MS-1 The Wright Brothers Collection Special Collections & Archives, University Libraries Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio First flight, December 17, 1903 (photo # ms1_16_2_8) Last revised: October 25, 2019 MS-1: Wright Brothers Collection, Special Collections & Archives, Wright State University Libraries 1 Contents Collection Information ...................................................................................................................11 Collection Number: ............................................................................................................11 Collection Title: .................................................................................................................11 Collection Dates: ................................................................................................................11 Creators: .............................................................................................................................11 Summary/Abstract: ............................................................................................................11 Quantity/Physical Description: ..........................................................................................11 Language(s): ......................................................................................................................11 Repository: .........................................................................................................................11 Restrictions on Access: ......................................................................................................11 Restrictions on Use: ...........................................................................................................12 Preferred Citation: ..............................................................................................................12 Acquisition: ........................................................................................................................12 Accruals: ............................................................................................................................13 Custodial History: ..............................................................................................................13 Existence and Location of Copies: ....................................................................................13 Existence and Location of Originals: .................................................................................14 Separated Material: ............................................................................................................14 Other Finding Aid: .............................................................................................................14 Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements: .....................................................15 Related Material: ................................................................................................................15 Publication Note: ...............................................................................................................16 General Notes: ...................................................................................................................16 Processed by: .....................................................................................................................16 Revisions: ...........................................................................................................................16 Arrangement: .....................................................................................................................16 Biographical/Historical Note: ............................................................................................17 Scope and Content Note: ...................................................................................................17 Subject Terms ....................................................................................................................18 Collection Inventory ......................................................................................................................19 PART 1: TECHNICAL LIBRARY, 1816-1948 ................................................................19 Series 1: School Texts, 1816-1896 ........................................................................19 Series 2: Bishop Milton Wright Bibles & Religious Material, 1828-1895............21 Series 3: Aeronautical Books, 1850-1948 .............................................................22 Series 4: Technical Journals, 1893-1948 ...............................................................37 Series 5: The Pamphlet Collection, 1891-1945 .....................................................46 Subseries 5A: Government Documents, British, 1911-1934 .....................46 Subseries 5B: Government Documents, United States, 1897-1941 ..........47 Subseries 5C: Other Institutional Publications and Journal MS-1: Wright Brothers Collection, Special Collections & Archives, Wright State University Libraries 2 Reprints, 1891-1943 .......................................................................51 Subseries 5D: Miscellaneous Pamphlets, 1904-1945 ................................57 PART 2: MANUSCRIPTS, 1779-1975 .............................................................................60 SERIES 1: AERONAUTICAL, 1898-1957 ..........................................................60 Subseries 1A: Correspondence, 1900-1922 ...............................................60 Subseries 1B: Lorin Wright materials on Langley Aerodrome, 1901-1917 ......................................................................................60 Subseries 1C: Wright Company vs. Herring-Curtiss Company, 1906, 1912......................................................................................61 Subseries 1D: Contracts, 1907-1916..........................................................61 Subseries 1E: Wright Company Marketing and Publicity, 1910- 1912................................................................................................61 Subseries 1F: Articles and News Clippings, 1898-1957 ...........................61 Subseries 1G: Celebrations/Anniversaries/Events, 1909-1943 .................63 Subseries 1H: Sale and Installation of 1903 Aeroplane to the Smithsonian Institution, 1925-1948 ...............................................65 SERIES 2: FAMILY PAPERS, 1779-1985 ...........................................................65 Subseries 2A: Family Correspondence, 1779, 1814-1862 .........................65 Subseries 2B: Milton Wright Correspondence, licenses, certificates, 1849-1917 ...................................................................65 Subseries 2C: Susan Koerner Wright, 1853-1888, 1929-1943 ..................66 Subseries 2D: Milton Wright Diaries, 1857-1917 .....................................66 Subseries 2E: Milton Wright Church Papers .............................................67 Subseries 2F: Wright Family School Items, 1878-1900 ............................73 Subseries 2G: Ten Dayton Boys, 1890-1896 .............................................74 Subseries 2H: Printing, 1886-1890 ............................................................74 Subseries 2I: Wright Family – General, 1887-1985 ..................................79 Subseries 2J: Travel Records and Memorabilia, 1906-1932 .....................80 Subseries 2K: Calling Card Collection, Undated ......................................82 Subseries 2L: Genealogical Writings and Correspondence, 1791- 1973..............................................................................................109 Subseries 2M: Orville Wright Estate Papers: Administrative, 1942- 1975..............................................................................................112 SERIES 3: FINANCIAL RECORDS, 1814-1948 ...............................................115 Subseries 3A: Household Notes, Indentures, Deeds, Cancelled Checks, 1814-1935 ......................................................................115 Subseries 3B: Winters National Bank, 1897-1918 ..................................117 Subseries 3C: Fourth National Bank/City National Bank, 1918- 1930..............................................................................................118 Subseries 3D: Union Trust Company/Winters National Bank, 1930-1948 ....................................................................................119 Subseries 3E: Foreign Financial Records, 1909-1913 .............................120 Subseries 3F: Miscellaneous, 1899-1948 ................................................120 PART 3: PHOTOGRAPHS, 1855-1949 ..........................................................................121 SERIES 1: HOME, BICYCLE SHOP, LABORATORY, WIND TUNNEL, AND AIR FOILS, 1897-1949................................................121 MS-1: Wright Brothers Collection, Special Collections & Archives, Wright State University Libraries 3 Box 15, File 1: Orville Wright’s laboratory, Hawthorn Street, and the bicycle shop, 1897-1947 ........................................................121 Box 15, File 2: Wright 1901 wind tunnel reproductions, 1939-1949 ......123 Box 15, File 3: Wind tunnel balances and airfoils, 1901, 1938- 1939..............................................................................................123 SERIES 2: KITTY HAWK AND KILL DEVIL HILLS, NORTH CAROLINA: 1900-1903, 1921-1939