MS – 204
Charles Lewis Aviation Collection
Wright State University
Special Collections and Archives
Container Listing
Sub-collection A: Airplanes
Series 1: Evolution of the Airplane
Box File Description
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2
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8
Evolution of Aeroplane I
Evolution of Aeroplane II Evolution of Aeroplane III Evolution of Aeroplane IV Evolution of Aeroplane V Evolution of Aeroplane VI Evolution of Aeroplane VII Missing
Series 2: Pre-1914 Airplanes
9
10
11
12
Sub-series 1: Drawings
Aeroplanes
The Aerial Postman – Auckland, New Zealand
Aeroplane and Storm
Airliner of the Future
Sub-series 2: Planes and Pilots
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14
15
16
17
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27
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31
Wright Aeroplane at LeMans
Wright Aeroplane at Rheims
Wilbur Wright at the Controls
Wright Aeroplane in Flight
Missing
Farman Airplane
Farman Airplane
Antoinette Aeroplane
Bleriot and His Monoplane
Bleriot Crossing the Channel
Bleriot Airplane
Cody, Deperdussin, and Hanriot Planes
Valentine’s Aeroplane
Missing
Valentine and His Aeroplane
Valentine and His Aeroplane
Caudron Biplane
BE Biplane
Latham Monoplane at Sangette
Series 3: World War I
Sub-series 1: Aerial Combat (Drawings)
Box File Description
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31a
31b
31c
31d
31e
31f
31g
31h
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Moraine-Saulnier
94th Aero Squadron – Nieuport 28 – 2nd Lt. Alan F. Winslow
Fraser Pigeon
Nieuports – Various Models – Probably at Issoudoun, France – Training
94th Aero Squadron – Nieuport – Lt. Douglas Campbell
Nieuport 27 - Servicing
Nieuport 17 After Hit by Anti-Aircraft
95th Aero Squadron – Nieuport 28 – Raoul Lufbery
Duel in the Air
Allied Aircraft on Bombing Raid
Fokker Diving for an Allied Aeroplane
Looping
Destruction of a Submarine by a Seaplane
Search for Submarines From Airship
Biplane Getting Off – The Last Look Around
Getting Off – Avoiding Collision
Position of Control Stick When Running Engine on the Ground
Eyes of the Army – 1914
Aeroplane and Shrapnel
German Triplane Strafed
Sub-series 2: Silhouettes
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50
Albatross Scout Type DV – Silhouette Bristol Fighter – Silhouette DH-6 – Silhouette Nieuport Scout – Silhouette Sopwith Scout Pup – Silhouette Sopwith Triplane – Silhouette SPAD - Silhouette Sub-series 3: Planes and Pilots
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53
54
55
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59
Albatross Type C-XII Captured German Rumpler C-1 at Les Invalide, Paris Wreck – German Aircraft Curtis JN-4A
Curtis JN-4A
Curtis JN-4 – Canadian Curtis N-9 U.S.N.
Curtis N-9 U.S.N.
Curtis N-9 U.S.N.
Box File Description
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60
61
Curtis N-9 – Probably at Pensacola DH-4 – Probably First U.S. Built in France
Sub-collection B: Lighter-Than-Air
Series 1: Parachutes, Kites, and Gliders
Box File Description
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1
2
3
4
5
Early Parachute
Kathe Paulus with Her Parachute Box Kite
Cody’s Kite
Wright Glider – 1902 Kitty Hawk Series 2: Balloons
6
7
8
9
Balloons at Hurlingham
Balloon with Sail and Guide Rope
Glaisher and Coxwell in Balloon Basket
Observation Balloon
Series 3: Airships
Sub-series 1: British and French
10 British Airship – Nulli Secundus
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12
13
14
15
Sub-series 2: Zeppelins
Zeppelin Over Lake Constance
Zeppelin in Flight – End View
Modern Zeppelin
Zeppelin Airship and its Constructional Details
Interior of Zeppelin – Catwalk and Tanks
Sub-collection C: Engines, Diagrams, Etc.
Series 1: Aircraft Engines and Motors
Box File Description
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16
17
18
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20
21
Beardmore Oiling System Wolseley Hispano “Viper” Fiat A12 B1S 6 Cylinder Vertical Engine Vertical Engine with Propeller
Diagram of Engine Cycle Series 2: Structural Diagrams and Drawings
Box File Description
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39
Diagram of Avro Biplane Type 504 “Pusher” Biplane
Section of Body at Strut B Missing
Diagram of B.E. 2C Diagram of F.E. 2 D Airplane Cowl Board Plan of Wings
Plan of Wing
Plan of Planes – Wing Trailing Edge Dual Control
Elevator Control
Elevator Control
Rudder Control
Rudder Control
Resistance of Aerofoil Streamline Forms
Curves of Pressure and Temperature Series 3: Aerial Photography
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41
42
43
44
45
46
47
?
48
49
Aerial Camera on British B.E. 2e
Pyramids of Egypt
Bruges
Bruges
Ghent
Nieuport
Valenciennes
Western Front
Unidentified
Clouds Over the Alps Unidentified
Series 4: Miscellaneous
50
51
Route Map of Alcock and Brown
Pilot’s Insignia
Sub-collection D: Personnel – World War I
Series 1: Air Crews
Box File Description
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1
Aerial Gunners
Box File Description
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2
Aerial Gunners
Series 2: Aviation Recruits and Training
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
Unidentified
Recruits Marching
Recruits Marching
Aerial Gunners
Recruits – Medical Exam Recruits – Medical Exam Recruits – Medical Exam Recruits – Medical Exam Recruits – Medical Exam Recruits Training on Engine Recruits Assembling Plane Recruits Assembling Machine Guns Recruits Practicing Bombing Recruits Practicing Bombing Recruits Practicing Bombing Sub-collection E: Color slides
Series 1: World War I Scenes
Box File Description
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22
Over Battleships
Curtis Pusher Takes Off From U.S.S. Pennsylvania
How Bombs Are Dropped
Bomb Dropping
Strom at Sea
Series 2: Early Flight Fantasy and Fact
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24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
Wright Flyer
Antoinette Crossing Channel
Bleriot Landing
Voisin Flying
French Blimp – Black and White
Earlier Aviator
French Blimp – Black and White
Wright Flyer – Black and White
Sky Full of Aircraft
Air Crew and Curtis JN-4 – Black and White
Air Crew and Curtis JN-4 – Black and White
Observation Balloon – Black and White
Box File Description
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35
36
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55
Observation Balloon – Black and White
Aerial Combat
Zeppelin L – in England – Black and White
Zeppelin L – in France – Black and White
Observation Balloon – Black and White
Zeppelin Propeller – Black and White
Wrecked Zeppelin – Black and White
Portion of Wrecked Zeppelin – Black and White
Italian Observation Balloon – Black and White
Early Flying Machine
Wright Flyer
Early Flying Machine
Anti-Aircraft Gun
Anti-Aircraft Gun
Zeppelin at North Pole
Airship Over Desert Camp
Airship Over Mountains
Airship Hanger
Early Flying Machine
Hunting From an Airplane
Christmas Angel in Balloon
Sub-collection F: Glass Negatives
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69
Railroad Station
Bathers at the Beach
S.F.D. Deputy Chief’s Automobile Bells
What is I? There’s a Hot Time Coming Horse Drawn Hook and Ladder Wagon Fire Department and Vehicles Mule Pulling Sled Balloon Ascension
Balloon Ascension
Curtis’s Pusher
Barling Bomber
Curtiss JN-4
Sub-collection G: French Aviation Postcards
Series 1: Color Lithographs – Planes with Inset of Aviator
Box File Description
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1
Farman
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Bleriot
Santos-Dumont
Wilbur Wright
Latham
Voisin
Curtiss
Marchal
Malecot
Rougier
Esnault-Pelterie
Cleyment-Bayard
Zeppelin
de la Vaulx Buneau Varilla
Germe
Kluijtmans
Goupy
Sommer
Paulhan
Godard
de Lambert
Gobron
Ferber
de Laroche
Series 2: Wright Airplanes – Identified by Aviator
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27
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31
32
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35
36
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40
Baratoux
Cheveau
Contenet
Contenet
Eteve
Eteve
Gaubert
Lefebvre
Lefebvre
Lefebvre
Lucas
Maillols
Mayols
C.S. Rolls
Tissandier
Series 3: Early Planes – Identified by Aviator
Box File Description
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Barillon
Bleriot
Bocker
Bousson – Borgnis Chambenois
Clement
Coffyn
Colliex
Dubois – Riant Gastambide – Mangin Godard
Graham – White
Hanriot
Piquerez
Rougier
Vaniman
Voisin
Zipfel