James M. Cox Dayton International Airport (Ohio)

Abstract

The collection consists primarily of correspondence from the Dayton City Manager’s files pertaining to the establishment of a municipally owned airport in Dayton, Ohio.

Content Description This collection consists of a single letter (two sheets plus envelope) from Everett B. Graf to his sister-in-law Fay (Mrs. Otto J. Graf). The letter, dated August 10, 1929, is written on letterhead from Johnson Flying Service, Inc., at Vandalia, Ohio. The Johnson Flying Service, founded in the early 1920s by E. A. Johnson, was in charge of the management and operation of the recently constructed Dayton Airport. In fact, the airport's dedication, as well as the one-year anniversary of air...