ALEXANDER PETROFF PAPERS

Finding Aid

Size: 3.25 linear feet

Literary rights:
Literary rights were not granted to Wichita State University. When permission is granted to examine the manuscripts, it is not an authorization to publish them. Manuscripts cannot be used for publication without regard for common law literary rights, copyright laws and the laws of libel. It is the responsibility of the researcher and his/her publisher to obtain permission to publish. Scholars and students who eventually plan to have their work published are urged to make inquiry regarding overall restrictions on publication before initial research.

Restrictions: None

Content note:
Alexander Petroff was a native of Russia who left his native land during the 1917 Revolution. He came to the United States and taught aeronautical engineering at the University of Michigan before becoming the first director of the aeronautical engineering department at the University of Wichita. He later became an engineer with Cessna in Wichita and taught at several universities.

This collection contains mainly technical reports drawn up by Petroff, although a major part of the collection consists of two boxes of photographs of military and civilian aircraft manufactured in the late 1920s and early 1930s.

Processed by: AHC, 10-26-1988; JEF, 3-9-1998