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MS-1The Wright Brothers CollectionSpecial Collections & Archives, University LibrariesWright State University, Dayton, OhioFirst flight, December 17, 1903 (photo # ms1 16 2 8)Last revised: March 1, 2021MS-1: Wright Brothers Collection, Special Collections & Archives, Wright State University Libraries1
ContentsCollection Information .11Collection Number: .11Collection Title: .11Collection Dates: .11Creators: .11Summary/Abstract: .11Quantity/Physical Description: .11Language(s): .11Repository: .11Restrictions on Access: .11Restrictions on Use: .12Preferred Citation: .12Acquisition: .12Accruals: .13Custodial History: .13Existence and Location of Copies: .13Existence and Location of Originals: .14Separated Material: .14Other Finding Aid: .14Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements: .15Related Material: .15Publication Note: .16General Notes: .16Processed by: .16Revisions:.16Arrangement: .16Biographical/Historical Note: .17Scope and Content Note: .17Subject Terms .18Collection Inventory .19PART 1: TECHNICAL LIBRARY, 1816-1948 .19Series 1: School Texts, 1816-1896 .19Series 2: Bishop Milton Wright Bibles & Religious Material, 1828-1895.21Series 3: Aeronautical Books, 1850-1948 .22Series 4: Technical Journals, 1893-1948 .37Series 5: The Pamphlet Collection, 1891-1945 .46Subseries 5A: Government Documents, British, 1911-1934 .46Subseries 5B: Government Documents, United States, 1897-1941 .47Subseries 5C: Other Institutional Publications and JournalMS-1: Wright Brothers Collection, Special Collections & Archives, Wright State University Libraries2
Reprints, 1891-1943 .51Subseries 5D: Miscellaneous Pamphlets, 1904-1945 .57PART 2: MANUSCRIPTS, 1779-1975 .60SERIES 1: AERONAUTICAL, 1898-1957 .60Subseries 1A: Correspondence, 1900-1922 .60Subseries 1B: Lorin Wright materials on Langley Aerodrome,1901-1917 .60Subseries 1C: Wright Company vs. Herring-Curtiss Company,1906, 1912.61Subseries 1D: Contracts, 1907-1916.61Subseries 1E: Wright Company Marketing and Publicity, 19101912.61Subseries 1F: Articles and News Clippings, 1898-1957 .61Subseries 1G: Celebrations/Anniversaries/Events, 1909-1943 .63Subseries 1H: Sale and Installation of 1903 Aeroplane to theSmithsonian Institution, 1925-1948 .65SERIES 2: FAMILY PAPERS, 1779-1985 .65Subseries 2A: Family Correspondence, 1779, 1814-1862.65Subseries 2B: Milton Wright Correspondence, licenses,certificates, 1849-1917 .65Subseries 2C: Susan Koerner Wright, 1853-1888, 1929-1943 .66Subseries 2D: Milton Wright Diaries, 1857-1917 .66Subseries 2E: Milton Wright Church Papers .67Subseries 2F: Wright Family School Items, 1878-1900 .73Subseries 2G: Ten Dayton Boys, 1890-1896 .74Subseries 2H: Printing, 1886-1890 .74Subseries 2I: Wright Family – General, 1887-1985 .79Subseries 2J: Travel Records and Memorabilia, 1906-1932 .80Subseries 2K: Calling Card Collection, Undated .82Subseries 2L: Genealogical Writings and Correspondence, 17911973.109Subseries 2M: Orville Wright Estate Papers: Administrative, 19421975.112SERIES 3: FINANCIAL RECORDS, 1814-1948 .115Subseries 3A: Household Notes, Indentures, Deeds, CancelledChecks, 1814-1935 .115Subseries 3B: Winters National Bank, 1897-1918 .117Subseries 3C: Fourth National Bank/City National Bank, 19181930.118Subseries 3D: Union Trust Company/Winters National Bank,1930-1948 .119Subseries 3E: Foreign Financial Records, 1909-1913 .120Subseries 3F: Miscellaneous, 1899-1948 .120PART 3: PHOTOGRAPHS, 1855-1949 .121SERIES 1: HOME, BICYCLE SHOP, LABORATORY, WINDTUNNEL, AND AIR FOILS, 1897-1949.121MS-1: Wright Brothers Collection, Special Collections & Archives, Wright State University Libraries3
Box 15, File 1: Orville Wright’s laboratory, Hawthorn Street, andthe bicycle shop, 1897-1947 .121Box 15, File 2: Wright 1901 wind tunnel reproductions, 1939-1949 .123Box 15, File 3: Wind tunnel balances and airfoils, 1901, 19381939.123SERIES 2: KITTY HAWK AND KILL DEVIL HILLS, NORTHCAROLINA: 1900-1903, 1921-1939 .124Box 15, File 4: Kitty Hawk, 1900 .124Box 15, File 5: Kill Devil Hills, 1901.126Box 15, File 6: Kitty Hawk, 1902 .128Box 15, File 7: Kitty Hawk, 1902 .131Box 15, File 8: Glider reproductions and later copy prints showingthe 1902 glider. .132Box 16, File 1: Octave Chanute’s photographs of Kitty Hawk in1902.133Box 16, File 2: Kitty Hawk, 1903 .136Box 16, File 3: Kitty Hawk, 1903 .138Box 16, File 4: Kitty Hawk, 1903, 1921-1939 .139SERIES 3: HUFFMAN PRAIRIE (SIMMS STATION): 1904-1905 .140Box 16, File 5: Simms Station, Huffman Prairie, 1904, 1935 .140Box 16, File 6: Simms Station, Huffman Prairie, 1905 .142Box 16, File 7: Simms Station, Huffman Prairie, 1905 .144SERIES 4: KITTY HAWK, NORTH CAROLINA: 1908 .145Box 17, File 1: Return to Kitty Hawk, 1908. .145SERIES 5: LE MANS, FRANCE: 1908, 1918 .146Box 17, File 2: Wilbur Wright at Le Mans, France, 1908. .146Box 17, File 3: Wilbur Wright at Le Mans, France, 1908. .148Box 17, File 4: Wilbur Wright at Le Mans, France, 1908. .149Box 17, File 5: “Le Mans Artistique”, ca. 1908. .152Box 17, File 6: Dedication of the Wilbur Wright Memorial at LeMans, 1918-1921. .152SERIES 6: FORT MYER, VIRGINIA: 1908-1909 .153Box 17, File 7: Orville Wright at Fort Myer, Virginia, 1908 - 1909 .153Box 17, File 8: Orville Wright at Fort Myer, Virginia, 1908 and1909.155Box 17, File 9: Fort Myer, Virginia, June 29 through July 30,1909.156Box 17, File 10: Fort Myer, Virginia, 1908 and 1909. .158SERIES 7: PAU, FRANCE: 1909 .161Box 18, File 1: Pont-Long flying field near Pau, France, 1909. .161Box 18, File 2: Pau, France, 1909 .163Box 18, File 3: Pau, France, 1909 .165Box 18, File 4: Pau, France, 1909 .166Box 18, File 5: Pau, France, 1909 .168SERIES 8: ITALY: 1909 .169Box 18, File 6: Centocelle Field near Rome, Italy, April 1909 .169MS-1: Wright Brothers Collection, Special Collections & Archives, Wright State University Libraries4
SERIES 9: GERMANY: 1909 .171Box 18, File 7: Orville and Katharine Wright in Germany, 1909 .171Box 18, File 8: Germany, 1909. .174Box 18, File 9: Germany, 1909 .176Box 18, File 10: Germany, 1909 .178SERIES 10: HUDSON-FULTON EXHIBITION, NEW YORK: 1909 .180Box 19, File 1: Hudson-Fulton Exhibition Flights, New York City,September and October 1909 .180Box 19, File 2: Hudson-Fulton Exhibition Flights, New York,1909.182SERIES 11: HUFFMAN PRAIRIE (SIMMS STATION): 1910-1913 .183Box 19, File 3: Simms Station - Huffman Prairie, Dayton, 1910,1913.183Box 19, File 4: Simms Station - Huffman Prairie, ca. 1910 .185SERIES 12: MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA: 1910 .186Box 19, File 5: Montgomery, Alabama, March to May 1910 .186Box 19, File 6: Montgomery, Alabama, March to May, 1910. .187SERIES 13: ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI: 1910-1912 .189Box 19, File 7: Kinloch Park, St. Louis, Missouri, October 1910and Kibitske’s crash, 1912. .189SERIES 14: MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN AND LOS ANGLES,CALIFORNIA: 1910 .190Box 19, File 8: Arch Hoxsey at Milwaukee, Wisconsin and LosAngeles, California, 1910 .190SERIES 15: BELMONT PARK, NEW YORK: 1910 .191Box 19, File 9: International Air Meet, Belmont Park, New York,October 1910 .191SERIES 16: KITTY HAWK, NORTH CAROLINA: 1911 .192Box 19, File 10: Gliding at Kill Devil Hills, 1911.192Box 19, File 11: Gliding at Kill Devil Hills, October 1911 .193SERIES 17: COLLEGE PARK, MARYLAND: 1909, 1912 .194Box 19, File 12: College Park, Maryland, 1909, 1912 .194Box 20, File 1: Welsh’s accident at College Park, MD, June 11,1912.195SERIES 18: EARLY HYDROPLANES: 1913-1914 .196Box 20, File 2: Early Hydroplanes and Flying Boats, 1913, 1914. .196Box 20, File 3: Hydroplane test, 1907, and the Model G Aeroboat,1913.197SERIES 19: OCTAVE CHANUTE GLIDER MODELS: 1928.198Box 20, File 4: Models of Octave Chanute’s Gliders, 1928 .198SERIES 20: WRIGHT AIRCRAFT AND PILOTS .198Box 20, File 5: Miscellaneous Wright and other Aircraft and Pilots,1909-1912 .198Box 20, File 6: Miscellaneous Wright Flyers and Pilots, 1911-1915 .200Box 20, File 7: Miscellaneous Wright Flyers and Pilots, 1913-1918 .201Box 20, File 8: Early Aviators, 1910-1915, 1930 .202MS-1: Wright Brothers Collection, Special Collections & Archives, Wright State University Libraries5
Box 20, File 9: Early Aircraft at Belmont Park in October 1910 .204Box 20, File 10: Miscellaneous early gliders, dirigibles, andairplanes, 1904-1910 .205Box 20, File 11: Grover Cleveland Bergdoll’s Model B Flyer, 1933.206Box 20, File 12: Lemp’s Wright Model B Flyer at Wilbur WrightField, 1924 .206SERIES 21: DAYTON HOMECOMING CELEBRATIONS: 1909 .207Box 21, File 1: Dayton Homecoming, May-June, 1909 .207Box 21, File 2: Dayton Homecoming, May-June, 1909 .208SERIES 22: WRIGHT COMPANY FACTORY: 1911 .209Box 21, File 3: Wright Company factory, Dayton, 1911.209SERIES 23: WRIGHT MOTORS .210Box 21, File 4: Wright Motors, 1904-1928, undated .210Box 21, File 5: Wright Motors, 1906-1928, undated .211SERIES 24: PATENT SUIT COPY PHOTOGRAPHS: 1921 .212Box 21, File 6: Patent suit copy photographs, circa 1921. .212SERIES 25: USAF MUSEUM, FORD ENGINEERING LABORATORY,AND WRIGHT FIELD.212Box 21, File 7: First United States Air Force Museum, FordEngineering Laboratory, and the dedication of WrightField, 1927, undated .212SERIES 26: SCIENCE MUSEUM, LONDON, 1928-1947 .213Box 21, File 8: Science Museum, London, 1928-1947 .213SERIES 27: LIBRARY OF CONGRESS PHOTOGRAPHS .214Subseries 27A: Wright Family, Homes, Activities: 1898-1901 .214Subseries 27B: Wright Family, Kitty Hawk: 1900-1901.215Subseries 27C: Wright Glider and Flyers: 1902-1909 .217Subseries 27D: Aeronautical and Family, Various Subjects .222SERIES 28: WRIGHT BROTHERS PORTRAITS .226Box 23, File 1: Wright Brothers portraits .226SERIES 29: BUSTS, MEDALS, AND SCULPTURES, 1909-1944 .228Box 23, File 2: Bronze busts of Orville Wright, 1932, 1936 .228Box 23, File 3: Bronze busts of Wilbur Wright and Orville Wright,1936-1937 .228Box 23, File 4: Funeral wreaths for Wilbur Wright, May 1912. .228Box 23, File 5: Medals and awards received by the Wrights, 19091944.228SERIES 30: KITTY HAWK MEMORIAL, 1927-1939.229Box 23, File 6: Kitty Hawk Memorials, 1928-1939 .229Box 23, File 7: The National Memor
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