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Completed Digitization Project: Katharine Wright Haskell Letters
We are pleased to announce the recent completion of the Katharine Wright Haskell Correspondence digitization project, providing free and open online access to more than 300 letters written by Katharine Wright Haskell, the younger sister of the Wright Brothers, between … Continue reading
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Tagged digital collections, Katharine Wright, MS-700, news, Wright Brothers
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100 Years Ago Today: Wrights move into Hawthorn Hill
One hundred years ago today, the Wrights moved into their new Oakwood mansion Hawthorn Hill. Bishop Milton Wright wrote in his diary, April 28, 1914: We moved from 7 Hawthorn Street, Dayton, Ohio, to Hawthorn Hill, Harmon Ave., Oakwood, Ohio. … Continue reading
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Tagged Hawthorn Hill, historic homes, Katharine Wright, MS-1, MS-216, Orville Wright, Wright family, Wright home
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Katharine Wright’s Legacy
Special Collections and Archives in the Wright State University Libraries holds one of the most complete collections of Wright Brothers material in the world. This collection documents the story of the invention of powered flight by two brothers from Dayton, … Continue reading
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Tagged Katharine Wright, MS-1, Orville Wright, SC-97, Wright Brothers, Wright family
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