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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

Louis P. Christman, 1903 Wright Flyer Drawings

 Collection
Identifier: MS-477
Abstract Orville and Wilbur Wright never constructed a complete set of drawings for any of their flyers or gliders. In the mid-1940s, friend of the Wright's, Edward Deeds, commissioned Louis P. Christman, to complete, not only a set of drawings for the famous 1903 Flyer, but also the 1900, 1901, and 1902 Gliders, and the 1903 and 1904 Flyers. This collection contains Christman's original drawings of the 1903 Flyer's Engine Support Rails and Wing Ribs. In addition, the collection also consists of 23...
Dates: 1947-1951

Curtiss-Wright Aeronautical Engine Drawing Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS-356
Abstract The Curtiss-Wright Aeronautical Engine Drawing Collection is a collection of over 50,000 aircraft engine part and power system drawings produced by the Curtiss-Wright Corporation. The collection consists of approximately 1324 rolls of microfilm containing thousands of engine part drawings, more than a thousand engine drawings, an index to the engine parts that were microfilmed, cards documenting tools used to make the engine parts, and a number of aircraft engine manuals. The collection...
Dates: 1920-1969

"High Acres" Landscape Plan (SC-281)

 Collection
Identifier: SC-281
Abstract

High Acres was the Dayton home built for the President of the Rike-Kumler Department Store, Frederick Rike, and his wife Ethel in 1929. It was designed by Cleveland architects Meade and Hamilton and the grounds were designed by Dayton landscape architect Samuel D. Zehrung. This collection consists of one oversize plan of the grounds.

Dates: circa 1929

Dennis W. Jarvi Aviation Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS-513
Abstract The collection consists of flight manuals, owner’s manuals, handbooks, and pilot training materials for aircraft, many of which Jarvi piloted, including the jet fighter planes he flew during his distinguished career in the United States Air Force. Jarvi served with the 469 Tactical Fighter Squadron (TFS) during the Vietnam War, completing 100 missions, and receiving the Third Oak Leaf Cluster to the Distinguished Flying Cross. Complementing the flight manuals and handbooks are lithographs,...
Dates: 1942-1997; Majority of material found within 1965-1979

Lewis D. Klein Architecture Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS-470
Abstract

Lewis D. Klein was an architect in the Dayton, Ohio area from 1957 to 1983. The collection consists of drawings for 230 different architecture design jobs he bid on. The collection includes from proposed or conceptual drawings up to full sets of plans. Of the 230 jobs, 27 are for residences and 49 are for apartment complexes. The rest are commercial buildings, including shopping plazas, churches, and various business facilities.

Dates: 1957-1983

James Leffel and Company Records

 Collection
Identifier: MS-150
Abstract

The James Leffel and Company Records consist of ledgers, journals, order books, inventories, cash and day books, payroll files, correspondence, photographs, publications, and scrapbooks of a late 19th and early 20th century Springfield, Ohio manufacturer of turbines, water wheels and engines.

Dates: 1867 - 1971

Dean Mosher Collection (MS-320)

 Collection
Identifier: MS-320
Scope and Contents

This collection contains illustrations and correspondence concerning Mosher’s original painting, “The Bishop’s Boys” (2003), depicting the Wright Brothers in flight over Huffman Prairie on May 25, 1910, the only time the brothers ever flew together. The collection also includes materials concerning Mosher’s “Great Moments in U.S. Naval History” series (1997).

Dates: 1997-2003

Dr. Hans von Ohain Papers

 Collection
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

Jerusha Hall Peacock Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS-139
Abstract

Jerusha Peacock was a student at Antioch College in Yellow Springs, Ohio in the early 1860s, and later taught at Antioch's Preparatory School from 1865-1873. Her papers consist of letters written primarily to her mother and sisters, essays, a collection of her poetry, and a sketchbook. Peacock's letters colorfully describe her life at Antioch, her travels, acquaintances, and activities.

Dates: 1860-1878; Majority of material found within 1861-1867

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Aerospace Research Laboratories (U.S.) 1
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Antioch College 1
Bilek, Victor H., 1918- 1
Bookwalter, John W. 1
Brightman & Mitchell Architects, Inc. 1
Carey, Maria 1
Christman, Louis P., 1893-1972 1
Curtiss-Wright Corporaton 1
Dale D. Smith Associates 1
Deal, John 1
Douglas Aircraft Company 1
Fossett, James Stephen, 1944-2007 1
Goodyear Aircraft Corporation 1
Graf Zeppelin (Airship) 1
Groff, J. Robert 1
Harris, James Madison 1
Hindenburg (Airship) 1
Hirsch, Robert S., 1918 - 1
Huston Associates Inc. 1
J.W. Bookwalter Company 1
James Leffel and Company 1
Jarvi, Dennis W. 1
Klein, Lewis D. 1
Leffel, James, 1806-1866 1
Lockheed Martin 1
Macon (Airship) 1
McDonnell Douglas Corporation 1
Meade and Hamilton (Cleveland, Ohio) 1
Mosher, Dean (Artist) 1
National Cash Register Company 1
Naval Aviation Museum Foundation 1
Ohain, Hans von, 1911-1998 1
Orton, Edward 1
Peacock, Anna, 1846- 1
Peacock, Jacob, 1810-1867 1
Peacock, Jerusha Hall, 1843-1878 1
Pelzl, Corinne Odiorne 1
Reedy, Marie A. 1
Richard Levin Associates 1
Rike, Frederick 1
Shock, James R., 1924-2010 1
Simmons, Bennett Clark, 1916-1977 1
Simmons, Fran 1
Smith, Dale D., 1942-2012 1
South Park Improvement Council 1
South Park Preservation Works 1
Springfield Engine and Thresher Company (Springfield, Ohio) 1
Taylor, Drew B. 1
Tiffany, Francis 1
Tri-County North School District (Lewisburg, Ohio) 1
Trump Manufacturing Company 1
Twin Valley Community School District (Ohio) 1
Twin Valley Local School District (Ohio) 1
United States. Army. Air Service 1
Van Dresser, William, 1871-1950 1
Van Treuren, Richard G. 1
Williams, Doris 1
Williams, Gareth R., 1921-1993 1
Williams, Robert E., 1923-2003 1
Winemiller Engineering Co. 1
Wright Aeronautical Corporation 1
Zehrung, Samuel D. 1
Zeppelin, Ferdinand, Graf von, 1838-1917 1
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