My father was proud of the fact that he was born before the Wright brothers made their famous “first flight” – being born October 11, 1903. He commented on it often. Of course, by December, the Wright brothers had made history, and dad hadn’t done much yet, but that’s beside the point.
The Wright brothers are not remembered for their printing business, but between 1899 and 1899, they printed a number of publications and newspapers. This was before they started their bicycle business.
“Special Collections and Archives in the Wright State University Libraries and the Dayton Metro Library have partnered together to create an online archive of the most complete run of Wright Brothers newspapers available to date. Both the Dayton Metro Library and WSU’s Special Collections and Archives house original issues of the Wright Brothers newspapers. By combining the two collections in an online archive, this valuable resource will be available in a readily accessible format worldwide.”
“…the Wright Brothers’ newspapers will be available in digital format on both Wright State’s CORE Scholar and on the Dayton Metro Library’s Dayton Remembers digital image site, thus making the newspapers accessible in not one, but two, online locations.”
Read the Wright State University announcement of May 11, 2015 about the digitization project.
Thanks to ResearchBuzz for the heads-up.
