Wright, Orville, 1871-1948
Person
Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:
Randle H. Egbert Aviation Collection
Collection
Identifier: MS-389
Abstract
The Randle H. Egbert Aviation Papers consist of journals, news and periodical clippings, and memorabilia related to the Wright Brothers and early aviation.
Dates:
1904-2004
Found in:
Special Collections
Ivonette Wright Miller Papers (MS-216) SELECTIONS in CORE Scholar
Digital Collection
Identifier: MS-216 CORE Scholar
Found in:
Special Collections
Marjorie Stinson Diary (SC-393)
Collection
Identifier: SC-393
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of a single pocket size diary written by Marjorie Stinson during her time learning to fly at the Wright School of Aviation in Dayton, Ohio.The earliest entry is from June 19, 1914, and reads simply "Dayton Bound" with a sketch of an arrow underneath; that was the day she departed on that day from San Antonio, Texas. She arrived at Dayton on June 25, 1914, and on that same day made her first visit to the Huffman Prairie with Orville Wright. Entries continue...
Dates:
1914 - 1915
Found in:
Special Collections
Charles Wald Collection
Collection
Identifier: MS-355
Abstract
This collection documents the training of Charles Wald, an early American aviator. It also documents the Wright Company's early involvement in water-based aviation.The collection includes flight records and negatives. The flight diary and logs were written by Charles Wald in 1912 and the photographs were taken by him, with the exceptions of those in which he is shown, between 1910 and 1916. The images in this collection have been scanned and are available online in Wright State University's...
Dates:
1910-1916
Found in:
Special Collections
Wright Brothers Collection (MS-1)
Collection
Identifier: MS-1
Abstract
A supplement to the main body of Orville and Wilbur Wright’s papers located in the Library of Congress, this collection consists of family papers, financial records, school mementos, Wright family genealogical materials, the church papers and diaries of the Wrights’ father, Bishop Milton Wright, notebooks, albums, awards and citations, photocopies of correspondence between Wilbur Wright and Octave Chanute, and the Wrights’ technical library that includes journals, books, and pamphlets...
Dates:
1779-1985; Majority of material found within 1853-1948
Found in:
Special Collections
Wright Company Glass Plate Negative Collection
Collection
Identifier: MS-398
Abstract
: The Wright Company Glass Plate Negative collection consists of 92 glass plate negatives, and 10 film negatives relating to the Wright Company, the Wright School of Aviation, flights at Kitty Hawk, N.C., celebrations and aviation events, and a series of unidentified children.
Dates:
1900-1913; 2009; Majority of material found within 1910-1911
Found in:
Special Collections
Wright Company Glass Plate Negative Collection (MS-398) SELECTIONS in CORE Scholar
Digital Collection
Identifier: MS-398 CORE Scholar
Dates:
1908 - 1913
Found in:
Special Collections
