PRELIMINARY INVENTORY K0263 (KA610) KATHARINE WRIGHT HASKELL PAPERS

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Introduction Approximately 1 cubic foot.

The collection consists of correspondence between Katharine Wright and her future husband, Henry J. Haskell, editor of the Kansas City Star. Additional materials include articles, newspaper clippings, and photographs. Collection materials are also available to view on microfilm.

Katharine “Kate” Wright Haskell was born on August 19, 1874, in Dayton, , to Milton and Susan Catherine Koerner Wright. Haskell attended Central High School in Dayton, Ohio, and later graduated from the Oberlin College of Ohio in 1893. In 1898, she began teaching Latin at Steele High School in Dayton, Ohio. Haskell was elected to the Board of Trustees of Oberlin College.

Between graduating from college and prior to her marriage in 1926, Haskell assisted her brothers, Wilbur and Orville, with their endeavors in manned light. Haskell married Henry Joseph Haskell on November 20, 1926, at Oberlin College in Ohio. The couple moved to Kansas City, Missouri, where Haskell contracted pneumonia, she died on March 3, 1929, in Kansas City, Missouri, and is buried at the Woodland Cemetery and Arboretum in Dayton, Ohio.

Donor Information The papers were donated to the University of Missouri by Henry Haskell on December 9, 1990 (Accession No. KA0610).

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Location Note The collection is stored offsite and will need to be retrieved before viewing.

Box List

Box 1 Biographical articles and newspaper clippings Correspondence, Katharine Wright and Henry Haskell, 1922-1926, undated (45 folders) Telegraph messages, wires, and transcript Correspondence, Miscellaneous, 1977, undated (5 folders) Newspaper Clippings

K0263 (KA0610) KATHARINE WRIGHT HASKELL PAPERS

Photographs

Box 2 Film

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