Scope and Contents Envelope containing printed patents issued by the United States Patent Office that include photo-lithographs of diagrams attached to the patent applications and signed by the inventor. All of the patents re stamped with “DOCUMENT FILE No. 221" and, in orange, “99.” They are also stamped as “rec’d March 13, 1919, C. A. & M. Corp’n, Patent Department.” The envelope contains the following patents: 1,289,683: Glenn Curtiss for Flying Boat, December 31, 1918. (4 pages)...

Scope and Contents File containing correspondence between the U.S. Patent Office and parties involved in an “Interference” declared by the Commissioner of Patents on November 6, 1931. The Interference process was intended to resolve conflicting claims in patent applications and determine “who is the true and original inventor.” This Interference, docketed as No. 62,662 (also 65,127, 65,128, 65,129 filed subsequently) involved application 413,747 for “Aerodynamic Instruction & Testing Methods &...

Scope and Contents From the Series: Series V. Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company is comprised of material dating from 1910 to 1933 and is divided into three subseries: Administrative records, Legal records, and Financial records. The Administrative records subseries includes a bound volume of board meeting minutes which includes related documents such as correspondence and legal files. A few loose pieces of correspondence and assorted documents are also in the subseries. The...

Scope and Contents From the Series: Series VI. Wright Aeronautical Corporation, with records spanning 1915-1929, is divided into two subseries: legal and financial records. The legal subseries consists entirely of property-related documents, such as Abstracts of Title, for properties owned by the company in Paterson, New Jersey. The financial records are composed of some correspondence with accompanying reports. No ledgers or balance sheets are present....

Scope and Contents Carbon copy of a letter from Lybrand, Ross Bros. & Montgomery, Accountants and Auditors, New York City to James F. Prince, Treasurer of the Wright Aeronautical Corporation dated June 24, 1927. The letter is a “tentative computation of the bonus accruing to George W. Goethals & Company, Inc., for the ten months ended October 31, 1919, under its contract of April 1, 1918 with the Wright-Martin Aircraft Corporation.” The managerial contract was terminated as of November 1, 1919 and a...

Scope and Contents Letter from Lybrand, Ross Bros. & Montgomery, Accountants and Auditors, New York City to Charles L. Lawrance, President of Wright Aeronautical Corporation dated February 8, 1929. The letter reports the results of an examination of the accounts of the Wright Aeronautical Corporation and its subsidiaries as of December 31, 1928. The letter contains extensive details about earnings, sales, expenses, dividends, unfilled orders, and financial positions and includes balance sheets, an analysis...

Scope and Contents From the Series: Series V. Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company is comprised of material dating from 1910 to 1933 and is divided into three subseries: Administrative records, Legal records, and Financial records. The Administrative records subseries includes a bound volume of board meeting minutes which includes related documents such as correspondence and legal files. A few loose pieces of correspondence and assorted documents are also in the subseries. The...

Scope and Contents From the Series: Series VI. Wright Aeronautical Corporation, with records spanning 1915-1929, is divided into two subseries: legal and financial records. The legal subseries consists entirely of property-related documents, such as Abstracts of Title, for properties owned by the company in Paterson, New Jersey. The financial records are composed of some correspondence with accompanying reports. No ledgers or balance sheets are present....