Search this Blog
ASK A QUESTION
For all inquiries, please use our Research Request Form, and an archivist will respond to you soon. Thanks!
Web Site
For more information about our collections and services, please visit our main web site at:
https://libraries.wright.edu/special-collections-and-archivesFollow Us
Subscribe to Blog via Email
Receive an email notification when a new post is available.-
Recent Posts
- SCA Head Jane Wildermuth Named Interim University Librarian
- Great-Grandson of Mahatma Gandhi Visits the Archives
- Newly Donated Publication Available: Letters to My Grandchildren by William J. Lammers
- Archives Closed Dec. 22, 2023 – Jan. 9, 2024
- New Collections Available for Research, December 2023
- Winter Break Closures
- Completed Digitization Project: Katharine Wright Haskell Letters
- November/December Holiday Closures
- SCA Featured in Society of Ohio Archivists’ Archives Month Spotlight
- Archives Featured in Oakwood Register
Blog Calendar
Archives
Monthly Archives: May 2014
Spotlight on the Dayton-Wright Airplane Company
Did you know that over 3,000 World War I aircraft were manufactured right here in Dayton, Ohio? The Dayton-Wright Airplane Company delivered more than 3,500 airplanes to the war front, most of which were De Havilland 4s (or DH-4s). Our … Continue reading
Posted in Aviation, Collections, Outreach
Tagged collections, CORE Scholar, digital collections, MS-152, outreach, SC-150, World War I, WWI, WWI100
Comments Off on Spotlight on the Dayton-Wright Airplane Company
The King and the Gem City — Elvis in Dayton
I recently had the opportunity to assist a patron from the Victoria Theatre who was at Special Collections and Archives doing research for an upcoming show, Million Dollar Quartet. Part of the Premier Health’s Broadway Series at the Schuster Center, … Continue reading
Patterson Brothers at Cassville, Georgia
On May 21, 1864, the Union army, after almost 10 days of continual contact with Confederate forces, took a break to “wash and rest” at Cassville, Georgia, as noted in a letter from Robert Patterson. Both Robert and William Patterson … Continue reading
Posted in Civil War, Patterson Family, SC&A
Tagged 1st Ohio Volunteer Infantry, 1st OVI, 61st Ohio Volunteer Infantry, 61st OVI, Civil War, MS-236, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Patterson brothers, Patterson family, Robert Patterson, William Patterson
Comments Off on Patterson Brothers at Cassville, Georgia