Wright State University. Special Collections & Archives
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
Aeronautical Ephemera Collection I
An artificial collection, gathered from many sources by a rare book seller, which includes trade brochures, honorary programs, passes, certificates and photographs on aviation from the early 20th century.
Cold War Aerospace Technology Oral History Project Records
The Cold War Aerospace Technology Oral History Project primarily contains oral histories gathered from several workers in the field of Aerospace Technology during the Cold War (1946-1992). With few exceptions, the interviewees were all engineers and worked at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base on projects ranging from stealth and fly-by-wire technology to jet propulsion and foreign intelligence gathering, etc.
Wright State University Public History Program Collection
In 1974 the Public History Program was developed as a new graduate program in the History Department at Wright State University. The collection documents the growth and development of the program. It includes written histories of the program, administrative files, curriculum, classes, symposiums, capstone projects, exhibitions and alumni files.
Wright State University Student Oral Histories, 2017 (SC-325)
The collection consists of video oral history interviews conducted with Wright State University students, primarily graduate students in the Public History concentration, as part of a History 7700: Local History course in Fall 2017. Students were asked a standard series of questions on topics such as why they chose Wright State University and what life has been like as a Wright State student. Each interview averages about 4.5 minutes in length.
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- Oral histories 2
- Photographs 2
- Aeronautics -- History -- 20th century 1
- Aeronautics, Military -- Technological innovations -- United States 1
- Aircraft industry -- United States -- History 1
- Brochures 1
- Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.) 1
- Cold War -- Personal narratives 1
- Compact discs 1
- Correspondence 1
- DVDs 1
- Dayton (Ohio) -- History 1
- Electronic records (digital records) 1
- Photographic postcards 1
- Public History -- Study and teaching 1
- Schools of archival administration 1
- Schools of museum studies 1
- Transcripts 1
- VHS 1
- Video recordings (physical artifacts) 1
- Videotapes 1
- Washington (D. C.) 1
- Wright-Patterson Air Force Base (Ohio) 1 + ∧ less