Series A: Karl Arnstein: Personal Correspondence and Career

Dr. Arnstein [far left] at work for Goodyear-Zeppelin Corp., 1930

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Publications and Articles by Karl Arnstein

"Aerodynamic Problems in Connection with Ground Handling and Docking of Airships"

"Airship" [for Encyclopedia Britannica]

"Beanspruchung axial gederückter, durch Einzellasten gebogener Stäbe"

"Building the World's Largest Airships"

"Building the World's Largest Airship Factory and Dock"

"The Comet--High Speed Train"

"Design Aspects of the Goodyear Model M Airship" [Reprint] Industrial Aviation, January 1946

"The Design for the Stratosphere Balloon--'Explorer'"

"The Development of Large Commercial Rigid Airships"

"The Development of Large Commercial Zeppelin Airships" [Original Manuscript - SME edition] 1927

"Developments in Lighter-than-Air Craft"

"Developments in Lighter than Air Craft" Society of Automotive Engineers Journal May 1929

"Dirigible" [for The Encyclopedia Americana ]:1947

"The Engineering Aspects of Airship Design and Construction " (See Oversize - Item 1)

"Engineering Developments in Commercial Airships"

"The Engineering Treatment of Ring or Wheel Problems"

"Ermittlung der Einflußlinien für mehrfach statisch unbestimmte Brückenträger" (See Oversize - Item 2)

"Erwiderung zu Kurze Kritik zur Konstrucktion und Leistung der 'Akron'"

"Fatigue Failures in Aircraft" (includes synopsis for meeting of October 31, 1945)

"Fatigue Problems in the Aircraft Industry"

"The Field of the Large Commercial Airship"

"Logical Development of Airships for Fast Ocean Transportation"

Message for Technical Data Digest

Miscellaneous drafts, Manuscripts

"Mitteilungen über Entwürfe und Ausführungen von Bauten und Allegemeine Erörterungen" (See Oversize - Item 3)

"Notes on Recent Structural Research at Goodyear-Zeppelin Corporation"

"Old Ideas, New Applications..." American Aviation: October 24, 1955

"On Methods of Calculating Stresses in the Hulls of Rigid Airships" with E.L. Shaw

"Organized Engineering Makes Macon"

Patents - 6 United States Letters Patent for the design of airship components.

Patents - Miscellaneous (Air Dock, Airship Construction, Aircraft) in brown folio labelled: " Patents of Dr. Karl Arnstein".

"Recent Developments in Airships"

"Research and Development Problems Arising in Airship Design"

"Rigid Airship Competes for Long Range Hauling"

"Rigid Airships in Commerce"

"Silowände Bei Berucksichtigung des Zellenzusammenhanges" Zeitschrift für Betonbau: May 1914

"Some Design Aspects of the Rigid Airship"

"Some Design Aspects of the Rigid Airship" (manuscript): n.d.

"Die statische Berechnung der Manhattan=Brücke"

"The Stresses in Columns Under Combined Axial and Side Loads"

"Transoceanic Airships"

"Über einige Luftschiffprobleme"

"Ueber Fundamentplatten für Einzellasten unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Kriesplatte" (See Oversize - Item 4)

"Weltgespannte Eisonbettonbogenbrücken"

"Weltgespannte Eisonbettonbogenbrücken" (Blue Print)

"Weltgespannte Eisonbettonbogenbrücken" (Galley Proof)

"What We Need Now Is Less Invention and More Application of Basic Principles"

"Why Airships?"

"Wind Pressures on the Akron Airship Dock"

"Zeitschrift für Flugtechnik und Motorluftschiffahrt"

"Zylindrische Behälter mit ebener Sohle" (See Oversize - Item 5)

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Biographical Material

American Society of Mechanical Engineers Nominating Committee - Application Material for: December 7, 1945

Letter of Introduction for Karl Arnstein from Max Heintze: 1925

Miscellaneous Biographical Material and Correspondence for various publications

Resumes, Vitae and List of Publications

The Youngstown Vindicator - Material for article by George Riess: 1944-45

General Correspondence: Personal business, Friends, Associates

1926

1927

1928

1929

1930

1932

1933

1934

1940-43

1944-45

1946

1947

1948-50

1951-55

1956-57

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Affidavits - Europe (Arranged Alphabetically) - Much of this correspondence is from or related to individuals seeking affidavits of support for immigration to the U.S. and dates to the 1930's.

1. Baade, Bruno
2. Backova, Olga
3. Cantorova, Greta
4. Chitz, Herman
5. Dhein, Karl
6. Elias, Max
7. Fischl, S.
8. Frankenstein, Hugo
9. Frohlich, Cärlie
10. Gottscho, Ernst
11. Grasgrun, O.
12. Hegener, Henri
13. Heller, Charles (Margaret Fischer, Olga Lindenbaum
14. Jaray, Rudolf
15. Koenig, Leo
16. Korn, Frank
17. Langfelder, A.
18. Lichtenauer, Lilly
19. Low, Oskar
20. Madelung, Georg
21. Melan, Herbert
22. Nøkkentved, Chr.
23. Polivka, Jaro
24. Prandtl, L.
25. Rieger, Leonz
26. Schwartz, Berthold
27. Sinek, Otto
28. Steiner, Herbert
29. Steinitz, Otto
30. Wassermann, Hermann
31. Weigert, Hans
32. Weissenstein, Heinrich
33. Wotiz, Frank

B - [unidentified] 1925-26

Bernhardt, Julius: 1927

Birthday and Retirement - Miscellaneous

Christmas Cards (Blanks): [1953?]

Christmas Card Lists -- Personal and Company: 1942-56

Clay, Bill: September 24, 1953

Colsman, A: 1929

Deutscher Aero Lloyd A.G.: 1925

Donnelly, E.P.: 1925

Dornier, Claudius: 1927

Eckener, Hugo - Obtaining materials to rebuild house, 1948-49

Erhardt. Julius: 1924-25

Fellows, Perry A. - Ethiopian Bridge Project (Melan Arch): 1954

Fischl, S.: 1925-26

Foerster, Arthur: 1925

Froesch, Charles - Notes and Correspondence related to ASME address, 1954

Fuchs, Hugo: 1927

Fulton, Garland: 1924

Gordon Bennett International Balloon Race: 1927-30

Guggenheim, Henry F.: 1926

Hahn, Artur: 1927

Hilligardt, E.: 1928-30

Hinderer, Oskar: 1925

Hoff, Nicholas J. - Correspondence: 1943-46

Hoff, Wilhelm: 1927

Hohmann, Willi: 1925

Huerttle, Karl: 1926-27

Hughes, Howard (Hell's Angels): 1928

Jacoby, Berthold: 1925

Jaray, Karl: 1925-26

Kármán, Theodore von: 1926

Kindling, Paul: 1930

Klemin, Alexander: 1927

Klemperer, Wolfgang: 1926-27

Lehmann, Ernst A.: 1924

Lighter than Air Society Banquet and Award - Includes Clippings: October 1959

Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce: 1929-30

Magruder, W.T.: 1928

Melan, Herbert: 1925-26

Michaelis, H. von: 1926

Mierzinsky, H.: 1925

Müller and Sohn - Commemorative Zeppelin Coins: 1925

National Air Races (Cleveland) Program -Includes letter and photo - Macwhyte Company [Travel Air Mystery Ship]: 1929

National Exchange Club - Correspondence: 1948-52

Nomad Publishing [Cornelius Vanderbilt Jr.]: 1929-30

North German Lloyd: 1926-30

Ohio Commerce :1927

Ohio State University: 1927

Pagenstecher, Rudolf: 1928-29

Pawlowski, F.W.: 1928

Polivka, Jaro. - Correspondence and enclosures on Joseph Melan and San Fransisco "Butterfly Bridge" project: 1944-53

Polivka, Jaro. - Correspondence and enclosures on Contributions of Central-Europeans to American Science: 1946

Prandtl, L.: 1930

Probst, E.: 1930

Rose Garden 1935-42

Rosendahl, C.E. (Adm.): 1958

Roth, H.C.:1925

Schmid, Karl: 1929-30

Schwarz, D.: 1929

Seiberling, Frank A.: May 31, 1928

Settle, T.G.W.: 1929-30

Siegle, Wilhelm: 1927

Skall, Otto: 1926-27

Society of Automotive Engineers: 1926

Society of Automotive Engineers - Correspondence on Meeting: 1929-30

Staedtische Flugplatzdirektion

Strughold, H.: 1929

University of Akron, Ayer and Zook: 1929

U.S. Air Services Editor Earl Findley: 1930

Vissering, Harry: 1942-46

Whittle, G.V.: 1947

Wirbelauer, W.L.: 1927

Zimmermann, Hans: 1927

Photographs

Miscellaneous of Karl Arnstein: 1955, 57, and undated

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Speeches and Presentations by Karl Arnstein

"The Airship as a Means of Transportation"

"The Airship's Contribution to Modern Aviation"

"The Airship's Contribution to Modern Aviation" - Lecture: n.d.

"The Airship's Contribution to Modern Aviation" - Lecture to GAC Squadron Students: April 15, 1953

"Anniversary Speech"

"Contributions of Lighter-Than-Air to Aeronautics"

Discussion of Ralph Upson paper - Lectures and Notes: January 30, 1926

"Effect on Longitudinals of the Ascent of an Airship" - Lectures and Notes: 1925-27

"Engineering Developments in Commercial Airships"

"Engineering Experiences" [notes]

Goodyear Aircraft Engineering Division - Notecards for speechs numbered 1-22, 1-26: n.d.

"Higher Education In Europe and In America"

"History of the Airship" - Lectures and Notes: 1925-27

"Introductory Remarks Regarding Canopy and Laminates," n.d.

Luncheon Talk on Airships: n.d.

Luncheon talk on the Airship - Lectures and Notes: 1925-27

"The Military Value of the Airship" - Lectures and Notes: 1925-27

"Organizational Structure of Engineering Division at GAC": March 7, 1955

"Quality of Our Work" : January, July 1941

"Rigid Airships"

"Rigid Airships" - Notes and Illustrations presented to Society of Automotive Engineers: March 14, 1946

"Safety Problems of Airships"

Slides used during presentations [includes index]

"Speech to Engineering Personnel [at Goodyear Aircraft]"

"Speech to Sales Conference"

"Speech to ZPN-1 Training Program": May 3, 1952

[Untitled--Acceptance Speech for Akron Bar Association Naturalized American Award, September 1959]

[Untitled-- Bondolite: November 11, 1942]

[Untitled-- Commercial Airships [notes for presentation?] - n.d.]

[Untitled--Corsairs built by Goodyear Aircraft (FG-1, F2G) - n.d.]

[Untitled--Future of airships]

[Untitled--Goodyear Aircraft Junior Engineering College Training Program - Speech to graduates of: December 30, 1943]

[Untitled--Manufacturing Supervision] Notecards for Speech: n.d.

[Untitled--Naturalization Day Court Ceremonies]:n.d.

[Untitled--Rigid Airships] Notecards for Speech: September 25, 1956

[Untitled--Notecards for Speech at University of Akron]: n.d.

[Untitled--Wingfoot Lighter Than Air Society banquet--receipt of award]

Voice of America Interview text and notes for Walter Kohl: April 17, 1958

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Langwieser Viaduct Project - Ed. Zublin & Cie

Ed. Zublin and Cie - Blueprints of Bridge Projects: 1911

1. Leimbach
2. Jbach
3. Follmis
4. Bomporto
5. Bussingen

Engineer's notes and Work papers, Langweiser Viaduct (Chur-Arosa Railroad, Switzerland) 1921

Plan Drawings - Langweiser Viaduct

Photos: n.d.

Schürch, H. "Der Bau des Taluberganges Bei Langwies An Der Electrischen Bahn Chur-Arosa", Armierter Beton: 1916

Strasbourg Cathedral Project

Bernhard, Karl "Deutsch Ingenieurarbeit im Strassburger Munster" 1926

Plan Drawings: 1:50: April 1919 (See Oversize - Item 6)

Collected Articles on Engineering by Others and Miscellaneous

Der Bauingenieur: Zeitschrift für das Gesamte Bauwesen: September 21, 1928

Boerner, Franz. "Vorschriften und Formeln für die Berechnung von Massivkonstruktionen" (reprint) Berlin: 1910

Danusso, Arturo. "Beitrag zur Berechnung der Kreuzweise bewehrten Eisenbettenplatten und deren Aufnahmträger" (reprint) Berlin: 1913

Davidson, S.M. "Turning and Course Keeping Qualities" - Presented to Society of Naval Architects and Marine EngineersAnnual Meeting: 1946

Ebner, Hans. "Zur Berechnung Raumlicher Fachwerke in Flugzeugbau" (Dissertation) Munich 1929

Fuchs, Hugo. "Über das Schwindmaß des armierten Betons" (reprint) Vienna: 1909

Hoff, Nicholas J. "The Applicability of Saint Venant's Principle to Airsplane Structures" - Paper presented to Institute of Aeronautical Sciences: Jan. - Feb. 1945

Hoff, Nicholas J. "Bending and Buckling of Sandwich Type Beams" (reprint): 1946

Hoff, Nicholas J. Research Publications of the Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn Vol 4, pt. 1: 1940-41 Contains the following articles by Hoff:

• "Stable and Unstable Equilibrium of Plane Frameworks"
• "The Proportioning of Aircraft Frameworks"
• "Stress Analysis of Aircraft Frameworks"

Hoff, Nicholas J. "A Strain Energy Derivation of the Torsional-Flexural Buckling Loads of Straight Columns of Thin-Walled Open Sections" and "Sandwich Construction" (reprints): 1944

Hoff, Nicholas J. "Stresses in a Reinforced Monocoque Cylinder Under Concentrated Symmetric Transverse Loads" and "A Note on Inelastic Buckling" (reprints): 1944

Hovgaard, William. "The United World": 1944

Jahresbericht 1931 der Statischen Abteilung der DVL von Dr. Ing. Karl Thalau; Sonderdruck aus dem Jahrbuch 1931 der Deutschen Versuchsanstatt für Luftfahrt, E.V., Berlin Adlershof, Herausgegeben von Dr. Ing. Wilhelm Hoff: 1931

Jahresbericht 1932 der Statischen Abteilung der DVL von Dr. Ing. Karl Thalau; Sonderdruck aus dem Jahrbuch 1932 der Deutschen Versuchsanstatt für Luftfahrt, E.V., Berlin Adlershof, Herausgegeben von Dr. Ing. Wilhelm Hoff: 1932

Kármán, Theodore von. "Über den Mechanismus des Widerstandes, den ein bewegter Kürper in einer flussigkeit erfahrt" (reprint): 1912

Luftfahrt-forschung: April 20, 1937

Luftfahrzeugbau und Luftfahrt nebst Randgebeiten Berlin: February, 1934

Melan, Ernst. "Teoria e costruzione di antenne con stralli tesi disimmetricamente" (reprint) Milan: 1961

Melan, Josef and Kluge, Konrad. "Einige neuere Bruckenausführungen in Eisenbeton nach Bauweise Melan" Berlin: 1911

Nadai, A. and Donnell, L.H. "Stress Distribution in Rotating Disks of Ductile Material after the Yield Point has been reached" Applied Mechanics: 1928

Nowak, August. "Die Baumechanik in ihren Bezeihungen zur Technik und Volkswirtschaft" (reprint) Prague: 1911

Nowak, August. "Erwangen über einige Mängel bei der Planung und Vergebe von Eisenbetonbauten" (reprint) Vienna: 1937

Oldham, Albert H. "War Prosperity Needs Patents": 1946

Posch, Erich E. von. "Die Druckverteilung in Mauern" (reprint) Sonderdruck aus der Zeitschrift für Betonbau: 1913

Reich, Emil. "Vierendeelträger mit parallelen Gurtungen" (reprint): 1911

Schaechterle, K.W. "Beitrage zur Theorie und Berechnung der in Eisenbetonbau üblichen Elastichen Bogen, Bogenstellungen und Mehrstieligen Rahmen" Berlin: 1912

Technische Blätter Vierteljahrschrift des Deutschen Polytechnischen vereins in Böhmen. Prague: March 1911

Teichmann, Alfred. "Zur Berechnung auf Knickbiegnung beansprucher Flugzeugholme" (dissertation) Munich: 1931

Weise, A. "The Conversion of Energy in a Radiator" (Report No. 869) N.A.C.A.: July 1938

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