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Gleanings in Bee Culture (SC-118)

 Collection
Identifier: SC-118
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1905 Jan

Frank Hamburger Papers (SC-36)

 Collection
Identifier: SC-36
Abstract

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.

Dates: 1909 - 1936

Charles Harris Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS-194
Abstract

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.

Dates: 1901-1916

Andrew S. Iddings Wright Brothers Homecoming Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS-192
Abstract

Collection consists of negatives with accompanying contact prints, taken by Andrew S. Iddings, of the June 17-18, 1909 Dayton Homecoming Celebration to honor Orville and Wilbur Wright for their achievements in flight. In addition to members of the Wright family, other notable figures in the photographs are Ohio Governor Judson Harmon, Dayton Mayor Edward E. Burkhardt, General James Allen, and Lt. Frank Lahm.

Dates: June 1909

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

Adrian Kinnane Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS-312
Abstract

Adrian Kinnane is a researcher and manager for historical projects at History Associates Incorporated. The collection contains Kinnane's unpublished manuscript "The Crucible of Flight," which is an in-depth look at what outside influences helped the Wright Brothers become the first to be successful in the quest for flight.

Dates: 1982

William Preston Mayfield Photograph Collection-Egbert Donation (MS-348)

 Collection
Identifier: MS-348
Abstract The collection consist of William Preston Mayfield Photographs of the Wright brothers' first flights; early pilots, early planes and helicopters; photos of Dayton area businesses, homes, churches, and monuments; as well as aerial shots of the Miami valley, downtown Columbus, and the Ohio State University. Also included are some photographs taken by F. Hermes. Postcards are of early flights, the Wright Flyer, The Wright Brothers Celebration, flights in Europe, other early pilots, European...
Dates: 1910-1960

Dean Mosher Collection (MS-320)

 Collection
Identifier: MS-320
Scope and Contents

This collection contains illustrations and correspondence concerning Mosher’s original painting, “The Bishop’s Boys” (2003), depicting the Wright Brothers in flight over Huffman Prairie on May 25, 1910, the only time the brothers ever flew together. The collection also includes materials concerning Mosher’s “Great Moments in U.S. Naval History” series (1997).

Dates: 1997-2003

"Ride the Wind" Collection (SC-87)

 Collection
Identifier: SC-87
Scope and Contents

Original typed screenplay about the Wright Brothers, written by Doug McIntyre.

Dates: 1991

Henry Stout, Wright Brothers Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS-71
Abstract

This collection includes clippings, articles, pamphlets, photographs, postcards, and correspondence pertaining to Orville and Wilbur Wright.

Dates: 1903-1973; Majority of material found within 1948-1971

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Aeronautics -- History 11
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Dayton (Ohio) -- History 7
Aeronautics -- United States -- History 6
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Correspondence 4
Aeronautics -- History -- 20th century 3
Air pilots 3
Dayton (Ohio) -- History -- 20th century 3
Letters (correspondence) 3
Minutes (administrative records) 3
Newspapers 3
Postcards 3
Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.) 2
Dayton (Ohio) -- History -- Pictorial works 2
Dayton (Ohio) -- Social life and customs 2
Drawings (visual works) 2
Flight -- History -- 20th century 2
Inventors 2
Kitty Hawk (N.C.) 2
Legal documents 2
Montgomery (Ala.) -- History 2
Negatives (photographs) 2
Wright Flyer (Airplane) 2
Advertisements 1
Aeronautics -- Flights 1
Aeronautics -- History -- Manuscripts 1
Aeronautics -- Ohio -- Dayton -- History 1
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Aeronautics -- Pictorial works 1
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Wright-Patterson Air Force Base (Ohio) -- History 1
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base (Ohio) -- History -- Pictorial works 1
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French 2
German 2
Italian 1
 
Names
Haskell, Katharine Wright, 1874-1929 5
Wright, Milton, 1828-1917 5
Wright family 4
Wright Company 3
Wright, Lorin, 1862-1939 3
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Wright, Reuchlin, 1861-1920 3
Lahm, Frank Purdy, 1877-1963 2
Miller, Ivonette Wright, 1896-1995 2
National Cash Register Company 2
Taylor, Charles E. (Edward), 1868-1956 2
Wright Flying School 2
Allen, James, 1849-1933 1
Arnold, Henry Harley, 1886-1950 1
Aviation Trail, Inc. 1
Baker, Max 1
Beck, Agnes Osborn, 1875-1958 1
Bia, George 1
Burkhardt, Edward E. 1
Carillon Historical Park (Dayton, Ohio) 1
Christian, Marvin 1
Christman, Louis P., 1893-1972 1
Curtiss, Glenn Hammond, 1878-1930 1
Dayton Air Service Incorporated Committee (Dayton, Ohio) 1
Dufour, Howard R., 1915-2009 1
Dunham, Seymour, 1910-1996 1
Earhart, Amelia, 1897-1937 1
Egbert, Randle H. 1
Feador, Jeremy 1
Foulois, Benjamin D., 1879-1967 1
Glenn, John, 1921-2016 1
Grahame-White, Claude, 1879- 1
Hamburger, Frank, 1864-1937 1
Harmon, Judson, 1846-1927 1
Harris family 1
Harris, Charles 1
Harris, Mabel 1
Harris, Sarah Wright, 1824-1868 1
Hermes, F. 1
Herring-Curtiss Company 1
Hoy, Walt 1
Iddings, Andrew S., 1880-1974 1
Jennings, W.N. 1
Kinnane, Adrian 1
Kuhns, Ezra M., 1872-1960 1
Lindbergh, Charles A. (Charles Augustus), 1902-1974 1
Mayfield, William Preston, 1896-1974 1
McIntyre, Doug 1
Miami Conservancy District (Ohio) 1
Miller, Harold, 1896-1991 1
Mosher, Dean (Artist) 1
National Museum of the United States Air Force 1
Pasi, Gino J. 1
Patterson, Frederick B. 1
Paulhan, Louis 1
Petree family 1
Petree, Estella Harris, 1860-1940 1
Petree, Harris E., 1929-1983 1
Petree, John Franklin (Frank), 1861-1941 1
Rinehart, Howard 1
Rodgers, Calbraith Perry 1
Standard Register Company 1
Stout, Henry S., 1892-1976 1
Tillson, J. Bradford 1
Toulmin, Harry A. (Harry Aubrey), 1858-1942 1
Trissell, Edmund William, 1912-2000 1
United States. Air Force 1
United States. Army--Procurement 1
United States. Centennial of Flight Commission 1
Waco Aircraft Company 1
Wright Memorial Commission 1
Wright, Stephen 1
Wyen, Aloys J., 1889-1979 1
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