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Wright Flyer Photographs (SC-121)
Collection
Identifier: SC-121
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...
Dates:
1910 May 20-25
Found in:
Special Collections
Wright-Glass Family Letters
Collection
Identifier: SC-45
Abstract
Papers include personal correspondence between Bishop Milton Wright and his cousins, Oliver and Flora Glass.
Dates:
1892-1906
Found in:
Special Collections
Horace Wright Papers (MS-579)
Collection
Identifier: MS-579
Content Description
The Horace Wright Papers consist primarily of albums with photographs, clippings, and mementos documenting both Horace’s life and activities, as well as commemorations of the accomplishments of Horace’s uncles, Wilbur and Orville Wright.Materials pertaining specifically to Horace's life and activities include childhood photographs; Horace’s education at Moraine Park School, studies at Miami University, and honorary degree from Wright State University; fishing and boating at...
Dates:
1906 - 1991
Found in:
Special Collections
Katharine Wright Letters (SC-117)
Collection
Identifier: SC-117
Scope and Contents
Original and transcribed copies of letters from Katharine Wright to various acquaintances, including Agnes Guthrie, a newspaper article concerning Orville Wright and a telegram from him.
Dates:
1911-1933
Found in:
Special Collections
Wright Memorial Commission Records
Collection
Identifier: MS-134
Abstract
The Wright Memorial Commission was organized in 1912 to build a monument near Huffman Prairie in honor of the Wright Brothers' contribution to aviation. Records include minutes, financial reports, correspondence, and other materials that document the physical development of the monument.
Dates:
1912-1943
Found in:
Special Collections
Orville and Wilbur Wright Papers (MFM-1)
Collection
Identifier: MFM-1
Scope and Contents
Papers include notebooks, diaries, scrapbooks, and selected correspondence from the Wright Brothers Papers in the Library of Congress collection. A published guide is available. See also, MS-1, Wright Brothers Collection
Dates:
1800-1948
Found in:
Special Collections
Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine Records
Collection
Identifier: UA-4
Abstract
The Boonshoft School of Medicine (BSOM)contains documents from its inception to the present. These documents include the committee minutes to build the school, early correspondence files and school development files, annual reports, yearbooks, commencement records, and publications created by BSOM and its various offices. Among the departmental papers are class photographs and composites. The end of the collection contains documents for departments which are now defunct or merged into other...
Dates:
1970 - 2019
Found in:
University Archives
Wright State University College of Nursing and Health Records
Collection
Identifier: UA-7
Abstract
The College of Nursing and Health contains documents from its inception to the present. These documents include the committee minutes to build the college, early correspondence files and school development files, annual reports, yearbooks, commencement records, and publications created by Boonshoft School of Medicine (BSOM) and its various offices. Among the departmental papers are class photographs and composites.
Dates:
1967 - 2020
Found in:
University Archives
Wright State University Libraries Collection (UA-14)
Collection
Identifier: UA-14
Abstract
The collection contains a variety of archival documents from the administrative office and departments of University Libraries. The materials document the history of the library back to the beginning of the university, and the libraries’ growth from a small resource room to a major academic research library. The materials including blueprints, facilities files, collection records, program and instruction files, committee records, photographs, publications, event files, subject/correspondence...
Dates:
1964 - 2023
Found in:
University Archives
Wright State University Libraries, Special Collections and Archives Departmental Records
Collection
Identifier: UA-17
Scope and Contents
The Special Collections and Archives Departmental Records Collection contains the archival administrative files of the department, including program development files, collection records, publications, event and publicity files, and the various director’s subject files dating back to the beginning of the program. The collection contains only permanent historical records.
Dates:
1968 - 2019
Found in:
University Archives
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