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The collection of the Wright Brothers, Orville and Wilbur, from Dayton
Ohio, covers the period 1852 to the present. The collection includes news-
papers (the most valuable part of the collection), genealogical records,
correspondence, aeronautical reports, photographs, scrapbooks, programs,
memorabilia, rare books, and writings by the Wright Brothers as well as
the general public. The collection came to the Library after the death
of Orville Wright on Dec. 30, 1948. One of his executors, Harold S. Miller,
husband of Ivonette Wright Miller (a niece of Wilbur and Orville Wright),
selected The Dayton and Montgomery County Public Library as one of the
repositories since the Millers, and other Wright heirs wanted the papers
to remain in the Dayton area. Although the DMCPL is not the main repository
on this subject, the collection includes much rare and valuable material
from the Wright's Library, including the Aircraft yearbooks, aeronautical
journals, Who's Who in Aeronautics and many others.
Linear feet of shelf occupied: 10.42
Approximate number of items: 9800, more than 275 items of rare
books, pamphlets and programs, 36 items in microfilms, 9 items in audiovisual
material.
Dayton Collection, Manuscripts Section
The Wright Brothers
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