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.................................................................................................