| Nolan, Patrick B. and John A. Zamonski. The Wright Brother
Manuscripts and Papers, (Dayton, Ohio: Wright State University, l977)
22 reels, microfilmsmicrofilms.
Aeronautical Writings
and Papers
This series contains letters, records and other papers relating to the
Wrights' aviation research and aeronautical matters. The bulk of the Wright
Papers dealing with aeronautics have been housed in the Library of Congress
since l949. Many of the most vital papers appear in The Papers of Wilbur
and Orville Wright, ed. by Marvin W. Mc Farland, 2 vols. (New
York: McGraw-Hill, l953), and Miracle at Kitty Hawk; The Letters of
Wilbur and Orville Wright, ed. by Fred. C. Kelly (New York: Farrar,
Straus & Young, l951). The papers listed here are supplementary to
these collections.
The contents of Box 1, files 1-8, are negative photostat copies of originals
housed at the Library of Congress, and are indexed and printed in full
in The Papers of Wilbur and Orville Wright.
Note:All of the following microfilmmicrofilms have the same call number. |
Mic
Dayton
629.13
W9541 |
| Box 1, file 1: Letters, Wilbur Wright to Octave Chanute,
1900-1901 |
Reel 1
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| Box 1, file 2: Letters, Wilbur Wright to Octave Chanute,
l902
Note: The letters of January 5, and 19, contain lift and pressure
tables, as well as diagrams of the balances used in the Wrights' wind tunnel
experiments, the basis of their flying machine designs.
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Reel 1 |
| Box 1, file 3: Letters, Wilbur Wright to Octave Chanute,
l903
Note: The letter of July 12 has performance tables of the l902
glider showing speed, wind pressure, angle of incidence, tangential resistance,
and angle of descent.
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Reel 1 |
| Box 1, file 4: Letters, Wilbur Wright to Octave Chanute,
l904
Note: Plus a memo of October 15 by Chanute regarding flights he
witnessed at Huffman Prairie, near Dayton.
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Box 1, file 5: Letters, Wilbur Wright to Octave Chanute,
l905
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Box 1, file 6: Letters, Wilbur Wright to Octave Chanute,
l906
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| Box 1, file 7: Letters, Wilbur Wright to Octave Chanute,
l907
Note: The letter of May 22 was written by Katharine Wright, and
those of June 2, 8, 20, and July 14, by Orville Wright in the absence of
Wilbur in France. The letter of November 28 is a copied memo from Wilbur
quoting from a letter of Hart O. Berg.
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Reel 1 |
| Box 1, file 8: Letters, Wilbur Wright to Octave Chanute,
l908-1910
Note: The letter of April 28, 1910, bears the handwritten pencil
note: "Copied by Elizabeth Chanute from WW's original letter whose where
about is unknown. A.F.Z." (i.e., Albert Francis Zahm)
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Box 1, file 9: Index of Letters from Chanute
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Reel 1 |
| Box 1, file 10: Letters, Wilbur and Orville Wright to George
C. Spratt l902-l922
Note: George C. Spratt was an aeronautical enthusiast, and was
introduced by Octave Chanute to the Wright Brothers. Spratt visited the
Kitty Hawk camp and later claimed that the Wrights used his ideas without
due credit. He became a strong opponent to their patent suits.
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Box 1, file 11: Letters, George C. Spratt to Wilbur and
Orville Wright, l901-l903
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Box 1, file 12: Letters, George C. Spratt to Wilbur and
Orville Wright, l903- l922
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Box 1, file 13: Herring Letter; Wright & Spratt Affidavits
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| Box 2, file 1: Notebook by Lorin Wright, l901-l911
Note: Detailed account of flying experiments.
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Box 2, file 2: Telegrams, l907-l909
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| Box 2, file 3, 4: The Langley Aerodrome, l914-15
Note: These files document in detail Glenn H. Curtiss' modifications
of the Langley "Aerodrome," enabling it to fly; The files contain material
by Lorin Wright, either in his own hand or in typescript.
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Box 2, file 5: Wright v. Herring-Curtiss' Exhibits, l912
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| Box 2, file 6: Der Motorwagen, l909-l910
Note: File contains two articles clipped from Der Motorwagen, Berlin,
from issues of August 20,31, Sept. 20, Oct. 20, Nov. 10, l909; March 20,
31, August 31, Dec. 10, l910, 33pp. together with 18 oversize, detailed
drawings of the Wright Flyer.
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Box 2, file 7: Flint Contracts, l907
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Box 2, file 8: Wright Co. Contracts, l909-l916
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Box 2, file 9: Signal Corps Contract, l908
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Box 2, file 10: French Contracts, l905-l908
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Box 2, file 11: German Contracts, l909
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| Box 2, file 12: Italian Contracts, l910
Box 2, file 13: Aero Club of America Contract, 1912
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Box 2, file 14: Edison Contract, l909
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Box 2, file 15: Early Wright Catalogs, l910-1913
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Box 2, file 16: Wright Patent, l906
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Reel #2 |
Box 2, file 17: Wright Collection, Library of Congress,
Inventory
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Reel #2 |
| Box 2, file 18: Flight Technique and Aeronautical Machines
l909;
German Article and English Translation
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Reel #2 |
| Miscellaneous papers
Non-Aeronautical Writings Aeronautical
and Papers
This series contains personal writings, papers, and records of Wilbur and
Orville Wright and the Wright family, together with clippings and other
materials not produced by the Wrights, but pertaining to them. Included
are examples of their high school records, private publications, and humorous
ephemera.
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Reel #2 |
Box 3, File 1: Orville Wright's Botany Sketchbook, c, l887-l888
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Box 3, File 2: Orville Wright's Drawing Book, c. l887-l888
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Box 3, File 3: Report Cards, l872-1891
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Box 3, File 4: Miscellaneous Family Cards, l882-l896
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Box 3, File 5: Katharine Wright School Items, l882-l891
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Box 3, File 6: Humorous Essay-The Court Case, l892
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Box 3, File 7: Poem - "Lager Beer"
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Box 3, File 8: Promissory Notes and Household Inventory
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Box 3, File 9: Deeds, l910-l916
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Box 3, File 10: Items Printed by Wright Brothers, l886-l892
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Box 3, File 11: Wright Brothers' Dayton Homecoming, l909
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Box 3, File 12: Dayton Engineers' Club Program, l949
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Box 3, File 13: Hawthorn Hill Estate, l965-l974
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Box 3, File 14: Cadet Awards - Air Force Academy, l963-l969
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Box 3, File 15: "Spotlight on the Wright Brothers," l943
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Box 3, File 16: Newspaper Clippings of Wright Brothers'
Career, l903-l910
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| Box 3, File 17: Newspaper Clippings, l927-1949
Box 3, File 18: Newspaper Clippings, 1848
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Financial Records
This series contains check stubs, federal income tax returns, Ohio tax
returns, bank books, and account ledgers. They date from the early days
of the Wright Cycle Co. to the death of Orville Wright in l948. They provide
complete records of the business, personal, and household finances of the
Wright brothers. Their expenditures, income, and taxes are carefully recorded.
Katharine Wright seems to have kept the accounts until her marriage in
l926; then Orville Wright kept accounts.
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Reel #3 |
Box 4: Check Stub Books
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Box 5: Check Stub Books, l918-l931
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Reel #4 |
Box 6-A: Check Stub Books, l930-l948
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Box 6-B file 1: Foreign Check Stub Books, l909- l913
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Box 6-B file 2: Miscellaneous Check Stub Books, l917--l940
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Reel #6 |
Box 6-B file 3: Federal Income Tax Returns, l942-l947
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Reel #6 |
Box 6-B file 4: Ohio Property Tax Returns, l944-l947
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Reel #6 |
Box 6-B file 5: Bank Books, l899-l907
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Box 7: Financial Ledgers, l918-1948, Eight Volumes
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Milton Wright Church
Papers
Milton Wright,
father of the Wright brothers, Bishop of the United Brethren in Christ
Church, was an influential clergyman for over 50 years. Born November 17,
l828, in Rush County, Ind., largely self-educated, he joined the White
River Conference of the United Brethren Church in l853. In l856 he was
sent as missionary to Oregon, and the next year became principal of Sublimity
College, Ore., remaining two years, then returning to Indiana. There he
taught in the public schools, and served as circuit preacher and presiding
elder. For one year he taught theology at Hartsville College, Ind., and
in l869 was elected editor of the Religious Telescope, the Church
newspaper, located in Dayton, Ohio. After serving eight years as editor,
he was elected Bishop in l877, served until l881, was re-elected in l885,
and finally retired from active church service in l905. He was vigorously
involved in a dispute over secret which split the United Brethren Church in l889. He was later active in
a scandal involving M. F. Keiter and the United Brethren Church's publishing
establishment.
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Reel #7 |
Box 8, file 1: Religious Telescope (December 29,
l934)
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Reel #7 |
| Box 8, file 2: Religious Pamphlets, l890-l894
Note: All printed by Wright & Wright, the printing company operated
by Wilbur and Orville Wright in the early l890's.
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Reel #7 |
Box 8, file 3: Religious Pamphlets, l874-l893
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Reel #7 |
Box 8, file 4: Religious Pamphlets, l881-l896
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Reel #7 |
Box 8, file 5: Milton Wright Church
Letters, l893-l911
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Reel #7 |
Box 8, file 6: Keiter Affair Documents, l899-l905
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Reel #7 |
Box 8, file 7: Keiter Affair Transcripts, l902-l905
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Reel #7 |
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Milton Wright Letters, Notes,
and Diaries
This series includes Milton Wright's
writings dealing with personal and family affairs, including letters written
to him by his wife and brothers. Of greatest importance are the manuscript
diaries begun in 1857, which illustrate the career of a pioneer preacher,
documenting his involvement in church affairs, and containing comments
on political and social events. They also record dates and time of Wright
brothers' experiments, visitors to the Wright home, and events that occurred
both at Kitty Hawk and at Dayton. His diaries are the only written record
for some of the Wright brothers' activities. |
Reel #8 |
Box 8, file 8: Essays, Notes, and Papers
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Reel #8 |
Box 8, file 9: Milton Wright Letters,
l853-l888
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Reel #8 |
Box 8, file 10: Susan Koerner Wright Letters, June 1-September
20, l888
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Reel #8 |
Box 8, file 11: Milton Wright Diaries,
l857-1871
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Reel #8 |
Box 8, file 12: Milton Wright Diaries,
l859-1879
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Reel #8 |
Box 9, file 1: Milton Diaries, l880-1881
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Reel #9 |
Box 9, file 2: Milton Wright Diaries, l882-1884
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Reel #9 |
Box 9, file 3: Milton Wright Diaries, l885-1887
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Reel #10 |
Box 9, file 4: Milton Wright Diaries, l888-1890
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Reel #10 |
Box 9, file 5: Milton Wright Diaries, l891-1893
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Reel #11 |
Box 9, file 6: Milton Diaries, l894-1896
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Reel #11 |
Box 9, file 7: Milton Diaries, l897-1899
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Reel #12 |
Box 9, file 8: Milton Diaries, l900-1902
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Reel #12 |
Box 10, file 1: Milton Diaries, l903-1904
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Reel #13 |
Box 10, file 2: Milton Diaries, l905-1906
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Reel #13 |
Box 10, file 3: Milton Diaries, l907-1908
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Reel #13 |
Box 10, file 4: Milton Diaries, l909-1910
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Reel #14 |
Box 10, file 5: Milton Diaries, l911-1912
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Reel #14 |
Box 10, file 6: Milton Diaries, l913-1914
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Reel #14 |
Box 10, file 7: Milton Diaries, l915-1917
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Reel #15 |
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Genealogical Papers
Milton was an enthusiastic genealogist.
Especially in his later years, he carried on an extensive correspondence
with distant relatives, collateral branches of the Wright family, and many
people who claimed to be related to the Wrights. He accumulated large files
of letters, genealogical notes, clippings, obituaries, and other materials,
and preserved family letters, many of which have informational value beyond
the realm of family history.
Following his father's death, Orville Wright continued the pursuit,
Belying his frequent claim of being a poor correspondent, the files show
him to have been a dedicated genealogist who faithfully replied to the
many letters he received on genealogical matters.
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Reel #15 |
Box 11, file 1: Wright Genealogical Notes
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Reel #15 |
Box 11, file 2: Wright Genealogical Notes
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Reel #15 |
Box 11, file 3: Wrights in England, l900-l907
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Reel #15 |
Box 11, file 4: Asahel Wright Notes, l910-l940
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Reel #15 |
Box 11, file 5: Letters, Asahel Wright to Dan Wright,
Jr., l814-1840
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Reel #15 |
Box 11, file 6: Wright Family Letters, l822-l865
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Reel #15 |
Box 11, file 7: Porter Wright Family, l879-l908
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Reel #15 |
Box 11, file 8: Harvey Wright Family, l862-l947
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Reel #15 |
Box 11, file 9: Willam Wright Family, l900-l947
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Reel #15 |
Box 11, file 10: Letters, Curtis Wright, l912-1914
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Reel #15 |
Box 11, file 11: Letters, Rodney P. Wright, l901-l916
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Reel #15 |
Box 11, file 12: Letters, William Ryer Wright , l927-1939
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Reel #15 |
Box 11, file 13: Distant Wright Relations, l881-l946
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Reel #15 |
Box 11, file 14: Reeder Family Notes, l891-1914
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Reel #16 |
Box 11, file 15: Letters, Frank Reeder, l903-l911
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Reel #16 |
Box 12, file 1: Letters, Reeder and Brown Family, l849-1934
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Reel #16 |
Box 12, file 2: Letters, Reeder Family, l876-1910
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Box 12, file 3: Letters, Reeder Family, 1912-1935
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Reel #16 |
Box 12, file 4: George Conover Reeder Family, l873-1947
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Reel #16 |
Box 12, file 5: Ralph Reeder Family, l896-l917
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Reel #16 |
Box 12, file 6: Letters, Jonathan Franklin Reeder Family,
l850-l917
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Reel #16 |
Box 12, file 7: Reeder Family, General File
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Reel #16 |
Box 12, file 8: Letters, Koerner Family, l864-l888
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Reel #16 |
Box 12, file 9: Letters, Koerner Family, l900-1916
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Reel #16 |
Box 12, file 10: Koerner Family, General File
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Reel #17 |
Box 12, file 11: Susan Koerner's Birthplace, l929-l935
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Reel #17 |
Box 12, file 12: Franklin Cemetery, l939-l943
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Reel #17 |
Box 12, file 13: Croddy Family, l899-l906
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Reel #17 |
Box 12, file 14: Braden Family, l876-l940
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Reel #17 |
Box 12, file 15: Harris Family, l904-l944
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Box 12, file 16: Freeman Family, l900-l910
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Reel #17 |
Box 13, file 1: Edmund Freeman Family, l779-l947
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Reel #17 |
Box 13, file 2: Benham and Stokes Families, l899-l973
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Reel #17 |
Box 13, file 3: Convenhoven and Schenck Families, l901-l936
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Box 13, file 4: Andrews Family
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Reel #17 |
Box 13, file 5: Harvey-Hamilton-Fitzgerald File, l934-l947
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Reel #17 |
Box 13, file 6: Van Cleve Family, l872-l920
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Reel #17 |
Box 13, file 7: Van Cleve Family, l887-l929
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Box 13, file 8: Van Cleve Family, l888-l933
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Box 13, file 9: Van Cleve Family, l888-l945
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Box 13, file 10: Worth and Swaynie Families, l879-l946
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Box 13, file 11: Cessna Family, l929-l944
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Box 13, file 12: Fry Family, l931-l946
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Box 13, file 13: Fry Family, l880-l939
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Box 13, file 14: Fry and Levering Families, l909-l938
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Box 14, file 1: Snyder Family, l857-l939
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Box 14, file 2: Snyder and Eudaly Families, l912-l915
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Box 14, file 3: Bacon, Russell, and Waite Families, l901
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Box 14, file 4: Huff Family, l912-l934
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Box 14, file 5: Smith Family
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Box 14, file 6: Porter Family
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Box 14, file 7: Vanderbilt Family, l899-l903
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Box 14, file 8: Moody Family
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Box 14, file 9: Otis Family, l899
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Box 14, file 10: Lake Family, l900-l935
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Box 14, file 11: Dover Family, l900
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Box 14, file 12: Gilkes Letters, l945-l946
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Box 14, file 13: Holt Family, l901-1938
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Reel #18 |
Box 14, file 14: Baker Family, l900-l946
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Reel #18 |
| Box 14, file 15: Gano Family, l899-l912 |
Reel #1 |
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Aeronautical Photographs
Note: This series is primarily of original prints made by the Wrights from
their negatives at the times the pictures were taken. All of the glass-plate
negatives were given to the Library of Congress in l949, but the prints
remained with the heirs. In this collection, there are prints for which
no negatives exist, and prints made from negatives subsequently damaged
in the l913 Dayton flood; hence, many items in this series are unique.
The Wright Brothers were meticulous scientists and engineers,
as well as pilots, who documented all phases of their aeronautical work
in photographs. The development of the Wrights' gliders and flyers is depicted;
so are Wright homes and laboratories, early aviators, and scenes of Wright
flights at Kitty Hawk, Dayton, Ft. Meyer, and in Europe. |
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| Box 15, file 1: Laboratories, Homes, and Shops - 22 items |
Reel #19 |
| Box 15, file 2: Wind Tunnel - 8 items
Note: Replica of l901 wind tunnel, taken at Wright Field, Dayton,
April, l939. This model was constructed by the US Army Air Corps for exhibit
in the restored bicycle shop at Greenfield Village, Dearborn, Michigan.
These 8 photographs show front and side views. |
Reel #19 |
| Box 15, file 3: Wind Tunnel Balances - 16 items
Note: These balances had been lost, c. l917, during the move from
the old Bicycle Shop, until found in l947. The l938-39 replicas were built
for exhibit at the Edison Institute. |
Reel #19 |
| Box 15, file 4: Kitty Hawk, l900 - 37 items
Note: Wilbur Wright was in Kitty Hawk from September 13 to October
23, and Orville from September 28 to October 23. Many of these prints were
made during those dates. |
Reel #19 |
| Box 15, file 5: Kitty Hawk, l901 - 42 items
Note: The Wright Brothers were both at Kitty Hawk from July 10
to August 20, l901. They were visited by George C. Spratt, Octave Chanute,
and Edward C. Huffaker, Chanute's assistant. |
Reel #19 |
| Box 15, file 6: Kitty Hawk, l902 - 59 items
Note: The Wright Brothers were both at Kitty Hawk from August
28 to October 28, l902. They were visited by Lorin Wright, George C. Spratt,
Octave Chanute, and Augustus M. Herring. The l902 glider tests demonstrated
lateral stability and the Wright's ability to calculate in advance their
machine's performance. |
Reel #19 |
| Box 15, file 7: Kitty Hawk, l902 - 22 items |
Reel #19 |
| Box 15, file 8: Kitty Hawk, l902 - 21 items
Note; The file contains two pages of typed notes used in the reconstruction
and headed, "Notes on conversation with Orville Wright on April 27, l934."
The notes contain detailed dimensions of the l902 glider. |
Reel #19 |
| Box 16, file 1: Kitty Hawk, l902, Chanute's Photographs
- 63 items |
Reel #19 |
| Box 16, file 2: Kitty Hawk, l903 - 24 items
Note: The Wright Brothers were at Kitty Hawk from September 25
to December 21, l903. They were visited by George C. Spratt and Octave
Chanute. |
Reel #19 |
| Box 16, file 3: Kitty Hawk, l903 - 25 items
Note: (See note at end of file 2, above). |
Reel #19 |
| Box 16, file 4: Kitty Hawk, l903 - 14 items |
Reel #19 |
| Box 16, file 5: Simms Station (Huffman Prairie), l904 -
39 items
Note: The Wright Brothers practiced flying at Simms Station (Huffman
Prairie), near Dayton, from May 23 to December 1, l904. |
Reel #19 |
| Box 16, file 6: Simms Station (Huffman Prairie), l905 -
22 items
Note: The Wright Brothers flew at Simms Station (Huffman Prairie)
from June 23 to October 5, l905. The l905 machine was their first fully
practical aeroplane. |
Reel #19 |
| Box 16, file 7: Simms Station (Huffan Prairie), l905 -
20 items
Note: All notes on backs of prints in hand of Orville Wright.
(See note at end of file 6, above). |
Reel #19 |
| Box 17, file 1: Kitty Hawk, l908 - 16 items
Note: The Wright Brothers were both at Kitty Hawk from May 6 to
May 14, l908. They had not flown since l905 and were at Kitty Hawk to practice
their skills before the US Army Signal Corps trials at Ft. Meyer, and the
French trial at Le Mans. On May 14, they carried a passenger for the first
time. |
Reel #19 |
| Box 17, file 2: Le Mans, l908 - 18 items
Note: All prints are originals. Wilbur Wright flew on August 8
to December 31, l908 at Hunaudieres Race Course, and Camp d'Auvours, near
Le Mans, France. Many records were set and the Wrights became world famous
for the first time. |
Reel #19 |
| Box 17, file 3: Le Mans, l908 - 21 items |
Reel #19 |
| Box 17, file 4: Le Mans, l908 - 35 items |
Reel #19 |
| Box 17, file 5: "Le Mans Artistique" - 1 item
Note: This is an album of views of Le Mans. |
Reel #19 |
| Box 17, file 6: Laying Cornerstone of Wilbur Wright Memorial
at Le Mans, l918 - 14 items
Note: All photographs are original prints. |
Reel #19 |
| Box 17, file 7: Ft. Meyer, l908 - 26 items
Note: All photographs are original prints. Orville Wright flew
at Ft. Meyer, Va., from September 3 to September 17, l908, to meet the
terms of a contract offered by the US Army Signal Corps for the first military
aeroplane. He was injured on September l7, l908, in the crash which killed
Lt. Thomas E. Selfridge. |
Reel #19 |
| Box 17, file 8: Le Mans, l908 - 22 items |
Reel #19 |
| Box 17, file 9: Ft. Meyer, l909 - 22 items
Note: Unless otherwise indicated, all photographs are original
prints. The Ft. Meyer trials resumed on June 29 and ended August 2, l909;
they resulted in the US Government's formal acceptance of the Wright Aeroplane
as per contract specifications. |
Reel #19 |
| Box 17, file 10: Ft. Meyer, l908-1909, - 62 items
Note: The file consists of 62 recent copies of glass-plate negatives
in the Library of Congress of scenes at Ft. Meyer. Each print is numbered,
and identified on an accompanying list. |
Reel #19 |
| Box 18, file 1: Pau, France, l909 - 33 items
Note: In search of a better climate, Wilbur Wright moved from
Le Mans to the southern resort town of Pau, France, and flew there on February
3 to March 24, l909, training three French students, Charles de Lambert,
Paul Tissondier, and Paul Lucas-Girardville. Many celebrities visited Pau
to see the Wrights fly. |
Reel #19 |
| Box 18, file 2: Pau, l909 - 25 items |
Reel #19 |
| Box 18, file 3: Pau, l909 - 26 items |
Reel #19 |
| Box 18, file 4: Pau, l909 - 30 items |
Reel #19 |
| Box 18, file 5: Pau, l909 - 18 items |
Reel #19 |
| Box 18, file 6: Italy, l909 - 31 items
Note: Wilbur Wright flew at Centocelle field near Rome on April
15-24, l909, and trained as pilots Italian Naval Lts. Mario Calderara and
Umberto Savoia. All photographs except #31 are original prints; the balloon
photographs ( in #s 17-22) are the first aerial views of an aeroplane in
flight. |
Reel #19 |
| Box 18, file 7: Germany, l909 - 43 items
Note: Orville Wright flew at Tempelhoff field near Berlin, on
August 30 to October 15, l909. The Kaiser, Count von Zeppelin, and other
celebrities witnessed the flights. |
Reel #19 |
| Box 18, file 8: Germany, l909 - 49 items |
Reel #19 |
| Box 18, file 9: Germany, l909 - 61 items |
Reel #19 |
| Box 18, file 10: Germany, l909 - 47 items |
Reel #19 |
| Box 19, file 1: Hudson-Fulton Exhibition, Governor's Island,
New York, l909 - 32 items
Note: The Aeronautics Committee of the Hudson-Fulton Commission
paid Wilbur Wright $15,000 to make a series of flights from September 29
to October 4, l909, the first airplane flights in New York City. All photographs
are original prints. |
Reel #20 |
| Box 19, file 2: Hudson-Fulton Exhibition, Governor's Island,
New York, l909 - 27 items |
Reel #20 |
| Box 19, file 3: Simms Station (Huffman Prairie), l910 -
23 items
Note: At Simms Station (Huffman Prairie) near Dayton, from May
1 to June 10, l910, Orville Wright flew in preparation for the Indianapolis,
Ind., air show of June 13-18. On May 25, his father, Bishop Milton WrightWrightMilton,
at the age of 82, made his first flight as a passenger. |
Reel #20 |
| Box 19, file 4: Simms Station (Huffman Prairie), l910 -
35 items |
Reel #20 |
| Box 19, file 5: Montgomery, Ala., l910 - 26 items
Note: During a trip (Feb. 11-25), 1910, Wilbur Wright selected
a winter aviator-training site near Montgomery, Ala.; it later became the
site of Maxwell Air Force Base. |
Reel #20 |
| Box 19, file 6: Montgomery, Ala., l910 - 22 items |
Reel #20 |
| Box 19, file 7: St. Louis, l910 - 13 items |
Reel #20 |
| Box 19, file 8: Milwaukee, l910 - 14 items |
Reel #20 |
| Box 19, file 9: Belmont Park, New York, l910 - 33 items
Note: The International Aviation Tournament at Belmont Park, New
York, October 23-30, l910, was a major event in aviation. Wright airplanes
competed, but the "Baby Grand" racer, with its eight-cycle engine, was
wrecked before the International Cup Race. Except as indicated, all the
above photographs are original prints. |
Reel #20 |
| Box 19, file 10: Kitty Hawk, 1911 - 24 items
Note: Orville Wright was at Kitty Hawk October 10 to 30, l911,
conducting gliding experiments. He made over 90 glides and set a world
soaring record of 9 minutes, 45 seconds; in one glide he hovered motionless
for 5 minutes. |
Reel #20 |
| Box 19, file 11: Kitty Hawk, l911 - 25 items |
Reel #20 |
| Box 19, file 12: College Park, Md., l912 - 11 items |
Reel #20 |
| Box 20, file 1: Welsh's Accident, l912 - 20 items
Note: Arthur Welsh, Wright Company exhibition flyer, was killed
June 11, l912, at College Park, Md., while conducting US Army tests of
the Wright Type C airplane. Views of Model B with Hydroplanes, in shop,
tested on Miami River, south of Dayton, June 27 to July 2, l913; one of
the versions has two pontoons, the other a single, large one. |
Reel #20 |
| Box 20, file 2: Miami River, l913 - 23 items
Note: From May to July, l913, Orville Wright conducted experiments
with hydroplanes and pontoons on the Miami River, south of Dayton. |
Reel #20 |
| Box 20, file 3: Miami River, l913 - 26 items
Note: Grover Loening joined the Wright Company as an engineer
on July 10, l913. On September 30, the Model G Aeroboat was announced. |
Reel #20 |
| Box 20, file 4: Octave Chanute Glider Models -7 items |
Reel #20 |
| Box 20, file 5: Wright Aeroplanes and Flyers, Miscellaneous
-19 items |
Reel #20 |
| Box 20, file 6: Wright Aeroplanes and Flyers, Miscellaneous
-31 items |
Reel #20 |
| Box 20, file 7: Wright Aeroplanes and Flyers, Miscellaneous
-17 items |
Reel #20 |
| Box 20, file 8: Early Aviators -38 items |
Reel #20 |
| Box 20, file 9: Early Aircraft - Belmont Park, N. Y. ,
l910 -32 items |
Reel #20 |
| Box 20, file 10: Early Aircraft -25 items |
Reel #20 |
| Box 20, file 11: Bergdall Machine at Franklin Institute,
l933 -5 items |
Reel #20 |
| Box 20, file 12: Lemp Machine at Museum of Science and
Industry, (Rosenwald Museum), Chicago, Ill., l934 -11 items |
Reel #20 |
| Box 21, file 1: Dayton Homecoming, l909 -18 items
Note: On June 17-18, l909, the City of Dayton recognized the Wrights'
epochal achievements with parades, medal presentations, and receptions. |
Reel #20 |
| Box 21, file 2: Dayton Homecoming, l909 -23 items |
Reel #20 |
| Box 21, file 3: Dayton Factory, l911 -21 items |
Reel #20 |
| Box 21, file 4: Wright Aeroplane Motors -19 items |
Reel #20 |
| Box 21, file 5: Wright Aeroplane Motors -16 items |
Reel #20 |
| Box 21, file 6: Patent Suit Photographs -25 items |
Reel #20 |
| Box 21, file 7: Wright Field Museum -10 items |
Reel #20 |
| Box 21, file 8: Science Museum, London -18 items |
Reel #20 |
Library of Congress Photographs
This series consists of recent prints made from glass-plate and other negatives
housed at the Library of Congress as part of the Wright Papers donated
in l949. Many of these prints are duplicates of prints already listed in
this finding aid. A complete index of this series is kept in the file boxes. |
Reel #20 |
| Box 22, file 1: Library of Congress Prints - 65 items
Note: Family and domestic scenes. |
Reel #20 |
| Box 22, file 2: Library of Congress Prints - 63 items
Note: Family and domestic scenes and Kitty Hawk and aeroplanes. |
Reel #20 |
| Box 22, file 3: Library of Congress Prints - 53 items
Note: Family and domestic scenes and Kitty Hawk and aeroplanes. |
Reel #20 |
| Box 22, file 4: Library of Congress Prints - 51 items
Note: Family and domestic scenes and Kitty Hawk and aeroplanes. |
Reel #20 |
| Box 22, file 5: Library of Congress Prints - 68 items
Note: Family and domestic scenes and Keiter affair. |
Reel #20 |
| Box 22, file 6: Library of Congress Prints - 36 items
Note: Contact prints and Keiter affair. |
Reel #20 |
| Box 22, file 7: Library of Congress Prints - 36 items
Note: Contact prints and Keiter affair. |
Reel #20 |
Non-aeronautical Photographs
This series contains all remaining photographs in the collection, those
which do not pertain to the Wright brothers' work as scientists, engineers,
and pilots. Included are portraits of the Wrights, construction and dedication
of memorials, scenes of banquets, meetings of Orville Wright with celebrities,
homes of the Wrights, and family photographs. |
Reel #21 |
| Box 23, file 1: Wright Portraits and Family Groups - 23
items |
Reel #21 |
| Box 23, file 2: Bronze Busts - 30 items |
Reel #21 |
| Box 23, file 3: Bronze Busts - 16 items |
Reel #21 |
| Box 23, file 4: Wilbur Wright Funeral Wreaths - 3 items |
Reel #21 |
| Box 23, file 5: Medals and Awards - 23 items |
Reel #21 |
| Box 23, file 6: Kitty Hawk Memorial - 21 items |
Reel #21 |
| Box 23, file 7: Kitty Hawk and Other Memorials - 28 items |
Reel #21 |
| Box 23, file 8: Henry Ford and Orville Wright - 28 items |
Reel #21 |
| Box 23, file 9: Henry Ford and Orville Wright - 16 items |
Reel #21 |
| Box 23, file 10: Henry Ford and Orville Wright - 20 items |
Reel #21 |
| Box 23, file 11: Henry Ford and Orville Wright - 8 items |
Reel #21 |
| Box 23, file 12: Wright Brothers Hill, Dayton - 23 items
Note: Dedication ceremony. |
Reel #21 |
| Box 23, file 13: Flying Boat, the "Wilbur Wright" - 6 items |
Reel #21 |
| Box 24, file 1: Franklin D. Roosevelt and Orville Wright,
l940 - 14 items |
Reel #21 |
| Box 24, file 2: Maxwell Field, l943 - 4 items |
Reel #21 |
| Box 24, file 3: Inventors' Council, l942 - 7 items |
Reel #21 |
| Box 24, file 4: International Aero Congress and Charles
A. Lindbergh, l928 - 7 items |
Reel #21 |
| Box 24, file 5: National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics
- l927-1939 - 11 items
Note: Prints of groups which include Orville Wright, M. I. Pupin,
W. F. Durand, Charles Walcott, Henry Guggenheim, Admiral William Moffett,
Senator Hiram Bingham, Admiral Ernest King, General Benjamin Foulois, Lyman
Briggs, Charles A. Lindbergh, and General H. H. "Hap" Arnold. |
Reel #21 |
| Box 24, file 6: National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics
-l939-1944 - 14 items
Note: Prints of groups which include Orville Wright, Vannevar
Bush, Col. Edward A. Deeds, Jerome C. Hunsaker, George Mead, Patrick and
Robert M. Hinckley, and General Mason. |
Reel #21 |
| Box 24, file 7: Wright Field Groups, l929-1942 - 15 items |
Reel #21 |
| Box 24, file 8: Wright Field Groups, l944-1947 - 16 items |
Reel #21 |
| Box 24, file 9: Miami Conservancy District, l929-1940's
- 20 items |
Reel #21 |
| Box 24, file 10: NCR Groups, l919-1940 - 10 items |
Reel #21 |
| Box 24, file 11: NCR Groups, l942-1943 - 14 items1 |
Reel #21 |
| Box 25, file 1: Groups, General, l929-1945 - 34 items |
Reel #21 |
| Box 25, file 2: Groups, General, l936-1947 - 21 items |
Reel #21 |
| Box 25, file 3: Groups, General, l927-1943 - 15 items |
Reel #21 |
| Box 25, file 4: Groups, General, l916-1946 - 35 items |
Reel #21 |
| Box 25, file 5: X-rays - 8 items |
Reel #21 |
| Box 25, file 6: "Scipio" - 36 items |
Reel #21 |
| Box 25, file 7: "Scipio" - 5 items |
Reel #21 |
| Box 25, file 8: Grant Co. [Ind.] Farm - 33 items |
Reel #21 |
| Box 25, file 9: School Class Photographs, l884-1890 - 12
items |
Reel #21 |
| Box 26, file 1: Trip West, l919 - 144 items
Note: Unnumbered set of small photographs taken on Orville Wright's
trip to Western United States, July, l919, showing scenery, automobiles
stuck in mud, etc. |
Reel #21 |
| Box 26, file 2: Trip West, 1919 - 10 items |
Reel #21 |
| Box 26, file 3: Lambert Island, Georgian Bay, Midland,
Ont. - 184 items |
Reel #21 |
| Box 26, file 4: Lambert Island, Georgian Bay, Midland,
Ont. - 152 items |
Reel #21 |
| Box 26, file 5: Hawthorn Hill Mansion - 30 items |
Reel #21 |
| Box 26, file 6: Deeds' Wilderness Camp; "Lotosland" (name
of a yacht) - 14 items |
Reel #21 |
| Box 27, file 1: Harris and Petree Families - 20 items |
Reel #21 |
| Box 27, file 2: Koerner, Fry, and Brookbank Families -
21 items |
Reel #21 |
| Box 27, file 3: Ellis Family - 15 items |
Reel #21 |
| Box 27, file 4: Freeman and Culbertson Families - 9 items |
Reel #21 |
| Box 27, file 5: Reeder Family - 15 items |
Reel #21 |
| Box 27, file 6: Reeder Family - 30 items |
Reel #21 |
| Box 27, file 7: Harvey Wright Family - 26 items |
Reel #21 |
| Box 28, file 1: Susan Koerner Wright - 4 items |
Reel #21 |
| Box 28, file 2: Bishop Milton - 14 items |
Reel #21 |
| Box 28, file 3: Bishop Milton - 10 items |
Reel #21 |
| Box 28, file 4: Convenhoven Family - 13 items |
Reel #21 |
| Box 28, file 5: Katharine Wright - 9 items |
Reel #21 |
| Box 28, file 6: Katharine Wright - 9 items |
Reel #21 |
| Box 28, file 7: Katharine Wright - 14 items |
Reel #21 |
| Box 29, file 1: Katharine Wright - 12 items |
Reel #21 |
| Box 29, file 2: Wright Family Photographs - 16 items |
Reel #21 |
| Box 29, file 3: Wright Friends and Neighbors - 10 items
Note: Various neighbors and friends including Anna Feicht, Flora
Greenwood, John Zeller, Nelson Emmons, Agnes Osborne, Robert Collier, George
Feicht, and the McClean family. |
Reel #21 |
| Box 29, file 4: Wright Family and Friends - 8 items |
Reel #21 |
| Box 29, file 5: Lorin Wright Family - 11 items |
Reel #21 |
| Box 29, file 6: Lorin Wright Family - 9 items |
Reel #21 |
| Box 30, file 1: Reuchlin Wright Family - 12 items |
Reel #21 |
| Box 30, file 2: Reuchlin Wright Family - 11 items |
Reel #21 |
| Box 30, file 3: Reuchlin Wright - 16 items |
Reel #21 |
| Box 30, file 4: Miscellaneous Photographs - 7 items |
Reel #21 |
|
Oversize Photographs
This series includes aeronautical and non aeronautical subjects. Items
82-105 are housed in a map-case drawer at the Wright State University Dunbar
Library Archives and Special Collections. |
Reel #22 |
| Box 31: Miscellaneous and Autographed Oversize Photographs
- 105 items
Note: All items are available at the Wright State University Dunbar
Library Archives and Special Collections. |
Reel #22 |
| The Wright Brothers' Newpapers, (Dayton, Ohio: Dayton
and Montgomery County Public Library, l977) 1 reel, microfilm:
The Midget, vol. 1, no. 1, April, l886
West Side News, vol. 1, no. 1-52, vol. 2, no. 1-3, l889
The Evening Item, no. 1-78, l890
Snap Shots, vol. 1, no. 13, Oct. 20, l894-Jan. 10, l895 |
Mic
Dayton
071.717
W954 |
| Orville Wright Scrapbook: l871-1948, (Dayton, Ohio:
Dayton and Montgomery County Public Library, l977) 10 reels, microfilms. |
Mic
Dayton
BW954AAS
|
| vol. 1, 1902-1908 |
Reel #1 |
| vol. 2, 1909 |
Reel #2 |
| vol. 3-4, 1910-1913 |
Reel #3 |
| vol. 5, 1910-1914 |
Reel #4 |
| vol. 6, 1914-1925 |
Reel #5 |
| vol. 7, 1926-1928 |
Reel #6 |
| vol. 8, 1929-1936 |
Reel #7 |
| vol. 9, 1904-1942 |
Reel #8 |
| vol. 10, 1943-1948 |
Reel #9 |
| vol. 11, 1871-1948 |
Reel #10 |
