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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

Wright Company Glass Plate Negative Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS-398
Abstract

: The Wright Company Glass Plate Negative collection consists of 92 glass plate negatives, and 10 film negatives relating to the Wright Company, the Wright School of Aviation, flights at Kitty Hawk, N.C., celebrations and aviation events, and a series of unidentified children.

Dates: 1900-1913; 2009; Majority of material found within 1910-1911

Wright Company Records

 Collection
Identifier: MS-471
Abstract The Wright Company was formed in November 1909 with Wilbur Wright as President and Orville Wright one of two Vice-Presidents. In 1915, Orville sold the company to a group of investors, which later merged the company with the Martin Company. The records consist of copies of material from the Wright Company Records held by the Museum of Flight in Seattle, Washington. Included in the records are Wright Company board of directors meeting minutes, correspondence, newspaper clippings, and legal...
Dates: 1905-1917

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Waco airplanes -- History 3
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Handbooks and manuals 2
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Montgomery (Ala.) -- History 2
Photograph albums 2
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Wright-Patterson Air Force Base (Ohio) 2
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Aeronautics -- Patents 1
Aeronautics in art 1
Aircraft industry -- United States -- History 1
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College Park (Md.) -- History 1
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FAA Advisory Circulars 1
Fighter pilots 1
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London (England) 1
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Miami River Valley (Ohio) 1
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Troy (Ohio ) -- History 1
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Washington (D. C.) 1
World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations 1
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Names
Wright, Orville, 1871-1948 5
Wright, Wilbur, 1867-1912 5
Wright Company 3
Waco Aircraft Company 2
Wright Flying School 2