Richard "Dick" Frazier Aviation Collection

Researchers studying the Richard “Dick” E. Frazier Aviation Collection can gain insight into aviation engineering during the middle of the 20th century, particularly in Dayton (Ohio). The collection is arranged into six series:

Series I, Aircraft & Aviation Events, contains the files Frazier kept on various aircraft companies and models of airplanes. Advertisements, brochures, photographs, newspaper clippings, and magazine clippings related to the particular aircraft are found in these folders. He also kept files on different countries and the aircraft they produced (for example, Britain and France), and various aviation events he attended.

Series II, Service Journals and Manuals, houses erection, operating, maintenance, and parts manuals for various aircraft. It also contains a directory to U.S. military aircraft.

Series III, WACO and B.F. Goodrich, contains material related to the Weaver Aircraft Company of Ohio and the WACO historical society. It also contains material related to the B.F. Goodrich Company.

Series IV, Military Standard Drawings and Blueprints, contains engineering blueprints and diagrams of various aircraft parts and weapons. Series V, Illustrations, Photographs and Negatives, houses artist renderings of different aircraft and photographs taken at various tests conducted by B.F. Goodrich Engineering.

Series VI, Aviation Journals, Newspapers, and Magazines, contains articles Frazier collected from various journals, newspapers, and magazines related to aviation.

Series VII, Hobart Kitchen Machine Instruction Manuals, contains instruction manuals for various Hobart kitchen appliances.