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Tag Archives: Wright family
Celebrating the First Flight: The Early Years
The five year anniversary of the First Flight was a quiet affair for the Wright family. In December 1908, Wilbur was flying in France, while Orville was at home in Dayton recuperating from injuries sustained in September airplane accident at … Continue reading
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Tagged first flight, MS-1, Wright Brothers, Wright Brothers Day, Wright family
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New Collection: McFarland Collection of Wright-Findley Correspondence
The McFarland Collection of Wright-Findley Correspondence (SC-323), which is entirely electronic, consists primarily of (scanned) correspondence between Katharine Wright Haskell and Earl N. Findley, as well as a typed copy of correspondence to Katharine from Lord Northcliffe. Also included are … Continue reading
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Tagged aviation, aviation history, collections, Katharine Wright, new collections, SC-323, Wright Brothers, Wright family
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New Collection: Joyce Whitmore Aviation Scrapbook
The Joyce Whitmore Aviation Scrapbook (MS-456) contains newspaper clippings and photographs chronicling Joyce Whitmore’s life as a student pilot in the Civilian Pilot Training Program at the College of Idaho in Caldwell. Contents include newspaper articles she wrote about her … Continue reading
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Tagged aviation, aviation history, collections, MS-456, new collections, women's history, Wright family
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