WB. Wright Brothers Related Collections

Six articles describing the scientific work of the Wright Brothers, dating between 1918 and 1929.

This collection includes clippings, articles, pamphlets, photographs, postcards, and correspondence pertaining to Orville and Wilbur Wright.

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

Christmas telegram from Orville Wright, circa 1946.

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.

Report written by George Bia, the Wrights' representative in Belgium, which includes illustrations and technical drawings. Also includes photograph of Wilbur at controls of a flyer.

Limited edition print of a woodcut by Wilbur Wright, originally distributed by the Oakwood Kiwanis Club, circa 1886.

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.

This collection consists of four items: one Funeral registry for Felix Carl Utermoehlen; two newspaper clippings, one titled "Watched Ghouls Work As Flood Victims Cried in Vain for Assistance" which details scenes viewed by Mrs. Felix Utermoehlen, and another clipping on Felix's father, Theodore Utermoehlen who served as a mechanic for the Wright Brothers; and also an envelope containing the funeral purchase agreement.

Pilot's license from Fédération Aéronautique Internationale United States of America issued to Robert Lyle Ward for 1926.