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David Wright Faladé, 45th Annual ODU Literary Festival
No full textDavid Wright Faladé is the author of three books: the narrative history Fire on the Beach: Recovering the Lost Story of Richard Etheridge and the Pea Island Lifesavers, and the novels Away Running and most recently, Black Cloud Rising. The New Yorker chose Fire on the Beach as one of its notable selections, and the St. Louis Post-Dispatch named it one of its Best Books of 2001. Away Running was named an Outstanding International Book by the US Board on Books for Young People and was selected by the Junior Library Guild and the Texas Library Association for its high school reading lists. A former Fulbright Fellow to Brazil, David Wright Faladé is the 2021-22 Mary Ellen von der Heyden Fellow of the NY Public Library\u27s Cullman Center for Writers. His work has been recognized by the Zora Neale Hurston/Richard Wright Foundation, the National Endowment for the Humanities, and the Texas Institute of Letters. He teaches in the MFA program at the University of Illinois
Wright aircraft engines
No full textSelected pages from Wright Aircraft Engines, including the chapter "Overhaul of Wright Engines: Instructions for Disassembly of Detail Parts, Their Inspection, Repair and Reassembly."
In 1909, the Wright Company was incorporated in the state of New York with Wilbur Wright as president. When Wilbur died in 1912, Orville took over as president of the company. In 1915, Orville bought back the shares of the company from its stockholders and sold the entire company to a new group of investors. In 1929, shortly before Glenn Curtiss died, the Curtiss Aeroplane & Motor Company merged with the Wright Aeronautical Corporation to form the Curtiss-Wright Corporation.
- from Wright Aeronautical Company by Judy Rumerman, U.S. Centennial of Flight Commission. http://www.centennialofflight.gov/essay/Aerospace/Wright_Aero/Aero8.htmTechnical manual
Letter with attachment: Marcus J. Wright to Ida M. Tarbell, November 21, 1900
No full textHandwritten letter, 2 pages, with handwritten letter, Jno. V. Wright to Brother, November 20, 1900, writes of the South during the Wa
[Portrait of David Perry Barr, photographer]
No full textRecto: Barr & Wright, Houston, Tex. Verso: notation ''D. P. Barr, Uncle Dane'' [imprinted] Barr & Wright, Photographs, Houston, Tex
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The David W. Fentress Family Letters, 1856-1969
No full textTranscript of a letter by an unidentified author to David Fentress regarding sharing federal newspapers and the banning of federal newspapers in some areas. The author passes on the news of the war including the destruction of the Federal merchantmen by the Confederate fleet. He passes along world news: Russia preparing to go to War with Europe and how that could negatively affect the Confederacy. There is also speculation on the future of the war
The David W. Fentress Family Letters, 1856-1969
No full textTranscript of a letter by an unidentified author to David Fentress regarding sharing federal newspapers and the banning of federal newspapers in some areas. The author passes on the news of the war including the destruction of the Federal merchantmen by the Confederate fleet. He passes along world news: Russia preparing to go to War with Europe and how that could negatively affect the Confederacy. There is also speculation on the future of the war
Curtiss-Wright Corporation Test Pilots
No full textA group of test pilots for the Curtiss-Wright Corporation, Airplane Division, Columbus, Ohio on the flight line, ca. 1940 - 1945. The Columbus plant was established in 1940 when the Curtiss-Wright Corporation expanded to meet the increased demand for military aircraft during World War II
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