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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:

Frank Hamburger Papers (SC-36)

 Collection
Identifier: SC-36
Abstract

Frank Hamburger witnessed the Wright Brothers' first flight in Dayton. Collection contains several photographs of Hamburger as well as newspaper clippings recounting his involvement with the Wrights.

Dates: 1909 - 1936

Wright-Glass Family Letters

 Collection
Identifier: SC-45
Abstract

Papers include personal correspondence between Bishop Milton Wright and his cousins, Oliver and Flora Glass.

Dates: 1892-1906

Orville Wright Letters (SC-47)

 Collection
Identifier: SC-47
Scope and Contents

Collection contains photocopies of correspondence from Orville Wright to Karl Kimble and to F.O. Eichenberger.

*Note: All the letters in this collection are photocopies of the originals.

Dates: 1918-1925

Susan Katherine Koerner Wright Photograph (SC-49)

 Collection
Identifier: SC-49
Scope and Contents

Daguerreotype image of Susan Koerner Wright in wood frame and two copy prints of the image.

Dates: circa 1850-1860

Wilbur Wright in France Newspaper Clippings (SC-57)

 Collection
Identifier: SC-57
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of photocopies of French newspaper clippings concerning Wilbur Wright’s 1908 visit to France. They are untranslated.

Dates: 1908

Glenn Osborn Wright Brothers Collection (SC-58)

 Collection
Identifier: SC-58
Scope and Contents

Contains receipts from the Wright Brothers' bicycle shop, copies of the Westside News, copy of a Wright stock certificate, and postcards sent by Katharine Wright to Glenn Osborn.

Dates: 1889-1915

Wilbur Wright Letter (SC-69)

 Collection
Identifier: SC-69
Scope and Contents

This collection contains an original letter written by Wilbur Wright to a New York publisher. As well, there are photocopies of the letter.

Dates: 1904

Randolph Edwards Photographs (SC-78)

 Collection
Identifier: SC-78
Scope and Contents

Photographs and postcards of Wright Flyers

Dates: circa 1910

Ten Dayton Boys Club Records (SC-79)

 Collection
Identifier: SC-79
Scope and Contents

Photocopies concerning the Ten Dayton Boys Club, an organization of boyhood friends who met yearly and included Wilbur Wright and his brothers, Reuchlin and Lorin.

Dates: 1886-1889

Katharine Wright Haskell Papers (MS-700)

 Collection
Identifier: MS-700
Abstract

Papers consist of mainly correspondence from Katharine Wright (1874-1929) to her future husband, Henry J. Haskell. Letters cover a variety of personal matters including the opposition to her impending marriage by her brother, Orville Wright. Other subjects discussed include Oberlin College, the Kansas City Star, the Wright patent challenge, and Katharine's ideas about women's rights.

Dates: 1922 - 1931; 1977; Majority of material found within 1925 - 1926