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Correspondence of Octave Chanute, letters to Wilbur and Orville Wright

Creator:
Wright, Wilbur, 1867-1912  Search this
Wright, Orville, 1871-1948  Search this
Chanute, Octave, 1832-1910  Search this
Institute of the Aeronautical Sciences (U.S.). Aeronautical Archives  Search this
Former owner:
Library of Congress  Search this
Names:
Chanute, Octave, 1832-1910 -- Correspondence  Search this
Wright, Orville, 1871-1948 -- Correspondence  Search this
Wright, Wilbur, 1867-1912 -- Correspondence  Search this
Extent:
1 Volume ((various pagings), 28 cm.)
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Volumes
Date:
1900-1910
General note:
Title transcribed from spine.
Carbon copy of the original typewritten transcript housed in the Manuscript Division of the Library of Congress.
Leaves are printed on the recto side only.
"The letters from the Wright Brothers to Mr. Chanute are not available to the public by direction of Mr. O. Wright. Aeronautical Archives of the Institute of the Aeronautical Sciences, New York, 1944. Missing numbers refer to letters from Wilbur Wright to Mr. Chanute"--P. 1.
A subject index (including personal names), having the typed title "Index of Octave Chanute letters to Wilbur and Orville Wright, May 17, 1900-January 23, 1910", is bound in at the front of the volume.
Local Notes:
NASMRB copy 39088013423348 has bookplate: Institute of the Aeronautical Sciences. Presented by the Library of Congress to the Aeronautical Archives. With the printed label for the Institute of the Aeronautical Sciences mounted on the front covers and its embossed stamp on p. 1. Accession no.: 11127.

NASMRB copy has a blue cloth binding with gilt-tooled red spine label and gray endpapers
Topic:
Air pilots -- Correspondence  Search this
Aerodynamics  Search this
Aeronautics  Search this
Identifier:
SIL-RR.TL540.C45A2w
Archival Repository:
Smithsonian Libraries
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sc2a7739997-df7b-4def-a23c-8abfb5b51b44
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-sil-rr-tl540-c45a2w

Raito kyōdai = Wright brothers / Tomizuka Kiyoshi cho ; Kanamori Tōru ga

Author:
Tomizuka, Kiyoshi 1893-  Search this
Kanamori, Tōru 1932-  Search this
Subject:
Wright, Wilbur 1867-1912  Search this
Wright, Orville 1871-1948  Search this
Physical description:
281 p., [2] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 22 cm
Type:
Juvenile literature
Place:
United States
Date:
1988
Shōwa 63 [1988]
Topic:
Aeronautics--Biography  Search this
Call number:
TL540.W7T66 1988X
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_394058

Wilbur and Orville : a biography of the Wright brothers / by Fred Howard

Author:
Howard, Fred 1910-  Search this
Subject:
Wright, Wilbur 1867-1912  Search this
Wright, Orville 1871-1948  Search this
Physical description:
xi, 530 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm
Type:
Biography
Place:
United States
Date:
1988
1988, c1987
Topic:
Aeronautics  Search this
Call number:
TL540.W7 H69X 1988
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_380040

Wilbur Wright's flights in France : Léon Bollée's photographic record, 1908-1909 / Stanley W. Kandebo and Dawne Dewey, editors

Author:
Bollée, Léon 1870-1913  Search this
Kandebo, Stanley W  Search this
Dewey, Dawne  Search this
Wright State University  Search this
Subject:
Wright, Wilbur 1867-1912 Travel  Search this
Bollée, Léon 1870-1913 Photograph collections  Search this
Physical description:
viii, 75 p. : ill. ; 29 x 35 cm
Type:
Pictorial works
Biography
Place:
France
United States
Date:
2003
C2003
Topic:
Aeronautics--Flights  Search this
Air pilots  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_715457

A field guide to flight : on the aviation trail in Dayton, Ohio / by Mary Ann Johnson ; [maps by Frank Pauer]

Author:
Johnson, Mary Ann  Search this
Subject:
Wright, Wilbur 1867-1912 Homes and haunts  Search this
Wright, Orville 1871-1948 Homes and haunts  Search this
Physical description:
135 p. : ill., maps, ports. ; 22 x 28 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Ohio
Dayton
Dayton (Ohio)
Date:
1986
Topic:
Aeronautics--History  Search this
Description and travel  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_749482

Wilbur & Orville Wright : a reissue of a chronology : commemorating the hundredth anniversary of the birth of Orville Wright, August 19, 1871 / compiled by Arthur G. Renstrom

Title:
Wilbur and Orville Wright
Author:
Renstrom, Arthur George 1905-  Search this
Subject:
Wright, Orville 1871-1948  Search this
Wright, Wilbur 1867-1912  Search this
Physical description:
vii, 127 p. : ill. ; 28 cm
Type:
Chronology
Place:
United States
Date:
2003
Topic:
Aeronautics--History  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_729667

What dreams we have : the Wright brothers and their hometown of Dayton, Ohio / [by Ann Honious]

Author:
Honious, Ann  Search this
Subject:
Wright, Wilbur 1867-1912  Search this
Wright, Orville 1871-1948  Search this
Dunbar, Paul Laurence 1872-1906  Search this
Physical description:
300 p. : ill. ; 23 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
United States
Dayton (Ohio)
Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park (Ohio)
Date:
2003
C2003
Topic:
Aeronautics--History  Search this
History  Search this
Call number:
TL540.W7 H66 2003
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_741402

The unwelcome assistant : Edward C. Huffaker and the birth of aviation / Steven and Julia Hensley

Title:
Edward C. Huffaker and the birth of aviation
Author:
Hensley, Steven 1943-  Search this
Hensley, Julia 1952-  Search this
Subject:
Huffaker, Edward C  Search this
Huffaker, Edward C  Search this
Wright, Orville 1871-1948 Friends and associates  Search this
Wright, Wilbur 1867-1912 Friends and associates  Search this
Physical description:
viii, 160 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm
Type:
Biography
Correspondence
Place:
United States
Date:
2003
C2003
Topic:
Scientists  Search this
Aeronautics  Search this
Aeronautics--History  Search this
Call number:
Q143.H86 H46 2003
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_723889

Dedication of the Wright brothers home and shop in Greenfield village, Dearborn, Michigan, April sixteen, nineteen hundred thirty-eight

Author:
Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village  Search this
Subject:
Wright, Wilbur 1867-1912  Search this
Wright, Orville 1871-1948  Search this
Physical description:
62 p. incl. front. plates, ports. 24 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
1938
1938?]
Topic:
Aeronautics--History  Search this
Call number:
TL540.W7 E3X
TL540.W7E3X
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_72160

Kitty Hawk and beyond : the Wright Brothers and the early years of aviation : a photographic history / Ronald R. Geibert and Patrick B. Nolan ; foreword by Tom Crouch ; special introduction by John R. Dailey

Author:
Geibert, Ron  Search this
Nolan, Patrick B (Patrick Bates) 1942-  Search this
Subject:
Wright, Orville 1871-1948  Search this
Wright, Wilbur 1867-1912  Search this
Physical description:
xxi, 170 p. : ill. ; 22 x 28 cm
Type:
Biography
Pictorial works
Place:
United States
Date:
2003
[2003]
Topic:
Aeronautics  Search this
Aeronautics--History  Search this
Call number:
TL540.W7 G45 2003
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_715516

The Wright Brothers legacy : Orville and Wilbur Wright and their aeroplanes / Walt Burton & Owen Findsen

Author:
Burton, Walt  Search this
Findsen, Owen  Search this
Dayton Art Institute  Search this
Subject:
Wright, Wilbur 1867-1912  Search this
Wright, Orville 1871-1948  Search this
Physical description:
224 p. : ill. (some. col.) ; 30 cm
Type:
Biography
Place:
United States
Date:
2003
Topic:
Aeronautics  Search this
Wright Flyer (Airplane)  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_715385

Race to the sky : the Wright brothers versus the United States government / Stephen B. Goddard

Author:
Goddard, Stephen B. 1941-  Search this
Subject:
Wright, Orville 1871-1948  Search this
Wright, Wilbur 1867-1912  Search this
Physical description:
ix, 222 p. : ill. ; 26 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
United States
Date:
2003
C2003
Topic:
Aeronautics--Research--History  Search this
Government competition  Search this
Research and development contracts, Government--History  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_715650

Proceedings, the beginnings of powered flight

Title:
Beginnings of powered flight, 10 May 2003 London, UK
Author:
Beginnings of Powered Flight (2003 : London, Great Britain)  Search this
Royal Aeronautical Society  Search this
Subject:
Wright, Wilbur 1867-1912  Search this
Wright, Orville 1871-1948  Search this
Physical description:
1 v. (various pagings) : ill. ; 30 cm
Type:
Congresses
Date:
2003
[2003]
Topic:
Aeronautics--History  Search this
Aerodynamics  Search this
Call number:
TL515 .B44 2003
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_720628

Unlocking the gateway to flight : the keys to the success of the Wright brothers / by Dale H. Whitford

Title:
Flight
Author:
Whitford, Dale H (Dale Harlan)  Search this
Subject:
Wright, Wilbur 1867-1912  Search this
Wright, Wilbur 1867-1912  Search this
Wright, Orville 1871-1948  Search this
Wright, Orville 1871-1948  Search this
Wright family  Search this
Physical description:
96, xvi p. : ill. (some col.) ; 29 cm
Type:
Pictorial works
Biography
Date:
2004
C2004
20th century
Topic:
Aeronautics--History  Search this
Flight--History  Search this
Wright Flyer (Airplane)  Search this
Airplanes--Design and construction--History  Search this
Inventors  Search this
Call number:
TL540.W7 W45 2004
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_732378

Touching the sky : the flying adventures of Wilbur and Orville Wright / Louise Borden & Trish Marx ; illustrated by Peter Fiore

Author:
Borden, Louise  Search this
Marx, Trish  Search this
Fiore, Peter M  Search this
Subject:
Wright, Orville 1871-1948 Travel  Search this
Wright, Wilbur 1867-1912 Travel  Search this
Wright, Orville 1871-1948 Travel  Search this
Wright, Wilbur 1867-1912 Travel  Search this
Physical description:
[64] p. : col. ill., maps ; 26 cm
Type:
Juvenile literature
Place:
New York
Europe
Date:
2003
Topic:
Aeronautics--Flights  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_727311

Taking to the skies [electronic resource] : the Wright Brothers & the birth of aviation

Title:
Wright brothers & the birth of aviation
Wright brothers and the birth of aviation
Author:
McCutcheon, Paul Kevin  Search this
Baxter, William E. 1953-  Search this
Van Doren, Nicole 1972-  Search this
Smithsonian Institution Libraries  Search this
National Air and Space Museum Archives Division  Search this
Subject:
Wright, Orville 1871-1948  Search this
Wright, Wilbur 1867-1912  Search this
Type:
Electronic resources
Exhibitions
Date:
2003
Topic:
Aeronautics--History  Search this
Call number:
TL540.W7
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_741047

The papers of Wilbur and Orville Wright : including the Chanute-Wright letters and other papers of Octave Chanute / Marvin W. McFarland, editor

Author:
Wright, Wilbur 1867-1912  Search this
Wright, Orville 1871-1948  Search this
Chanute, Octave 1832-1910  Search this
McFarland, Marvin Wilks 1919-  Search this
Subject:
Wright, Wilbur 1867-1912  Search this
Wright, Orville 1871-1948  Search this
Chanute, Octave 1832-1910  Search this
Physical description:
2 volumes (lvii, 1278 pages) : illustrations ; 24 cm
Type:
Sources
Correspondence
History
Records and correspondence
Place:
United States
Date:
2001
1953
©2001
Topic:
Aeronautics--History  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1058746

Inventing flight : the Wright brothers & their predecessors / John D. Anderson, Jr

Author:
Anderson, John D. Jr (John David) 1937-  Search this
Subject:
Wright, Orville 1871-1948 Knowledge Aeronautics  Search this
Wright, Wilbur 1867-1912 Knowledge Aeronautics  Search this
Physical description:
viii, 176 p. : ill. ; 23 cm
Type:
Biography
Place:
United States
Date:
2004
19th century
Topic:
Aeronautics--Research--History  Search this
Aeronautical engineers  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_743284

Dedication of the Wright brothers home and shop in Greenfield Village, Dearborn, Michigan, April sixteen, nineteen hundred thirty-eight

Title:
The Edison Institute
Author:
Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village  Search this
Former owner:
Garber, Paul Edward 1899-1992 DSI  Search this
Subject:
Wright, Wilbur 1867-1912  Search this
Wright, Orville 1871-1948  Search this
Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village  Search this
Physical description:
62 pages, [8] leaves of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm
Type:
Books
History
Date:
1938
Topic:
Aeronautics--History  Search this
Call number:
TL540.W7 H46 1938
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1052814

Gustave Whitehead : "First in flight" : hidden history of Gustave Whitehead & the Wrights / by Susan O'Dwyer Brinchman

Title:
Hidden history of Gustave Whitehead & the Wrights
Author:
Brinchman, Susan O'Dwyer  Search this
Subject:
Whitehead, Gustave 1874-1927  Search this
Wright, Wilbur 1867-1912  Search this
Wright, Orville 1871-1948  Search this
Physical description:
432 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm
Type:
Biography
History
Place:
United States
Connecticut
Date:
2015
Topic:
Aeronautics--History  Search this
Aeronautical engineers  Search this
Airplanes--History  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1055531

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