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This collection consists of material relating to Friedrich Wilhelm. "Willy" von Meister and his activities with the airship industries of Germany and the United States.
Identifier
NASM.1996.0002
Creator
von Meister, F.W. "Willy,", 1903-1978
Date
1925-1969
bulk 1934-1937
Provenance
Gerda Carmichael, Gift, 1995, NASM.1996.0002
Extent
0.05 Cubic feet (6 folders)
Archival Repository
National Air and Space Museum Archives
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of material relating to F. W. "Willy" von Meister and his activities with the airship industries of Germany and the United States. The collection includes Christmas cards, including one with a written note to von Meister from Thomas G. W. "Tex" Settle, USN, 1937; seventeen black and white photo prints and postcards of the Hindenburg and Hugo Eckener, the head of Luftschiffbau Zeppelin; five Hindenburg envelopes; eighteen Hindenburg baggage labels; a printed passenger list for the first crossing of the Hindenburg from Lakehurst, New Jersey to Frankfurt; newspaper and magazine articles on airships; a Maybach Motor Company brochure written by von Meister; and several letters. Also included are fifteen black and white photographs and two sets of postcards of the Dornier DO-X flying boat, and Dornier DO-X baggage labels.
Arrangement note
This collection has been arranged by general subject and content.
Rights
Material is subject to Smithsonian Terms of Use. Should you wish to use NASM material in any medium, please submit an Application for Permission to Reproduce NASM Material, available at Permissions Requests
Restrictions
No restrictions on access
Citation
Hindenburg Memorabilia Collection [von Meister], Acc. 1996.0002, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
Topics
Aeronautics
Airships
Dornier Do X
Zeppelin LZ 129 Hindenburg
Zeppelin LZ 127 Graf Zeppelin
Type
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Correspondence
Photographs
Publications
Printed ephemera
Christmas cards