The Wright Brothers Collection

A Guide of Historical Materials at the

Dayton & Montgomery County Public Library

by

Elli Bambakidis

MS-001

Dayton and Montgomery County Public Library l999 Revised edition, 2007

2 TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION ...... 6

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH...... 7

SCOPE AND CONTENT...... 17

SERIES I THE WRIGHT BROTHERS LIBRARY...... 18 PUBLICATIONS WRITTEN BY OR PERTAINING TO THE WRIGHT BROTHERS ...... 18 A. RARE BOOKS SECTION :...... 18 B. BOOKS IN DAYTON COLLECTION ...... 24 W9541...... 32 SERIES II PRINTED MATERIAL ...... 32 SUBSERIES 1, PAMPHLETS ...... 32 Box 1, Folder 1, Aeronautical Societies[A], 1909-1928 - 4 items ...... 32 Box 1, Folder 2, Aeronautical Writings, [A], 1911-1995 - 4 items...... 32 Box 1, Folder 3, Aeronautical Writings, [A-B], 1914-1996 -4 items...... 33 Box 1, Folder 4, Aeronautical Writings, [C-D], 1930-1978 - 4 items ...... 33 Box 1, Folder 5, Aeronautical Writings, [D], 1926-1932 - 4 items ...... 33 Box 2, Folder 1, Aeronautical Writings, [E-F], l919-1961, (Oversize) - 3 items...... 34 Box 2, Folder 2, Aeronautical Writings, [F], 1922 - 2 items ...... 34 Box 2, Folder 3, Aeronautical Writings, [F-K], l914-1967 - 7 items...... 34 Box 3, Folder 1, Aeronautical Writings, [L-M], l909-1936 (Oversize) - 4 items...... 35 Box 3, Folder 2, Aeronautical Writings, [N-U], l935[?] - 4 items ...... 35 Box 3, Folder 3, Aeronautical Writings, [V-W] 1910-1940 - 4 items ...... 36 Box 3, Folder 4, Aeronautical Writings, [W-Z], 1910-1967 - 5 items ...... 36 SUBSERIES 2, RARE AERONAUTICAL JOURNALS AND NEWSLETTERS ...... 36 Box 4, Folder 1, Bulletins, 1912 (oversize) - 1 item ...... 36 Box 5, Folder 1, Journals, 1894-1896 - 18 items...... 36 Box 5, Folder 2, Aeronautical Journals, 1898-1916 - 3 items ...... 37 Box 5, Folder 3, Aeronautical Journals, 1923-1928 - 4 items ...... 38 Box 5, Folder 4, Aeronautical Journals, 1949 - 1 item...... 38 Box 5, Folder 5, Aeronautical Journals, 1953 - 1 item...... 38 Box 6, Folder 1, Aeronautical Journals, 1953 - 3 items...... 38 Box 6, Folder 2, Aeronautical Journals, 1964 -1978 - 2 items ...... 38 Box 6, Folder 3, Aeronautical Journals, 1970-1980 - 4 items ...... 38 Box 6, Folder 4, Aeronautical Journals, 1994- 2 items...... 38 Box 6, Folder 5, Newsletters, 1967-1999 - 7 items ...... 39 SUBSERIES 3, PROGRAMS ...... 39 Box 7, Folder 1, Programs, 1888-1924 - 10 items...... 39 Box 7, Folder 2, Programs, 1927-1929 - 4 items...... 40 Box 7, Folder 3, Programs, 1932-1945 - 9 items...... 40 Box 7, Folder 4, Programs, 1948-1949 - 4 items...... 41 Box 8, Folder 1, Programs, 1953-1954 - 4 items...... 42 Box 8, Folder 2, Programs, 1954-1966 - 3 items...... 42 Box 8, Folder 3, Programs, 1967-1993 - 18 items...... 42 Box 8, Folder 4, Programs, 1994-1998 -17 items...... 44 SUBSERIES 4, NEWSPAPERS AND NEWSPAPER CLIPPINGS - OVERSIZE ...... 46 Box 9, Folder 1, Newspapers, 1889 - 12 items (WBL) ...... 46 Box 9, Folder 2, Newspapers, 1889- 15 items...... 46 Box 9, Folder 3, Newspapers, 1889 - 12 items...... 47 Box 9, Folder 4, Newspapers, 1890-1891 - 14 items...... 48

3 Box 10, Folder 1, Newspapers, 1883-1890 - 14 items...... 48 Box 10, Folder 2, Newspapers, 1890 -15 items...... 49 Box 10, Folder 3, Newspapers, 1890 - 12 items...... 50 Box 11, Folder 1, Newspapers, 1890 - 13 items...... 51 Box 11, Folder 2, Newspapers, 1890 - 14 items...... 51 Box 11, Folder 3, Newspapers, 1890 - 12 items...... 52 Box 12, Folder 1, Newspaper clippings, 1903-1928 - 11 items ...... 53 Box 12, Folder 2, Newspaper clippings, 1932-1938 - 8 items ...... 54 Box 12, Folder 3, Newspaper clippings, 1940-1948 - 14 items ...... 54 Box 13, Folder 1, Newspaper clippings, 1950-1953 - 7 items ...... 55 Box 13, Folder 2, Newspaper clippings, 1955-1969 - 11 items ...... 56 Box 14, Folder 1, Newspaper clippings, 1970-1979 - 15 items ...... 57 Box 14, Folder 2, Newspaper clippings, 1980- 12 items...... 58 SUBSERIES 5, MAGAZINE ARTICLES AND MISCELLANEOUS BROCHURES ...... 59 Box 15, Folder 1, Magazine Articles, 1912-1951 - 43 items...... 59 Box 15, Folder 2, Magazine Articles, 1953-1972 - 20 items...... 61 Box 15, Folder 3, Miscellaneous Papers, 1889-1998 - 16 items...... 62 Box 15, Folders 4, 5, and 6, Miscellaneous Brochures, 1941-1997...... 64 SERIES III LITERARY PRODUCTIONS ...... 64 SUBSERIES 6, GENEALOGICAL PAPERS AND CORRESPONDENCE , 1832-1909 ...... 64 Box 16, Wright Genealogies-6 items ...... 64 Box 16, Item 1: Folder 1, Genealogical Listings ...... 64 Box 16, Item 2: Book - Wrights in England ...... 64 Box 16, Item 3: Book - Wright...... 64 Box 16, Item 4: Envelope-Porter and Freeman...... 64 Box 16, Item 5: Book -Van Cleve ...... 64 Box 16, Item 6: Book -Reeder...... 65 Box 16, Item 7 : Book - Fry...... 65 Box 17, Folder 1, Diaries, 1852-1857 - 1 item...... 65 Box 17, Folder 2, Newspaper-The Weekly Midget, 1886 - 3 items ...... 65 Box 17, Folder 3, Accounts l889 - 1 item...... 65 Box 17, Folder 4, Correspondence - Asahel Wright to Dan Wright Jr., 1814-1840 -12 items ...... 65 Box 17, Folder 5, Correspondence-Orville and Wilbur Wright and Others, 1903-1975 -18 items ..... 68 Box 17, Folder 6, Correspondence-Miscellaneous, 1977-1990 - 6 items ...... 70 Box 17, Folder 7, Diplomas, Aviation Hall of Fame - 5 items ...... 71 Box 17, Folder 8, Smithsonian Institution, l903-1994 -9 items...... 71 Box 17, Folder 9, Miscellaneous Manuscripts, 1923-1948 - 4 items ...... 72 Box 17, Folder 10, Miscellaneous - 2 items ...... 72 SUBSERIES 7, SPEECHES ...... 73 Box 18, Folder 1, Speeches and Lectures, 1912-1949 - 4 items...... 73 Box 18, Folder 2, Speeches and Lectures, 1928-1949 -6 items...... 73 SERIES IV VIDEO AND AUDIO RECORDINGS...... 74 SUBSERIES 8, VIDEO /AUDIOCASSETTES ...... 74 All cassettes are in file cabinet drawers in Dayton Collection...... 74 SUBSERIES 9, MICROFILMS - 22 ITEMS ...... 75 Aeronautical Writings and Papers ...... 75 Non-Aeronautical Writings and Papers ...... 78 Financial Records ...... 79 Milton Wright Church Papers ...... 80 Milton Wright Letters, Notes, and Diaries...... 80 Genealogical Papers ...... 82 Aeronautical Photographs...... 85 Library of Congress Photographs ...... 91

4 Non-aeronautical Photographs...... 92 Oversize Photographs ...... 95 SERIES V PHOTOGRAPHIC MATERIALS...... 97 SUBSERIES 10, BROADSIDES AND GRAPHIC MATERIALS -16 ITEMS ...... 97 Box 19, Folder 1, Commemorative Posters, [19--]-1997...... 97 SUBSERIES 11, PORTRAITS AND PHOTOGRAPHS , 187--19-- - 1 ITEM ...... 99 Box 20, Framed photograph, 19--...... 99 Box 21, Folder 1, Photographs, [1876-19--] - 27 items ...... 99 Box 21, Folder 2, Photographs, 19--1927...... 100 Box 21, Folder 3, Photographs, [1909-19--] ...... 101 Box 21, Folder 4, Photographs, 1914-1978...... 102 Box 22, Postcards, 1900-1997 - 63 items...... 103 Photos in Books...... 109 SERIES VI MEMORABILIA ...... 110 SUBSERIES 12, FLAGS AND MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS - 4 ITEMS ...... 110 Box 23 , Folder 1, Flags, l939...... 110 Box 23, Folder 2, Flags, l939...... 110 Box 23, Folder 3, Flags, l939...... 110 Box 23, Folder 4, Flags, l939...... 110 Box 24, Stamps and Miscellaneous, 1949-1998 - 8 items ...... 110 Box 25, Commemorative Plate, 1939 ...... 111 Box 26, Folder 1, Miscellaneous...... 111 Box 26, Folder 2, Miscellaneous...... 111 SERIES VII SCRAPBOOKS AND SCRAPBOOK MATERIAL ...... 112 SUBSERIES 13, SCRAPBOOKS ...... 112 Box 27, Scrapbook, 1890-1926 ...... 112 Box 28, Scrapbook, 1927-1932 ...... 112 Box 29, Scrapbook, 1933-1939 ...... 112 Box 30, Scrapbook, 1940-1943 ...... 112 Box 31, Scrapbook, 1944-1948 ...... 112 Box 32, Scrapbook, 1949-1957 ...... 112 Box 33, Scrapbook, 1958-1963 ...... 112 Box 34, Scrapbook, 1912-1954 ...... 112 Box 35, Scrapbook, 1960-1996 ...... 112 Box 36, Scrapbook, Miscellaneous...... 112

5 INTRODUCTION Dayton Collection, Manuscripts Section Dayton and Montgomery County Public Library

Processed by Elli Bambakidis Date completed: March, 1999 Revised edition, 2007

The collection of the Wright brothers, Wilbur and Orville, from Dayton Ohio, covers the period 1852 to the present. The collection includes newspapers (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 on Dec. 30, 1948, less than a year after the death of Orville Wright . 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 personal library of Orville and Wilbur, 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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BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH

The Wright brothers were famous inventors, but were also a product of late 19 th century Midwestern America. Both of their parents came from farm families of modest financial means. Their father, Milton, was born in Rush County, Indiana in 1828. Their mother, Susan Catherine Koerner, was born in Loudon County, Virginia in 1831.

The first paternal ancestor of the Wrights to come to America was Samuel Wright, who came to Massachusetts Colony in the 1630's. He became a deacon in the Puritan community of Springfield. Milton, who had a lifelong interest in genealogy, was proud to trace his ancestry to Deacon Samuel. Samuel's great-great-grandson, Dan Wright, came to Ohio in 1814 with his wife and six children, Porter, Asahel, Dan Jr. Sarah, Elizabeth and Samuel, and settled in Centerville. Young Dan, Milton's father, married a Centerville girl, Catherine Reeder in 1818. Catherine was the daughter of Margaret Van Cleve Reeder, said to have been the first white woman to set foot in Dayton. Margaret's brother Benjamin was one of Dayton's first settlers (1796). In 1821, Dan Jr. moved with his wife and two infant sons to Rush County, Indiana, where Milton was born. The elder Dan and his wife remained in the Dayton area for the rest of their lives, living with Asahel on a farm near Phoneton in Bethel Township.

Milton became an ordained minister of the Church of the United Brethren in Christ in 1856. Susan, who moved with her family to Union County, Indiana when she was 1 1/2 years old, met Milton in 1853 at Hartsville College, a United Brethren institution. They were married on November 24, 1859. Milton moved with his family to Dayton, Ohio in June, 1869 after his election as editor of the United Brethren newspaper, The Religious Telescope . He was elected a bishop in 1877. Milton and Susan lived in Dayton for the rest of their lives except for the period 1878-1884, when Milton was assigned elsewhere (1878 to 1881, Cedar Rapids, Iowa and 1881 to 1884, Richmond, Ind.). Susan died from tuberculosis in 1889 at the age of fifty-eight. Milton died much later, in 1917, at the age of eighty-eight.

Milton transmitted to his children a strong sense of moral rectitude and the importance of family; his love for family genealogy was passed on to Orville. Susan inherited a great deal of mechanical aptitude from her father, John Koerner. She was also extremely shy. Both of these traits were evident in Orville.

Wilbur Wright was born April 16, 1867 near Millville, Indiana, in Henry County, about 25 miles west of Richmond. Orville Wright was born August 19, 1871 at 7 Hawthorn Street in West Dayton, about a mile from downtown Dayton. The Wright family lived at this address for over forty years, from 1871 to 1914, except for the period 1878-1884. Other children born to Milton and Susan Wright were sons Reuchlin (b. 1861) and Lorin

7 (b. 1862), and daughter Katharine (b.1874). Twins Otis and Ida (b. 1870) died in infancy. Wilbur and Orville lived in Dayton until their deaths.

Wilbur attended high school in Richmond. Although he completed all the course requirements for graduation, he did not receive his diploma because he did not apply for it. Orville attended high school for three full years in Dayton and was in the same class as the poet, Paul Laurence Dunbar, but did not return for his senior year and never graduated, opting to leave school to enter the printing business.

Orville had an early interest in printing, and with his friend and neighbor, Edwin Sines, published his first newspaper, The Weekly Midget , in 1886 at the age of fifteen. It was discontinued after one issue, but Orville remained in the printing business until 1899. In 1889, Orville bought out Sines, who continued to work as an employee. In April, 1889 Wilbur joined Orville to form Wright and Wright Printers, which operated at several different locations in West Dayton. For Wilbur it signaled the emergence from a four- year period of withdrawal and periodic depression, a time which he spent in reading, introspection, and nursing his tubercular mother who, by 1886, had become an invalid.

The Wright brothers became interested in bicycles in 1892 when the cycling craze was sweeping America. Originally, cycling was a recreational pursuit, but their mechanical aptitude in constructing printing presses carried over into repairing bicycles, and they decided to go into the bicycle repair and, eventually, the bicycle construction business, while maintaining their printing shop. From 1892 to 1916 their bicycle shop, which eventually became the Wright Cycle Company, had six different locations. It was during this time, starting in 1896, that the Wright brothers began to consider seriously the possibility of human flight.

In August, 1896, Orville contracted typhoid fever. Although he remained seriously ill for several months, he did survive. During this time, recent work of men such as Otto Lilienthal and Octave Chanute on manned gliders and Samuel Pierpoint Langley on unmanned powered flying machines were in the news. By 1896, all three of these men had designed successful gliders or machinery, which captured the public imagination and also began to draw the serious attention of the scientific world.

In 1899, Wilbur began to think seriously of doing experiments in aeronautics. This was still a largely discredited subject and many libraries did not carry books on it. Accordingly Wilbur wrote to the Smithsonian Institution requesting copies of any papers on the subject which they might have and a list of other works in English which might be available. From the information he thus obtained Wilbur realized that control and stability were the most critical unsolved problems and decided that experimenting with first unmanned and then manned gliders was the best path to follow. He also concluded that pilot control of a manned machine would be the safest and best option for practical powered flight. His insight into how birds controlled their flight by altering the aerodynamic characteristics of their wings led to his breakthrough "wing-warping" concept. It is evident that Wilbur was the first of the two brothers to show interest in the

8 problem of powered flight, but from 1900 on, when the brothers began their experiments with gliders at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, it is clear that Wilbur and Orville were equal partners and conducted themselves as a team in their dealings with competitors, customers, reporters and the general public. It is also clear that Orville's talents as a designer and builder of devices and machinery was a perfect complement to Wilbur's insight and grasp of the "big picture," and that one could not have succeeded without the other.

From 1900 to 1902, Orville and Wilbur constructed and experimented with three gliders at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. Wilbur chose this location because of its high average wind speed and its relative seclusion. At the end of 1902, they began planning a powered flying machine, which was shipped to Kitty Hawk in 1903. After renovating the 1902 glider and conducting additional experiments with it, they assembled their 1903 machine and on December 17, at Big Kill Devil Hills, they achieved the world's first manned powered flight. The first flight, by Orville, covered a little over 120 feet and lasted 12 seconds.

In the years 1904 and 1905, Orville and Wilbur built two more Wright "Fliers", the more successful being the 1905 Wright Flyer, for which significant improvements in pitch and elevator control made it the first practical airplane, capable of taking off, flying for an extended period and landing safely on a consistent basis. Their experimental flights were now occurring at Huffman Prairie-Simms Station, about eight miles east of Dayton and part of what is now Patterson Field of Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. It was also during 1904 that they contacted an attorney to file a patent application for their flying machine. Having kept their work rather low profile from the beginning, they became even more protective about their invention, avoiding publicity and refusing to distribute photographs or technical information. This policy probably delayed acceptance of their invention by potential buyers and journalists and government officials remained skeptical.

In 1904, the brothers contacted the U.S. War Department offering to provide all their accumulated engineering data and to sell the license to use their patent. The response from the War Department was negative. This was understandable in view of the recent failure of Langley's Aerodrome (December 1903) and the fact that the Wrights offered no proof of their claims. But Orville and Wilbur refused to deal any further with the War Department and turned to England as a potential buyer. Their refusal to demonstrate their claims also led to a stalemate with the English . Even after the patent was granted in 1906, the brothers announced that they would not publicly test their flying machine until they had found a buyer. During 1907, they spent several months in Europe negotiating unsuccessfully with the French and German governments. In December, 1907, The U.S. Signal Corps advertised for bids on a military heavier-than-air flying machine. The Wrights submitted a bid, which was accepted, and the first formal U.S. Army airplane contract was signed on February 10, 1908.

Now the Wrights could lift their self-imposed moratorium on flying. Later that year they returned to Kitty Hawk to resume flying, using their 1905 Flyer modified with a larger

9 engine and erect seating for the pilot and one passenger. Wilbur returned to France for demonstration flights while Orville worked on preparing the U.S. Army airplane. On September 17, 1908, Orville was severely injured and his passenger killed in a crash during trials of the aircraft for the Army at Fort Myer, Virginia. The accident ultimately left Orville with chronic sciatica that made traveling in automobiles and airplanes uncomfortable.

Wilbur, joined by Orville and sister Katharine, continued demonstration flights in France and Italy into early 1909. In March, the Wrights entered into a contract with the Short Brothers of England, who were balloon manufacturers, to build six Wright Flyers, using Wright plans, to sell to English customers. This successful tour of Europe made the Wright brothers famous, and upon their return to America in May, they were treated as heroes. They had finally achieved the fame and honor due them. Wilbur and Orville would have preferred a quiet homecoming with family and friends when they arrived in Dayton on May 13. The first priority was to correct the problem with the Flyer used in the Fort Myer tests and to prepare for a resumption of the trials. But they could not avoid their status as hometown heroes, and a gala two-day homecoming celebration was held July 17-18. The next day they left for Washington, DC to resume the Fort Myer trials, which were successfully concluded on July 30. On August 2, the Army agreed to purchase the Wright airplane.

August, 1909 also marked the initiation of a long patent war with Glen Hammond Curtiss, who earlier that year had formed the Curtiss-Herring Company with Augustus Herring and built a successful airplane with a control system that the Wrights felt was an infringement on their patent. Other patent suits followed against foreign aviators and aircraft manufacturers. They were also defendants in two rather frivolous patent litigations brought against them. From 1910 to 1912, the various patent battles dominated the Wright brothers' time, as they were determined to establish their position as the inventors of the airplane and to stop competitors from infringing on their patent. In November, 1909, the Wright Company was incorporated, with Wilbur as president and Orville as one of two vice-presidents. The other vice-president was Andrew Freedman, a New York financier. The manufacturing facility would be in Dayton. Ground was broken in January, 1910 for a factory in Dayton, which was completed in November. Initially this factory produced about two airplanes a month, with Wilbur and Orville in charge of production. The business end was left to an employee (factory manager). In 1911, a second factory was built adjacent to the first. These eventually became a part of the Delco Products Company.

Other significant events which occurred in 1910 include the establishment in March of the Wright Exhibition Company (an exhibition flying business) which operated until November, 1911, the establishment of the Wright School of Aviation and the selection by Wilbur of Montgomery, Alabama as a site for the School during the winter months. This later became the location of Maxwell Air Force Base. The training of pilots in Dayton was done at the Huffman Prairie-Simms Station site. On May 25, Orville took his father for his first airplane ride, at the age of 82. On the same day, Wilbur and Orville flew

10 together for the first and only time, with Orville piloting. In June, the first Wright Model B airplane was completed. The planes built before 1908 and based on the 1905 Flyer design were considered by the Wrights as their "Model A," although they never formally designated them as such. In July, they installed and conducted experiments with wheels instead of skids, for the first time, on a Model B. Wilbur spent a good part of 1911, from March to August, attending to business matters in Europe. It was a stressful and discouraging trip, involving mismanagement by their licensees in France and Germany and ongoing patent litigation. It was becoming clear, however, that the lead in flight technology had passed from the Wright Company to other manufactures, in particular the French. Wilbur felt that this was due to the enormous amount of time they had been compelled to devote since 1906, to protecting their patents and the commercial value of their invention. Had they been able to sell their flying machine to governments, as they originally intended, they might have had more time for the research required to improve their invention. In the first three months of 1912, Wilbur was constantly on the road pursuing their several lawsuits. In late April he fell ill while on a trip to Boston. Upon his return to Dayton on May 2, he developed a fever. Eventually it was diagnosed as typhoid. Unlike Orville in 1896, Wilbur did not survive it. He died on May 30, 1912.

Orville felt that the stress and fatigue which Wilbur had undergone during the patent litigation had contributed to the illness which killed him and he became even more determined to carry on the fight. In February, 1913, he left with Katharine to visit the Wright business interests in Europe. While in Europe, the presiding judge in the Wright vs. Curtiss suit, made his decision upholding the Wright position. Curtiss appealed to the Federal Appeals Court, which would take almost a year to render its decision.

Orville and Katharine returned to Dayton in March of 1913, just before the great flood of March 25-27. The flood caused considerable damage to the first floor of their home and to the bicycle shop, but fortunately did little damage to the glass plate negatives of the Wrights’ early aviation work, to the records of their experiments, and to the remnants of the 1903 Flyer stored in crates.

Under the terms of the incorporation of the Wright Company Orville succeeded Wilbur, as president upon the latter’s death. By temperament and personality, Orville was unsuited to such a position. He intensely disliked public speaking, was uncomfortable with strangers, and had difficulty bringing himself to put anything in writing. There is no doubt that as engineers and inventors, Orville and Wilbur were each essential to their joint success. Both men had expressed that they were happier when left alone to pursue their research and engineering efforts. When it came to management and administration, Wilbur at least was able to do the job, even if he didn’t like. He seemed to be more driven than Orville, perhaps more ambitious. He was the writer and the speechmaker; he was the one who initiated all the lawsuits; he was the one who barnstormed in Europe trying to negotiate contracts and licensing agreements.

Orville did not seem to have any great ambition to expand the company. His lack of drive may have been due in part to the loss of his brother. Only the ongoing court battle with

11 Glenn H. Curtiss seemed to attract his attention. The negative impact of this suit on the company was to impede technical advances in the design of aircraft. The standard production model in 1913, the Model C, had fallen into disfavor with the U.S. Army because of a high number of fatal crashes involving its pilots. There were suspicions that a major design flaw was present. Orville rejected this notion and thought that the automatic stabilizer system on which he had been working for several years would reduce pilot error. He obtained a patent for his “automatic pilot” in October 1913 and demonstrated it publicly on December 31. Although his device worked it was never widely used, because about the same time an engineer for the Curtiss Company was devising a gyroscopic automatic pilot. The gyroscope-based system became and still is the standard automatic navigation system for aircraft.

In January, 1914, the good news came that the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the decision in favor of the Wrights in the case of Wright vs. Curtiss. Glenn Hammond Curtiss had infringed on the Wright patent. The board of directors of the Wright Company was excited about the prospects of establishing a legal monopoly on the basis of this decision. But it was not to be. Orville refused to take action that would drive Curtiss and other companies out of business or cause them to be bought up. Orville was apparently satisfied with winning the suit. He announced that all companies, with the possible exception of Curtiss, could continue doing business as long as they paid a twenty percent royalty to the Wright Company on every flying machine sold. Curtiss realized that this offer would not be available to him. He looked for and found a legal loophole with which he was able to circumvent the Appellate Court’s decision. This meant the Wright Company would have to bring suit all over again.

Quick legal action on the basis of the original ruling might still have forced Curtiss out of business; Orville hesitated, frustrating the directors even further. At this point, in the early spring of 1914, the Wright Company found itself lagging behind Curtiss’ Company in the production and design of new aircraft. In contrast to Curtiss, Orville had no desire for personal or corporate power, and showed little interest in managing a research and development program which could bring the Wright Company up to its competition.

Orville’s response to the situation was to proceed quietly to buy up most of the shares in his company. Once in control, he brought suit against the Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company in November, 1914, and also filed a new patent incorporating changes since the previous one was issued in 1906. With these steps, Orville wanted to demonstrate the continuing value of the Wright patents.

Orville then proceeded to put the Wright Company up for sale. Negotiations took several months, but in October, 1915, the sale was completed to a group of New York financiers. During the period 1914-1915, Orville proved to be an astute businessman. His sale of the company solved several problems. It released him of a responsibility which he neither wanted nor enjoyed. It left the company still viable and with some hope of being competitive. Finally, the sale enabled Orville to live comfortably for the rest of his life without the involvement in corporate and patent wars. Under the terms of the sale he

12 stayed on for one year as a consulting engineer, but after that he had no further connection with the firm.

One will never know what the history of the Wright Company would have been had Wilbur lived. He might have enjoyed playing the corporate game, or at least accepted the challenge. Unlike Orville, he appeared to enjoy associating with the New York financial backers that constituted the majority of the board.

The history of the Wright Company after its sale is of an effort to keep up with advances in aircraft technology. In 1916, it merged with the Glenn L. Martin Company and the Simplex Automobile Company to form the Wright-Martin Company. In 1917, operations were transferred out of Dayton to the Simplex plant in New Brunswick, New Jersey. Wright-Martin became profitable as an engine rather than an aircraft company. Glen Martin left the company in 1917, and in 1919 it reorganized again as the Wright Aeronautical Company, which became the most successful aircraft engine company in the U.S. during the next decade.

The Wright Company continued to pursue the patent suit with Curtiss after Orville left, but was never able to resolve it. The chaos created by competing rivals with conflicting patent claims had a negative effect on the U.S. aeronautics industry, so maybe the establishment of an aviation monopoly, as the Wright Company directors had desired in 1914, would have been good for the industry. In any case, the U.S. government intervened in 1917 and pressured the manufacturers to form a Manufacturers Aircraft Association whose members entered into cross-licensing agreements. Wright-Martin and Curtiss, the principal patent holders, each received a cash settlement for agreeing to resolve their differences. The patent wars were over. In 1929, The Wright Aeronautical Company and the Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company merged to form Curtiss- Wright, one of the largest aircraft and engine companies in America.

For Orville, the patent war died in 1914 when he felt vindicated by the appellate court decision. But in August, 1915 a new controversy arose between Orville and the Smithsonian Institution when the latter published in its 1914 annual report a statement to the effect that the Aerodrome of Samuel P. Langley was "the first aeroplane capable of sustained free flight with a man." This controversy was to continue until 1943.

In August, 1914, the Wright family (Orville, Katharine and father Milton) moved from 7 Hawthorn's Street to a new home in the southern suburb of Oakwood. They named their new home, a colonial mansion, Hawthorn Hill. Orville supervised its construction and designed the utility systems himself. Orville lived there until his death in 1948.

Also in 1914, Orville became a founding member of the Engineers' Club of Dayton. Other founders included inventors/entrepreneurs Edward A. Deeds and Charles F. Kettering. Kettering invented the automobile self-starter and ignition system, and he and Deeds co-founded the Dayton Engineering Laboratories Company (DELCO). Deeds, Kettering and the Harold Talbotts (Sr. and Jr.) established the Dayton Airplane Company

13 in March 1917 after the Wright-Martin Company left Dayton, with Orville as consulting engineer. Reorganized a few weeks later as the Dayton-Wright Company; it was awarded contracts for the production of 4,000 warplanes and 400 trainers. With America's entry into World War I, Orville was commissioned a major in the Signal Officers Reserve Corps, but was allowed to stay in Dayton and work for the Dayton-Wright Company. To fulfill its contracts the company had to build the 4,000 warplanes using an existing British aircraft, the De 'Havilland-4 (DH-4), modified to accommodate an American-built Liberty Engine. As a public relations gesture, Orville flew one of his 1911 machines in formation with the first DH-4 to roll off the production line. This was in May 1918, and was the last time he would pilot an airplane. The war record of the Dayton-built DH-4 was mixed. By war's end it was being referred to as a "flying coffin."

In addition to the DH-4 project, Orville had another project, called the Kettering Bug. This was a flying bomb, which could be flown to targets behind enemy lines. This project was still under development when the war ended.

Orville retained his connection with Dayton-Wright after the war. In 1919, the company was purchased by General Motors, who continued to operate it until 1923, when it was shut down. Orville's last patent was for the split flap, a device designed to increase lift and enable a pilot to perform a steep dive at lower speed. A Navy Bureau of Aeronautics report in 1922 described the split flap as being of no value, but navy fliers found this device to be very useful in dive-bomber raids during World War II.

In 1916, Orville had begun construction of a one-story building at 15 N. Broadway, which was to be his personal laboratory. It was completed in December of that year, at which time the Wright Cycle Company went out of existence and the Wright Aeronautical Laboratory was born. It was scarcely a block away from 1127 W. Third Street, where the bicycle shop had been located since 1908. Orville had no further ties with American industry after the closing of Dayton-Wright in 1923, but he continued to go to his laboratory daily, working on whatever interested him at the time, right up until his death.

Although Orville's active role in aviation diminished after the early 1920's, he served for many years on various aeronautical boards and committees, chief among them being the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) from 1920 to 1948, and the Daniel and Florence Guggenheim Fund for the Promotion of Aeronautics for the five years it existed (1926-1930). He also had the time to enjoy the activities, which had always been dear to him: his family, especially his nieces and nephews; the pursuit of family genealogy in the tradition of his father; his fascination with gadgetry of all kinds.

In 1916 he had received a request from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology for the loan of the original 1903 Flyer to display at the Institute later that year. Those parts that still existed were unpacked from crates stored in a shed behind the Wright Cycle Shop. It was reconstructed and new parts added where necessary, and was displayed at MIT in June, 1916 and at the Pan-American Aeronautical Exhibition in New York in February, 1917. From 1918 to 1925 it was stored in Dayton. Because of his feud with the

14 Smithsonian over its claim that Langley's Aerodrome could have flown in 1903, Orville was unwilling to give the 1903 Flyer to the Institution, or to allow it to be displayed permanently anywhere in America. In 1925 he announced that it would be on indefinite loan to the Science Museum of London. It was shipped there in 1928.

In the summer of 1926, Katharine announced her engagement to Henry J. Haskell. This was a complete surprise to Orville. Katharine and Henry were married in November 1926 in Oberlin, Ohio. Orville did not attend the wedding. The Haskells moved to Kansas City soon after the wedding. Orville was estranged from his sister until he visited her on her deathbed in March of 1929. Katharine's body was returned to Dayton for burial in the Wright family plot. After Katharine's marriage Orville lived at Hawthorn Hill alone except for the Wright family housekeeper of many years, Carrie Grumbach. The oldest brother, Reuchlin, had died in 1920 in Kansas; while brother Lorin lived in Dayton until his death in 1939.

The U.S. Army established Wilbur Wright Field in 1917 as a base for the training of combat pilots. It contained the original Huffman Prairie-Simms Station flying field used by Orville and Wilbur since 1904 for test flights and also by their Wright Exhibition Company and the Wright School of Aviation. In April, 1926, Orville and Katharine attended the groundbreaking ceremonies for a new U.S. Army facility to be called Wright Air Field, located about two miles away. In 1927, Wright Air Field replaced old McCook Field in Dayton. In 1931, Wilbur Wright Field was renamed Patterson Field, in honor of Lt. Frank Stuart Patterson, who was killed there in 1918 when the DH-4 he was flight- testing crashed. He was the nephew of Dayton industrialist John H. Patterson, founder of the National Cash Register Company. After World War II, Wright Air Field and Patterson Field were combined under one command to form Wright-Patterson Air Force Base.

Honors and recognition continued to be received by Orville and, posthumously, by Wilbur. Among these were the Wright Memorial at Kill Devil Hills, Kitty Hawk, dedicated in November, 1932 and the Wright Memorial on Wright Brothers Memorial Hill, now part of Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, dedicated in August, 1940. In 1936 Henry Ford purchased the last building used by the brothers for their bicycle shop, and also the house at 7 Hawthorn Street, and moved them to his Greenfield Village museum near Detroit. The dedication there occurred in April, 1938. Finally, on October 24, 1942, the Smithsonian Institution brochure The 1914 Test of the Langley "Aerodrome" was published, containing apologies and retractions of former statements claiming the 1903 Aerodrome was "the first airplane capable of sustained free flight with a man." This marked the end of the Smithsonian-Wright controversy. So not only had Orville Wright become a living legend, he had also lived to see his final vindication by the Smithsonian.

In December, 1943, Orville wrote to the Director of the Science Museum of London, informing him that he would request the return of the 1903 Flyer once the war was over and it could be transported safely across the Atlantic. The machine at that time was in

15 storage for the duration of the war. But Orville made no public announcement of this, nor did the Science Museum, so officially, at least; the situation had not changed.

After the war, the Flyer was removed from storage, but the Science Museum requested that its return be postponed until an accurate replica had been made. Meanwhile, early in 1947, Edward A. Deeds, then board chairman of the National Cash Register Company, told Orville that he was planning a historical park and wanted to include one of the Fliers. Orville suggested a restoration of the original 1905 Flyer. He had brought back to Dayton the engine and transmission of the Flyer after the crash at Kitty Hawk in 1908. The airplane had been left at Kill Devil Hills, and in 1911 Orville had given what was left of it to the Berkshire Museum in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, where it was still in storage in 1947. Orville was able to re-acquire these parts, and supervised the reconstruction of the Flyer.

The 1905 Flyer was unveiled at Carillon Historical Park in 1950, but Orville did not live to see the day. He had suffered a mild heart attack in October 1947 and a second one in January, 1948 at his Laboratory. He died in the hospital three days later, on January 30, 1948, at the age of seventy-six. The funeral was held on February 7, and Orville was buried at Woodland Cemetery next to Wilbur.

At Orville's' death there had still been no official announcement about the return of the 1903 Flyer. But his will included the stipulation that this machine remain in London unless the will was amended by a subsequent letter from him indicating a change of heart. His executors were able to obtain a copy of the 1943 letter Orville had written to the Science Museum. The existence of this letter was announced immediately, whereupon the Smithsonian opened discussions with the heirs and the British government for the return of the airplane. On December 17, 1948, forty-five years to the day after the first flight at Kitty Hawk, the 1903 Flyer was formally presented to the Smithsonian Institution.

One may ask what it was about the Wright brothers which has so fascinated the world. After all they were not men of wealth or high station. And while they were certainly intelligent and well educated, they had no special training in science and engineering, and neither of them had a high school diploma. When they began their work in aeronautics, they had no friends in high political places, neither in Washington nor elsewhere, and they were not part of America's financial or intellectual elite. But this is precisely why they captured the world's imagination. They were so ordinary. True, they were individuals of high moral character and possessed a strong sense of loyalty to friends and family. True, they had simple, devout parents who taught them to value hard work and perseverance. But when one adds Wilbur's vision and insight and Orville's mechanical genius, these outwardly ordinary men together achieved something truly extraordinary.

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SCOPE AND CONTENT

In these records, the history of the brothers Wilbur and Orville Wright, dealing not only with their achievements in powered flight but also with their personal and family background, is very well described. All activities occurring in Dayton as well as in North Carolina, Kitty Hawk, and elsewhere in the United States and Europe, before and after the first flight, provide information on the brothers' intellect, self-reliance, and determination to succeed. This information is made available in: • genealogical records written by their relatives (1832-1909); • newspapers published by Wright & Wright Printers, including The Weekly Midget , by Sines and Wright (1886) West Side News , (1889-1890), The Evening Item , (1890), and many other newspapers and newspaper clippings up to the present time; • magazines, including Snap Shots at Current Events , (1894) and many aeronautical journals; • correspondence mostly on microfilm, including correspondence of their ancestors (1814-1916), and diaries, including Milton Wright's diary in microfilm form (1852- 1857); • scrapbooks compiled by Wilbur and Orville Wright as well as by Dayton Collection Librarians; • photographs taken by the family as well as others, in the United States and abroad; most of the photographs are in microfiche form; postcards are also included in this collection; • many technical reports and aeronautical papers written by the brothers as well as other aviation pioneers; • programs celebrating their innovations in aviation; • rare and valuable books pertaining to aviation as well as books written by Daytonians on the subject. The importance of this collection lies in the following: • it describes the progress of aviation throughout the world and its impact on people's lives in peace and war; • it illustrates the Wright brothers' contributions to aeronautics; • it gives a good picture of the personalities and inventive genius of both.

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SERIES I THE WRIGHT BROTHERS LIBRARY

Publications Written By Or Pertaining To The Wright Brothers

A. Rare Books Section: Aero Club of America. Navigating the Air: A Scientific Statement of the RA Progress of Aeronautical Science up to the Present Time . New York: 629.1309 Doubleday, Page & Co., l907. A252

The Annual Club of Ten Dayton Boys. History, Minutes and Constitution , RA Dayton, Ohio , 1886-1939. 367 A615H

Aircraft Year Book . New York: Manufacturers Aircraft Association, RA l919-1970, (WBL). 629.13058 Note: A2981 Not all years are available

Anderson, Neal L. With Wings: A Bird's Eye View of Western Europe . RA Richmond, Virginia: Presbyterian Committee of Publication, 1928. 940 A899W

Barnes, John. The Vindication of Squier and Deeds: What Really RA Happened to the Billion Dollar Aircraft Appropriation . Garden City, New 629.13 York: Doubleday Doran & Co., l936. B261V

Beringer, Sarah. The Beginning and Future of Aviation . Dayton, Ohio: RA Beringer, l929. 629. 13 B51

Bolton, Sarah K. Lives of Poor Boys Who Became Famous . New York: RA Thomas Y. Crowell Co., l947. BOO2 B694AW

Brewer, Griffith. Fifty Years of Flying . London: Air League of the British RA Empire, l946. 629.1309 B84F

Brockett, Paul. Bibliography of Aeronautics . Washington: Smithsonian RA Institution, l910, (WBL). 629.13 B864B

18 Chapin, Mary Katherine. Why Men Can Fly . New York: Reynal & RA Hitchcock, l943. 629.13 C463W

Charnley, Mitchell. The Boys' Life of the Wright Brothers . New York & RA London: Harper and Brothers Publishers, l928. B W954CH

Collison, Thomas. This Winged World: An Anthology of Aviation RA Fiction . New York: Coward-McCann Inc., 1943, (WBL). Fic

Daniel Guggenheim Fund for the Promotion of Aeronautics, Inc. Report of RA the Daniel Guggenheim Fund for the Promotion of Aeronautics . New 629.13 York: The Daniel Guggenheim Fund for the Promotion of Aeronautics D184R Inc., l928-30 (WBL).

Daniel Guggenheim Fund for the Promotion of Aeronautics, Inc. Report of RA the Daniel Guggenheim Fund for the Promotion of Aeronautics: 1926 and 629. 13 1927-1929 . New York: The Daniel Guggenheim Fund for the Promotion D184D of Aeronautics Inc., 1927 (WBL). vol. 1 [Box 1 Folder 4]

Daniel Guggenheim Fund for the Promotion of Aeronautics, Inc. The RA Daniel Guggenheim Safe-Aircraft Competition , The Daniel Guggenheim 629. 13 Fund for the Promotion of Aeronautics Inc., New York, 1927 (WBL). D184D [Box 1 Folder 5]

Daniel Guggenheim Medal Board of Award. Pioneering in Aeronautics: RA Recipients of the Daniel Guggenheim Medal, l929-1952 . New York: 629.1309 Board of Award, l952. D184P [Box 1 Folder 5]

Davy, Maurice John Bernard. Interpretive History of Flight: A Survey of RA the History and Development of Aeronautics With Particular Reference to 629.1309 Contemporary Influences and Conditions . London: His Majesty's D268I Stationery Office, 1948.

Dene, Shafto. Trail Blazing in the Skies . Akron, Ohio: The Goodyear RA Tire & Rubber Co., l943. 629.1309

19 D392t

Dichman, Ernest W. The Aviation Business . New York: Brentano's RA Publishers, l929. 629.13 D54

Durand, William. Aerodynamic Theory: A General Review of Progress, RA Under a Grant of the Guggenheim Fund for the Promotion of Aeronautics . 629.1323 Berlin: J. Springer, 1934-36. D949AE Vol. II

Edgar, John F. Pioneer Life in Dayton and Vicinity. Dayton, OH: U. B. RA Publishing House, l896, (WBL). 977.173 E23

Faunce, Cy Q. The Airliner and Its Inventor, Alfred W. Lawson . RA Columbus, Ohio: Rockcastel Publishing Co., l921, (WBL). 629.138 F264AI

Ferris, Richard. How It Flies or the Conquest of the Air: The Story of RA Man’s Endeavors to Fly and of the Inventions by Which He Has 629.13 Succeeded. New York: Thomas Nelson & Sons, l910. F394H

Freudenthal, Elsbeth Estelle. The Aviation Business: From Kitty Hawk to RA Wall Street . New York: The Vanguard Press, 1940. 629.13 F88

Freudenthal, Elsbeth Estelle. Flight Into History . Norman, Oklahoma: RA University of Oklahoma Press, 1949. 629.1309 F88F

Four Miles South of Kitty Hawk . New YorkWarren: McArthur Corp., RA l943. 629.1309 W29F

Gerhard, W. F. A Manual of Flight-Test Procedure . Ann Arbor: Dept. of RA Engineering Research, University of Michigan, Dec., l927, (WBL). 629.13 G368M

Glassman, Don. Tales of the Caterpillar Club: Jump. New York: Simon RA & Schuster, l930 (WBL). 629.134386 G549

Hamburg, Merrill. Beginning to Fly: The Book of Model Airplanes . RA Cambridge, Massachusetts: The Riverside Press, l930. 629.13

20 H19

Harrison, Michael. Airborne at Kitty Hawk: The Story of the First RA Heavier-Than-Air Flight Made by the Wright Brothers. London: Cassell, 629.1309 1953. H321

Haskin, Frederic. The American Government . New York: J. J. Little and RA Ives Co., l912 (WBL). 353 H351

Hayward, Charles Brian. Practical Aeronautics: An Understandable RA Presentation of Interesting and Essential Facts in Aeronautical Science . 629.13 Chicago: American Technical Society, l918. H427PA

Humphreys, Pauline Annette. Romance of the Airman , Ginn and RA Company, Boston, l931. 629.1309 H927

Jaffe, Bernard. Men of Science in America: The Role of Science in the RA Growth of our Country . New York: Simon and Schuster, l944. B5 J23M

John Fritz Medal Fund Corporation. The John Fritz Medal . Bethlehem, RA PA: Professional Associates and Friends of John Fritz, l923-1947 (WBL). 609.2 J65J

Kaempffert, Waldemar. The New Art of Flying . New York: Dodd, Mead RA and Co., 1911. 629.13 K11

Kelly, Fred C. The Wright Brothers . New York: Harcourt, Brace and RA Company, l943, l950. B W954KE

Kennedy, Rankin. Flying Machines: Practice and Design. Their RA Principles, Construction and Working . London: The Technical 629.13 Publishing Co., Limited, 1909. K36

Langley, S. P. (Samuel Pierpoint). A Description of the Manly Engine . RA New York: Society of Automotive Engineers, 1942. 629.13435 L28ED

Langley, S. P. (Samuel Pierpoint). Experiments in Aerodynamics, 1834- RA 1906 . Washington: Smithsonian Institution, 1902. 629.1323 L282E

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Langley, S. P. (Samuel Pierpoint). A Biographical Sketch of James RA Smithson . Washington, D.C.: The Smithsonian Institution, 1953. S66497L

Loening, Grover Cleveland. Our Wings Grow Faster . Garden City, New RA York: Doubleday, Doran & Co., Inc., l935. 629.130973 L825

Loening, Grover Cleveland. Military Aeroplanes: An Explanatory RA Consideration of Their Characteristics, Performances, Construction, 629.13334 Maintenance and Operation, for the Use of Aviators . Boston: W.S. Best L825MI Printing Co., 1916.

Loening, Grover Cleveland. Military Aeroplanes: An Explanatory RA Consideration of Their Characteristics, Performances, Construction, 629.13334 Maintenance and Operation, Specifically Arranged for the Use of Aviators L825MIA and Students , Boston: W.S. Best Printing Co., 1918.

Lougheed, Victor. Vehicles of the Air: A Popular Exposition of Modern RA Aeronautics With Working Drawings . Chicago, ILL: The Reilly and 629.13 Britton Co., 1910. L887

Maitland, Lester J. Knights of the Air . New York: Doubleday, Doran & RA Co., Inc., Garden City, l929. 629.13 M23

McFarland, Marvin Wilks. The Papers of Wilbur and Orville Wright, RA Including the Chanute-Wright Letters and Other Papers of Octave 629.1309 Chanute . New York, Toronto, London: McGraw-Hill Book Co., Inc., W954P l953. Vols. I, II

McMahon, John. The Wright Brothers Fathers of Flight . Boston, MA.: RA Little, Brown & Company, l930. B W954M

McMahon, John. The Wright Brothers Pioneers of Flight . New York: RA Grosset and Dunlap, 1930. B W954MA

Meynell, Laurence. First Men to Fly . London, Great Britain: Werner RA Laurie, l955. B W954ME

Miller, Francis Trevelyan. The World in the Air: The Story of Flying in RA Pictures . New York: Putman, 1930. 629.1309

22 M64

Mills, Lois. Three Together: The Story of the Wright Brothers and Their RA Sister . New York, Chicago, Toronto: Follet Publishing Company, l955. B W954MI

Moedebeck, Hermann W. L. Pocket-Book of Aeronautics . London: RA Whittaker & Co., 1907. 629.13 M693

Pitt, Frederick William. Coming Events Cast Their Shadows in the Air . RA London, Edinburgh: Marshall, Morgan & Scott, Ltd., l937 (WBL). 220.1 P688

“Proceedings of the Conference.” In International Civil Aeronautics RA Conference 1928: Washington, D. C. , December 12-14, l928 , edited by 629.13 Hon. William F. Whiting, Washington, DC: United States Government I6111P Printing Office, l929, (WBL).

Reynolds, Quentin James. The Wright Brothers, Pioneers of American RA Aviation. New York: Random House, 1940. B W954R

Rosher, Harold. With the Flying Squadron: Being the War Letters of the RA Late Harold Rosher to His Family . New York: Macmillan, 1916 (WBL). 940.44942 R818W

Schnittkind, Henry Thomas and Dana Lee Thomas Schnittkind. Living RA Biographies of Famous Men . Garden City, New York: Blue Ribbon B0073 Books, l946. S361L

Science Museum(Great Britain). Handbook of the Collections Illustrating RA Aeronautics: I. Heavier Than-Air-Craft . London: His Majesty’s 629.13 Stationary Office, l929 (WBL). S416H

Starbuck, Edwin Diller. Lives That Guide . New York: World Book Co., RA Yonkers-on-Hodson, l939. BOO2 S795L

Starbuck, Edwin Diller. Living Through Biography: The High Trail . RA New York: World Book Co., l936 (WBL). BOO2 S795LI

Teale, Edwin Way. The Book of Gliders . New York: E. P. Dutton & RA

23 Co., Inc., l930 (WBL). 629.13333 T253b

The Edison Institute. Dedication of the Wright Brothers Home and Shop RA in Greenfield Village . Dearborn, Michigan: l938 (WBL). B W954ED

Who’s Who in American Aeronautics . New York: The Gardner RA Publishing Co., Inc., l922 (WBL). 629.13 W628

Who’s Who in American Aeronautics . New York: The Gardner RA Publishing Co., Inc., l925 (WBL). 625.13 W628

Wildman, Edwin. Famous Leaders of Industry: The Life Stories of Boys RA Who Have Succeeded . Boston: The Page Company, l920. B0073 F1985

Wright, Curtis. Genealogical and Biographical Notices of Descendants of RA Sir John Wright of Kelvedon Hall, Essex, England in America Thomas B92 Wright, of Wethershfield, Conn., Dea. Samuel Wright, of Northampton, W954WC Mass. Carthage, Missouri: 1915.

Wright, Orville. Early History of the Airplane . Dayton, Ohio: The RA Dayton-Wright Airplane Co., [l922]. 629.1309 W952E

Wright, Orville. How We Invented the Airplane . Edited by Fred C. RA Kelly. New York: McKay, [1953]. 629.1309 W952H

Zahm, Albert Francis. Aerial Navigation: A Popular Treatise on the RA Growth of Air Craft and on Aeronautical Meteorology. New York and 629.1309 London: D. Appleton & Co.,l911. Z19

B. Books in Dayton Collection

Against the Wind: 90 Years of Flight Test in the Miami Valley . Dayton: Dayton History Office Aeronautical Systems Center Air Force Materiel 629.13 Command, l994[?]. A259

Andrews, Alfred Stokes. The Andrews, Clapp, Stokes, Wright, Van Dayton Cleve Genealogies: Compiled With Ainsworth, Black, Crowe, Dickey, B92

24 Elston, Garibaldi, Heller, Patterson, Ross, Scott, Sanford, Urbine and A572AN Wilson Family Connections . Fort Lauderdale, FL: Andrews, 1970.

Andrews, Alfred Stokes. The Andrews, Clapp, Stokes, Wright, Van Dayton Cleve Genealogies: Compiled With Ainsworth, Black, Crowe, Dickey, B92 Elston, Garibaldi, Heller, Patterson, Ross, Scott, Sanford, Urbine and A572AN Wilson Family Connections . Fort Lauderdale, FL: Andrews, 1975.

Andrews, John Williams. First Flight: The Story of Orville and Wilbur Dayton Wright at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina . Westport Port: Pavillion Press, 811 1962. A567F

Bernstein, Mark. Grand Eccentrics: Turning the Century; Dayton and Dayton the Inventing of America . Wilmington, Ohio: Orange Frazer Press, 977.172 1996. B531G

Bruno, Harry. Wings Over America . New York: Robert M. McBride & Dayton Co., l948. 629.1309 B89

Brunsman, August E. Three Brothers and A "Last Man's Club ." Dayton [Kettering, OH]: C. K. Brunsman, 1991. 367.977 B899T

Brunsman, August E. Uncle Wil and Uncle Orv: Wright Brothers Dayton Recollections Recorded by Niece, Ivonette Wright Miller . Kettering, B Ohio: August E. Brunsman, l989. W954BR

Brunsman, Charlotte K. and August E. Brunsman. Wright & Wright Dayton Printers: The Other Career of Wilbur and Orville . Kettering, Ohio: B Trailside Press, l989. W954B

Paris, Michael. From the Wright Brothers to Top Gun: Aviation, Dayton Nationalism and Popular Cinema . Manchester: Manchester University 791.436 Press, c1995 P232F

Chanute, Octave. Progress in Flying Machines . New York: The Dayton American Engineer and Railroad Journal, [1894]. 629.13 C459P

Chapman, William. Wright Brothers National Memorial: Historic Dayton Resource Study . Atlanta, GA: Southeast Field Area, National Park B Service, U.S. Dept. of the Interior, 1997. W954CHA

Charnley, Mitchell. The Boys' Life of the Wright Brothers . New York Dayton

25 & London: Harper and Brothers Publishers, l928. B W954CH

Combs, Harry B. Kill Devil Hills: Discovering the Secret of the Wright Dayton Brothers . Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, l979. B W954C

Crouch, Tom D. A Dream of Wings: Americans and the Airplane, l875- Dayton l905 . London: W. W. Norton & Co., New York, l981. 629.13 C952D

Crouch, Tom D. Blaeriot XI, The Story of a Classic Aircraft , Published Dayton for the National Air and Space Museum by the Smithsonian Institution, 629.133 1982. C952B

Crouch, Tom D. The Bishop’s Boys: A Life of Wilbur and Orville Dayton Wright . London: W. W. Norton & Company, New York, l989. B W954CR

Crouch, Tom D. The Giant Leap: A Chronology of Ohio Aerospace Dayton Events and Personalities, 1815-1969 . Columbus,OH: Ohio Historical 629.13 Society, 1971. C952G

Dorman, Geoffrey. Fifty Years Fly Past . London: Forbes Robertson, Dayton LTD., l951. 629.1309 D712F

DuFour, Howard R. Charles E. Taylor: 1868-1956, The Wright Brothers Dayton Mechanician: The Man Who Provided the Power for the First Powered B Flight . [S. l.] Dayton, Ohio: Howard R. Dufour, 1997. T2391D

East, Omega. Wright Brothers: National Memorial . North Carolina: Dayton National Park Service, l973 [reprint]. B W954EAS

Educational and Musical Arts, Inc. The Wright Brothers at Carillon Dayton Historical Park . Dayton, Ohio: Carillon Historical Park, l993. B W954CAR

Fisk, Fred C. and Marlin W. Todd. The Wright Brothers from Bicycle to Dayton Biplane: An Illustrated History of the Wright Brothers . West Milton: B Ohio Miami Graphics Services, Inc., (2 copies). W954F

Foxworth, Thomas Gordon. The Speed Seekers . New York: Doubleday, Dayton l976 [?]. 629.13

26 F795S

Foulois, Benjamin Delahauf. From the Wright Brothers to the Dayton Astronauts; the Memoirs of Benjamin D. Foulois . New York: McGraw- B Hill, [1968. F768

Freedman, Russell. The Wright Brothers: How They Invented the Dayton Airplane . New York: Holiday House, l991. B W954FR

Freudenthal, Elsbeth Estelle. Flight Into History . Norman, Oklahoma: Dayton University of Oklahoma Press, l949. 629.1309 F88F

Geibert, Ron and Tucker Malishenko. Early Flight: l900-l911: Original Dayton Photographs From the Wright Brothers’ Personal Collection , Landfall, 629.13 Press, Dayton, Ohio, l984. E12

Geibert, Ronald R. and Patrick B. Nolan. Kitty Hawk and Beyond: The Dayton Wright Brothers and the Early Years of Aviation, A Photographic B History . Dayton, Ohio: Wright State University Press, l990. W954GE

Gibbs-Smith, Charles H. The Worlds First Aeroplane Flights: (l903- Dayton l908), and Earlier Attempts to Fly . London, Great Britain: Her Majesty’s 629.13 Stationery Office, l965. G444W

Gibbs-Smith, Charles Harvard. “How Wilbur Wright Taught Europe to Dayton Fly,” American Heritage 11, no 2 (1960) 629.13 G444H

Gibbs-Smith, Charles H. The Wright Brothers: A Brief Account of Dayton Their Work, l811-l911 . London, Great Britain: Her Majesty’s Stationery B Office, l963. W954G

Gline, Carroll V. Immortals of Science: The Wright Brothers Pioneers Dayton of Powered Flight. New York: Franklin Watts, Inc., l968. 629.13 G561W

Gollin, Alfred M. No Longer an Island: Britain and the Wright Brothers . Dayton California : Stanford University Press, Stanford, l984. 629.13 G626N

Gray, George W. Frontiers of Flight: The Story of NACA Research. Dayton New York: Alfred A Knopf, l948. 629.13072 G779FR

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Haines, Madge and Leslie Morrill. The Wright Brothers First to Fly . Dayton New York: Abingdon Press, l955. 629.1309 M874W

Hallion, Richard P. The Wright Brothers: Heirs of Prometheus . Dayton Washington D. C.: National Air and Space Museum, l978. B W954H

Harrison, Michael. Airborne at Kitty Hawk: The Story of the First Dayton Heavier-Than-Air Flight Made by the Wright Brothers. London: Cassell, 629.1309 1953. H321

Hobbs, Leonard S. The Wright Brothers' Engines and Their Design . City Dayton of Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, l971. 629.13 H682W

Holland, Maurice. Architects of Aviation . New York: Duell, Sloan and Dayton Pearce, l951. 629.130973 H736AR

Howard, Fred. Wilbur and Orville: A Biography of the Wright Brothers . Dayton New York: Alfred A. Knopf, l987. B W954HO

Hubbell, Charles. Panorama of Flight: Aviation History in Paintings . Dayton Cleveland, Ohio: Thomson Products Inc., l953. 629.1309 H876P

Hunt, Melba. Cooking the Wright Way: A Unique Profile of the Wrights Dayton From the Aspect of Food . Kettering, OH: The Kettering-Moraine 641.597 Museum, 1998. H942C

Jacobs, James W. Enshrinee Album: The First Twenty-One Years . Dayton Dayton, Ohio: National Aviation Hall of Fame, l984. 629.13 J174E

Jakab, Peter L. Visions Of A Flying Machine: The Wright Brothers and Dayton the Process Of Invention . Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, 629.13 l990. J25V

Johnson, Mary Ann. A Field Guide to Flight: On the Aviation Trail in Dayton Dayton, Ohio . Dayton, OH: Landfall Press, 1986. T77173 J68F

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Johnson, Mary Ann. A Field Guide to Flight: On the Aviation Trail in Dayton Dayton, Ohio . Dayton, OH: Landfall Press, 1996 T77173 J68F

Jordanoff, Assen. Men and Wings: The Story of Man's Conquest of the Dayton Skies, Highspotting Its Milestones of Progress From the Eighteenth 629.1309 Century Experiments of the Montgolfier Brothers to the Builders of J82 Military Aircraft in World War II . Buffalo: Curtiss-Wright Corporation, l942.

Kelly, Fred C. Miracle at Kitty Hawk: The Letters of Wilbur and Orville Dayton Wright . New York: Farrar, Straus and Young, l951 B W954

Kelly, Fred C. The Wright Brothers: A Biography Authorized by Orville Dayton Wright . London: George G. Harrap & Co. l944. B W954KE

Kelly, Fred C. The Wright Brothers . New York: Harcourt, Brace and Dayton Company, l943, l950. B W954KE

Kirk, Stephen. First in Flight: The Wright Brothers in North Carolina . Dayton Winston-Salem, North Carolina: John F. Blair Publisher, l995. 629.13 K59F

Loening, Grover Cleveland. Amphibian: The Story of the Loening Dayton Biplane . Greenwich, Conn.: New York Graphic Society, 1973. 387.733 L825AM

Loening, Grover Cleveland. Take-off Into Greatness: How American Dayton Aviation Grew So Big So Fast . New York: Putman, 1968. 338.476 L825T

Loening, Grover Cleveland. Our Wings Grow Faster . New York: Dayton Doubleday, Doran & Co., Inc., Garden City, l935. 629.130973 L825

Lebow, Eileen F. Cal Rodgers and the Vin Fiz: The First Dayton Transcontinental Flight . Washington and London: Smithsonian 629.13 Institution Press, l989. L449C

Marshall, Fred F. The Wright Brothers Chronology from l903 to l909 . Dayton Xenia, OH: Fred F. Marshall, l971. 629.13 M367W

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McMahon, John. The Wright Brothers Pioneers of Flight . New York: Dayton Grosset and Dunlap, 1930. B W954MA

Meynell, Laurence. First Men to Fly . London, Great Britain: Werner Dayton Laurie, l955. B W954ME

Mills, Lois. Three Together: The Story of the Wright Brothers and Their Dayton Sister . New York, Chicago, Toronto: Follet Publishing Company, l955. B W954MI

Moolman, Valerie. The Road to Kitty Hawk . Alexandria, VA: Time- Dayton Life Books, l980. 629.13 M817R

Morris, Lloyd R. and Kendall Smith. Ceiling Unlimited: The Story of Dayton American Aviation from Kitty Hawk to Supersonics . New York: The 629.130973 Macmillan Company, l953. M876C

Nolan, Patrick B.. The Wright Brothers Collection: A Guide to the Dayton Technical, Business and Legal, Genealogical, Photographic, and Other 629.13 Archives at Wright State University . New York and London: Garland N7879W Publishing Inc., l977.

Parramore, Thomas C. Triumph at Kitty Hawk: The Wright Brothers Dayton and Powered Flight . Raleigh, North Carolina: North Carolina Dept. of B Cultural Resources Division of Archives and History, l993. W954P

Pinson, Jay D. Diamond Jubilee of Powered Flight: The Evolution of Dayton Aircraft Design . Dayton, Ohio: Air Force Museum, l978. 629.1309 D541

Pinson, Jay D., ed. Diamond Jubilee of Powered Flight . Dayton: Dayton Ameican Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Dayton-Cincinnati 629.13 Section; in cooperation with Air Force Museum, 1978. D537

Pritchard, Laurence J. “The Wright Brothers and the Royal Aeronautical Dayton Society,” Journal of the Royal Aeronautical Society 57, no 516 (Dec. 629.13 l953). P961W

Renstrom, Arthur G. Wilbur and Orville Wright: A Bibliography Dayton Commemorating the Hundredth Anniversary of the Birth of Wilbur 629.016 Wright . Washington, D. C.: Library of Congress, l968. R412W

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Renstrom, Arthur G. Wilbur and Orville Wright: A Chronology Dayton Commemorating the Hundredth Anniversary of the Birth of Orville B Wright. Washington D. C.: Library of Congress, l975. W954RE

Renstrom, Arthur. Wilbur & Orville Wright: Pictorial Material . Dayton Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, l982. 629.13 R421W

Reynolds, Quentin James. The Wright Brothers Pioneers of American Dayton Aviation . New York: Random House, l950. B W954r

Rhodes, James A. A Teenage Hall of Fame . New York: The Bobbs- Dayton Merrill Co. Inc., Indianapolis, l960. B002 R476T

Stevenson, Augusta. Wilbur and Orville Wright, Boys With Wings . Dayton Indianapolis, New York: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, [l951]. B W954st

Stever, Guyford H. and James J. Haggerty. Flight . New York: Time Dayton Incorporated, l965. 629.13 S848F

Thomas, Henry. The Wright Brothers . New York: G. P. Putnam’s Sons, Dayton l960. B W954T

Walsh, John Evangelist. One Day at Kitty Hawk: The Untold Story of Dayton the Wright Brothers and the Airplane . New York: Thomas Y. Crowell B Comp., l975. W954W

Wescott, Lynanne and Paula Degen. Wind and Sand: The Story of the Dayton Wright Brothers at Kitty Hawk . New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., l983. B W954WE

Wolko, Howard S. The Wright Flyer: An Engineering Perspective . Dayton Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution, l987. 629.133 W9543

Wright Laboratory, Wright_Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio . Dayton Washington, D. C.: Dept. of the Air Force, l991[?]. 629.109 W954

31 Wright –Patterson Air Force Base, 1917-1967; 50 th Anniversary: A Dayton Pictorial Review . Riverside, CA: Armed Services Publishers, [1967]. 358.4 W9541

Wright Reminiscences . Dayton, Ohio: Compiled by Ivonette Wright Dayton Miller, l978. B W954MIL

Wright, Wilbur, 1867-1912. The Published Writings of Wilbur and Dayton Orville Wright . Washington, DC : Smithsonian Institution Press, 2000 B W954AAP

Young, Rosamond. Twelve Seconds to the Moon: A Story of the Wright Dayton Brothers . Dayton, Ohio: The Journal Herald, Inc., l978. B W954Y

Young, Rosamond McPherson and Catharine Fitzgerald. Twelve Dayton Seconds to the Moon: A Story of the Wright Brothers . Dayton, Ohio: B United States Air Force Museum Foundation, Inc., l983. W954Y 1983

SERIES II PRINTED MATERIAL

Subseries 1, Pamphlets

Box 1, Folder 1, Aeronautical Societies[A], 1909-1928 - 4 items

Abbot, Charles Greeley. “The Relations Between the Smithsonian Institution and the Wright Brothers,” Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 81, no. 5 (Sept. 29, l928): 1-27[?] (two copies).

Abbot, Charles Greeley. The 1914 Tests of the Langley "Aerodrome ," Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C., 1928 (two copies).

Aero Club of America , Douglas Taylor & Co., New York, l909, (WBL).

The Aeronautical Society of America , . New York, l914, (WBL).

Box 1, Folder 2, Aeronautical Writings, [A], 1911-1995 - 4 items

The Aeronautical Society of Great Britain , London, l913 [?], (WBL).

Aeronautical Society of Great Britain. First Report of the Bird Construction Committee , The Society, London, l911, (WBL).

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Aeronautical Systems Division , Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Dayton, Ohio, n.d.

Aeronautical Systems Division , Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Dayton, Ohio, n.d.

Box 1, Folder 3, Aeronautical Writings, [A-B], 1914-1996 -4 items

Albertson, Catherine Seyton. Wings Over Kill Devil and Legends of the Dunes of Dare , s.n., l940 [?]

Aldridge, James F. Wright Field's Five Foot Wind Tunnel , ASC History Office, Wright - Patterson AFB, Ohio, 1980-1995 [?].

Boekland, L. H. "The Invention of Celluloid" Dayton, reprint: Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry 6, no. 2 (Feb. l914) : 1-5, (WBL).

Brunsman, August E. The Odyssey of the 1903 "Kitty Hawk" , Kettering, Ohio, l996. Note: This is a manuscript; not for publication.

Box 1, Folder 4, Aeronautical Writings, [C-D], 1930-1978 - 4 items

Crouch, Tom D. "December: Diamond Anniversary of Man's Propulsion Skyward," Smithsonian , The Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum, Washington D C, Dec. l978.

Crouch, Tom D. The Giant Leap: A Chronology of Ohio Aerospace Events and Personalities, 1815-1969 , Ohio Historical Society, Columbus, OH, 1971.

Daniel Guggenheim Fund for the Promotion of Aeronautics. Equipment Used in Experiments to Solve the Problem of Fog Flying: A Record of the Instruments and Experience of the Fund’s Full Flight Laboratory , New York, l930, (WBL).

Daniel Guggenheim Fund for the Promotion of Aeronautics. The Final Report of the Daniel Guggenheim Fund For the Promotion of Aeronautics, 1929 , New York, Sept. 1930, (WBL).

Box 1, Folder 5, Aeronautical Writings, [D], 1926-1932 - 4 items

Daniel Guggenheim Fund for the Promotion of Aeronautics. The Daniel Guggenheim Medal for Achievement in Aeronautics: Biographies of Orville Wright Medalist for 1929, Ludwig Prandtl Medalist for l930, Frederic William Lanchester Medalist for l931, Juan De La Cierva Medalist for l932 , New York, l932, (WBL).

33 Daniel Guggenheim Fund for the Promotion of Aeronautics. The Second Report of the Daniel Guggenheim Fund for the Promotion of Aeronautics, 1928 , New York, l929, (WBL).

Daniel Guggenheim Fund for the Promotion of Aeronautics. Solving the Problem of Fog Flying , New York, l929, (WBL).

Daniel Guggenheim Fund for the Promotion of Aeronautics. Tentative Report on Program , New York, l926, (WBL).

Box 2, Folder 1, Aeronautical Writings, [E-F], l919-1961, (Oversize) - 3 items

East, Omega G. Wright Brothers National Memorial , National Park Service, Washington, D C, l961.

Egbert, Howard. The Shop that Became a Shrine: A Recital of the Real Story of the First Flight in an Aeroplane by Wilbur and Orville Wright of Dayton, Ohio , Dayton Chamber of Commerce, Dayton, Ohio, l928 (eleven copies).

From Dayton to the Argonne: How the Dayton Wright Airplane Company, Evolved From the Early Efforts of the Wright Brothers, Became in a Year's Time the World's Foremost Producers of Airplanes , Dayton Wright Airplane Co., Dayton, Ohio, [1919].

Box 2, Folder 2, Aeronautical Writings, [F], 1922 - 2 items

Fales, Elisha Noel. “Description of McCook Field 5-Foot Wind Tunnel,” Air Service Information Circular 5, no. 341 (May 15, l922), (WBL).

Fales, Elisha Noel and A. L. Morse. Report on Balance Alignment of the McCook Field 5-ft. Wind Tunnel.Test No. 38 by Airplane Section , War Dept., Air Service, Engineering Division, McCook Field, Dayton, Ohio, l922, (WBL).

Box 2, Folder 3, Aeronautical Writings, [F-K], l914-1967 - 7 items

Faroux, Ch. and Bonnet G. “Aero-Manual l914,” Repertoire Sportif, Technique et Commercial 8, (l914) : 3-18[?], [French](WBL).

Gibbs-Smith, Charles H. The Wright Brothers , Her Majesty's Stationery Office, London, England, l963.

“Golden Anniversary Observance of Man’s First Successful Powered Flight,” In House of Representatives , Proceedings at the Exercises Held at Wright Brothers National Memorial, Dec. 14-17, l953.

34 Hankin, E Hanbury. “Soaring Flight,” Transactions of the Norfolk and Norwich Naturalists’ Society , vol. I, Part V. (London: ASE Norwich, 1923-24) [?], (WBL).

Hankin, E Hanbury. “The Evolution of Flying Animals,” Transactions of the Norfolk and Norwich Naturalists’ Society , vol. 12, Part II. ( London: ASE Norwich, 1925-26) [?].Presidents’ address, n. d./ by E Hanbury . Hankin), (WBL).

Jordanoff, Assen. Men and Wings: The Story of Mans' Conquest of the Skies, Highspotting Its Milestones of Progress From the Eighteenth Century Experiments of the Montgolfier Brothers to the Builders of Military Aircraft in World War II , Curtiss-Wright Corporation, Buffalo, New York, l942.

Kelto, Kathy. Master Index to Wright Brothers-Charles F. Kettering Oral History Project , University of Dayton, Dayton, OH, l967.

Box 3, Folder 1, Aeronautical Writings, [L-M], l909-1936 (Oversize) - 4 items

Logarithms . n. d., (WBL).

Marshall, Fred F. The Wright Brothers Chronology Between 1903 to 1909 , Fred F. Marshall, Dayton, OH, [l9--].

Marshall, Fred F. The Wright Brothers Chronology From 1903 to 1909 , Fred F. Marshall, Xenia, [?] OH, l971 (two copies).

Morneweck, Evelyn Foster. The Birthplace of Stephen C. Foster as recorded by his Father, Mother and Brother and Other Contemporary Authorities , Privately published, l936, (WBL).

Box 3, Folder 2, Aeronautical Writings, [N-U], l935[?] - 4 items

National Air and Space Museum. The Wright Brothers, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D C, n.d.

National Cash Register Company, Dayton, Ohio: Hawthorn Hill , s. n., Dayton, Ohio, n. d. (two copies).

Randers-Pehrson, N. H. “Pioneer Wind Tunnels”, Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 93, no. 4 (Jan. 19, l935) : 1-24, (WBL).

The United States Air Force Central Museum, History of Military Flight , Wright- Patterson Air Force Base, Dayton, Ohio, n.d.

35 Box 3, Folder 3, Aeronautical Writings, [V-W] 1910-1940 - 4 items

Wright Aeronautical Corporation. First Name in Aviation: A Brief History of the Wright Aeronautical Corporation , New Jersey, 1940[?].

The Wright Brothers: As Scientists, They Discovered the Secret of Flight. As Inventors, Builders and Flyers, They Brought Aviation to the World , Carillon Park, Dayton, OH, n.d.(three copies).

The Wright Flyer , The Wright Co., Dayton, OH, 1910.

"Wright Field: The Army Tests Its Warplanes," Life Magazine, Dec. 4, l939.

Box 3, Folder 4, Aeronautical Writings, [W-Z], 1910-1967 - 5 items

Wright, Orville. The Early History of the Airplane, The Dayton-Wright Airplane Co., Dayton, OH, l922.

Wright Patterson Air Force Base. A Quick Look at WPAFB: The Electronic Warfare Laboratory, One of the Newest Facilities at Wright-Patterson AFB, Where the Air Force Avionics Laboratory Conducts In-House Research Projects , 15M, AFLC-WPAFB, Dayton, OH, Nov. 1967.

Wright, Wilbur. Some Aeronautical Experiments . reprint, Chicago: Western Society of Engineers, Dec. 1910.

Wright, Orville. Twenty-five Years Ago: How We Made the First Flight , (Dayton: Aviation, Dec., l928), 737-741.

Zahm, Albert Francis. “Hodgkins Fund: Report on European Aeronautical Laboratories” Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 62, no. 3, (l914): 1-2, (WBL).

Subseries 2, Rare Aeronautical Journals and Newsletters

Box 4, Folder 1, Bulletins, 1912 (oversize) - 1 item

Wright, Wilbur. The Aero Club of America Bulletin 1, no. 2 (July 1912) (WBL).

Box 5, Folder 1, Journals, 1894-1896 - 18 items

Wright, Wilbur. Snap Shots at Current Events , Wright Cycle Co. and Wright and Wright Printers, Dayton Ohio (WBL). Vol 1 no. 1 Oct. 20, 1894

Vol 1 no. 2 Oct. 27, 1894

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Vol 1 no. 3 Nov. 3, 1894

Vol 1 no. 4 Nov. 10, 1894

Vol 1 no. 5 Nov. 17, 1894

Vol 1 no. 6 Nov. 24, 1894

Vol 1 no. 7 Dec. 1, 1894

Vol 1 no. 8 Dec. 8, 1894

Vol 1 no. 9 Dec. 15, 1894

Vol 1 no. 10 Dec. 22, 1894

Vol 1 no. 11 Dec. 29, 1894

Vol 1 no. 12 Jan. 5, 1895

Vol 1 no. 13 Jan 19, 1895

Vol 2 no. 1 Feb. 29, 1896

Vol 2 no. 2 March 14, 1896

Vol 2 no. 3 March 21, 1896

Vol 2 no. 4 March 28, 1896

Vol 2 no. 5 April 4, 1896

Vol 2 no. 6 April 17, 1896

Box 5, Folder 2, Aeronautical Journals, 1898-1916 - 3 items

The Aeronautical Journal 2, no. 8 (October, l898) (WBL).

The Aeronautical Journal 20, no. 79 (July-September, l916) (WBL).

The Aeronautical Journal 25, no. 132 (December, l921) (WBL).

37 Box 5, Folder 3, Aeronautical Journals, 1923-1928 - 4 items

Aviation Progress , Air Service Committee of Dayton, Dayton, Ohio, Sept. 1, l923.

The Slipstream Monthly 5, no 10, (October, 1924).

Dayton Motor News 6, no 12, (December, l928).

The Early History of the Airplane , The Dayton-Wright Airplane Co., Dayton, Ohio, n.d.

Box 5, Folder 4, Aeronautical Journals, 1949 - 1 item

Air Affairs 2, no 4, (Winter 1949).

Box 5, Folder 5, Aeronautical Journals, 1953 - 1 item

The National Geographic Magazine 104, no. 6, (December, l953).

Box 6, Folder 1, Aeronautical Journals, 1953 - 3 items

Journal of the Royal Aeronautical Society , Royal Aeronautical Society, London, 1953.

Boeing Magazine 23, no 12, (December, l953).

National Committee to Observe the 50th Anniversary of Powered Flight. Fifty Years of Aviation Progress , Washington D.C., 1953.

Box 6, Folder 2, Aeronautical Journals, 1964 -1978 - 2 items

Gem City Savings Association. Gem City Saver , Dayton, Ohio, Fall l964.

Gem City Savings Association. Gem City Saver , Dayton, Ohio, Spring 1978.

Box 6, Folder 3, Aeronautical Journals, 1970-1980 - 4 items

NCR World 3, no 4, (September-October, 1970).

NCR World 13, no 4, (Fourth Quarter, 1978).

Dayton Air Fair 1903-1978: Dayton Celebrates the 75th Anniversary of Powered Flight , Dayton, Ohio, l978.

The Wheelmen , no 17, (November, 1980).

Box 6, Folder 4, Aeronautical Journals, 1994- 2 items

38 American History Illustrated 28, no 6, (January-February l994).

Aldridge, James F. Wright From the Start , Aeronautical Systems Center, Air Force Materiel Command, Wright Patterson AFB, Ohio, n.d.

Box 6, Folder 5, Newsletters, 1967-1999 - 7 items

Access , (Spring 1995).

Dayton's Aviation Heritage , no 1, (February 1990).

Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park , no 3, (June l997)(two copies).

Historical Bulletin , (Spring 1967).

The 2003 Gazette , (Summer 1995-Summer 1998). Note: Not all issues are included

Wright Dunbar-Heritage News , (Spring 1997-August 1997). Note: Not all issues are included

The Wright Flyer , (August 1997-November 1999). Note: Not all issues are included

The Wright Times , (July, 1997).

Subseries 3, Programs

Box 7, Folder 1, Programs, 1888-1924 - 10 items

National Aeronautic Association (U.S.), Dayton Chapter. Rules and Entry Blank International Air Races Oct. 2, 3, 4 , The Chapter, Dayton, Ohio, l924.

Third Annual Banquet of the Annual Club of T. D. B. : program held at the residence of Mr. Frank J. Gilbert, Nov. 3rd, l888.

Fourth Annual Banquet of the Annual Club of T. D. B. : program held at the residence of Mr. Wilbur E. Landis, Oct. 31, l889.

Fifth Annual Banquet of the Annual Club of T. D. B. : program held at the residence of Lorin and Wilbur Wright, Nov. 1, l890.

39 Sixth Annual Banquet of the Annual Club of T. D. B. : program held at the residence of Mr. Chas. W. Olinger, Oct. 31, l891.

Twelfth Annual Banquet of the Annual Club of T. D. B. : program held at the residence of Mr. Wilbur E. Landis, Dec. 3, l898. Note: All of the above programs were originally in the possession of Mr. Milton Wright.

The Wright Brothers Home Celebration : Official Program: Dayton, Ohio, June 17 and 18, l909.

Public Testimonial, Aviation Dinner : program by American Legion, Dayton, Ohio, May 28, l923.

International Air Races: program by Winton L. Miller, Dayton, Ohio, Oct. 2,3,4, 1924 (three copies).

Annual Banquet, National Aeronautic Association: program by The International Air Races, Dayton, Ohio, Oct. 3d, l924.

Box 7, Folder 2, Programs, 1927-1929 - 4 items

Dedication of Wright Field : program at Wright Field [?], Dayton, Ohio, October, l927.

Dinner of the Nomad Club in Honor of Mr. Orville Wright Celebrating the 25th Anniversary of the First Flight : program, Dayton, Ohio, Nov. 29, l928.

Official Program: Observance by the City of Dayton, Ohio of the Twenty-Fifth Anniversary of the First Aeroplane Flight by Wilbur and Orville Wright: program, Dayton, Ohio, Dec. 9, 10, l928 (two copies).

Fairfield Air Depot: program for demonstration, Dayton, Ohio, May 25, l929.

Box 7, Folder 3, Programs, 1932-1945 - 9 items

Dedication Wright Memorial Kill Devil Hills, Kitty Hawk: program, North Carolina, November 19, l932 (two copies). Attached: A label saying: "Wright Memorial Guest," November 19, l932. Attached: A brochure titled: Carolina's Greatest Ocean County: Birthplace of the Colonies--1584, Birthplace of Aviation--l903 . The Dare County Chamber of Commerce, Manteo, North Carolina, n.d.

40 Smile: Get Acquainted Program: program by Fellowship Committee of the Rotary Club of Dayton, Dayton, Ohio, Nov. 28, l932.

A Celebration in Honor of Wilbur and Orville Wright: program by The Edison Institute, Dearborn, Michigan, April 16, l938.

Information for Guests at a Celebration in Honor of Wilbur and Orville Wright: by Edison Institute, Dearborn, Michigan, April 16, l938. Attached: Seating arrangement for the dinner.

Air Corps, U. S. Army: program, Wright Field, Dayton, Ohio, August 2, 1939.

Dedication Wright Brothers Hill: program by The Wilbur and Orville Wright Memorial Commission, National Aviation Day, Dayton, Ohio, August 19, l940. Attached: An invitation with two tickets, addressed to Mr. and Mrs. Harold S. Miller and Family. Two official stickers for the Dedication, one having the signature of Edward A. Deeds , and a note giving instructions where to place the sticker. A note saying that "the commission thought the bearer would be interested in reading about the dedication in this edition of the NCR Factory News ." The newsletter, NCR Factory News , August-September, l940 is included.

1941's Greatest Sky Spectacle: program, by Dayton's Municipal Airport, Vandalia, Ohio, Aug. 31-Sept. 1, 1941.

Air Force Day: 38th Anniversary of the Army Air Forces: program, by WPAFB [?], Dayton, Ohio, Aug. 1st., l945.

Army Air Forces Fair: program, n.p., October 13, 14, l945.

Box 7, Folder 4, Programs, 1948-1949 - 4 items

Smile: Something You Have Missed in Life: program by Dayton Rotary, Feb. 12, l948.

Ceremonies Attending the Presentation of the Wright Brothers' Aeroplane of l903 by the Estate of Orville Wright: program by The Smithsonian Institution, Washington D. C., Dec. 17, l948. Attached: An invitation for the above program

1903-1949: Anniversary of Flight: program by the Dayton Chamber of Commerce, Dayton, Ohio, n.d.

"Kill Devil Hills," National Memorial, North Carolina, 1951.

41 Box 8, Folder 1, Programs, 1953-1954 - 4 items

National Aircraft Show, Sept. 5, 6, 7: program, by National Aircraft Show, Municipal Airport, Dayton, Ohio, l953.

Official Celebration of the 50th Anniversary of Powered Flight: program by the Dayton, Ohio, Chamber of Commerce, Dec. 16, 17, 1953. Attached: First Day of Issue: U.S. 6 cents Air Mail Postage Stamp Commemorating 50th Anniversary of Powered Flight: program by the American Air Mail Society, May 29, l953.

Program of Exercises at the Illumination of New Portion and Dedication of the Rotunda Frieze, Combining the Efforts of Constantino Brumidi, Filippo Costaggini and Allyn Cox in the Rotunda of the United States Capitol: program by the Congress of the United States, Washington D. C. , May 11, l954. Attached: House of Representatives Restaurant U. S. Capitol: Menu Attached: Two admission tickets for Harold S. Miller and a House of Representatives visitor's pass for H.S.Miller.

National Aircraft Show, Sept. 4,5,6 : program by National Aircraft Show, Dayton, Ohio, J. M. Cox Municipal Airport, l954.

Box 8, Folder 2, Programs, 1954-1966 - 3 items

"Wilbur and Orville Wright and Their Accomplishments," An Oil Painting by Dwight Mutchler: dedication, Public Works Department of Ohio and the Ohio Historical Society, Dec. 17, l959 (three copies).

Wright Brothers National Memorial: program, National Park Service, North Carolina, 1959.

Sixty-first Anniversary of the First Flight: program by the Wright Brothers, Kill Devil Hills, Memorial Society, Dec. 17, l964. Attached: Gowen, Howerton. "Greetings: The Wrights at Kitty Hawk"/Poem, Dec. 17, l966. Attached: December 21, l966 From Howerton Gowen to the Director of the Dayton and Montgomery County Public Library. Mr. Gowen is donating the above program and poem to the Library.

Box 8, Folder 3, Programs, 1967-1993 - 18 items

42 Unveiling of the Busts and Tablets for Wilbur Wright and Orville Wright in the Auditorium of the Library of New York University: program by the New York University, New York, May 7, l967.

Dayton-Le Mans: Sixtieth Anniversary of Wright Brothers' Flights in Europe: program by the Municipality of Le Mans, France, Oct. 19, l969. Attached: "Donald L. Dahlman to Represent Dayton in Le Mans, France," For Immediate Release, WLWD 2 News, Dayton, Ohio, Oct. 6, 1969.

The Wright Brothers: Orville and Wilbur [GMD] / Public Broadcasting Service ; written and directed by Arthur Barron: program, South Carolina, June 21, l971. Attached: ETV Guide: South Carolina Educational Television Network Programs , March l971. Attached: A note from Amanda C. Pope to Mr. and Mrs. Miller; Mrs Pope sent the above program and the Guide to the Miller family.

The Launching of "Kitty Hawk,": program, Midland, Ontario, Canada, June 29, l975. Attached: The presentation written by Ivonette Miller as well as the description of all the events that took place during the program.

The Sky's The Limit: program, presented by Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio, July 24, 1976 [?]. Attached: Song Lyrics. Attached: A newspaper clipping: "Musical to Premiere July 24: The Sky's the Limit!," University Times , July, l976 [?].

Dayton Air Fair, l903-l978: program, Dayton, Ohio, l978.

Dayton Air Fair '79, The Nation's Largest Air Show and Exposition: program, Dayton International Airport and Dayton Convention Center, Dayton, Ohio, l979.

Dayton Air Fair 1980: program, Dayton International Airport, Dayton, Ohio, l980.

Wings of the Future, Dayton Air Fair l981: program, Dayton International Airport, Dayton, Ohio, l981.

Dayton International Air Show and Trade Exposition: program by Dayton Area Chamber of Commerce, City of Dayton, Department of Aviation, July 22-25, Dayton, Ohio, l982.

43 Dayton International Air Show and Trade Exposition: program by Dayton Area Chamber of Commerce, City of Dayton, Department of Aviation, July 18-21, Dayton, Ohio, l985.

The Dayton Air and Trade Show: program, Dayton International Airport, July 21-22, Dayton, Ohio, l988.

The Spirit, The Challenge, The Achievement of Aviation's Modern Pioneers: Dayton Air and Trade Show: program, Dayton International Airport, July 21-24, Dayton, Ohio, l990.

A Memorial Service for Harold S. Miller: program, First Baptist Church, Dayton, Ohio, July 24, 1991.

A Festival of Aviation History in Celebration of the Tenth Anniversary of Aviation Trail: program, Carillon Historical Park, Dayton, Ohio, Sept. 14-15, l991.

Flightspeed '93, Dayton Air Show: program by The Dayton Area Chamber of Commerce and the City of Dayton, Dayton, Ohio, l993.

The 90th Anniversary of Powered Flight: program, Aviation Trail, Inc., Dayton, Ohio, Dec. 17, l993.

1903-1993: 90th First Flight Anniversary: program, Aviation Trail, Inc., Dayton, Ohio, Dec. 17, l993. Attached: Reservation for the program.

Box 8, Folder 4, Programs, 1994-1998 -17 items

"Pathways to Flight" Kick-Off Celebrates Wright Birthday at Carillon Historical Park: program, Dayton, Ohio, April 12, 1994.

Dedication of the General James H. Doolittle Acquisition Management Complex and the Lieutenant General James T. Stewart Hall: program, Aeronautical Systems Center, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Dayton, Ohio, Sept. 16, l994.

Memorial Service for Ivonette Wright Miller: program, First Baptist Church of Dayton Dayton, Ohio, October 10, l995 (three copies).

Dayton the Birthplace of Aviation: program, [no name of sponsor or place], l995.

The Press/Public Reaction to the Wright Brothers: symposium on Early Flight, University Libraries, Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio, Jan. 19, l996.

Remembering Orville Wright: Seventeenth Annual Luncheon: program, Friends of the Libraries, Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio, May 21, l996.

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Keys to the Wright Brothers' Success: program, The Dayton and Montgomery County Public Library, Dayton, Ohio, Aug. 22, l996 [?] (two copies).

The Spirit of Flight: program, National Hall of Fame Enshrinement by United States Air Force Museum, Wright Patterson Air Force Base, Dayton, Ohio, July 19, l996. Attached: Program

Reunion Luncheon of McCook Field/Wright Field Employees on the Birthday of Orville Wright: program by Aviation Trail, Dayton, Ohio, Aug. 19, l996.

What Dreams We Have and How They Fly: program by The 2003 Committee Celebrating Dayton's Heritage, Dayton, Ohio, l996.

Wright Brothers National Memorial: General Management Plan: program by National Park Service, North Carolina, 1996.

Commencement Exercises for the Awarding of an Honorary Diploma to Orville Wright: program, Oakwood High School, Oakwood, Ohio, Dec. 13, l997.

Trailblazer Award Banquet and Ceremony in Honor of Wilbur Wright's 130th Birthday: program, Aviation Trail, Dayton, Ohio, April 16, l997. Attached: Reservation

Eightieth Anniversary of McCook Field: program, Aviation Trail, Dayton, Ohio, Aug. 19, l997.

First-Flight Luncheon Celebrating the 94th Anniversary of the Wright Brothers' l903 First Powered Flight: program by Aviation Trail and Aeronautical Systems Center, Dec. 17, l997.

Trailblazer Award Banquet and Ceremony in Honor of Wilbur Wright's 131st Birthday: program, Aviation Trail, Dayton, Ohio, April 16, l998. Attached: Reservation

Flight and Public Policy Flight, Science, and Technology Flight, Society, and Culture: The Meaning of Flight in the 20th Century: preliminary program, Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio, Oct. 3, l998. Attached: The World Takes Flight: program, Aero Conference, Wright State University, Dayton, OH, 1998

45 96th Anniversary of the Wright Brothers' 1903 First Powered Flight: program, Aviation Trail and Aeronautical Systems Center in cooperation with Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park and Dayton Aviation Heritage Commission, Dayton, OH 1999.

Subseries 4, Newspapers and Newspaper Clippings - Oversize

Box 9, Folder 1, Newspapers, 1889 - 12 items (WBL)

West Side News , Dayton, OH: Vol I, no 1 March 1, 1889 (two copies)

Vol I, no 2 March 16, 1889

Vol I, no 3 March 23, 1889

Vol I, no 4 March 30, 1889

Vol I, no 5 April 6, 1889

Vol I, no 6 April 13, 1889

Vol I, no 7 April 20, 1889

Vol I, no 8 April 27, 1889

Vol I, no 9 May 5, 1889

Vol I, no 10 May 11, 1889

Vol I, no 11 May 18, 1889

Vol I, no 12 May 25, 1889

Box 9, Folder 2, Newspapers, 1889- 15 items

West Side News , Dayton, OH: Vol I, no 13 June 1, 1889

Vol I, no 14 June 8, 1889

Vol I, no 15 June 15, 1889

46 Vol I, no 16 June 22, 1889

Vol I, no 17 July 3, 1889

Vol I, no 18 July 13, 1889

Vol I, no 19 July 20, 1889

Vol I, no 20 July 31, 1889

Vol I, no 21 August 10, 1889

Vol I, no 22 August 17, 1889

Vol I, no 23 August 24, 1889 (two copies)

Vol I, no 24 September 7, 1889

Vol I, no 25 September 14, 1889

Vol I, no 26 September 21, 1889

Vol I, no 27 September 28, 1889

Box 9, Folder 3, Newspapers, 1889 - 12 items

West Side News , Dayton, OH: Vol I, no 28 October 5, 1889

Vol I, no 29 October 12, 1889

Vol I, no 30 October 19, 1889

Vol I, no 31 October 26, 1889

Vol I, no 32 November 2, 1889

Vol I, no 33 November 9, 1889 (two copies)

Vol I, no 34 November 16, 1889

47 Vol I, no 35 November 23, 1889

Vol I, no 36 November 30, 1889

Vol I, no 37 December 7, 1889

Vol I, no 39 December 21, 1889

Vol I, no 40 December 28, 1889

Box 9, Folder 4, Newspapers, 1890-1891 - 14 items

West Side News , Dayton, OH: January 3, 1890 Vol I, no 41

Vol I, no 42 January 11, 1890

Vol I, no 43 January 18, 1890

Vol I, no 44 January 25, 1890

Vol I, no 45 February 1, 1890

Vol I, no 46 February 8, 1890

Vol I, no 47 February 15, 1890

Vol I, no 48 February 22, 1890

Vol I, no 50 March 8, 1890

Vol I, no 51 March 15, 1890

Vol I, no 52 March 22, 1890

Vol II, no 1 March 29, 1890

Vol II, no 2 April 5, 1890

Vol [?] May 2, 1891

Box 10, Folder 1, Newspapers, 1883-1890 - 14 items

Richmond Item , Richmond, Indiana, September 10, 1883.

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The Evening Item , Dayton, OH:

Vol I, no 1 April 30, 1890

Vol I, no 2 May 1, 1890

Vol I, no 3 May 2, 1890

Vol I, no 4 May 3, 1890

Vol I, no 5 May 5, 1890

Vol I, no 6 May 6, 1890

Vol I, no 7 May 7, 1890

Vol I, no 8 May 8, 1890

Vol I, no 9 May 9, 1890

Vol I, no 10 May 10, 1890

Vol I, no 11 May 12, 1890

Vol I, no 12 May 13, 1890

Vol I, no 13 May 14, 1890

Box 10, Folder 2, Newspapers, 1890 -15 items

The Evening Item, Dayton , OH: Vol I, no 14 May 15, 1890

Vol I, no 15 May 16, 1890

Vol I, no 16 May 17, 1890

Vol I, no 17 May 19, 1890

Vol I, no 18 May 20, 1890

49 Vol I, no 19 May 21, 1890

Vol I, no 20 May 22, 1890

Vol I, no 21 May 23, 1890

Vol I, no 22 May 24, 1890

Vol I, no 23 May 26, 1890

Vol I, no 24 May 27, 1890

Vol I, no 25 May 28, 1890

Vol I, no 26 May 29, 1890

Vol I, no 27 May 30, 1890

Vol I, no 28 May 31, 1890

Box 10, Folder 3, Newspapers, 1890 - 12 items

The Evening Item , Dayton, OH: Vol I, no 29 June 2, 1890

Vol I, no 30 June 3, 1890

Vol I, no 31 June 4, 1890

Vol I, no 32 June 5, 1890

Vol I, no 33 June 6, 1890

Vol I, no 34 June 7, 1890

Vol I, no 35 June 9, 1890

Vol I, no 36 June 10, 1890

Vol I, no 37 June 11, 1890

Vol I, no 38 June 12, 1890

50 Vol I, no 39 June 13, 1890

Vol I, no 40 June 14, 1890

Box 11, Folder 1, Newspapers, 1890 - 13 items

The Evening Item , Dayton, OH: Vol I, no 41 June 16, 1890

Vol I, no 42 June 17, 1890

Vol I, no 43 June 18, 1890

Vol I, no 44 June 19, 1890

Vol I, no 45 June 20, 1890

Vol I, no 46 June 21, 1890

Vol I, no 47 June 23, 1890

Vol I, no 48 June 24, 1890

Vol I, no 49 June 25, 1890

Vol I, no 50 June 26, 1890

Vol I, no 51 June 27, 1890

Vol I, no 52 June 28, 1890

Vol I, no 53 June 30, 1890

Box 11, Folder 2, Newspapers, 1890 - 14 items

The Evening Item , Dayton, OH: Vol I, no 54 July 1, 1890

Vol I, no 55 July 2, 1890

Vol I, no 56 July 3, 1890

Vol I, no 57 July 5, 1890

51 Vol I, no 58 July 7, 1890

Vol I, no 59 July 8, 1890 (two copies)

Vol I, no 60 July 9, 1890

Vol I, no 61 July 10, 1890

Vol I, no 62 July 11, 1890

Vol I, no 63 July 12, 1890

Vol I, no 64 July 14, 1890

Vol I, no 65 July 15, 1890

Vol I, no 66 July 16, 1890

Box 11, Folder 3, Newspapers, 1890 - 12 items

The Evening Item , Dayton, OH: Vol I, no 67 July 17, 1890

Vol I, no 68 July 18, 1890

Vol I, no 69 July 19, 1890

Vol I, no 70 July 21, 1890

Vol I, no 71 July 22, 1890

Vol I, no 72 July 23, 1890

Vol I, no 73 July 24, 1890

Vol I, no 74 July 25, 1890

Vol I, no 75 July 26, 1890

Vol I, no 76 July 28, 1890

Vol I, no 77 July 29, 1890

52 Vol I, no 78 July 30, 1890

Box 12, Folder 1, Newspaper clippings, 1903-1928 - 11 items

"Dayton Boys Emulate Great Santos-Dumont: Orville and Wilbur Wright Build an Airship That Makes Three Successful Trials; Tests Held in Secret on the Carolina Coast," The Dayton Daily News , Dec. 18, 1903. Note: Evening edition only

"Dayton Boys Fly Airship: Machine Makes High Speed in the Teeth of a Gale and Lands at the Point Selected; Problem of Aerial Navigation Solved; Ascent Made at Isolated Spot on Carolina Coast, Where Wrights Experimented for Three Years," The Dayton Evening Herald , Dec. 18, 1903. Attached: Jan. 23, 1962 From Miss Jan Janis, Historian, Air Force Museum, WPAFB, to Mr. Randall, Dayton Public Library. Apparently the Air Force Museum was disposing of some of its items; the Museum donated a negative copy of page 1 of the Dec. 18, 1903 issue of the Dayton Evening Herald and also donated postcards of the Wright brothers' homecoming celebration in 1910.

"Flying Machine Soars Three Miles in Teeth of High Wind Over Sand Hills and Waves at Kitty Hawk on Carolina Coast: No Balloon Attached to Aid It; Three Years of Hard, Secret Work by Two Ohio Brothers Crowned With Success; Accomplished What Langley Failed at; With Man as Passenger Huge Machine Flew Like Bird Under Perfect Control; Box Kite Principle With Two Propellers," Virginian-Pilot , Dec. 18, 1903 [two copies].

"Machine That Can Really Fly Is Successfully Navigated By Dayton Brothers. Huge Kite Soars Above the Carolina Coast Under Perfect Control and a Rapid Speed in the Teeth of a Stiff and Steady Storm. Gasoline Engine Puts the Propellers in Motion. The Ohio Inventors Sought to Hide the Secret of Their Apparatus By Choosing an Isolated Spot," Cincinnati Enquirer , Dec. 18, 1903.

"Airship Made By Wright Brothers of Dayton, Said to Have Made a Successful Test," Cincinnati Post , Dec. 19, 1903.

"Ohio Inventors and Their Airship," Cincinnati Enquirer , Dec. 19, 1903.

"Dedication of Wright Field By Government Officials Will Provide United States With World's Largest Aviation Plant," Aviation Progress , Oct. 8, 1927.

53 "Dayton Commemorates 25th Anniversary of Aviation: Wright Brothers First to Conquer the Air on December 17th 1903," The Dayton Daily News , Dec. 16, 1928.

"Crack Wright Field Pilot is Decorated By General Fechet," untitled, n.d.

Box 12, Folder 2, Newspaper clippings, 1932-1938 - 8 items

Lyman, Lauren D. "Along the World's Broad Airways: Honor for the Wrights; Monument Marking First Flight to Be Unveiled Next Saturday; Land Blind in Air Corps; Novel Device Simulates Instrument Flight at Kelly Field," " The New York Times , Nov. 13, 1932.

"Dedication Wright Memorial Saturday, November 19th: To Be One of the Most Impressive and Spectacular Historic Events in North Carolina in Many Years; Distinguished Cabinet Members, Governors, Members of Congress, Representatives of Foreign Countries and Notable Airmen to Participate," The Independent , Nov. 18, 1932.

"Wright Brothers Memorial Dedicated: Secretary of War Praises Two Pioneers," The Dayton Daily News , Nov. 19, 1932.

"The Epic Etched in Kitty Hawk's Sands: Orville Wright Looks Back to the Flight of the First Plane and Toward the Future of the World It Changed," The New York Times , Dec. 11, 1932.

"Wrights' Home, Shop in Dearborn," The Dayton Daily News , April 17, 1938.

"Orville and Wilbur 'Two Happiest Men,' Carolinians Recall," Dayton Journal , April 17, l938.

Stark, George W. "Leaders Pay Tribute to Wrights: Brothers' Memorial Dedicated; Simplicity Keynote at Greenfield Village," The Detroit News , April 17, 1938.

Carr, Lewis. "Time Marches Backward to Early 1900's, Wrights: Shy Brothers Objects of Amazement and Skepticism to Fellow Daytonians," Dayton Journal , Dec. 11, l938.

Box 12, Folder 3, Newspaper clippings, 1940-1948 - 14 items

"Dedicate Memorial to Famous Brothers Tomorrow: New Wright Park Looks Down on Lovely Vistas," Journal-Herald , Aug. 18, 1940.

"The Day, We Trust, Is Near to Return to America: A Priceless Heritage," The Dayton Daily News , Aug. 20, 1940. "Wright Hill Dedicated; Return of Plane Urged," Dayton Journal , Aug. 20, 1940.

54 "Full Credit Given Wrights as Plane Pioneers by Smithsonian: 28-Year Stand of Institution Now Reversed," The Dayton Daily News , Oct. 24, 1942.

"Orville Wright: 40 Years After He Visioned Flight Then…Eyes New Horizons Now," Journal-Herald , (Spotlight), Dec. 12, 1943.

"Orville Wright Funeral Arranged for Monday," The Dayton Daily News , Jan. 31, 1948.

"Orville Wright's Funeral Monday: Famous Inventor Dies in Sleep of Heart Attack," The Dayton Herald , Jan. 31, 1948.

"Orville Wright Dies in Sleep: Famed Dayton Inventor Victim of Heart Illness; Relatives at Bedside," Dayton Journal , Jan. 31, 1948 (two copies).

"Services Are Held for Orville Wright," The Dayton Daily News , Feb. 2, l948.

"Orville Wright Funeral Arranged for Monday: Noted Inventor Dies in Sleep Four Days After Heart Attack," The Dayton Daily News , Feb. 2, 1948.

Kany, A. S. "Pupils Pay Tribute to Orville Wright: Final Tribute Paid Orville Wright," The Dayton Herald , Feb. 2, 1948.

"Dayton Daily Camera News: Following Church Services; Large Crowd at Church; Wright Grave From Air; Procession Down Main Street; Mourned by Young and Old; Procession Closeup; Relatives Leave," The Dayton Daily News , Feb. 3, 1948.

"Dayton Pays Tribute as Plane Inventor Goes to Rest," The Dayton Herald , Feb. 3, 1948.

"Thousands Honor Orville Wright: Inventor Eulogized at Rites; Dayton, Nation Bow Their Heads to Air Pioneer," Dayton Journal , Feb. 3, 1948.

Box 13, Folder 1, Newspaper clippings, 1950-1953 - 7 items

Collins, Larry. "Carillon Park: Relics of Early America and Progressive Dayton Displayed in Ideal Setting. Grounds Open June 4, " The Dayton Daily News, May 28, 1950. Note: The third airplane which Orville and Wilbur Wright built was restored and is one of the key exhibits.

Mason, Robert. "When Flying Was News: Three Young Fellows Were Shy on Facts But They Knew They Had Something BIG," Norfolk Virginian-Pilot , Dec. 17, 1950.

Jenkins, Burris Jr. "The Eagle's Brood! Airpower and Security," New York Journal- American , Dec. 27, l950.

55

"Fifty Years of Aviation: From Kitty Hawk to Tomorrow; A Ride Through the Sound Barrier," The New York Times , Oct. 11, l953.

"Flight Celebration: Dignitaries Arriving for Flight Ceremony," The Dayton Daily News , Dec. 16, 1953.

"Dayton Pays Tribute to Wilbur and Orville Wright," The Dayton Daily News , Dec. 17, 1953.

"Dayton Has Remained Leader in Air Development Since First Wright Flights," Journal Herald , Dec. 17, 1953.

Box 13, Folder 2, Newspaper clippings, 1955-1969 - 11 items

"Millville Would Restore Air Pioneer's Birthplace," The Dayton Daily News , Aug. 14, 1955.

Cull, Dick Jr. "Air Center Honors Wrights," The Dayton Daily News , Dec. 6, 1959.

"Flying With Wrights," The Dayton Daily News , Oct. 23, 1960.

Fleming, Karol. "He Helped Give Wings to World," untitled, l960 [?].

Goulder, Grace. "Memories of Wright: Uncle Wil and Uncle Orv Made Wonderful Fudge," The Cleveland Plain Dealer , Jan. 3, 1965.

Shupp, Cleo. "He Gave Power to Early Wings," The Dayton Daily News , Aug. 29, 1965.

Osler, Jack M. "First Plane Parts Were Made in Wright Bike Shop," The Dayton Daily News , June 2, 1968.

Lacey, Betty. "Hawthorn Hill Happy Example of Orville Wright's Ingenuity," Journal Herald , June 10, 1969 (two copies).

Marshall, Fred. "The Wright Brothers-1903 to 1908: They Flew But Few Believed," The Columbus Dispatch , Aug. 24, 1969.

"Wrights' Friends Soon Learned Practical Jokes Always Lurked," Kettering-Oakwood Times , Nov. 9, 1969.

"Bike Mechanics Showed up Engineers With Wind Tunnel," Kettering Oakwood Times , Nov. 9, 1969.

56 Thomas, Bill. "Men of Character, Wit and Curiosity: Despite Great Tributes, The Wright Brothers Remained Humble," The Dayton Daily News , Dec. 14, 1969.

Box 14, Folder 1, Newspaper clippings, 1970-1979 - 15 items

Roberts, Frank M. "Wright Brothers 'Struck' by Lone Worker," The Dayton Daily News , March 22, 1970.

Thomas, Joan. "Orville Wright: He Was Shy to the End," Kettering-Oakwood Times , July 23, 1970.

Jones, Jack. "Camera View of Dayton History: The Good Times and the Bad," The Dayton Daily News , Dec. 13, 1970.

Roberts, Frank. "Film Takes Wing on the Banks," The Virginian-Pilot , Jan. 31, 1971.

"Wright Brothers, '71 Style, End Up in Cow Pasture," Daily Enterprise , Feb. 23, 1971.

"Wright Flight Reruns Attract Many From Afar," The Coastland Times , March 11, 1971.

Roberts, Frank. "Wright Brothers Wing Way to Film," The Dayton Daily News , May 9, 1971.

"Riding High With the Wheelmen: Wright Cycle Shop Dedication Set," The Dayton Daily News , April 30, 1972.

"Wright Exhibit to Be a 'First' , " Kettering-Oakwood , Jan. 30, 1974.

Schweller, Adele U. "Wright Legacy: Furniture and Accessories From Wright Home on Display at Kettering-Moraine Museum," The Dayton Daily News , Aug. 11, l974.

"Re-Launching of 'Kitty Hawk' Is Slated for Sunday at Midland Town Dock: Report," The Free Press , June 25, 1975.

Whittington, Shirley. " Orville Wright's Connection With Georgian Bay," untitled, Sept. 28, 1977.

Rogers, Gen. F. M. "Wright-Patterson: 'All That Land Across the Valley;' It All Began in the Wright Brothers' Run-Down Hangar, and Its History Is Really Also the History of the United States Air Force," The Dayton Daily News, Dec. 11, l977.

"A Tribute to The Wright Brothers," University Times , Wright State University, Dayton, OH, Dec. 22, 1978.

57 "WSU Dedicates Wright Brothers Collection," University Times , Wright State University, Dayton, OH, Jan. 2, 1979.

Box 14, Folder 2, Newspaper clippings, 1980- 12 items

Combs, Harry B. "Four Flights at Kill Devil," The Dayton Daily News , Jan. 27, 1980.

Young, Roz. "Inventing the Airplane …One More Time", The Dayton Daily News , March 6, 1983.

Filips, Janet. "The Wright Cycle Co.: The Wright Stuff; Cycle Shop Stirs Memories of 'Uncle Or and Uncle Will' ," The Journal Herald , Oct. 31, 1983.

Young, Roz. "No Time For Women in Wright Brothers Lives," The Dayton Daily News , Dec. 18, 1983.

"Greater Dayton: Rich Aviation History," The Dayton Daily News , July 20, 1986.

Stough, Charles. "Brothers Often Fought for Wrights in Court," The Dayton Daily News , June 7, 1987.

"It's Wright for Dayton: Birthplace of Aviation Must Reclaim Its Past," The Dayton Daily News , June 29, 1989.

Hankey, Bob. "Before Kittyhawk: Wright Brothers Kept Feet on Ground Long Enough to Build Profitable Careers in Bicycles, Printing," The Dayton Daily News , June 29, 1989.

Davis, Mickey. "Local Artist Has Had a Lifelong Love Affair with Aviation, Now He's Doing Wilbur Right," The Dayton Daily News , Oct. 4, 1990.

"Dayton Air Show: Dayton International Airport, July 21-23, l995," The Dayton Daily News , July 19, 1995.

Gasior, Anne. "Wright Brothers Musical Takes Flight," The Dayton Daily News , May 24, 1996.

"From First Flight to New Heights: John Glenn An American Hero," The Dayton Daily News , Nov. 8, 1998.

Fisher, Matt. "Springfielder Helped Wrights Fly," Local/State , Springfield, OH, June 17, 1999.

58 Subseries 5, Magazine Articles and Miscellaneous Brochures

Box 15, Folder 1, Magazine Articles, 1912-1951 - 43 items

"Wilbur Wright, The Son of Bishop Milton Wright D. D. Died May 30, 1912…," The Christian Conservator , (1912): 1.

"What Science Owes to Wright Brothers: A Complete Resume of the Early Wright Experiments," The Slipstream , [?] April, l928.

"Previous Attempt of Orville Wright to Gain Justice Through Government Official," The Slipstream , [?] April, 1928.

Marshall, Fred. "Orville Wright Accuses Smithsonian: Reticence of Famous Air Pioneer Broken to Defend Honors Undermined by Subtle Propaganda of Museum Officials," The Slipstream , [?] April, l928.

"Building the Original Wright Motor: Worlds First Airplane Mechanic Relates How Unique Power Plant Was Developed," The Slipstream , [?] May 1928. Attached: Foreign Expressions Concerning Wright Brothers' Plane: British Air Authority Makes Light of Wright Gift---Discounts Wright's Scientific Contributions," The Slipstream , [?] n.d.

Walcott, Charles. "What Walcott Says for Professor Langley," The Slipstream , [?] n.d.

Bailey, Ethel H. "Katharine Wright Helped Brothers," 1928 [?]. Attached: "Wrights Honored: Kitty Hawk Scene of International Aero Celebration," The Dayton Daily News , Dec. 17, l928. Attached: "Wright Would Brave Storm, Flyer Recalls: Plane Inventor Offered to Defy Elements Before Crowd of 100,000," The Dayton Daily News , Dec. 17, l928. Attached: "Wright Tells Why He Has Not Flown Plane for Decade: Rheumatism Denies Inventor Thrill of Piloting Ship, He Explains in Interview. Thinks Aviation Nearing Limit," The Dayton Daily News , Dec. 17, 1928. Attached: "Capital Recalls Bicycle Shop Owner's Efforts to Sell Airplane to U. S., " The Dayton Daily News , Dec. 17, 1928. Attached: "Man, Who Scooped World on First Flight, Learns Why Data Was Inaccurate," The Dayton Daily News , Dec. 17, 1928.

59 Wright, Orville. "Twenty Five Years Ago the Man….," Dayton Motor News , Dec., 1928. Attached: Burba, Howard. "On a Bleak December Day," Dayton Motor News , Dec., l928. Attached: "Aviation Leaders Pay Wrights Tribute," Dayton Motor News , Dec., l928. Attached: "From Kitty Hawk We Have Reached This," Dayton Motor News , Dec., l928. Attached: "How Two Dayton Boys Solved the Age-Old Secrets of the Birds," Dayton Motor News , Dec., l928.

"Orville Wright, Co-inventor of the Airplane, Dies at Dayton, 44 Years After First Flight," National Aeronautics and Flight Plan , February, l948.

"Sympathy," First Baptist Courier , 15, no 23 (1948): 1.

"Easter Morn and Kitty Kawk," First Baptist Courier, 15, no 31 (1948): 3.

Kelly, Fred C. "The Trend of Affairs: Orville Wright at Work," The Technology Review 50, no. 6 (l948): 309.

"How U.S. Naval Aviation Was Born," Look , (Aug. 31, l948): n.p.

"The 'Kitty Hawk' Comes Home, at Last," U.S. Air Services , (Dec., l948): 6.

"Dayton and Washington Join in Observance of Flight Anniversary," Dayton Action 10, no. 12, (l948): 1-2.

"Aviation's Shrine," Newsweek , (l948): 43

"Save Your Money and Buy Rum," U.S. Air Services , (Jan. l949): n.p.

King, Fleet Admiral E. J. "Some Remembrances of Orville Wright," U.S. Air Services , Feb., l949: 13-14.

Franks, Sir Oliver. "It Is A Little as If We Had Before Us the Original Wheel: The Most Remarkable Example of the Audacity of Man," U.S. Air Services , (l949): 11-12.

Sullivan, Mark. "A Study in Contrasts," U.S. Air Services , (l949): 21.

"Wright Brothers' Papers to Library of Congress," U.S. Air Services , June, l949.

Kelly, Fred C. "Traits of the Wright Brothers: Modesty, Thoroughness, and Practical Common Sense Characterized the Two Brothers Who First Flew in Heavier-Than-Air Machines," The Technology Review , (June l949): 504-508.

60 Attached: Note: Covers from books with brief information about Wright Brothers.

MacFarland, Marvin W. The Papers of Wilbur & Orville Wright , vol. 1: 1899-1905. Attached: MacFarland, Marvin W. The Papers of Wilbur & Orville Wright , vol. 2: 1906-1948. Attached: Kelly, Fred C. The Wright Brothers: A Biography Authorized by Orville Wright , n.d. Attached: Fred C. Kelly, biographical information. Attached: Selections From the Papers of Wilbur & Orville Wright , McGraw-Hill Book Co., Inc., New York, n.d.

Bonnalie, Allan F. "A Queer Picture, to Say the Least," U. S. Air Services , July, l949: 15-16.

Kelly, Fred C. "Myths of Aviation: Early Gliding Experiments of John J. Montgomery Are Evaluated Against a Background of Seven Decades of Progress in Aeronautics," The Technology Review , (l949): 92, 110.

"The Strength of Dayton," Dayton Woman's Club 2, no. 4, (l949).

Barkley, Hon. Alben W. "Inventive Genius and World Unity," Think , (l951): 3, 4, 35- 36.

The Bookcase: announcement of publishing of "Miracle at Kitty Hawk," by Fred C. Kelly, Think (l951): 33.

Box 15, Folder 2, Magazine Articles, 1953-1972 - 20 items

Wright, Orville. "How We Invented the Airplane," Harper's Magazine , (1953): 25-33.

"Books: Only Skill and Knowledge," The New Yorker , (Feb. 13, l954): 101-105.

Smith, Henry Ladd. "Galileos of the Air," Saturday Review , (l954): 20.

McFarland, Marvin W. "Grounded Air-History," Saturday Review , (l954): 21.

"Papers of Wilbur and Orville Wright," Science 121, (1955): 523-525.

Sherman, Dallas. "The Bishop's Boys," Flying , (l959): 36-29, 86-93.

Harris, Sherwood. "Coast to Coast in 12 Crashes," American Heritage , October, 1964.

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"Col. E. A. Deeds '97, Benefactor, Trustee Since 1912, Dies," 1961 [?].

"We Rode Bicycles Blindfolded to Get Into the Army's First Flying School," Modern Maturity , (1965): 66-67.

"Forward Looking as a Flight and Almost as Beautiful," The Airman 10, no. 9, (l966): 39.

"Gift to Wright-Field," Miami Alumnus , Nov. l967.

Ditzel, Paul. "The First Flights at Kitty Hawk-l903," The American Legion Magazine , (l969): 14-18, 41-46.

"A National Magnet: New Home for the Air Force Museum," 1960's [?]: 6,7, 9-11.

Lyman, Lauren D. and C. B. Allen. "The Wartime Lindbergh," (1971): 27-29.

Villers, Ralph. "Jimmy Doolittle Reflects: From Jenny to Superjet," Bee-Hive 46, (1971): 1-8.

Loening, Grover. "The Time Is Ripe for VTOL," Verti Flite 17, no. 2, (l971): 1-8.

"If I Could But Fly…: Air Force Museum in Ohio Enshrines Historic Planes," Holiday Inn , (March, l971): 26-26.

Thomas, Bill. "They Knew the Wright Brothers," NRTA Journal , March-April, l971: 9- 11.

Craig, Pinky. "America's Pioneer Flyers," Daedalus Flyer , (March, l972): 18-20.

"Sometimes a Great Notion: What Was Once a Dream is Now a Reality: The Magic of Flight Endures," Ohio Magazine , (October, 1982): 21-32.

Tipton, David and Stanley R. Mohler. "The Wright Brothers: A Personality Profile," Aviation, Space, and Environmental Medicine , June, 1983.

Box 15, Folder 3, Miscellaneous Papers, 1889-1998 - 16 items

Thompson, H. A. Our Bishops: A Sketch of the Origin and Growth of the Church of the United Brethren in Christ as Shown in the Lives of Its Distinguished Leaders , Elder Publishing Co., Chicago, Ill, l889.

The Beginning of Human Flight , The Wright Company, New York, l913 [?].

62 Reminiscing With Millville: The First One Hundred Years , Millville, Ind., Sept. 24, 25, l954.

"United States Air Force Museum," Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents , Sept. 11, 1971.

"National Air Intelligence Center," United States Air Force: Fact Sheet , Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio, l994. Attached: August, Jean. "The Headquarters Air Force Materiel Command Archives," Wright- Patterson AFB, Ohio, l994. Attached: Aeronautical Systems Center: History Office, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio, l994.

Dewey, Dawne. Aloys J. Wyen Collection , manuscript collection, Dunbar Library, Special Collections, Dayton, OH., June l995.

Mohler, Stanley R. "The 'Automatic Stabilizer' and Angle of Attack Assessor: Human Factors Contributions of the Wright Brothers," Aviation, Space, and Environmental Medicine 67, no. 6, (l996): 585-588.

"Getting It Wright," Air & Space , Sept., l996: 88 (two copies).

Gertler, Joe. "The Wright Stuff," From the Archives , n.d. Attached: A message from Mr. Joe Gertler to an unknown gentleman. Mr. Gertler informs that he has in his possession ten crates of the original company archives of the Wright Company from l909 to l915, with minutes, photos, negatives, certificates, letters, and a lot more. Attached: Is the inventory of this archival collection. Attached: A listing of special signed Wright Company historic documents. Attached: June 7, 1999 From Joe Gerter, Niceville, Florida to Elli Bambakidis Mr. Gertler is sending information on listings of special signed Wright Company historic documents that he has for sale by his company.

Walsh, Bari. "The Wright Stuff," Bostonia , Common Wealth, Summer l998.

Barr, Brian. "Memorial Will Honor Wrights, Patterson," Skywriter , n.d.

63 Box 15, Folders 4, 5, and 6, Miscellaneous Brochures, 1941-1997.

These folders contain miscellaneous brochures from various institutions that deal with the history of the Wright brothers or with the Wright brothers and aviation.

SERIES III LITERARY PRODUCTIONS

Subseries 6, Genealogical Papers and Correspondence, 1832-1909

Box 16, Wright Genealogies-6 items

Box 16, Item 1: Folder 1, Genealogical Listings Dayton City Directories from l899/ l900 to l908/l909.

Box 16, Item 2: Book - Wrights in England This is the genealogy of the Wrights in England, starting with John Wright of Southveald, Essex (d. circa 1489), through six generations to 1691. It includes the great-great-great- grandson Samuel Wright (b. 1614 in London), who came to America in the 1630's. He became a deacon in the Puritan community of Springfield, Mass. and died in Northampton, Mass. in 1665. (WBL).

Box 16, Item 3: Book - Wright This is the genealogy of the Wrights in America, starting with Dan Wright (b. 1757 in Lebanon, Conn., d. 1832 in Miami County, Ohio), great-great-grandson of Deacon Samuel Wright and great-grandfather of Orville and Wilbur, through six generations to 1947. According to notes in this book, Deacon Samuel was born in 1614 (see also Item 1). (WBL).

Box 16, Item 4: Envelope-Porter and Freeman This lists information about the ancestral line of Sarah Porter and Edmund Freeman VI, parents of Dan Wright's wife, Sarah Freeman (b. 1762, d. 1848). It also includes a synopsis of the three lineal descendants (James, Samuel and Benoni) from Deacon Samuel to Dan. According to this synopsis, Deacon Samuel was born before 1600. (WBL).

Box 16, Item 5: Book -Van Cleve This is the genealogy of one of Dayton's oldest families, the Van Cleves, starting with John Van Cleve (b. 1628 in Holland, came to America in 1650 or earlier ), through nine generations to 1945. It includes his great-great-grandson Benjamin one of Dayton's first settlers (1796) and his sister Margaret, said to have been the first white woman to set foot in Dayton. Margaret's daughter, Catherine Reeder (b. 1800) married Dan Wright, Jr. and is Orville and Wilbur's paternal grandmother. One of Margaret's brothers, William, married Dan Jr's sister Eliza. (WBL).

64 Box 16, Item 6: Book -Reeder This is the genealogy of the Reeder family, starting with Joseph Reeder I, who came to America from England in about 1650 and settled in Newtown, Long Island. His great- great-grandson George married Margaret Van Cleve in Cincinnati in 1796 and was Catherine Reeder Wright's father. This genealogy spans nine generations to 1945. (WBL).

Box 16, Item 7 : Book - Fry This is the genealogy of the Fry (early spellings Fryer or Freyer) family, starting with John Phillip Freyer (b.1738, lived in Virginia). His daughter Catherine married John Gothlieb Koernera German immigrant, in 1820 in Loudon County, Va. Their daughter, Susan Catherine Koerner (b.1831 in Va.) married Milton Wright in 1859 in Union County, Indiana; Orville and Wilbur were two of their children. This genealogy spans five generations to 1945.

Box 17, Folder 1, Diaries, 1852-1857 - 1 item Reeder, Margaret Van Cleve. Diary, 1852-1857 . Note: Mrs. Reeder was the paternal great-grandmother of Wilbur and Orville Wright. From her writings she appeared to be very religious, (WBL).

Box 17, Folder 2, Newspaper-The Weekly Midget , 1886 - 3 items The Weekly Midget , Sines & Wright, Dayton, Ohio, 1886. Note: Wilbur and Orville called it The Weekly Midget because of the limited capacity of their press, the paper was necessarily small, two narrow columns wide and four and one-half inches long and was not to be distributed. (WBL).

First proof before routing of stereotype made by Orville Wright in 1886 or 1887 for Hoffman & Bartels.

Box 17, Folder 3, Accounts l889 - 1 item Advertising Accounts for West Side News , 1889; also statements of amounts due for advertising in West Side News , Mar. 1-Sept. 28, 1889 (WBL). Note: Mrs. Carrie Grumbach, the Wright housekeeper for many years, said that this book was kept by Ed Sines, an old neighbor and friend who was in newspaper business with them in the.

Box 17, Folder 4, Correspondence - Asahel Wright to Dan Wright Jr., 1814-1840 -12 items

November 23, 1814

65 A lease agreement between Asahel Wright and Aaron Nutt of Centerville, Washington township in Montogomery County; Mr. Wright agrees to pay the sum of two dollars per acre per year for leasing seven acres for three years.

January 3, 1827 Asahel is writing to his brother and informs him about his move to a new farm that he exchanged with Mr. Felix Hoover; he is telling him how close he is to the State road (probably old Troy Pike ). He also says that the national road (now U.S. 40) running through Columbus and Indianapolis has been permanently located this fall to run within twenty-five feet of his property line to the north. Apparently their mother and father have moved to their farm. William Van Cleve (uncle of Dan's wife Catherine and also Dan's and Asahel's brother-in-law), is not in good health, and Catherine's Aunt Mary McLane (McLain) (William Van Cleve's sister) has married someone by the name of Sweany (Robert Swaynie). He is describing his farm to his brother and hopes that he'll come to visit and buy a farm nearby.

May 8, 1828 Apparently his brother Dan had written to him on March 16 and informed him about the poor health of Catherine. Asahel now informs his brother about the death of William Van Cleve. He also tells him that their father had fallen from a horse but he is doing better. He hopes to hear from Dan soon.

Dec. 19, 1828 Asahel tried to write this letter on the above date, but was unable to finish it and so he started again on Dec. 26, when he completed it. He tells his brother that their sister Eliza has no tenants on her place. Asahel reminds his brother that Andrew Jackson is going to be the new President of the United States and thinks that it is a poor choice. He mentions the resolution that passed the house of Representatives in Congress to instruct the committee on Roads and Canals to enquire into the expediency of clearing the National road 80 feet wider through the States of Ohio and Indiana and erecting temporary bridges.

February 20, 1829 Asahel apparently received a letter from his brother Dan, and is happy to hear from him especially with the news of a new member of the family (Milton Wright father of Orville and Wilbur). He informs Dan that Eliza has a new tenant and may want to visit Dan and Catherine. He again mentions the passage of a Bill by the U.S. Senate appropriating $50,000 for opening the National road through Indiana and another $100,000 for opening and constructing it from Zanesville to the Indiana line. He would like to to be able to benefit from the opening of this road. He tells Dan that if he wants to move to Dayton he'll help.

May 8, 1829 Asahel mentions that Eliza has bought a new home about half a mile from his. He also mentions all that he is selling in his store, but comments that sales are slow and that

66 people living in the area are attracted to Dayton and the Canal. He would like to visit his brother, but would rather see his brother come to Dayton with his wife Catherine. He also tells him about his seeing Uncle John Freeman, their grandmother's brother, in Cincinnati.

October 8, 1829 Asahel announces the birth of a new daughter and the visits by Uncle John [Freeman?] and Uncle Luther; he mentions that he is no longer Postmaster and that Father is "not much better."

January 15, 1833 It this letter Asahel acknowledges Dan's letter of Nov. 26 and states that neither he nor sister Eliza will be able to loan him the money Dan had requested to help him purchase an addition to his farm. Asahel mentions that he has been trying to collect five hundred dollars due the estate (which may refer to the estate of their recently deceased father). Dan had apparently visited Asahel not long before. Asahel suggests that instead of buying more land where they are, both of them should sell their farms and move to Illinois.

Feb. 12, 1837 Asahel received a letter from Dan last May, and replies to him late because he thought their other brother, Porter, was going to visit Dan and tell him Asahel's news in person. Porter has sold out at Logansport and bought 80 acres at the junction of the Tippecanoe and Wabash rivers in Indiana. Since last spring, Porter has been dividing his time between Asahel's farm, Camden in Preble County, and Cincinnati. Asahel also informs Dan that he lately raised a tavern sign, but business is poor because of the bad state of the roads. He complains that the "Daytonites" are hard at work to prevent an appropriation for this part of the National Road, and that a few weeks will determine whether they will be successful. It is his intention to sell his land as soon as progress on the National Road enables him to get what he thinks his property is worth.

Dec. 31, 1838 In this letter Asahel announces the death of their brother Porter and mother Sweeny (probably Asahel's mother-in-law). Apparently Dan had visited Asahel just before her death. Porter's death was unexpected and Asahel is going to Americus with Nathaniel Heywood to settle Porter's estate. Nathaniel is their nephew by marriage to Porter's daughter Eliza.

Sept. 25, 1839 Asahel informs Dan of a verbal contract for the sale of his farm for $5000. He supposes that Dan has bought land in the neighborhood of Connersville. Their mother is still living with Asahel and is in good health. He wants to know if Dan will go west with him to see the country.

Dec. 17, 1840

67 Asahel tells his brother about the death of Nathaniel Heywood, leaving Eliza a widow with three young children. Mother Wright is in good health and is staying with Eliza for a short time.

Box 17, Folder 5, Correspondence-Orville and Wilbur Wright and Others, 1903- 1975 -18 items

Dec. 17, 1903 From Orville Wright to Bishop M. Wright A fascimile of the telegram sent by Orville from Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, to his father, Bishop M. Wright, informing him of their first successful fights. This telegram was reproduced for the 90th anniversary of manned, powered flight by Carillon Historical Park. Attached: A copy of the original telegram.

Jan. 28, 1904 From Wilbur Wright to Laurence Hargrave Wilbur is writing to Mr. Hargrave and gives him detailed information about their flights with their 1902 gliding machine at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. He also discusses their trials in powered flight with a machine of 510 sq. ft. and weight of 745 lbs. including the operator, and is enclosing a copy of their recent press statement.

Jan. 25, 1928 From Orville Wright to Roy Fitzgerald, House of Representatives, Washington, D.C. Orville is inviting Mr. Fitzgerald to make a donation in memory of Charles L. Loos, a former teacher at Steele High School who passed away in 1918.

March 6, 1928 From Orville Wright to Roy Fitzgerald Orville is responding to Mr. Fitzgerald's letter, which may have been a reply to Orville's letter to him of January 25. Orville discusses the idea of memorials in general. He does not think the Kitty Hawk memorial would be a suitable place for the original Wright airplane, nor the hill at Wright Field (near Huffman Prairie). He thinks a museum dedicated to the history of aviation would be the best place.

1928 A reproduction in the Dayton Sunday Journal of a letter written by Orville Wright from Washington D.C. to C. J. Geyer in Dayton, on Sept. 15, 1908. In this letter Orville is apparently responding to plans for a hero's welcome for him and Wilbur upon their return to Dayton, and states that he and his brother would prefer to return quietly.

May 25, 1938 From Mr. William J. Hamilton to Mr. Orville Wright Mr. Hamilton is writing to Orville with regard to a letter mentioned to him by Ms. Evangeline Lindsley, a teacher at Roosevelt Hight School. According to her some family

68 papers were lent to his father, Bishop Milton, that were never returned. Mr. Hamilton is asking if these papers are in their house, for Ms. Lindsley wants them donated them to the Dayton Public Library. Attached: June 14, 1938 From Mr. Orville Wright to Mr. William J. Hamilton Orville informs Mr. Hamilton that these papers are not in his possession but rather Ms Lindsley is mistaken. He has found another letter written to him and his sister after their father died, written by her grandmother, Mrs. Mary J. Lindsley , saying our "father has written and given us a genealogy of our early ancestors, which I prize very highly." He says that there is no mention of anything having been loaned. Attached: June 21, 1938 From Mr. William J. Hamilton to Miss Lindsley Mr. Hamilton informs Miss Lindsley about the letter he received from Mr. Orville Wright and encloses a copy; he also informs her that he has not yet made photostatic copies of the newspapers she kindly lent him, but is handling them carefully and will return them in two weeks if they are not copied before that.

April 10, 1943 From William J. Hamilton to Mr. Orville Wright Mr. Hamilton is asking Mr. Wright if the Dayton Public Library can borrow copies of the "Tattler," a Central High School magazine published by the Wright Brothers, for use in a Paul Laurence Dunbar exhibit.

April 24, 1943 From Mr. Orville Wright to Mr. William J. Hamilton Mr. Orville replies to the previous letter, saying that he will lend one copy to the Library.

October 29, 1946 From Mr. Orville Wright to Mr. Roy Fitzgerald Orville is writing to Mr. Fitzgerald to thank him for sending him information on the Van Cleve family. Apparently he had asked Orville to express his feelings on preserving the Old Court House and Orville has responded that he cannot make up his mind about what should be done.

March 3, 1947 From Mr. Orville Wright to Mr. William J. Hamilton Mr. Hamilton had inquired of Mr. Wright as to what the Dayton Public Library had contributed to their early research; Orville says very little had been contributed by the Dayton Library since during that time the subject of aeronautics was a discredited subject and consequently libraries did not carry books on this. The brothers were getting their information from the Smithsonian Institution at Washington, D.C. Orville makes note of the fact that they bought books from a list provided by the Smithsonian.

69 May 27, 1954 From Mr. Paul F. Schenck in Washington, D.C. to Mr. and Mrs. Harold S. Miller in Dayton Mr. and Mrs. Miller had taken part in a ceremony at the Capitol Rotunda and Congressman Schenck is thanking them for participating and includes a photo of their group luncheon. Note: Photo is not included Attached: June 2, 1954 From Mr. Harold S. Miller to Mr. Schenck Mr Miller thanks Mr. Schenck for the photo. The occasion for the ceremony in the Capitol was apparently the dedication of a frieze in the Capitol done. Attached: Envelope from the Congress of the United States

March 20, 1975 From William F. Boomer, Dayton, to Mr. William Chait Director of the Montgomery County Public Library. Mr. Boomer had borrowed from the Library bound volumes of Dayton newspapers for the year 1903 for the purpose of making a photograph of the page from the December 18 issue of the Dayton Evening Herald that includes the Wright brothers' first flight, and is sending five 8" x 10" prints, free of charge, to the library. Attached: Dayton Evening Herald , Dec, 18, 1903: photos (four copies)

March 21, 1975 From Mr. William Chait to Mr. William Boomer Mr Chait thanks Mr. Boomer for the prints.

Box 17, Folder 6, Correspondence-Miscellaneous, 1977-1990 - 6 items

Februry 21, 1977 From Margaret Meyer, Dayton to Mr. and Mrs. Miller Ms. Meyer has written an article to be published in a magazine Dayton S C F News and is sending a copy of the article before it is published to Mr and Mrs. Miller for input. Attached: The copy of the article, entitled: "New Branch Honors Dayton Pioneers," Attached: "New Branch Honors Dayton Pioneers," Dayton S C F News 3, no 11 (April 1977).

1990 Ms. Gretchen Chasteen is a great-grandaughter of Aloys Wyen's who was a pilot and worked closely with the Wright brothers during the first years of their invention. She wrote an essay for a school project on the Wright brothers. She recalls as a very young

70 girl her great-grandfather talking about the Wright brothers and says that he had a great admiration for them. According to the Dayton Collection Librarian, Ms. Mary Wyen, said that her grandmother had a set of photos and she allowed the Library to have copies of them. Attached: A copy of Mr. Aloys Wyen's handwriting while he was still working with the Wright brothers. Attached: Copies of the photos and a note from Milton Wright to W. H. Sheehan thanking him for his letter of sympathy upon the death of Wilbur Wright.

Box 17, Folder 7, Diplomas, Aviation Hall of Fame - 5 items

1994 Honorary High School Diploma from Richmond Public Shools for Wilbur Wright (two copies).

March 3, 1964 From James P. Jacobs to the members of the Dayton Area Chamber of Commerce. Mr. Jacobs, president of the Dayton Area Chamber of Commerce announces the creation of the Dayton Hall of Fame and asks for financial support. Attached: Description of the National Aviation Hall of Fame, Inc. in Dayton, Ohio. Attached: "Dayton Takes Center Stage in Powered Flight Tribute," An Editorial from the Dayton Daily News of December 17, 1963.

"Dedicated to Honoring Aviation's Outstanding Pioneers: The Aviation Hall of Fame," The Airman 10, no 9 (1966): 32-34.

General information on Aviation Hall of Fame based in Dayton, n.d.

Box 17, Folder 8, Smithsonian Institution, l903-1994 -9 items

1948 Dinner given by Grover Loening for Dr. and Mrs. Shaw of London when the Kitty Hawk plane was returned to America. Given at the Biltmore Hotel. Attached: Table arrangement of guests. Note: Program is not included.

Acceptance of the Kitty Hawk Aeroplane: address before the Smithsoniam Institution, Dec. 17, 1948/ by Senator Alben W. Barkley.

71 Return of the Kitty Hawk Plane: address before the Smithsonian Institution, n.d./ by unkown. Remarks on the Presentation of the Kitty Hawk Aeroplane to the United States of America: address before the Smithsonian Institution, Dec. 17, 1948/ by Chief Justice Fred M. Vinson, Chancellor of the Smithsonian Institution.

Message on the Presentation of the Kitty Hawk Aeroplane to the United States of America: address before the Smithsonian Institution, Dec. 17, 1948/ by Gen. H. H. Arnold.

Remarks on Behalf of the Estate of Orville Wright, in Presenting the Kitty Hawk Aeroplane to the United States of America: address before the Smithsonian Institution, Dec. 17, 1948/ by Milton Wright, a nephew of Orville..

July 25, 1963 From Philip S. Hopkins, Washington D. C. to Mrs. Essie T. Bruce Apparently Mrs. Bruce had asked for a brochure on the Wright brothers from the Smithsonian Institution and he is sending it to her. Attached: The leaflet titled, The Wright Brothers , Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C., January, 1961.

Box 17, Folder 9, Miscellaneous Manuscripts, 1923-1948 - 4 items

June 2, 1923 Notes on Hawthorn Hill and its history

March, 1954 Papers relating to Wilbur Wright Aviation Field on file in the office of the Secretary, Miami Conservancy District, in Dayton Ohio.

Undated Papers relating to Hangar Marker, Simms Station and Wright Memorial available at Wright Patterson.

Undated Jay Petree, "My Memories of Orville Wright," Wiscasset, Maine.

Box 17, Folder 10, Miscellaneous - 2 items

1988 "Dayton Air and Trade Show: History," Dayton Air and Trade Show , Dayton, Ohio.

Caniff, Milton. "Dayton Kid" /Poem, n.d. (two copies)

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Subseries 7, Speeches

Box 18, Folder 1, Speeches and Lectures, 1912-1949 - 4 items

"Aerial Navigation": address before the House of Representatives, Aug. 1, l912/ by Hon. William G. Sharp, (WBL).

Bairstow, Leonard. The Wilbur Wright Lecture, l919: Progress of Aviation in the War Period. Some Items of Scientific and Technical Interest , The Royal Aeronautical Society, London, l919, (WBL).

“Ballooning and its Application to Kite-Balloons”: a course of lectures on the theory of ballooning, delivered before officers at the Royal Air Force Station, Roehampton, l916/ by Griffith Brewer, London, (WBL).

Northrop, John Knudsen. Aviation History-l903 to 1960 : an address before the National Air Council and the Library of Congress, l949 / by John K. Northrop with introductory remarks by S. Paul Johnston.

Box 18, Folder 2, Speeches and Lectures, 1928-1949 -6 items

United States Congress, House Committee on Military Affairs. “First Heavier-Than-Air Flying Machine”: hearing before Subcommittee No. 8, Committee on Military Affairs House of Representatives, April 27, l928/ by C. G. Abbot (WBL).

“The Wright Brothers Early Research Work”: address before the Dayton Section of the Society of Automotive Engineers, October 4, l949/ by Max P. Baker of Inland division, GMC (two copies). Note: Attached to this presentation are one newspaper clipping and two letters: “Wright Research Work is Credited”, Dayton Daily News , October 5, l949. October 15, l949 From William J. Hamilton to Mr. Max P. Baker. Mr. Hamilton is asking Mr. Baker for a copy of his talk before the Society of Automotive Engineers at the Van Cleve Hotel. October 25, l949 From Mr. William J. Hamilton to Mr. M. P. Baker Apparently Mr. Baker sent a copy of his talk and Mr. William wants to be sure about publication rights.

73 SERIES IV VIDEO AND AUDIO RECORDINGS

Subseries 8, Video/audiocassettes.

All cassettes are in file cabinet drawers in Dayton Collection

The American Experience: The Wright Stuff . Produced by Nancy Porter. 60 minutes. PBS Video, Boston, MA, l996. Videocassette. (two copies).

Brunsman, August E.. Uncle Wil and Uncle Orv: Recollections by Niece, Ivonette Wright Miller and Nephew, Horace Wright , 9 audiocassettes 10 hours, A. E. Brunsman, 1989.

Golden Days of Flight . Produced by Flashback/Video, Inc. Tape I, 28 minutes and 14 sec. Dayton, OH, l998.

Hadeler, Robert. The Wright Brothers , [?] audiocassette BX/90, Wright Research Committee, Oct. 16, l991.

Man's Reach Should Exceed His Grasp . Produced by National Aeronautics and Space Administration. 23:30 minutes, Flashback/Video, Inc., n.d.

Nolan, Patrick and John Zamonski. The Wright Brothers Collection: A Guide to the Technical, Business and Legal, Genealogical, Photographic, and Other Archives at Wright State University , microform, Wright State University, l976.

Richardson, William. Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machine: The Wright Brothers , cassette H-197, Kaleidoscope, 1965 [?].

Russel, George. The Wright Brothers , [?] audiocassette 90, Carillon Park, Aug. 7, l990.

Symposium on Flight: Welcome, Mr. Robert Smith, Dr. Roger Bilstein . Produced by Wright State University. Tape I, 1 Hour and 15 min. Wright State University, Dayton, OH, l996. Videocassette.

Symposium on Flight: Dr. Guilaume De Syon, Dr. David Vaughn . Produced by Wright State University. Tape II, 1 Hour. Wright State University, Dayton, Oh, l996. Videocassette.

Symposium on Flight: Dr. Peter Jakab, Dr. Tom Crouch . Produced by Wright State University. Tape III, 1 Hour and 45 min. Wright State University, Dayton, OH, l996. Videocassette.

74 Videotape of the TV program, "Collage," featuring an interview by Paul Lau of Martin Todd and Fred Fisk, authors of the book, The Wright Brothers: From Bicycles to Biplanes , MCVV, July 1990.

The Wright Brothers at Huffman Prairie . Produced by Aerospace Audiovisual Service. 24.51 minutes, Soita, Dayton, OH, l989? Videocassette.

The Wright Flyer III . Produced by Carillon Historical Park. 12.16 min. Carillon Park, Dayton, Ohio, n.d. Videocassette.

Wright at Home: A Visit to Hawthorn Hill . Produced by Aerospace Audiovisual Service. 24.51 minutes, Soita, Dayton, OH, l989? Videocassette.

Wright at Home: A Visit to Hawthorn Hill . A Greater Miami Valley Instructional Television Council Production, in Cooperation with Dayton Public Schools Television Montgomery County Joint Vocational School, WPTD. VHS format, 15.20 minutes, Soita, Dayton, Ohio, n.d. Videocassette.

Wright Field: Air Materiel Command . Produced by Army Air Forces' Materiel Command. 25.30 minutes, Boomerang Publishers and Video, Arvada, Colorado, n.d. Videocassette.

Wright, Wilkinson. Wright Flyer at Carillon Park , audiocassette BX/90, Wright Research Committee, Oct. 16, l991.

Subseries 9, Microfilms - 22 items Note: These microfilms are located in microfilm cabinet in Local History Room.

Nolan, Patrick B. and John A. Zamonski. The Wright Brother Mic Manuscripts and Papers , (Dayton, Ohio: Wright State University, l977) Dayton 22 reels, microfilms. 629.13 W9541 Aeronautical Writings and Papers This series contains letters, records and other papers relating to the [Microfilm Wrights' aviation research and aeronautical matters. The bulk of the Cabinet: Wright Papers dealing with aeronautics have been housed in the Library Top of Congress since l949. Many of the most vital papers appear in The Drawer, Papers of Wilbur and Orville Wright , ed. by Marvin W. Mc Farland, 2 Local vols. (New York: McGraw-Hill, l953), and Miracle at Kitty Hawk; The History Letters of Wilbur and Orville Wright , ed. by Fred. C. Kelly(New Yo rk: Room] 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

75 in full in The Papers of Wilbur and Orville Wright . Note: All of the following microfilms have the same call number.

Box 1, file 1: Letters, Wilbur Wright to Octave Chanute, 1900-1901 Reel 1

Box 1, file 2: Letters, Wilbur Wright to Octave Chanute, l902 Reel 1 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.

Box 1, file 3: Letters, Wilbur Wright to Octave Chanute, l903 Reel 1 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.

Box 1, file 4: Letters, Wilbur Wright to Octave Chanute, l904 Reel 1 Note: Plus a memo of October 15 by Chanute regarding flights he witnessed at Huffman Prairie, near Dayton.

Box 1, file 5: Letters, Wilbur Wright to Octave Chanute, l905 Reel 1

Box 1, file 6: Letters Wilbur Wright to Octave Chanute, l906 Reel 1

Box 1, file 7: Letters, Wilbur Wright to Octave Chanute, l907 Reel 1 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.

Box 1, file 8: Letters, Wilbur Wright to Octave Chanute, l908-1910 Reel 1 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)

Box 1, file 9: Index of Letters from Chanute Reel 1

Box 1, file 10: Letters, Wilbur and Orville Wright to George C. Spratt Reel 1 l902-l922 Note:

76 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.

Box 1, file 11: Letters, George C. Spratt to Wilbur and Orville Wright, Reel 1 l901-l903

Box 1, file 12: Letters, George C. Spratt to Wilbur and Orville Wright, Reel 1 l903- l922

Box 1, file 13: Herring Letter; Wright & Spratt Affidavits Reel 1

Box 2, file 1: Notebook by Lorin Wright, l901-l911 Reel 1 Note: Detailed account of flying experiments.

Box 2, file 2: Telegrams, l907-l909 Reel 1

Box 2, file 3, 4: The Langley Aerodrome, l914-15 Reel 1 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.

Box 2, file 5: Wright v. Herring-Curtiss' Exhibits, l912 Reel 1

Box 2, file 6: Der Motorwagen , l909-l910 Reel 2 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.

Box 2, file 7: Flint Contracts, l907 Reel 2

Box 2, file 8: Wright Co. Contracts, l909-l916 Reel 2

Box 2, file 9: Signal Corps Contract, l908 Reel 2

Box 2, file 10: French Contracts, l905-l908 Reel 2

Box 2, file 11: German Contracts, l909 Reel 2

Box 2, file 12: Italian Contracts, l910 Reel 2

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Box 2, file 13: Aero Club of America Contract, 1912 Reel 2

Box 2, file 14: Edison Contract, l909 Reel 2

Box 2, file 15: Early Wright Catalogs, l910-1913 Reel 2

Box 2, file 16: Wright Patent, l906 Reel 2

Box 2, file 17: Wright Collection, Library of Congress, Inventory Reel 2

Box 2, file 18: Flight Technique and Aeronautical Machines l909; Reel 2 German Article and English Translation

Miscellaneous papers Reel 2

Non-Aeronautical Writings 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.

Box 3, File 1: Orville Wright's Botany Sketchbook, cl887-l888 Reel 2

Box 3, File 2: Orville Wright's Drawing Book, cl887-l888 Reel 2

Box 3, File 3: Report Cards, l872-1891 Reel 2

Box 3, File 4: Miscellaneous Family Cards, l882-l896 Reel 2

Box 3, File 5: Katharine Wright School Items, l882-l891 Reel 2

Box 3, File 6: Humorous Essay-The Court Case, l892 Reel 2

Box 3, File 7: Poem "Lager Beer" Reel 2

Box 3, File 8: Promissory Notes and Household Inventory Reel 2

Box 3, File 9: Deeds l910-l916 Reel 2

Box 3, File 10: Items Printed by Wright Brothers, l886-l892 Reel 2

Box 3, File 11: Wright Brothers' Dayton Homecoming, l909 Reel 2

78 Box 3, File 12: Dayton Engineers' Club Program, l949 Reel 2

Box 3, File 13: Hawthorn Hill Estate, l965-l974 Reel 2

Box 3, File 14: Cadet Awards - Air Force Academy, l963-l969 Reel 2

Box 3, File 15: "Spotlight on the Wright Brothers," l943 Reel 2

Box 3, File 16: Newspaper Clippings of Wright Brothers' Career, l903- Reel 2 l910

Box 3, File 17: Newspaper Clippings, l927-1949 Reel 2

Box 3, File 18: Newspaper Clippings, 1948 Reel 2

Financial Records Reel 3 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; after that Orville Wright kept the accounts.

Box 4: Check Stub Books Reel 3

Box 5: Check Stub Books, l918-l931 Reel 4

Box 6-A: Check Stub Books, l930-l948 Reel 5

Box 6-B file 1: Foreign Check Stub Books, l909- l913 Reel 6

Box 6-B file 2: Miscellaneous Check Stub Books, l917--l940 Reel 6

Box 6-B file 3: Federal Income Tax Returns, l942-l947 Reel 6

Box 6-B file 4: Ohio Property Tax Returns, l944-l947 Reel 6

Box 6-B file 5: Bank Books, l899-l907 Reel 6

Box 7: Financial Ledgers, l918-1948, Eight Volumes Reel 6

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Milton Wright Church Papers

Milton Wright, father of the Wright brothers, Bishop of the United Reel 7 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 societies 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.

Box 8, file 1: Religious Telescope (December 29, l934) Reel 7

Box 8, file 2: Religious Pamphlets, l890-l894 Reel 7 Note: All printed by Wright & Wright, the printing company operated by Wilbur and Orville Wright in the early l890's.

Box 8, file 3: Religious Pamphlets, l874-l893 Reel 7

Box 8, file 4: Religious Pamphlets, l881-l896 Reel 7

Box 8, file 5: Milton Wright Church Letters, l893-l911 Reel 7

Box 8, file 6: Keiter Affair Documents, l899-l905 Reel 7

Box 8, file 7: Keiter Affair Trancripts, l902-l905 Reel 7

Milton Wright Letters, Notes, and Diaries Reel 8

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

80 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.

Box 8, file 8: Essays, Notes, and Papers Reel 8

Box 8, file 9: Milton Wright Letters, l853-l888 Reel 8

Box 8, file 10: Susan Koerner Wright Letters, June 1-September 20, l888 Reel 8

Box 8, file 11: Milton Wright Diaries, l857-1871 Reel 8

Box 8, file 12: Milton Wright Diaries, l859-1879 Reel 8

Box 9, file 1: Milton Wright Diaries, l880-1881 Reel 9

Box 9, file 2: Milton Wright Diaries, l882-1884 Reel 9

Box 9, file 3: Milton Wright Diaries, l885-1887 Reel 10

Box 9, file 4: Milton Wright Diaries, l888-1890 Reel 10

Box 9, file 5: Milton Wright Diaries, l891-1893 Reel 11

Box 9, file 6: Milton Wright Diaries, l894-1896 Reel 11

Box 9, file 7: Milton Wright Diaries, l897-1899 Reel 12

Box 9, file 8: Milton Wright Diaries, l900-1902 Reel 12

Box 10, file 1: Milton Wright Diaries, l903-1904 Reel 13

Box 10, file 2: Milton Wright Diaries, l905-1906 Reel 13

Box 10, file 3: Milton Wright Diaries, l907-1908 Reel 13

Box 10, file 4: Milton Wright Diaries, l909-1910 Reel 14

Box 10, file 5: Milton Wright Diaries, l911-1912 Reel 14

Box 10, file 6: Milton Wright Diaries, l913-1914 Reel 14

Box 10, file 7: Milton Wright Diaries, l915-1917 Reel 15

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Genealogical Papers Reel 15

Milton Wright 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.

Box 11, file 1: Wright Genealogical Notes Reel 15

Box 11, file 2: Wright Genealogical Notes Reel 15

Box 11, file 3: Wrights in England, l900-l907 Reel 15

Box 11, file 4: Asahel Wright Notes, l910-l940 Reel 15

Box 11, file 5: Letters, Asahel Wright to Dan Wright, Jr., l814-1840 Reel 15

Box 11, file 6: Wright Family Letters, l822-l865 Reel 15

Box 11, file 7: Porter Wright Family, l879-l908 Reel 15

Box 11, file 8: Harvey Wright Family, l862-l947 Reel 15

Box 11, file 9: William Wright Family, l900-l947 Reel 15

Box 11, file 10: Letters, Curtis Wright, l912-1914 Reel 15

Box 11, file 11: Letters, Rodney P. Wright, l901-l916 Reel 15

Box 11, file 12: Letters, William Ryer Wright , l927-1939 Reel 15

Box 11, file 13: Distant Wright Relations, l881-l946 Reel 15

Box 11, file 14: Reeder Family Notes, l891-1914 Reel 16

Box 11, file 15: Letters, Frank Reeder, l903-l911 Reel 16

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Box 12, file 1: Letters, Reeder and Brown Family, l849-1934 Reel 16

Box 12, file 2: Letters, Reeder Family, l876-1910 Reel 16

Box 12, file 3: Letters, Reeder Family, 1912-1935 Reel 16

Box 12, file 4: George Conover Reeder Family, l873-1947 Reel 16

Box 12, file 5: Ralph Reeder Family, l896-l917 Reel 16

Box 12, file 6: Letters, Jonathan Franklin Reeder Family, l850-l917 Reel 16

Box 12, file 7: Reeder Family, General File Reel 16

Box 12, file 8: Letters, Koerner Family, l864-l888 Reel 16

Box 12, file 9: Letters, Koerner Family, l900-1916 Reel 16

Box 12, file 10: Koerner Family, General File Reel 17

Box 12, file 11: Susan Koerner's Birthplace, l929-l935 Reel 17

Box 12, file 12: Franklin Cemetery, l939-l943 Reel 17

Box 12, file 13: Croddy Family, l899-l906 Reel 17

Box 12, file 14: Braden Family, l876-l940 Reel 17

Box 12, file 15: Harris Family, l904-l944 Reel 17

Box 12, file 16: Freeman Family, l900-l910 Reel 17

Box 13, file 1: Edmund Freeman Family, l779-l947 Reel 17

Box 13, file 2: Benham and Stokes Families, l899-l973 Reel 17

Box 13, file 3: Convenhoven and Schenck Families, l901-l936 Reel 17

Box 13, file 4: Andrews Family Reel 17

Box 13, file 5: Harvey-Hamilton-Fitzgerald File, l934-l947 Reel 17

Box 13, file 6: Van Cleve Family, l872-l920 Reel 17

83 Box 13, file 7: Van Cleve Family, l887-l929 Reel 18

Box 13, file 8: Van Cleve Family, l888-l933 Reel 18

Box 13, file 9: Van Cleve Family, l888-l945 Reel 18

Box 13, file 10: Worth and Swaynie Families, l879-l946 Reel 18

Box 13, file 11: Cessna Family, l929-l944 Reel 18

Box 13, file 12: Fry Family, l931-l946 Reel 18

Box 13, file 13: Fry Family, l880-l939 Reel 18

Box 13, file 14: Fry and Levering Families, l909-l938 Reel 18

Box 14, file 1: Snyder Family, l857-l939 Reel 18

Box 14, file 2: Snyder and Eudaly Families, l912-l915 Reel 18

Box 14, file 3: Bacon, Russell, and Waite Families, l901 Reel 18

Box 14, file 4: Huff Family, l912-l934 Reel 18

Box 14, file 5: Smith Family Reel 18

Box 14, file 6: Porter Family Reel 18

Box 14, file 7: Vanderbilt Family, l899-l903 Reel 18

Box 14, file 8: Moody Family Reel 18

Box 14, file 9: Otis Family, l899 Reel 18

Box 14, file 10: Lake Family, l900-l935 Reel 18

Box 14, file 11: Dover Family, l900 Reel 18

Box 14, file 12: Gilkes Letters, l945-l946 Reel 18

Box 14, file 13: Holt Family, l901-1938 Reel 18

Box 14, file 14: Baker Family, l900-l946 Reel 18

Box 14, file 15: Gano Family, l899-l912 Reel 18

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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. Myer, and in Europe.

Box 15, file 1: Laboratories, Homes, and Shops - 22 items Reel 19

Box 15, file 2: Wind Tunnel - 8 items Reel 19 Note: Replica of l901 wind tunnel , taken at Wright Field, Dayton, April, l939. This model was constructed by the U.S. Army Air Corps for exhibit in the restored bicycle shop at Greenfield Village, D earborn, Michigan. These 8 photographs show front and side views.

Box 15, file 3: Wind Tunnel Balances - 16 items Reel 19 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.

Box 15, file 4: Kitty Hawk, l900 - 37 items Reel 19 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.

Box 15, file 5: Kitty Hawk, l901 - 42 items Reel 19 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.

Box 15, file 6: Kitty Hawk, l902 - 59 items Reel 19 Note:

85 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.

Box 15, file 7: Kitty Hawk, l902 - 22 items Reel 19

Box 15, file 8: Kitty Hawk, l902 - 21 items Reel 19 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.

Box 16, file 1: Kitty Hawk, l902, Chanute's Photographs - 63 items Reel 19

Box 16, file 2: Kitty Hawk, l903 - 24 items Reel 19 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.

Box 16, file 3: Kitty Hawk, l903 - 25 items Reel 19 Note: (See note at end of file 2, above).

Box 16, file 4: Kitty Hawk, l903 - 14 items Reel 19

Box 16, file 5: Simms Station (Huffman Prairie), l904 - 39 items Reel 19 Note: The Wright Brothers practiced flying at Simms Station (Huffman Prairie), near Dayton, from May 23 to December 1, l904.

Box 16, file 6: Simms Station (Huffman Prairie), l905 - 22 items Reel 19 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.

Box 16, file 7: Simms Station (Huffan Prairie), l905 - 20 items Reel 19 Note: All notes on backs of prints in hand of Orville Wright. (See note at end of file 6, above).

Box 17, file 1: Kitty Hawk, l908 - 16 items Reel 19

86 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 U.S. Army Signal Corps trials at Ft. Myer, and the French trial at Le Mans. On May 14, they carried a passenger for the first time.

Box 17, file 2: Le Mans, l908 - 18 items Reel 19 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.

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 Reel 19 Note: This is an album of views of Le Mans.

Box 17, file 6: Laying Cornerstone of Wilbur Wright Memorial at Le Reel 19 Mans, l918 - 14 items Note: All photographs are original prints.

Box 17, file 7: Ft. Myer, l908 - 26 items Reel 19 Note: All photographs are original prints. Orville Wright flew at Ft. Myer, Va., from September 3 to September 17, l908, to meet the terms of a contract offered by the U.S. Army Signal Corps for the first military aeroplane. He was injured on September l7, l908, in the crash which killed Lt. Thomas E. Selfridge.

Box 17, file 8: Le Mans, l908 - 22 items Reel 19

Box 17, file 9: Ft. Myer, l909 - 22 items Reel 19 Note: Unless otherwise indicated, all photographs are original prints. The Ft. Myer trials resumed on June 29 and ended August 2, l909; they resulted in the U.S. Government's formal acceptance of the Wright Aeroplane as per contract specifications.

Box 17, file 10: Ft. Myer, l908-1909, - 62 items Reel 19

87 Note: The file consists of 62 recent copies of glass-plate negatives in the Library of Congress of scenes at Ft. Myer. Each print is numbered, and identified on an accompanying list.

Box 18, file 1: Pau, France, l909 - 33 items Reel 19 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.

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 Reel 19 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.

Box 18, file 7: Germany, l909 - 43 items Reel 19 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.

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, Reel 20 l909 - 32 items Note: The Aeronautics Committee of the Hudson-Fulton Commission paid

88 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.

Box 19, file 2: Hudson-Fulton Exhibition, Governor's Island, New York, Reel 20 l909 - 27 items

Box 19, file 3: Simms Station (Huffman Prairie), l910 - 23 items Reel 20 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 Wright, at the age of 82, made his first flight as a passenger.

Box 19, file 4: Simms Station (Huffman Prairie), l910 - 35 items Reel 20

Box 19, file 5: Montgomery, Ala., l910 - 26 items Reel 20 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.

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 Reel 20 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.

Box 19, file 10: Kitty Hawk, 1911 - 24 items Reel 20 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.

Box 19, file 11: Kitty Hawk, l911 - 25 items Reel 20

89 Box 19, file 12: College Park, Md., l912 - 11 items Reel 20

Box 20, file 1: Welsh's Accident, l912 - 20 items Reel 20 Note: Arthur Welsh, Wright Company exhibition flyer, was killed June 11, l912, at College Park, Md., while conducting U.S. 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.

Box 20, file 2: Miami River, l913 - 23 items Reel 20 Note: From May to July, l913, Orville Wright conducted experiments with hydroplanes and pontoons on the Miami River, south of Dayton.

Box 20, file 3: Miami River, l913 - 26 items Reel 20 Note: Grover Loening joined the Wright Company as an engineer on July 10, l913. On September 30, the Model G Aeroboat was announced.

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, Reel 20 (Rosenwald Museum), Chicago, Ill., l934 -11 items

Box 21, file 1: Dayton Homecoming, l909 -18 items Reel 20 Note: On June 17-18, l909, the City of Dayton recognized the Wrights' epochal achievements with parades, medal presentations, and receptions.

Box 21, file 2: Dayton Homecoming, l909 -23 items Reel 20

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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 Reel 20 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.

Box 22, file 1: Library of Congress Prints - 65 items Reel 20 Note: Family and domestic scenes.

Box 22, file 2: Library of Congress Prints - 63 items Reel 20 Note: Family and domestic scenes and Kitty Hawk and aeroplanes.

Box 22, file 3: Library of Congress Prints - 53 items Reel 20 Note: Family and domestic scenes and Kitty Hawk and aeroplanes.

Box 22, file 4: Library of Congress Prints - 51 items Reel 20 Note: Family and domestic scenes and Kitty Hawk and aeroplanes.

Box 22, file 5: Library of Congress Prints - 68 items Reel 20 Note: Family and domestic scenes and Keiter affair.

Box 22, file 6: Library of Congress Prints - 36 items Reel 20 Note: Contract prints and Keiter affair.

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Box 22, file 7: Library of Congress Prints - 36 items Reel 20 Note: Contract prints and Keiter affair.

Non-aeronautical Photographs

This series contains all remaining photographs in the collection, i.e. those Reel 21 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.

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 Reel 21 Note: Dedication ceremony.

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 Reel 21 items Box 24, file 2: Maxwell Field, l943 - 4 items Reel 21

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Box 24, file 3: Inventors' Council, l942 - 7 items Reel 21

Box 24, file 4: International Aero Congress and Charles A. Lindbergh, Reel 21 l928 - 7 items

Box 24, file 5: National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics - l927- Reel 21 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.

Box 24, file 6: National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics -l939- Reel 21 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.

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

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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 Reel 21 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.

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 Reel 21 items Box 26, file 5: Hawthorn Hill Mansion - 30 items Reel 21

Box 26, file 6: Deeds' Wilderness Camp; "Lotosland" (name of a yacht) Reel 21 - 14 items

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 Wright - 14 items Reel 21

Box 28, file 3: Bishop Milton Wright - 10 items Reel 21

Box 28, file 4: Convenhoven Family - 13 items Reel 21

Box 28, file 5: Katharine Wright - 9 items Reel 21

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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 Reel 21 Note: Various neighbors and friends including Anna Feicht, Flora Greenwood, John Zeller, Nelson Emmons, Agnes Osborne, Robert Collier, George Feicht, and the McClean family.

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 Reel 22 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.

Box 31: Miscellaneous and Autographed Oversize Photographs - 105 Reel 22 items. Note: All items are available at the Wright State University Dunbar Library Archives and Special Collections.

The Wright Brothers' Newpapers , (Dayton, Ohio: Dayton and Mic Montgomery County Public Library, l977) 1 reel, microfilm: Dayton The Weekly Midget, vol. 1, no. 1, April, l886 071.717 West Side News , vol. 1, no. 1-52, vol. 2, no. 1-3, l889 W954

95 The Evening Item , no. 1-78, l890 Snap Shots , vol. 1, no. 13, Oct. 20, l894-Jan. 10, l895

Orville Wright Scrapbook: l871-1948 , (Dayton, Ohio: Dayton and Mic Montgomery County Public Library, l977) 10 reels, microfilms. Dayton B W954AAS

[Microfilm Cabinet: Top Drawer, Local History Room] 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

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SERIES V PHOTOGRAPHIC MATERIALS

Subseries 10, Broadsides and Graphic Materials -16 items

Box 19, Folder 1, Commemorative Posters, [19--]-1997

Wilbur Wright, Orville Wright: The Nation, State and City Welcome the World's Greatest Aviators 1 pen drawings, art print : col. ; 71 x 55 1/2 cm Dayton : The Walker Litho, l909 (2 copies)

Wilbur Wright, Orville Wright: The Nation, State and City Welcome the World's Greatest Aviators 1 pen drawings : col. ; 80 1/2 x 55 cm Dayton : The Walker Litho. Co., l909

Wright Memorial 1 print reproduction : col. ; 51 x 32 3/4 cm Dayton : Wayne Colorplate Co., l950

Orville Wright-Wilbur Wright/Milton Caniff 4 art reproductions : col. ; 35 1/2 x 28 cm (2 copies), 35 1/2 x 21 1/2 cm, 33 x 41 cm Dayton : The Journal Herald , l978

Plant Notes, l887 : Orville Wright, Dayton, Ohio 1 pen drawing, art original : b&w ; 43 x 25 1/2 cm Dayton : Carillon Historical Park, l987

The Wright Brothers From Bicycle to Biplane: The 100th Anniversary of Flight, l903- 2003 1 art print : b&w ; 51 x 32 3/4 cm Dayton : Fred C. Fisk and Martin W. Todd, [l990]

The 90th Anniversary of Powered Flight 2 art prints : col.; 83 1/2 x 45 3/4 cm Dayton and Kitty Hawk : 2003 Committee First Flight Society, l993

Flyover : Celebrating the Spirit, Creativity, and Accomplishments of Daytonians Orville and Wilbur Wright 1 poster : col. ; 76 x 50 3/4 cm Dayton : John Emery and Dwayne Swormstedt, l996

97 Aeronautical Systems Center, the Birthplace, Home and Future of Aerospace: 50 Years of Excellence in Medical Service 1 poster : col. ; 56 x 43 cm Dayton : United States Air Force, l997

Aeronautical Systems Center, the Birthplace, Home and Future of Aerospace: 50 Years of Excellence in Mission Support 1 poster : col. ; 56 x 43 cm Dayton : United States Air Force, l997

Aeronautical Systems Center, the Birthplace, Home and Future of Aerospace: 50 Years of Excellence in Science and Technology 1 poster : col. ; 56 x 43 cm Dayton : United States Air Force, l997

Aeronautical Systems Center, the Birthplace, Home and Future of Aerospace: 50 Years of Excellence in Weapon Systems Acquisition 1 poster : col. ; 56 x 43 cm Dayton : United States Air Force, l997

Fiftieth Anniversary of Powered Flight: Progress Security 1 art print : col. ; 58 x 41 cm [S.l.] : Print, [1953] Fascim. of : [s.n.]

The Library Is Filled With Success Stories 2 art pints : col. ; 62 x 45 1/2 cm [S.l.] : American Library Association, [19--]

Wilbur Wright 1 pen drawing reproduction : col. ; 43 x 55 cm Dayton : [s.n., l9--]

Song of the Wright Boys 1 art reproduction : col. ; 61 x 42 cm Dayton : Reisbach and Knostman, [19--]

1902 Wright Glider: Elevations and Details 1 copy from the pen drawing, art print : col. ; 55 x 43.2 cm Dayton : First-to-fly.com, Inc.,1999. Attached: Wright Glider 1 copy from the pen drawing, art print : col. ; 28 x 21.5 cm Dayton : First-to-fly.com, Inc.,1999.

98 Subseries 11, Portraits and photographs, 187--19-- - 1 item

Box 20, Framed photograph, 19 --

The Annual Club of Ten Dayton Boys 1 Framed photograph : b&w ; 34 x 42 cm Dayton : [s.n.], [19--] Note: This photograph was presented by Mrs. Edgar W. Ellis; names of the people in this photograph are: Wilbur Landis, Rushlin [sic] Wright, Wilbur Wright, Charles Olinger, Edgar W. Ellis, Frand Gilbert, Irvin Koogle, William Andrews, Joseph Boyd, Lorin Wright.

Box 21, Folder 1, Photographs, [1876-19--] - 27 items

Bishop Milton Wright 1 portrait reproduction : b&w ; 14.3 x 9.2 cm Dayton : [s.n.], l876

Katharine Wright 1 Portrait : b&w ; 10.4 x 14.6 cm Dayton : [s.n.], l876

Lorin Wright 1 portrait reproduction : b&w ; 16 x 10 .2 cm Dayton : [s.n.], l876

Orville Wright 1 portrait reproduction : b&w ; 16 x 10.5 cm Dayton : [s.n.], l876

Reuchlin Wright 1 portrait reproduction : b&w ; 15.6 x 10.2 cm Dayton : [s.n.], l876

Wilbur Wright No. 1735 1 portrait reproduction : b&w ; 16.1 x 10.2 cm Dayton : [s.n.], l876

Wilbur Wright at Age Nine Years No. 1735 1 portrait reproduction : b&w ; 17.8 x 12.7 cm Dayton : [s.n.], l876

99

Orville Wright at Age Four Years and Nine Months No. 1736 1 photograph : b&w ; 17.8 x 12.8 cm Dayton : [s.n.], l876

Box 21, Folder 2, Photographs, 19--1927

Side View of First Power Plane in Plane in 1903 at Kitty No. 0305A Hawk 1 photograph : b&w ; 17.8 x 25 cm Kitty Hawk : s.n., l903

Orville Wright's Second Flight [?] No. 0373 1 photograph : b&w ; 18. 8 x 22. 2 cm Ft. Myer : [s.n.], l908

Wright Brothers Poster for the Celebration No. 0526 1 photograph : b&w ; 12 6/10 x 20 cm Dayton : [s.n.], l909

Dayton's Welcome to the Wright Brothers No. 0471- 1 photograph : b&w ;12 6/10 x 20 cm 0472 Dayton : [s.n.], June, l909

Street Scene from the Wright Brothers' Celebration No. 0473 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.6 x 20.1 cm Dayton : [s.n.], June 17, l909

Street Scene from the Wright Brothers' Celebration No. 0474 1 photograph : b&w ; 14 x 19.8 cm Dayton : [s.n.], June 17 and 18, l909

Wilbur Wright in the 1901 Glider No. 0476 1 photograph : b&w ; 14 x 19.8 cm Dayton : [s.n.], l901 Note: Two copies

Second Power Machine No. 0423 1 photograph : b&w ; 8 x 10 cm Dayton : [s.n., 1953]

The Wright Brothers and the Dayton Committee for No. 1615 Wright Brothers' Celebration

100 1 photograph : b&w ; 24.6 x 11 cm Dayton : [s.n.], l909

The Wright Brothers and the Dayton Committee for Wright Brothers' Celebration 1 photograph : b&w ; 23.8 x 15 cm Dayton : [s.n.], l909

Street Scene from the Wright Brothers' Celebration No. 1802 1 photograph : b&w ; 36 x 28 cm Dayton : [s.n.], 1909

Wright Brothers' Home Celebration No. 1812 1 photograph : b&w ; 14 x 16 3/4 cm Dayton : [s.n.], June 18, l909

Charles Lindbergh with Orville Wright at Wright Field No. 1269 3 photographs : b&w ; 6.8 x 11.2 cm No. 1270 Dayton : [s.n.], June 22, l927 No. 1271 Note: No. 1270 includes Brig. General William E. Gillmore

Box 21, Folder 3, Photographs, [1909-19--]

Orville Wright 1 portrait : b&w ; 48.2 x 32.8 cm Dayton : [s.n., 19--]

Wilbur Wright 1 Portrait : b&w ; 48.2 x 32.8 cm Dayton : [s.n., 19--]

Building Where First Airplane Was Built No. 0346 1 photograph : b&w ; 24.4 x 19.4 cm Dayton : [s.n., 1919], (2 copies)

Building Where First Airplane Was Built-Wright Cycle No. 0346A Shop 1 photograph : b&w ; 17.8 x 23.2 cm Dayton : [s.n., 1919]

World's First Airplane Hangar No. 0475 1 photograph : b&w ; 8 x 10 cm See also: Dayton : [s.n., 19--] 0600 or 0475A

101 Orville Wright, Wilbur Wright: Our Tribute to Dayton's No. 0698 Own 1 photograph : b&w ; 25 x 18.8 cm Dayton : [s.n., 1909?]

Orville Wright No. 1737 1 photograph : b&w ; 17.4 x 26.4 cm Dayton : [s.n., l9--]

Wilbur Wright No. 1738 1 photograph : b&w ; 17 x 26.7 cm Dayton : [s.n., l9--]

Wright Brothers' Poster for the Celebration No. 0526 1 photograph and one transparency : b&w ; 16.2 x 24.4 cm Dayton : [s.n., June 17-18, 1909]

The Wright Aeroplane, Side View No. 0137 1 photograph : b&w ; 8 x 10 cm Dayton : Gramer, [1909]

Street Scenes from the Wright Brothers' Celebration No. 0472 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.5 x 25.4 cm Dayton : [s.n., 19--]

Box 21, Folder 4, Photographs, 1914-1978

Wright Brothers 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.6. x 26.8 cm Dayton : [s.n., 1914?]

A Souvenir From the NCR Horseshoe Room 1 photograph : b&w : 15.5 x 10.5 cm Dayton : [s.n., 19--]

South Field, Moraine City No. 0215 1 photograph : b&w : 11.8 x 19 cm Dayton : [s.n. ], 1921

Fifty Years of Aviation 1903-1953 1 photograph : col., 20 x 26 1/2 cm

102 Dayton : [s.n., 1953]

The Original Wright Brothers' Aeroplane 1 photograph : b&w : 16.8 x 8.8 cm Dayton : [s.n., 1948]

Photo From the Play "The Sky's the Limit" 1 photograph : b&w : 11.8 x 19 cm Dayton : Photo, [19--]

Dedication of Frieze at Capitol Dome 1 photograph : 19.8 x 24.4 cm Washington, DC : [s.n., May 11, 1954]

Huffman Prairie No. 0600 1 photograph : b&w ; 14 x 19.8 cm Dayton, OH : Yoder, 2003.

Wright, Wilbur. Photographs by the Wright Brothers: Prints from the Glass Negatives in the Library of Congress: A Micro-publication Commemorating the Seventy-fifth Anniversary of the First Flight by the Wright Brothers, Dec. 17, l903 , Library of Congress, Washington, l978 (three copies).

Box 22, Postcards, 1900-1997 - 63 items

Page 1 Gliders and First Flights

[Early Glider] 1 postcard [?] : b&w ; 10 x 5.8 cm [Dayton : s.n., 1900?]

First Power - Driven Airplane Flight 1 postcard : col., 14 x 8.8 cm Williamsburg : Walter H. Miller, [190-]

Page 2, First Flights

Wright Brothers' First Power Driven Plane First Flight at Kitty Hawk in l903 1 postcard : col., 14.1 x 9 cm Dayton : Wilkie Picture & Puzzle Co., [190-]

Wright Brothers' First Power Driven Plane First Flight at Kitty Hawk in l903 1 postcard : col., 14.1 x 9 cm Dayton : Wilkie News Co., [190-]

103 Page 3, First Flights

Wright Brothers' 1903 Camp Buildings 1 postcard : col., 13.8 x 8.8 cm Williamsburg : Walter H. Miller, [1903?]

[Getting Ready for the First Flight, Dec. 17, 1903] 1 postcard : col., 13.8 x 8.8 cm Williamsburg : Walter H. Miller, [1903?]

Page 4, First Flights

Wright Brothers' Machine in Flight : Circling the Field-200 Feet in the Air 1 postcard : b&w ; 14 x 9 cm [Dayton : s.n., 1909?]

[Glider] 1 postcard : b&w ; 14 x 8.8 cm [Fort Myer : s.n.], September 17, 1908

Page 5, First Flights

[Glider Wrecked by Wind] 1 postcard : b&w ; 14 x 8.8 cm [Fort Myer : s.n.], September 17, 1908

Glider Wrecked by Wind, Oct. 10, 1900 1 postcard : b&w ; 14 x 8.8 cm [Fort Myer : s.n.], September 17, 1908

Page 6, First Flights

[Powered Flight Over Dayton] 1 postcard : b&w ; 13.6 x 8.5 cm Dayton : [s.n., 191-?]

Wright Brothers' Machine in Flight: Group of Aviators, Including Wright Brothers and Walter Brookins 1 postcard : b&w ; 14 x 9 cm [Fort Meyer : s.n., 191-?]

Page 7, Celebrations

A Humorous Postcard Showing One of the Wright Brothers 1 postcard : b&w ; 13.8 x 8.7 cm [S.l. : s.n., 191-?]

104

Fire Parade in Court of Honor, Wright Brothers' Celebration, 1 postcard : b&w ; 14 x 8.8 cm Dayton : Liddy & Iddings, June 17, 1909

Page 8, 9 Celebrations

Firemen's Parade, Wright Brothers' Celebration 3 postcards : b&w ; 13.8 x 8.7 cm Dayton : John J. Keyes, June 17, 1909

Page 9, Celebrations

The Court of Honor, Wright Brothers' Celebration at Dayton 1 postcard : b&w ; 13.8 x 8.7 cm Dayton : John J. Keyes, June 18, 1909

Page 10, Celebrations

Governor Harmon Presenting Ohio's Medals-Wright Brothers' Celebration 2 postcards : b&w ; 13.9 x 8.8 cm Dayton : Liddy & Iddings, June 18, 1909

Page 11, Celebrations

Floats in Line at Wright Brothers' Home-Coming Carnival 1 postcard : b&w ; 13.9 x 8.8 cm Dayton : John J. Keyes, June 18, 1909

Human Flag, 2000 Children, Wright Brothers' Celebration 1 postcard : col., 13.9 x 8.8 cm Dayton : S. S. Kresge, June 18-19, 1909

Page 12, Celebrations

Military Band in Parade at Wright Brothers' Home-Coming Celebration at Dayton 1 postcard : b&w ; 13.9 x 8.8 cm Dayton : John J. Keyes, June 18, 1909

Military Band in Parade, Wright Brothers' Celebration at Dayton 1 postcard : b&w ; 13.9 x 8.8 cm Dayton : Liddy & Iddings, June 18, 1909

Page 13, 14 Celebrations

The Military Pageant at Wright Brothers' Home-Coming Celebration at Dayton

105 3 postcards : b&w ; 13.9 x 8.8 cm Dayton : John J. Keyes, June 18, 1909

Page 14, Celebrations

Modern Locomotive, Evolution of Transportation Pageantry, Wright Brothers' Celebration 1 postcard : b&w ; 14 x 8.8 cm Dayton : Liddy & Iddings, June 18, 1909

Page 15, 16 Celebrations

Old Time Ox-Cart, Evolution of Transportation Pageantry, Wright Brothers' Celebration 1 postcard : b&w ; 14 x 8.9 cm Dayton : Liddy & Iddings, June 18, 1909

Presentation of City's Medals by Mayor Burkhart-Wright Brothers' Celebration 2 postcards : b&w ; 14 x 8.9 cm Dayton : Liddy & Iddings, June 18, 1909

Page 16, Celebrations

Presentation of National Medals-Wright Brothers' Celebration 2 postcards : b&w ; 13.8 x 8.8 cm Dayton : Liddy & Iddings, 1909

Page 17, Celebrations

Night Illumination of the Court of Honor, Wright Brothers' Celebration 2 postcards : b&w ; 13.8 x 8.8 cm Dayton : John J. Keyes, June 18, 1909

Page 18, Celebrations

Wright Brothers' Celebration 2 postcards : b&w ; 14 x 9 cm Dayton : [s.n.], June 18, 1909

Page 19, Celebrations

[The Wright Brothers' Home Coming Celebration] 2 postcards : b&w ; 13.4 x 8.8 cm Dayton : [s.n.], June 18, 1909

Page 20, Celebrations

Wright Brothers' Celebration

106 1 postcard : b&w ; 13.6 x 8.4 cm Dayton : [s.n.], June 18, 1909 Note: It notes on the back that the Wright Brothers made a fine high flight

Wright Brothers' Airplane in Flight Over Dayton 1 postcard : b&w ; 13.8 x 8.8 cm Dayton : [s.n.], Sept. 25, 1910

Page 21, Later Flights

Orville Wright Flying Over City in His Aeroplane 1 postcard : b&w ; 13.8 x 8.8 cm Dayton : John J. Keyes, [Nov. 14, 1910?]

Wright Brothers' Machine in Flight: The Start for the Clouds 1 postcard : b&w ; 14 x 8.9 cm Dayton : [s.n., Sept. 25, 1910 ?] Note: There is a piece of material attached to the postcard with a note saying that this is a sample of the first merchandise transported by airplane.

Page 22, Later Flights

The Wright Brothers' Airship Factory 2 postcards : col ; 13.6 x 8.7 cm Dayton : [s.n., July 4, 1911]

Page 23 Later Flights

The Wright Company: Latest Model of Aeroplane 2 postcards : col ; 13.7 x 8.6 cm Dayton : [s.n., April 11, 1944]

Page 24, Later Flights

Flight Powered [?] 1 postcard : col ; 13.8 x 8.8 cm [S.l. : s.n., 191-?]

Wright Brothers' Machine in Flight: In the Clouds 1 postcard : b&w ; 14 x 9 cm [S.l. : s.n., 191-?]

Page 25, Memorials

107 Dedication Wright Memorial Pylon: Commemorating the First Successful Heavier-Than- Air Flight by Man 1 postcard : col ; 16.7 x 9.3 cm Kitty Hawk : [s.n., 1932?] Note: Donated by Curt and Carol Dalton

Wright Memorial Shaft: Wright Brothers' National Memorial 1 postcard : col ; 13.9 x 9 cm Kill Devil Hills : Walter H. Miller, [19--?]

Page 26, Memorials

Wright Memorial Visitor Center: Wright Brothers' National Memorial 1 postcard : col ; 13.6 x 8.8 cm Kill Devil Hills : Walter H. Miller, [19--?]

Wright Memorial First Flight Boulder: Wright Brothers National Memorial 1 postcard : col ; 13.9 x 9 cm Kill Devil Hills : Walter H. Miller, [19--?]

Page 27, Residence

Hawthorn Hill 2 postcards : b&w ; 14.1 x 9 cm Dayton : [s.n., 1948?]

Page 28, 29, 30 Residence

Orville Wright Residence 1 postcard : b&w ; 14 x 8.7 cm Dayton : J. T. Barlow Co., [1953?]

Hawthorn Hill 5 postcards : col. ; 14 x 8.9 cm Dayton : [s.n., 1948?]

Page 31, Memorials

[Return of the Kitty Hawk Plane] 1 postcard : col ; 12.6 x 10.3 cm Kill Devil Hills : [s.n., 194-?]

The Wright Stuff on the American Experience 1 postcard : b&w ; 14 x 8.7 cm

108 Arlington : Nancy Porter Productions Inc., [l997]

Page 30, Museum

Wright Hall: Carillon Historical Park 1 postcard : col. ; 14.8 x 10.3 cm [Dayton : M. A. Moore, Dec. 14, l993?]

Photos in Books

Bronze Group Presented to the Wright Brothers by the Aero Club of Dayton France. Louis Garvin, Sculptor. 977.173 In: Conover, Mrs. Charlotte Reeve. The Story of Dayton , Otterbein Press, C75s Dayton, OH, 1917, (WBL). Front

Demolition Bombs Manufactured at Wright Field Dayton In: Conover, Mrs. Charlotte (Reeve). Dayton, Ohio, an Intimate History , 977.173 Lewis Historical Pub. Co., New York, 1932. C753day opp. p. 259

Demolition Bombs Manufactured at Wright Field Dayton In: Conover, Mrs. Charlotte Reeve. Dayton and Montgomery County; 977.173 Resources and People , Lewis Historical Publishing, New York, l932. C75D Vol. 2 opp. p. 528

General View of Wright Aviation Field Dayton In: Conover, Mrs. Charlotte Reeve. Dayton, Ohio, an Intimate History , 977.173 Lewis Historical Pub. Co., New York, 1932. C753day opp. p. 303

General View of Wright Aviation Field Dayton In: Conover, Mrs. Charlotte Reeve. Dayton and Montgomery County; 977.173 Resources and People , Lewis Historical Publishing, New York, l932. C75D Vol. 2 opp. p. 488

Headquarters, Air Materiel Command, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base Dayton In: Dayton Real Estate Board. 40th Anniversary, l909-l949 , Dayton Real 977.173 Estate Board, Dayton, OH , 1949. D27627f p. 16

Memorial to the Wright Brothers Co-Inventors of the Airplane Dayton In: Dayton Real Estate Board. 40th Anniversary, l909-l949 , Dayton Real 977.173 Estate Board, Dayton, OH, 1949. D27627f

109 p. 8

Present Day Aerial View of Area B, Wright Patterson A. F. B. , Dayton, Dayton Ohio 977.173 In: Dayton Real Estate Board. 40th Anniversary, l909-l949 , Dayton Real D27627f Estate Board, Dayton, OH , 1949. p. 29

Propeller Whirling Test Laboratory Dayton In: Conover, Mrs. Charlotte Reeve. Dayton and Montgomery County; 977.173 Resources and People , Lewis Historical Publishing, New York, l932. C75D Vol. 1 opp. P. 304

Propeller Whirling Test Laboratory Dayton In: Conover, Mrs. Charlotte (Reeve). Dayton, Ohio, an Intimate History , 977.173 Lewis Historical Pub. Co., New York, 1932. C753day opp. p. 306

Wright Cycle Company, 1127 West Third Street, Dayton Dayton In : McFarland, Marvin W. (ed.) The Papers of Wilbur and Orville 629.1309 Wright: Including the Chanute-Wright Letters and Other Papers of Octave W954P Chanute , McGraw-Hill, New York, [l973]. Vol. I Plate 8

SERIES VI MEMORABILIA

Subseries 12, Flags and Miscellaneous Items - 4 items

Box 23 , Folder 1, Flags, l939 One American Flag

Box 23, Folder 2, Flags, l939 One American Flag

Box 23, Folder 3, Flags, l939 One British Flag

Box 23, Folder 4, Flags, l939 One French Flag

Box 24, Stamps and Miscellaneous, 1949-1998 - 8 items

110 First Day Cover Commemorating Wilbur and Orville Wright Aviation Pioneers, 1949: two envelopes.

Wright Brothers' Commemorative Stamps, 6 cents U.S. Airmail, Issued Dec. 17, 1949, 46th Anniversary, presented by Del Harrison, March 12, 1997, (two pages and partial third page).

First Day Cover Commemorating Wilbur and Orville Wright, Aviation Pioneers, Sept. 23, 1978, (four envelopes).

Wright Brothers' Commemorative Stamps, 31 cents U.S. Airmail, Issued Sept. 23, 1978, (two pages and partial third page).

First Day Cover Commemorating Wilbur and Orville Wright, Aviation Pioneers, 90th Anniversary, Issued Dec. 17, 1993.

The 1900's Celebrate the Century: The Dawn of the Twentieth Century, United States Postal Service, 1998. Note: The 1900s Celebrate the Century: this sheet is number 1 in a series of ten sheets 1998 USPS. Background photo: Near Dayton, Ohio the Wright brothers stand beside Flyer II, the first plane to fly a complete circle. Wilbur Wright piloted the flight September 20, 1904.

Return of the Kitty Hawk Plane, "Birthplace of Aviation": a pin sent to the DMCPL by Howerton Gowen, President of Howerton Gowen Company, Inc., Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, Dec. 22, 1966.

Box 25, Commemorative Plate, 1939 Contains a commemorative plate for Millville, Indiana Centennial, 1854-1954, birthplace of Wilbur Wright.

Box 26, Folder 1, Miscellaneous Contains "Thomas Grimalkin," print presented by the Kiwanis Club of Oakwood (limited edition, 38/250).

Box 26, Folder 2, Miscellaneous Certificate accompanying limited edition print "Thomas Grimalkin."

111 SERIES VII SCRAPBOOKS AND SCRAPBOOK MATERIAL

Subseries 13, Scrapbooks

Box 27, Scrapbook, 1890-1926

Box 28, Scrapbook, 1927-1932

Box 29, Scrapbook, 1933-1939

Box 30, Scrapbook, 1940-1943

Box 31, Scrapbook, 1944-1948

Box 32, Scrapbook, 1949-1957

Box 33, Scrapbook, 1958-1963

Box 34, Scrapbook, 1912-1954

Box 35, Scrapbook, 1960-1996

Box 36, Scrapbook, Miscellaneous

112

Index golden ...... 34 A August Abbot Jean...... 63 Charles Greeley ...... 32, 73 Aviation Heritage Aero Club ...... 18, 32, 36, 109 newsletter...... 39 Air Show Awards...... 92 Dayton ...... 44, 58 cadet...... 79 international...... 43, 44 B largest ...... 43 airplane...... 88 Bacon army...... 9, 10 families ...... 84 control system...... 10 Bairstow first...... 15 Leonard...... 73 first ride ...... 10 Baker model B ...... 11 family...... 84 original Wright ...... 68 Max P...... 73 third ...... 55 Barkley Wright Type C...... 90 Alben W...... 61, 71 Airplane Barnes co-inventors ...... 60, 109 John...... 18 first...... 59, 101 Barr history...... 24, 38 Brian ...... 63 world's first ...... 101 Barron Airplane Co ...... 13, 34 Arthur...... 43 Albertson Beringer Catherine Seyton...... 33 Sarah...... 18 Aldridge Bernstein James F...... 33, 39 Mark ...... 25 Anderson biographical Neal L...... 18 sketch ...... 7 Andrews Biographical Alfred Stokes...... 24, 25 sketch...... 22, 24 family...... 83 biographies ...... 61 William...... 99 Boekland anniversary L. H...... 33 90th...... 68 Bolton Anniversary Sarah...... 18 100th...... 30, 31, 97 Bonnalie 10th...... 44 Allan F...... 61 25th...... 40, 54 Books 38th...... 41 bank ...... 79 40th...... 109, 110 check stub ...... 79 46th...... 111 Dayton collection...... 24 50th...... 38, 42, 98 photos ...... 109 60th...... 42, 43 rare...... 18 75th...... 38, 103 Boomer 80th...... 45 William...... 70 90th...... 44, 97, 111 Brewer 94th...... 45 Griffith...... 18, 73 diamond ...... 33 Brochures ...... 59, 64 flight ...... 41 Brockett

113 Paul...... 18 Contract Bruce AeroClub ...... 77 Essie T...... 72 Edison...... 78 Bruno contracts...... 11, 14 Harry...... 25 Contracts Brunsman Flint...... 77 August E...... 25, 33, 74 French...... 77 Charlotte K...... 25 German ...... 77 Burba Italian...... 77 Howard ...... 60 Wright Co...... 77 Convenhoven C families ...... 83 Canal...... 66, 67 correspondence...... 17 Caniff Milton Wright...... 82 Milton ...... 72, 97 Correspondence ...... 64 celebration Asahel Wright...... 65 homecoming ...... 10, 53 miscellaneous...... 70 Celebration Orville and Wilbur...... 68 anniversary...... 42, 44 Craig flight ...... 56 Pinky...... 62 homecoming ...... 40, 100, 101, 106 Crouch in honor...... 41 Tom D...... 26, 33, 74 international...... 59 Cull pageant...... 105, 106 Dick Jr...... 56 parade ...... 105 D poster ...... 102 street scenes...... 100, 101, 102 Dahlman Celebrations ...... 104, 105, 106 Donald L...... 43 Cessna Davis family...... 84 Mickey...... 58 Chait Davy William...... 70 Maurice...... 19 Chanute Dayton Action ...... 60 Elizabeth...... 76 De Syon Octave...... 8, 25, 76, 85, 90, 110 Guilaume...... 74 Chapin Deeds...... 78 Mary Katharine...... 19 Edward A...... 13, 16, 41, 62, 93, 94 Chapman Degen William...... 25 Paula ...... 31 Charnley Dene Mitchell ...... 19, 25 Shafto...... 19 Chasteen Diaries...... 65, 81 Gretchen ...... 70 Milton Wright ...... 80 Christian Conservator ...... 59 Dichman clippings Ernest W...... 20 newspaper...... 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 82 diplomas Clippings Orville and Wilbur...... See high school newspaper...... 46, 79 Wilbur...... 8 Collison Diplomas...... 71 Thomas ...... 19 honorary Combs Wilbur...... 71 Harry B...... 26, 58 Honorary contract Wilbur...... 45 first military aeroplane...... 87 Ditzel specifications ...... 87 Paul...... 62

114 Doolittle Fitzgerald...... 83 Gen James H...... 44 Catharine...... 32 Jimmy ...... 62 Roy ...... 68, 69 Dorman flag Geoffrey...... 26 American...... 110 Dover Flag family...... 84 American...... 110 Dufour British ...... 110 Howard R...... 26 French...... 110 DuFour human ...... 105 Howard R...... 26 Flags ...... 110 Durand Fleming William...... 20, 93 Karol...... 56 flight E beginning ...... 8 Early Flight Chanute...... See hanu 1900-1911...... 27 controlled...... 8 symposium...... 44 demonstration ...... 10 East experimental ...... 9 Omega...... 26 first...... 9, 16, 17, 70, 88 Omega G...... 34 first passenger ...... 89 Edgar free with a man ...... 15 Ellis W...... 99 high...... 107 John F ...... 20 Kitty Hawk...... 85 Edison manned...... 9 contract ...... 78 piloted by Wilbur...... 111 exhibit...... 85 powered ...... 8, 17, 68 Institute...... 24, 41, 85 problem...... 9 estate...... 67 technology...... 11 Eudaly test...... 15 families ...... 84 with a man...... 13 Evening Item ...... 17, 49, 51, 52, 95 witnessed...... 88 Flight F air...... 21 factory airplane ...... 103 Dayton ...... 10 anniversary...... 60, 97 second...... 10 beginning ...... 62 Factory by man ...... 108 airship ...... 107 endures...... 62 Dayton ...... 91 first...... 58, 59, 60, 97, 103, 104, 108 NCR...... 41 history...... 19, 20 Fales machine...... 104, 107 Elisha Noel ...... 34 over Dayton ...... 107 Faroux plan ...... 60 Ch...... 34 postcards...... 107 Faunce powered ...... 71, 97, 98, 107 Cy Q ...... 20 second...... 100 Ferris technique...... 78 Richard ...... 20 test...... 20 Filips Foulois ...... 93 Janet...... 58 Benjamin Delahauf ...... 27 Fisher Foxworth Matt ...... 58 Thomas Gordon ...... 26 Fisk Freedman Fred C...... 26, 75, 97 Russell ...... 27

115 Freeman Guggenheim Edmund...... 64, 83 Daniel ...... 19, 33, 34 family...... 83, 94 fund...... 14, 34 genealogies ...... 64 Fund...... 19 John ...... 67 grant...... 20 Sarah...... 64 Henry ...... 93 Freudenthal medal ...... 19, 33 Elsbeth Estelle ...... 20, 27 promotion...... 14, 19, 34 Freyer...... See Fry safe aircraft ...... 19 Phillip ...... 65 H Fritz John ...... 21 Hadeler medal ...... 21 Robert ...... 74 Fry Haines family...... 65, 84, 94 Madge...... 28 Fryer ...... See Fry Hallion Richard P...... 28 G Hamburg Gano Merrill...... 20 family...... 84 Hamilton ...... 83 Gasior William...... 68, 69, 73 Anne ...... 58 Hankin Geibert E. Hanbury...... 35 Ron ...... 27 Hargrave Ronald R...... 27 Laurence ...... 68 genealogical Harris letters ...... 82 family...... 83, 94 notes...... 82 Sherwood...... 61 records ...... 6, 17 Harrison Genealogical Del ...... 111 guide ...... 30, 74 Michael...... 21, 28 listings...... 64 Haskin notes...... 24, 82 Frederic...... 21 papers ...... 64, 82 Hayward Genealogies Charles Brian ...... 21 Van Cleve ...... 25 Hinckley Wright...... 24, 64 Robert M...... 93 Gerhard Historical Bulletin ...... 39 W. F...... 20 Hobbs Gertler Leonard S...... 28 Joe...... 63 Holland Gibbs-Smith Maurice...... 28 Charles H...... 27, 34 Holt Glassman family...... 84 Don...... 20 Hoover Gline Felix...... 66 Carroll V...... 27 Hopkins Gollin Philip S...... 72 Alfred M...... 27 Howard Goulder Fred...... 28 Grace ...... 56 Hubbell Gray Charles...... 28 George W...... 27 Humphreys Grumbach Pauline Annette...... 21 Carrie...... 65 Hunsaker

116 Jerome C...... 93 Susan Catherine ...... 7, 65 Hunt L Melba...... 28 Lacey J Betty ...... 56 Jackson Lake Andrew ...... 66 family...... 84 Jacobs Lebow James P...... 71 Eileen F...... 29 James W...... 28 ledgers Jaffe account...... 79 Bernard ...... 21 Ledgers Jakab financial ...... 79 Peter L...... 28, 74 letters Janis aeronautical...... 75 Jan...... 53 family...... 82 Jenkins genealogical...... 82 Burris Jr...... 55 Milton Wright...... 80 Johnson Wright Co ...... 63 Mary Ann...... 28, 29 Letters Johnston Asahel ...... 82 S. Paul...... 73 Chanute...... 76 Jones Chanute-Wright ...... 22, 110 Jack...... 57 Curtis Wright ...... 82 Jordanoff family...... 82 Assen ...... 29, 35 Frank Reeder...... 82 Journal George C. Spratt ...... 77 Aeronautical ...... 37 George C. Spratt ...... 76 Dayton ...... 54, 55 Gilkes...... 84 Herald ...... 54, 55, 56, 58, 97 Jonathan Franklin Reeder ...... 83 Industrial and Engineering...... 33 Koerner...... 83 New York ...... 55 Milton Wright...... 80, 81 NRTA...... 62 Reeder family...... 83 Railroad ...... 25 Rodney P. Wright ...... 82 Royal ...... 38 Suzan Koerner Wright ...... 81 Journals ...... 36 war ...... 23 aeronautical ...... 36, 37, 38 Wilbur and Orville...... 29, 75 Wilbur to Chanute...... 76 K Wilbur to Chanute...... 76 Kaempffert William Ryer Wright ...... 82 Waldemar ...... 21 Library Kelly Congress ...... 91, 92, 103 field...... 54 Dunbar ...... 95 Fred C...... 21, 24, 29, 60, 61, 75 Montgomery County...... 95, 96 Kelto Wright's...... 6 Kathy ...... 35 Lindsley Kennedy Evangeline ...... 68, 69 Rankin...... 21 Mary J...... 69 Kirk Loening Stephen ...... 29 biplane ...... 29 Koerner...... 65 Grover Cleveland...... 22, 29, 62, 71, 90 family...... 83, 94 Lougheed John ...... 7 Victor...... 22 letters ...... 83 Lyman Susan ...... 81, 83, 94 Lauren...... 62

117 Lauren:...... 54 Winton L...... 40 Mills M Lois...... 23, 30 magazine Models Central High School ...... 69 gliders ...... 90 Dayton S C F News ...... 70 Moedebeck Magazine Hermann ...... 23 articles ...... 59, 61 Mohler Boeing ...... 38 Stanley R...... 62 Harper's...... 61 Moody Life ...... 36 family...... 84 Ohio...... 62 Moolman The American Legion...... 62 Valerie ...... 30 The National Geographic...... 38 Morneweck Maitland Evelyn Foster...... 35 Lester J...... 22 Morris Marshall Lloyd R...... 30 Fred F...... 29, 35, 56, 59 Motor News ...... 38, 60 Mason N General ...... 93 Robert...... 55 Newsletters ...... 36 McFarland Access ...... 39 Marvin Wilks...... 22, 61, 110 newspapers...... 17, 69 McMahon Dayton ...... 70 John ...... 22, 30 Newspapers ...... 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52 Mead Nolan George ...... 93 Patrick B...... 27, 30, 74, 75 memorial Northrop dedication ...... 92 John Knudsen...... 73 Kitty Hawk ...... 68 O Memorial dedication ...... 54, 108 Orville Greenfield Village ...... 54 attended school ...... 8 Kill Devil Hills ...... 15, 40 aviation ...... See Guggenheim fund Kitty Hawk ...... 92 born...... 7 national ...... 25, 26, 34, 45 buried...... 16 National ...... 41, 42 businessman...... 12 Patterson ...... 63 death ...... 6, 16 society...... 42 designer...... 9 Wright.15, 40, 41, 54, 63, 72, 87, 97, 108, 109 DH-4...... 14 memorials ...... 68 Engineers' Club...... 13 Memorials...... 107, 108 genealogy...... 7 Kitty Hawk ...... 92 Hawthorn Hill ...... 15 Meynell historical park ...... 16 Laurence ...... 22, 30 honors ...... 15 microfilms...... 75, 95, 96 injured...... 10 Microfilms ...... 75 laboratory...... 14 Midget lived ...... 8, 13 See printing...... 8 Weekly Midget ...... 8 restoration...... 16 Miller Signal Officers Reserve ...... 14 Francis Trevelyan ...... 22 Smithsonian Institution ...... 13 Harold S...... 6, 41, 42, 43, 44, 70 typhoid...... 8 Ivonette Wright...... 6, 25, 32, 43, 44, 74 Osler Walter H...... 103, 104, 108 Jack M...... 56

118 Otis plate family...... 84 centennial...... 111 negatives ...... 11, 85, 87, 91 P Plate Pamphlets ...... 32, 80 commemorative ...... 111 papers plates aviation ...... 75 negatives ...... 85 family...... 69 poem ...... 42 miscellaneous...... 78 Poem personal ...... 78 Dayton Kid ...... 72 Wilbur and Orville...... 75 Lager Beer ...... 78 Papers ...... 81, 91 The Wrights at Kitty Hawk...... 42 Aviation Field...... 72 Pope Chanute-Wright ...... 22, 110 Amanda C...... 43 Hangar Marker...... 72 Porter manuscript ...... 75 Nancy...... 74, 109 miscellaneous...... 62 Sarah...... 64 non-aeronautical ...... 78 postcards...... 53 Wilbur and Orville...... 22, 61, 75 Postcards...... 103 Wright...... 60, 75 prints Paris negatives ...... 85 Michael...... 25 Pritchard Parramore Laurence J...... 30 Thomas C...... 30 programs...... 6, 17, 40 patent ...... 9, 10, 11, 13, 14, 76 Programs ...... 39, 40, 41, 42, 44 Patent...... 78, 91 progress patents...... 11, 12, 13 National Road...... 67 Pehrson...... 35 Progress Petree aeronautical science...... 18 families ...... 94 aviation ...... 38, 53, 73 Jay...... 72 flight security...... 98 photographs ...... 9, 85, 87, 88, 92, 99 flying...... 25 aeronautical...... 85 Guggenheim...... 20 balloon...... 88 military aircraft ...... 35 original...... 87, 88, 89 R trip to Western US...... 94 Photographs ...... 99, 100, 101 Randers...... 35 aeronautical...... 85 Reeder autographed ...... 95 Catherine...... 7, 64, 65 Chanute...... 86 family...... 65, 82, 83, 94 early flight...... 27 Frank...... 82 family...... 95 George Conover...... 83 Library of Congress ...... 91 Jonathan Franklin...... 83 miscellaneous...... 95 Joseph ...... 65 non-aeronautical ...... 92 letters ...... 83 oversize...... 95 Margaret Van Cleve...... 7, 65 patent suit...... 91 Ralph...... 83 prints...... 103 relations school class...... 94 public ...... 14 photos Relations negatives...... 63, 75 Smithsonian ...... 32 Pinson Wright...... 82 Jay D...... 30 Reminiscences Pitt Wright...... 32 Frederick William...... 23 Renstrom

119 Arthur G...... 30, 31 family...... 84 resolution...... 66 societies Reynolds aeronautical...... 32 Quentin James...... 23, 31 secret...... 80 Rhodes Societies James A...... 31 engineering ...... 32 Richardson Speeches ...... 73 William...... 74 Spratt Richmond Item ...... 48 George C...... 76, 77, 85, 86 road Stamp National ...... 66 commemorative ...... 42, 110, 111 state...... 66, 67 Starbuck Road Edwin Diller...... 23 National ...... 67 Stevenson Roberts Augusta...... 31 Frank M...... 57 Stever Rogers Guyford H...... 31 Gen. F. M...... 57 Stough Rosher Charles...... 58 Harold...... 23 Swaynie Russel families ...... 84 George ...... 74 Robert ...... 66 Russell T families ...... 84 Tattler ...... 69 S Teale Schenck Edwin Way ...... 23 Congressman ...... 70 Ten Dayton Boys families ...... 83 Annual Club...... 18, 99 Paul F...... 70 tests Schnittkind army...... 90 Dana Lee Thomas...... 23 Fort Myer...... 10 Henry Thomas ...... 23 glider...... 85 Schweller Tests Adelle U...... 57 army...... 36 scrapbooks...... 17 Carolina coast ...... 53 SCRAPBOOKS...... 112 Langley Aerodrome ...... 32 Sherman Thomas Dallas...... 61 Bill...... 57, 62 Shupp Henry ...... 31 Cleo ...... 56 Joan...... 57 Simms Thompson station ...... 9, 10 , 15 , 72 , 86 , 89 H. A...... 62 Sines Tipton & Wright...... 17, 65 David ...... 62 Edwin...... 8, 65 Tribute ...... 55 Slipstream ...... 59 final...... 55 montly...... 38 great ...... 57 Smith Orville...... 55 family...... 84 Wilbur and Orville...... 56 Henry Ladd...... 61 Wright brothers...... 57 Kendall ...... 30 Wrights ...... 54, 60 Robert...... 74 Troy Pike ...... 66 Snap Shots ...... 17, 36, 95 Snyder

120 V brothers hill...... 41 case vs Curtiss...... 12 Van Cleve celebrations...... 40 family...... 64, 69, 83, 84 company...... 10, 11, 12, 13 genealogies ...... 24, 25, 64 corporation...... 35, 36 hotel...... 73 Curtis ...... 24 John ...... 64 cycle...... 36 Margaret ...... 7, 65 Cycle Company...... 8 William...... 66 Dan ...... 7, 64, 65, 82 Vanderbilt Dea. Samuel...... 24 family...... 84 exhibition company...... 10 Vaughn family...... 7 David ...... 74 field...... 33, 36, 40, 41 videos ...... 74 fliers...... 9 Videos ...... 74, 75 flyer...... 31, 36, 39 Villers Genealogies ...... 64 Ralph ...... 62 Ida...... 8 W incorporation of the company...... 11 John...... 64 Waite Katharine10, 11, 13, 15, 59, 76, 78, 79, 94, 95, families ...... 84 99 Walsh laboratory...... 31 Bari...... 63 Lorin ...... 7, 15, 39, 77, 85, 95, 99 John Evangelist...... 31 Martin ...... 13 WBL memorial...... 40, 41 Wright Brothers Library 18, 19, 20, 21, 23, 24, Milton ... 40, 64, 66, 71, 72, 80, 81, 82, 89, 94, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 46, 64, 65, 73, 109 99 Weekly Midget ...... 8, 17, 65, 95 Model A...... 11 Welsh Model B...... 11 accident...... 90 Orville 7, 24, 29, 30, 31, 33, 34, 36, 40, 41, 42 Arthur ...... 90 Otis ...... 8 Wescott patent ...... 13 Lynanne ...... 31 patents...... 12 West Side News...... 17, 46, 47, 48, 65, 95 Patterson ...... 31, 33, 35, 36, 39 Whiting Patterson Air Force Base ...... 9 William F...... 23 Porter ...... 64, 67, 82, 84 Whittington reminiscences...... 32 Shirley...... 57 Reuchlin...... 7, 15, 95, 99 Wildman Samuel ...... 7, 64 Edwin...... 24 school...... 10 wind tunnel ...... 76, 85 Sir John...... 24 Wind Tunnel...... 33, 34, 35, 56, 85 Susan...... 7 Wolko Thomas ...... 24 Howard S...... 31 Times ...... 39 Worth Wilbur...... 7, 25, 27, 29, 30, 31, 36, 39, 41 families ...... 84 Wright Printers ...... 8 Wright Writings & Wright printers...... 25 Aeronautical...... 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 75, 78 & Wright Printers ...... 36 Wyen 1905 Flyer...... 9 Aloys J...... 63, 70, 71 Aeronautical Company ...... 13 Mary ...... 71 airplane ...... 10 airplane co...... 24, 34, 36, 38 Y Asahel...... 7, 66, 82 Year Book bicycles...... 8 Aircraft...... 18

121 Young Z Rosamond...... 32 Zahm Roz ...... 58 Albert Francis ...... 24, 36, 76 Zamonski John A...... 74, 75

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