Edward Chalmers Huffaker Papers

Collection

Identifier: AppMs-0554

Staff Only

Edward Chalmers Huffaker Papers Digital Collection

Scope and Contents

The collection consists of incoming and outgoing correspondence between Edward Chalmers Huffaker of Chuckey, Tennessee and his family members and professional colleagues. Most of the correspondence is either to or from Huffaker’s wife, Carrie Sue Redding Huffaker or other Huffaker family members and discusses matters of personal interest and family affairs with only a few of the letters concerning Huffaker’s interest in aeronautics and manned flight.

Dates

1882-1934, 1979-1986, undated
Majority of material found within 1882 - 1934

Creator

Huffaker, Edward C. (Person)

Conditions Governing Access

The collection is open for research.

Extent

1.25 linear feet

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Arrangement

The correspondence is arranged in chronological order with undated material filed after dated material. Transcriptions of certain letters made by Hensley are maintained with the original correspondence. A small amount of correspondence to and from Steve Hensley related to the Huffaker material is filed at the end of the collection in chronological order.

Method of Acquisition

The Edward Chalmers Huffaker Papers were donated to the Archives of Appalachia by Steve Hensley, Chuckey, Tenn., October 19, 1999. Hensley found the Huffaker correspondence in 1957 when as a boy he was exploring his grandmother’s barn, property at one time part of the Huffaker farm. Hensley used the material in research for his master’s thesis completed in 1998 at East Tennessee State University entitled “Edward C. Huffaker’s Unpublished Letters, Containing the Earliest Application of Bernoulli’s Principle to Account for Aerodynamic Life: A Storytelling Approach to Aviation History.”

Related Materials

AppMs 680, James Kevin Research Collection

Hensley, Steven, and Julia Hensley. The Unwelcome Assistant : Edward C. Huffaker and the Birth of Aviation, 2003.

Hensley, Steven V., and Julia Dye Hensley. “Edward C. Huffaker’s Unpublished Letters, Containing the Earliest Application of Bernoulli’s Principle to Account for Aerodynamic Lift : a Storytelling Approach to Aviation History .” Thesis (M.A.)--East Tennessee State University, 1998.