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Wright State University Public History Program Collection

 Collection
Identifier: UA-8
Abstract

In 1974 the Public History Program was developed as a new graduate program in the History Department at Wright State University. The collection documents the growth and development of the program. It includes written histories of the program, administrative files, curriculum, classes, symposiums, capstone projects, exhibitions and alumni files.

Dates: 1972 - 2016

Wright State University Retirees Association (WSURA) Records

 Collection
Identifier: UA-3
Abstract

Business correspondence, executive meeting minutes, newsletter and photographs pertaining to the retirees association for the Wright State University staff and faculty.

Dates: 1993 - 2019

Wright State University School of Professional Psychology Records (UA-2)

 Collection
Identifier: UA-2
Abstract

This collection is mostly comprised of documents that describe the history and development of the School of Professional Psychology of Wright State University. These documents include accreditation studies and other various necessities of the program’s development. The collection also contains a large portion of graduation records and pamphlets.

Dates: 1973 - 2020

Wright State University Student Oral Histories, 2017 (SC-325)

 Collection
Identifier: SC-325
Abstract

The collection consists of video oral history interviews conducted with Wright State University students, primarily graduate students in the Public History concentration, as part of a History 7700: Local History course in Fall 2017. Students were asked a standard series of questions on topics such as why they chose Wright State University and what life has been like as a Wright State student. Each interview averages about 4.5 minutes in length.

Dates: 2017 Oct. 25-26; Modified: Videos, transcripts, and redacted release forms edited in 2020

Wright State Women Collection (MS-184)

 Collection
Identifier: MS-184
Abstract

The collection includes scrapbooks, photographs, clippings, program and activity information, and newsletters.

Dates: 1966-1987

Wright Stock 1971 Film Footage (SC-348)

 Collection
Identifier: SC-348
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of a single 7 minute, 43 second, segment of video (color, silent) showing the "Wrightstock" music festival held on Achilles Hill at Wright State University, April 30-May 2, 1971. Footage, which was originally captured on film by Wright State student George Pacura, depicts various elements of the concert, including: parking, attendees, tents, stage, performances, windy and muddy weather conditions, cars exiting, and detritus left behind afterwards.

Dates: 1971 Apr 30 - 1971 May 2

Katharine Wright’s Correspondence with Agnes Beck (SC-97)

 Collection
Identifier: SC-97
Abstract

The collection consists of eight letters written by Katharine Wright, sister of Wilbur and Orville Wright, to her close friend, Agnes Beck. The letters discuss Wilbur and Orville Wright, their flights, the Wright Family, and other personal matters.

Dates: 1908 - 1929; 1908 - 1929

Aloys J. Wyen Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS-261
Abstract

Aloys J. Wyen was an early aviation pioneer associated with the Wright Brothers, first in their bicycle shop in Dayton, and later at Huffman Prairie as a mechanic. He was with them at Belmont Park in 1910, then flew in Los Angeles, California from 1911-1916. He later worked as a mechanic with the WACO Aircraft Company in Troy, Ohio, and Aeronca in Middletown. His papers include family photographs as well as correspondence and photographs documenting his long career in aviation.

Dates: 1910-1988

Wyoming Baptist Church Records (MFM-66)

 Collection
Identifier: MFM-66
Scope and Contents

Records consist of two volumes of documents from this Cincinnati-area church which lists memberships, deaths, and baptisms.

Dates: 1883-1936

Xenia 1974 Tornado Clippings (SC-329)

 Collection
Identifier: SC-329
Scope and Contents

The collection consists newspaper clippings, primarily from the Springfield News-Sun and Dayton Daily News, concerning the devastating tornado that wreaked havoc on Xenia, Ohio, on April 3, 1974.

Dates: 1974

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Subject
Photographs 239
Correspondence 198
Dayton (Ohio) -- History 141
Minutes (administrative records) 103
Scrapbooks 90
Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.) 59
Newspapers 50
Financial records 45
Aeronautics -- History 39
Newsletters 39
Clippings (information artifacts) 33
Microfilms 30
Negatives (photographs) 30
Audiocassettes 28
Electronic records (digital records) 28
Newspaper clippings 28
Diaries 23
Slides (photographs) 23
Black-and-white photographs 22
Books 22
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base (Ohio) 22
Brochures 21
Annual reports 20
Pamphlets 20
Blueprints (reprographic copies) 19
Reports 19
Sound recordings 19
Dayton (Ohio) -- History -- 20th century 18
Performing arts -- Ohio -- Dayton 18
Air pilots 17
Business records 17
Postcards 17
Labor unions -- Ohio -- Dayton 16
Letters (correspondence) 16
Publications (documents) 16
Maps 15
Oral histories 15
Speeches 15
Aeronautics -- History -- 20th century 14
Minutes (Records) 14
Video recordings (physical artifacts) 14
Women -- Ohio -- Dayton -- Societies, etc. 14
Dayton (Ohio) -- Church history 13
Greene County (Ohio) -- History 13
Audiotapes 12
Drawings (visual works) 12
Memorabilia 12
Programs (documents) 12
VHS 12
Public records 11
Transcripts 11
Videocassettes 11
Ledgers (account books) 10
Yellow Springs (Ohio) -- History 10
Collective labor agreements 9
DVDs 9
Dayton (Ohio) -- Social life and customs 9
Magazines (periodicals) 9
Ohio -- Politics and government 9
Yellow Springs (Ohio) 9
Airplanes 8
Church records and registers -- Ohio 8
Color photographs 8
Dayton (Ohio) -- Music 8
Dayton (Ohio) -- Pictorial works 8
Electric industry workers -- Labor unions -- Ohio -- Dayton 8
Genealogies (histories) 8
Glass plate negatives 8
Inventors 8
Posters 8
Videotapes 8
Aeronautics -- United States -- History 7
Airplanes -- History 7
Architectural drawings (visual works) 7
Awards 7
Compact discs 7
Corporate minutes 7
Dayton (Ohio) -- Flood, 1913 7
Dayton (Ohio) -- Politics and government 7
Gardening -- Ohio -- Dayton -- Societies, etc. 7
Greek letter societies 7
Industries -- Ohio -- Dayton -- History 7
Montgomery County (Ohio) -- History -- 20th century 7
Photograph albums 7
Photographers -- Ohio -- Dayton 7
Photographs -- 20th century 7
Theater programs 7
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Diaries 7
World War, 1914-1918 -- France 7
Wright Flyer (Airplane) 7
Advertisements 6
Aeronautics in art 6
Businessmen -- Ohio -- Dayton 6
Color slides 6
Dayton (Ohio) -- Politics and government -- 20th century 6
Film (material by form) 6
Gardens -- Ohio -- Dayton 6
Handbooks and manuals 6
Lantern slides 6
Membership lists 6
Names
Wright, Orville, 1871-1948 49
Wright, Wilbur, 1867-1912 40
Unknown Person 18
Wright State University 17
Haskell, Katharine Wright, 1874-1929 12
Wright family 11
Antioch College 10
Dunbar, Paul Laurence, 1872-1906 10
United States. Air Force 10
National Cash Register Company 9
Dayton Art Institute 8
Dayton-Wright Airplane Company 8
General Motors Corporation. Frigidaire Division 8
Wright, Milton, 1828-1917 8
Dayton journal herald 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
Dayton daily news 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 State University. Libraries 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
Haskell, Henry Joseph, 1874-1952 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
Westminster Presbyterian Church (Dayton, Ohio) 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). 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
Fordham Health Sciences Library (Wright State University) 3
Frigidaire Corporation 3
Greene County Historical Society (Greene County, Ohio) 3
Harris family 3
Harris, Harold R., 1897-1989 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
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 3
Mayfield, William Preston, 1896-1974 3
McCann, Eleanor, 1907-2004 3
Miller, Ivonette Wright, 1896-1995 3
Old Greencastle Cemetery (Dayton, Ohio) 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
Victoria Theatre (Dayton, Ohio) 3
Waco Aircraft Company 3
Weisenborn, Clara, 1907-1985 3