Edward A. Korn Collection @ WSU Special Collections & Archives

MS-220 Edward A. Korn Collection

Introduction

The Edward A. Korn Collection consists of 106 photographs and 4 newspaper clippings, 3 personal accounts by Edward A. Korn of the aviation career of himself and his brother Milton H. Korn. The bulk of the collection is 106 photographs compiled by Edward A. Korn and given to his cousin Paul G. Korn of Delphos, Ohio. The first 9 photographs in the Series include comments by Edward A. Korn. The collection covers the period 1908-1916 and was donated by Ted Korn, Jackson Center, Ohio, the son of Paul G. Korn. The collection was received September 20, 1991 and the inventory was prepared Sept 23-27, 1991.

Biographical Sketch

Biographical information concerning Milton H. Korn and Edward A. Korn is contained in MS-220, Box 1, File 9 and as noted below.

Korn, Edward Albert, Early Bird. Office 111 N. Walnut St. East Orange, NJ. Home 15-1A, 495 Main St., Orange, NJ. b. Montra, O., Mar. 2, 1888: m. 1st, Elfreda Schrieber, 2nd, Gertrude Flynn: children (1st m.) Mrs. Ruth Elizabeth Langenbacher Educ.: Capital U.; Ohio Northern U.; Ross Coll. of Chiropractic; U.S. Coll. of Naturopathy. Business record: learned to fly, Montral O., 1910; designed, built pusher monoplanes, 1908-11; asst. instr., Benoist Sch. of Aviation, St. Louis. 1911; exhibition flying, 1912-13. Military record: Ohio National Guard. Member: E.B. Pilot certif.: Aero Club of Am. license No. 117. From: Who's Who in Wold Aviation and Aeronautics, Vol. 2, American Aviation Publications, Inc., 1958, Page 250.

Series Listing

Series I Photographs

Series II Letters and Miscellaneous Documents

Container List

Box	File	Item	Description	Date
1	1	1	Milton H. and Edward A. Korn with 1910 monoplane constructed by them, Snyder Road, Shelby County, Ohio	!909-1910
		2	Korn field, Snyder Road, Shelby County, Ohio ca.	1948
		3	Wreckage of Edward A. Korn's Benoist Type XII on the George Linker property, Shelby County, Ohio	August 13, 1913
		4	Andrew Drew, Lima, Ohio, and Unidentified Passenger Seated in Wright Aeroplane.
		5	Walter Brookins and Unidentified Army Officer Seated in Wright Aeroplane.
		6	Kinloch Field, Missouri, Wright Flyer Model B Flight and on the Ground	1911-1913
		7	Benoist Flying Boat Landing on the Water
		8	Framan Type Aeroplane Landing, St. Louis [Kinloch Field], Missouri	Dec. 23, 1911
		9	Milton H. Korn in Front of Benoist Type XII	1912-1913
		10	Aviator Edward A. Korn
		11	Milton H. and Edward A. Korn with Model Steam Engines
		12	Milton H. and Edward A. Korn with 1910 Monoplane Constructed by them, Snyder Road, Shelby County, Ohio	1909-1910
		13	Edward A. Korn with Framan Type Aeroplane with a Roberts Model 4-X Motor	1911-1912
	2	14	Framan Type Airplane and Edward A. Korn	1911-1912
		15	Framan Type Aeroplane Landing
		16	Unidentified Woman Seated at Controls in a Framan Type Aeroplane, Possibly Miss Uriel Johnstone	1911-1912
		17	Edward A. Korn Seated at Controls in a Farman Type Aeroplane	1911-1912
		18	"Edward Korn Licensed Aviator No. 117, Sidney, Ohio" Seated at Controls of Framan Type Aeroplane	1911-1912
		19	Six Unidentified Aviators at Kinloch [Field] Park, Missouri	Nov. 1911
		20	"Students of the Benoist School Kinloch [Field], Missouri"	April 6, 1912
		21	"Aviator Edw. Korn Coming Down Benoist Aviation Field. Kinloch [Field], Missouri"	1911-1912
		22	"Benoist School Machine Wreck at Kinloch [Field], Missouri"	May 13, 1912
		23	Benoist Type XII Aeroplane in Flight	1911-1912
		24	Eight "Unidentified Aviators, St. Louis, Missouri	Mar. 26, 1912
		25	"Licensed Aviator Edw. Korn and E.E. Vandivort [a Benoist Pupil] Kinloch [Field], Missouri." Seated at Controls of a Framan Type Aeroplane	1911-1912
		26	Edward A. Korn Seated in a Benoist Type XII	1912-1913
	3	27	Wreck of Peter Glasser and R.S. Wheeler's Aeroplane, Kinloch [Field], Missouri	May 13, 1912
		28	Benoist Type XII Upside Down	1912-1913
		29	Benoist Type XII in Flight	1912-1913
		30	Edward A. Korn and Unidentified Others
		31	Benoist Type XII in Flight
		32	Benoist Type XII in Flight
		33	Benoist Type XII in Flight
		34	Benoist Type XII in Flight
		35	Edward A. Korn and Unidentified Person Seated in Benoist Type XII	1912-1913
		36	Milton H. and Edward A. Korn, Benoist Type XII Aeroplane and Unidentified Others	1912-1913
		37	Edward A. Korn with Benoist Type Aeroplane	1912-1913
		38	Edward A. Korn Beside Benoist Type XII, No. 32 Aeroplane	1912-1913
		39	"Aviator Korn Ready to Start." Milton H. Korn Standing in Front, Edward A. Korn Seated in Benoist Type XII	1912-1913
	4	40	"Aviator Korn and His Benoist Tractor." Edward A. Korn Standing Near Benoist Type XII, No. 32, Aeroplane	1912-1913
		41	Edward A. Korn Taking Off in his Benoist Type XII, No. 32, Aeroplane, Shelby County, Ohio, Fairgrounds	1912-1913
		42	Aeroplane in Flight
		43	Edward A. Korn Taking Off in Benoist Type XII Aeroplane	1912-1913
		44	Edward A. Korn Flying "Somerville's Biplane, Coal City, Ill. In Flight"	June 11, 2004
		45	Edward A. Korn with Benoist Type XII, No. 32, Aeroplane at Shelby County, Ohio, Fairgrounds	1912-1913
		46	Benoist Type XII Aeroplane, "Vienna, Ill. 1500 Feet Up,"	1912-1912
		47	Milton H. and Edward A. Korn Seated in Benoist Type XII, No. 32, Aeroplane at Shelby County, Ohio, Fairgrounds	1912-1913
		48	Edward A. Korn Seated in Benoist Type XII Aeroplane	1912-1913
		49	Milton H. and Edward A. Korn Standing Beside Benoist Type XII Aeroplane	1912-1913
		50	Milton H. and Edward A. Korn Seated in Benoist Type XII Aeroplane, Snyder Road, Shelby County, Ohio	1912-1913
		51	Milton H. and Edward A. Seated Near Benoist Type XII, No. 32, Aeroplane, Snyder Road, Shelby County, Ohio	1912-1913
		52	Milton H. and Edward A. Korn Seated in Benoist Type XII, No. 32, Aeroplane at Snyder Road, Shelby County, Ohio	1912-1913
	5	53	Edward A. Korn Taxing in Benoist Type XII, Snyder Road, Shelby County, Ohio	1912-1913
		54	Edward A. Korn and Unidentified Man Seated in Benoist Type XII, No. 32, Aeroplane, Snyder Road, Shelby County, Ohio	1912-1913
		55	Milton H., Edward A. Korn, and Unidentified Man in Benoist Type XII, No. 32, Aeroplane, Snyder Road, Shelby County, Ohio	1912-1913
		56	Edward A. Korn Seated in Benoist Flying Boat Powered by a Maximotor	1915-1916
		57	Curtiss Flying Boat in the Water	1915-1916
		58	Curtiss Flying Boat on Landing Approach	1915-1916
		58 A	Curtiss Flying Boat on Landing Approach	1915-1916
		59	Aerial View Taken From a Benoist Type XII Aeroplane	1912-1913
		60	Milton H. Korn Standing, and Edward A. Korn Seated in Benoist Type XII, No. 32, Aeroplane, Snyder Road, Shelby County, Ohio	1912-1913
		60 A	Edward A. Korn at the controls of Benoist Type XII Aeroplane in Flight, Shelby County, Ohio	1912-1913
		61	Milton H. and Edward A. Korn with Unidentified Person and Benoist Type XII, No. 32, Snyder Road, Shelby County, Ohio	1912-1913
		62	Edward A. Korn at the Controls of Benoist Type XII Aeroplane in Flight, Shelby County, Ohio	1912-1913
		63	Milton H. and Edward A. Korn in Front of Benoist Type XII Aeroplane, Snyder Road, Shelby County, Ohio	1912-1913
		64	Benoist Type XII Aeroplane in Flight, Shelby County, Ohio	1912-1913
		65	Edward A. Korn at Controls While Starting Benoist Type XII Aeroplane	1912-1913
	6	66	Benoist Type XII, No. 32, Motor Running, Edward A. Korn at the Controls with Spectators	1912-1913
		67	Edward A. Korn and Unidentified Person Seated in Benoist Type XII Aeroplane, Motor Running	1912-1913
		68	Aeroplane in Flight
		69	Milton H. Korn, Edward A. Korn, and Unidentified Person Seated in Benoist Type XII Aeroplane	1912-1913
		70	Edward A. Korn Standing Near Motor of Benoist Type XII Aeroplane	1912-1913
		71	Unidentified Passenger, Edward A. Korn at the Controls of Benoist Type XII Aeroplane in Flight	1912-1913
		72	Edward A. Korn and Unidentified Person	1912-1913
		73	Benoist Type XII Aeroplane in Flight	1912-1913
		74	Edward A. Korn Standing in Front of Benoist Type XII Aeroplane	1912-1913
		75	Edward A. Korn Seated in Benoist Type XII, Unidentified Person about to Start Engine	1912-1913
		76	Benoist Type XII Aeroplane in Flight, Snyder Road, Shelby County, Ohio	1912-1913
		77	"E.K. Botkins of Robinson, Ill, a passenger on Oct. 21, 1912." Edward A. Korn and E.K. Botkins Standing in Front of Benoist Type XII Aeroplane	Oct. 12, 1912
		78	"E.K. Botkins of Robinson, Ill. a Passenger on Oct. 21, 1912." Edward A. Korn and E.K. Botkins Standing in Front of Benoist Type XII Aeroplane	Oct. 21, 1912
	7	79	Four Unidentified Men and Edward A. Korn Standing in Front of a Wright Flyer Model B.
		80	Benoist Type Aeroplane in Flight
		81	Benoist Flying Boat Landing on Water
		82	"Instructor Anthony Jannus, Student R. Wheeler at Benoist School, Kinloch [Field], Mo."
		83	Unidentified Group of Men Beside Benoist Type XII Aeroplane, No. 32
		84	Edward A. Korn Seated in Benoist Type XII, No. 32, Aeroplane with Milton H. Korn in Front Leaning on Propeller	1912-1913
		85	Benoist Type XII Aeroplane
		86	Wreck of Benoist Type XII, No. 32, on the George Linker Property, Shelby County, Ohio	Aug. 13, 1913
		87	Wreck of Benoist Type XII, No. 32 Aeroplane on the George Linker Property, Shelby County, Ohio: From Left, Elfreda, wife of Edward A. Korn; Ella, Edward A. Korn's sister; Willis Korn; Amelia Korn, Edward's sister; John Shere, Seated; and Bert Beam of Celina, Ohio	Aug. 13, 1913
		88	Wreck of Benoist Type XII, No. 32, on the George Linker Property. Close up View of Front Cockpit and Motor	Aug. 13, 1913
		89	Unidentified Group at Wreck of Benoist Type XII, No. 32, Aeroplane, George Linker Property, Shelby County, Ohio
		90	Unidentified Woman and Edward A. Korn Standing Beside Benoist Type XII Aeroplane	1912-1913
		91	Benoist Type XII in Flight, Shelby County, Ohio	1912-1913
	8	92	Benoist Type XII Aeroplane in Flight, Shelby County, Ohio	1912-1913
		93	Edward A. Korn and Benoist Type XII Aeroplane, Sidney, Ohio, Fairgrounds	Nov. 9, 1912
		94	Edward A. Korn Holding Model Airplane, Another Boy Watching, Probably Milton H. Korn
		95	Edward A. Korn and Unidentified Woman, Probably Elfreda Korn, Wife of Edward
		96	Edward A. Korn in Automobile with Seven Unidentified People, Robinson Ill	Oct. 1912
		97	Unidentified Flying Boat in Water, Probably a Curtiss experimental model
		98	Flying Boat in Flight
		99	Edward A. Korn in Flying Boat with Unidentified Woman and Child Beside Him. Probably his wife Elfreda and Daughter Ruth Elizabeth Korn
		100	Curtiss Flying Boat in Water
		101	Curtiss Flying Boat in Flight
		102	Steam Tractor on the Farm
		103	Steam Tractor Threshing
		104	Steam Tractor Threshing

Series II Letter and Miscellaneous Documents

Box	File	Item	Description	Date
1			Letters and Miscellaneous Documents
	9	1	Letter from Edward A. Korn to Paul G. Korn Summarizing his Career in Aviation	June 19, 1979
		2	Letter of Edward A. Korn to Irvin and Velma Commenting on Learning to Fly at Kinloch Field, Missouri	Jan. 29, 1979
		3	Edward A. Korn's Comments of his Aviation Career and Meeting Orville Wright. Also Remarks on Wright Brothers Homecoming, June 1909	Jan. 18, 1979
		4	Newspaper Account of the Aviation Career of Milton H. and Edward A. Korn, Sidney [Ohio] Daily News	Aug. 11, 1948
		5	Sidney Daily News Story on Korn Brothers and Their Benoist Type XII, No. 32, Being sent to Smithsonian Institution	Dec. 4, 1948
		6	Sidney Daily News Story on Korn Brothers Aviation Career entitled, "Shelby County Man First Air Mail Carrier."
		7	Christmas Greeting to Paul G. Korn from Edward A. Korn on Lindbergh Air Mail Society Stationary	Dec. 25, 1945
		8	Program for the Ceremonies Attending the Presentation of the Wright Brothers Aeroplane of 1903, Smithsonian Institution. Comments on the Inside Front Cover by Edward A. Korn	Dec. 17, 1948