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

Announcement of naming of New Physics
Laboratory at Oberlin College, Oberlin, Ohio, for
Wilbur and Orville Wright.
Fiftieth Anniversary of
First Powered Flight Stamp
(1953)
U.S. Congress. House. A Bill to Provide for the Issuance
of a Special Air-Mail Postage Stamp in Commemoration
of the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Wright Brothers Flight
at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. Washington, D.C.:
[Government Printing Office, 1953], 2 pp. (83rd
Congress, 1st Session. H. R. 4217).
Introduced March 25, by Mr. Peter F. Mack of
Illinois; referred to the Committee on Post Office and
Civil Service.
Official Post Office Department Notice Concerning New
6¢ Air Mail Stamp. Airpost Journal, Apr. 1953, vol. 24,
no. 7, p. 220 and cover.
Details on stamp commemorating the 50th anniversary
of powered flight.
Gatchell, L. B. Sidelights on the Campaign for a Wright
Commemorative Stamp. Airpost Journal, May 1953,
vol. 24, pp. 266—267, +illus.
Published also in Stamps, May 16, 1953, vol. 83,
pp. 236—237.
Discusses plans and designs, 1943-1953, for a
stamp honoring the Wrights.
Glass, Sol. Fiftieth Anniversary of Powered Flight
Issue. Bureau Specialist, Sept. 1953, vol. 24, pp. 191,
193, 200, +illus.
Technical details on commemorative 6-cent air
mail stamp issued May 9, 1953. Shows Wright 1903
aeroplane in silhouette.
Wright Brothers Day
(December 17)
U.S. Congress. House. Wright Brothers Day. Report [To
Accompany H. J. Res. 513]. September 2, 1959.
Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1959, 1
p. (86th Congress. House. Report no. 1130).
Introduced by Rep. Joseph W. Martin Jr. of
Massachusetts, August 31, 1959. Referred to the
Committee on the Judiciary, passed House September
3, and Senate September 9.
Memorials
Designates December 17, 1959, as Wright
Brothers Day.
Wright Brothers Day Proclamation. National
Aeronautics, Nov. 1959, vol. 38, p. 2.
President Eisenhower s proclamation issued
September 21, 1959.
Joint Resolution Designating the 17th Day of December
1959 as Wright Brothers Day. United States Statutes at
Large, vol. 73, 1959, p. 583.
House Joint Resolution 513, approved and proclaimed
September 21, 1959 (Public Law 86-304).
U.S. Congress. House. Committee on Judiciary. Wright
Brothers Day. Report [To Accompany H. J. Res. 109].
May 22, 1961. Washington, D.C.: Government Print.
Office, 1961, 2 pp. (87th Congress, 1st Session. House.
Report no. 423).
Introduced by Rep. Joseph W. Martin Jr. of
Massachusetts, January 6, 1961. Referred to
Committee on Judiciary, passed House June 5 and
Senate September 11.
Designates December 17, 1961, as Wright
Brothers Day.
U.S. Congress. Senate. Committee on Judiciary. Wright
Brothers Day. Report [To Accompany H. J. Res. 109].
September 7, 1961. Washington, D.C.: Government
Printing Office, 1961, 1 p. (87th Congress, 1st Session.
Senate. Report no. 885).
Similar to House Report No. 423.
Whitener, Ralph V. Wanted a Day for the Wright
Brothers. National Aeronautics, Sept. 1961, vol. 40, p. 4.
A plea for the establishment of December 17, each
year, as Wright Brothers Day.
Joint Resolution Designating the 17th Day of December
1961 as Wright Brothers Day. United States Statutes at
Large, vol. 75, 1961, p. 611.
House Joint Resolution 109, approved and proclaimed
September 22, 1961 (Public Law 87-291).
U.S. Congress. House. Committee on Judiciary. Wright
Brothers Day Report [To Accompany H. J. Res. 335].
September 17, 1963. Washington, D.C.: Government
Printing Office, 1963, 1 p. (88th Congress, 1st Session.
House. Report no. 752).
Introduced by Rep. Joseph W. Martin Jr. of
Massachusetts, March 21, 1963. Referred to
Committee on Judiciary, passed House October 7 and
Senate December 6.
Authorizes the observance of a Wright Brothers
Day on December 17 of each year.
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