

15 issues of the U.S. Naval Institute Proceedings