Wright family
Family
Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:
Ivonette Wright Miller Papers
Collection
Identifier: MS-216
Abstract
Ivonette Wright Miller was a niece of Wilbur and Orville Wright, the daughter of the Wright Brothers older brother, Lorin Wright. The collection consists of materials about Orville and Wilbur Wright, the Wright Family, and early aviation collected by Ivonette. The collection includes correspondence, newspaper clippings, journal articles, photographs, photograph albums, and memorabilia. Many of the photographs are original prints of pioneer aviators, Wright Family members, and friends. Other...
Dates:
1803-2007
Found in:
Special Collections
Pamphlet Files (PAM)
Collection
Identifier: PAM
Scope and Contents
The Pamphlet Files consist of brochures, flyers, newspapers clippings, booklets, reports, serials, and other ephemera documenting the history of aviation, the Miami Valley, and the Wright Brothers. The items’ intrinsic values render them unsuitable for individual processing or formal cataloging; however, they are retained primarily for their informational value.
Dates:
circa 1900-2013
Found in:
Special Collections
Wright Brothers Collection (MS-1)
Collection
Identifier: MS-1
Abstract
A supplement to the main body of Orville and Wilbur Wright’s papers located in the Library of Congress, this collection consists of family papers, financial records, school mementos, Wright family genealogical materials, the church papers and diaries of the Wrights’ father, Bishop Milton Wright, notebooks, albums, awards and citations, photocopies of correspondence between Wilbur Wright and Octave Chanute, and the Wrights’ technical library that includes journals, books, and pamphlets...
Dates:
1779-1985; Majority of material found within 1853-1948
Found in:
Special Collections
Ellis Wright First Flight Anniversary Scrapbook
Collection
Identifier: MS-595
Abstract
Scrapbook of newspaper clippings, programs, first day issue Wright Brothers stamps, invitations, and photographs documenting Ellis Wright’s participation in the 45th anniversary of the Wright Brothers first flight at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, on December 17, 1949. Ellis Wright was a first cousin to Wilbur and Orville Wright.
Dates:
1909-1970
Found in:
Special Collections
Wright Family to Petree Family Correspondence
Collection
Identifier: MS-585
Abstract
The Wright Family to Petree Family Correspondence primarily contains letters written by Milton Wright to his niece Estella Harris Petree. The letters describe Wright family news and activities, but more importantly include specific references to Wilbur and Orville Wright’s bicycle business, flying experiments and success, Orville Wright’s accident at Ft. Myer in September 1908, the 1913 Dayton flood, and Milton’s flight with Orville in May 1910. There is also a very poignant letter written...
Dates:
1900-1939; Majority of material found within 1900-1917
Found in:
Special Collections
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- Subject: Aeronautics -- History X
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- Aeronautics -- History 3
- Photographs 3
- Aeronautics -- Flights 2
- Correspondence 2
- Publications (documents) 2
- Aeronautics -- History -- Manuscripts 1
- Aeronautics -- History -- 20th century 1
- Aeronautics -- United States -- History 1
- Air pilots 1
- Airplanes -- History 1
- Articles 1
- Clippings (information artifacts) 1
- College Park (Md.) -- History 1
- Dayton (Ohio) -- History 1
- Dayton (Ohio) -- History -- 20th century 1
- Dayton (Ohio) -- Newspapers 1
- Dayton (Ohio) -- Social life and customs 1
- Elizabeth City (N.C.) -- History -- 20th century 1
- Flight -- History -- 20th century 1
- Genealogies (histories) 1
- Inventors 1
- Kitty Hawk (N.C.) -- History 1
- Leaflets (printed works) 1
- Letters (correspondence) 1
- Miami River Valley (Ohio) -- History 1
- Montgomery (Ala.) -- History 1
- Newspapers 1
- Pamphlets 1
- Patents 1
- Postcards 1
- Printed ephemera 1
- Printing -- Ohio -- Dayton 1
- Scrapbooks 1
- Telegrams 1
- Wright Flyer (Airplane) 1 + ∧ less
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