AHJ_ah11624 Inventory of the Frank Henry Russell papers, 1901-1947 Russell (Frank Henry) Papers Processed by Laura Uglean Jackson University of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.
American Heritage Center Dept. 3924, 1000 E. University Avenue University of Wyoming Laramie, WY 82071 Phone: 307.766.2574 Fax:307.766.5511 Email:ahcref@uwyo.edu URL:http://ahc.uwyo.edu/
2009

University of Wyoming

 Finding aid encoded by Laura Uglean Jackson December 2009 Finding aid is in English Collection Summary Russell, Frank Henry, 1879-1947 Frank Henry Russell Papers 1901-1947 11624 3.15 cubic ft. (9 boxes) University of Wyoming. American Heritage Center. English Contains correspondence, photographs, and other materials related to Frank Henry Russell's career in the aviation industry. Arrangement of the Collection

The collection is arranged alphabetically. The arrangement of the correspondence is based on how the letters were originally bound or grouped.

 Biography of Frank Henry Russell

Frank Henry Russell's career in aviation began when he went to work for the Wright brothers in 1909, after seeing one of their flights. He was appointed the first factory manager of Wright Company in January 1910. He moved to Burgess Aeroplane Company as manager in 1911. During the first World War he supervised the manufacture of amphibious and training planes for the U.S. military. After Glenn H. Curtiss absorbed Burgess into his Curtiss Engineering Corporation in 1915, he made Russell manager of the Long Island, New York plant. He became vice president of the Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company in 1920 snd pioneered the manufacture of aircraft that became the combat planes of the 1940s. He retired from Curtiss in 1931 to be the vice president and director of the Edward G. Budd Manufacturing Company, which pioneered the development of light weight stainless steel diesel powered and electric powered trains. Russell organized Manufacturers Aircraft Association in 1917 and was its president until his death in 1947.

Scope and Content

The Frank Henry Russell papers contain correspondence from Russell's professional and personal life and photographs of airplanes, a destroyed airplane hangar in Hempstead, NY, people in the aviation industry, and photographs from the Army Air Service. Also included are Russell's day-by-day diaries, biographical material, and speeches related to the airline industry by Russell.

 Access Restrictions

There are no access restrictions on the materials for research purposes, and the collection is open to the public.

 Copyright Information

The researcher assumes full responsibility for observing all copyright, property, and libel laws as they apply.

 Related Materials

There are no known other archival collections created by Frank Henry Russell at the date of processing.

 Acquisition Information

This material was received from John Russell in 1981.

 Processing Information

The collection was processed by Laura Uglean Jackson in December 2009. The biography was edited by D. Claudia Thompson in February 2014.

 Preferred Citation

Item Description, Box Number, Folder Number, Collection Name, Collection Number, American Heritage Center, University of Wyoming.

 Access Terms Burgess Aeroplane Company, inc. Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company, inc. Curtiss Engineering Corporation, inc. Curtiss-Wright Corporation, inc. Edward G. Budd Manufacturing Company -- Aircraft Division. Edward G. Budd Manufacturing Company -- Railway Division. Aeronautics -- United States. Aeronautics, Military -- United States. Airplane factories -- United States. Airplanes -- United States. Airplanes, Military -- United States. Airplanes, Racing -- United States. Curtiss-Wright aircraft. Aircraft industry -- United States. Hangars -- Hempstead (N.Y.) Photographs <?xm-replace_text {Title as Subject}?> Business, Industry, Labor, and Commerce Transportation Container List 1 1-2 Biographical Material 1925-1947 1 3 Correspondence, General 1908-1916 1 4 Correspondence, General 1916-1919 1 5 Correspondence, General, A-D 1921-1923 1 6 Correspondence, General, E-L 1921-1923 1 7 Correspondence, General, M-S 1921-1923 1 8 Correspondence, General, T-Z 1921-1923 1 9 Correspondence, General 1924 1 10 Correspondence, General 1930 1 11 Correspondence, General 1931-1935 1 12 Correspondence, General 1932-1935 1 13 Correspondence, General 1935-1940 1 14 Correspondence, General 1935-1943 1 15 Correspondence, General 1938-1942 1 16 Correspondence, Personal undated 1 17 Correspondence, Resignation from Curtiss-Wright 1930-1931 1 18 Correspondence, Russell Family 1932-1935 1 19 Correspondence, Sympathy Cards 1947 1 20 Correspondence, Sympathy Letters to Frank Henry Russell, A-J 1924 2 1 Correspondence, Sympathy Letters to Frank Henry Russell, K-Z 1924 3-8 Diaries 1909-1935 2 2 Diary 1925 2 3 Edward Budd Manufacturing Company Materials circa 1932 2 4 Miscellaneous Material 1901-1916 2 5-7 Photographs, Army Air Service 1921 2 8 Photographs, Construction of Planes 1916-1922 2 9 Photographs, Curtiss Planes 1918-1923 2 10-11 Photographs, Destroyed Airplane Hangar undated 2 12 Photographs, Motors and other airplane parts undated 9 Photographs, nitrate negatives undated 2 13 Photographs, People undated 2 14 Photographs, People "AAC" undated 2 15 Photographs, Personal undated 2 16 Speeches undated