WB. Wright Brothers Related Collections

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Collection consists of 1 Field and Hangar Pass for Dayton Wright Airplane Co. Issued to visitor Edwin Bradmiller on September 29, 1918 expires on same day. The terms of the pass are on the back.

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Charles Furnas was the first airplane passenger, and the collection contains a letter written by Furnas recounting his story. Also included are pictures and newspaper articles about Furnas.

Scope and Contents The collection consists of 1 book, Goop Tales (by Gelett Burgess), which is a collection of children’s poems and short stories on good manners and proper etiquette. Burgess’ is credited for adding such words as blurb, bromide, and goop into the English language. The book was given by Katharine Wright to Elizabeth Rehling (nee Beck) upon her birth in 1916. It is inscribed for Betty Beck from Aunt Katharine. Elizabeth is the daughter of Agnes Beck a friend of Katharine Wright. Orville, Wilbur,...

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Collection of 8 digital prints from a January 1905 publication dedicated to apiology (beekeeping), includes article about the Wright Brothers. The magazine was created, publisher, and edited by Amos Ives Root, who also wrote the article on the Wrights.

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Contains receipts from the Wright Brothers' bicycle shop, copies of the Westside News, copy of a Wright stock certificate, and postcards sent by Katharine Wright to Glenn Osborn.

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Frank Hamburger witnessed the Wright Brothers' first flight in Dayton. Collection contains several photographs of Hamburger as well as newspaper clippings recounting his involvement with the Wrights.

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Consists of 11 letters and postcards written by Bishop Milton Wright, father of the Wright Brothers, to his nephew Charles Harris who lived in Iowa. Letters date from 1901 thru 1916 and cover a variety of subjects including Orville and Wilbur's flying experiments, travels to Europe, family matters, and a description of Wilbur's death and funeral in 1912.

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Papers consist of mainly correspondence from Katharine Wright (1874-1929) to her future husband, Henry J. Haskell. Letters cover a variety of personal matters including the opposition to her impending marriage by her brother, Orville Wright. Other subjects discussed include Oberlin College, the Kansas City Star, the Wright patent challenge, and Katharine's ideas about women's rights.

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Reprinted undated photo of Henry Harry Haskell, Katharine Wright's husband.