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Freeman F. Bentley Papers

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Identifier: MS-423
Abstract The collection consists of papers covering Freeman Bentley's life, focusing on his scientific career and his research in spectroscopy. The majority of the material in this collection is scientific in nature and includes test results, data sheets, technical reports and articles. Bentley authored many of the technical reports and articles in this collection. His writings and reports are especially important considering Bentley was a pioneer in the field of far infrared spectroscopy. In...
Dates: 1937 - 2006; Majority of material found within 1955 - 1975

Robert L. Cavanagh Aviation Collection (MS-353)

 Collection
Identifier: MS-353
Abstract

The Robert L. Cavanagh Aviation Collection contains extensive research on a variety of aircraft, including detailed information on the Boeing P-12. The collection also contains a wide variety of aircraft photographs, along with negatives, slides, correspondence, newspaper clippings, and photograph albums.

Dates: 1917-1999

Cold War Aerospace Technology Oral History Project Records

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Identifier: MS-431
Abstract

The Cold War Aerospace Technology Oral History Project primarily contains oral histories gathered from several workers in the field of Aerospace Technology during the Cold War (1946-1992). With few exceptions, the interviewees were all engineers and worked at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base on projects ranging from stealth and fly-by-wire technology to jet propulsion and foreign intelligence gathering, etc.

Dates: 1936-2008

Dayton Air Service Incorporated Committee Records

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Identifier: MS-136
Abstract The Dayton Air Service Incorporated Committee was incorporated November 14th, 1922 as the legal successor to a previous voluntary committee led by Frederick B. Patterson, son of John H. Patterson. The purpose of the corporation was to further the permanent retention in the Dayton area of the Army Air Service Experiment Station, then McCook Field, and to establish a memorial to Orville and Wilbur Wright. This collection contains administration records, including articles of incorporation and...
Dates: 1919-1943

Richard Hoener Collection

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Identifier: MS-361
Abstract

This collection consists of personal correspondence, publications and photographs related to Richard Hoener's work at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. The collection also contains publications related to aviation and memorabilia that he collected over the years.

Dates: 1920-1999; Majority of material found within 1940-1960

Charles F. Horn Papers (MS-629)

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Identifier: MS-629
Abstract This collection contains documents, correspondence, news articles, photographs, and audio-visual materials relating to the life and career of Charles F. Horn. The materials in this collection were produced or otherwise used by Horn throughout his political career as a Kettering councilman, Kettering mayor, Montgomery county commissioner, and Ohio Senator. Throughout his public service career, Horn was involved in various local, statewide, and federal political initiatives involving...
Dates: 1942 - 2011; Majority of material found within 1961 - 2001

Neal V. Loving Collection

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Identifier: MS-282
Abstract

Neal Loving, recognized as one of the "African American Pioneers in Aviation", was a renowned airplane designer and an aerospace engineer at the Flight Dynamics Laboratory, Wright Patterson Air Force Base (WPAFB), Dayton, Ohio. The collection contains papers, photographs, and blueprints of Loving's designs, including his WR-1 midget racer named "Loving's Love".

Dates: 1930-1998

Dr. Hans von Ohain Papers

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Identifier: MS-335
Abstract

Dr. Hans von Ohain was the co-inventor of the first successful jet engine. After World War II, he moved to Dayton, Ohio where he was a research scientist at the Air Force Research Laboratory at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. His papers contain patents, correspondence, speeches, technical reports, scientific articles, awards, and photographs. Some documents are in German and French, but the majority of the collection is in English.

Dates: 1907-2003

Laurence P. Richmond Papers (MS-594)

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Identifier: MS-594
Abstract

The collection consists primarily of information on the development of radio technologies at General Electric in the 1920s and of radio and radar technologies at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base from the 1930s through 1950s. Some information on the WPAFB Quarter Century Club is also included.

Dates: 1918-1974; Majority of material found within 1930-1960

Dr. Fritz J. Russ Correspondence (SC-333)

 Collection
Identifier: SC-333
Abstract

Professional and personal correspondence of Dr. Fritz J. Russ while Chief of the Missile Guidance and Control Group, Air Technical Intelligence Center, at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in the early 1950s.

Dates: 1951-1954

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American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics 1
Bahret, William F. 1
Bentley, Freeman F., 1920-2009 1
Bilek, Victor H., 1918- 1
Brown, Squire L. (Squire Lee), 1941- 1
Cavanagh, Robert L. 1
Coblentz Society 1
Daniel Guggenheim Fund for the Promotion of Aeronautics 1
Dayton Air Service Incorporated Committee (Dayton, Ohio) 1
Dufour, Howard R., 1915-2009 1
Experimental Aircraft Association 1
Glenn, John, 1921-2016 1
Greene County Records Center and Archive (Greene County, Ohio) 1
Hoener, Richard F., 1918-2007 1
Horn, Charles F., 1924-2022 1
Jenney, Gavin D. 1
Kuhns, Ezra M., 1872-1960 1
Loving, Neal V., 1916-1998 1
Lusczek, Joseph J., Jr. 1
Mattice, James J. 1
Miami Conservancy District (Ohio) 1
Morgensen, Otto Peter, 1905-2010 1
Mound Facility 1
National Cash Register Company 1
Ohain, Hans von, 1911-1998 1
Ohio. General Assembly. Senate 1
Patterson, Frederick B. 1
Project Apollo (U.S.) 1
Project Gemini (U.S.) 1
Project Mercury (U.S.) 1
Rappaport, George, 1923-1985 1
Richey, G. Keith 1
Richmond, Laurence Palmer, 1900-1988 1
Russ, Fritz J., 1920-2004 1
Russo, Vincent J. 1
Sellen, John 1
Shepard, Alan B. (Alan Bartlett), 1923-1998 1
Skylab Program 1
Society of Applied Spectroscopy 1
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Sullivan, H.A., 1892-1964 1
United States. Air Force. Air Matériel Command 1
United States. Air Force. Air Technical Intelligence Center 1
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United States. Army. Air Corps. Materiel Division 1
United States. Civil Air Patrol 1
United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration 1
Veghte, James J. 1
Wayne Aircraft Company (Detroit, Mich.) 1
Wayne School of Aeronautics (Detroit, Mich.) 1
White, Stanley C., 1926-2011 1
Whittle, Frank, 1907-1996 1
Wright State University. Special Collections & Archives 1
Wright, Orville, 1871-1948 1
Wright, Wilbur, 1867-1912 1
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