Piccard, Jean Felix, 1884-1963.
Piccard Family papers, 1470-1983 (bulk 1926-1983).
Correspondence, memoranda, diaries, journals, logbooks, reports, notes, financial papers, biographical material, scrapbooks, blueprints, patent specifications and other papers documenting the careers of Piccard family members (primarily Jean Felix Piccard and Jeannette Ridlon Piccard) in the fields of aeronautics, ballooning, bathyscaphe exploration, and stratospheric exploration. Correspondents include Albert Einstein, Robert R. Gilruth, Robert Andrews Millikan, and William F. G. Swann. Includes correspondence between Jean Piccarad and the National Research Council concerning trinitrotoluene (TNT)
Family members represented include Jean Felix Piccard (1884-1963), chemist, balloonist, and aeronautical engineer; his wife, Jeannette Ridlon Piccard (1985-1981), balloonist, aerosopace consultant, and clergywoman; and their son, Don Piccard (1926-), balloonist and entrepreneur.
Einstein, Albert, 1879-1955
Gilruth, Robert R. (Robert Rowe), 1913-
Millikan, Robert Andrews, 1868-1953.
Piccard, Jean Felix, 1884-1963
Piccard, Jeannette Ridlon, 1895-1981.
Piccard, Donald Louis, 1926-
Swann, W. F. G. (William Francis Gray), 1884-1962
Piccard family.
National Research Council (U.S.)
Aeronautics.
Airships.
Ballooning.
Bathyscape.
Explosives (Technology).
Stratosphere.
TNT.
Journals. ftamc
Logs (records). aat
Photographs. aat
Piccard, Jeannette Ridlon, 1895-1981.
AIP-ICOS
Library of Congress. Manuscript Division. James Madison Memorial Building, First Street and Independence Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20540, USA