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

Wright Brothers Home and Shop,
Greenfield Village,
Dearborn, Michigan
Ford Purchases Wright Building. The Air Line Pilot,
July 1936, vol. 5, no. 8, p. 7.
Announcement of the purchase of the building for
the purpose of restoring it as a memorial to the
Wrights.
Living Memorial to Faith, Industry, and Foresight of
Wright Brothers Assured by Purchase. Chirp, Aug.
1936, no. 17, pp. 4—5, +illus.
Bauer, Charles J. Birthplace of the Airplane. Popular
Aviation, Dec. 1936, vol. 19, no. 6, pp. 17—18, 64—65,
+illus.
Written on occasion of removal of Wright bicycle
shop to Dearborn, Michigan, for restoration.
A Celebration in Honor of Wilbur and Orville Wright.
Dearborn, Michigan: The Edison Institute, 1938, [13
pp.], +illus.
A program issued for the dedication exercises held
April 16, 1938, at the Edison Institute, when the
restored Wright home and bicycle shop were opened
to the public.
Kresin, William. Wright Home and Workshop
Dedicated. Herald [publication of the Edison Institute],
Apr. 29, 1938, vol. 5, no. 7, pp. 1, 3, 11, +illus.
Full account of dedication exercises.
Ford Dedicates Wright Shrine. U.S. Air Services, May
1938, vol. 23, no. 5, pp. 8—9.
Editorial note on dedication.
The Wright Dedication. Chirp, Aug. 1, 1938, no. 22,
pp. 1—4.
Account of participation of Early Birds organization
in exercises.
Atkinson, Elizabeth. The Wright Homestead. Herald
[publication of the Edison Institute], July 4, 1941, vol.
8, no. 11, pp. 1, 3, 18, +illus.
Description of home as restored.
Pennington, John. The Wright Bicycle Shop. Herald
[publication of the Edison Institute], July 18, 1941, vol.
8, no. 12, pp. 1, 3, 12—15, +illus.
Description of bicycle shop as restored.
Monuments and Museums
112 Wilbur & Orville Wright
Wilbur and Orville Wright
Memorial, Dayton, Ohio
Dedication of Wright Brothers Hill by the Wilbur and
Orville Wright Memorial Commission. National
Aviation Day. 2:30 P.M., August 19, 1940, Dayton,
[1940], 4 pp.
Dedication program.
Have You Visited Wright Brothers Hill ? NCR
[National Cash Register] Factory News, Aug.-Sept.
1940, pp. 1—6, +illus.
Special issue giving pictorial account of dedication
ceremonies.
Wright Hill Dedicated at Dayton. U.S. Air Services,
Sept. 1940, vol. 25, no. 9, pp. 10—11, +illus.
The Wilbur and Orville Wright Memorial, a North
Carolina marble shaft, on Wright Brothers Hill, was
dedicated August 19, 1940. It stands on a high ridge
between Wright and Patterson Air Force Bases and
overlooks the site of Huffman Prairie where the
Wrights experimented with their planes of 1904 and
1905 and where many of the early Army flyers were
trained.
Dedication of the Wright Brothers Monument. Air
Corps News Letter, Sept. 1, 1940, vol. 23, no. 17, p. 7.
Brief note on dedication ceremonies.
Dedication of Wilbur and Orville Wright Memorial at
Dayton, Ohio. Extension of Remarks of Hon. Harry N.
Routzohn of Ohio September 5, 1940.
Congressional Record, Sept. 5, 1940, vol. 86, appendix
pp. A5468—A5469.
Address of Gov. James M. Cox at the dedication,
August 19, 1940.
Wright Hall, Carillon Park,
Dayton, Ohio
The Wright Brothers Dayton, Ohio: Carillon Park,
[1950], 26 pp., +illus.
An illustrated biographical brochure which
includes an account of Wright Hall, Carillon Park,
built by Colonel E. A. Deeds, of National Cash
Register Company, especially to provide a home for
the restored 1905 Wright aeroplane.