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Aeronautical Ephemera Collection I

 Collection
Identifier: MS-37
Abstract

An artificial collection, gathered from many sources by a rare book seller, which includes trade brochures, honorary programs, passes, certificates and photographs on aviation from the early 20th century.

Dates: 1904-1929

Aviation Ephemera II

 Collection
Identifier: MS-156
Abstract

The collection consists of an unknown individual’s collection of magazines, pamphlets, photographs, and clippings related to aviation.

Dates: 1889-1986

Aviation Ephemera IV Collection (MS-226)

 Collection
Identifier: MS-226
Scope and Contents

A collection of materials relating to aviation, mostly pamphlets and journals. These materials were formerly a part of the pamphlet collection.

Dates: 1942-1988

Aviation Trading Cards Collection

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MS-519
Abstract

The collection consists of approximately 700 collectable trade cards and stamps issued by various industries, primarily the “cigarette cards” of tobacco manufacturers. The majority of the card or stamp series feature airplanes, but some series focus on famous aviators. Materials originate from the United States, United Kingdom, and Germany.

Dates: Circa 1925-1940, 1996; Majority of material found within Circa 1925-1940

Max Baker Aviation Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS-88
Abstract Max Baker was an engineer with a keen interest in the Wright Brothers and early aviation. His collection includes copies of his research papers on technical aspects of the invention of flight, copies of Wilbur Wright's diaries and correspondence with Chanute, copies of the Wrights' patents, photographs of Wright propellers, wind tunnels, and various other experimental equipment, Baker's correspondence with aviation experts and enthusiasts, and drawings and blueprints of Wright aircraft and...
Dates: 1904-1967

Robert S. Ball Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS-210
Abstract

Ball was a newspaper reporter and editor who specialized in space and aviation. He spent the major portion of his career writing for the Detroit Free Press. Papers include news articles pertaining to various aviation subjects, correspondence, an autographed photograph of Amelia Earhart, and fabric from the wing of the first airplane to complete a trans-continental flight (1911).

Dates: 1911-1982

Vic Bilek Aviation Research Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS-514
Abstract

The collection contains research notes, including newspaper and journal articles, handwritten notes, drawings, and photographs. The photos and notebook are predominantly Curtiss aircraft.

Dates: 1920-1950

Bill's World War II Aviation Scrapbook (MS-678)

 Collection
Identifier: MS-678
Abstract

The scrapbook contains approximately 62 original photographs depicting the Lincoln Airplane and Flying School in Lincoln, Nebraska; the Fairchild factory at Hagerstown, Maryland; as well as scenes at Niagara Falls and Dayton, Ohio. Also included are several clippings from The Philadelphia Inquirer's U.S. Warplane Series (Nos. 7-24).

Dates: 1939-1941

W.J. Blanchard, Aeroproducts Inc. Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS-305
Abstract

W. J. Blanchard, an inventor and respected Dayton businessman, co-founded Engineering Products, Inc. in 1935. The company was the first to develop a new propeller known as the "aeroprop". In 1940, General Motors Corporation purchased Engineering Products, renamed it Aeroproducts, and instilled Blanchard as its first General Manager. The collection consists of administrative records, engineering blueprints, aviation handbooks, and personal materials.

Dates: 1925-1960

Air Vice-Marshall Ron Dick Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS-494
Abstract The Air Vice-Marshal Ron Dick Collection follows the life and career of Air Vice-Marshal Ronald Dick. He served in the Royal Air Force, which included two appointments to the British Embassy in Washington, D.C., first as Air Attaché and then as Defense Attaché. During and after his military career, he was a prolific writer and lecturer on the history of aviation and took any opportunity he could to fly. The materials in this collection include material concerning his military career,...
Dates: 1938-2008

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Aeronautics -- History 40
Photographs 23
Aeronautics -- History -- 20th century 13
Correspondence 10
Air pilots 8
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Scrapbooks 7
Clippings (information artifacts) 6
Newspapers 6
Airplanes -- History 5
Dayton (Ohio) -- History 5
Publications (documents) 5
Aeronautics -- Competitions 4
Aeronautics in art 4
Airplanes in art 4
Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.) 4
Inventors 4
Postcards 4
Advertisements 3
Aircraft industry -- United States -- History 3
Drawings (visual works) 3
Negatives (photographs) 3
Pamphlets 3
World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations 3
Aeronautics -- Flights 2
Aeronautics -- History -- Manuscripts 2
Aerospace engineering 2
Air pilots -- Biography 2
Air warfare in art 2
Airplanes 2
Airplanes -- Photographs 2
Airplanes -- Pictorial works 2
Black-and-white photographs 2
Blueprints (reprographic copies) 2
Cleveland (Ohio) -- History 2
Dayton (Ohio) -- History -- 20th century 2
Engineer 2
Film (material by form) 2
Letters (correspondence) 2
Microfilms 2
New York (N.Y.) 2
Newspaper clippings 2
Periodicals 2
Photograph albums 2
Photographic postcards 2
Prints (visual works) 2
Slides (photographs) 2
Technical drawings 2
Women air pilots 2
Wright Flyer (Airplane) 2
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base (Ohio) 2
Advertising cards 1
Aeronautical engineers 1
Aeronautical engineers -- Great Britain 1
Aeronautics 1
Aeronautics -- California -- San Francisco -- History -- 20th century 1
Aeronautics -- Biography 1
Aeronautics -- Patents 1
Aeronautics -- Periodicals 1
Aeronautics -- Pictorial works 1
Aeronautics -- United States -- History 1
Aeronautics in literature 1
Aeronautics, Commercial -- History -- 20th century 1
Aeronautics, Commercial -- South America -- History 1
Aeronautics, Commercial -- United States -- History 1
Aeronautics, Military 1
Air pilots -- Photographs 1
Air shows 1
Air shows -- History 1
Air shows -- Ohio 1
Air shows -- United States 1
Aircraft accidents 1
Aircraft industry -- History 1
Aircraft industry -- New York -- History 1
Airplane racing 1
Airplanes -- Exhibitions 1
Airplanes -- Jet propulsion 1
Airplanes -- Models 1
Airplanes, Military 1
Airports -- New York -- Jackson Heights 1
Airports -- Photographs 1
Airships -- United States -- History -- 20th century 1
Akron (Ohio) -- History 1
Albany (N.Y.) -- History 1
Armed Forces -- Officers 1
Art directors 1
Articles 1
Artists 1
Artists -- United States 1
Audiocassettes 1
Aviation -- Drawings 1
Aviation artists 1
Awards 1
B-17 bomber 1
Biography files 1
Books 1
Brochures 1
Business enterprises -- Ohio -- Dayton 1
Business records 1
Chile 1
Cigarette cards 1
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Language
German 6
French 4
Italian 2
Japanese 1
Spanish; Castilian 1
 
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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