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Air Force Association, Wright Memorial Chapter Records
Collection
Identifier: MS-351
Abstract
This collection documents a civilian aerospace organization that promotes public understanding of aerospace power and national defense. The collection includes newspaper clippings, magazines, awards, correspondence, meeting minutes, national, regional, and state conference materials, community events, photographs, certificates, reports, financial records, and general Air Force information. Most items deal with events and overall activities of the Wright Memorial Chapter. Several items in the...
Dates:
1953-2014
Found in:
Special Collections
Air Force Museum Wright Brothers Collection
Collection
Identifier: MS-157
Abstract
Consists of articles, letters, speeches, and clippings pertaining to the Wright Brothers collected by the Air Force Museum at the Wright-Patterson Air Force Base near Dayton. Subjects covered include removal of Wright buildings from Dayton, interviews and personal history of the Wrights, the Smithsonian-Langley controversy, obituaries, funerals, and miscellaneous aviation materials.
Dates:
1922-1978
Found in:
Special Collections
Aircraft Slide Collection
Collection
Identifier: MS-402
Abstract
The Aircraft Slide Collection is an assortment of 35mm color slides of aircraft in numerous operational locations, as well as air museums, static displays, and air shows.
Dates:
1967-1998
Found in:
Special Collections
Airfield Slide Collection (SC-249)
Collection
Identifier: SC-249
Scope and Contents
This collection contains 35 slides of various airfields, primarily ones local to the Dayton, Ohio, region. The dates range between 1920s-1940s.
Dates:
1920s-1940s
Found in:
Special Collections
Airplane and Aircraft Photographs (SC-228)
Collection
Identifier: SC-228
Scope and Contents
Collection of photographs of various airplanes and aircraft. The photos are identified on the back, with more information than what is given in the item list below, including engine information.
Dates:
undated
Found in:
Special Collections
Albatross D. Va No. 7161/17 Fabric
Collection
Identifier: SC-313
Content Description
This collection consists of a piece of the original fabric from the Albatross D. Va No 7161/17, a WWI German fighter aircraft restored and exhibited by the National Air and Space Museum. The fabric is mounted, along with an image of the airplane and a brief description.
Dates:
Undated
Found in:
Special Collections
Albert William Stevenson Photographs (SC-218)
Collection
Identifier: SC-218
Scope and Contents
Ten oversize photographs taken by Lt. Col. Albert William Stevenson, include aerial photographs and aviation photographs.
Dates:
undated
Found in:
Special Collections
Alice Griffith Carr Papers
Collection
Identifier: MS-135
Abstract
Born and raised in Yellow Springs, Carr had a long, distinguished career working in Europe for the Red Cross and the Near East Foundation as a nurse and public health administrator. Her papers include extensive correspondence, journal articles, reports, working papers, clippings, genealogical materials, and photographs.
Dates:
1869-1968
Found in:
Special Collections
Richard Allaman Papers
Collection
Identifier: MS-259
Abstract
Allaman was active locally in the field of children's social services. He held several posts in the Ohio-Kentucky area including Superintendent of the Montgomery County Juvenile Court, Director of the Louisville Children's Home, and Superintendent of Shawn Acres, the Montgomery County Children's Home. His papers consist of correspondence, case notes, published and unpublished papers, programs, conference materials, photographs, reports, and awards.
Dates:
1919-1968
Found in:
Special Collections
Major General Henry Tureman Allen Collection
Collection
Identifier: MS-439
Abstract
Major General Henry T. Allen was an officer in the U.S. Army from 1882 to 1923. He fought in the Spanish-American War and World War I. His daughter married Lieutenant General Frank Maxwell Andrews (See MS-440). General Allen was famous for his 1885 exploration of 15,000 miles of Alaskan wilderness in the Copper, Tanana, and Koyukuk River valleys. The collection is small, consisting of photographs of him and his children, along with a 1985 reprint of his 1885 Alaskan expedition report, and a...
Dates:
1891-1985
Found in:
Special Collections
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