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Manuscript, Wilbur Wright

The Wilbur and Orville Wright Papers is a collection of documents related to the Wright brothers, two American inventors who are credited with building and flying the first successful powered airplane. The coll... More

L'aeroplane Wright [Omnia, Revue Pratique de Locomotion, 24 October 19...

The Wilbur and Orville Wright Papers is a collection of documents related to the Wright brothers, two American inventors who are credited with building and flying the first successful powered airplane. The coll... More

Subject File: Legal Cases--Wright Co. v. Herring-Curtiss Co.--Miscell...

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Subject File: Foreign Business--Agents and Representatives--Flint & C...

The Wilbur and Orville Wright Papers is a collection of documents related to the Wright brothers, two American inventors who are credited with building and flying the first successful powered airplane. The coll... More

General Correspondence: Brewer, Griffith, 1915

The Wilbur and Orville Wright Papers is a collection of documents related to the Wright brothers, two American inventors who are credited with building and flying the first successful powered airplane. The coll... More

On the Wings of The Wind [Byron R. Newton, Van Norden Magazine, August...

The Wilbur and Orville Wright Papers is a collection of documents related to the Wright brothers, two American inventors who are credited with building and flying the first successful powered airplane. The coll... More

Subject File: Foreign Business--Countries--France--Negotiations with ...

The Wilbur and Orville Wright Papers is a collection of documents related to the Wright brothers, two American inventors who are credited with building and flying the first successful powered airplane. The coll... More

Subject File: Foreign Business--Countries--Germany--Schneider, Victor...

The Wilbur and Orville Wright Papers is a collection of documents related to the Wright brothers, two American inventors who are credited with building and flying the first successful powered airplane. The coll... More

Subject File: Foreign Business--Agents and Representatives--Thierry B...

The Wilbur and Orville Wright Papers is a collection of documents related to the Wright brothers, two American inventors who are credited with building and flying the first successful powered airplane. The coll... More

General Correspondence: Toulmin, Harry A., 1909

Correspondence from Harry Toulmin made available here with permission from Virginia B. Toulmin. The Wilbur and Orville Wright Papers is a collection of documents related to the Wright brothers, two American in... More

General Correspondence: Weaver, Henry M., 1905-1908, 1932

The Wilbur and Orville Wright Papers is a collection of documents related to the Wright brothers, two American inventors who are credited with building and flying the first successful powered airplane. The coll... More

Scrapbooks: January-December 1909

Newspaper clippings from Illustrated London News made available here with permission from Illustrated London News. Picture Library, 20, Upper Ground, London SE1 9PF, United Kingdom The Wilbur and Orville Wrigh... More

General Correspondence: Brewer, Griffith, 1916-1917

The Wilbur and Orville Wright Papers is a collection of documents related to the Wright brothers, two American inventors who are credited with building and flying the first successful powered airplane. The coll... More

General Correspondence: Berg, Hart O., 1911-1913, 1919-1925, 1941, un...

The Wilbur and Orville Wright Papers is a collection of documents related to the Wright brothers, two American inventors who are credited with building and flying the first successful powered airplane. The coll... More

General Correspondence: Berg, Hart O., 1911-1913, 1919-1925, 1941, un...

The Wilbur and Orville Wright Papers is a collection of documents related to the Wright brothers, two American inventors who are credited with building and flying the first successful powered airplane. The coll... More

Subject File: Foreign Business--Countries--Germany--Schneider, Victor...

The Wilbur and Orville Wright Papers is a collection of documents related to the Wright brothers, two American inventors who are credited with building and flying the first successful powered airplane. The coll... More

Subject File: Chanute, Octave--Photographs, Kitty Hawk, North Carolin...

The Wilbur and Orville Wright Papers is a collection of documents related to the Wright brothers, two American inventors who are credited with building and flying the first successful powered airplane. The coll... More

Subject File: Smithsonian Institution--Dispute--Langley Machine--Phot...

The Wilbur and Orville Wright Papers is a collection of documents related to the Wright brothers, two American inventors who are credited with building and flying the first successful powered airplane. The coll... More

Subject File: Smithsonian Institution--Dispute--Langley Machine--Phot...

The Wilbur and Orville Wright Papers is a collection of documents related to the Wright brothers, two American inventors who are credited with building and flying the first successful powered airplane. The coll... More

Subject File: Smithsonian Institution--Dispute--Langley Machine--Phot...

The Wilbur and Orville Wright Papers is a collection of documents related to the Wright brothers, two American inventors who are credited with building and flying the first successful powered airplane. The coll... More

Subject File: Smithsonian Institution--Dispute--Langley Machine--Phot...

The Wilbur and Orville Wright Papers is a collection of documents related to the Wright brothers, two American inventors who are credited with building and flying the first successful powered airplane. The coll... More

Subject File: Smithsonian Institution--Dispute--Langley Machine--Phot...

The Wilbur and Orville Wright Papers is a collection of documents related to the Wright brothers, two American inventors who are credited with building and flying the first successful powered airplane. The coll... More

Subject File: Smithsonian Institution--Dispute--Langley Machine--Phot...

The Wilbur and Orville Wright Papers is a collection of documents related to the Wright brothers, two American inventors who are credited with building and flying the first successful powered airplane. The coll... More

Subject File: Foreign Business--Countries--Great Britain--Negotiation...

The Wilbur and Orville Wright Papers is a collection of documents related to the Wright brothers, two American inventors who are credited with building and flying the first successful powered airplane. The coll... More

Subject File: Legal Cases--Wright Co. v. Herring-Curtiss Co.--Miscell...

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Wilbur Wright [Henry A. Wise Wood, Aero Club of America Bulletin, July...

The Wilbur and Orville Wright Papers is a collection of documents related to the Wright brothers, two American inventors who are credited with building and flying the first successful powered airplane. The coll... More

Aviators, Braving Gale, Circle Manhattan in Times Aerial Derby... [New...

The Wilbur and Orville Wright Papers is a collection of documents related to the Wright brothers, two American inventors who are credited with building and flying the first successful powered airplane. The coll... More

Subject File: Early Flights--Information Requests, 1936-1945

The Wilbur and Orville Wright Papers is a collection of documents related to the Wright brothers, two American inventors who are credited with building and flying the first successful powered airplane. The coll... More

General Correspondence: Daniels, John T., 1904-1906, 1927-1932

Correspondence from John T. Daniels made available here with permission from Lois P. Smith, 1913 Hunting Ridge Road, Raleigh, North Carolina 27615-5515 and Margaret Brigidini,10820 Stanhope Place, Fairfax, Virg... More

Family Papers: Correspondence--Wright, Wilbur, July-December 1911

The Wilbur and Orville Wright Papers is a collection of documents related to the Wright brothers, two American inventors who are credited with building and flying the first successful powered airplane. The coll... More

General Correspondence: Williamson, Pliny W., 1914

The Wilbur and Orville Wright Papers is a collection of documents related to the Wright brothers, two American inventors who are credited with building and flying the first successful powered airplane. The coll... More

Subject File: Legal Cases--Montgomery v. Wright-Martin Airway Corp.--...

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Octave Chanute Papers: Special Correspondence--Wright Brothers, 1901

Octave Chanute Papers: Special Correspondence--Wright Brothers, 1901

Scrapbooks: July-December 1910

Newspaper clippings from Illustrated London News made available here with permission from Illustrated London News. Picture Library, 20, Upper Ground, London SE1 9PF, United Kingdom The Wilbur and Orville Wrigh... More

Scrapbooks: July-December 1910

Newspaper clippings from Illustrated London News made available here with permission from Illustrated London News. Picture Library, 20, Upper Ground, London SE1 9PF, United Kingdom The Wilbur and Orville Wrigh... More

Scrapbooks: July-December 1910

Newspaper clippings from Illustrated London News made available here with permission from Illustrated London News. Picture Library, 20, Upper Ground, London SE1 9PF, United Kingdom The Wilbur and Orville Wrigh... More

General Correspondence: Kelly, Fred C., 1942

Telegram from Frank Morley to Fred C. Kelly, October 29, 1942, made available here with permission from Christina McL. Morley. Correspondence from Fred C. Kelly made available here with permission from Brian B.... More

[The Wright Brothers Edition, The Dayton Herald, 16 June 1909]

The Wilbur and Orville Wright Papers is a collection of documents related to the Wright brothers, two American inventors who are credited with building and flying the first successful powered airplane. The coll... More

[Page 2 and 3 of New York Tribune, 1 January 1911]

The Wilbur and Orville Wright Papers is a collection of documents related to the Wright brothers, two American inventors who are credited with building and flying the first successful powered airplane. The coll... More

General Correspondence: Williamson, Pliny W., 1911

The Wilbur and Orville Wright Papers is a collection of documents related to the Wright brothers, two American inventors who are credited with building and flying the first successful powered airplane. The coll... More

General Correspondence: Smithsonian Institution, 1913

The Wilbur and Orville Wright Papers is a collection of documents related to the Wright brothers, two American inventors who are credited with building and flying the first successful powered airplane. The coll... More

General Correspondence: Kelly, Fred C., 1943

Copy of letter from Waldemar Kaempffert, Science Editor, New York Times, to Fred C. Kelly, July 13, 1943, made available here with permission from the New York Times, Rights & Permissions, 9th Floor, 229 West 4... More

The Men Who Learned to Fly, The Wright Brothers Story of Their Experim...

The Wilbur and Orville Wright Papers is a collection of documents related to the Wright brothers, two American inventors who are credited with building and flying the first successful powered airplane. The coll... More

General Correspondence: Rolls, Charles S., 1907-1908

The Wilbur and Orville Wright Papers is a collection of documents related to the Wright brothers, two American inventors who are credited with building and flying the first successful powered airplane. The coll... More

Family Papers: Correspondence--Wright, Wilbur, March-May 1908

The Wilbur and Orville Wright Papers is a collection of documents related to the Wright brothers, two American inventors who are credited with building and flying the first successful powered airplane. The coll... More

General Correspondence: Jones, Ernest L., 1912

The Wilbur and Orville Wright Papers is a collection of documents related to the Wright brothers, two American inventors who are credited with building and flying the first successful powered airplane. The coll... More

Family Papers: Correspondence--Wright, Wilbur, 1909

The Wilbur and Orville Wright Papers is a collection of documents related to the Wright brothers, two American inventors who are credited with building and flying the first successful powered airplane. The coll... More

General Correspondence: Toulmin, Harry A., 1911

Correspondence from Harry Toulmin made available here with permission from Virginia B. Toulmin. The Wilbur and Orville Wright Papers is a collection of documents related to the Wright brothers, two American in... More

General Correspondence: Brewer, Griffith, 1925, 1927

The Wilbur and Orville Wright Papers is a collection of documents related to the Wright brothers, two American inventors who are credited with building and flying the first successful powered airplane. The coll... More

General Correspondence: Spratt, George A., 1903

Correspondence from George A. Spratt made available here with permission from Margaret Garrett, 8 Clearview Road, Malvern, Pennsylvania 19355. The Wilbur and Orville Wright Papers is a collection of documents ... More

General Correspondence: Spratt, George A., 1903

Correspondence from George A. Spratt made available here with permission from Margaret Garrett, 8 Clearview Road, Malvern, Pennsylvania 19355. The Wilbur and Orville Wright Papers is a collection of documents ... More

General Correspondence: Burgess Company and Curtis, 1913

The Wilbur and Orville Wright Papers is a collection of documents related to the Wright brothers, two American inventors who are credited with building and flying the first successful powered airplane. The coll... More

Subject File: Foreign Business--Agents and Representatives--Brewer an...

The Wilbur and Orville Wright Papers is a collection of documents related to the Wright brothers, two American inventors who are credited with building and flying the first successful powered airplane. The coll... More

Subject File: Smithsonian Institution--Dispute--Langley Machine--Meas...

The Wilbur and Orville Wright Papers is a collection of documents related to the Wright brothers, two American inventors who are credited with building and flying the first successful powered airplane. The coll... More

Subject File: Smithsonian Institution--Dispute--Langley Machine--Meas...

The Wilbur and Orville Wright Papers is a collection of documents related to the Wright brothers, two American inventors who are credited with building and flying the first successful powered airplane. The coll... More

Subject File: Foreign Business--Agents and Representatives--Flint & C...

The Wilbur and Orville Wright Papers is a collection of documents related to the Wright brothers, two American inventors who are credited with building and flying the first successful powered airplane. The coll... More

Subject File: Writings, 1903 - Public domain document scan

The Wilbur and Orville Wright Papers is a collection of documents related to the Wright brothers, two American inventors who are credited with building and flying the first successful powered airplane. The coll... More

General Correspondence: Lindbergh, Charles A., 1927, 1933-1940, undat...

Correspondence from Charles Lindbergh made available here with permission from Manuscripts and Archives, Yale University Library, P.O. Box 208240, New Haven, Connecticut 06520-8240. The Wilbur and Orville Wrig... More

Subject File: Foreign Business--Agents and Representatives--Thierry B...

The Wilbur and Orville Wright Papers is a collection of documents related to the Wright brothers, two American inventors who are credited with building and flying the first successful powered airplane. The coll... More

General Correspondence: Brewer, Griffith, 1916-1917

The Wilbur and Orville Wright Papers is a collection of documents related to the Wright brothers, two American inventors who are credited with building and flying the first successful powered airplane. The coll... More

Subject File: Chanute, Octave--Photographs, Kitty Hawk, North Carolin...

The Wilbur and Orville Wright Papers is a collection of documents related to the Wright brothers, two American inventors who are credited with building and flying the first successful powered airplane. The coll... More

Subject File: Smithsonian Institution--Dispute--Langley Machine--Phot...

The Wilbur and Orville Wright Papers is a collection of documents related to the Wright brothers, two American inventors who are credited with building and flying the first successful powered airplane. The coll... More

Subject File: Smithsonian Institution--Dispute--Langley Machine--Phot...

The Wilbur and Orville Wright Papers is a collection of documents related to the Wright brothers, two American inventors who are credited with building and flying the first successful powered airplane. The coll... More

Subject File: Smithsonian Institution--Dispute--Langley Machine--Phot...

The Wilbur and Orville Wright Papers is a collection of documents related to the Wright brothers, two American inventors who are credited with building and flying the first successful powered airplane. The coll... More

Subject File: Smithsonian Institution--Dispute--Langley Machine--Phot...

The Wilbur and Orville Wright Papers is a collection of documents related to the Wright brothers, two American inventors who are credited with building and flying the first successful powered airplane. The coll... More

Subject File: Smithsonian Institution--Dispute--Langley Machine--Phot...

The Wilbur and Orville Wright Papers is a collection of documents related to the Wright brothers, two American inventors who are credited with building and flying the first successful powered airplane. The coll... More

Subject File: Smithsonian Institution--Dispute--Langley Machine--Phot...

The Wilbur and Orville Wright Papers is a collection of documents related to the Wright brothers, two American inventors who are credited with building and flying the first successful powered airplane. The coll... More

Subject File: Smithsonian Institution--Dispute--Langley Machine--Phot...

The Wilbur and Orville Wright Papers is a collection of documents related to the Wright brothers, two American inventors who are credited with building and flying the first successful powered airplane. The coll... More

Subject File: Smithsonian Institution--Dispute--Langley Machine--Phot...

The Wilbur and Orville Wright Papers is a collection of documents related to the Wright brothers, two American inventors who are credited with building and flying the first successful powered airplane. The coll... More

Subject File: Smithsonian Institution--Dispute--Langley Machine--Phot...

The Wilbur and Orville Wright Papers is a collection of documents related to the Wright brothers, two American inventors who are credited with building and flying the first successful powered airplane. The coll... More

Subject File: Smithsonian Institution--Dispute--Langley Machine--Phot...

The Wilbur and Orville Wright Papers is a collection of documents related to the Wright brothers, two American inventors who are credited with building and flying the first successful powered airplane. The coll... More

Subject File: Smithsonian Institution--Dispute--Langley Machine--Phot...

The Wilbur and Orville Wright Papers is a collection of documents related to the Wright brothers, two American inventors who are credited with building and flying the first successful powered airplane. The coll... More

General Correspondence: Alger, Russell A., 1910-1911

The Wilbur and Orville Wright Papers is a collection of documents related to the Wright brothers, two American inventors who are credited with building and flying the first successful powered airplane. The coll... More

General Correspondence: Brewer, Griffith, 1931

The Wilbur and Orville Wright Papers is a collection of documents related to the Wright brothers, two American inventors who are credited with building and flying the first successful powered airplane. The coll... More

Wilbur Wright Dead; Typhoid Claims Cause [Baltimore Sun, 30 May 1912]

The Wilbur and Orville Wright Papers is a collection of documents related to the Wright brothers, two American inventors who are credited with building and flying the first successful powered airplane. The coll... More

Subject File: Legal Cases--Wright Co. v. Herring-Curtiss Co.--Miscell...

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Wright Aeroplane and Wireless Communication [Frank L. Perry, Western E...

The Wilbur and Orville Wright Papers is a collection of documents related to the Wright brothers, two American inventors who are credited with building and flying the first successful powered airplane. The coll... More

Octave Chanute Papers: Special Correspondence--Wright Brothers, 1906

The Wright Brothers' Aeroplane [Orville and Wilbur Wright, The Century...

The Wilbur and Orville Wright Papers is a collection of documents related to the Wright brothers, two American inventors who are credited with building and flying the first successful powered airplane. The coll... More

Family Papers: Correspondence--Wright, Lorin, 1882-1887

The Wilbur and Orville Wright Papers is a collection of documents related to the Wright brothers, two American inventors who are credited with building and flying the first successful powered airplane. The coll... More

The Aeronautical Society of America [1914]

The Wilbur and Orville Wright Papers is a collection of documents related to the Wright brothers, two American inventors who are credited with building and flying the first successful powered airplane. The coll... More

General Correspondence: Kelly, Fred C., 1950, undated

Letter from Robert Mason, The Norfolk Virginian-Pilot, to Fred C. Kelly, June 24, 1950, made available here with permission from The Virginian-Pilot, 150 W. Brambleton Avenue, Norfolk, Virginia 23510. www.hampt... More

Scrapbooks: July-December 1910

Newspaper clippings from Illustrated London News made available here with permission from Illustrated London News. Picture Library, 20, Upper Ground, London SE1 9PF, United Kingdom The Wilbur and Orville Wrigh... More

General Correspondence: Spratt, George A., 1909-1922, undated

Correspondence from George A. Spratt made available here with permission from Margaret Garrett, 8 Clearview Road, Malvern, Pennsylvania 19355. The Wilbur and Orville Wright Papers is a collection of documents ... More

General Correspondence: Zahm, Albert F., 1937-1943, undated

The Wilbur and Orville Wright Papers is a collection of documents related to the Wright brothers, two American inventors who are credited with building and flying the first successful powered airplane. The coll... More

Wright's Story of Great Flight [New York Evening Sun]

The Wilbur and Orville Wright Papers is a collection of documents related to the Wright brothers, two American inventors who are credited with building and flying the first successful powered airplane. The coll... More

Development of Wright Biplane Shown in Pictures [New York Times, 12 Oc...

The Wilbur and Orville Wright Papers is a collection of documents related to the Wright brothers, two American inventors who are credited with building and flying the first successful powered airplane. The coll... More

Scrapbooks: January 1902-December 1908

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Aeroplanes on Warships & The New Military Dirigible [The Daily Mirror,...

The Wilbur and Orville Wright Papers is a collection of documents related to the Wright brothers, two American inventors who are credited with building and flying the first successful powered airplane. The coll... More

General Correspondence: Kelly, Fred C., 1943

Copy of letter from Waldemar Kaempffert, Science Editor, New York Times, to Fred C. Kelly, July 13, 1943, made available here with permission from the New York Times, Rights & Permissions, 9th Floor, 229 West 4... More

Family Papers: Correspondence--Wright, Wilbur, July 1907

The Wilbur and Orville Wright Papers is a collection of documents related to the Wright brothers, two American inventors who are credited with building and flying the first successful powered airplane. The coll... More

Subject File: Foreign Business--Agents and Representatives--Flint & C...

The Wilbur and Orville Wright Papers is a collection of documents related to the Wright brothers, two American inventors who are credited with building and flying the first successful powered airplane. The coll... More

Subject File: Wright Company--Exhibition Department--Contracts, 1910

The Wilbur and Orville Wright Papers is a collection of documents related to the Wright brothers, two American inventors who are credited with building and flying the first successful powered airplane. The coll... More

Subject File: Foreign Business--Agents and Representatives--Flint & C...

The Wilbur and Orville Wright Papers is a collection of documents related to the Wright brothers, two American inventors who are credited with building and flying the first successful powered airplane. The coll... More

General Correspondence: Spratt, George A., 1903

Correspondence from George A. Spratt made available here with permission from Margaret Garrett, 8 Clearview Road, Malvern, Pennsylvania 19355. The Wilbur and Orville Wright Papers is a collection of documents ... More

Experiments and Observations in Soaring Flight [Wilbur Wright, Printed...

The Wilbur and Orville Wright Papers is a collection of documents related to the Wright brothers, two American inventors who are credited with building and flying the first successful powered airplane. The coll... More

Moisant and Hoxsey Killed [The Sun, 1 January 1911 ]

The Wilbur and Orville Wright Papers is a collection of documents related to the Wright brothers, two American inventors who are credited with building and flying the first successful powered airplane. The coll... More

General Correspondence: Toulmin, Harry A., 1913

Correspondence from Harry Toulmin made available here with permission from Virginia B. Toulmin. The Wilbur and Orville Wright Papers is a collection of documents related to the Wright brothers, two American in... More

Scrapbooks: December 1910-March 1914

Newspaper clippings from Illustrated London News made available here with permission from Illustrated London News. Picture Library, 20, Upper Ground, London SE1 9PF, United Kingdom The Wilbur and Orville Wrigh... More