Daniel Egger papers, 1927-2019

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Summary

Abstract:
The Daniel Egger papers include correspondence, printed matter, and photographs related to Daniel Egger's career in the aerospace industry.
Extent:
1.04 Linear Feet (3 boxes, 1 oversize folder, and 1 tube)
Language:
The records are in English and Spanish.
Preferred citation:

Daniel Egger papers, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.

Background

Scope and content:

The Daniel Egger papers include correspondence, printed matter, and photographs related to Daniel Egger's career in the aerospace industry. The letters that may prove to be the most interesting in this collection are between John Knudsen Northrop and Egger regarding his immigration status. In a letter dated January 4, 1934, Northrop makes an effort to find Egger a position in Germany. He writes, "It occurs to me that with the tremendous outpouring of Jews from Germany there should be good positions for men with aeronautical experience in that country considering the large number of Jews with technical experience who were deported." Other correspondence includes letters from Northrop's wife, Inez Northrop, and her helper, Emma Nuila, to Alexander Egger. There is also some material in Spanish where Egger spent some time in El Salvador in 1922 and 1926. The early photographs in this collection include Lockheed Aircraft Company during the Vega, Air Express, and Alpha period. Other photographs include Egger's involvement in the Snark missile program and images of other pilots. There are also some personal photographs related to Northrop's home, children, and Big Bear cabin. There is one large blueprint of either the Northrop Aircraft Corporation Alpha or Beta wing. Other material found scattered throughout the collection consists of newspaper clippings, greeting cards, invitations, negatives, and postcards.

The oversize folder includes ten images and photographs removed from glass frames.

Box 3 includes one address book, certificates, correspondence, ephemera, negatives, and photographs. Included is Albert Einsten's signature on a piece of paper from a conference in France, dated March 20, 1922. The flash drive contains approximately 85 GB of data and includes a detailed Excel guide, high resolution .tiff and .jpg scans of each item in the collection; including fronts and backs where necessary. The scans and information were provided by Tony Chong, Historian Emeritus, Northrop Grumman Aerospace Sector in 2019.

Cataloger's note: The EC-# was an original numbering system that was retained when the collection arrived. The EC-#s mirror the EC-#s found on the flash drive.

Biographical / historical:

Daniel Egger was a Swiss-born engineer who worked for John Knudsen "Jack" Northrop at Lockheed on the Vega, at Avion and, when Avion was bought by United Aircraft & Transport Corporation (UATC), at Northrop Aircraft Corporation in Burbank, California. Due to circumstances beyond his control and not of his fault, he and his family were deported back to Switzerland in 1930. He maintained a correspondence with Jack Northrop throughout and, with Northrop's help, came back to the United States in 1938/39, eventually working for the Vega Airplane Company, Garret AiResearch and Northrop Aircraft Inc.

Acquisition information:
Gift of Deborah Egger Giese and Douglas Giese, September 2017 and May 2019.
Processing information:

Collection was processed by Gina C Giang in October 2017. In June 2019, Box 3 and a flash drive was added to the collection and the finding aid updated by Giang.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information.

NOT AVAILABLE: The collection contains one flash drive, which is unavailable until reformatted. Please contact Reader Services for more information.

RESTRICTED: Tube 1 (previously housed in Box 1, folder 1). Due to size of original, original will be available only with curatorial permission.

Terms of access:

The Huntington Library does not require that researchers request permission to quote from or publish images of this material, nor does it charge fees for such activities. The responsibility for identifying the copyright holder, if there is one, and obtaining necessary permissions rests with the researcher.

Preferred citation:

Daniel Egger papers, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.

Location of this collection:
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108, US
Contact:
(626) 405-2191
reference@huntington.org
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