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Scrapbook #3, 1982 - 1985

 File — Box: 5, Folder: 1

Scope and Contents

This scrapbook contains photographs and clippings mostly pertaining to Wright Brothers anniversaries and commemorations, such as: visitors from the Aéroclub du Béarn (Pau, France), including Marie-France Leire and Pierre Ranque (with John Warlick); Wright Brothers memorabilia inside Horace and Susan Wright’s home; tree planting at Hawthorn Hill; activities at the Wright Memorial; dedication of a monument at Wright Field (in front of the Aeronautical Systems Division, Air Force Systems Command building, probably Building 14); Horace Wright and Ivonette Wright Miller with military personnel and experiment team members, alongside a Tektronix computer used in experiments to design aircraft (1983); Wright family members at award signing at Air Force Museum with U.S. Secretary of the Air Force Verne Orr, also with a piece of Wright Flyer fabric (1985); photos from Ed White and Horace Wright interview about the Wright Flying School in Montgomery, Alabama (1985); groundbreaking for the Air Force Museum’s second hangar (1985), including Horace Wright, Ivonette Wright Miller, Ervin Nutter, and Virginia Kettering; and dedication of the Arnold House at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base (1986); and original photos from Pau (1984).

Dates

  • Creation: 1982 - 1985

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

There are no restrictions on accessing material in this collection.

Extent

From the Collection: 2 linear feet

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

From the Collection: French

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