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Edward A. Korn Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS-220
Abstract

This collection documents the aviation careers of early aviator Edward A. Korn and his brother Milton H. Korn. The bulk of the collection is comprised of aviation photographs. It also includes some of Korn's correspondence about his experiences in aviation and selected clippings and articles that were published about him and other early aviators. It also documents Korn's background in farming, including photographs, catalogs, and postcards related to farming and threshing machines.

Dates: 1908-1979

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

Leach "Heritage of the Air" Aviation Prints and Harold R. Harris Photograph (SC-314)

 Collection
Identifier: SC-314
Content Description The collection consists primarily of 28 aviation prints from Leach International’s advertising art series “Heritage of the Air,” commemorating WWI era planes, pilots, and events. The full series included 45 images, all painted by Merv Corning. One of the included prints, “The First Bail-Out,” depicts the first use of a parachute to save the pilot’s life, that of Harold R. Harris in 1922; the print is autographed by Harris. Also included is a 1981 snapshot of Harris standing near the Old...
Dates: 1959-1968, 1981

Zola Marie MacDonald Aviation Scrapbook

 Collection
Identifier: MS-291
Abstract

Scrapbook containing articles and information on aviation crashes, women in aviation (including the search for Amelia Earhart), and aviation fiction, dating between 1935 and early 1940s.

Dates: 1935-1945

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

McFarland Collection of Wright-Findley Correspondence (SC-323)

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: SC-323
Scope and Contents The collection consists primarily of correspondence between Katharine Wright Haskell and Earl N. Findley, as well as a typed copy of correspondence to Katharine from Lord Northcliffe. Also included are a few newspaper clippings, articles, and photographs. Topics of discussion between Katharine and Earl Findley include the possibility of Findley’s writing a book about the Wrights; the patent lawsuit with Glenn Curtiss; the Langley Aerodrome; visits to Dayton; and other (primarily...
Dates: 1910-1928

Miami Valley Aero Historians Records

 Collection
Identifier: MS-206
Abstract

Records consist of cassette tapes and programs from the meetings of an informal group of aviation historians in the Miami Valley. Meetings and guest speakers addressed various topics of interest pertaining to aviation.

Dates: 1962-1965

Roger Miller Aviation Slide Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS-500
Abstract

The collection consists primarily of color slides depicting aircraft, mostly civilian planes at air fields throughout the Miami Valley, with the bulk dating from 1959 to 1988. The slides were in most cases created, and in some cases collected, by Roger Miller, an aviation enthusiast and local historian from Middletown, Ohio.

Dates: 1926-1993; Majority of material found within Bulk 1959-1988

Dean Mosher Collection (MS-320)

 Collection
Identifier: MS-320
Scope and Contents

This collection contains illustrations and correspondence concerning Mosher’s original painting, “The Bishop’s Boys” (2003), depicting the Wright Brothers in flight over Huffman Prairie on May 25, 1910, the only time the brothers ever flew together. The collection also includes materials concerning Mosher’s “Great Moments in U.S. Naval History” series (1997).

Dates: 1997-2003

Pamphlet Files (PAM)

 Collection
Identifier: PAM
Scope and Contents

The Pamphlet Files consist of brochures, flyers, newspapers clippings, booklets, reports, serials, and other ephemera documenting the history of aviation, the Miami Valley, and the Wright Brothers. The items’ intrinsic values render them unsuitable for individual processing or formal cataloging; however, they are retained primarily for their informational value.

Dates: circa 1900-2013

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Aeronautics -- History 40
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Airplanes -- History 5
Dayton (Ohio) -- History 5
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Aeronautics in art 4
Airplanes in art 4
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Aircraft industry -- United States -- History 3
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations 3
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Names
Wright, Orville, 1871-1948 17
Wright, Wilbur, 1867-1912 16
Wright family 5
Curtiss, Glenn Hammond, 1878-1930 3
Haskell, Katharine Wright, 1874-1929 3
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Aero Club of America 2
Earhart, Amelia, 1897-1937 2
Harris, Harold R., 1897-1989 2
Taylor, Charles E. (Edward), 1868-1956 2
Wright, Lorin, 1862-1939 2
Wright, Milton, 1828-1917 2
Wright, Reuchlin, 1861-1920 2
Adams, Wade 1
Air University (U.S.) 1
American Aviation Historical Society 1
American Export Airlines 1
American Society of Aviation Artists 1
Arnold, Henry Harley, 1886-1950 1
Babcock, George 1
Baker, Max 1
Ball, Robert S., 1911-1961 1
Beacon Soap Company, Inc. (New York) 1
Benoist Aeroplane Co. 1
Benoist School of Aviation 1
Bilek, Victor H., 1918- 1
Blanchard, Werner J., 1900-1948 1
Borden Company 1
Carreras Ltd. 1
Chapley, George M. 1
Charles F. Kettering Foundation 1
Commonwealth Shoe and Leather Co. (Whitman, Mass.) 1
Corning, Merv, 1926-2006 1
Critchlow, Walter Grover 1
Dayton Engineering Laboratories Company 1
Deeds, E.A. (Edward Andrew), 1874-1960 1
Dick, Pauline 1
Dick, Ron, 1931-2008 1
Dufour, Howard R., 1915-2009 1
Dunham, Seymour, 1910-1996 1
Dunkelberg, Albert G., 1922-2003 1
Egbert, Randle H. 1
Fairchild Aircraft Company (Hagerstown, Md.) 1
Findley, Earl N. (Earl Nelson), 1878-1956 1
Ford’s Theatre (Washington, D.C. : 1861-1865) 1
Foulois, Benjamin D., 1879-1967 1
Frigidaire Corporation 1
Gallaher Limited 1
Gates Flying Circus 1
Gates Flying Service 1
Gates, Hazel G. Wilson 1
Gates, Ivan Rhuele, 1890-1932 1
General Motors Corporation 1
General Motors Corporation. Aeroproducts Division 1
Grahame-White, Claude, 1879- 1
Great Britain. Royal Air Force 1
Gross, Reinhold 1
H. J. Heinz Company 1
Haeseker, Charles Lafayette, 1916-1998 1
Hamberger, William L., 1891-1973 1
Hamburger, Frank, 1864-1937 1
Harris family 1
Harris, Sarah Wright, 1824-1868 1
Hermes, F. 1
Herring-Curtiss Company 1
Holmes Airport (Jackson Heights, New York) 1
Hoy, Walt 1
Hubbell, Charles H., 1898- 1
Huffman Prairie Aviation History Society 1
International Aero Vehicle Company (Dayton, Ohio) 1
Isphording, Richard Charles 1
J.E.P. Sullivan Co. (Dayton, Ohio) 1
Jackson, Sarah 1
Jefferies, Walter M. (Walter Matthews), 1921-2003 1
Jennings, W.N. 1
John Player & Sons 1
Jones, Charles Oliver, 1865-1908 1
Kettering family 1
Kettering, Charles Franklin, 1876-1958 1
Kettering, Eugene W. (Eugene Williams), 1908-1969 1
Kettering, Virginia W., 1907-1969 1
Kinnane, Adrian 1
Kiraly, Frank A., 1914-2000 1
Kline, Peter B., 1918-1986 1
Korn, Edward Albert, 1888-1980 1
Korn, Milton H., 1890-1913 1
Krieger, Adolph, 1921-2002 1
Lahm, Frank Purdy, 1877-1963 1
Lahusen’s 1
Leach International 1
Lincoln Airplane and Flying School (Lincoln, Nebraska) 1
Lindbergh, Charles A. (Charles Augustus), 1902-1974 1
MacDonald, Zola Marie 1
MacGregor, John 1
MacNeil, Charles 1
Mayfield, William Preston, 1896-1974 1
Miami Valley Aero Historians Association 1
Miller, Harold, 1896-1991 1
Miller, Ivonette Wright, 1896-1995 1
Miller, Roger Lee, 1933- 1
Mosher, Dean (Artist) 1
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