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Account of Wilbur Wright's Flight at Le Mans (SC-223)
Collection
Identifier: SC-223
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of two copies of a translated account of a 9 year-old French boy who was present at a demonstration flight that Wilbur Wright did near Le Mans, France in 1908. The translation is an extract from “Journal of a Child of the Belle Epoque.” The journal is a manuscript of Roger Verdier who wrote of his account. Included in the translation is an introduction as well as commentary by Regis Pluchet a French Journalist who sent this information to the creator of the...
Dates:
1908
Found in:
Special Collections
Aviation Lithograph Collection
Collection
Identifier: MS-403
Abstract
A collection contains thirteen early aviation lithographs and one photograph.
Dates:
1866-1910
Found in:
Special Collections
The Wright Brothers and Their Work Booklet (SC-137)
Collection
Identifier: SC-137
Scope and Contents
Report written by George Bia, the Wrights' representative in Belgium, which includes illustrations and technical drawings. Also includes photograph of Wilbur at controls of a flyer.
Dates:
1910
Found in:
Special Collections
Wilbur Wright in France Newspaper Clippings (SC-57)
Collection
Identifier: SC-57
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of photocopies of French newspaper clippings concerning Wilbur Wright’s 1908 visit to France. They are untranslated.
Dates:
1908
Found in:
Special Collections
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
Found in:
Special Collections