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AV. Aviation

 Topic Guide
Identifier: AV
This classification groups collections on the topic of aviation.

Found in 347 Collections and/or Records:

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

Springfield (Ohio) Municipal Airport Papers (SC-59)

 Collection
Identifier: SC-59
Scope and Contents

Contains papers regarding the construction of a new hangar at the local Springfield (Ohio) airport, dated 1949.

Dates: 1949

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

Charles A. and Anne Morrow Lindbergh Autographs (SC-72)

 Collection
Identifier: SC-72
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of one issue of National Geographic (Sept. 1934) with an article by Anne Morrow Lindbergh, signed by both Anne and Charles Lindbergh.

Dates: 1934

Bessie Coleman Photographs (SC-75)

 Collection
Identifier: SC-75
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of portion of book about Bessie Coleman and copies of several photographs of Bessie Coleman.

Dates: circa 1920s

Catalogue from SITES "Early Flight" Exhibit (SC-76)

 Collection
Identifier: SC-76
Scope and Contents

Loose-leaf catalog from Smithsonian SITES exhibit on "Early Flight"

Dates: 1984

Randolph Edwards Photographs (SC-78)

 Collection
Identifier: SC-78
Scope and Contents

Photographs and postcards of Wright Flyers

Dates: circa 1910

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