ROBERT PEARY LOBBIES FOR CIVILIAN AIR PATROLS Good file of retained copies of letters concerning the effort by Adm. ROBERT PEARY (1856-1920) to establish civilian coastal patrols and to map air routes. All of the correspondence dates from 1916-20 and includes retained copies of a statement made by Peary following the announcement of the bill funding the patrols a letter sent to the admiral listing sympathetic military and government figures reports on progress on airways and mapping etc. a total of ten pages plus an A.L.S. from Peary's son thanking Woodhouse for a gift. Also included are approx. 48 telegrams sender's copies and typed telegram texts almost all 1916-20 communications between the Aero Club of America Peary and other parties interested in the projects some discussing potential airfields to be used flight paths congressional and personal appearances etc. with two referencing Peary's death. Very good. In early 1916 Peary became chairman of the National Aerial Coast Patrol Commission a private organization created by the Aero Club of America. It advocated the use of aircraft in detecting warships and submarines off the U.S. coast. Peary used his celebrity to promote the use of military and naval aviation which led directly to the formation of Naval Reserve aerial coastal patrol units during the First World War.