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Box Assorted World War I Oversize Box 1

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Contains 23 Results:

Oversize materials, bulk: circa 1917-1925

 File — Box: Assorted World War I Oversize Box 1, Folder: 1
Contents Certificate, September 29, 1917. Acknowledges Hamilton Coolidge's receipt of a commission to be 1st Lieutenant in the Aviation Section of the Signal Officers' Reserve Corps of the Army of the United States.Certificate, March 28, 1925. Awards the Distinguished Service Cross to Captain Hamilton Coolidge.Newspaper clipping of a eulogy for Quentin Roosevelt, undated. Note: Fragile original clipping; please use photocopy in Box One, Folder...
Dates: Majority of material found within circa 1917-1925

Liberty magazine article series, February-March 1928

 File — Box: Assorted World War I Oversize Box 1, oversize: folder 1
Contents

Norman S. Hall, "The Balloon Buster of Arizona," Liberty, February 25-March 24, 1928. Series of five (5) articles (11 pages total) about Frank Luke and his exploits during World War I. His relationship with Joseph Wehner is also discussed.

Dates: February-March 1928

Oversize clippings, 1921-1941

 File — Box: Assorted World War I Oversize Box 1, oversize: folder 2
Contents

Four (4) oversize original newspaper clippings about Wehner, circa 1921-1941. Note: These are originals, please use copies in Folder 6.

Dates: 1921-1941

Sheet music, 1907-1918

 File — Box: Assorted World War I Oversize Box 1, Folder: Oversize folder
Contents Eighteen pieces of sheet music: Thurland Chattaway. "A Little Suit of Blue." New York: F.B. Haviland Publishing Company, 1907.William Nassann. "The Connecticut March." New York: Paull-Pioneer Music Corp., 1911, copyright renewed 1938.A. Seymour Brown. "Go Right Along Mister Wilson (And We'll All Stand by You)." New York & Detroit: Jerome H. Remick & Co., 1915.J. Keirn Brennan and...
Dates: 1907-1918

Mounted photographs, circa 1917-1919

 File — Box: Assorted World War I Oversize Box 1, oversize: folder 1
Contents Photograph mounted on board of seven men in flying clothes and one woman, standing in front of a biplane. Norman E. Horn is the third man from the right, next to the woman.Photograph mounted on board of a woman and young boy standing next to a biplane, with partially obscured tail number 282[?].Photograph mounted on board of a biplane on the ground with a pilot in the cockpit. Photo is clearly taken from another aircraft next to the pictured...
Dates: circa 1917-1919

Certificates, 1917-1944

 File — Box: Assorted World War I Oversize Box 1, oversize: folder 1
Contents Commission, August 5, 1917. Appoints Wright a Captain in the Oregon National Guard.Aero Club of America Expert Aviator's Certificate, October 3, 1917.Commission, November 17, 1917. Temporarily appoints Wright a First Lieutenant in the Signal Corps.Commission, February 5, 1921. Appoints Wright a Captain in the Air Service.Society of American Military Engineers membership certificate, December 31, 1930.Order of the Daedalians...
Dates: 1917-1944

Photographs and art, circa 1910s-1940s

 File — Box: Assorted World War I Oversize Box 1, oversize: folder 3
Contents Photo collage of young men and women's portraits, including Wright, circa 1910s. Possibly for a school yearbook.Four (4) photo portraits of Wright, circa 1920s-1940s.Five (5) U.S. Army Air Corps press photographs, circa 1940s. Documents the visit of General Eduardo Zubia of the Uruguayan Army to the Salt Lake City (Utah) Army Air Base when Wright was commanding officer. Photographs include typescript captions attached to photo edge and Air Corps official photograph...
Dates: circa 1910s-1940s

Oversize ephemera, circa 1920s-1941

 File — Box: Assorted World War I Oversize Box 1, oversize: folder 2
Contents

Three (3) oversize envelopes, addressed from War Department to Wright, circa 1920s-1941.

Wright Field illustration and list of officers, circa 1940s.

Dates: circa 1920s-1941

Oversize Materials

 File — Box: Assorted World War I Oversize Box 1, oversize: folder 1
Contents Lt. Alexander B. Bruce obituary, circa 1918. Photocopy in Box Four, Folder 6.Ben Ray Redman, "A Romantic Record of War in the Air," The Saturday Review of Literature, January 26, 1935. Photocopy in Box Two, Folder 14."Search for Air Safety," The Kansas City Star, September 5, 1935. Photocopy in Box Four, Folder 6.Article reprint, "Peter Brooks's Flying Room," ...
Dates: 1917-1946

Clippings, circa 1920-1975

 File — Multiple Containers
Contents Twenty-five (25) clippings, circa 1920-1975. Topics include Curtiss-Wright and Emrick's career there as a pilot, Dayton and Cleveland (Ohio) news, men and women aviators including Emrick, Carter Buton, Ruth Law, Blanche Noyes, and others. Also includes a leaflet advertising passenger flights over Findlay (Ohio). One (1) clipping from much later, circa 1975, describes a photo exhibit of early aircraft in Dayton.Note: All clippings have been photocopied onto...
Dates: circa 1920-1975

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