Wright, Wilbur, 1867-1912

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Wilbur Wright, born April 16, 1867 in Indiana, and his brother, Orville, were inventors of the airplane. The brothers were in the printing and bicycle business in Dayton before they became interested in solving the problems of powered flight. After a series of kite and glider experiments at Kitty Hawk, N.C., the brothers built and successfully flew the first heavier-than-air powered machine on Dec. 17, 1903. The Wrights spent the next years improving their invention and in 1909, formed a company to manufacture their airplanes. After Wilbur's death on May 30, 1912, Orville retired from the business. He remained in Dayton, doing research and consulting until his death on Jan. 30, 1948.
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referencedIn Elizabeth Hiatt Gregory Collection of Material About American Aviation, 1900-1945 University of California, Los Angeles. Library Special Collections.
referencedIn Ault, Phillip H., 1914-. Phillip H. Ault aviation collection, 1783-1993 (bulk 1900-1950). The Claremont Colleges, Claremont University Consortium
referencedIn Andrew S. Iddings Wright Brothers Homecoming Collection, June 1909 Wright State University, Special Collections and Archives
referencedIn Aloys J. Wyen Papers, 1910-1988 Wright State University, Special Collections and Archives
referencedIn Henry Harley Arnold Papers, 1903-1963, (bulk 1940-1946) Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
referencedIn Aeronautics collection, 1901-1969. The Henry Ford, Benson Ford Research Center
referencedIn Pietzcker, George S. Photograph album, 1910. Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library
referencedIn Wright brothers memorabilia, 1889-1964. Cornell University Library
creatorOf Wright Brothers collection. Papers, photographs, journals, 1853-1973 Wright State University, Special Collections and Archives
referencedIn Byron Rufus Newton papers, 1882-1938 Yale University. Department of Manuscripts and Archives
referencedIn Records of U.S. Air Force Commands, Activities, and Organizations. 1900 - 2003. Moving Images Relating to Military Aviation Activities. 1947 - 1984. HISTORY OF AVIATION National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Ivonette Wright Miller Papers, 1803-2007 Wright State University, Special Collections and Archives
referencedIn Octave Chanute Papers, 1807-1955, (bulk 1860-1910) Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
referencedIn Sutro, Adolph G. Papers, 1909-1972. Univerisity of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.
referencedIn Century Company records New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division
referencedIn McNabb, Betty Wood. Betty Wood McNabb collection, 1950-1996. Florida State University
referencedIn Kelly, Fred C. (Fred Charters), 1882-1959. Papers of Fred C. Kelly, 1942. Library of Congress
referencedIn Means, James, 1853-1920. Papers, 1869-1965 (inclusive), 1883-1920 (bulk). Harvard Business School, Knowledge and Library Services/Baker Library
referencedIn Records of U.S. Air Force Commands, Activities, and Organizations. 1900 - 2003. Moving Images Relating to Military Aviation Activities. 1947 - 1984. WRIGHT BROTHERS: NEWS CLIPPINGS National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Adelaide Mint. Aeropex 03, Adelaide [realia] / [designed, issued and struck by the Adelaide Mint.]. Libraries Australia
referencedIn Records of U.S. Air Force Commands, Activities, and Organizations. 1900 - 2003. Moving Images Relating to Military Aviation Activities. 1947 - 1984. WINGS OF THE ARMY. PRODUCED BY US ARMY AIR CORPS National Archives at College Park
creatorOf Wright, Wilbur, 1867-1912. Wright Brothers collection. Papers, photographs, journals, 1853-1973. Wright State University Libraries, Paul Laurence Dunbar Library
referencedIn Grosvenor Family Papers, 1827-1981, (bulk 1872-1964) Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
referencedIn Morgan family papers, 1772-1941 (bulk 1827-1911). Louisiana State University, LSU Libraries
referencedIn Records of U.S. Air Force Commands, Activities, and Organizations. 1900 - 2003. Moving Images Relating to Military Aviation Activities. 1947 - 1984. QUELQUES DATES DANS L'HISTOIRE DEL'AVIATION [CERTAIN DATES FROM HISTORY OF AVIATION] National Archives at College Park
creatorOf Records of the Patent and Trademark Office. 1836 - 1978. Patent Case Files. 1836 - 1993. Wilbur and Orville Wright's Oath to Accompany the Patent for an quot;Improvement in Flying Machinesquot; National Archives at Kansas City
referencedIn James Carruthers Memorial Aviation Collection of the Institute of Aeronautical History, Circa 1700-2004. Honnold/Mudd Library Special Collection and Archives
referencedIn Records of U.S. Air Force Commands, Activities, and Organizations. 1900 - 2003. Moving Images Relating to Military Aviation Activities. 1947 - 1984. MAKE AMERICA FIRST IN THE AIR National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Charles Harris Papers, 1901-1916 Wright State University, Special Collections and Archives
referencedIn Salley, D. B. [Wright brothers' flights] [microform] : [newspaper sketches / by D.B. Salley]. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
creatorOf Leonard, Kate Bowne, 1875-1931. Papers, 1880-1931. Oberlin College Library
referencedIn Abbott Lawrence Rotch Papers, 1896-1912, (bulk 1903-1910) Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
creatorOf Wright, Orville, 1871-1948. [Business journals and ledgers], 1892-1910 / Orville and Wilbur Wright. The Henry Ford, Benson Ford Research Center
referencedIn Browne, Ross, 1888-1963. Reminiscences of Ross Browne : oral history, 1960. Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries
referencedIn Ford Motor Company. Fred Lee Black records series, 1929-1948. The Henry Ford, Benson Ford Research Center
referencedIn A collection of early aviation photographs. Wichita State University, Ablah Library
referencedIn Karen Helms Pressley Collection, 1973-1990 (bulk 1975-1978) University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Folklife Collection.
referencedIn Aram's Studio,. Harvard-Boston Aero Meet photographs, 1910. Massachusetts Historical Society
creatorOf Postcards on Wright's Arplane Ascension at Le Mans, 1908 Special Collections Research Center, University of Chicago Library,
referencedIn William Peters Aviation Photograph Collection, 1903-1964, 1908-1930 Wright State University, Special Collections and Archives
referencedIn Main Street district records subgroup, circa 1812-ongoing. The Henry Ford, Benson Ford Research Center
referencedIn Tissandier Collection on the History of Aeronautics, 1539-1929, (bulk 1780-1920) Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
creatorOf 1903 Wright Flyer National Air and Space Museum
referencedIn Chanute, Octave, 1832-1910,. Godfrey Lowell Cabot photographs, ca. 1878-1962. Massachusetts Historical Society
creatorOf Wright, Wilbur, 1867-1912. Wright Brothers newspapers [microform]. Dayton Metro Library
referencedIn Records of U.S. Air Force Commands, Activities, and Organizations. 1900 - 2003. Moving Images Relating to Military Aviation Activities. 1947 - 1984. Wright Brothers National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Records of U.S. Air Force Commands, Activities, and Organizations. 1900 - 2003. Moving Images Relating to Military Aviation Activities. 1947 - 1984. HISTORY OF AVIATION, COMMEMORATING THE 38TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE WRIGHT BROTHERS FIRST FLIGHT National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Miller, Ivonette Wright, 1896-. Papers, 1896-1988. Wright State University Libraries, Paul Laurence Dunbar Library
creatorOf Wright, Orville, 1871-1948. Telegram, diary excerpt, and sketch of first flying machine, 1903. Pennsylvania State University Libraries
referencedIn Adrian Kinnane Papers, 1982 Wright State University, Special Collections and Archives
referencedIn Brad Tillson Inventing Flight Collection, 1912-2006, 1989-2004 Wright State University, Special Collections and Archives
referencedIn Gimbel, Richard, 1898-1970. Aeronautical History Collection of Col. Richard Gimbel, 2700 B.C.E.-1999. US Air Force Academy, McDermott Library
referencedIn Iddings, Andrew S., 1880-1974. Photographs, 1909. Wright State University Libraries, Paul Laurence Dunbar Library
referencedIn Black, Fred L., 1890-1971. Black collection, 1896-1953. US Air Force Academy, McDermott Library
referencedIn Wright Company (Dayton, Ohio),. The Wright Company, complainant-appellee, vs. the Herring-Curtis [i.e. Herring-Curtiss] Company, et al., defendants-appellants : brief of Mr. Wetmore for complainant-appellee, [1910?]. Smithsonian Institution. Libraries
creatorOf Chanute, Octave, 1832-1910. Correspondence of Octave Chanute, letters to Wilbur and Orville Wright, 1900-1910. Smithsonian Institution. Libraries
referencedIn Cotten, Bruce, 1873-1954,. Bruce Cotten image collection, circa 1837-1908. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
referencedIn Edmund Trissell Collection, 1940-1995 Wright State University, Special Collections and Archives
referencedIn Records of U.S. Air Force Commands, Activities, and Organizations. 1900 - 2003. Moving Images Relating to Military Aviation Activities. 1947 - 1984. WRIGHT BROTHERS' HOME, DEARBORN, MICHIGAN National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Louis P. Christman, 1903 Wright Flyer Drawings, 1947-1951 Wright State University, Special Collections and Archives
referencedIn Aero Club of Illinois. Aero Club of Illinois records, 1909-1948. Chicago History Museum
referencedIn Jeffress, E. B. (Edwin Bedford), 1887-1961. Aviation / by E.B. Jeffress. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
referencedIn Birren, William B., 1898-1973. Birren collection, 1915-1973. US Air Force Academy, McDermott Library
creatorOf Wright, Orville, 1871-1948. The papers of Wilbur & Orville Wright [microform] : containers 86-95 scrapbooks, 1902-1948. East Carolina University. J.Y. Joyner Library
referencedIn Smithers, W. D. Collection 70-38., 1907-1930 Dolph Briscoe Center for American History
referencedIn Salley, D. B. [Wright brothers' flights : newspaper sketches / by D.B. Salley]. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
referencedIn Records of U.S. Air Force Commands, Activities, and Organizations. 1900 - 2003. Moving Images Relating to Military Aviation Activities. 1947 - 1984. AVIATION HALL OF FAME AWARDS National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Orville & Wilbur Wright Collection, 1899-2004 East Carolina University. J.Y. Joyner Library
referencedIn Charlie Taylor-Howard DuFour Collection, 1938-2004 Wright State University, Special Collections and Archives
referencedIn Lahm, Frank Samuel, 1846-1931. Papers of Frank Samuel Lahm, circa 1850-1931. Library of Congress
referencedIn Wright Brothers Collection, 1814-1996, 1852-1945 Dayton Metro Library
referencedIn Wright Company Glass Plate Negative Collection, 1901-1911, 1910-1911 Wright State University, Special Collections and Archives
referencedIn Portrait file: Guide. Houghton Library
creatorOf Wright, Wilbur, 1867-1912. Wright's airplane ascension at Le Mans : manuscript, 1908. University of Chicago Library
referencedIn Niles, John Jacob, 1892-1980. John Jacob Niles papers, 1900-1981. University of Kentucky Libraries
referencedIn Kramer Family Manuscript, 1871-1961 East Carolina University. J.Y. Joyner Library
referencedIn Records of the Office of the Secretary of Agriculture. 1794 - 2003. Public Information and Training Motion Picture and Television Productions. 1990 - 1995. Wright Brothers' Flight National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Grover Cleveland Loening Papers, 1900-1975, (bulk 1913-1962) Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
referencedIn Wright brothers press dispatches, 1908 [manuscript]. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
referencedIn Smithers, W. D. (Wilfred Dudley), 1895-1981. Smithers, W. D. Collection, 1907-1930 University of Texas Libraries
referencedIn Records of U.S. Air Force Commands, Activities, and Organizations. 1900 - 2003. Moving Images Relating to Military Aviation Activities. 1947 - 1984. PAST AIR RECORD FLIGHT amp; WRIGHT BROS National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Seymour Dunham Collection, 1889-1990 Wright State University, Special Collections and Archives
referencedIn Records of U.S. Air Force Commands, Activities, and Organizations. 1900 - 2003. Moving Images Relating to Military Aviation Activities. 1947 - 1984. Commemorating the 40th Anniversary of the Wright Brothers First Flight National Archives at College Park
creatorOf Wilbur Wright and Orville Wright Papers, 1809-1979, (bulk 1900-1948) Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
referencedIn Wright family. [The Wright brothers collection], 1814-1996, bulk 1852-1945. Dayton Metro Library
referencedIn Isaac Russell Papers, 1898-1927 Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives
referencedIn Records of U.S. Air Force Commands, Activities, and Organizations. 1900 - 2003. Moving Images Relating to Military Aviation Activities. 1947 - 1984. WILBUR WRIGHT'S FLIGHT BEFORE THE KING OF ITALY National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Maud. Letter. 25 August 1909. ALS, 12 pps. The Filson Historical Society
creatorOf Wright, Wilbur, 1867-1912. Photograph of Wright near Le Mans, France, 1908. University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn Elmo N. Pickerill Papers, 1910-1975 Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
referencedIn Burndy Library,. Airplanes, 1890-1914: manuscript album, 1914. Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens
referencedIn Early Aviation Photograph Collection 1909-1911 (inclusive). Harvard Business School, Knowledge and Library Services/Baker Library
referencedIn Wright Memorial Commission. Records, 1912-1943. Wright State University Libraries, Paul Laurence Dunbar Library
referencedIn Du Pont, Lammot, 1909-1964,. Lammot du Pont, Jr., Aeronautics collection, 1783-1944. Hagley Museum & Library
referencedIn Wright Brothers collection, 1867-2006 (bulk 1903-1956). The Henry Ford, Benson Ford Research Center
referencedIn Randle H. Egbert Aviation Collection, 1904-2004 Wright State University, Special Collections and Archives
referencedIn Les Frères Wright : naissance de l'aviation. Bibliothèque nationale de France, BnF
creatorOf Wright Brothers scrapbooks [microform], 1876-1970. Ohio History Connection, Ohio Historical Society
referencedIn Baker, Max. Aviation collection, 1904-1967. Wright State University Libraries, Paul Laurence Dunbar Library
referencedIn General Records of the Department of the Navy. 1941 - 2004. Moving Images Relating to Military Activities. 1947 - 1980. 50th anniversary of powered flight, Kittyhawk, North Carolina National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Records of U.S. Air Force Commands, Activities, and Organizations. 1900 - 2003. Moving Images Relating to Military Aviation Activities. 1947 - 1984. WINGS OF THE ARMY National Archives at College Park
referencedIn 41567. MISCELLANEOUS letters and papers, etc., 0700-1927 British Library
creatorOf Wright, Orville, 1871-1948. The papers of Wilbur & Orville Wright [microform] : containers 1-3 diaries and notebooks, 1900-1919. East Carolina University. J.Y. Joyner Library
referencedIn Records of U.S. Air Force Commands, Activities, and Organizations. 1900 - 2003. Moving Images Relating to Military Aviation Activities. 1947 - 1984. HIGHLIGHTS OF 32 YEARS OF FLIGHT National Archives at College Park
referencedIn [First Flight publications and ephemera] University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
referencedIn Haskell, Katharine Wright, 1874-1929. [Letter] 1916 May 30, Dayton, Ohio [to] Henry Woodhouse, New York / Katharine Wright. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
referencedIn First Flight at Kitty Hawk, 1903 Special Collections Research Center, University of Chicago Library,
referencedIn Milton Caniff Collection, 1805-2007, 1910-1988 The Ohio State University Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum
referencedIn Glassman, Donald, 1903-. Donald Glassman papers, 1902-1985. Univerisity of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.
referencedIn Wright Memorial Commission Records, 1912-1943 Wright State University, Special Collections and Archives
referencedIn University of Chicago. Library. Special Collections Research Center. First flight at Kitty Hawk : manuscript, 1903. University of Chicago Library
referencedIn Walter R. Brookins Aviation collection, 1900-1954. Claremont Colleges.Special Collections, Honnold/Mudd Library.
referencedIn Institute of Aerospace Sciences Archives, 1783-1962 Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
referencedIn Phillip H. Ault Aviation collection, 1783-1993, (bulk 1900-1950). Claremont Colleges.Special Collections, Honnold/Mudd Library.
referencedIn Harris, Charles. Bishop Wright Letters, 1901-1916. Wright State University Libraries, Paul Laurence Dunbar Library
referencedIn Wright Company Records, 1905-1917 Wright State University, Special Collections and Archives
referencedIn Newton, Byron Rufus, 1861-1938. Byron Rufus Newton papers, 1882-1938 (inclusive). Yale University Library
referencedIn William Preston Mayfield Photograph Collection - Egbert Donation, 1910-1960 Wright State University, Special Collections and Archives
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associatedWith Aero Club of Illinois. corporateBody
associatedWith American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics. corporateBody
correspondedWith Arnold, Henry Harley, 1886-1950 person
associatedWith Ault, Phillip H., 1914- person
associatedWith Baker, Max. person
correspondedWith Berg, Hart O., 1865-1941 person
associatedWith Birren, William B., 1898-1973. person
associatedWith Black, Fred L., 1890-1971. person
associatedWith Brewer and Son. corporateBody
correspondedWith Brewer, Griffith, 1867-1948 person
associatedWith Brookins, Walter R., 1888-1953 person
associatedWith Browne, Ross, 1888-1963. person
associatedWith Carruthers, John Franklin Bruce, 1889-1960 person
correspondedWith Century Company corporateBody
correspondedWith Chanute, Octave, 1832-1910. person
associatedWith Christman, Louis P., 1893-1972 person
correspondedWith Collier, Robert J. person
associatedWith Cotten, Bruce, 1873-1954, person
associatedWith Crerar Manuscript Collection (University of Chicago. Library) corporateBody
correspondedWith Dellenbaugh, Frederick Samuel, 1853-1935 person
associatedWith DuFour, Howard R. person
associatedWith Dunham, Seymour, 1910- person
associatedWith Du Pont, Lammot, 1909-1964, person
associatedWith Dupuis-Delcourt, 1802-1864 person
associatedWith Egbert, Randle H., D. D. S. person
correspondedWith Findley, Earl N. (Earl Nelson), 1878-1956 person
associatedWith Flint and Company. corporateBody
associatedWith Ford Motor Company. corporateBody
correspondedWith Foulois, Benjamin Delahauf, 1879-1967 person
associatedWith Gimbel, Richard, 1898-1970. person
associatedWith Glassman, Donald, 1903- person
associatedWith Gregory, Elizabeth Hiatt, b. 1872- person
associatedWith Grosvenor family family
associatedWith Harris, Charles person
associatedWith Harris, Charles. person
associatedWith Haskell, Katharine Wright, 1874-1929. person
associatedWith Iddings, Andrew S., 1880-1974. person
associatedWith Jeffress, E. B. (Edwin Bedford), 1887-1961. person
associatedWith Kelly, Fred C. (Fred Charters), 1882-1959. person
associatedWith Kinnane, Adrian person
correspondedWith Knabenshue, Roy, -1960 person
associatedWith Kramer family. family
correspondedWith Lahm, Frank Purdy, 1877-1963 person
associatedWith Lahm, Frank Samuel, 1846-1931. person
associatedWith Langley, S. P. (Samuel Pierpont), 1834-1906 person
associatedWith Leonard, Kate Bowne, 1875-1931. person
correspondedWith Lindbergh, Charles A. (Charles Augustus), 1902-1974 person
correspondedWith Loening, Grover, 1888-1976. person
correspondedWith Martin, Glenn L. (Glenn Luther), 1886-1955 person
associatedWith Maud. person
associatedWith Mayfield, William Preston, 1896-1974 person
associatedWith McFarland, Marvin Wilks, 1919- person
associatedWith McNabb, Betty Wood. person
associatedWith Means, James, 1853-1920. person
associatedWith Miller, Ivonette Wright, 1896- person
associatedWith Milton Caniff person
associatedWith Newton, Byron Rufus, 1861-1938. person
associatedWith Niles, John Jacob, 1892-1980. person
associatedWith Peters, William H. person
associatedWith Pickerill, Elmo N. (Elmo Neale), 1885-1968. person
associatedWith Pietzcker, George S. person
associatedWith Pressley, Karen Helms person
correspondedWith Rolls, Charles Stewart, 1877-1910 person
associatedWith Rotch, Abbott Lawrence, 1861-1912. person
associatedWith Russell, Isaac, 1879-1927. person
associatedWith Salley, D. B. person
associatedWith Smithers, W. D. person
associatedWith Smithers, W. D. (Wilfred Dudley), 1895-1981. person
associatedWith Smithsonian Institution. corporateBody
correspondedWith Spratt, G. A. (George Alexander), 1880-1934 person
associatedWith Sutro, Adolph G. person
associatedWith Thierry Brothers. corporateBody
associatedWith Tillson, J. Bradford person
associatedWith Tissandier, Albert, 1839-1906 person
associatedWith Tissandier, Gaston, 1843-1899. person
correspondedWith Tissandier, Paul, 1881- person
associatedWith Tissandier, Paul, 1881- Tissandier collection on the history of aeronautics. 1539-1929 person
correspondedWith Toulmin, Harry A. (Harry Aubrey), -1942 person
associatedWith Trissell, Edmund William person
associatedWith United States. Army corporateBody
associatedWith United States. National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics. United States. National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics records. corporateBody
associatedWith University of Chicago. Library. corporateBody
correspondedWith Williamson, Pliny W., -1958 person
associatedWith Wright Company. corporateBody
associatedWith Wright Company (Dayton, Ohio), corporateBody
associatedWith Wright family. family
correspondedWith Wright, Lorin person
associatedWith Wright Memorial Commission. corporateBody
associatedWith Wright, Milton, 1828-1917 person
sibling of Wright, Orville, 1871-1948. person
correspondedWith Wright, Reuchlin person
associatedWith Wyen, Aloys Joseph, 1889-1979 person
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Dayton OH US
Rouen, France
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Essay, France
Exmes, France
Millville IN US
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