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Wright Home and Cycle Shop Dedication at Dearborn Album, 1938

 File — Box: 38

Scope and Contents

The album contains hand drawn images of the 1903 Flyer, the Wright Cycle Shop and the Wright home. Autographs include those present for the dedication of the Wright shop and home at Greenfield Village. Autographs include Henry and Edsel Ford, Vilhjalmar Stefansson, Charles F. Kettering, Wright family members, Griffith Brewer, Benjamin Foulois, Roy Knabenshue, Walter Brookins, Augustus Post, Frank Lahm, Jerome Hunsaker, J. Luzern Custer, Charles E. Taylor, Frederick E. Humphreys, Charles de Forest Chandler, Roy Brown, E.M. Matty Laird, W.E. Scripps, and many others.

Dates

  • Creation: 1938

Creator

Language of Materials

From the Collection:

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)

Physical Description

In Honor of Wilbur and Orville Wright. Autograph album, 14 x 18 inches in full blue calf leather with silver tooling.

Repository Details

Part of the Special Collections Repository

Contact:
Wright State University Libraries
Special Collections and Archives
3640 Colonel Glenn Hwy
Dayton OH 45435-0001 USA
937-775-2092