Harry W. Frantz Papers (Library of Congress)

The Library of Congress >> Especially for Researchers >> Research Centers

------------------------------------------------------------
Outline view: http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms007053
------------------------------------------------------------

Harry W. Frantz

An Register of His Papers in the Library of Congress

Prepared by Joseph K. Brooks

Manuscript Division, Library of Congress

Washington, D.C.

1998

Contact information: http://lcweb.loc.gov/rr/mss/address.html

Finding aid encoded by Library of Congress Manuscript Division, 2007

Finding aid URL: http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms007053

Printed Matter, 1919-1965, n.d.

Title: Papers of Harry W. Frantz
Span Dates: 1919-1965
Bulk Dates: (bulk 1929-1937)
ID No.: MSS84190
Creator: Frantz, Harry W. (Harry Warner), 1891-1982
Extent: 350 items; 8 containers plus 17 oversize; 3.2 linear feet
Language: Collection material in English
Repository: Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Abstract: Journalist. Scrapbooks and printed matter related to aviation, a field Franz covered for United Press International.

Selected Search Terms

The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the Library's online catalog. They are grouped by name of person or organization, by subject or location, and by occupation and listed alphabetically therein.

Names:
Frantz, Harry W. (Harry Warner), 1891-1982
Curtis, Arthur E.--Correspondence
Howard, Roy Wilson, 1883-1964--Correspondence
Manduley, Manuel DeJ.--Correspondence.
McCandlish, B. V. (Benjamin Vaughan), 1886-1975--Correspondence
Van Dusen, William, 1901-1976
Pan American Airways Corporation
United Press International

Subjects:
Aeronautics--Flights
Aeronautics--History
Aeronautics, Commercial
Airlines
Endurance flights
Journalism, Aeronautical
Airlines--Public relations

Occupations:
Journalists

Administrative Information

Provenance:

The papers of Harry W. Frantz, journalist, were transferred to the Library of Congress from the Historian's Office of the United States Coast Guard in 1998.

Transfers:

Maps have been transferred to the Georgraphy and Map Division where they are identified as part of the Harry W. Frantz Papers.

Copyright Status:

The status of copyright in the unpublished writings of Harry W. Frantz is governed by the Copyright Law of the United States (Title 17, U.S.C.).

Preferred Citation:

Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Container number, Harry W. Frantz Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

Biographical Note

Date	Event
1891, Nov. 5	Born, Cerro Gordo, Ill.
1913-1919	Attended Stanford University, Stanford, Calif.
1917-1965	Correspondent, United Press International
1924	Married Kathleen Hargrave
1936	Passenger correspondent, Pan American Airways inaugural transpacific China Clipper press flight, Alameda, Calif., to Manilla, Philippines
1939	Passenger correspondent, Pan American Airways inaugural transatlantic Yankee Clipper press flight, New York, N.Y., to Marseilles, France
1941-1944	Press director, Office of Inter-American Affairs, State Department
1944-1945	Information officer, assistant secretary of state for American republics
1982, Apr.	Died, Ithaca, N.Y.

Scope and Content Note

The papers of Harry W. Frantz (1891-1982) span the years 1919-1965, with the bulk of the material concentrated in the period 1929-1937. The collection is focused entirely on aviation, a field Frantz covered as a correspondent for United Press International, and documents pioneering long distance and endurance flights and the early history of the Pan American Airways Corporation and other commercial passenger and freight air carriers.

The Frantz Papers comprise three series, Scrapbooks, Printed Matter, and Oversize. The Scrapbooks are organized in a numerical system of Frantz's devising. Loose leaf scrapbooks have been dismantled and the contents foldered in the original page order. Hard bound scrapbooks are in Oversize. The monographs, pamphlets, reports, serials, publicity material, and other print and near print material that comprise the Printed Matter are arranged chronologically under United States, other countries, and Pan American Airways Corporation headings.

Volumes 19-21 of the Scrapbooks consist of Pan American Airways publicity director William Van Dusen's "Dear Señor" letters, an informal newsletter, 1937-1940, disseminating inside information on such topics as routes, personnel, technological progress, and the latest developments in the Clipper and Stratoliner programs. Other correspondents include Arthur E. Curtis, Roy Wilson Howard, Manuel DeJ. Manduley, and B.V. McCandlish.

Related Materials

A collection of papers focusing on Frantz's career as a political reporter can be found at the Harry S. Truman Library, Independence, Missouri.

Arrangement of the Papers

This collection is arranged in three series:

Scrapbooks, 1923-1954, n.d.
Printed Matter, 1919-1965, n.d.
Oversize, 1923-1954, n.d.

Description of Series

Container	Series


BOX 1-4	Scrapbooks, 1923-1954, n.d.
		Scrapbooks containing correspondence, book jackets, newspaper clippings, magazine articles, pamphlets, photographs, and miscellaneous printed matter.
		Arranged in a numerical order established by Frantz.

BOX 4-8	Printed Matter, 1919-1965, n.d.
		Monographs, pamphlets, reports, schedules, magazines, and other material.
		Arranged by subject and thereunder chronologically.

BOX OV 1-OV 17	Oversize, 1923-1954, n.d.
		Scrapbooks
		Organized and described according to the series from which they were removed.

Container List

Container	Contents


BOX 1-4	Scrapbooks, 1923-1954, n.d.
		Scrapbooks containing correspondence, book jackets, newspaper clippings, magazine articles, pamphlets, photographs, and miscellaneous printed matter.
		Arranged in a numerical order established by Frantz.

BOX 1		Vol. 1, re books by and about aviators, 1928-1931, n.d. See Oversize

BOX 1		Vol. 2, pioneering flights, biographical material re pilots, and summaries of aviation progress, 1927-1954, n.d.

BOX 1		Vol. 3, United States Army around-the-world flight of 1924, 1924-1931

BOX 1		Vol. 4, articles by Frantz and others, correspondence, and memorabilia, 1937-1954, n.d.
			(2 folders)

BOX 1		Vol. 5, aviation before the Charles A. Lindbergh transatlantic flight, clippings, articles, maps, charts, and printed matter, 1923-1929, n.d. 1923-1929, n.d. See Oversize

BOX 1		Vol. 6, Latin American aviation, 1926-1948, n.d.
			(2 folders)

BOX 2		Vol. 7, United States civil aviation, 1929-1944, n.d.
			(2 folders)

BOX 2		Vol. 8, pioneering flights, 1927-1928 See Oversize

BOX 2		Vol. 9, pioneering flights, 1927-1928 See Oversize

BOX 2		Vol. 10, pioneering flights, 1927-1928 See Oversize

BOX 2		Vol. 11, Richard E. Byrd, Antarctic expedition and flight over South Pole, 1928-1929 See Oversize

BOX 2		Vol. 12, Richard E. Byrd and others, Antarctic flights and exploration, 1929-1930 See Oversize

BOX 2		Vol. 13, pioneering flights, 1929, 1939 See Oversize

BOX 2		Vol. 14, pioneering flights, 1929, 1939 See Oversize

BOX 2		Vol. 15, Pan American Airways Corp., pioneering transpacific Clipper flights, 1936-1945, n.d.

BOX 2		Vol. 16, pioneering transatlantic passenger flights, 1937-1941, n.d.

BOX 2		Vol. 17, pioneering transpacific flights, 1936-1939, n.d.

BOX 2		Vol. 18, Pan American Airways Corp., miscellaneous material, 1930-1940, n.d.

BOX 3		Vols. 19-21, Pan American Airways Corp., William Van Dusen, (director of public relations), background correspondence, 1937-1940
			(5 folders)

BOX 3		Vol. 22, bibliographic and scientific material, 1929-1938, n.d.
			(2 folders)

BOX 3		Vol. 23, Richard E. Byrd and others, pioneering flights, 1927, n.d. See Oversize

BOX 3		Vol. 24, miscellaneous flights, 1929-1930, n.d. See Oversize

BOX 3		Vol. 25, miscellaneous flights, 1929-1930, n.d. See Oversize

BOX 3		Vol. 26, miscellaneous flights, 1929-1930, n.d. See Oversize

BOX 3		Vol. 27, re books by and about aviators, 1928-1931, n.d. See Oversize

BOX 3		Vol. 28, re books by and about aviators, 1928-1931, n.d. See Oversize

BOX 3		Vol. 29, re books by and about aviators, 1928-1931, n.d. See Oversize

BOX 3		Vol. 30, miscellaneous flights, 1929-1930, n.d. See Oversize

BOX 4		Vol. 31, Wiley Post and Harold Gatty, around the world flight, 1930

BOX 4-8	Printed Matter, 1919-1965, n.d.
		Monographs, pamphlets, reports, schedules, magazines, and other material.
		Arranged by subject and thereunder chronologically.

BOX 4		Aviation literature

BOX 4			United States

BOX 4				1921-1937
					(6 folders)

BOX 5				1938-1965
					(5 folders)

BOX 5				Undated
					(1 folder)
BOX 6					(1 folder)

BOX 6			Other countries

BOX 6				1919-1939
					(5 folders)

BOX 6				Undated

BOX 7		Pan American Airways Corp.

BOX 7			Miscellany, 1936-1939, n.d.
				(3 folders)

BOX 7			New Horizons, 1940-1943, n.d.

BOX 7			Pan American Air Ways

BOX 7				1936-1937
					(2 folders)

BOX 7				1936-1937
					(2 folders)

BOX 8				1938-1939
					(2 folders)

BOX 8			Trippe, Juan T., 1937-1941

BOX OV 1-OV 17	Oversize, 1923-1954, n.d.
		Scrapbooks
		Organized and described according to the series from which they were removed.

BOX OV 1		Scrapbooks

BOX OV 1			Vol. 1, 1927-1954, n.d. (Container 1)

BOX OV 2			Vol. 5, 1923-1929, n.d. (Container 1)

BOX OV 3			Vol. 8, 1927-1928 (Container 2)

BOX OV 4			Vol. 9, 1927-1928 (Container 2)

BOX OV 5			Vol. 10, 1927-1928 (Container 2)

BOX OV 6			Vol. 11, 1928-1929 (Container 2)

BOX OV 7			Vol. 12, 1929-1930 (Container 2)

BOX OV 8			Vol. 13, 1929 (Container 2)

BOX OV 9			Vol. 14, 1939 (Container 2)

BOX OV 10			Vol. 23, 1927, n.d. (Container 3)

BOX OV 11			Vol. 24, 1929-1930, n.d. (Container 3)

BOX OV 12			Vol. 25, 1929, n.d. (Container 3)

BOX OV 13			Vol. 26, 1930, n.d. (Container 3)

BOX OV 14			Vol. 27, 1929, n.d. (Container 3)

BOX OV 15			Vol. 28, 1930, n.d. (Container 3)

BOX OV 16			Vol. 29, 1930-1931, n.d. (Container 3)

BOX OV 17			Vol. 30, 1929-1930 (Container 3)

Top of Page

Home >> Finding Aids

The Library of Congress >> Especially for Researchers >> Research Centers
May 31, 2007