Category Archives: SC&A

New and Updated Collections Available for Research, June 2017

Posted on June 25, 2017 by Lisa Rickey

We have new manuscript collections available for research!  Click on the links to view the complete online (PDF) finding aids. The following new collections were recently arranged and described and are now available for research: MS-521: John C. Beason Papers, 0.5 linear … Continue reading →






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Celebrating Wright State’s 50th: WSU’s Founding Faculty

Posted on June 20, 2017 by chris

In 1964, a small group of young faculty, some from Ohio State and some from Miami University, were recruited to come help establish a new branch campus for their respective schools. Known simply at the time as the “Dayton Campus … Continue reading →






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When the Brickyard was an Airfield: Flying at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, 1910

Posted on June 19, 2017 by dawne

The Indianapolis Motor Speedway was the site of one of the country’s first aviation meets, June 12 – 18, 1910. Instead of cars racing around the track, aviators risked their necks flying machines they were still learning how to master, … Continue reading →






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