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Hans Dam Aviation Collection
Collection
Identifier: MS-412
Abstract
Hans Dam was a 50-year collector of aviation memorabilia, especially photographs and newspaper and magazine clippings. His primary areas of interest included air races and air shows, early flight, WACO aircraft, and the history of aviation in southwestern Ohio and northern Kentucky. At the time of his death he was working on a book about aviation in southwestern Ohio which is included in the collection. The collection consists of twenty-nine albums containing more than 2500 photographs...
Dates:
1910-2003
Found in:
Special Collections
Frank A. Kiraly Aviation Postcard and Photo Collection
Collection
Identifier: MS-515
Abstract
The collection consists of aviation postcards, primarily of airports throughout the country, and also of photographs of famous aviators from the 1930s.
Dates:
1911-1977
Found in:
Special Collections
William Peters Aviation Photograph Collection
Collection
Identifier: MS-485
Abstract
The collection compiled by William H. Peters and given to Lieutenant Colonel John Glenn includes 53 photographs of famous aviators and aircrafts from the beginning of man-powered flight through the late 1930s. Included are images of the 1903 Wright Flyer, Glenn Curtiss, Benjamin Foulois, Fiorello Henry LaGuardia and many others. This collection also contains many signed photographs and documents including signatures from Wilbur Wright, Alberto Santos-Dumont, Dr. Hugo Eckner, Edwin Levick and...
Dates:
1903-1964; Majority of material found within 1908-1930
Found in:
Special Collections
Wright Company Glass Plate Negative Collection
Collection
Identifier: MS-398
Abstract
: The Wright Company Glass Plate Negative collection consists of 92 glass plate negatives, and 10 film negatives relating to the Wright Company, the Wright School of Aviation, flights at Kitty Hawk, N.C., celebrations and aviation events, and a series of unidentified children.
Dates:
1900-1913; 2009; Majority of material found within 1910-1911
Found in:
Special Collections
William F. Yeager Aviation Collection
Collection
Identifier: MS-223
Abstract
William F. Yeager was a military and commercial pilot, as well as an aviation photographer and collector who owned an aviation photography business. The collection consists of information about Yeager's WWII experience as a B-25 pilot in North Africa and his post-war flying experience as an Air Force and commercial pilot. The collection also contains flight training books, flying tools, correspondence, and aircraft history and design information. The bulk of the collection is more than...
Dates:
1925 - 1990
Found in:
Special Collections
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- Wright, Wilbur, 1867-1912 2
- Bellinger, Patrick N. L., 1885-1962 1
- Bider, Oskar 1
- Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Corporation 1
- Curtiss, Glenn Hammond, 1878-1930 1
- Dam, John J. 1
- Fonck, René, 1894-1953 1
- Foulois, Benjamin D., 1879-1967 1
- Glenn, John, 1921-2016 1
- Kiraly, Frank A., 1914-2000 1
- LaGuardia, Fiorello Henry, 1882-1947 1
- LeBlanc, Alfred, 1869-1921 1
- Lindbergh, Charles A. (Charles Augustus), 1902-1974 1
- Lunken Airport (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1
- Maxim, Hiram S. (Hiram Stevens), 1840-1916 1
- Paulhan, Louis 1
- Peters, William H. (Photograph collector) 1
- Santos-Dumont, Alberto, 1873-1932 1
- Warchalowski, Adolf 1
- Wright Company 1
- Wright Flying School 1
- Wright, Orville, 1871-1948 1
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