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Monthly Archives: December 2019
Happy Wright Brothers Day!
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
Posted in SC&A
Tagged Amelia Earhart, first flight, Kitty Hawk, MS-1, Wright Brothers
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New Collection: Kuntz Family Scrapbook
The Kuntz Family Scrapbook, assembled by Leona Kling Kuntz, features newspaper clippings documenting the lives and activities of prominent Dayton-area families, especially the Kuntz family, over the course of 60 years. Leona (Kling) Kuntz began this scrapbook of newspaper clippings … Continue reading
Posted in Collections, Local History
Tagged collections, Dayton History, local history, MS-539, new collections
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Reflections on Processing the Charles Horn Papers
My name is Anna Helmig and I am a graduate student in the Wright State Public History Program. This past summer, I had the privilege of working Wright State’s Special Collections and Archives to process the Charles F. Horn Papers … Continue reading
Posted in Collections, Local History, Public History, SC&A
Tagged arrangement and description, interns, MS-629, new collections, news, processing, public history
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