AV. Aviation

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Original and transcribed copies of letters from Katharine Wright to Mrs. J.B. Guthrie (Florence), a newspaper article concerning Orville Wright, and a 1933 telegram to Florence Guthrie's daughter, Jeanne Guthrie from Orville Wright.

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Collection of 8 digital prints from a January 1905 publication dedicated to apiology (beekeeping), includes article about the Wright Brothers. The magazine was created, publisher, and edited by Amos Ives Root, who also wrote the article on the Wrights.

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Collection of photo postcards depicting several flights of the Lebaudy-Julliot airship in and around Paris in November 1903. Very little has been written about the Lebaudy airship, one of the first successful dirigibles. This collection of postcards provides good documentation of its early flights.

Scope and Contents Photographs most likely taken May 1910 at Simms Station, Dayton, Ohio, during attempts to set altitude records.According to the donor of the photographs the flight was taken on May 20-25, 1910 at Sims Field now Wright Field in Dayton, Ohio. The flights were flown to achieve the altitude record and got up to 1800 feet a new record. The airplane was a 1909 Wright Flyer transition model or the number 2 design. The photos were taken by Mr. Martin of Springfield, Ohio who rode the...

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A July 1924 National Geographic that contains several articles on early aviation.

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Stereo Card of the Wright B Flyer flying over Simms Station later Huffman Prairie, Dayton, Ohio. The image bears the copyright of the Keystone View Company for 1910. The company entitled the image “Conquering the Air-Wright Brothers Airship Flying at Dayton, Ohio.”

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Photographs of Richard Llewellyn Roger Atcherley and others, including scenes, planes, and people, at the 1932 Cleveland National Air Races. The collection also includes a photocopy of an article concerning the 1932 Cleveland Air races.

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Small collection of letters written by aviation artist Frank Wootton to Robert T. Horvath (in/around Harrisburg, Pennsylvania). Most of the correspondence is written on stationery for Mayflower House, Alfriston, Sussex, UK. Several identify Wootton as the President of the Guild of Aviation Artists.

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Cyanotype postcard depicting Glenn Curtiss preparing for a flight in an early Curtiss Pusher, circa 1910-1911.

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Digital prints of broken magic lantern slides that can be found in MS-204, depicting World War I aviation technology. Some items from the collection may be viewed online as part of our digital exhibits.