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Harley R. Schneider Northwest Vandalia Modification Center Collection (MS-557)

 Collection
Identifier: MS-557
Abstract Harley R. Schneider was an employee of Northwest Airlines Corp. Schneider was a civil engineer employed to modify World War II bombers at Northwest Airlines Corp. Modification Center in St. Paul, Minnesota. Northwest Airlines expanded their facilities in 1943 which included a new Modification Center in Vandalia, Ohio. Schneider was reassigned to the Vandalia location in 1943. This collection consists of various materials from his time working at the Vandalia Modification Center including a...
Dates: 1943 - 1944; 2000

Henry Stout, Wright Brothers Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS-71
Abstract

This collection includes clippings, articles, pamphlets, photographs, postcards, and correspondence pertaining to Orville and Wilbur Wright.

Dates: 1903-1973; Majority of material found within 1948-1971

James E. P. Sullivan Aviation Drawing Collection (MS-561)

 Collection
Identifier: MS-561
Abstract

The collection pertains mainly to James E. P. Sullivan’s work as a designer at United Aircraft Products in Dayton, Ohio, during World War II, including such materials as company history, product literature, newsletters, and many parts drawings and designs. The collection also includes some material on the development of the Douglas A-26 Invader aircraft, a project for which James Sullivan’s father was chief engineer. A few photographs of people and aircraft are included also.

Dates: 1918-1951; Majority of material found within 1940-1946

Thompson's Malted Milk Aviation Prints (SC-310)

 Collection
Identifier: SC-310
Content Description

The collection consists of 15 Aviation Prints that were distributed by the Borden Company’s Thompson’s Malted Milk product, circa 1930-1940. Each print has a large picture of the plane on one side with related diagrams and data on the other.

Dates: circa 1930-1940

Harry A. Toulmin's Wright Company Patent Litigation Volumes (MS-641)

 Collection
Identifier: MS-641
Abstract

The collection consists of nine bound volumes of patent litigation records for the lawsuits that the Wright Company brought against the Herring-Curtiss Company and Glenn H. Curtiss, Louis Paulhan, and Claude Grahame-White. These are the personal copies of the Wrights’ lawyer, Harry A. Toulmin, and the books contain many handwritten notes.

Dates: 1909 - 1913

Charles Wald Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS-355
Abstract This collection documents the training of Charles Wald, an early American aviator. It also documents the Wright Company's early involvement in water-based aviation.The collection includes flight records and negatives. The flight diary and logs were written by Charles Wald in 1912 and the photographs were taken by him, with the exceptions of those in which he is shown, between 1910 and 1916. The images in this collection have been scanned and are available online in Wright State University's...
Dates: 1910-1916

Sir Frank Whittle Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS-241
Abstract Sir Frank Whittle invented the jet propulsion engine, proposing the use of the gas turbine for jet propulsion in 1928. He patented his idea in 1930. The first jet aircraft flew in 1941. Whittle's engine technology was shared with the United States government and became the foundation for the American jet aircraft program. The papers in the collection document Whittle's invention of the jet engine and include correspondence, technical and design reports, photographs, charts, and engineering...
Dates: 1936-1964

World War II Aviation News Clippings Scrapbook (MS-520)

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MS-520
Abstract

This scrapbook contains news clippings of aircraft and aviation events around the Miami Valley and the nation in the World War II era. Many of the clippings come from Dayton’s newspapers at the time, the Journal, the Herald, and the Daily News. Some clippings were taken from magazines. The creator of the scrapbook is unknown.

Dates: Circa 1939-1945

Wright Brothers Addendum Photographs

 Collection
Identifier: MS-175
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of postcards, primarily of Wilbur Wright's time in France demonstrating the Flyer; and photographs (some of which are copies) of flight demonstrations in France and Germany, the Wright B Flyer, and awards and celebrations that include the Dayton Home Days parade in June 1909.

Dates: 1899-1967

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

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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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