Summary Information

Title: Harry A. Bruno Papers
Inclusive Dates: 1919-1969

Creator:

• Bruno, Harry A., 1893-1978

Call Number: U.S. Mss 53AF; Disc 41A; Disc 42A; Disc 43A; Disc 97A; Audio 654A; Audio 323A; Audio 478A

Quantity: 9.4 c.f. (9 archives boxes, 4 flat boxes, 10 volumes, and 1 package), 22 disc recordings, and 3 tape recordings

Repository:

Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Library, Archives, and Museum Collections

Archival Locations:

Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)

COLLECTION MAY BE STORED OFF-SITE: see catalog entry to request materials and for additional information.

Abstract:

Papers of Harry A. Bruno, a public relations counsel and aviation pioneer. The bulk of the collection is publicity material prepared by H.A. Bruno and Associates Inc., and other Bruno firms for clients such as Defense Special Trains, 1941; the Hindenburg's maiden flight, 1936; National Biscuit Company, 1934-1935; Standard Oil of New Jersey, 1936; and a host of aviation events. Included are outlines, press releases, photographs, publicity samples, and clippings. The correspondence deals with business matters, but also includes letters about his book Wings Over America (1942) and the New York Lotos Club. Prominent correspondents include Bernard Baruch, Thomas E. Dewey, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Herbert Hoover, J. Edgar Hoover, Charles A. Lindbergh, Douglas MacArthur, Frank E. Mason, Richard M. Nixon, Francis Cardinal Spellman, Harry S. Truman, Nathan Twining, Orville Wright, and many others. Also present are complete drafts, research material, publicity, and printed matter relating to Wings; articles both by and about Bruno; reviews of a biography by Princine Calitri; photographs; memorabilia; and “Reminiscences of Fifty Years in Aviation,” an oral history interview transcript. The recordings which accompany the collection primarily concern Lindbergh, the Hindenburg disaster, and other topics related to aviation.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-us0053af

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