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

Collection of early aeronautical materials of Hart
O. Berg, business associate of the Wrights, including
valuable and rare photographs, books, and clippings
which contain much unique material on the early
work of the Wright brothers. Presented to the Institute
of the Aeronautical Sciences.
Diary of Orville Wright at Library of Congress. Airpost
Journal, Nov. 1948, vol. 20, p. 70.
Reports showing of a page, entry of December 17,
1903, from Orville Wright s diary on the occasion of
the meeting of the American Association for the
Advancement of Science, September 13-20.
Wright Brothers Papers to Library of Congress. U.S. Air
Services, June 1949, vol. 34, no. 6, p. 6.
Announcement of acquisition of the Wright Papers
from the Orville Wright Estate, June 5, 1949.
Eells, Richard and staff. Wright Brothers Scrapbooks.
Library of Congress Quarterly Journal of Current
Acquisitions. Aug. 1949, vol. 6, pp. 37—39.
Report by the Aeronautics Division of the Library
of Congress on the acquisition of a microfilm of the
eleven-volume scrapbook collection maintained by
the Wrights, 1902-1948. The original volumes were
presented to the Institute of the Aeronautical Sciences,
May 1949, by the Orville Wright Estate and transferred
to the Library of Congress in 1964.
New Print of Photograph of Wright Brothers First
Power Flight Made by Library of Congress. U.S. Air
Services, Apr. 1953, vol. 38, no. 4, pp. 8—9, +illus.
Reprinting of Library of Congress press release
announcing the making of an improved print from an
original glass-plate negative given to the Library of
Congress in 1949 by the Orville Wright Estate.
McFarland, Marvin, and Renstrom, Arthur. The Papers
of Wilbur and Orville Wright. Library of Congress
Quarterly Journal of Current Acquisitions, Aug. 1950,
vol. 7, pp. 23—34, +illus.
Extensive account of the Wright brothers papers
received by the Library of Congress, May 27, 1949,
from the Estate of Orville Wright, giving history of
acquisition and outline of contents and materials in
the collection.
Watches
Wright Brothers Watches Exhibited in Aeronautical
Archives. Aeronautical Engineering Review, Dec. 1949,
vol. 8, no. 12, p. 9, +illus.
Art
126 Wilbur & Orville Wright
Announcement of the bequest to the Institute of the
Aeronautical Sciences by the Estate of Orville Wright
of watches, medals, and other Wright memorabilia.
The watches were transferred in 1965 to the National
Air and Space Museum.
Art
Bronze Busts of Wright Brothers. Air Corps News
Letter, July 1, 1937, vol. 20, no. 13, p. 7.
Note on busts, by the sculptor Seth Velsy, which
were installed in the rotunda of the Army Aeronautical
Museum, Dayton, June 15, 1937. Several sets were
cast from the original bronzes, one of which was presented
to the University of Maine in October 1938.
Another set is in Wright Hall, Carillon Park, Dayton.
Italians Honor Memory of Wilbur Wright. U.S. Air
Services, Sept. 1947, vol. 32, no. 9, p. 33.
Note on forthcoming aeronautical festival at
Centocelle, Italy, to be opened by the unveiling of a
marble statue of Wilbur Wright.
Wilbur Wright Honored in Rome, Bust Unveiled. New
York Times, Nov. 2, 1947, p. 47, col. 6.
Opening Up in Italy. Aeroplane, Nov. 28, 1947, vol. 73,
p. 693.
Includes account of ceremonies on Aviation Day,
November 1, at Centocelle Airport, near Rome at
which a marble bust of Wilbur Wright, the work of
sculptor Pier Gabrielle Vangelli, was unveiled. It was
presented by Gianni Caproni in the name of Italian
pilots and aviation pioneers. At Centocelle the first
Italian military pilot, Lt. Mario Calderara, received
instruction from Wilbur Wright.
Portrait By Lewis Eugene Thompson as Displayed at the
Institute s New York Headquarters. Aeronautical
Engineering Review, Mar. 1948, vol. 7, no. 3, p. 14, +illus.
Portrait of Orville with bust of Wilbur, and Kitty
Hawk aeroplane in background.
The Kitty Hawk Plane. Painting by Melbourne Brindle.
Collier s, Dec. 25, 1948, vol. 22, no. 26, pp. 10, 32—33,
+illus.
Also reproduced in Sperryscope, Winter 1949, vol.
11, no. 8, cover.
Reproduction of water-color painting, original of
which was presented to the Smithsonian Institution on
December 17, 1948, on the occasion of the forty-fifth
anniversary of the first Wright 1903 flights and now
on exhibit in the National Air and Space Museum.