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John Wise and History of Ballooning Collection
Title
John Wise and History of Ballooning Collection
Object ID
MG0019
Date Range
1850-1993
, Palmer Douty, Esther Douty, Esther M. Drepperd, Carl W. Edwards, Vincent Elvin, Thomas Evans, William Field, Francis J. Fischer, Hans Fleck, Glen French, Melvin Galzer, Emmett J. Gambetta, Francis Leon Greeley, A. W. Grimm, Janet Gryzewski, Tad Halmi, Robert Harrell, D. Tudor Hautrive, M. Hayden, F
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John Wise and History of Ballooning Collection
Title
John Wise and History of Ballooning Collection
Description
The John Wise and History of Ballooning Collection contains material about John Wise, a pioneering balloonist from Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, and the history of ballooning. Articles written by and about John Wise provide information about the man and his career. The bulk of Series 1 is correspondence, research notes, and drafts of "The John Wise Story," by John H. Andrews. Series 2 contains material about the ballooning hobby, other early aircraft, and the history of air mail.
Admin/Biographical History
As an adventurous and inquisitive young boy, John Wise was drawn to the skies above his native Lancaster County. He was fascinated by aerial pursuits and began to conduct experiments. He tied his cat to his homemade parachute and observed the cat's safe descent from a local church steeple.
A keen interest in ballooning developed and Wise became a famous aeronaut. Although balloon ascensions were common at county fairs and carnivals he had never observed an ascension before he made his first one in Philadelphia in 1835. John Wise completed 462 balloon ascensions including Lancaster ascensions from Penn Square and the prison yard.
In the nineteenth century many ascensions were made just for the novelty of the event, but John Wise's approach was from a scientific perspective. Each ascension gave him a chance to conduct scientific investigations of the atmosphere, pneumatics and hydrostatics.
It also gave him the opportunity to develop a more advanced flying machine. Wise was the first to observe the "great river of air which always blows from west to east" in the higher regions of the atmosphere. Today we call this phenomenon the jet stream. He also developed the ripcord safety mechanism.
John Wise promoted the advantages of balloon transportation. In 1843 he conceived a project for crossing the Atlantic Ocean and asked Congress to appropriate $15,000 for the project. Congress rejected the appropriation. Wise suggested a plan to bomb the Castle at Vera Cruz during the Mexican War and during the Civil War the Bureau of Topographical Engineers requested his services as a balloonist. He is credited with the first airmail transportation in 1859.
Detailed descriptions of his ascensions and experiments are found in his book, Through the Air, published in 1873. The last ascent of John Wise took place on September 29, 1879 from St. Louis, Missouri. This flight ended disastrously in Lake Michigan where his balloon fell and his remains lie.
Prepared by the Lancaster County Historical Society, ca. 1995.
System of Arrangement
This collection is arranged into two series.
Series 1 John Wise
Series 2 History of Ballooning
Date Range
1850-1993
Creation Date
1850-1993
Year Range From
1850
Year Range To
1993
Date of Accumulation
1850-1993
Creator
Andrews, John H.
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives South
Storage Wall
Side 01
People
Albertson, Catherine
Andrews, John Henry
Atkinson, S. C.
Bache, Hartman
Ball, Charles I.
Bartlett, Mrs. R. A.
Batchelder, Robert C.
Beckwith, A.
Beller, William
Black, J. W.
Blanchard, Jean Pierre
Blitzstein, Madelin
Bradbury, Ray
Brown, Elizabeth B.
Bruce, George
Burlingame, Roger
Burr, George
Byars, W. W.
Casey, Louis
Cessna, Clyde
Coffman, Ramon
Cornish, Joseph Jenkins, III
Cox, Palmer
Douty, Esther
Douty, Esther M.
Drepperd, Carl W.
Edwards, Vincent
Elvin, Thomas
Evans, William
Field, Francis J.
Fischer, Hans
Fleck, Glen
French, Melvin
Galzer, Emmett J.
Gambetta, Francis Leon
Greeley, A. W.
Grimm, Janet
Gryzewski, Tad
Halmi, Robert
Harrell, D. Tudor
Hautrive, M.
Hayden, F. Stansbury
Hopkins, Philip S.
Hunt, E. F.
Ingle, Harold E.
Kehr, Ernest A.
Keith, Barbara
Kessler, F. W.
Klein, Frederic S.
Kouwenhoven, John A.
Kreider, Ira
Kriebel, Robert C.
Kriebel, Robert G.
Lamorisse, Albert
LaPaz, Lincoln
Lindbergh, Charles
Lindquist, H. L.
Long, Elmer R.
Lundgren, Laura May Gross
Madsen, Peter
Maier, Alfred D.
Maxwell, George T.
McCloskey, Lores
McDevitt, William
Mills, James
Myers, Wilfred
Naves, Glen W.
Nicklin, John
Pasquarella, Gus
Peers, W.
Prevost, John W.
Roland, John
Rosenfeld, Albert
Sanabria, Nicolas
Schatvet, H. C.
Serviss, Garrett P.
Smith, Philip R., Jr.
Stehling, Kurt R
Steinmetz, Rollin
Stilphen, George F.
Taylor, Florence
Thompson, Howard
Topping, A.D.
Waitt, Robert
Warner, B. H.
Watson, Marion A.
Wetherill, Richard B.
Whipple, A. W.
Wilbur, W. H.
Wise, John
Wiseman, Frederick J.
Wolcott, Charles
Wolf, Constance
Woodruff, J. C.
Wright, Wilbur
Young, Pearl
Other Creators
Lancaster County Historical Society (Pa.)
Subjects
Hot air balloons
Hot air balloons--Launching
Airships
Aeronautics
Letters
Air mail service
Hindenburg (Airship)
Reconnaissance aircraft
Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)
Search Terms
Aeronautics
Air mail service
Airships
Aviation
Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)
Correspondence
Finding aids
Hindenburg (Airship)
Hot air balloons
Letters
Manuscript groups
Newspaper clippings
Obituaries
Reconnaissance aircraft
Extent
3 boxes, 40 folders, 1 scrapbook, 1 cubic ft.
Object Name
Archive
Language
English
Object ID
MG0019
Access Conditions / Restrictions
No restrictions.
Copyright
Collection may not be photocopied. Please direct questions to Research Center Staff at research@lancasterhistory.org.
Permission for reproduction and/or publication must be obtained in writing from LancasterHistory.
Credit
Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Other Numbers
MG-19
Classification
MG0019
Description Level
Fonds
Custodial History
This collection was cataloged prior to 1997; added to database on 28 February 2018.
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Administrators Accounts
Title
Administrators Accounts
Object ID
AdAcct 1893 F028 E
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Administrators Accounts
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Administrators Accounts
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Year
1893
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Container
Box 0089
People
Evans, William W.
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Place
Little Britain Twp.
Object Name
Statement, Financial
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
AdAcct 1893 F028 E
Box Number
089
Additional Notes
Evans, James; Locher, Charles H. Administrators.
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Administrators Accounts
Object ID
AdAcct 1894 F024 E
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Administrators Accounts
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Administrators Accounts
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Year
1894
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Container
Box 0089
People
Evans, William N.
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Place
Warwick Twp.
Object Name
Statement, Financial
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
AdAcct 1894 F024 E
Box Number
089
Additional Notes
Evans, Martha. Administratrix.
2 items, 2 pieces
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Administrators Accounts
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Administrators Accounts
Object ID
AdAcct 1826 F007 E
Date Range
1826
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Administrators Accounts
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Administrators Accounts
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Date Range
1826
Year
1826
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives West
Storage Container
Box 0076
People
Evans, William
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Place
Caernarvon Twp.
Object Name
Statement, Financial
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
AdAcct 1826 F007 E
Box Number
076
Additional Notes
Bruner, Owen. Guardian of Barton Evans and James Evans.
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Administrators Accounts
Title
Administrators Accounts
Object ID
AdAcct 1889 F020 E
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Administrators Accounts
Title
Administrators Accounts
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Year
1889
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Container
Box 0087
People
Evans, William N.
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Place
Warwick Twp.
Object Name
Statement, Financial
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
AdAcct 1889 F020 E
Box Number
087
Additional Notes
Evans, Martha. Administratrix.
2 items, 2 pieces
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Administrators Accounts
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AdAcct 1890 F023 E
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Administrators Accounts
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Administrators Accounts
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Year
1890
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Container
Box 0088
People
Evans, William N.
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Place
Warwick Twp.
Object Name
Statement, Financial
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
AdAcct 1890 F023 E
Box Number
088
Additional Notes
Evans, Martha. Administratrix.
2 items, 2 pieces
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Administrators Accounts
Title
Administrators Accounts
Object ID
AdAcct 1841 F011 E
Date Range
1841
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Administrators Accounts
Title
Administrators Accounts
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Date Range
1841
Year
1841
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives West
Storage Container
Box 0078
People
Evans, William
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Place
Lampeter Twp.
Object Name
Statement, Financial
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
AdAcct 1841 F011 E
Box Number
078
Additional Notes
Evans, Aaron S. Administrator.
2 items, 2 pieces
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Administrators Accounts
Title
Administrators Accounts
Object ID
AdAcct 1814 F012 E
Date Range
1814
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Administrators Accounts
Title
Administrators Accounts
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Date Range
1814
Year
1814
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives West
Storage Container
Box 0075
People
Evans, William
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Place
Caernarvon Twp.
Object Name
Statement, Financial
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
AdAcct 1814 F012 E
Box Number
075
Additional Notes
Occupation: Farmer.
Zell, John; Davis, Edward. Executors.
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Administrators Accounts
Title
Administrators Accounts
Object ID
AdAcct 1819 F006 E
Date Range
1819
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Administrators Accounts
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Administrators Accounts
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Date Range
1819
Year
1819
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives West
Storage Container
Box 0075
People
Evans, William
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Place
Lampeter Twp.
Object Name
Statement, Financial
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
AdAcct 1819 F006 E
Box Number
075
Additional Notes
Evans, Elizabeth; Evans, John; Conard, Isaac. Administrators.
1 item, 1 piece
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Administrators Accounts
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Administrators Accounts
Object ID
AdAcct 1808 F004 E
Date Range
1808
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Administrators Accounts
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Administrators Accounts
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Date Range
1808
Year
1808
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives West
Storage Container
Box 0074
People
Evans, William
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Place
Lampeter Twp.
Object Name
Statement, Financial
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
AdAcct 1808 F004 E
Box Number
074
Additional Notes
Evans, Elizabeth; Evans, John; Conrad, Isaac. Administrators.
1 item, 2 pieces
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