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Wright Brothers Aviation Postcards (SC-136)

 Collection
Identifier: SC-136
Scope and Contents

This small collection consists of 46 mixed American and European postcards that depict the Wrights, their planes, and monuments dedicated to them.

Dates: 1909-1970

Wright Brothers Collection (MS-1)

 Collection
Identifier: MS-1
Abstract A supplement to the main body of Orville and Wilbur Wright’s papers located in the Library of Congress, this collection consists of family papers, financial records, school mementos, Wright family genealogical materials, the church papers and diaries of the Wrights’ father, Bishop Milton Wright, notebooks, albums, awards and citations, photocopies of correspondence between Wilbur Wright and Octave Chanute, and the Wrights’ technical library that includes journals, books, and pamphlets...
Dates: 1779-1985; Majority of material found within 1853-1948

Wright Brothers Collection Papers and Photographs (MFM-37)

 Collection
Identifier: MFM-37
Scope and Contents A microfilm edition of MS-1 without the published journals and printed materials, this collection consists of family letters and papers, financial records, school mementos, Wright Family genealogical materials, the church papers and diaries of the Wrights' father (Bishop Milton Wright), notebooks, correspondence, awards, and citations. The collection also includes nearly 4,000 photographs, many taken by the Wrights to document their early flying experiments. In addition there are extensive...
Dates: 1853-1973

Wright Brothers Commemorative Stamp Collection (SC-211)

 Collection
Identifier: SC-211
Scope and Contents

A collection of envelopes, stamps, and first day of issue cards commemorating the Wright Brothers.

Dates: 1928-1983

Wright Brothers' Wills (SC-15)

 Collection
Identifier: SC-15
Scope and Contents

Contains copies of Orville and Wilbur Wright's last wills and testaments, and a copy of Orville Wright estate record and death certificate.

Dates: 1937; 1948

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

Ellis Wright First Flight Anniversary Scrapbook

 Collection
Identifier: MS-595
Abstract

Scrapbook of newspaper clippings, programs, first day issue Wright Brothers stamps, invitations, and photographs documenting Ellis Wright’s participation in the 45th anniversary of the Wright Brothers first flight at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, on December 17, 1949. Ellis Wright was a first cousin to Wilbur and Orville Wright.

Dates: 1909-1970

Wright Family Funerals, a Narrative (SC-139)

 Collection
Identifier: SC-139
Scope and Contents

Narrative and commentary on the Wright Family funerals, written and donated by Chip Boyer, whose family owned Boyer Mortuary and handled the funerals of Wilbur, Milton, Katharine, and Orville Wright. Included in the Plates section of the booklet are mortuary and death records and photographs of gravestones and funerals of the Wright Family.

Dates: 2002

Wright Family to Petree Family Correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: MS-585
Abstract The Wright Family to Petree Family Correspondence primarily contains letters written by Milton Wright to his niece Estella Harris Petree. The letters describe Wright family news and activities, but more importantly include specific references to Wilbur and Orville Wright’s bicycle business, flying experiments and success, Orville Wright’s accident at Ft. Myer in September 1908, the 1913 Dayton flood, and Milton’s flight with Orville in May 1910. There is also a very poignant letter written...
Dates: 1900-1939; Majority of material found within 1900-1917

Wright Field Dedication Program and Pamphlets (SC-186)

 Collection
Identifier: SC-186
Scope and Contents

Program concerning the dedication of Wright Field in 1927 and pamphlets concerning the Field during the 1930s.

Dates: 1927, 1930s

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Wright-Patterson Air Force Base (Ohio) 22
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Wright State University 16
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National Cash Register Company 9
Dayton Art Institute 8
Dayton journal herald 8
Dayton-Wright Airplane Company 8
General Motors Corporation. Frigidaire Division 8
Wright, Milton, 1828-1917 8
Dayton daily news 7
Miami Conservancy District (Ohio) 7
United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration 7
Brown, Katharine Kennedy 6
Curtiss, Glenn Hammond, 1878-1930 6
Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra 6
Montgomery County Historical Society (Ohio) 6
Dayton Ballet 5
Dufour, Howard R., 1915-2009 5
Earhart, Amelia, 1897-1937 5
Lindbergh, Charles A. (Charles Augustus), 1902-1974 5
National Museum of the United States Air Force 5
Ohio. General Assembly. Senate 5
Reece, Jane, 1868-1961 5
Schwarz, Josephine, 1908-2004 5
Wright Flying School 5
Wright State University. Special Collections & Archives 5
Brown, Martha McClellan, 1838-1916 4
Dayton Council on World Affairs 4
Dewey, Dawne 4
Five Rivers MetroParks 4
General Motors Corporation. Delco Products Division 4
General Motors Corporation. Inland Manufacturing Division 4
Glenn, John, 1921-2016 4
International Union of Electrical Workers. District Council 7 4
Katz, Paul, 1907-1989 4
Kettering, Charles Franklin, 1876-1958 4
League of Women Voters of the Greater Dayton Area 4
Minnick, Raymond 4
Ohio. General Assembly. House of Representatives 4
Project Apollo (U.S.) 4
Republican Party (Ohio) 4
Schwarz, Hermene, 1902-1986 4
Seifried, Richard D. 4
St. John's United Church of Christ (Dayton, Ohio) 4
United States. Navy 4
Wallace, Donald Kiblinger, 1937- 4
Wright State University. Libraries 4
Wright, Lorin, 1862-1939 4
Aerospace Medical Association 3
Aull, Marie, 1897-2002 3
Berry, Charles R. 3
Boyer, Chip, 1947- 3
Brown, Kleon Thaw, 1886-1925 3
Cassel, Homer Deeter, M.D., 1895-1980 3
Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Corporation 3
Davis, Lenny, 1936-2022 3
Dayton (Ohio). Fire Department 3
Dayton (Ohio). Police department 3
Dayton Engineering Laboratories Company 3
Dayton Public Schools 3
Dayton-Miami Valley Consortium 3
Engineers' Club of Dayton 3
Frigidaire Corporation 3
Greene County Historical Society (Greene County, Ohio) 3
Harris family 3
Harris, Harold R., 1897-1989 3
Haskell, Henry Joseph, 1874-1952 3
International Union of Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers. Local 755 (Dayton, Ohio) 3
Kennedy, Grafton Sherwood, 1893-1974 3
Kennedy, Louise Achey, 1860-1945 3
Ladley family 3
Mayfield, William Preston, 1896-1974 3
McCann, Eleanor, 1907-2004 3
O.S. Kelly Company 3
Ohio State University 3
Patterson family 3
Patterson, Edith McClure, 1881-1962 3
Patterson, Jefferson, 1801-1863 3
Patterson, John Henry, 1844-1922 3
Pittman, Wayne C., Jr., 1937-2015 3
Stivers High School (Dayton, Ohio) 3
Taylor, Charles E. (Edward), 1868-1956 3
The Dayton Foundation 3
Totten family 3
United States. Army. Air Service 3
United Way of the Greater Dayton Area 3
Unknown 3
Waco Aircraft Company 3
Weisenborn, Clara, 1907-1985 3
Westminster Presbyterian Church (Dayton, Ohio) 3
Wright State University. Boonshoft School of Medicine 3
Wright, Reuchlin, 1861-1920 3
322nd Field Artillery Reunion Association 2
Aero Club of America 2
Allyn, Stan 2
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