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World War I Glass Plate Stereoview Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS-457
Abstract

A set of 90 glass plate stereoview images depicting scenes from World War I. The images are accompanied by handwritten descriptions in French. The collection was owned by Hugh O. Merron, a World War I veteran. Also included is a stereoviewer made in Paris, France.

Dates: 1914-1919

World War I Photos (SC-60)

 Collection
Identifier: SC-60
Scope and Contents

Contains photographs taken by an American soldier during World War I and a German album of photo postcards of battle conditions.

Dates: circa 1918

World War II Aviation News Clippings Scrapbook (MS-520)

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MS-520
Abstract

This scrapbook contains news clippings of aircraft and aviation events around the Miami Valley and the nation in the World War II era. Many of the clippings come from Dayton’s newspapers at the time, the Journal, the Herald, and the Daily News. Some clippings were taken from magazines. The creator of the scrapbook is unknown.

Dates: Circa 1939-1945

World War II Ration Book (SC-133)

 Collection
Identifier: SC-133
Scope and Contents

War Ration Book One from the Office of Price Administration. Includes a Certificate of Registrar that shows it was registered to a Virgil J. Roush of Columbus, Ohio issued on March 17, 1943.

Dates: 1943

Wright Aeronautical Corporation Binder

 Collection
Identifier: SC-305
Content Description

The collection consists of the cover and spine from one Wright Aeronautical Corporation binder. The binder is labeled “Services Lectures: Wright Aircraft Engines, Paterson, N.J., U.S.A.” and includes the Wright Aircraft Engines logo.

Dates: Undated

Wright and Patterson Fields Postcard Collection (SC-140)

 Collection
Identifier: SC-140
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of consists of nine halftone postcards in black and white, depicting Patterson and Wright Fields. The postcards appear to have been published as part of a series by the Wayne Paper Box and Printing Co., Fort Wayne, Indiana.

Dates: undated

Wright B Flyer Stereo Card (SC-124)

 Collection
Identifier: SC-124
Scope and Contents

Stereo Card of the Wright B Flyer flying over Simms Station later Huffman Prairie, Dayton, Ohio. The image bears the copyright of the Keystone View Company for 1910. The company entitled the image “Conquering the Air-Wright Brothers Airship Flying at Dayton, Ohio.”

Dates: 1910

Bishop Milton Wright Genealogical Papers (MFM-20)

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MFM-20
Scope and Contents

The microfilm contains genealogical notes and working papers collected by Bishop Milton Wright (1828-1917), the father of the Wright Brothers. The materials date between 1779-1973 and cover the following families: Reeder, Wright, Brown, Koerner, Croddy, Brader, Andrews, Freeman, Harris, Benham, Stokes, Convenhoven, Van Cleve, Swaynie, Fry, Porter, Moody, Lake, Eudaly, Dover, Holt, Baker, and Gano.

Dates: 1977

Wright Brothers Addendum Photographs

 Collection
Identifier: MS-175
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of postcards, primarily of Wilbur Wright's time in France demonstrating the Flyer; and photographs (some of which are copies) of flight demonstrations in France and Germany, the Wright B Flyer, and awards and celebrations that include the Dayton Home Days parade in June 1909.

Dates: 1899-1967

Wright Brothers Aviation Postcards (SC-136)

 Collection
Identifier: SC-136
Scope and Contents

This small collection consists of 46 mixed American and European postcards that depict the Wrights, their planes, and monuments dedicated to them.

Dates: 1909-1970

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Special Collections 1165
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Subject
Photographs 243
Correspondence 198
Dayton (Ohio) -- History 141
Minutes (administrative records) 97
Scrapbooks 91
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Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.) 63
Newspapers 50
Financial records 46
Aeronautics -- History 40
Newsletters 38
Clippings (information artifacts) 33
Audiocassettes 29
Electronic records (digital records) 28
Negatives (photographs) 28
Newspaper clippings 27
Books 22
Mercer County (Ohio) -- History 22
Slides (photographs) 22
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base (Ohio) 22
Blueprints (reprographic copies) 21
Diaries 21
Brochures 20
Pamphlets 20
Annual reports 19
Business records 18
Sound recordings 18
Microfilms 17
Performing arts -- Ohio -- Dayton 17
Reports 17
Air pilots 16
Labor unions -- Ohio -- Dayton 16
Letters (correspondence) 16
Postcards 16
Dayton (Ohio) -- History -- 20th century 15
Ledgers (account books) 15
Maps 15
Publications (documents) 15
Speeches 15
Black-and-white photographs 14
Education -- Ohio -- Mercer County 14
Minutes (Records) 14
Public schools -- Ohio -- Mercer County 14
Aeronautics -- History -- 20th century 13
Auglaize County (Ohio) -- History 13
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Video recordings (physical artifacts) 13
Women -- Ohio -- Dayton -- Societies, etc. 13
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Ohio -- Politics and government 9
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Church records and registers -- Ohio 7
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Montgomery County (Ohio) -- History -- 20th century 7
Springfield (Ohio) 7
World War, 1939-1945 7
Yellow Springs (Ohio) -- History 7
Advertisements 6
Aeronautics in art 6
Aircraft industry -- United States -- History 6
Architectural drawings (visual works) 6
Businessmen -- Ohio -- Dayton 6
Dayton (Ohio) -- Music 6
Dayton (Ohio) -- Politics and government 6
Dayton (Ohio) -- Politics and government -- 20th century 6
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Language
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French 37
Spanish; Castilian 12
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Names
Wright, Orville, 1871-1948 45
Wright, Wilbur, 1867-1912 39
Wright State University 15
United States. Air Force 11
Dunbar, Paul Laurence, 1872-1906 10
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Haskell, Katharine Wright, 1874-1929 10
Wright family 10
Antioch College 9
National Cash Register Company 9
Dayton Art Institute 8
Dayton journal herald 8
Dayton-Wright Airplane Company 8
General Motors Corporation. Frigidaire Division 8
Wright, Milton, 1828-1917 8
Dayton daily news 7
Miami Conservancy District (Ohio) 7
United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration 7
Brown, Katharine Kennedy 6
Curtiss, Glenn Hammond, 1878-1930 6
Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra 6
Montgomery County Historical Society (Ohio) 6
Wright Flying School 6
Dayton Ballet 5
Dufour, Howard R., 1915-2009 5
Earhart, Amelia, 1897-1937 5
Lindbergh, Charles A. (Charles Augustus), 1902-1974 5
National Museum of the United States Air Force 5
Ohio. General Assembly. Senate 5
Reece, Jane, 1868-1961 5
Schwarz, Josephine, 1908-2004 5
Brown, Martha McClellan, 1838-1916 4
Dayton Council on World Affairs 4
Dewey, Dawne 4
Five Rivers MetroParks 4
General Motors Corporation. Delco Products Division 4
General Motors Corporation. Inland Manufacturing Division 4
Glenn, John, 1921-2016 4
International Union of Electrical Workers. District Council 7 4
Katz, Paul, 1907-1989 4
Kettering, Charles Franklin, 1876-1958 4
League of Women Voters of the Greater Dayton Area 4
Minnick, Raymond 4
Ohio. General Assembly. House of Representatives 4
Project Apollo (U.S.) 4
Republican Party (Ohio) 4
Schwarz, Hermene, 1902-1986 4
Seifried, Richard D. 4
St. John's United Church of Christ (Dayton, Ohio) 4
United States. Navy 4
Wallace, Donald Kiblinger, 1937- 4
Wright State University. Libraries 4
Wright State University. Special Collections & Archives 4
Wright, Lorin, 1862-1939 4
Aerospace Medical Association 3
Aull, Marie, 1897-2002 3
Berry, Charles R. 3
Boyer, Chip, 1947- 3
Brown, Kleon Thaw, 1886-1925 3
Cassel, Homer Deeter, M.D., 1895-1980 3
Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Corporation 3
Davis, Lenny, 1936-2022 3
Dayton (Ohio). Fire Department 3
Dayton (Ohio). Police department 3
Dayton Engineering Laboratories Company 3
Dayton Public Schools 3
Dayton-Miami Valley Consortium 3
Engineers' Club of Dayton 3
Frigidaire Corporation 3
Greene County Historical Society (Greene County, Ohio) 3
Harris family 3
Harris, Harold R., 1897-1989 3
Haskell, Henry Joseph, 1874-1952 3
International Union of Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers. Local 755 (Dayton, Ohio) 3
Kennedy, Grafton Sherwood, 1893-1974 3
Kennedy, Louise Achey, 1860-1945 3
Ladley family 3
Mayfield, William Preston, 1896-1974 3
McCann, Eleanor, 1907-2004 3
O.S. Kelly Company 3
Ohio State University 3
Patterson family 3
Patterson, Edith McClure, 1881-1962 3
Patterson, Jefferson, 1801-1863 3
Patterson, John Henry, 1844-1922 3
Pittman, Wayne C., Jr., 1937-2015 3
Stivers High School (Dayton, Ohio) 3
Taylor, Charles E. (Edward), 1868-1956 3
The Dayton Foundation 3
Totten family 3
United States. Army. Air Service 3
United Way of the Greater Dayton Area 3
Unknown 3
Waco Aircraft Company 3
Washington-Liberty School District (Mercer County, Ohio) 3
Weisenborn, Clara, 1907-1985 3
Westminster Presbyterian Church (Dayton, Ohio) 3
Wright Company 3
Wright State University. Boonshoft School of Medicine 3
Wright, Reuchlin, 1861-1920 3
322nd Field Artillery Reunion Association 2
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