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Wright Brothers, 1908 - 1997
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The Wright Brothers VIP file contains photographs and clippings relating to the life and work of the Wright Brothers, especially Orville Wright, who is featured in several original Dayton newspaper photographers' photographs in this collection. Of particular note in this section are many photographs of anniversary celebrations concerning the Wrights, of Orville's funeral in 1948, and of their homes and workshops. This VIP file also includes several photos of Orville Wright with notable...
Dates:
1908 - 1997
Found in:
Special Collections
Wright Brothers, undated
File — Box 2, Folder: 1
Scope and Content
From the Collection:
The William Preston Mayfield Photos document the career of an innovative photographer whose career spanned over sixty years of photographs in Dayton and the Miami Valley. Through these photographs the researcher can gain a visual understanding of the early evolution of flight as well as the growth of Dayton and the Miami Valley.Series I, Wright Brothers' Early Flights, contains photographs of flights, aircraft, air shows and the people who surround the first thirty years of...
Dates:
undated
Found in:
Special Collections
Wright Brothers, 1946-circa 1949
File — Box 37, Folder: 28
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From the Collection:
Aeronautical engineer Peter B. Kline collected articles, drawings, mechanical specifications, photographs, and research pertaining to a variety of aircraft and aviation topics. He specialized in materials about the WWI era and military aircraft, in general, but his collection covers a wide range of aviation subjects. Arranged into six series, the bulk of the collection is about aviation, but one small series of personal papers does provide a glimpse into Peter and his wife’s lives. ...
Dates:
1946-circa 1949
Found in:
Special Collections
Wright Brothers, 1910, 1922, 1940
File — Box 19A, Folder: 14
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The Kettering Family Papers contain a variety of materials documenting the Kettering's personal lives, their professional careers, and their philanthropy. As a leading industrial family in the city of Dayton, their contributions to the industrial, financial, and medical fields in Dayton were critical to its establishment as a leading industrial center in the Midwest in the early to mid twentieth century, and the collection contains many different awards, honorary degrees, and documentation...
Dates:
1910, 1922, 1940
Found in:
Special Collections
Wright Brothers, undated
File — Box 26, Folder: 7
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Robert E. Williams was an aviation illustrator who worked for Douglas Aircraft and was the managing editor of the American Aviation Historical Society Journal for many years. The majority of the collection is composed of photographs of a wide-variety of aircraft, with the largest number being Douglas aircraft.Series I, Photographs, contains a wide-range of photographs of various aircraft including aircraft produced by Douglas, McDonnell, North American, Bell, and many others. The...
Dates:
undated
Found in:
Special Collections
Wright Brothers
File — Box 59, Folder: 11
Scope and Content
From the Collection:
Robert E. Williams was an aviation illustrator who worked for Douglas Aircraft and was the managing editor of the American Aviation Historical Society Journal for many years. The majority of the collection is composed of photographs of a wide-variety of aircraft, with the largest number being Douglas aircraft.Series I, Photographs, contains a wide-range of photographs of various aircraft including aircraft produced by Douglas, McDonnell, North American, Bell, and many others. The...
Dates:
1909-2001
Found in:
Special Collections
Wright Brothers, 1948-1973
File — Box 1, Folder: 61
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From the Collection:
Researchers studying the Richard “Dick” E. Frazier Aviation Collection can gain insight into aviation engineering during the middle of the 20th century, particularly in Dayton (Ohio). The collection is arranged into six series:Series I, Aircraft & Aviation Events, contains the files Frazier kept on various aircraft companies and models of airplanes. Advertisements, brochures, photographs, newspaper clippings, and magazine clippings related to the particular aircraft are...
Dates:
1948-1973
Found in:
Special Collections
Wright Brothers (1 of 2), 1939-1944, 1953-1968, 1976
File — Box 72A, Folder: 1
Scope and Content
From the Collection:
Art Krieger's personal collection holds an expansive array of materials from around the world. It is largely dominated by Series I, his documents on the numerous aircrafts and companies. The collection also has profiles of various pilots, publications, aviation films, oversized materials and miscellaneous documents about Art Krieger, among other things.Series I, Builders, Corporations and Companies, contains the profiles for builders, various aircraft companies and the aircrafts...
Dates:
1939-1944, 1953-1968, 1976
Found in:
Special Collections
Wright Brothers (2 of 2), 1909-1910, 1937, 1961-1965
File — Box 72A, Folder: 2
Scope and Content
From the Collection:
Art Krieger's personal collection holds an expansive array of materials from around the world. It is largely dominated by Series I, his documents on the numerous aircrafts and companies. The collection also has profiles of various pilots, publications, aviation films, oversized materials and miscellaneous documents about Art Krieger, among other things.Series I, Builders, Corporations and Companies, contains the profiles for builders, various aircraft companies and the aircrafts...
Dates:
1909-1910, 1937, 1961-1965
Found in:
Special Collections
Wright Brothers - 1905 Flyer Sculpture
File — Box 43
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
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