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
Tag Archives: boxplorations
Boxplorations: Papers of John J. Rose, Aviation Engineer
This edition of Boxplorations explores the Papers of John J. Rose (MS-178), which date between 1914 and 1983 and consist of 1.5 linear feet of materials. The text below came from the collection finding aid, written by Stephen Kahn, circa … Continue reading
Posted in Aviation, Local History
Tagged aviation, aviation history, boxplorations, Dayton Ohio, McCook Field, MS-178, WWI
Comments Off on Boxplorations: Papers of John J. Rose, Aviation Engineer
Boxplorations: Woodland Cemetery Articles of Association, 1841
In our latest edition of date-related “boxplorations,” today 4/14, we took a look at manuscript collection number 414 — MS-414: Woodland Cemetery Collection (click to view PDF finding aid) — which contains materials relating to the organization and business ventures of the … Continue reading
Posted in Collections
Tagged boxplorations, Dayton Ohio, local history, MS-414, Woodland Cemetery
Comments Off on Boxplorations: Woodland Cemetery Articles of Association, 1841
Boxplorations: W. J. Blanchard Aeroproducts Collection
Here it is, “3/05” (March 5th), and I wondered: What is in collection # 305? So I decided to try another “boxploration” into MS-305, the W. J. Blanchard Aeroproducts Inc. Collection (links to PDF finding aid). This collection contains personal … Continue reading
Posted in Aviation, Collections, Local History
Tagged aviation, boxplorations, General Motors, local history, MS-305
2 Comments