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Dr. Hans von Ohain Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS-335
Abstract

Dr. Hans von Ohain was the co-inventor of the first successful jet engine. After World War II, he moved to Dayton, Ohio where he was a research scientist at the Air Force Research Laboratory at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. His papers contain patents, correspondence, speeches, technical reports, scientific articles, awards, and photographs. Some documents are in German and French, but the majority of the collection is in English.

Dates: 1907-2003

Col. Wayne C. Pittman, Jr. Aviation Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS-487
Abstract

This collection of over 4,000 aviation postcards was collected and organized by Colonel Wayne Pittman. It contains postcards of commercial and military aircraft, along with airport buildings and locations from around the world.

Dates: 1970-1990

Laurence P. Richmond Papers (MS-594)

 Collection
Identifier: MS-594
Abstract

The collection consists primarily of information on the development of radio technologies at General Electric in the 1920s and of radio and radar technologies at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base from the 1930s through 1950s. Some information on the WPAFB Quarter Century Club is also included.

Dates: 1918-1974; Majority of material found within 1930-1960

Dr. Malcolm L. Ritchie Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS-390
Abstract

The Dr. Malcolm L. Ritchie Collection is composed of documents relating to Dr. Ritchie's career in aeronautic and automobile engineering, as well as information relating to psychology and the effects on the human body due to machines. Journals, reference books, and slides/negatives are included. The collection also contains personal papers include Ritchie's family, war service, teaching and personal interests.

Dates: 1949 - 2014; Majority of material found within 1960-1970

Don Roetman Papers (MS-381)

 Collection
Identifier: MS-381
Abstract

The Don Roetman Papers are a collection of materials primarily concerning helicopters. The collection includes materials concerning various helicopter and aircraft projects from his career, as well as a substantial amount of corporate materials from various helicopter companies.

Dates: 1928-2008; Majority of material found within 1960-1979

Jody Sjogren Aviation Art Collection (MS-574)

 Collection
Identifier: MS-574
Scope and Contents This collection of aviation artwork consists of 10 artists’ proof prints of the original water color and Prismacolor pencil renderings. The collection includes works from her series “Metamorphosis” (7 pieces) as well as “Metaphors” (3 pieces), both of which depict aircraft with their namesake creatures or activities. Individual pieces are signed and numbered. In addition to the prints, there is a folder containing information about each of the 10 pieces and some biographical information...
Dates: 1983-2006

Thompson's Malted Milk Aviation Prints (SC-310)

 Collection
Identifier: SC-310
Content Description

The collection consists of 15 Aviation Prints that were distributed by the Borden Company’s Thompson’s Malted Milk product, circa 1930-1940. Each print has a large picture of the plane on one side with related diagrams and data on the other.

Dates: circa 1930-1940

Harry A. Toulmin's Wright Company Patent Litigation Volumes (MS-641)

 Collection
Identifier: MS-641
Abstract

The collection consists of nine bound volumes of patent litigation records for the lawsuits that the Wright Company brought against the Herring-Curtiss Company and Glenn H. Curtiss, Louis Paulhan, and Claude Grahame-White. These are the personal copies of the Wrights’ lawyer, Harry A. Toulmin, and the books contain many handwritten notes.

Dates: 1909 - 1913

WACO Aircraft Company Photographic Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS-343
Abstract The WACO Aircraft Company of Troy, Ohio produced aircraft from 1923 through WWII. During that period, the company maintained professional photography services to record images of their products. Following the company's decision to cease all operation and during the liquidation of the original assets, Mr. Raymond H. Brandly legally acquired the WACO Aircraft Company's original factory photo negatives from the management of the company. This large collection of negatives and prints contains...
Dates: 1923-1965; Majority of material found within 1923-1946

Sir Frank Whittle Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS-241
Abstract Sir Frank Whittle invented the jet propulsion engine, proposing the use of the gas turbine for jet propulsion in 1928. He patented his idea in 1930. The first jet aircraft flew in 1941. Whittle's engine technology was shared with the United States government and became the foundation for the American jet aircraft program. The papers in the collection document Whittle's invention of the jet engine and include correspondence, technical and design reports, photographs, charts, and engineering...
Dates: 1936-1964

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Wright-Patterson Air Force Base (Ohio) 4
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German 5
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Wright, Orville, 1871-1948 6
Wright, Wilbur, 1867-1912 6
Wright Company 3
American Society of Aviation Artists 2
Cooper, Ann L. (Ann Lewis), 1934- 2
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Whittle, Frank, 1907-1996 2
Wright Flying School 2
Adams, Wade 1
Advance Aircraft Company 1
Aerospace Medical Research Laboratories (U.S.) 1
Aerospace Research Laboratories (U.S.) 1
Air University (U.S.) 1
American Helicopter Society 1
Arnold, Henry Harley, 1886-1950 1
Bilek, Victor H., 1918- 1
Boeing Aerospace Company 1
Borden Company 1
Brandly, Raymond H. 1
Butler, William 1
Carreras Ltd. 1
Cavanagh, Robert L. 1
Cessna Aircraft Company 1
Chappell, Dorothy F. 1
Christman, Louis P., 1893-1972 1
Commonwealth Shoe and Leather Co. (Whitman, Mass.) 1
Corning, Merv, 1926-2006 1
Curtiss, Glenn Hammond, 1878-1930 1
Curtiss-Wright Corporaton 1
Dam, John J. 1
Dick, Pauline 1
Dick, Ron, 1931-2008 1
Douglas Aircraft Company 1
Dunham, Seymour, 1910-1996 1
Dunkelberg, Albert G., 1922-2003 1
Earhart, Amelia, 1897-1937 1
Ferris, Keith 1
Foulois, Benjamin D., 1879-1967 1
Gallaher Limited 1
Graceland College (Lamoni, Iowa) 1
Grahame-White, Claude, 1879- 1
Great Britain. Royal Air Force 1
H. J. Heinz Company 1
Harris, Harold R., 1897-1989 1
Haskell, Katharine Wright, 1874-1929 1
Herring-Curtiss Company 1
Hoy, Walt 1
Hubbell, Charles H., 1898- 1
Jarvi, Dennis W. 1
Jefferies, Walter M. (Walter Matthews), 1921-2003 1
Jennings, W.N. 1
John Player & Sons 1
Kiraly, Frank A., 1914-2000 1
Kline, Peter B., 1918-1986 1
Lahm, Frank Purdy, 1877-1963 1
Lahusen’s 1
Laufer, William F., 1933-2002 1
Leach International 1
Lindbergh, Charles A. (Charles Augustus), 1902-1974 1
Lund, Freddie 1
Lunken Airport (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1
MacDonald, Zola Marie 1
Metamorphosis Studios, Inc. 1
Miller, Roger Lee, 1933- 1
Murphy, Mike 1
Murray Sons & Co. Ltd. 1
National Air and Space Museum 1
National Cash Register Company 1
Ohain, Hans von, 1911-1998 1
Paulhan, Louis 1
Pittman, Karen L., 1938-2022 1
Pittman, Wayne C., Jr., 1937-2015 1
Richmond, Laurence Palmer, 1900-1988 1
Rinehart, Howard 1
Ritchie Inc. (Dayton, Ohio) 1
Ritchie, Malcolm L., 1920- 1
Rodgers, Calbraith Perry 1
Roetman, Donald, 1928-2008 1
Royal Air Force College (Cranwell, England) 1
Sjogren, Jody Fulks 1
Skelly Oil Company 1
Thompson Products, inc. 1
Tide Water Associated Oil Company 1
Toulmin, Harry A. (Harry Aubrey), 1858-1942 1
Tuckett Limited 1
USAF School of Aerospace Medicine 1
United States. Army Air Forces. Fighter Group, 332nd 1
United States. Army--Procurement 1
United States. Army. Air Corps. Materiel Division 1
United States. Department of the Air Force 1
United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration 1
W.D. & H.O. Wills (Firm) 1
Waco Aircraft Company 1
Wagstaff, Patty 1
Wedekind, George, Jr., 1923-2003 1
Whyte, Edna Gardner 1
Wings Cigarettes 1
Woods, Jessie, 1909- 1
Wright Aeronautical Corporation 1
Wright Air Development Center 1
Wright family 1
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