Monthly Archives: December 2019

Winter Break Closure, December 24, 2019-January 1, 2020

Posted on December 18, 2019 by billstolz

Special Collections & Archives will be closed December 24, 2019-January 1st, 2020, as part of the Wright State University winter break. The reading room will open again on Thursday, January 2, 2020, at 8:30 a.m. The hours for the week of … Continue reading →

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Happy Wright Brothers Day!

Posted on December 16, 2019 by billstolz

Tuesday, December 17, marks the 116th anniversary of the first powered flight at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, when two brothers, Wilbur and Orville Wright, from Dayton, Ohio, forever changed the world. December 17 is now officially known as Wright Brothers … Continue reading →

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Dayton Music History Project

Posted on December 11, 2019 by chris

Interested in some history of the early rock scene in Dayton? Special Collections & Archives has been interviewing a group of local musicians for our Dayton Music History Project as we begin to investigate the many layers of popular music … Continue reading →

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