Charles “Charlie” Taylor, the Wrights’ mechanician, designed and built the engine used during the first successful flight.
News - Special Collections and Archives
Dec 8, 2021
Rike’s donated the photos to the Special Collections and Archives in 1988.
Sep 21, 2021
The University Libraries will host several events into 2022 to celebrate 150 years of the life and work of poet Paul Laurence Dunbar.
Apr 21, 2021
From the Stacks: A look at the Martha McClellan Brown collection in the University Libraries Special Collections and Archives.
Mar 10, 2021
Special Collections and Archives will use the grant to prepare the Wright Brothers Collection for the Ohio Digital Network and the Digital Public Library of America.
Oct 2, 2020
Although the annual Wright Brothers Day shifted to a web-based format, the event will still celebrate innovative research from Wright State faculty and local organizations.
Sep 22, 2020
When Donald McKinney Wallace enlisted in the U.S. Army in August 1918, he did not expect to spend most of his term of service in the hospital quarantined in his barracks with the Spanish flu.
Sep 1, 2020
The workbook highlights many of the aviation collections available at Wright State Libraries' Special Collections and Archives, while also providing information on aviators from the region.
Jul 29, 2020
Jane Wildermuth is leading the merged departments of Special Collections and Archives and Digital Initiatives and Repository Services.
Jul 1, 2020
Since 2006, Jane Wildermuth has served as head of the Digital Initiatives and Repository Services Department.
