George W. Bucklin Collection (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information on Bucklin's photographic process aid, genealogical information on the Bucklin family (including George's unpublished autobiography), and family correspondence.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, correspondence, a narrative describing some of the Bucklins' experiences in the McGuffey Homes neighborhood, and photographs of the neighborhood and of Mr. and Mrs. Bucklin at their home.
Dates
- Creation: 1943 - 1947
Creator
- Bucklin, George Wells, 1876-1963 (Person)
Biographical / Historical
George W. Bucklin was an Army veteran who moved to Dayton with his wife, Abby, in November 1943. He was appointed as a Photographer for the Aircraft Radio Laboratory at Wright Field (which is now Wright-Patterson Air Force Base). During this appointment, George Bucklin and Edmund D. Osinski developed “Preservatives for Photolithographic Plates,” an improvement to the photographic printing process; their work was patented in 1949. While living in Dayton, George and Abby Bucklin resided in the McGuffey Homes neighborhood. Both were active on the neighborhood council until they moved from Dayton on 16 April 1947. George Bucklin died in 1963 in Broomall, Pennsylvania.
Extent
1 folder(s)
Language of Materials
English
Immediate Source of Acquisition
THe collection was transferred to us from the Montgomery County Historical Society, in 1992, after it was initially donated to them by Bucklin's granddaughter, Phyllis S. Stevens.
Subject
- Bucklin, George Wells, 1876-1963 (Person)
donor
- Stevens, Phyllis S., 1934-2020 (Person)
- Montgomery County Historical Society (Ohio) (Organization)
- Status
- Completed
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections Repository
Wright State University Libraries
Special Collections and Archives
3640 Colonel Glenn Hwy
Dayton OH 45435-0001 USA
937-775-2092
library-archives@wright.edu
