Papers, 1880-1931.

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...

Wright, Orville, 1871-1948

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Orville Wright was a pioneer aviator. He was born in Dayton, Ohio, on Aug 19, 1871. He was a son of Bishop Milton and Susan Catherine (Koerner) Wright. In 1903, with his brother Wilbur Wright, he devoted much of his time to Wright Brothers' flying machine. He died on January 30, 1948, in Dayon, Ohio....

Oberlin College

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Oberlin College is a private liberal arts college and conservatory of music in Oberlin, Ohio. Founded in 1833, it is the oldest coeducational liberal arts college in the United States and the second-oldest continuously operating coeducational institute of higher learning in the world. The Oberlin Conservatory of Music is the oldest continuously operating conservatory in the United States. In 1835, Oberlin became one of the first colleges in the United States to admit African Americans, and in 18...

Haskell, Katharine Wright, 1874-1929

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Leonard, Delavan L. (Delavan Levant), 1834-1917

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Minister, Superintendent of Home Missions in Utah, Idaho, and Montana, writer and historian. Born in Pendleton, Niagara County, New York. Educated in Lockport Union School, Hamilton College (A.B. 1859), and Union Theological Seminary (1862). Ordained to the Congregational Ministry in 1864. Served in New Preston, Connecticut (1863-65); Darlington, Wisconsin (1865-70); Normal, Illinois (1870-74); Hannibal, Missouri (1874-75); and Northfield, Minnesota (1875-81). Served as ...

Leonard, Fred Eugene, 1866-1922

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Fred Eugene Leonard (1866-1922), Oberlin College Professor of Physical Education, and historian. Born in Darlington, Wisconsin and raised in Utah, Leonard took his preparatory work in the Salt Lake (Utah) Academy and earned the A.B. from Oberlin College in 1889. At Oberlin, he became interested in physical education, took the medical course at the College of Physicians and Surgeons in New York, graduating in 1892. He returned to Oberlin College as Director of the men's gymnasium in 1893. Widely ...

Leonard, Kate Bowne, 1875-1931

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Kate Bowne Leonard (1875-1931) was born in Hannibal, Missouri, and educated at the Oberlin Academy and Oberlin College (B.S. 1898). Her entire adult life was spent in Oberlin, Ohio where she cared for her father and sister. She was an assistant in the College Library, and clerk at First Church in Oberlin. From the description of Papers, 1880-1931. (Oberlin College Library). WorldCat record id: 25047469 ...