Research material collected by G. A. Broomfield, biographer of Samuel Cody

This material is held atNational Aerospace Library

Scope and Content

Research notes for G. A. Broomfield's 1953 book, Pioneer of the Air : the life and times of Colonel S. F. Cody .

Includes correspondence with Leon Cody, Vivian Cody, C. G. Grey, Sir Arthur Longmore, C. H. Gibbs-Smith and Neville Duke, together with cuttings relating to early flights.

Collection also includes material relating to the Science Museum's acquisition of a scale model of Cody's first aeroplane.

Access Information

Open for consultation.

Other Finding Aids

Typescript catalogue available at the National Aerospace Library.