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LH/GRE. Greene County History

 Record Group Term
Identifier: LH/GRE

Found in 96 Collections and/or Records:

Zoe Dell Lantis Nutter Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS-446
Abstract The collection consists of the personal papers and photographs of Zoe Dell Lantis Nutter, a resident of Xenia, Ohio. Zoe Dell is recognized for her influence in aviation and in her local community as a pilot and the first woman president of the National Aviation Hall of Fame, as well as for her contributions to several civic organizations. In 1939 she was named "Most Photographed and Publicized Girl in the World," which was mostly attributed to her role as Theme Girl in the 1938 San...
Dates: 1934-2010

Cold War Aerospace Technology Oral History Project Records

 Collection
Identifier: MS-431
Abstract

The Cold War Aerospace Technology Oral History Project primarily contains oral histories gathered from several workers in the field of Aerospace Technology during the Cold War (1946-1992). With few exceptions, the interviewees were all engineers and worked at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base on projects ranging from stealth and fly-by-wire technology to jet propulsion and foreign intelligence gathering, etc.

Dates: 1936-2008

Carpenter's Miami Valley District Council Records

 Collection
Identifier: MS-93
Abstract

Records consist of minutes, by-laws, National Labor Relations Bureau (NLRB) rulings, negotiations and agreements, financial records, and correspondence.

Dates: 1891-1970

Charlie Taylor - Howard DuFour Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS-286
Abstract Howard DuFour extensively researched Charlie Taylor, who designed and built the engine that powered the Wright Brothers' historic flight at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, 1903. The collection consists of newspaper clippings, articles, aviation history books, an oral history, personal correspondence, photographs, and Howard DuFour's drafts of the book "Charlie Taylor: The Wright Brothers Mechanician." The collection also contains materials on DuFour's building of the Wright 1903 Flyer Replica...
Dates: 1938-2004

Neal V. Loving Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS-282
Abstract

Neal Loving, recognized as one of the "African American Pioneers in Aviation", was a renowned airplane designer and an aerospace engineer at the Flight Dynamics Laboratory, Wright Patterson Air Force Base (WPAFB), Dayton, Ohio. The collection contains papers, photographs, and blueprints of Loving's designs, including his WR-1 midget racer named "Loving's Love".

Dates: 1930-1998

Seymour Dunham Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS-294
Abstract

The Seymour Dunham Collection contains personal correspondence of Mr. Dunham, information on aviation organizations to which he belonged, aircraft and missile research, work-related research from his time at Wright-Patterson AFB, and an extensive collection of articles, newspaper clippings and photographs concerning the Wright Brothers and other aspects of aviation history.

Dates: 1889-1993

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

Charles W. Ingler Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS-374
Abstract Ingler was one of the individuals responsible for Wright State University's groundbreaking in 1961 and was an important figure in Dayton. He wrote a book on Wright State University's history titled Founding and Fulfillment, published in 1987. These papers chronicle the life of Ingler, and provide insight into the history of Wright State University and education in state institutions within the greater Miami...
Dates: 1937-2004; Majority of material found within 1960-1999

P. H. Richardson Wright Field Photo Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS-365
Abstract

The Richardson Wright Field Collection contains 172 photos of aircraft and aircraft parts. The majority of the pictures feature displays from the Armed Forces Day Air Show held at Wright Field in 1945. Many of the exhibits pertain to Luftwaffe aircraft captured during Operation Lusty. As well, there are many photos documenting the only Fairchild powered XAT-6E Texan produced.

Dates: 1945

James Keen Photographic Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS-450
Abstract James Keen was a newspaper photographer for a number of newspapers throughout the country, including the Dayton Journal-Herald. This collection consists of approximately 9,300 black and white negatives and black and white photographs. These photographs were taken from 1937 to 1946 in and around the Miami Valley, including Dayton, Wright and Patterson Fields and other nearby Ohio areas. As a newspaper photographer, many of these photographs were taken to accompany news in the Dayton Journal...
Dates: 1933 - 1946; Majority of material found within 1941 - 1945