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Seymour Dunham Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS-294
Abstract

The Seymour Dunham Collection contains personal correspondence of Mr. Dunham, information on aviation organizations to which he belonged, aircraft and missile research, work-related research from his time at Wright-Patterson AFB, and an extensive collection of articles, newspaper clippings and photographs concerning the Wright Brothers and other aspects of aviation history.

Dates: 1889-1993

Randle H. Egbert Aviation Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS-389
Abstract

The Randle H. Egbert Aviation Papers consist of journals, news and periodical clippings, and memorabilia related to the Wright Brothers and early aviation.

Dates: 1904-2004

Fulton Flight Scrapbook

 Collection
Identifier: MS-158
Abstract

This collection consists of an individual's scrapbook containing clippings and other memorabilia pertaining to the Fulton Flight Contest sponsored by the Aero Club of America in New York in 1909. Included are announcements of the contest, promotional material and entry form, news clippings describing the contest, commemorative postcards and information on preparation by the aviators. The scrapbook is unbound and the pages housed in three boxes.

Dates: 1908-1910

Gleanings in Bee Culture (SC-118)

 Collection
Identifier: SC-118
Scope and Contents

Collection of 8 digital prints from a January 1905 publication dedicated to apiology (beekeeping), includes article about the Wright Brothers. The magazine was created, publisher, and edited by Amos Ives Root, who also wrote the article on the Wrights.

Dates: 1905 Jan

Frank Hamburger Papers (SC-36)

 Collection
Identifier: SC-36
Abstract

Frank Hamburger witnessed the Wright Brothers' first flight in Dayton. Collection contains several photographs of Hamburger as well as newspaper clippings recounting his involvement with the Wrights.

Dates: 1909 - 1936

Charles Harris Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS-194
Abstract

Consists of 11 letters and postcards written by Bishop Milton Wright, father of the Wright Brothers, to his nephew Charles Harris who lived in Iowa. Letters date from 1901 thru 1916 and cover a variety of subjects including Orville and Wilbur's flying experiments, travels to Europe, family matters, and a description of Wilbur's death and funeral in 1912.

Dates: 1901-1916

Andrew S. Iddings Wright Brothers Homecoming Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS-192
Abstract

Collection consists of negatives with accompanying contact prints, taken by Andrew S. Iddings, of the June 17-18, 1909 Dayton Homecoming Celebration to honor Orville and Wilbur Wright for their achievements in flight. In addition to members of the Wright family, other notable figures in the photographs are Ohio Governor Judson Harmon, Dayton Mayor Edward E. Burkhardt, General James Allen, and Lt. Frank Lahm.

Dates: June 1909

Ivonette Wright Miller Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS-216
Abstract Ivonette Wright Miller was a niece of Wilbur and Orville Wright, the daughter of the Wright Brothers older brother, Lorin Wright. The collection consists of materials about Orville and Wilbur Wright, the Wright Family, and early aviation collected by Ivonette. The collection includes correspondence, newspaper clippings, journal articles, photographs, photograph albums, and memorabilia. Many of the photographs are original prints of pioneer aviators, Wright Family members, and friends. Other...
Dates: 1803-2007

Adrian Kinnane Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS-312
Abstract

Adrian Kinnane is a researcher and manager for historical projects at History Associates Incorporated. The collection contains Kinnane's unpublished manuscript "The Crucible of Flight," which is an in-depth look at what outside influences helped the Wright Brothers become the first to be successful in the quest for flight.

Dates: 1982

William Preston Mayfield Photograph Collection-Egbert Donation (MS-348)

 Collection
Identifier: MS-348
Abstract The collection consist of William Preston Mayfield Photographs of the Wright brothers' first flights; early pilots, early planes and helicopters; photos of Dayton area businesses, homes, churches, and monuments; as well as aerial shots of the Miami valley, downtown Columbus, and the Ohio State University. Also included are some photographs taken by F. Hermes. Postcards are of early flights, the Wright Flyer, The Wright Brothers Celebration, flights in Europe, other early pilots, European...
Dates: 1910-1960

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Aeronautics -- History 12
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Correspondence 5
Air pilots 4
Postcards 4
Aeronautics -- History -- 20th century 3
Dayton (Ohio) -- History -- 20th century 3
Letters (correspondence) 3
Minutes (administrative records) 3
Newspapers 3
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Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.) 2
Clippings (information artifacts) 2
Dayton (Ohio) -- History -- Pictorial works 2
Dayton (Ohio) -- Social life and customs 2
Drawings (visual works) 2
Flight -- History -- 20th century 2
Inventors 2
Kitty Hawk (N.C.) 2
Legal documents 2
Montgomery (Ala.) -- History 2
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Advertisements -- French 1
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French 5
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Wright, Orville, 1871-1948 33
Haskell, Katharine Wright, 1874-1929 5
Wright, Milton, 1828-1917 5
Wright family 4
Curtiss, Glenn Hammond, 1878-1930 3
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Wright Company 3
Wright, Lorin, 1862-1939 3
Wright, Reuchlin, 1861-1920 3
Foulois, Benjamin D., 1879-1967 2
Glenn, John, 1921-2016 2
Lahm, Frank Purdy, 1877-1963 2
Lindbergh, Charles A. (Charles Augustus), 1902-1974 2
Miller, Ivonette Wright, 1896-1995 2
National Cash Register Company 2
Paulhan, Louis 2
Santos-Dumont, Alberto, 1873-1932 2
Taylor, Charles E. (Edward), 1868-1956 2
Wright Flying School 2
Aero Club of America 1
Allen, James, 1849-1933 1
Arnold, Henry Harley, 1886-1950 1
Artcurial (Art center : Paris, France) 1
Aviation Trail, Inc. 1
Baker, Max 1
Beck, Agnes Osborn, 1875-1958 1
Bellinger, Patrick N. L., 1885-1962 1
Bia, George 1
Bider, Oskar 1
Blériot, Louis, 1872-1936 1
Burkhardt, Edward E. 1
Carillon Historical Park (Dayton, Ohio) 1
Christian, Marvin 1
Christman, Louis P., 1893-1972 1
Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Corporation 1
Dayton Air Service Incorporated Committee (Dayton, Ohio) 1
Dufour, Howard R., 1915-2009 1
Dunham, Seymour, 1910-1996 1
Earhart, Amelia, 1897-1937 1
Egbert, Randle H. 1
Feador, Jeremy 1
Fonck, René, 1894-1953 1
Godard, Louis, 1847-1928 1
Grahame-White, Claude, 1879- 1
Hamburger, Frank, 1864-1937 1
Harmon, Judson, 1846-1927 1
Harris family 1
Harris, Charles 1
Harris, Mabel 1
Harris, Sarah Wright, 1824-1868 1
Hermes, F. 1
Herring-Curtiss Company 1
Hoy, Walt 1
Iddings, Andrew S., 1880-1974 1
Jennings, W.N. 1
Joslin, Mary Coker 1
Kinnane, Adrian 1
Kuhns, Ezra M., 1872-1960 1
LaGuardia, Fiorello Henry, 1882-1947 1
LeBlanc, Alfred, 1869-1921 1
Maxim, Hiram S. (Hiram Stevens), 1840-1916 1
Mayfield, William Preston, 1896-1974 1
McIntyre, Doug 1
Miami Conservancy District (Ohio) 1
Miller, Harold, 1896-1991 1
Mosher, Dean (Artist) 1
National Museum of the United States Air Force 1
Pasi, Gino J. 1
Patterson, Frederick B. 1
Peters, William H. (Photograph collector) 1
Petree family 1
Petree, Estella Harris, 1860-1940 1
Petree, Harris E., 1929-1983 1
Petree, John Franklin (Frank), 1861-1941 1
Rinehart, Howard 1
Rodgers, Calbraith Perry 1
Standard Register Company 1
Stout, Henry S., 1892-1976 1
Tillson, J. Bradford 1
Toulmin, Harry A. (Harry Aubrey), 1858-1942 1
Trissell, Edmund William, 1912-2000 1
United States. Air Force 1
United States. Army--Procurement 1
United States. Centennial of Flight Commission 1
Waco Aircraft Company 1
Warchalowski, Adolf 1
Wright Memorial Commission 1
Wright, Stephen 1
Wyen, Aloys J., 1889-1979 1
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