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WB. Wright Brothers Related Collections

 Topic Guide
Identifier: WB
This classification groups together collections on the topic of Wright Brothers and their relations.

Found in 95 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

Wilbur F. H. Bigelow, Sr., Dayton Wright Company Collection (SC-347)

 Collection
Identifier: SC-347
Scope and Contents Wilbur F. H. Bigelow, Sr., was a foreman in the Mill department of Dayton-Wright Airplane Company factory at Moraine (Plant 1), during World War I. The collection consists primarily of 28 photographs, most of which relate to Bigelow’s work at the factory, including DH-4 aircraft, employees and factory scenes, air demonstration shows, and aerial photographs captured during a test flight. Photos unrelated to Dayton-Wright Airplane include: one photo depicts the Wright Brothers’ Homecoming in...
Dates: 1909-1941; Majority of material found within 1917-1919

Herbert Wright WWI Individual Pay Record Book (SC-351)

 Collection
Identifier: SC-351
Content Description

The collection consists of a single item, an original "Individual Pay Record Book" for Herbert Wright, a Private in the American Expeditionary Forces who was stationed at the 104th Field Hospital in France during World War I. It covers the time period of October 1918 to March 1919.

Dates: 1918 - 1919

Milton Wright Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS-711
Scope and Contents

The Milton Wright Papers include documents, photographs, and postcards.

Currently, the documents and photographs are still being processed.

Some of the postcards have been processed, digitized, and made available online in CORE Scholar: https://corescholar.libraries.wright.edu/special_ms711_postcards/.

Dates: 1870 - 1961

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

A Photographic Portfolio of Huffman Flying Field (MS-631)

 Collection
Identifier: MS-631
Abstract

The collection consists of 11 platinum palladium prints of photographs created at Huffman Prairie, featuring flight and architecture. This portfolio is limited edition set #1 out of 16 sets created.

Dates: 2007, 2014-2017

Harry A. Toulmin's Wright Company Patent Litigation Volumes (MS-641)

 Collection
Identifier: MS-641
Abstract

The collection consists of nine bound volumes of patent litigation records for the lawsuits that the Wright Company brought against the Herring-Curtiss Company and Glenn H. Curtiss, Louis Paulhan, and Claude Grahame-White. These are the personal copies of the Wrights’ lawyer, Harry A. Toulmin, and the books contain many handwritten notes.

Dates: 1909 - 1913

Wright Brothers' Wills (SC-15)

 Collection
Identifier: SC-15
Scope and Contents

Contains copies of Orville and Wilbur Wright's last wills and testaments, and a copy of Orville Wright estate record and death certificate.

Dates: 1937; 1948

Charles Furnas Papers (SC-22)

 Collection
Identifier: SC-22
Scope and Contents

Charles Furnas was the first airplane passenger, and the collection contains a letter written by Furnas recounting his story. Also included are pictures and newspaper articles about Furnas.

Dates: 1880-1941

William H. Krekler Letter (SC-23)

 Collection
Identifier: SC-23
Scope and Contents

This is a copy of a typed letter written by Krekler describing his relationship with the Wright Family, dated March 24, 1975.

Dates: 1975 Mar 24