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Aeronautical Products Corporation Records
Collection
Identifier: MS-179
Abstract
The Aeronautical Products Corporation was based in Los Angeles and manufactured beacon lights to guide aircraft. Records include correspondence, photographs, printed materials, advertisements, and clippings.
Dates:
1920-1946; Majority of material found within 1929-1941
Found in:
Special Collections
Garnet C. Brown Papers
Collection
Identifier: MS-82
Abstract
Brown, a native of Springfield, was a local engineer and designer who helped pioneer several inventions in the aviation and automobile industries. His papers consist of engineering notebooks, personal and business correspondence, blueprints, photographs, original stories and poems, clippings, and a collection of printed materials reflecting his various interests and hobbies.
Dates:
1890-1976
Found in:
Special Collections
Levitt Luzern Custer Papers
Collection
Identifier: MS-302
Abstract
Levitt Luzern Custer was a Dayton-area aviator and inventor, and an associate of Orville Wright. During his lifetime he engaged in pioneering balloon experiments, served as an official timer for flight trials, collaborated with Orville Wright on various projects, and invented a wide range of mechanical machines from the statoscope to amusement park rides. The collection documents many of Custer's achievements as well as those of other early aviators, such as the Wright Brothers. Information...
Dates:
1886-2001; Majority of material found within 1908-1950
Found in:
Special Collections
Dayton Daily News Archive (MS-458)
Collection
Identifier: MS-458
Abstract
This collection consists of over 2000 cubic feet of photographs, negatives, and news clippings spanning obituary, personality, and subject files generated by the Dayton Daily News and the former Journal Herald in the twentieth century. The newspaper was founded by James M. Cox, a three-term Ohio governor and presidential candidate. The archive documents the local and regional history of Dayton and the Miami Valley in Ohio and it role on a national scale, particularly during the period 1930...
Dates:
1890 - 2004; Majority of material found within 1930 - 1980
Found in:
Special Collections
John J. Rose Papers
Collection
Identifier: MS-178
Abstract
Rose was a self-educated engineer and inventor who worked primarily on aviation engine developments leading to a total of 17 patents of his own invention. During his career with the Air Force, he was associated with aviation propulsion systems at McCook Field's Experimental Test Center from 1917 until his retirement in 1962. His papers cover both personal and technical subjects, however, the bulk of the collection is devoted to work-related materials including blueprints, patents, working...
Dates:
1914-1983
Found in:
Special Collections
Aurel Vaszin Papers
Collection
Identifier: MS-98
Abstract
Vaszin was a Dayton designer and manufacturer of amusement rides and equipment. His papers include clippings concerning his business, certificates of merit for trade involvements, and a small collection of photographs.
Dates:
1928-1979
Found in:
Special Collections
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- Aeronautical Products Corporation 1
- Beachey, Lincoln, 1887-1915 1
- Brookins, Walter R., 1889-1953 1
- Brown, Garnet C., 1881-1976 1
- Cox, James M. (James Middleton), 1870-1957 1
- Custer Specialty Company 1
- Custer, Levitt Luzern, 1888-1962 1
- Dayton daily news 1
- Dayton journal herald 1
- Doolittle, James Harold, 1896-1993 1
- Dow Chemical Company 1
- Early Birds of Aviation (Organization) 1
- Ford, Henry, 1863-1947 1
- Forest Park Zoological Gardens (Dayton, Ohio) 1
- Harris, Harold R., 1897-1989 1
- Hyson, Charlotte 1
- Hyson, Dushane 1
- Hyson, Thomas M. 1
- Kettering, Charles Franklin, 1876-1958 1
- Mendenhall, W.B. 1
- Rose, John J., 1892-1988 1
- Scott, Albert B. 1
- Vaszin, Aurel, 1885-1979 1
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