Published Writings of Wilbur and Orville Wright - NASA's History Office

L Hermitte, J. Le Monument de l aviation. L Illustration,
July 24, 1920, vol. 156, pp. 68—69, +illus.
Translation with title, Wilbur Wright in France,
Literary Digest, Aug. 28, 1920, vol. 66, p. 32.
French Memorial to Wilbur Wright. Flight, July 29,
1920, vol. 12, p. 841.
Le Monument Wilbur Wright et aux pionniers del aviation
inaugur au Mans le 17 juillet 1920. L A rophile,
Aug. 1920, vol. 28, pp. 246—248.
Extensive account of unveiling of the first notable
memorial to Wilbur Wright. The monument by the
French sculptor, Paul Landowski, stands in the Place
des Jacobins, before the Cathedral of St. Julien.
Wright Memorial Dedicated in France. U.S. Air
Services, Aug. 1920, vol. 4, no. 1, p. 17.
Gives editorial comment on monument from New
York Sun and New York Herald.
France s Tribute to Wilbur Wright, Father of Aviation.
Literary Digest, Aug. 28, 1920, vol. 66, p. 54.
Reprinted from Boston Herald.
Unveiling of the Monument to Wilbur Wright. Flying,
New York, Sept. 1920, vol. 9, pp. 530—531, +illus.
France s Tribute to the Wright Brothers. U.S. Air
Services, Nov. 1920, vol. 4, no. 4, p. 21, +illus.
Brief note on monument with speech given by Rear
Admiral T. P. Magruder, U. S. representative at
unveiling ceremony.
The Wright Memorial. Aircraft Year Book 1921, Boston:
Small, Maynard & Co., 1921, pp. 126—127.
Gilbert, Morris. America and Le Mans. New York Times,
June 26, 1966, p. 30, col. 3—6.
Account of Wilbur Wright s early flights at Le
Mans in 1908 and of the monument erected there in
his honor in 1920.
Wilbur Wright Memorial,
New Castle, Indiana
Wilbur Wright Memorial. [New Castle, Indiana] Circle
Printing Service, [1923], 4 pp., +illus.
Includes photograph of memorial tablet at
Memorial Park, New Castle, Indiana, erected by Phi
Delta Kappa fraternity, April 15, 1923, and dedicated
in the presence of Orville and Katharine Wright.
Monuments and Museums
108 Wilbur & Orville Wright
Wright Brothers Monument,
Pau, France
Le Monument de Wilbur Wright. Il a t inaugur le 30
janvier Pau-Pont-Long. Les Ailes, Feb. 4, 1932 vol.
112, p. 14.
Brief note on dedication of Wright brothers monument,
January 30, 1932, to commemorate the first
flights of Wilbur at Pau in 1908 and the training of the
first French aviation officers.
L Inauguration du monument Wright Pau.
L Illustration, Feb. 6, 1932, vol. 181, p. 164, +illus.
The Monument to the Wright Brothers at Pau, France.
U.S. Air Services, Apr. 1932, vol. 17, pp. 42, 44, +illus.
Brief account of dedication including addresses
delivered by Paul Tissandier and U. S. Ambassador
Walter Edge.
France Remembers the Wrights. National Aeronautics
Magazine, May 1932, vol. 10, pp. 16—18, +illus.
Account of dedication of monument at Pau.
Wright Memorial, Kill Devil Hill,
Kitty Hawk, North Carolina
U.S. Congress. House. A Bill Authorizing an
Appropriation of $50,000 for the Erection of a Memorial
at Kitty Hawk, Dare County, North Carolina, to
Commemorate the First Successful Airplane Flight
Made by Wilbur and Orville Wright. December 17, 1926.
Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1926, 2
pp. (69th Congress, 2d Session. H. R. 15348).
Submitted by Congressman Lindsay Warren of
North Carolina; referred to the Committee on the
Library.
U.S. Congress. Senate. Committee on Military Affairs.
To Commemorate the First Successful Flight by Power-
Driven Aircraft. Report [To Accompany S. 4876].
Submitted by Mr. Robinson of Indiana. January 8, 1927.
Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1927, 1
p. (69th Congress, 2d Session. Senate Report 1227).
Recommends passage of bill.
Monument on Kill Devil Hill, N.C. Congressional
Record, Jan. 10, 1927, vol. 68, p. 1343.
Discussion of Senate bill 4876.