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
- Special Collections Awarded $75,000 Grant from National Aviation Heritage Alliance
- Job Posting: Archivist for Reference and Outreach
- New Exhibit & Online Gallery Highlight 1974 Xenia Tornado
- 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
Blog Calendar
Archives
Monthly Archives: September 2013
Remembering 9/11 with The Guardian
Most of us remember exactly where we were and what we were doing when we heard about the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001. And not hearing about it was virtually impossible, as it seemed to be the topic in … Continue reading
Posted in SC&A, University Archives
Tagged 9/11, history, national events, September 11, University Archives
Comments Off on Remembering 9/11 with The Guardian
Robert Patterson Rejoins the 61st OVI
As was reported earlier, Robert Patterson was severely wounded at the Battle of Chancellorsville in early May 1863. It is unknown where he traveled for treatment, but by September 1863 he was at Camp Cleveland, Ohio. Camp Cleveland was Cleveland’s … Continue reading
Posted in Civil War, Patterson Family, SC&A
Tagged 61st OVI, Civil War, MS-236, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Robert Patterson
Comments Off on Robert Patterson Rejoins the 61st OVI
The 1st OVI and the Chickamauga Campaign
On August 16, 1863, the Army of the Cumberland, under the command of Major General William S. Rosecrans, began to move towards Chattanooga, Tennessee. The army was divided into three columns to move through the mountain gaps to take Chattanooga and … Continue reading
Posted in Civil War, Patterson Family
Tagged 1st Ohio Volunteer Infantry, 1st OVI, Civil War, MS-236, Patterson family, William Patterson
Comments Off on The 1st OVI and the Chickamauga Campaign