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| | Wright Brothers Collection |
 | | WILBUR AND ORVILLE WRIGHT Wilbur Wright was born April 16, 1867, on a farm not far from New Castle, Indiana, Orville was born in Dayton, Ohio, on Aug. 19, 1871. |
 | | Founded in 1964, Wright State University was built on land deeded in part by Wright Patterson Air Force Base and lies within a mile of Huffman Prairie, the site of Simms Station, where Orville and Wilbur Wright perfected their flying machines in 1904 and 1905 [see Box 16, files 5-7]. |
 | | Wright State University's collection includes over 200 technical books, journals, and pamphlets accumulated by the Wright Brothers, over 500 items related to their research, business, and legal endeavors, more than 1,000 genealogical items gathered by Bishop Milton Wright and Orville Wright, nearly 3,600 photographs, and over 700 items representing awards and other memorabilia-approximately 6,000 items. |
| www.libraries.wright.edu /staff/dunbar/arch/ms1.old.htm (16070 words) |
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