Skip to main content Skip to search results

Showing Collections: 1 - 10 of 17

Vincent G. Apple Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS-405
Abstract

The Vincent G. Apple Papers is a collection of work and administrative records for Vincent G. Apple, a Dayton inventor. The collection contains numerous patents, patent applications, engineering drawings, journals, legal agreements and correspondence, business records and correspondence, and the Ford Trial records.

Dates: 1892-1977; Majority of material found within 1898-1940

Aviation Ephemera II

 Collection
Identifier: MS-156
Abstract

The collection consists of an unknown individual’s collection of magazines, pamphlets, photographs, and clippings related to aviation.

Dates: 1889-1986

Freeman F. Bentley Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS-423
Abstract The collection consists of papers covering Freeman Bentley's life, focusing on his scientific career and his research in spectroscopy. The majority of the material in this collection is scientific in nature and includes test results, data sheets, technical reports and articles. Bentley authored many of the technical reports and articles in this collection. His writings and reports are especially important considering Bentley was a pioneer in the field of far infrared spectroscopy. In...
Dates: 1937 - 2006; Majority of material found within 1955 - 1975

Rudi Berndt Papers (MS-632)

 Collection
Identifier: MS-632
Abstract

Berndt was a German scientist who came to the U.S.A. as part of Operation Paperclip at the close of WWII. His collection primarily documents his work in parachute development, in both Germany and the United States, from the WWII era through the Cold War. Materials include photographs, scientific test notes, educational records, security investigation reports, German identification papers, resumes, memoir, and other documents.

Dates: 1927-2003; Majority of material found within 1937-1953

Harvey Dressler Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS-473
Abstract

Harvey Dressler was a civil engineer in the Dayton area owning the firm of Cellarius and Dressler Engineering. The Harvey Dressler Collection consists of correspondence, photographs, maps, books, and other documents related to Harvey Dressler, his wife Florence Bremberger Dressler, and daughter Mary Dressler Stansell.

Dates: 1896-1966

Bergen Hardesty Aviation Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS-319
Abstract

Bergen Hardesty (1915-1994) was a trained draughtsman and as a hobby built realistic model airplanes. The Bergen Hardesty Aviation Collection contains extensive research and accurate drawings on a large variety of aircraft focused on World War I and II military aircraft. The collection also contains many aircraft photographs, along with negatives, blueprints, correspondence, histories of WW I aviation units, newspaper clippings, and photograph albums.

Dates: 1910-1993

Richard Hoener Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS-361
Abstract

This collection consists of personal correspondence, publications and photographs related to Richard Hoener's work at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. The collection also contains publications related to aviation and memorabilia that he collected over the years.

Dates: 1920-1999; Majority of material found within 1940-1960

Walter Matthews Jefferies Aviation Collection (MS-344)

 Collection
Identifier: MS-344
Abstract The Walter Matthews Jefferies Aviation Collection consists of more than 15,000 photographs and over 1100 books, pamphlets, and journals. The bulk of the photographs pertain to aviation from the 1930s to the 1960s. Most of the photographs document military aircraft produced by a variety of aircraft manufacturers. However, the collection also contains a significant number of photographs taken by movie studios during the filming of aviation-themed movies. A large amount of technical manuals...
Dates: 1917-2002

Paul Katz Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS-102
Abstract

The collection consists of materials relating to Katz's long career as a musician, composer, teacher, and conductor. Katz organized the Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra in 1933 and held the post of Musical Director until he retired in 1975. Papers in this collection include personal correspondence, conductor scores, photographs, clippings, speeches, and articles by Katz. Also included are audio recordings of performances and interviews by Dr. Katz and his wife Phyllis Katz.

Dates: 1917 - 1994

Art Krieger Aviation Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS-225
Abstract

The Art Krieger Aviation Collection is the personal collection of Adolph (Art) Krieger. This collection contains materials from all over the world on nearly every kind of plane and building company, pilots, handbooks and manuals along with various other items about aviation. Emphasis is on the 1940s through the late 1980s.

Dates: 1909-1993; Majority of material found within 1940-1980

Filtered By

  • Language: French X
  • Language: German X

Filter Results

Additional filters:

Subject
Photographs 12
Correspondence 9
Dayton (Ohio) -- History 4
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base (Ohio) 4
Publications (documents) 3
∨ more
Aeronautics -- History -- 20th century 2
Aeronautics -- Research 2
Airplanes -- History 2
Airplanes -- Pictorial works 2
Books 2
Clippings (information artifacts) 2
Drawings (visual works) 2
Handbooks and manuals 2
Maps 2
Patents 2
Slides (photographs) 2
Aeronautics -- History -- Manuscripts 1
Aeronautics -- History 1
Aeronautics -- Periodicals 1
Aeronautics -- Pictorial works 1
Aeronautics in art 1
Aeronautics, Commercial -- Pictorial works 1
Aeronautics, Military 1
Air Force Officers 1
Air pilots 1
Air pilots -- Biography 1
Air shows -- United States 1
Aircraft gas-turbines -- History 1
Aircraft industry -- History 1
Aircraft industry -- United States -- History 1
Airplanes 1
Airplanes -- Flight testing 1
Airplanes -- Jet propulsion 1
Airport Buildings -- Pictorial works 1
Airport Terminals -- Pictorial works 1
Airships -- Accidents 1
Airships -- Germany -- History -- 20th century 1
Airships -- United States -- History -- 20th century 1
Akron (Ohio) -- History 1
Architecture -- Europe 1
Architecture -- United States 1
Art directors 1
Articles 1
Artists 1
Artists -- United States 1
Audiocassettes 1
Automobile supplies industry 1
Aviation artists 1
Aviators 1
Chemical warfare 1
Chemists 1
Civil engineering -- Ohio 1
College Park (Md.) -- History 1
Concert programs 1
Conductors (Music) 1
Dayton (Ohio) -- Music 1
Dayton (Ohio) -- Newspapers 1
Dayton (Ohio) -- Social life and customs 1
Electronic records (digital records) 1
Engineering 1
Flight -- History -- 20th century 1
German Americans -- History -- 20th century 1
Heinkel He 178 1
Heinkel He S3B (Turbojet) 1
Inventors 1
Jet propulsion 1
Kitty Hawk (N.C.) -- History 1
Lantern slides 1
Magazines (periodicals) 1
Manufacturer's catalogs 1
Manufacturing industries -- History 1
Materials -- Research 1
Materials science 1
Memoirs 1
Memorabilia 1
Microfiche 1
Microfilms 1
Military research -- History -- 20th century 1
Montgomery (Ala.) -- History 1
Nazis -- History -- 20th century 1
Negatives (photographs) 1
Newsletters 1
Newspapers 1
Oral histories 1
Orchestral music 1
Osborn (Ohio) -- History 1
Parachutes -- History 1
Parachutes -- Materials -- Testing 1
Periodicals 1
Photograph albums 1
Photographs -- 20th century 1
Postcards 1
Printing -- Ohio -- Dayton 1
Reports 1
Scientists -- Recruiting -- Germany -- History -- 20th century 1
Scientists -- Recruiting -- United States -- History -- 20th century 1
Scores 1
Sketches 1
Sound recordings 1
Spectrum analysis 1
+ ∧ less
 
Language
Italian 7
Japanese 2
Russian 2
Spanish; Castilian 2
Chinese 1
∨ more  
Names
Aerospace Research Laboratories (U.S.) 1
Air Force Materials Laboratory (U.S.) 1
American Chemical Society 1
American Society of Aviation Artists 1
Apple Electric Company 1
∨ more
Apple Laboratories 1
Apple, Vincent G., 1874-1932 1
Bauerle, Robert E. 1
Bentley, Freeman F., 1920-2009 1
Berndt, Rudi Julius, 1921-2004 1
Boeing Aerospace Company 1
Cellarius and Dressler Engineering 1
Cessna Aircraft Company 1
Coblentz Society 1
Dayton Art Institute 1
Dayton Electrical and Manufacturing Company 1
Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra 1
Douglas Aircraft Company 1
Dressler, Florence Bremberger, 1890-1974 1
Dressler, Harvey, 1887-1926 1
Fossett, James Stephen, 1944-2007 1
General Motors Corporation. Inland Manufacturing Division 1
Goodyear Aircraft Corporation 1
Graf Zeppelin (Airship) 1
Great Britain. Royal Air Force. Squadron, 24 1
Hardesty, Bergen, 1915-1994 1
Haskell, Katharine Wright, 1874-1929 1
Heinrich, Helmut Gustav 1
Hindenburg (Airship) 1
Hoener, Richard F., 1918-2007 1
Jefferies, Walter M. (Walter Matthews), 1921-2003 1
Katz, Paul, 1907-1989 1
Katz, Phyllis 1
Krieger, Adolph, 1921-2002 1
Lambert, William C. 1
Lockheed Martin 1
Lott, Louis John Paul, 1872-1934 1
Macon (Airship) 1
Naval Aviation Museum Foundation 1
Ohain, Hans von, 1911-1998 1
Parrish, James E. 1
Pittman, Karen L., 1938-2022 1
Pittman, Wayne C., Jr., 1937-2015 1
Rappaport, George, 1923-1985 1
Shock, James R., 1924-2010 1
Society of Applied Spectroscopy 1
Stansell, Mary Dressler, 1920-2012 1
Temple Israel (Dayton, Ohio) 1
United States. Air Force 1
United States. Army--Procurement 1
United States. Army. Corps of Engineers. Regiment, 308th 1
Van Treuren, Richard G. 1
Whittle, Frank, 1907-1996 1
Wright Company 1
Wright family 1
Wright, Lorin, 1862-1939 1
Wright, Milton, 1828-1917 1
Wright, Orville, 1871-1948 1
Wright, Reuchlin, 1861-1920 1
Wright, Wilbur, 1867-1912 1
Zeppelin, Ferdinand, Graf von, 1838-1917 1
+ ∧ less