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Ellis Wright First Flight Anniversary Scrapbook

 Collection
Identifier: MS-595
Abstract

Scrapbook of newspaper clippings, programs, first day issue Wright Brothers stamps, invitations, and photographs documenting Ellis Wright’s participation in the 45th anniversary of the Wright Brothers first flight at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, on December 17, 1949. Ellis Wright was a first cousin to Wilbur and Orville Wright.

Dates: 1909-1970

Wright Family Funerals, a Narrative (SC-139)

 Collection
Identifier: SC-139
Scope and Contents

Narrative and commentary on the Wright Family funerals, written and donated by Chip Boyer, whose family owned Boyer Mortuary and handled the funerals of Wilbur, Milton, Katharine, and Orville Wright. Included in the Plates section of the booklet are mortuary and death records and photographs of gravestones and funerals of the Wright Family.

Dates: 2002

Wright Family to Petree Family Correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: MS-585
Abstract The Wright Family to Petree Family Correspondence primarily contains letters written by Milton Wright to his niece Estella Harris Petree. The letters describe Wright family news and activities, but more importantly include specific references to Wilbur and Orville Wright’s bicycle business, flying experiments and success, Orville Wright’s accident at Ft. Myer in September 1908, the 1913 Dayton flood, and Milton’s flight with Orville in May 1910. There is also a very poignant letter written...
Dates: 1900-1939; Majority of material found within 1900-1917

Wright Field Dedication Program and Pamphlets (SC-186)

 Collection
Identifier: SC-186
Scope and Contents

Program concerning the dedication of Wright Field in 1927 and pamphlets concerning the Field during the 1930s.

Dates: 1927, 1930s

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

Wright Field Photographs (SC-317)

 Collection
Identifier: SC-317
Abstract

A small grouping of photographs from Wright Field in 1943, collected by Wright-Patterson Air Force Base engineer William Kremer.

Dates: 1943

Wright Flyer at Huffman Prairie, Glass Plate Negatives

 Collection
Identifier: SC-200
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of 3 glass plate negatives, with copy prints, depicting the Wright Flyer at Huffman Prairie. The photos are believed to date to the time of the Wright School of Aviation, which operated at Huffman Prairie from 1910-1916. It is unclear whether Wilbur Wright or Orville Wright are depicted in any of the photos.

Dates: circa 1910 - circa 1916

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

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

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

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Haskell, Katharine Wright, 1874-1929 10
Antioch College 9
National Cash Register Company 9
Dayton Art Institute 8
Dayton journal herald 8
Dayton-Wright Airplane Company 8
General Motors Corporation. Frigidaire Division 8
Wright, Milton, 1828-1917 8
Dayton daily news 7
Miami Conservancy District (Ohio) 7
United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration 7
Brown, Katharine Kennedy 6
Curtiss, Glenn Hammond, 1878-1930 6
Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra 6
Montgomery County Historical Society (Ohio) 6
Wright Flying School 6
Wright State University. Special Collections & Archives 6
Dayton Ballet 5
Dufour, Howard R., 1915-2009 5
Earhart, Amelia, 1897-1937 5
Lindbergh, Charles A. (Charles Augustus), 1902-1974 5
National Museum of the United States Air Force 5
Ohio. General Assembly. Senate 5
Reece, Jane, 1868-1961 5
Schwarz, Josephine, 1908-2004 5
Wright, Lorin, 1862-1939 5
Brown, Martha McClellan, 1838-1916 4
Dayton Council on World Affairs 4
Dayton Performing Arts Alliance 4
Dewey, Dawne 4
Five Rivers MetroParks 4
General Motors Corporation. Delco Products Division 4
General Motors Corporation. Inland Manufacturing Division 4
Glenn, John, 1921-2016 4
International Union of Electrical Workers. District Council 7 4
Katz, Paul, 1907-1989 4
Kettering, Charles Franklin, 1876-1958 4
League of Women Voters of the Greater Dayton Area 4
Minnick, Raymond 4
Ohio. General Assembly. House of Representatives 4
Project Apollo (U.S.) 4
Republican Party (Ohio) 4
Schwarz, Hermene, 1902-1986 4
Seifried, Richard D. 4
St. John's United Church of Christ (Dayton, Ohio) 4
United States. Navy 4
Wallace, Donald Kiblinger, 1937- 4
Wright State University. Libraries 4
Aerospace Medical Association 3
Aull, Marie, 1897-2002 3
Berry, Charles R. 3
Boyer, Chip, 1947- 3
Brown, Kleon Thaw, 1886-1925 3
Cassel, Homer Deeter, M.D., 1895-1980 3
Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Corporation 3
Davis, Lenny, 1936-2022 3
Dayton (Ohio). Fire Department 3
Dayton (Ohio). Police department 3
Dayton Engineering Laboratories Company 3
Dayton Opera 3
Dayton Public Schools 3
Dayton-Miami Valley Consortium 3
Engineers' Club of Dayton 3
Frigidaire Corporation 3
Greene County Historical Society (Greene County, Ohio) 3
Harris family 3
Harris, Harold R., 1897-1989 3
Haskell, Henry Joseph, 1874-1952 3
International Union of Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers. Local 755 (Dayton, Ohio) 3
Kennedy, Grafton Sherwood, 1893-1974 3
Kennedy, Louise Achey, 1860-1945 3
Ladley family 3
Mayfield, William Preston, 1896-1974 3
McCann, Eleanor, 1907-2004 3
Miller, Ivonette Wright, 1896-1995 3
O.S. Kelly Company 3
Ohio State University 3
Patterson family 3
Patterson, Edith McClure, 1881-1962 3
Patterson, Jefferson, 1801-1863 3
Patterson, John Henry, 1844-1922 3
Pittman, Wayne C., Jr., 1937-2015 3
Stivers High School (Dayton, Ohio) 3
Taylor, Charles E. (Edward), 1868-1956 3
The Dayton Foundation 3
Totten family 3
United States. Army. Air Service 3
United Way of the Greater Dayton Area 3
Unknown Entity 3
Waco Aircraft Company 3
Weisenborn, Clara, 1907-1985 3
Westminster Presbyterian Church (Dayton, Ohio) 3
Wright Company 3
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