U. S. Centennial of Flight - Wright Brother's History

Wright Brothers Bibliography

Title	The Papers of Wilbur and Orville Wright, Including the ,Chanute-Wright Letters and Other
Personal Name	Wright, Wilbur ;Wright, Orville
Pages	2v. (1278p.) + illus.
Notes	Marvin W. McFarland, Editor.
Publisher	New York, Toronto, London: McGraw-Hill Book Company, ,Inc., 1953
Publication Year	1953
Open Term	Published Writings of Wilbur and Orville Wright--Wilbur ,and Orville
Abstract	Excerpts published in New York Times , Oct. 11, 1953, Sec. 10, p. 3, with title "The Wright Brothers' Story--Told in Their Private Papers" and in Life , Dec. 7, 1953, vol. 35, pp. 162-176, in article entitled "The Day That Man First Flew; Wrights' Papers Recall Great Event 50 Years Ago," by Ernest Havemann. Comprises selections from the Wright collection bequeathed to the Library of Congress by the Orville Wright Estate in 1949 and from the Octave Chanute papers deposited in the Library in 1932 by his daughters, Elizabeth C. and Octavia. Included are the correspondence between Wilbur and Octave Chanute (1900-1910), early leader in the aeronautics field; excerpts from 33 Wright diaries and notebooks (1900-1919) and from Wright family correspondence; windtunnel tables, propeller notebooks, and many other selected articles, lectures, and writings by the brothers. Technical data are presented in four appendices (Notes on Nomenclature, Wright Wind Tunnel, 1901, the Wright Propellers, and Aeroplanes and Motors) pp. 543-640 and 1183-1217, prepared by Fred S. Howard and followed by a bibliography, pp. 1221-1243, prepared by Arthur G. Renstrom. Reviewed by Allan F. Bonnalie in U.S. Air Services , Feb. 1954, vol. 39, pp. 11-12; by Roy Fedden, Journal of the Royal Aeronautical Society , Jan. 1955, vol. 59, pp. 72-74 (reprinted U.S. Air Services , July 1955, vol. 40, pp. 18-20; by Brendan Gill, New Yorker , Feb. 13, 1954, vol. 29, pp. 109-110, 112-113; by N. J. Hoff, Journal of the Royal Aeronautical Society , Jan. 1955, vol. 59, pp. 70-71 (reprinted Science , Apr. 15, 1955, vol. 121, pp. 523-525 and in U.S. Air Services , June 1955, vol. 40, pp. 21-22); by Waldemar Kaempffert, New York Times Book Review , Dec. 20, p. 6; by James R. Newman, Scientific American , May 1954, vol. 190, pp. 88-93; by Alec Ogilvie, Journal of the Royal Aeronautical Society , Jan. 1955, vol. 59, pp. 66-68 (reprinted U.S. Air Services , Apr. 1955, vol. 40, pp. 16-19; by J. Laurence Pritchard, Aeroplane , June 18, 1954, vol. 86, pp. 803-806; by Ernest F. Relf, Journal of the Royal Aeronautical Society , Jan. 1955, vol. 59, pp. 68-70 (reprinted U.S. Air Services , May 1955, vol. 40, pp. 19-20; by Henry Ladd Smith, Saturday Review of Literature , Feb. 6, 1954, vol. 37, pp. 20; in Army Aviation Digest , Sept. 1956, vol. 2, pp. 23-24; in Journal of the Royal Aeronautical Society , Dec. 1953, vol. 57, pp. 825-826.