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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:

Ohio Aeronautical Charts (SC-144)

 Collection
Identifier: SC-144
Scope and Contents

Ohio aeronautical charts with pictures of Wrights in 1903 and 1905.

Dates: 2002-2005

Field and Hangar Pass, Dayton Wright Airplane Co. (SC-145)

 Collection
Identifier: SC-145
Scope and Contents

Collection consists of 1 Field and Hangar Pass for Dayton Wright Airplane Co. Issued to visitor Edwin Bradmiller on September 29, 1918 expires on same day. The terms of the pass are on the back.

Dates: 1918

Boeing 247 Photograph (SC-146)

 Collection
Identifier: SC-146
Scope and Contents

Collection consists of 1 black and white photograph (4.5" x 3.75")of a Boeing 247 with inline engines and an unidentified man standing beside it.

Dates: circa 1933-1939

Ronald E. Bowersock Aviation Photographs

 Collection
Identifier: SC-147
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of 29 aviation photographs, primarily taken during the 1940s and 1950s. There are 14 photographs of propeller-driven commercial aircraft and 15 photographs of helicopters. Many have newspaper credits and photograph descriptions on the reversers of the photograph.

Dates: circa 1940s-1950s

O. T. Larson Aviation Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SC-148
Scope and Contents The collection consists of items relating to Canada’s Seventh Post Victory Conference held at Toronto, Canada on September 15, 1943. Mr. O. T. Larson attended this conference and was selected as the Chairman of the Day for the conference. At the time, Mr. Larson was the Vice-President of Trans-Canada Airlines. The agenda for the conference contains a brief biographical summary of Mr. Larson’s career. During the conference, Mr. Larson spoke on the story of the development of Trans-Canada...
Dates: 1943

Dayton-Wright Company Record of Employees (SC-150)

 Collection
Identifier: SC-150
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of seven Dayton-Wright Company "Record of Employee" envelopes spanning the period 1922 to 1924. Each envelope provides the following information: name of the employee, address, marital status, age, person to notify in case of emergency, date of employment, department assigned, foreman of the department, rate of pay, and class of work. Inside the envelope are pay slips and other information about the employee, including the reason for termination.

Dates: 1922-1924

Wilbur Wright Field Christmas Book

 Collection
Identifier: SC-151
Scope and Contents The collection consists of one copy of the “Wilbur Wright Field Christmas Book,” published and distributed by Post Exchange No. 1, Wilbur Wright Field for Christmas, 1918. The book primarily consists of advertisements for companies, retail stores, and hotels in the Dayton, Ohio area. Of interest in the book are a number of articles including: “Now that the War is Over;” “The War in the Air,” by Henry Woodhouse; “Air Service Now Made Into Six Districts;” “How I Made the Altitude Record of...
Dates: 1918 Dec

F. Gillum Cromer Photographs (SC-152)

 Collection
Identifier: SC-152
Abstract

The collection consists of 4 original negatives, and 8 original 2 1/2" x 4" prints of a Wright Model A Flyer in flight at Huffman Prairie in early 1910.

Dates: 1910

Wright Field, Materiel Division Field and Hangar Pass

 Collection
Identifier: SC-153
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of a brass medallion, 1 ¼” in diameter, with the number 1018 imprinted in the middle. Imprinted around the number, in a circular pattern, is “Materiel Div. Wright Field.” The donor indicates, in the accession documents, that the item was a Field and Hangar Pass. Since the Material Division of the Army Air Corps did not move to Wright Field, Dayton, Ohio, until 1927, the earliest this item can be dated is 1927. The exact date is unknown.

Dates: after 1927

George W. Bucklin Collection (SC-183)

 Collection
Identifier: SC-183
Scope and Contents This collection contains documents and a photograph regarding George Bucklin's position at Wright Field, patent information on Bucklin's photographic process aid, genealogical information on the Bucklin family (including George's unpublished autobiography), and family correspondence. Also, regarding McGuffey Homes, the collection includes neighborhood maps, McGuffey Homes Newsletters (7 April through 1 November 1944), neighborhood bylaws, neighborhood notices and flyers for special events,...
Dates: 1943 - 1947