A L’Aéro Club d’Amèrique (Bollée Album), 1920
Scope and Contents
The album contains 128 photographs of Wilbur and Orville Wright, Léon Bollée, Bollée’s automobile factory, the Wright Flyer, spectators, the city of Le Mans, and the flying fields at Hunaudières and d’Auvours. Images in the album date primarily from June 1908 to early 1909, however the last images show a telegram received by Bollée from Orville Wright announcing Wilbur’s death in 1912, and a series of four images of the Le Mans memorial to Wilbur Wright taken in 1920.
Dates
- Creation: 1920
Creator
- From the Collection: Wright, Wilbur, 1867-1912 (Person)
- From the Collection: Wright family (Family)
Language of Materials
The records are in English, French, German and Italian
Restrictions on Access
Due to preservation concerns, original audio and video recordings in the collection cannot be played in the reading room. Patrons may have access to reference copies. Items without reference copies can be digitized at the request of a patron for the cost of creating a digital copy. Please provide us at least two weeks advance notice if you would like to request an audio or video reference copy. Call (937) 775-2092 or e-mail us at library-archives-ref@wright.edu. Use of digitized content is subject to conditions governing use.
To reduce stress on the original photographs, photo albums, newspapers, Wright Family School Items, and Milton Wright Diaries, patrons are asked to first use digital copies, in place of the originals. The digitized items are available online in CORE SCHOLAR at https://corescholar.libraries.wright.edu/special_ms1/.
Extent
From the Collection: 38.75 linear feet (and 203 volumes)
Existence and Location of Copies
Images are available online in CORE Scholar at https://corescholar.libraries.wright.edu/do/search/?q=ms1_36*.
Physical Description
A L’Aéro Club d’Amèrique. En Souvenir de l’Inauguration du Monument levé au Mans a la Mèmoire de Wilbur Wright. Fine red leather album with gold embossed tooling and lettering, assembled by A. Normand, Paris.
General
Presented by Madame Léon Bollée to Orville Wright at the time of the dedication of the memorial to Wilbur Wright at Le Mans, July 17, 1920.
Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections Repository
Wright State University Libraries
Special Collections and Archives
3640 Colonel Glenn Hwy
Dayton OH 45435-0001 USA
937-775-2092
library-archives@wright.edu
