MS-347 Richard Joseph Framme Papers

Introduction

The Richard J. Framme Papers were donated to Wright State University Special Collections and Archives by Roxanne Hemmelgarn, on May 16, 2006. 3.5 boxes (approximately 3 linear feet) of material were received.

Series Listing

The Richard J. Framme Papers are organized into 8 Series:

Biographical Sketch

Richard Joseph Framme was born February 7, 1905 in Carrollton, Kentucky. He was married to Blanche Anna Stanford May 8, 1937 and they had 2 sons and three daughters. Mr. Framme received a Bachelors of Science from the University of Kentucky in 1929. He continued his education and professional development at Bell Telephone Laboratories (1929-1933), Ohio State University (1948), University of Dayton (1958) and the United State Air Force Institute (1958).

Richard Framme enjoyed a long career, serving for such esteemed organizations as Bell Telephone Laboratory (1929-1933); Columbia University (1934-1935) and the USAF at Wright Patterson Air Force Base ARL under a variety of job titles from 1935-1973. In 1942 Richard Framme joined the Army Signal Corps as a Captain and rose to the rank of Lt. Colonel by 1948. He retired as the chief engineer of the aircraft instrument landing branch of the navigation division of ARL.

As an engineer Richard Framme participated in the development of the Automatic Radio Compass, (ILS) Instrument-Landing System and won a patent for an Aircraft Radio Navigator.

Scope and Content

The Richard J. Framme Collection documents the development of aircraft control systems in Dayton Ohio’s Wright Field (Wright Patterson Air Force Base) research group. His areas of expertise ranged from radio and microcomputer control systems to instrument landing to the breakdown of metals in tropical environments.

Series I: Resume & Biographies
This series contains material related to Richard Framme’s professional careers and include resumes, job searching material and a portfolio from early in his career.

Series II: Employment Records
This series contains records and documents from Richard Framme’s career. These papers were mostly practical in nature and document the various job descriptions, organization structures and daily office regulations by which Mr. Framme worked. Also included are personal records dealing with health and finance, mostly in the context of the military or government affiliation he was working under at the time.

Series III: Awards and Honors
This series contains the many awards and certificates presented to Richard Framme throughout his career.

Series IV: Research
This series contains a variety of material which was used by Richard Framme during his career. Material in this series includes newspaper and magazine clippings, minutes, memos, conference notes, blueprints, engineering diagrams, research data, lectures, presentations, aviation history and patents.

Series V: Correspondence
This series includes letters written to and by Richard Framme. All correspondence in this series is professional in nature.

Series VI: Research Notebooks
An extensive set of pocket sized research notebook journals make up this series. The notebooks record ideas, have some technical sketches and record some of Mr. Framme’s daily activities.  The notebooks are arranged in sequential order from 1941 – 1973.

Series VII: Photographs:
This series contains photographs. Most of the photographs are technical in nature, recording the assembly or actions of various aircraft or computer systems.

Series VIII: Technical Reports
This series contains technical reports written, contributed to or received by Richard Framme in his career. The technical reports are arranged in date order and range from 1930 – 1971.The topic of these reports mostly center on the research conducted by Richard Framme and his branch of ARL.

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